by Christine | May 24, 2019 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: “Becoming famous was extremely disappointing to me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it’s still a complete drag” … Van Morrison.I’m amused by all those people who pore over magazines and tabloids about the latest doings of the rich and...
by Christine | Jun 14, 2020 | Welcome Column
“I like to watch TV”. That’s the famous Peter Sellers line from the late 70’s film for which he got an Academy Award nomination. At this point I am sure many like you are pretty tired of watching TV. We want to be with our friends playing music and socializing. It’s...
by Christine | Apr 28, 2018 | Welcome Column
Being a writer and artist; being a daughter who cares for her 91 year old Mother; being a partner to one of the most wonderful men in the world: well let’s just say life doesn’t get much better. To be my age and have stories to tell; and a spirit to...
by Christine | Dec 23, 2015 | Welcome Column
I am just about to finish another season of the best job in the world: Playing Santa for our town. Martinez has a little red house they put on the square off Main Street for a most of each December, and hundreds of children come through there each winter to see Santa....
by Christine | Dec 21, 2010 | Welcome Column
As the festival season winds down, new bands are formed, band members play musical hop-scotch, and fans mostly watch from the sidelines, I’ve been thinking about what makes a good festival good. During the past several months a number of people have posted or...
by Christine | Jul 20, 2016 | Welcome Column
I have written columns previously about all the things that go wrong at a gig. It was fun and cathartic to recall all the weird things that have happened in decades of playing live gigs in a bewildering variety of venues. Murphy’s Law (“Anything that can go wrong,...
by Christine | Jul 11, 2010 | Welcome Column
Had a big shindig yesterday at our house. Fed about seventy people. Exhausted today so I’ll run a story I posted here six years ago about how I like to cook a lot. I Like to cook a lot a lot. January, 2004 I enjoy cooking a lot a lot. Which is to say I enjoy cooking...
by Christine | Feb 22, 2011 | Welcome Column
Well, it’s not really from me, it’s from our friend Henry Zuniga. Let me explain. The past several days I’ve been working in my shop building ridiculously huge numbers of picture frames. Many are for my wife’s watercolors, (portraits of the likes of Dale Ann Bradley,...
by Christine | Oct 19, 2008 | Welcome Column
Big Sur is beautiful already as is, but with a bluegrass festival it is even more amazing than usual. This campground wasn’t that big but every part of the campground was stunning. But enough about the campground let’s talk about the music. This festival had...
by Christine | Apr 12, 2011 | Welcome Column
The discussion rages on. Should what we call “bluegrass” music fit into a small and narrowly restricted definition created in 1946 when Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs stepped on the stage of the Grand Ol’ Opry as members of Bill Monroe’s band? Or should we...
