tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71717896326825037522024-03-13T03:56:29.837-07:00♪ Acoustic Americana Music Guide ♪♪ ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC is blues, bluegrass, borderlands, Cajun, cowboy, Celtic, Cape Breton, newfangled old-time, accessible classical, folk-Americana from riverboats, mountainsides, front porches, barn dances & honkytonks. NOT a musical museum, it is alive with vibrant traditional music & innovators of the Acoustic Renaissance. NEWS, complete listings & descriptions of festivals EVERYWHERE & performances in Southern California, are here, frequently updated!- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.comBlogger1889125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-43977586809608940292023-01-17T01:37:00.001-08:002023-01-17T01:37:21.768-08:00The Folk Music that changed history; current stuff, too. Jan 16 edition, 2023<p> . </p><p>. </p><p><i>Note: For "CONCERTS / RESOURCES / PLACES TO FIND LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES and other selected events" see the final feature before the sign-off.</i><br />
___</p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">W</span>elcome to this edition! You'll find several features, each with a big enough title to find your way around. But no Table of Contents this time. Just explore and enjoy!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> Let's get started.</span></p><p>___</p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">The Folk Music that Powered Change</span></i></b> </p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">S</span>ince the era of recorded music began with the first Edison wax cylinders, music has continued to shape its times and alter culture. Much of the world was never the same after those first mass-produced phonographs' windup-springs powered leather belts, and sounds emanated from attached curved-funnel horn bells. <br />
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It was a true revolution that multiplied the dimensions of everyday life. Enjoyment of music was no longer dependent on someone being there with an instrument they could play. Beyond enjoyment came meaning. Being moved by a stunningly adept performance on a violin (or fiddle), or a guitar or mandolin or banjo -- or by an entire brass band or symphony orchestra became an experience one could experience at home, without recruiting a jam session for the porch. The arrival of recorded music at the turn of the 20th century was a great democratizer across cultures, no less than Guttenberg's invention of moveable type had been, when it enabled books and newspapers to reach the masses in the 1500's. Recorded music -- without regard to what it was -- became the first-ever virtual experience. It brought a world that previously could only be imagined.<br />
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Early recorded sound was big on hymns and church music, on chamber ensembles, and the traditional songs and tunes that comprised the American songbook at the end of the 19th century. Before anyone imagined applying terms like Bluegrass or Americana or Country to music, Americans spun cylinders of "The Arkansas Traveler," "Suwanee River," "Yankee Doodle," of Civil War songs like "Tenting Tonight (on the old camp ground)," "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," "The Battle Hymn of the Republic,," "Eating Goober Peas," and "Dixie." Popular minstrel tunes of the time -- some we would find irreconcilably racist -- were among the available recordings. And many people in rural areas had their only experience of classical music -- Bach, Mozart, Beethoven's Fifth, the Ode to Joy -- in those early recordings.<br />
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Today we live with the unresolvable contradiction that nothing has the power to inspire us as music can, but we assert that in a throwaway culture whose economics depend on rapid disposition of everything from gadgets to fashion to relationships to digital devices that hold digital music created by virtual instruments with roboticized human voices.<br />
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Still, we can't let go of the knowledge that music can be eminently meaningful.<br />
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Despite the invasions and intrusions of A.I., of cars with speakers that vibrate everything else on the road; of elevator music / canned soundtracks in stores and malls; of TV commercials with excruciatingly annoying pseudo-music soundtracks interspersed with mangy bird puppets and pharmacological Wierdwordia nobody can afford; and countless other discordant and atonal annoyances, we know, deep down, that music can change the world.<br />
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That brings us to a time when it did. There is a storied volume in the Folk-Americana catalog that lent purpose, gave strength and resolve. It rallied and gave resolve to the voices of the oppressed. And yes, it even brought solace and comfort when some of its singers were felled by violence and fire hoses and beatings and church bombings and bus burnings and lynchings and billyclubs and bullets.<br />
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Some of its anthems are resurrected from time to time. Whether because the need still exists or because someone imagines we can keep memories in the cultural consciousness. Or impart understanding or renew hope by voicing "We Shall Overcome" or one of its musical companions. Indeed, in this time of book banning -- including award-winning children's books about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, and struggles from the time of slavery -- the need to put the music to work once again is clear.<br /><p> Meanwhile, an effort appears quite far along to sanitize -- some say to "make palatable," or "to Disneyfy," the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In our time, we are quite likely to hear "We Shall Overcome" used to narrate a view of Dr. King that is devoid of his essential radicalism. It is inaccurate to see him as a gentle spokesman for equal rights. It isn't reasonable to see him as "A warrior for peace." </p>
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Nope. He was a warrior for justice who was committed to nonviolence. He took the fight to the most dangerous places because that's where it needed to be. He openly opposed the war in Vietnam, even though that cost him potential allies. He did not compromise, because he lived in an unjust society unable to right its wrongs because of a hundred years of post-Civil War compromise that placated a white apartheid class who had lost that war, but demanded to rule by right of their race.<br />
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It is not easy for us, in our time, to comprehend the universality of inequities, humiliations, separations and insults that the Civil Rights Movement sought to rectify.<br />
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For some -- but not those steeped in Folk-Americana -- rap anthems, wallowing in grievance and insufferable negativity, have taken the place of the anthems of equal opportunity and social justice. But the two genres are as different as embracing the love of humanity vs the desire to bring retribution.<br />
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Certainly, we can believe that Dr. King would have continued to promote the former and decried the latter. Still, it is not difficult to see the nature of angry rap as a response to the assassination of Dr. King and ongoing efforts to undo the gains of the Civil Rights era.<div><br />
And so it is up to us -- as those living in this present time -- to assign some kind of meaning to the past. That is never easy. In Alabama and Mississippi, Monday's federal MLK Day of Service doubles as "Robert E. Lee Day," honoring the military commander of the defeated Confederacy. Nothing is too incredible to be true. Which is a good reminder that we must always be watchful. Just as we must be to keep from being gerrymandered out of equitable representation, and to bring about a society where the rich must pay their fair share of taxes like the rest of us.<br />
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When music exists of a momentous time, we have that music as a cultural armature to enable our efforts at understanding. The music can inform courageous acts and keep them in our cultural memory. <br />
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Such iconic music can make real the fabric of a shockingly painful past. It has the power not just of the past, but again in our time to help us see resuscitated evils. <br />
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Clearly there is racist intent rising in some quarters, today, to revert to those times of second-class citizenship for some of our fellow Americans. To be sure, new anthems are needed to refute bigotry's remanufactured, imagined justifications. And the best of those powerful new songs will take their place alongside the most meaningful songs in all of Folk-Americana -- the songs of justice and brotherhood that still challenge America to live up to its promise. To our shared promise.<br /><p>~ Lawrence Wines</p><p><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span></span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span>□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span></span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span></span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">◇</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">◇</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The best feature on the Music of Civil Rights -- by Dan Rather</i></b></span><br />
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W</span>e share with you this powerful piece by Dan Rather. Dan covered the assassination of President Kennedy as a reporter in Dallas on November 22, 1963. He went on, as a CBS newsman, to cover, on the scenes, all the significant events of the Civil Rights era. The words of the songs sung by the marchers have resonated in him ever since, as you can tell by reading his piece.</p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Music Of A Movement</span><br />
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A Reason to Smile</i></b><br />
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DAN RATHER AND ELLIOT KIRSCHNER<br />
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January 14, 2023<br />
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">T</span>he civil rights movement was driven by marches and sit-ins, lawyering and politicking, speeches and legislation. But it was also fueled by music — songs of oppression and hope, resilience and survival. <br />
