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Say It Ain’t So, Kid! Kasey Anderson’s Scheme. . . 4 Feb 2013 | 10:45 am
So, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed Wednesday morning and saw a familiar face in an unexpected place: Northwest musician charged in bogus charity recording. . . Oh. . .Say it ain’t so. . . Ka...
The Dusty 45s – Neither snow nor rain. . . 28 Dec 2012 | 10:41 pm
While I’m still deciding which of two awesome and ridiculously low priced New Years Eve shows I’m going to, there’s one group I absolutely need to see one more time before the end of the year. Yes, th...
Hard Times Need Old School Soul 10 Dec 2012 | 01:11 pm
I’ve been going through some hard times of my own lately and really was in need of some old school soul when I went to see Charles Bradley at Neumos at a sold out show Thursday night. I first saw Cha...
Can’t Make It Here & Having Us a Time 5 Nov 2012 | 05:48 am
I’m way behind in music blogging – on old & new favorites, tours, festivals & local heroes. Seeing James McMurty at the Neptune back in September seems a good place to start. A couple of his songs k...
Debating Conventional Wisdom About the Debate 5 Oct 2012 | 06:16 am
I finally got around to watching the first Presidential debate this morning, as I was working last night. Maybe I’m just a wonk, as I neither found it as boring, nor thought Obama did as bad a job as ...
Certifiable? 3 Oct 2012 | 05:44 am
I know. I never blog. I never write. I didn’t mean to leave off blogging on a cliff hanger again. Where am I now? First the good news – I’m certifiable! OK. You already knew that, but I got my I.T. Ne...
SCCC & Occupy Seattle – Missed Opportunities 27 Nov 2011 | 08:32 pm
I attended the Seattle Community College Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday that evicted (or, rather is trying to evict), Occupy Seattle from our school and was very disappointed in my college. I was...
An Occupy Seattle Circle of Protection 20 Nov 2011 | 10:33 am
Blessed are the peace makers! I am totally in awe of Reverend Rich Lang and the scene I witnessed yesterday at the Occupy Seattle press conference calling for police accountability following Tuesday n...
Occupy Seattle Baptized in Pepper Spray 18 Nov 2011 | 05:34 am
So, Tuesday night while I was getting ready and literally running late for the cross town 48 to go to the inaugural Transit Riders Union meeting the police were downtown pepper spraying (A) an 84-year...
Occupy Town Hall – Establishment Tells The Ki. . .MIC CHECK! 15 Nov 2011 | 04:57 am
The words to The Times They Are a Changin’ were running though my mind at Town Hall Saturday night, especially the lines “Your old road is rapidly agin’/Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend...