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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011I have gotten out of the habit of announcing all of our Rock City Band appearances here on the blog, in part because I’m now keeping a mailing list for those who are interested. May is a particularly busy month for us, with four appearances coming up, so I thought I’d make an exception and […]
Why the New York Times paywall is not like public radio
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011One of the excuses that’s been trotted out by several commentators in defense of the New York Times paywall is that it’s “just like public radio”. Well, no. When I contribute to public radio, which I do, my contribution helps make all of that content freely available to everyone. If I “contribute” to the New […]
Rock City Band March 2011 Appearances
Monday, March 7th, 2011Rock City Band is appearing for two nights, March 18 & 19th, at Princeton Station in Chelmsford, MA. We’re on from 9PM to 1AM both nights. We’ve got three more gigs in early April too.
Four Rock City Band gigs in the next 3 weeks
Sunday, January 30th, 2011I’ll be playing bass for Rock City Band four times in the next few weeks: Saturday, Feb. 5th, at Princeton Station in Chelmsford, MA. If you live in northern Boston suburbs like Arlington or Lexington, this is about 20 minutes up Route 3. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11th and 12th, in the lounge at the […]
Joining the band
Monday, January 3rd, 2011After several years as the backup, I’ve just joined Rock City Band as their full time bass player — first gig is this Friday, January 7th, at Princeton Station in Chelmsford, MA, 9 PM to 1 AM. We’ll also be welcoming back the terrific Brenda White as our lead vocalist. Schedules, song lists, and other […]
Bass gig: Robert Cedrone in Lexington on Sept. 25th
Thursday, September 16th, 2010Robert Cedrone and I will be appearing again this Saturday at the Starbucks (map) that’s on the north side of Lexington, MA (not the one in the center of town!) Robert and I go on at about 7:20 PM and we’ll play until a bit after 8 PM, but there are also a couple of […]
Bass gig: Rockin’ for KPM on Sept. 25th
Thursday, September 16th, 2010On Sept. 25th, I’ll be playing bass for Rock City Band at the Rockin’ for KPM benefit at Back to the Boathouse in Dracut, Mass. Rockin’ for KPM is held each year to celebrate and raise money for the surviving two of three triplets, Kyle, Patrick and Matthew Wilkins, all of whom were born with […]
Music with Robert Cedrone in Lexington – April 10
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010As I mentioned in the posting below, Robert Cedrone and I will be appearing again this Saturday at the Starbucks (map) that’s on the north side of Lexington, MA (not the one in the center of town!) It’s only an hour, but if you feel like stopping by for some coffee and a little music, […]
Three Gigs This Week
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010This weekend, Friday and Saturday April 2nd and 3rd, I will be playing bass with Rock City Band at two clubs north of Boston.
Gig alert: appearing with Robert Cedrone on Saturday, Dec. 5th
Saturday, November 28th, 2009Robert Cedrone and I will be appearing a week from today on December 5th at 7 PM at the Starbucks (map) that’s on the north side of Lexington, MA (not the one in the center of town!) Robert plays acoustic guitar and sings a mix of covers including Van Morrison, Al Green, Southside Johnny, Roy […]
Gig alert: appearing with Robert Cedrone on Saturday, June 6
Thursday, June 4th, 2009My good friend Robert Cedrone appears occasionally doing solo gigs north of Boston, and I often accompany him on bass.  This Saturday, June 6, we’ll be appearing for an hour starting at 7 PM at the Starbucks (map) that’s on the north side of Lexington, MA (not the one in the center of town!) Robert […]
Comment Copyrights Redux
Sunday, May 17th, 2009Early readers of this blog will remember that the original policy on comment copyrights caused some controversy. You can read about that in the posting Copyrights and Comments and especially in the interesting comment thread that followed. As promised, I took some time to think about it all, and to talk to some people whose […]
Playing with the band
Monday, April 20th, 2009We don’t get many recordings of Rock City Band, and as the substitute bass player I only play occasionally anyway. Last month we did record of one of our club gigs, with me sitting in on a few songs. For all you fans out there, a short mp3 clip is now up on the Arcane […]
Remembering Wallace Stegner
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009A few weeks ago the New York Times published a nice rememberance of one of my favorite American authors, Wallace Stegner. Angle of Repose is probably his most famous work, and it won the Pulitzer Prize, but many of his smaller books including Remembering Laughter and Crossing to Safety, are beautfully written too.
Copyrights and comments
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009After this blog went live I received a few comments on the copyright policy, and in particular on the fact that copyright on any comments that you post is transferred to me. Â
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