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This weekend, as we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we felt it would be fitting to honor the power of that music. These are melodies and lyrics that stirred the soul of a nation, referencing the ugliness of its history to suggest a new path of greater empathy and justice. Nearly 60 years later, we are reminded that this journey remains one very much in progress. <br />
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In honor of Dr. King, let us start at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (the full name of the event deserves its due). Right before Dr. King delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech, the crowd was treated to another performance for the ages, by his favorite gospel singer, the peerless Mahalia Jackson. She sang a pair of hymns, including the one we are posting here: “I've Been Buked and I've Been Scorned.”<br />
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Listen to the music and the power of her voice. And look at the faces of that crowd, all ages and races, standing in rapt attention.<br />
<br /><i style="font-family: sans-serif;"> * Music video (historic Civil Rights) link </i><br /><br /><i><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rZck6OXR_wE&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">"I've Been Buked and I've Been Scorned" -- Mahalia Jackson, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial </a></i><br />
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Jackson is also credited for inspiring what came next. As Dr. King was reading from his prepared text that day, she yelled out to him, "Tell them about the dream, Martin! Tell them about the dream!" He apparently looked at her, slid his notes off to the side, and began to speak extemporaneously. The rest, as they say, is history. <br />
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To capture this special bond between singer and preacher, we found this clip of Jackson and Dr. King at a church in Chicago. She launches into a rendition of “Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho”; the look on his face is priceless.<br />
<br /><i style="font-family: sans-serif;"> * Music video (historic Civil Rights) link:</i><br /><br /><i><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=odHqG1rA4M8&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">Mahalia Jackson singing & Martin Luther King Jr. preaching at Church together</a></i><br />
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Finally, no song is more closely identified with the civil rights movement than the iconic “We Shall Overcome.” There are too many great versions to count, so here we share (not for the first time) one of our favorites. It is courtesy of the Morehouse College Glee Club. <br />
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Part of the power of this performance lies in the strength of the voices and the arrangement for a capella. But it also moves us to see new generations channel the struggles and victories of the past in order to build a brighter future.<br />
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As our nation continues to wrestle with its injustices and inequalities, and with the goal of a more perfect union remaining illusive, these powerful songs resonate once more. They are a testimony that progress is possible. And in that may we find a reason to smile.</p><p><i> * Music video (historic Civil Rights) link:</i></p><p><i><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Aor6-DkzBJ0&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email" target="_blank">
Morehouse College Glee Club -- "We Shall Overcome"</a></i><br />
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© 2023 Dan Rather<p></p><p><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span></span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span>□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span></span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span></span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">◇</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">◇</span></b></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Musical musing from the Muck -- performance vids included</span></i></b></p>
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T</span>he Muckenthaler Cultural Center is an Orange County institution in both the physical and philosophical realms. Their concert series and live-music-themed festivals have received coverage in The Guide through the long-ago heydays of our crowded coverage of events.<br />
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Now, given our love of historical and cultural preservation -- from traditional music and its context to vanishing architecture, steamboats, sailing ships, steam locomotives and the great gleaming stainless-steel "streamliner" passenger trains -- we declare what follows as a must-share.<br />
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Thus, we present a piece on two very different piano icons of American music, written by Farrell Hirsch, "The Muck's" CEO. Enjoy.<br />
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Mr. Hirsch begins,<br />
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"Representing all that is good about pianos we... [had] Dr. Monica Lee, the head of the department at Fullerton College, who... [Was here] to accept the James A. Young Arts Education Legacy Award from the Muck. <br />
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"You should really... [know about this] for two reasons.<br />
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"First — because the program exists to honor those special individuals who have spent a career enriching YOUR community. They've given a life to you, give them back one night.<br />
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"Second — because Monica Lee is a lovely, talented, dedicated, cherished, brilliant professor, player, and pedagogist. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mVzqyheb-c0&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Here she is is giving her Ted Talk</a>."<br />
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"Representing the other side, the not so nice side of the piano, is Jerry Lee Lewis.<br />
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"He shared an instrument and an overlapping name, but nothing else with Dr Lee. <br />
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"There were very few indications during his life that he was a "nice" man. Take, for instance, this small passage, presented without edit, from his New York Times obituary: <br />
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" 'Reporters discovered that the young girl traveling with him, Myra Gale Brown, was his 13-year-old bride—and his cousin—and that Mr. Lewis had still been married to his second wife when he recited the vows for his third marriage.<br />
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" 'Asked by reporters if 13 wasn’t a little young to be married, Ms. Lewis said: 'Oh, no, not at all. Age doesn’t matter back home. You can marry at 10 if you can find a husband.'<br />
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" 'His fourth wife, Jaren Pate, drowned in a friend’s swimming pool in 1982. His fifth wife, Shawn Michelle Stephens, died after taking an overdose of methadone in 1983.<br />
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" 'In 1985, after doctors removed half his stomach to correct a bleeding ulcer, Mr. Lewis slowly began to settle down.<br />
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" 'His marriage to Kerrie McCarver ended in divorce in 2004.<br />
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" 'He is survived by his wife, Judith Coghlan Lewis.'<br />
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"Safe to say that he wasn't put on this earth to lead a moral crusade. His purpose and his gift was this."</div><div><br /></div><div><span face="sans-serif"><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jwXHtfHJ3Co" target="_blank"><i>Jerry Lee Lewis, in a signature performance.</i></a> </span><br />
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-- <i>Farrell Hirsch, CEO, Muckenthaler Cultural Center</i><br />___<br />
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Keep up with all the performances, events and exhibitions, and learn about art classes, the sculpture garden and permanent galleries at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, at:<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.TheMuck.org">
www.TheMuck.org</a><br />
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The Muckenthaler Cultural Center is located at<br />
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F</span>or decades, visitors oohed and ahhed at a decidedly un-natural phenomenon produced nightly in Yosemite National Park. The spectacle even had its own song. It was the coordinated shoving of tons of burning pinecones off the granite rim of Glacier Point, mimicking one of Yosemite's famous waterfalls, but in glowing embers.<br />
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The spectacle ended in the late 1960's, never to return, as the National Park Service reiterated ethics of its original mission.<br />
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But it turns out nature produces its own fire fall in Yosemite -- for a few days every winter, IF the setting sun is not obstructed by clouds, AND the water is falling.<br />
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The phenomena at Horsetail Fall has become its own cause celeb, prompting the Park to enact "February 2023 Reservation Requirements."<br />
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It seems a lot of people have figured out that "Horsetail Fall can glow orange when it's backlit by sunset, which can make it appear to be on fire," as the Park's website says. It continues, "This unique lighting effect happens only on evenings with a clear sky when the waterfall is flowing and when the sun is at the right angle in mid– to late February. This event attracts many visitors to a small area, causing traffic congestion, parking issues, safety concerns, and impacts to natural and cultural resources."<br />
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In order to manage this event, reservations are required for entry to Yosemite on:<br />
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February 10–12, 2023<br />
February 17–19, 2023<br />
February 24–26, 2023<br />
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But if you can go midweek between any of those weekend dates, you can just pay the entry fee and position yourself for nature's show. Or any of nature's many other wonders there.<br />
