Category Archives: Music

Winter Digest – Reorganization, Resolve, Revelation…and Rachmaninoff

I hope you’ve had a good year thus far. Over the last few months I’ve been collecting ideas for new stories, revisiting old ones, and reviewing developments locally and elsewhere that stand to embellish both. They will make their way … Continue reading

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Square Pegs, Sadness, and Old Rock Stars

A voice is heard in Ramah,weeping and great mourning,Rachel weeping for her childrenand refusing to be comforted,because they are no more.                               – Matthew 2:18 I would like … Continue reading

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The Election, with Ben and Elaine

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon Going to the candidates debate Laugh about it, shout about it When you’ve got to choose Every way you look at it, you lose                      – Simon … Continue reading

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Rediscovering Jazz

The summer solstice is upon us. The longest day of the year will see me mowing the lawn and doing other things around the house amidst some typically warm and humid temperatures, while back in the high desert of Colorado … Continue reading

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On The Road

My love is in league with the freeway Its passion will ride, as the cities fly by And the tail-lights dissolve, in the coming of night And the questions in thousands take flight My love is a-miles in the waiting … Continue reading

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Waxing about ‘Words’

Yesterday I finished up my final production and post-production work for the “Words” program at KAFM Community Radio. My co-producer, Linda Skinner, will be continuing to work with the program for a while until new producers are trained and ready, … Continue reading

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Hiding In Plain Sight

When he’s out and about near his Denver home, former Broncos quarterback John Elway has come up with a novel way to travel incognito—he wears his own jersey. “I do that all the time here,” the 50-year-old Hall of Famer … Continue reading

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One Last Post for the Year

While working on the ‘Words’ program for January, I found this piece of music that I am attracted to for the poignant and reflective nature of the lyric, and how it relates to my life over the last several years. … Continue reading

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And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street..

No, I don’t think I’ll apologize to Dr. Seuss. This was fun.. Saturday marked the long-awaited return of the Hot Tomato Cafe to the increasingly diverse commercial landscape that is downtown Fruita. According to friends who had been there most … Continue reading

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Culture and Causes

Now that the giddiness of a third Stanley Cup for the Penguins has started to fade away, this week offers some good opportunities to take in some culture and rally behind some good causes. The Barry Tuckwell Institute returns this … Continue reading

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