by Christine | May 15, 2019 | Welcome Column
Some of the musical things I do are so regular, they could be called routine. I have weekly rehearsals, and tonight is Whiskey Wednesday – this is the 20th year of the Whiskey Brothers playing twice a month at the Albatross Pub in Berkeley! Like any...
by Christine | Jan 29, 2020 | Welcome Column
Some of the musical things I do are so regular, they could be called routine. I have weekly rehearsals, and there’s a twice-a-month gig that’s been part of my life for about 10 years now. Like any routine, there are days when I don’t actually want to go. I’ll have a...
by Christine | Mar 8, 2013 | Welcome Column
Some years back I was driving the road from Yakima Washington on my way to Portland Oregon and on the pass over the mountain there was R.V. that had wrecked and caught on fire, blocking the highway and stopping traffic for miles in both directions. After sitting a...
by Christine | Aug 9, 2014 | Welcome Column
Chances are when your obituary is written you won’t be the one who did it. And of course there is no chance that you will read it, unless you know something that I don’t. Ninety nine and 99/100% of us don’t write an autobiography, so most of the people that think they...
by Christine | Feb 18, 2015 | Welcome Column
It’s finally happened – I don’t know what to write about. So, dear readers, instead of the cogent, tightly plotted and brilliant essay you’ve come to expect from this column, it’s going to be a rambling wreck of random thoughts, spilling out like salty tears on...
by Christine | Aug 27, 2018 | Welcome Column
Years ago, comedian Woody Allen gave a most unfunny interview in which he advocated “capital punishment” for movie producers who had the audacity to colorize classic black-and-white films in order to make them more appealing to modern audiences....
by Christine | Nov 18, 2014 | Welcome Column
Today’s column from Ted Lehmann There’s been a thread running on Bluegrass-L about the role of criticism writing within bluegrass. It began with a discussion of the imminent demise of the online version of Bluegrass Now magazine, which had switched from print to...
by Christine | Sep 8, 2015 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–An early and insightful Ted Lehmann Welcome.)There’s been a thread running on Bluegrass-L about the role of criticism writing within bluegrass. It began with a discussion of the imminent demise of the online version of Bluegrass Now...
by Christine | Sep 11, 2018 | Welcome Column
There’s been a thread running on Bluegrass-L about the role of criticism writing within bluegrass. It began with a discussion of the imminent demise of the online version of Bluegrass Now magazine, which had switched from print to electronic publication last spring....
by Christine | Jul 24, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Here’s a good one from Nancy Z written way back in 2008. By the by, we’re still looking for just the right writer to take the fourth Sunday slot. Contact me at rickcornish7777@hotmail.com if you have any interest in...
