I had a one-two punch this week: On Sunday I got to see a beautiful brand new little baby that my friends made and on Monday I spent time in the ICU at St. Joseph Hospital visiting an older friend who is having a tough time after a very invasive cancer surgery. I hope to […]
Comma Comma
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Bienvenidos
As an ad hoc cultural ambassador to the region and self-professed “music bozo,” I’d like to humbly welcome the assorted students of the area back to the academic grind. I won’t waste your time with a bunch of flutey language and annoying BS; I will instead direct your no doubt divided attentions to this big […]
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Hot Summer Nights
Oops, I did it again. Another late night with one of my friends has led into a morning deadline panic and bleary-eyed struggle session with the English language. It’s OK, it was probably worth it. While I wasn’t in a Paris salon or a New York City coffee klatch, I would like to think I […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, August 22
San Francisco folkster Jenny Gillespie Mason teamed up some time ago with Rob Shelton, a longtime engineer at John Vanderslice’s magical Tiny Telephone studio to create the experimental pop phenom Sis, appearing tonight at the Outer Space for a steal of a show at 7 p.m. A mere $6 will get you through the door […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, June 22
There’s a fundraiser for the RAVEN project going on tonight at Phatsy Kline’s with the money from every libation quaffed going toward the teen and young adult homeless outreach program. The hypnotic dance ragas of local wunderkind Hudson Glover’s project Comma Comma will punctuate the night at 7:30 p.m. (free). Meanwhile at the Siren’s Song, […]
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Life is Short but This Week is Long
This is the longest week of the year but there is still plenty of nightlife, despite the absence of our collegiate population. We have noise shows, rock shows, folk and metal galore. I have carpentry and gardening projects to catch up on myself, and I can’t be bothered to waste the sun jabbering away so, […]