by James Cassara Welcome back to another go around at sharing some of my favorite recent discs. Among this month’s “something for everyone” offerings are a long forgotten live album from a largely forgotten band, a new hipster pop release, and a few bits of roots rock. As always beContinue Reading
by Max Hammonds, MD What disease condition is your greatest risk for disability or death? Is it heart disease? Cancer? Stroke? Pneumonia? Not surprisingly, it isn’t the same for everyone. People in third world countries are most at risk from infectious disease (think – malaria or AIDS) or violence andContinue Reading
by Peter Loewer Storekeep, Cityfella, Mrs. Storekeep, and the Curmudgeon were standing about the new cigarette display left on the counter by a gum-chewing tobacco salesman and talked about an industry that produces a product that ultimately kills yet still sells itself by various salutes to sophistication. When the talkContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “Everything is as it can be.” ~ Alan Watts, philosopher/theologian Eckhart Tolle advises us “our suffering is in our resistance to what is.” The “what is” of life contains the entire spectrum of possibility from the sublimely beautiful to the unfathomably hideous, from the birth of aContinue Reading
An Inspiring Visit with Artist Daniel McClendon by Greg Vineyard You know when you have an elusive, yet ever-present idea in your brain, waiting for that big bang where it suddenly all comes together? These moments of clarity bring forth new series that delight artists and art appreciators alike. OnContinue Reading
by James Cassara It’s been a relatively slow month for new releases so let’s delve into a couple of welcome reissues, a long overdue boxed set, and a new album from an old friend. As always be sure to haunt your local music shop in search of these and otherContinue Reading
by Peter Loewer The Curmudgeon has a facetious look about his visage,” said Cityfella to Mrs. Storekeep as he waited for the morning mail to be sorted with the deft hands of the second in command. “Just before you arrived I gave him his Sweepstakes Prize Selection Kit from TheContinue Reading