<br />Info & reservations:<br />
<br /><a href="https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/fees.htm">
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Sadly, no. But it's complicated. It is entering its fourth year. We'll sort tjings out for you, and offer a better picture of where things are, relative to concerts, festivals, and events. <br />
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The latest numbers show US cases are down, a bit, but...<br />
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Worldwide, there is a 41% increase in deaths, though cases have decreased.<br />
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The US average is now 18 cases per 10000 per day. US covid deaths are up 78%. There are 60,863 cases per day, and smaller rural communities report higher numbers. But wastewater tests tell the story best, because home tests, being unreported, are not included in case numbers. Those numbers are slowly dropping, overall.<br />
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But it is a rapidly changing picture with new variants <br />
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US cases of the BA.5 variant were 95%of total COVID cases in October, but is now down to just single-digits of the total, 1.5% overall. Of course it varies by state. The Carolinas, New Jersey, and Mississippi have the largest numbers of daily average cases:<br />
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State: daily avg cases: Per 100,000:<br />
RI 336 32<br />
NC 3232 31<br />
SC 1562 30<br />
NJ 2653 30<br />
MS 825 28<br />
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US 60863 18<br />
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Source: N.Y. TIMES<br />
<br />New variants continue to arise, finding fertile ground for mutation in the unvaccinated. The general trend is that each new variant is more infectious, and more resistant to vaccines and boosters as the mutations take the virus farther and farther from what the vaccines and boosters were designed to stop.</div><div><br /></div><div>
The new XBB.1 accounts for 43.9% of new cases, and with XBB.1.5, the two are the cause of 85% of new infections overall. But neither variant has yet penetrated in Southern states, where death rates have been higher due to lower vaccination rates.<br />
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Hospitalization numbers are rising.<br />
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The rate of transmission and high rates of spread of these newest variants are alarming epidemiologists and hospitals.<br />
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Today, there are 43,307 covid patients in America's hospitals, equating to 13 hospitalized cases per 100,000 population. Here again, raw numbers in specific places are very different from numbers per 100,000 of population -- but the raw numbers show just how far hospitals are again being pressed beyond limits.</div><div><br /></div><div>Washington, DC has 265 hospitalized COVID patients but the rate is 38/100k.<br />
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North Carolina has 2,570 hospitalized COVID patients with a rate of 2,570/100k. <br />
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New York has 3,953 hospitalized COVID patients with a rate of 20/100k.<br />
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Covid mutation patterns display rapid genetic shift. Early on, fears centered on WA1, the original Wuhan strain, then to D614G and GD-Pangolin. In recent weeks, the chief variants of concern have ranged from BA.1/BA.1.1, to BA.2, BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BA.4, BA.4, BA.5, to the current juggernauts, XBB/XBB.1.<br />
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The XBB/XBB.1 variants are especially alarming because they appear to be resistant to innate immunity from prior covid infection. <br />
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It's important to view these numbers in the context of US "Excess Deaths," from pneumonia, flu and covid. Numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics Mortality Surveillance System (as of Jan 12, 2023) show a rapidly climbing red line of deaths per week (over 10,000) that is far above the line defined as an "Epidemic Threshold" (about 5,700 deaths) AND much higher than that above the "Seasonal Baseline" (about 5,600 deaths) for pneumonic illnesses and flu outbreaks.<br />
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Incredibly, other numbers have not changed in months. 68% of Americans are Fully Vaccinated, but only 34% of Americans have received any kind of covid booster in addition to their basic vaccination. 80% have received only one dose of the two-dose vaccine, but that is thought to provide little or no benefit after several months. The gold standard is still the Bivalent Booster which anyone can get now. But, its efficacy against XBB/XBB.1 is suspect.<br />
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Those in long-term care facilities are essentially the only Americans still getting vaccinated.<br />
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Now, let's look at death rates of the vaccinated vs those refusing vaccination. A recent report compares 537,000 vaccinated people who did NOT receive the Bivalent Booster with 85,000 individuals who DID receive the Bivalent Booster. The rates of protection vs show a FIVE-fold reduction in hospitalization and a SEVEN-fold reduction in deaths for those receiving the Bivalent shot.<br />
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Antivaxxers are abuzz over a study that shows an increase in strokes within 21 days of receiving a vaccine injection. That study gas not been peer-reviewed, and numerous other studies contradict it.<br />
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A very large study looked at death from all causes, by age group, comparing all causes against COVID deaths AND deaths of vaccinated individuals. The numbers of deaths among those who were vaccinated is (a) insignificant in absolute terms, and (b) insignificant when compared to life-altering and disabling effects of Long COVID.<br />
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There IS a political dimension, too. Far more Republicans have died, and continue to die, from COVID than Democrats. What will likely balance that to a more equal ratio is the overall amount of screenings and routine tests and health care during the pandemic. <br />
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Dr. Jeffrey Gold, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical School reports, "We are seeing far more late-term cancers because the cases were not caught in screenings earlier."<br />
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Dr. Gold co-hosts the best show on TV for the latest COVID information. It airs live on RFD-TV every Monday, 3-4 pm Pacific time, and welcomes live viewer call-in. All the statistical data cited in this article was presented by Dr. Gold on the January 16th, 2023 edition.<br />
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So, is the pandemic over, or, uhh, "over enough" to resume concert-going, and buying passes and campground spots for spring music festivals? <br />
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For OUR part, we still mask-up to go in stores. We have chosen to avoid airports (the planes have HEPA filters once their APU jet engine is powered-up, but NOT when at the gate!) <br />
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We say, pay attention to the SCIENCE and responsible medical advice.<br />
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SO, as things Now stand, we plan to:<br />
• GO<br />
• masked-up<br />
• taking a pocket bottle of hand sanitizer <br />
• washing hands frequently<br />
• being mindful of things randomly touched by who-knows-how-many people, like door handles, restaurant table condiments, gas pump handles and windshield squeegees, drink dispenser levers, ATM buttons...<br />
• and keep your boosters current!<br />
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~ Lawrence Wines </div><div><br /></div><div><i>We note that The Guide provided one of the FIRST comprehensive, science-based features on the then-coming pandemic, in early February, 2020. The only thing we got "wrong" was the expectation that masks would be ineffective. That was based on the micron size of the virus. It took a few weeks for epidemiologists to realize that the virus would not stay viable when airborne except when traveling in moisture droplets that ARE easily screened-out by masks.</i><br /><br /><p><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span></span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span>□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span></span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">◇</span></span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">◇</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">□</span></b><b style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">◇</span></b></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">CONCERTS / RESOURCES / PLACES TO FIND LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES</span><br />
and other selected events...</i></b><br />
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Live Folk-Americana, usually acoustic, sometimes with electric strings or keyboards, has permanent performance homes at:<br />
<br />■ The Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena, CA, oft-cited as the best intimate acoustic music venue in L.A. (it's actually just above Pasadena). ALWAYS bunches of shows here; check their website:<br /><a href="http://www.coffeegallery.com">
www.coffeegallery.com</a><br />
<br />■ McCabe's, the famous concert hall in back of the guitar shop in Santa Monica, CA. Extensive listings of concerts on their website:<br /><a href="http://www.mccabes.com">
www.mccabes.com</a><br />
<br />■ The Fret House, in Covina, CA<br />The only current listings are for monthly Open Mic nights:<br /><a href="https://frethouse.com/pages/concerts-events">
https://frethouse.com/pages/concerts-events</a></p><p>
<br />■ The Folk Music Center & Museum in Claremont, CA<br />
220 Yale Av, Claremont, CA 91711<br />
909-624 2928<br /><a href="https://www.folkmusiccenter.com">
https://www.folkmusiccenter.com</a><br /> Upcoming<br />
☆ Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys<br />
Sat, Feb 11, 7-9:30 pm; doors at 7; $25<br /> &<br />
☆ Joel Rafael with The Citrus Sisters<br />
Sat, Mar 11, 7-9:30 pm; doors at 7; $20<br />
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<br />■ Random find that looks good...<br />
