Last night at around 8pm we showed up at the Broadway Oyster Bar (over near the Soulard area of St. Louis). We drove past the place earlier in the day when we were exploring and it had the right look. Inside had the right look too–nice bar, small tables, funky…
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Saturday night and Sunday day, Kevin's brother Craig was playing a concert with (while coaching the trumpet section of) the New World Symphony for their 25th season opening: The Russian Musical Soul. The first half was Stravinsky: the Circus Polka (1942) with a super cool animated film by Emily Eckstein, followed by…
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Last night we went to the 31st Annual Great Western Rocky Mountain Brass Band Festival in Silverton, CO. It was a blast. All of the musicians dressed in period outfits and played a variety of Sousa marches and other band standards. This is Dennis Kurtz (below). He plays xylophone, and…
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I have one of these little guys (a non colorful version) in my photography studio and I love it (I know, kinda low tech for me, huh?) It has surprisingly good sound and cool but simple retro styling. I just saw these brightly colored ones and thought they'd go great…
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Yesterday the Mehallicks came and camped out with their 1965 Airstream right next to us at Champoeg, and our friends Jenny and Barbara came out for the afternoon and we all headed across the street to Radicle Farms for some bluegrass music, fresh grilled corn, a hay bale maze, and…
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We took a night for a side trip to scenic Stockton… OK, I can't write that with a straight face. We went to Stockton last night to take in a drum and bugle corps competition. Several of the world's top corps were competing as part of a tour that…
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