When Hurricane Irma closed in on the Tampa Bay area Sunday evening, the power went out at around 7:30, and…
This 1950's comic book advertisement is pretty much my life after May 1, 1999, the day I first took the…
Summer 1998: A Gift from My Friend Rob In the late summer of 1998, I was chatting with my friend…
One of the songs in my MP3 collection that’s on heavy rotation is Cage the Elephant’s Beck-ish, slide-guitar southern-rock-y ode…
John Bristowe pointed me to an article in English Russia featuring photos from a visit to a Russian accordion factory…
He would’ve been 102 today. I’m celebrating his birthday because he’s a fellow accordion player, and like me, he’s played…
Once upon a time, the great Van Halen were known for producing some really fun rock and roll. As far…
Photo by Jennifer Brown. I did a fair bit of work massaging some presentations and software demos into shape last…
The Accordion Jam With all the travelling I’d been doing in the fall, my birthday party back on November 7th…