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</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antelopevalley.com/images/events/event_3332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="800" height="210" src="https://www.antelopevalley.com/images/events/event_3332.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Jan 19, 5-7 pm<br />
Joei plays the Coruce Vineyards and Winery, 1055 W Columbia Way (Ave M) Suite #105, Lancaster, CA 93534<br />
"...some of the AV's best wine paired with some live acoustic music. Bring some snacks and bring some friends.:<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/706721900846287/">www.facebook.com/events/706721900846287/</a><br />
_<p></p><p>■ Crazy J Ranch Concert Series, Topanga Canyon, CA, Season 2<br />
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Sun, Feb 26, 2 pm<br />
Joe Newberry and April Verch, “masters of tradition,” kick-off the 2023 outdoor stage concert series with traditional fiddle and banjo music, hot step dancing and great vocals.<br />
Their concerts this Spring, all at 2 pm, are:<br />
Mar 19, Tim Kliphuis & Jimmy Grant: Djangostyke gypsy jazz.<br />
Apr 30, The Transatlantic Guitar Trio: Djano Reinhardt meets Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed.<br />
May 14, John Reischman & The Jaybirds: mandolin master with a stunning acoustic string ensemble.<br />
Reserve seats by email: crazyjtopanga@gmail.com <br />
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■ Pacific Symphony series, Pops & Classical<br />
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* features "The Roaring 20s" themed concert, May 11-13<br />
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This award-winning Symphony is based in OC, with most performances at the Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, CA. Upcoming events:<br />
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Respighi & Beethoven with Shunta Morimoto Jan 22<br />
Lunar New Year Jan 28<br />
Bronfman Plays Schumann Feb 2-4<br />
Romeo & Juliet Feb 5<br />
Valentine's Day with The Righteous Brothers Feb 10-11<br />
California Connections Feb 12<br />
O.C. Lantern Festival 2023 Feb 18 (FREE tix)<br />
Tchaikovsky & Strauss Feb 23-25<br />
The Great Outdoors Feb 25<br />
Tchaikovsky's Fourth Feb 26<br />
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March through June concerts are now on sale:<br />
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☆ POPS (Friday series)<br />
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Tony & Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth Mar 10<br />
Disco Queen Gloria Gaynor Apr 14<br />
Music of The Rolling Stones May 5<br />
Broadway star Renée Elise Goldsberry Jun 9<br />
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☆ CLASSICAL<br />
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Conrad Tao Plays Mozart Mar 16-18<br />
Verdi's Rigoletto Apr 20, 22, 25<br />
The Roaring 20s (including Rhapsody in Blue) May 11-13<br />
Rhapsody in Blue (Sunday Matinee) May 14<br />
Grieg's Piano Concerto Jun 1-3<br />
Cathedrals of Sound Jun 15-17<br />
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www.PacificSymphony.org<br />
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Need assistance? Call their box office, 714-755-5799, M-F, 9 am-5 pm.<br />
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■ Les Salon de Musiques Chamber Music Series<br />
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</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lesalondemusiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0210Francois_Chouchan-1-1-768x511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://lesalondemusiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0210Francois_Chouchan-1-1-768x511.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This series enters its 13th year with up-close seating that "allows you to enjoy chamber music the way it was meant to be shared." Following the concert, meet the artists and fellow concert-goers while sipping champagne and savoring a buffet of French cuisine. After 11 years at the Music Center in Los Angeles, its nine 2023 season events are based at the historic La Jolla Women's Club, north of San Diego.<br /><a href="https://lesalondemusiques.com/">
https://lesalondemusiques.com/</a><br />
__</div><div><br /></div><div>■ Caltech Series<br />
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Features music, arts, science, space & cosmology, physics, more.<br />
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Many non-arts events can be attended in person OR via livestream at caltech.edu or on Caltech's YouTube channel.<br />
<br />
All events on (or from) the Caltech campus, Pasadena, CA<br />
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Series info: <a href="http://www.caltech.edu">www.caltech.edu</a><br />
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■ Caltech MUSIC events<br />
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Jan 22, 3 pm<br />
Caltech Chamber Music Concert; Student Group Performances<br />
Dabney Hall, Lounge<br />
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Jan 22, 3:30 pm<br />
Pražák Quartet, Coleman Chamber Music Series<br />
Beckman Auditorium<br />
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Jan 28, 8 pm<br />
Caltech Jazz Band Concert with Guest Artist Bob Mintzer; Student Group Performances<br />
Beckman Auditorium<br />
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Jan 29, 3 pm<br />
Caltech Chamber Music Concert; Student Group Performances<br />
Dabney Hall, Lounge<br />
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Feb 11, 8 pm<br />
Caltech Wind Orchestra Concerts; Student Group Performances<br />
Ramo Auditorium<br />
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Feb 12, 3 pm<br />
Caltech Wind Orchestra Concerts; Student Group Performances<br />
Ramo Auditorium<br />
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Feb 25, 8 pm<br />
Caltech Orchestra & Choir Concert with Student Soloists; Student Group Performances<br />
Ramo Auditorium<br />
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Feb 26, 3 pm<br />
Caltech Orchestra & Choir Concert with Student Soloists; Student Group Performances<br />
Ramo Auditorium<br />
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Feb 26, 3:30 pm<br />
Coleman Chamber Music Series<br />
Wu Han, Philip Setzer, and David Finckel<br />
Beckman Auditorium<br />
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Apr 16, 3:30 pm<br />
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Wind Ensemble; Coleman Chamber Music Series<br />
Beckman Auditorium<br />
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Apr 30, 3:30 pm<br />
Calidore String Quartet; Coleman Chamber Music Series<br />
Beckman Auditorium<br />
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■ OTHER Caltech events of interest<br />
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Jan 18, doors at 7 pm; event 7:30-8:30 pm<br />
"When Earth Breathed Deeply" -- Earth's climate has not been constant throughout history. Oxygen levels in the atmosphere, for example, have increased by many orders of magnitude over time, profoundly affecting biologic and chemical cycles at the surface of the earth.These changes in Earth's climate can be traced through the imprints left behind inside the planet. This lecture will explore how such shifts in atmospheric oxygen concentrations altered Earth's inner workings. Presented by Claire E. Bucholz, Assistant Professor of Geology; Biedebach Memorial Lecturer; attend live at Caltech's Beckman Auditorium OR online, free.<br />
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Jan 20, 10 am<br />
Science Journey presents "Conformational Changes"<br />
Online Event<br />
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Feb 3, 7 pm<br />
TACIT Storytelling & Improv; Student Group Performances<br />
Hameetman Center 206 - Frautschi Rehearsal Hall<br />
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Feb 8, 7:30 pm<br />
Watson Lecture: "Galactic Paleontology with JWST: Finding Living Fossils in the Ancient Universe"<br />
Online and In-Person Event<br />
Chuck Steidel, Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astronomy, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, Department of Astronomy<br />
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Mar 1, 7:30 pm<br />
Watson Lecture: "Enigma of the Heart"<br />
Online and In-Person Event<br />
Morteza (Mory) Gharib (PhD '83), Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Medical Engineering; director and Booth-Kresa Leadership Chair of the Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST); director of GALCIT, Division of Engineering and Applied Science<br />
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Apr 19, 7:30 pm<br />
Watson Lecture: "Electrifying and Decarbonizing Chemical Synthesis"<br />
Online and In-Person Event<br />
Karthish Manthiram, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry; William H. Hurt Scholar, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering<br />
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May 10, 7:30 pm<br />
Watson Lecture: "Making Wearable Materials Smarter"<br />
Online and In-Person Event<br />
Chiara Daraio, G. Bradford Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator<br />
