Sterling Stage String Fling

I had the pleasure over the weekend to talk with the producer/promoter and a partner in Sterling Stage. I'd heard about the venue from a number of music friends, both performers and listeners, and they would all get that smiley-dreamy... More

Subversive Motherfanker

I teared up when a friend emailed me last week to tell me that Cyd Charisse, THE most elegant dancer I've ever seen, had died. I replied that when I was much younger, I wanted to be her. She gave me a focus for my physical world.... More

Father's Day: Life Guards Addendum

As often happens when a piece makes it out of my draft folder and into my blog, the topic starts filtering into public discussion coincidentally. It's sort of like a whole lot of people who write for pleasure and/or work focus from... More

Life Guards 06/11/08
Embrace The Suck: Impermanence 03/28/08
Turn, Turn, Turn 03/10/08
Los Blancos: You Boys Goin' South? 03/03/08
Authenticity 02/16/08
Memo to Bill: Sit Down & SHUT UP !!! 01/28/08
Arm Wrestling in NYC 01/21/08
: Songwriter Showcase, CNY Jazz Composers Co-op 01/21/08
Sappy Holidays 01/01/08
Gigs: Los Blancos, Ripcords, Mark Hoffmann Jam, Delinquents, Gonstermachers 11/27/07
Happy Thanks-Receiving 11/23/07
Music Hath Power: Gonstermachers @ The Redhouse, 11/10 11/03/07
Old Mistresses' Apologue 10/30/07
Los Blancos Sunday Brunches @ Empire Brewing Co. 10/26/07
Clay, The Movie, Premieres Friday October 26 10/17/07
The Art of Celebration 10/15/07
Corn-Bred Wins the NAMMY for Blues!! 10/08/07
Judge Denies Bail For 'Jena 6' T een; Westcott Street Cultural Fair 09/22/07
Jena 6 - Hanging Nooses = Prank? 09/20/07
Talk Like a Pirate Day 09/19/07
9/11 Health - A Public Information Resource 09/18/07
Spit, Beer, and Snarls: Things That Made Me Laugh 09/14/07
This Weekend: Los Blancos, Lucas Gallery, Ron Spencer Band, Jimmy Johnson, Fabulous Ripcords, Drumming, The Intention 09/13/07
Femail 09/12/07
CRC Grant Information Workshops 09/04/07
Greece In Flames: Future Desert? 08/29/07
Fires in Greece 08/25/07
E-card virus 08/24/07
Haudenosaunee Celebration 08/24/07
Vote For Corn-Bred: NAMMY Awards 08/19/07
George S. Printup Family Benefit Golf Tournament, Sat. 8/18 08/13/07
G-Men; Bluegrass Ramble; Whiting & Doyle; Jazz Central; Corn-Bred; Intention 08/03/07
I Want One: Crosley Songwriter CD Burner 08/01/07
Staying In The Moment 07/30/07
Belly Fat 07/09/07
Live Earth 07/08/07
Pirate Day Festival, Saturday 7/21 07/08/07
Jazz Fest, Los Blancos New CD(!), The Intention, & My New Boyfriend 06/29/07
Local Bands Sought For "Clay" Movie Soundtrack 06/28/07
Whiting & Doyle, Kingsnakes at Hanover Square, Sat. 6/23 06/22/07
The Action!, Hanover Square, Thursday June 21, 7 p.m. 06/21/07
Macallan Scotch, Inn Complete, Tarzan Bros, Art On The Porches, Liverpool Art & Wellness Fair, Le Boeuf Brothers Trio with Greg Evans 06/15/07
Jamie Luchsinger Benefit, Sunday June 10 at NYS Fairgrounds 06/09/07
Franz Ferdinand, Bowery Ballroom, Wed. June 13 06/08/07
Paul Robeson Youth Audition Notice 06/05/07
