Part one of this column began when I was ruminating about things that get passed along to graduates by various commencement speakers.  Somehow things kind of swerved into a discussion …

After many months of teasing – Jack Spann’s new CD hits the streets on June 16th!   We have been sent frequent updates on the new album by Spann’s producer Gary Tanin at Daystrom Re…

      It is always interesting to hear the sound bites that the news media gather in the graduation season.  Every person tabbed as a graduation speaker will put their spin on “Oh the plac…

    For the purpose of this two parter, we are defining ‘Celebrity Sightings’ as casual encounters with persons who have a reason to be widely known to the public.  Getting to see the Black C…

      One of my favorite cartoonists these days is Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis.  I have never met him, but I always enjoy reading the introduction he writes for his daily cart…

      You read that right:  “Gigs in the Round”, not “Getting Around to Gigs”.  Transportation to and from gigs is a different chapter.  This one will discuss gigs where the band i…