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box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.acousticmusic.net</a> </span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! It even let us figure out a bunch of our important dates--most of them were musical and it sure was fun to relive those times!!!"</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; 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box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></div></div></div></div>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-63607324598770804742022-11-07T11:47:00.003-08:002022-11-07T11:49:15.945-08:00The Slick, Soundtracked, November Surprise. Monday Nov 7 2022. <div>. </div><div>The Most Slickly-Produced Extravaganza of the Season</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorry, OSCARS, EMMYS, GRAMMYS, Americana Music Awards. You didn’t win. But wait’ll you see what did.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>In American politics, there is always breathless worry over some game-changing revelation, or simply allegation, or anything regarded as a sociocultural bombshell, in the last weeks before an election. Almost always, it is later regarded as no-big-deal, but if it hits an emotional chord long enough for people to vote, it matters not how important or even how true or false it is.</div><div><br /></div><div>Forget the October Surprise. I just experienced a November Surprise.</div><div><br /></div><div>First, some quick context. You may recall us saying that RFD-TV — in addition to its roots-Americana music programming — has been doing an outstanding job with no-BS coverage of COVID. It's centered on their weekly live show with the Chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical School, Dr. Jeffrey Gold. And that world-renowned doc brings guests, including, three times, his old friend Anthony Fauci.</div><div><br /></div><div>It truly has been solid science and it’s probably saved a lot of lives among their predominantly rural audience.</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay, let’s get to the now.</div><div><br /></div><div>How fast something can turn. I watch a lot of RFD’s programming. And given my background in Los Angeles media, including broadcast radio, I have sufficient experience to evaluate how well something is written and produced. And, as a viewer with that background, I can assess what's the typical and the highest levels of RFD’s production paradigms. I know who their best writer is, and she is also their best host.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday night, two days before the election, they aired the best-written, best-presented, highest-production-values hour I have ever seen on RFD. It was heavily promoted for two weeks in advance, which is very unusual for them. </div><div><br /></div><div>So guess what it was?</div><div><br /></div><div>How about this: filled with every positive superlative word and phrase you can imagine, and repeatedly subjecting you to how morally righteous their subject is — including multiple points of what a lover-of-Jesus he is — and, with a mood-driving perfect musical score, trumpeted sunrises and American flags, plus get-on-the-bandwagon-effect, man-in-the-street, fawning hero worship... it was a full hour to celebrate the perfection of the human being -- in the form of one Herschel Walker.</div><div><br /></div><div>I’ll give you a moment to be stunned. Because yes, we ARE talking about “Head Injury Herschel.”</div><div><br /></div><div>I have seen a number of those slickly-produced films from top advertising and image-making Madison Avenue and K Street firms. They are best summarized as the stirring promo short that introduces a political party’s Presidential nominee at their televised political convention, which is itself a production of magnetic propaganda. Those films have always been as good as it gets to deify a human being. THIS was that effectively done. Leni Riefenstahl would have been proud.</div><div><br /></div><div>I mean, this thing was SO effective that if Herschel wins, the Goppers have RFD-TV’s founder, Patrick Gottsch — who executive produced this— and their most charismatic, popular host, Christina Loren — to thank for putting a babbling, insufferably self-righteous moron in the United States Senate.</div><div><br /></div><div>This morning, I heard Joe Madison say, “Let’s review. What is Herschel Walker’s resume’? Good at football. Holds the single-season record for impregnating women.”</div><div><br /></div><div>Madison’s quips go to the essence of the hopelessly flawed candidacy of Herschel Walker. Yet the RFD hour gave smooth rides around his lies, multiple hypocrisies on wanting to ban abortion yet paying to abort multiple pregnancies he has caused, and refusing to be involved in the lives of at least eight children he has fathered by different mothers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Were any questions about any of THAT featured in the RFD hour? Not even a mention, between all the careful edits of Herschel asserting that he is holier than thou.</div><div><br /></div><div>If I wasn’t overexposed to “Head Injury Herschel” and all his “What the Hell Herschel” moments, RFD would have me believing he is the greatest statesman since Cicero. Except… each time more newly-found children, fathered by him with so many random women who he couldn't convince to get an abortion, reality collides with irreconcilable images. </div><div><br /></div><div>But, if I was someone who spent all my hours at work or stuck in a long commute, and that made me a “low information voter” — I would believe, after watching this slick RFD production, that Herschel-the -Holy-Running-Back is God on a White Horse who belongs in the White House. YES, media IS that powerful in its crafted ability to wholly determine false reality.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh, and by the way. In seamlessly welding their performance-production-propaganda hour, RFD didn’t miss ANYTHING. They even include a tidbit for the white racists: Herschel, in one quick segment, is wearing a “Cassius Clay” sweatshirt. Have you EVER seen, or even known of, a garment like that?</div><div><br /></div><div>Except maybe before Muhammad Ali took the new name by which the entire world would know him, and white racists would always try to deny him.</div><div><br /></div><div>Gads, now I will wonder if I can sleep at all before the election, given the possibility of dream images of the "incredibly inspiring" greatest athlete who ever lived. Which according to RFD, is not Ali, but Herschel. Who, by the way, likes to be interviewed in barns with cows, and likes to talk about how much he loves rodeo. And barbecue. And Jesus.</div><div><br /></div><div>And, likewise, according to the RFD hour, Herschel as the most universally beloved athlete of all time, "vows to bring his dedication and fortitude" to fix everything that’s wrong in DC.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you aren’t ready to scream or puke, you haven’t been paying attention.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>One final note: since the RFD show exceeded the production values of anything they have ever done, and did so by a vast margin…where did the money come from to make that show? Since the Supreme Court protects “dark money” in politics, we may never know. But it is one more reason why the “For the People Act,” passed as the FIRST piece of legislation in 2021 by the US House of Representatives, should NEVER have been allowed to silently die from a “memo” filibuster in the US Senate.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you read all this, what more motivation do you need to vote Tuesday?</div><div><br /></div><div>Rovember 8th. You can let the obstructionists pursue their only agenda, of Big Money running roughshod over all of us and our political system. Or you can say </div><div><br /></div><div>“No. Need must prevail over greed. Intelligent, thoughtful, fiscally responsible compassion must determine how we govern ourselves. Those who have no agenda but grievance based on lies and demands for insatiable power must never get their hands on power again.”</div><div><br /></div><div>If that sounds like an impossibly ambitious aspiration in the face of powerful media that creates heroes from dimwits, ask yourself just one thing:</div><div><br /></div><div> Will I make it better by not voting?</div><div><br /></div><div>You can ask yourself any follow-up question you like: will Music and Arts education return to every public school for every student if I don’t vote? Will Climate Change be reversed if I don’t vote? Will democracy itself long endure if I don’t vote? Will morbidly rich, bloated billionaires, continue to overconsolidate and concentrate wealth and power until they have it all, if you don’t vote? Add your own questions.</div><div><br /></div><div>I’ll see you at the only poll that matters: the one where you cast your vote.</div><div><br /></div><div>~ Lawrence Wines, editor</div><div>Acoustic Americana Music Guide</div><div>November 7, 2022</div><div>___</div><div><br /></div><div>Copyright of this edition is granted without fee provided no use deriving from said use edits the foregoing content to alter its intent from the clear message in the original.</div><div><br /></div><div>(c) 2022, Acoustic Americana Music Guide, Tied to the Tracks, and Lawrence Wines.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-75781703843762142122022-10-31T20:21:00.003-07:002022-10-31T20:21:32.930-07:00Everybody else does Halloween. We tell you about Nevada's connection with October 31st. Mon Oct 31 edition 2022<p>. </p><p>. </p><p>Yes, we HAVE often annually covered Halloween and its original Celtic roots, along with the Latin American Day of the Dead, and All Hallows Eve, and All Saints Day, and whatever other historical identities and cultural fixations pertain to harvest celebrations. After all, music and dance are integral parts of most of those things. But this year, we just didn't come across things like that you could attend. No, that doesn't mean they aren't out there, but we were not in the loop if they are. Yes, yes, shocking admission, given. we are expected to know all and tell all that isn't scandalous gossip.</p><p>So we are instead engaging in storytelling. We'll tell you an October 31st tale you have never heard. It's about a land of wonder that's right next door if you're a Californian. And it features a look beyond the usual attractions of a favorite vacation destination visited by most of the world. Stick with us for a few minutes, and you'll have plenty of new reasons to appreciate it when next you go there. </p><p>Let's get started!</p><p><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #ffa400; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●</span>⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #ffa400; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #ffa400; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #ffa400; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><i>A land of wonder, right next door</i></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>N</b></span>evada celebrates its 158th birthday on Monday, Oct 31. Yep, Halloween is its birthday. Which may explain why some people invoke the fates and embrace the spirits when they go there. But we will 3xplire the fascinating realm of the real. One hint: if you have pinstriped overalls And gauntlet gloves, put them on as your Halloween costume to come aboard. Because -- though it isn't readily evident today -- no state has more connections with its colorful railroad past.<br />
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Here are some fun facts about Nevada:<br />
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Nevada's silver financed the Union victory in the Civil War. Because the Confederacy realized that and coveted the then-territory's riches, Nevada was made a state in 1864 with the motto, "Battle Born."<br />
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Nicknamed the "Silver State", Nevada is actually the largest gold-producing state in the U.S. and fourth-largest in the world.<br />