A Taste Of Syracuse, Westcott Art Trail & Sale, Lipe Art Park 05/30/07
I Bought Me A Berman 05/29/07
Horizon Awards, Thursday May 24 05/21/07
Paulie Cerra at Fat Freddy's Friday May 25 !!!! 05/21/07
Corn-bred, Wine Festival, Bobby Green, Gonstermachers, Los Blancos !! 05/18/07
Deaf Sex 05/17/07
Redhouse: "The Rumors Are Not True" 05/13/07
Blatant Self-Promotion: Chair Massage at OnCenter NY Wine Festival 05/12/07
Tribute: Joni Mitchell, Skaneateles Arts Council, Cultural Resources Council 05/07/07
Grupo Pagan CD Release Party May 5 05/04/07
Call for Extras for “Clay” 05/02/07
Sofa Dancing at Al's 05/01/07
This Week: Salt City Jazz, Thundercrack!, Hamell Set List, CNY Jazz Composers 05/01/07
Keep Your Clothes On! 04/28/07
Who's Gonna Clean Up This Mess? Part 5 - Guest Reply 04/25/07
Very Important Warning ! 04/25/07
A Tribute to Joni Mitchell, 4/28 04/23/07
Dancing Men 04/22/07
Who's Gonna Clean Up This Mess? Part 4 - Personal Civility 04/20/07
Gonstermachers Nominated in Australia 04/18/07
New CRC Events Calendar!; Visual Arts Showcase at WCNY 04/11/07
Resurrecting Our Lives 04/08/07
Paulie Cerra, and S's Sweet 16 04/02/07
JAZZ FEST!!! 03/31/07
Dr. John, Tarzan Bros, Joe Whiting, Dean Brothers 03/25/07
Thundercrack! 03/23/07
Coma Joke 03/22/07
Dr. John, Kh'Mi, Inn Complete 03/21/07
Processing The Process 03/19/07
Embrace The Suck: Possible Solutions 03/19/07
Blood, Sweat and Tears Opening Harborfest; Don Ellis Big Band 03/19/07
Cultural Resources Council: NYFA Focus Group, Horizon Awards Nomination 03/17/07
Le Moyne College Jazzuits at Jazz Central, March 18 03/14/07
Embrace The Suck: The Embraces 03/14/07
Embrace The Suck: The Rant 03/10/07
Embrace The Suck 03/09/07
All's Fun On the Western Front: Los Blancos, Corn-Bred, Phil Petroff, Gonstermachers 03/05/07
Massage Therapy, Rocks and Two Hawks Crystal Gallery 03/05/07
Jazz Age Virtues at Lucas Gallery 03/04/07
Jazz, Jazz And More Jazz! 03/04/07
Who's Gonna Clean Up This Mess? Part 3 03/03/07
What I've Learned In The Past Six Months 02/26/07
Who's Gonna Clean Up This Mess? Part 2 02/25/07
Hammond Jammin', Gonstermachers, Peking Acrobats 02/23/07
Attention Artists/Sculptors - Commissions for Public Artwork 02/23/07
I Ate A Cow 02/17/07
Snippets: Mark Gibson, Tarzan Bros., Gonstermachers, Stevie Wolf 02/14/07
Who's Gonna Clean Up This Mess? 02/12/07
OzzFest Is Free This Year 02/07/07
Not For Men Only 02/05/07
Eastlake Romantique Show, Lucas Gallery, Skaneateles 02/03/07
New York State Council for the Arts Grant Info Session 02/02/07
Daylight Saving Time Starts on March 11 !?! 02/02/07
Visions of Sound: A Concert of Live Music and Dance 02/02/07
Capsaicin Explodes Cancer Cells 01/31/07
Corn-Bred's "The Dam Song" 01/28/07
Remembering Wintry Wonders 01/26/07
What’s a Pound of Prevention Really Worth? 01/24/07
Thom Dutton, in concert, at Willard Memorial Chapel, February 3 01/23/07
Defiant Requiem, Terezin Concentration Camp & NYS Music Fund 01/22/07
What A Weekend, So Far 01/21/07
Another Call for Extras for “Clay” 01/20/07
Tonight: Joe Whiting Across The Street From Tarzan Brothers 01/19/07
