February, 2006
The Murdered Women of Juarez

If you’ll forgive a brief departure from the generally light-hearted tone of this site, I’d like to draw your attention to a deeply moving and troubling article by Linda Diebel on the Juarez murders. Due to the baffling indifference of both local and national authorities, the savage murders, rapes and unexplained disappearances of young women [...]

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Posted on 19th February 2006Comments Off
The view from stage right

The keyboard player has the opportunity to be the laziest musician on stage. Sure, you’ve got folks playing keyboards with their feet, stabbing them with knives, setting them on fire, and every now and then the Keytar makes an attempt at an ironic comeback. But these isolated examples are anomalies. Drums, piano and organ are [...]

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Posted on 1st February 20063 Comments