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Nevada is the seventh-largest state in size in the U.S., at 110,622 square miles.<br />
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The state was named after the High Sierra, which is, formally, the "Sierra Nevada" mountain range. Nevada's highest point is Boundary Peak, named because it's barely in the state at the north end of California's White Mountains / Inyo Mountains chain. Those north-south mountains are east of and across from the Sierra Nevada, and those ranges of mountains are almost all in California.<br />
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Still, Nevada contains more separate mountain ranges than any other state in the U.S., including Alaska. Nearly all Nevada's mountains run north-south in parallel ranges, divided by north-south valleys with pasture land, antelope, cattle herds, creeks fed by alpine snows, and due to hot summers, dry lake beds. <br />
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Wagon trains of 1840s-1860s westward-bound settlers for Oregon and California took trails winding around those north-south mountain ranges. The first transcontinental railroad, the Central Pacific, had to do the same. <br />
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Subsequent railroads -- dozens if them, like the Eureka & Palisade, Virginia & Truckee, Nevada Central, Carson & Colorado (named for the rivers, not the other state), Nevada Northern, Tonopan & Goldfield, Death Valley Railroad, and more -- tackled formidable mountains to reach mining towns.<br />
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A few other railroad "through routes" -- the Western Pacific, built by Colorado's Denver & Rio Grande and stolen by Gilded Age banksters, and the UP's surrogate "Salt Lake Route," though built to get somewhere else, connected some of Nevada's mining camps with California and the East. Mining railroads Tonopah & Tidewater and Las Vegas & Tonopah became trunk lines using lateral valleys to connect northern and southern Nevada's cities. (Today, with no rail connection between Reno and Vegas, the highway is packed with big rig trucks.)<br />
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America's largest silver deposit, the Comstock Lode, was found in Nevada in 1859. That was a decade before the transcontinental railroad was completed. Virginia City developed on a mountainside to feed the Comstock mines with supplies and the miners with saloons and ladies of the evening. </p><p>The Virginia & Truckee Railroad became the first in the pattern: it climbed up to Virginia City in a geographical fishhook, connecting with the transcontinental railroad at Reno. Notably, the 150th birthday of the V&T was just celebrated in July 2022 at the Nevada State RR Museum in Carson City, the State Capital and the former V&T midpoint.<br />
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Nevada was the first state to ratify the 15th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which prohibits state and federal governments from denying a citizen the vote based on that person's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."</p><p>The transcontinental railroad had been built from the East primarily by Irish immigrants, and from the West over the Sierra Nevada and across the state by Chinese immigrants who were recruited in China to do work California's 1860s residents did not want to do. After building the Central Pacific, these Chinese immigrants became the West's railroad builders in Nevada and elsewhere. But that does not mean their contribution was acclaimed, or even valued. The West's Chinese experienced severe discrimination, eventually settling in enclaves like the Chinatown communities of San Francisco and Los Angeles.</p><p>Nevada never had "Jim Crow" laws that racially separated passengers aboard its trains, unlike the accommodations unconstitutionally mandated <span style="font-family: sans-serif;">until the 1960s</span> by individual state laws aboard trains in Texas and across the entire Southeast. But there was de facto discrimination in Nevada's hotels for the state's first hundred years, practiced against most of America's minorities.</p><p>Today, Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than any other city on Earth. 15 of the top 25 largest hotels in the world are in Las Vegas. <br />
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The gambling mecca of Las Vegas was originally established not by Bugsy Siegel and the mob, but by the San Pedro, Los Angeles, & Salt Lake Railroad, "The Salt Lake Route." I</p><p>Originally, Las Vegas was simply a water stop for steam locomotives because good water was plentiful there in the middle of the desert. The springs in "The Meadows," the Engish translation of the Spanish-named Las Vegas, seemed abundant, until the city outgrew even what Lake Mead can provide. </p><p>That railroad, the SPLA&SL, that established Las Vegas, was from the start a subsidiary of the Union Pacific. Its rails were the first to take the Union Pacific to the Pacific, via L.A., branching southwest from its previous Utah terminus with the Central Pacific. (That was a hundred years before the mega-mergers UP gobbled-up purt near every other railroad that reached the Pacific via California, or the Gulf of Mexico via Texas and Louisiana.)</p><p>Nevada nourishes the fervor of the conspiratorially minded with its state-designated "Alien Highway."<br />
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"Area 51" is a cliche with an actual name too secret to be spoken, much less published here. It is a top secret area of Nellis Air Force Range and Nuclear Test Site. And it is rumored to have housed the development of the first operational mach-3+ high altitude airplanes and the first Stealth aircraft -- and to be the home of "alien UFO research facilities."<br />
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It IS true that a conspiracy existed for decades to minimize and lie altogether about the dangers of nuclear testing in Nevada. Culprits with complicity included government, the state's gaming and hospitality industries, the military, the Atomic Energy Commission. In later years, the central villain promoting denial of harm and fighting cancer treatment compensation for Atomic Veterans and esposed civilians is the nebulously-defined Military-Industrial-Cybersecurity-Complex in its original identity (pre cybersecurity) when President Eisenhower coined the term to warn about it in his Farewell Address. Atomic fights continue in Nevada, over the state's designation as the sole depository for nuclear waste.<br />
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Today -- in addition to the casinos and a previously nomadic football franchise -- Nevada offers delights beyond the cities. Things that were always there are being discovered anew. These include remote mountain hikes and climbs, opportunities to view wildlife, water sports on rivers and reservoirs, and seasonal rides aboard vintage trains on historic rail routes. You can board the Virginia & Truckee (reborn in 1976 in Virginia City) and the Nevada Northern (the best-preserved 1890s railroad in America, rejuvenated in Ely), and the Nevada State Railroad Museum's two sites, in Carson City and Boulder. Amtrak's modern "California Zephyr" runs daily, year-round, across the width of Nevada on the original 1869 transcontinental railroad route.<br />
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Aside from the historical attractions and tourist trains, all the railroads in Nevada now are owned by the Union Pacific. That includes its own original "Salt Lake Route" mainline from Los Angeles, roughly paralleling the newer I-15 East to Vegas, then heading north into the hinterlands to fascinating little Pioche (great local museum there) and historic Caliente, then going up the largely roadless and still wild Meadow Valley Wash and into Utah. In addition, UP now owns both the original Central Pacific, which became Southern Pacific, and its later rival Western Pacific. Both those lines cross the state from their separate Sierra crossings in California, one down from Donner Pass, the other via the Feather River Canyon. From Reno, they parallel I-40 east, before taking their own routes into Utah. <br />
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Alongside those rail arteries, there are huge modern distribution warehouses outside Reno and Vegas, mostly served by trucks. So Nevada's railroads -- except for passenger stops by its sole Amtrak train -- don't service much Silver State commerce anymore. It may be a metaphor for today's coast-to-coast "conveyor belt" freight railways, but it just feels more poignant in a Silver State once served by a network of gleaming silver rails.<br />
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You should know about a splendid instigation tool for field adventures. It's the two-volume book, "Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California," by Prof. David Myrick. 60 years after it was first published, it remains a top resource. Whether read at home for ideas, or out where the wild horses roam, it's a time machine to when Nevada epitomized rootin' tootin' galloping horses, train robbers, 20 mule teams, and echoing steam whistles across the Wild West. <br />
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Nevada's backroads take you to the tangible remnants of the Oregon and California Trails and the route of the Pony Express. And to dozens of abandoned railroads from times when you endured eating dust from atop a mule, or went by steam train. The latter often had Pullman sleepers and dining car meals that included fresh oysters and pheasant under glass. Railroad cuisine was served on real china, unique to individual trains, and still prized by collectors. But any archaeologist will tell you that an object outside its culture context loses its meaning. So go get the context, of the view from where the trains ran -- whether or not you have the inclination to invest in a 130-year-old dinner plate.<br /></p><p>From old US 50, now deemed "the Loniliest Road in America," to dozens of other two-lane routes that crisscross the state, there are vistas that inspired Native Americans for thousands of years, pioneer routes, and ghost towns to explore. All are enriched by taking along Myrick's book. </p><p>A lonely linear ridge gathering windblown sand -- still with the occasional dried-out fragments of wood crossties and a peppering of rusting spikes -- suddenly is understood as part of a lost spider web that connected Nevada. Its filaments of vanished iron were once the routes of empire, magic carpets of excitement for a journey to a new land, a new life, hopes of a better future. And cultural context? How often it ends in windblown sand vs. the nighttime glow of garish lights a couple mountain ranges away on the Vegas Strip. And now, dreams of gold vs. scarcity of essential water as Lake Mead goes dry.<br />