Mark Nanni at Al's Wine and Whiskey Lounge - Sunday night, January 21 01/19/07
Corn-Bred CD Release Party, Saturday January 27 01/19/07
Behind Every Great Man ... 01/14/07
Another Jam at the Inn Complete, January 26 01/12/07
Clinton Square Festivals 01/10/07
Extending The Holidays 01/10/07
It's Gonna Be A Happy New Year 01/01/07
OMG! Los Blancos at Shifty's 12/31/06
News Google Alerts 12/29/06
Healing The Nation, Eventually 12/27/06
Artist Info 12/26/06
James, Dreamgirls and My $100 Bet 12/26/06
Happy ChrismaHannuKwanzaKah 12/24/06
Pleasant Surprises 12/15/06
Wake Robin Farm Yogurt 12/13/06
cnymenus.com 12/12/06
The Dirty Dozen and The Cleanest Twelve 12/11/06
What A Difference A Year Makes 12/09/06
7th Annual Winter Solstice – A Music & Light Experience 12/08/06
The Calm After The Storm 12/07/06
The Cry of Love 12/06/06
DEC. 12: JASS jam session in CAMILLUS 12/06/06
Dancing In Public, Part 2 12/03/06
Concerts at The Palace - Kaukonen and Casady, then Bromberg 11/27/06
Fabulous Ripcords; WAER, PuhLEEZ Up Your Coverage 11/26/06
Yeah, I'll Take That Bet 11/26/06
Singers and Standards 11/19/06
She Just Wants To Dance 11/17/06
Midget Porn 11/16/06
Stuck On Stoopid 11/14/06
Possible Probable Futures 11/13/06
Calls for Artists: TANGO, Geneva Theatre Guild, Adapt CNY, Inc. Charity Auction, Final Third Thursday 11/13/06
Lost Weekend 11/12/06
First Female Speaker of the House - EVER! 11/08/06
Air Tran E-Mail Vote - Cheap Airfare For Syracuse 11/04/06
Weird Stuff I've Wondered About 11/03/06
DMGI - Digital Music Group Inc. 11/03/06
Cultural Resources Council, VPA, Everson Host Free Open House 10/31/06
Mismatched Shoes 10/29/06
Guilty Funky Pleasures 10/24/06
Blues, Swing, R ‘n B, Bluegrass, Country, Jug Jam 10/24/06
Under Diana Krall's Spell 10/23/06
Phoenix Rising: Call For Papers 10/19/06
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park and the G-Men 10/12/06
Happiness Is Funky Addendum 10/09/06
Happiness Is Funky 10/08/06
Jeff Bowe Exhibition 10/05/06
Cultural Grants Available 09/28/06
Mona Lisa Smiles, But Why? 09/27/06
Syracuse Set List at the Redhouse 09/26/06
Birds, Butterflies and Course Corrections 09/24/06
Power of Gratitude 09/22/06
Standing Ovation 09/21/06
Miriam Beerman - Eloquent Pain(t) 09/20/06
52 Annual Art Mart 09/19/06
Close the Door Behind Me 09/15/06
So What Else Have You Done For Me Lately? 09/14/06
Lyrical Mystery Tour 09/13/06
Musical Heaven On Earth 09/11/06
The Gonstermachers 09/06/06
The Human Instrument 09/02/06
A SPECIAL SPEED DATING WITH MTV! 09/02/06
Thank You, Ashley Cox 09/01/06
PETM - The Chemists' Answers 08/31/06
People for the Ethical Treatment of Mildew 08/29/06
Sex Ed 08/28/06
Festa Italiana 08/28/06
Five Years Later 08/28/06
Five Years Ago 08/27/06
WBER 90.5 Radio 08/26/06
Continuum - Waiting For The World To Change 08/25/06
Artists’ Fellowships Application Seminar 08/24/06
I'm here to listen to the band. Leave me alone. Until the break. 08/24/06
Dancing In Public, Part 1 08/23/06
There's No One To Blame Anymore 08/22/06