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Nevada's history is more expansive than the bandustling anonymity of casino "action" and overpriced shows "starring" overhyped celebrities in Reno and Vegas. Next time you go, do more than fantasize as you feed an insatiable slot machine. Go out and find your own vision of a John Ford Western or a classic Lucius Beebe narrative of a long-lost train ride. </p><p>Nevada is a place that invites contemplation of unsustainable development, and perspective on what may and may not warrant greed masquerading as investing in dreams. It's a place for picking your guitar beneath a star-filled sky and becoming mindful of what really matters. 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That's because the folks it really needs to reach would have blown it off before. We hope they won't do that, anyway.<br /><br />So here ya go: Point is, a whole bunch of us are getting tired of looking out for everybody else's future. I mean, it isn't all that much fun for ANY of us to invest time in learning about and understanding all the very many things that are poised like vultures on a fence rail to eat our lunch. Or rob us blind. Or steal the future. And, when they do it, leave the masses wondering "what happened?" </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Because that is soooo predictable, AFTER too damn many of us found it too easy to be... distracted ...elsewhere. You know somebody that you have the desire to tell, "ya know, you, uhh, pay attention to a lot of crap that really does not matter a whit to what kind of future we will share. You even waste MY energy with your endless foolishness."<br /><br />That is what it's all about. Not "politics" or "midterms" or "partisan control." It's about the <i>future</i>. The <i>entire</i> U.S. House of Representatives gets elected THIS November. All of them! Plus, <i>one-third</i> of the U.S. Senate gets elected that very same day! November 8th is "Rovember." November 8th is THE day when the future of REVERSING Climate Change, or instead, turning corporate oligarchs loose to plunder the planet, will be decided. Not just "the day it is determined," but the day it is <i>DECIDED</i>. That's because YOU can choose to vote on November 8th, "Rovember 8th," on "stop the oligarchs" November 8th, on Save Democracy November 8th.<br /><br />And frankly, if you don't choose to carry your part, a whole lot of other folks are damned tired of doing it for you. I, for one -- your editor here, whose past includes holding White House press credentials and covering government, politics, science, technology, aerospace, engineering, infrastructure, international relations, and doing investigative journalism to enable all that, and not "just" doing music and the arts -- well, I am pretty close to done with all of it except one thing.<br /><br />My rant can be summed-up in this short paragraph: I am tired of being an advocate for others who never utilize the opportunity to work in a coalition that <i>advocates for their own future</i> together with the rest of us. So, if voter turnout is low on November 8th, you can stop looking for my public policy advocacy on a broad range of issues. I will be a voice only for reversing climate change. The rest of you can tell each other how shocked and disgusted you are about everything else that happens after you fail to vote.<br /><br />Or you can get mad <i>while it matters</i>, get motivated while it can <i>make a difference</i>, use your <i>mind</i>, use your <i>voice</i>, use your <i>passion</i>, use your <i>vote</i>, and take action for your <i>future</i>. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i><u><b>Check your VOTER REGISTRATION while there's still time</b></u></i>. You can do it easily online by typing-in "check voter registration" and your city and state. <i>You may need to re-register. Or if you have never been registered, it's time to change that.</i><br /><br />Certain interests with ultra-rich backers are VERY actively engaged in purging voters from registration rolls, nationwide. There has never been anything like it in the United States of America in our lifetimes -- though the U.S. state of Georgia, four years ago, gave the registration purgers the model they are now using nationwide. It's all about winning by rigging the game. Only it isn't a game. It's power and control and who will wield it against rich interests -- who use politics for their self-serving wealth-grabbing -- at the expense of the rest of us.<br /><br />The planet has a rapidly diminishing window to stop runaway climate change. Yet some interests continue to deny that it is happening at all, and will profit from despoiling the entire world unless we, the people, stop them. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Subterfuge, distraction, diversion, denial, Big Lies, outlandishly outrageous claims, every unimaginably ridiculous premise, exploitation of differences through scares and fears, and, when all that fails, overt threats against all who disagree, are the leading tactics of those who don't want you to vote.<br /><br />Whether your top concerns are reproductive freedom or a future worth having and handing-off to future generations, or something else entirely, it all comes down to one thing: democracy must be preserved, defended, nurtured, and ultimately protected from those who would trample it. Ignore that, and fascism replaces democracy.<br /><br />Check your VOTER status, and be sure you are qualified and thoroughly informed to vote this November. This is the most important "midterm" election cycle in 90 years, and the most consequential we may ever face.</p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">~ <i>Lawrence Wines, editor</i></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">___<br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #f1c232;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●</span>⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; 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padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! It even let us figure out a bunch of our important dates--most of them were musical and it sure was fun to relive those times!!!"</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; 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box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></div></div></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-11614910896000863622022-10-14T15:07:00.007-07:002022-10-16T06:01:32.330-07:00Octuarial October: no time to "fall" as the leaves turn! Friday edition, October 14 2022<p>. </p><p>. </p><p><i>[Updated with additions, 5:51 pm, Oct 14]</i></p><p>A new roots music festival, concerts in the venues and online, Stephanie Miller's "Sexy Liberal - Save Democracy" comedy tour concludes with an L.A. performance, plus... we remember Loretta Lynn, and -- well, take a look!</p><p>All <b>the EVENTS follow the NEWS</b>, then we wrap it up with an editorial about a simple, profound act to assure we have a future.</p><p>Let's get started!</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">___</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #f1c232;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●</span>⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></span><br /><br /><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Folk legend Joan Baez helping Ukraine's children</span></i></b></p><p><b>Her art funds relief, medical care for war-ravaged nation's children</b><br />
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"J</span>oan Baez stopped singing a couple of years ago, but she is a fabulous portrait artist. She did a portrait of Ukrainian President Zelinskyy," relates American Dr. Irwin Redlener, world-renowned infectious disease expert.<br />
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He continues, "She did prints of that portrait and raised a lot of money. We've been friends a long time. She recruited me to go to Poland and Ukraine to help decide what to do with the money, how it could best help. Once here, I was hooked."<br />
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Dr. Redlener is currently helping in a Ukrainian hospital that's been moved underground, to protect it from continuing Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's civilian population. Patients there have been wounded, including many children, and medical personnel are struggling to treat them without anyone suffering more wounds as attacks continue from Russian invaders.<br />
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To learn more or contribute to the war relief project for children started by Joan Baez, go to:<br />
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Ukraine Childrens Action Project<br /><a href="http://www.ukrainecap.org">
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F</b></span>irst, the International Acoustic Music Awards' "New Folk & Acoustic Spotify Public Playlist" has been released, featuring their winners and past winners. It includes Buffalo Rose, Ellis Paul, Jonatha Brooke, Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton (This year's Grammy Nominee), Rod Abernethy, Frank J Myers, Jonathan Edwards, Ricky Kej (This year's Grammy Winner), and more. You can click their "like" link for their playlist and listen free.<br />
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IAMA's latest news has become a frequently shared article on the Music Connection magazine site. IAMA tells us, "We'd be grateful if you could take a moment and weigh-in on the matter. Read the article here."<br />
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Awards competition deadline is Nov 10</span></i></b><br />
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S</b></span>econd, you can enter the 19th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) by November 10, 2022, or earlier: https://inacoustic.com/enter-here/<br />
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IAMA is sponsored by: Solid State Logic (SSL), New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, Airplay Access, Ditto Music, Sirius XM Radio, Acoustic Café Radio Show, Paige Capo, Make Music Matter, Kari Estrin Management & Consulting, and more.<br />
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Why enter IAMA?<br />
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• Get recognized as a music artist and for your music: Best Male Artist, Best Female, Group, etc. <br />
• Winning artists will appear on the IAMA compilation CD. <br />
• Winning artists will receive radio airplay.<br />
• Gain music industry exposure and more.<br />
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Full info at: <a href="https://www.inacoustic.com">https://www.inacoustic.com</a> <br />
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~ Loretta Lynn, who died this past week at age 90.<br />
<br />You need to to look way back, to a prior era, to realize Loretta as an artist changed everything. Before her, women stars -- Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells, and so many other gold- and platinum-sellers -- did not write their own songs. Change came overnight: After Loretta Lynn began writing hits that were autobiographical, all women artists were expected to have originals. <br />
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She was an early advocate for feminism. Her song, "The Pill," asserted women could be in charge of family planning and shocked the conservative mind. "In the Bible Belt, they would preach against it [the record] on Sunday, and on Monday morning the congregation would go out and buy it to see what was wrong with it. That made it a hit," said Loretta.<br />
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She sang with everyone from Ernest Tubb to Ray Charles, Conway Twitty to Willie Nelson to Patsy Cline. She was long ago inducted into the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame. President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.<br />
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Loretta Lynn, even after fame, acclaim, GRAMMYS, Gold records, a Hollywood movie about her life -- "Coal Miner's Daughter," starring Sissy Spacek -- always kept her sense of wonder and gratitude. And her accent was the real deal, from her upbringing in Butcher Holler. It was all a mosaic of authenticity integral with her persona, and not the <i>fahke tew-wang of tudday's</i> Nashville creatures. </p><p>The world will find plenty more music stars to idolize, but when it comes to those we can truly admire? Loretta Lynn has long held an esteemed place in that hallowed pantheon where other artists join fans to pay homage.<br />
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Any grocery chain you knew growing up is now part of one or the other of these two corporate giants. Safeway, Piggly Wiggly, Food Giant. Market Basket. Food Lion. They're all vanished into Borg-like assililations. And now an ultimate megamerger is about to generate billions in corporate debt for its bloated, merged, impending self-inflicted indigestion in the form of "acquisition cost" -- that will be passed-along in ever-higher food prices to "the consumer," their dehumanizing euphemism for all of us. Even though these machinations of the super rich will do what they always do: (a) cut jobs and make remaining employees work longer, salaried, and therefore unpaid hours (b) force us to go to more stressful, unstaffed self-checkouts that accept no argument when the shelf price was less than the robot is demanding, and (c) use the power of their corporacratic monopoly to erode worker benefits gained through hard-fought union contracts.</span><br />
<br /><span face="sans-serif">So, what to do? Raise hell about this with your Member of Congress now, and get it blocked! Seriously, tell your lawmaker, "No more mega-mergers! Stop this one!" </span></p><p><span face="sans-serif">Or, you can decide "That's too much to bother with." Which likely means you'll wait until your options to buy ANYTHING are (a) Wal-Mart, (b) Amazon, or (c) roadside minimarts that stock only burnt-dried wire-rack hot dogs, preservative-impregnated chips, and diabetes-inducing soda, but no fresh food. Likely your coming options -- IF you can safely pull into a roadside strip mall without being runover by a driverless big rig truck with data stream hiccups on its way from the processing plant to the 500-acre warehouse.</span><br />
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There are songs in all that waiting impatiently to be written. Think of "Little Boxes" when runaway cookie-cutter suburban development was the issue...</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">Or maybe you have a bigger issue. November 8th is voting day. Don't sit home.<br />
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"PARAMOUNT RANCH SONIC BOOM MUSIC FESTIVAL"</b> is a formidable first-time venture by folks you know, Tiny Porch Concerts, with support from the Santa Monica Mountains Fund. It happens at the same site as the longtime home of the springtime "Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival." (No, the "TBFC" organization is not involved.) This is being promoted as "a one-of-a-kind music festival" hosted and largely organized by L.A.'s own DUSTBOWL REVIVAL. Therefore, do not assume you can catch it next year -- it may only happen once!<br />
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It kicks off with gates opening at 11 am, first performance at noon, at Paramount Ranch, 2903 Cornell Rd, Agoura Hills, CA 91301.<br />
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Featured are New Orleans' famous REBIRTH BRASS BAND, DUSTBOWL REVIVAL, DOM FLEMMONS, as well as YOSMEL MONTEJOY Y LA CALIENTE, EAGLE ROCK GOSPEL SINGERS, and WATER TOWER.<br />
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Local craft vendors, food trucks, craft beer, wine, kids' activities and unique jamming experiences throughout the festival grounds will all ensue.<br />
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Don't let history confuse you. If you've heard of "Sonic Boom" before this, that was in the context of "Colorado's Premier Electronic Music Festival" at Hummingbird Ranch in the beautiful Spanish Peaks Country of the Rocky Mountains. This Sonic Boom is roots music, NOT electronica.<br />
<br />□ The $85 VIP tix are sold out.<br />■ General admission, $45 -- includes parking and admission to the ranch.<br />■ Child tix, ages 4-12, $20; free under age 4.<br />
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A portion of your ticket purchase will support the restoration of Paramount Ranch, following the loss of the historic movie-set Old Western town to the disastrous Woolsey Fire in 2018.<br />
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Tix and info: <a href="https://www.betterunite.com/sonicboom">https://www.betterunite.com/sonicboom</a><br />
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Sat & Sun, Oct 15 & 16; FREE general admission; gates open 8-11 am ONLY, no admission after 11 am.<br />
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E</b></span>dwards is home to NASA's Neil Armstrong Flight Research Center. It's also where the Air Force flight-tests everything, and has its Test Pilot School. Yes, that's the USAF counterpart of the Navy's Top Gun school you know from two Tom Cruise movies.<br />
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Edwards was famous for its annual open house. But that ended after 9/11, when security fences went up. This weekend brings the first real return of the decades-long tradition that's been absent for 20 years.<br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the United States Air Force, while October 14, 2022 marks 75 years of breaking the sound barrier over the sky above Edwards. During this weekend, the event will pay homage to both legacies with historic aircraft and sonic booms, mixed with the latest in cutting-edge aviation.</span></p><p>
Sure, the military is currently having a tough time meeting its required recruiting numbers. Two decades of unending, unwinnable, and ultimately useless wars will do that to a country. So some may see the weekend of blinding-fast, low flybys, aerial acrobatic demonstrations, and thunderous sonic booms over the desert's dry lakebeds -- well, cynically.<br />
<br />The military consumes more of the federal budget than anything else except a nebulous total of "entitlements" that are mostly unrelated. So this is an opportunity to go see just what it is they do with all that money. Some of it, anyway. Just put the event in your browser and you'll find what gate to use, when to go each day, and what you can expect to see.</p><p>You can take the I-5 or 405 north to the 14 Freeway, and exit at Rosamond Boulevard. Or from the Inland Empire, head over Cajon Pass on I-15, and chrck online to see whether you can traverse the desert on 89th St East, North to a different gate.<br />
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There is more than a touch of irony at work. You can catch the roots music "Sonic Boom" music festival on Saturday in Agoura Hills -- which has nothing to do with high tech aviation (see our festival feature story) -- and then go out to the Edwards Open House / Airshow on Sunday. Aside from the cost of gasoline (twice as much in California as anywhere else), the airshow has free tickets online.<br />
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□ Masks and Vaccination cards are required to attend Coffee Gallery Backstage Concerts.<br />
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• Fri, Oct 14, 8 pm - BETH FITCHET WOOD & STEVE WOOD + JODI SIEGEL. $20.<br />
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• Sat, Oct 15, 2 pm matinee AND 6 pm evening shows - LED ZEPAGAIN plays all-acoustic renditions of the famous rock band's hits. Either show, $25.<br />
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• Tue, Oct 18, 8 pm - MAIAH WYNNE, national traveling singer. $20.<br />
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• Thu, Oct 20, 7 pm - THE ROADHOUSE SERIES PRESENTS: "A Tribute to the Americana Music Movement," with 17 artists doing songs from the Carter Family to Brandi Carlisle. $20.<br />
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• Thu, Oct 27, 8 pm - CODY BRYANT, MARK BRIDGEFORD, CAMPBELL FEST. $20.<br />
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• Sun, Oct 30, 3 pm Matinee - "A 'DENA HOME COMPANION" is a multiartist “'dena” (Pasadena/Altadena/Eagle Rock-a-dena) spin on Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion," featuring comedy and classic American songs. $20.<br />
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•Fri, Nov 11, 8 pm - TALL MEN GROUP, the ensemble of ndividual accomplished songwriters, Edward Tree, Severin Brown, John Stowers, Marty Axelrod, introducing brand new songs and honoring the group’s founder, brother and chef Jimmy Yessian, lost to cancer in 2021. $20.<br />
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■ At <b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">M</span><u>cCabe's concert hall</u></b>, in back of the landmark music store, 3101 Pico No, Santa Monica CA; advance tix online, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com">https://www.mccabes.com</a><br />
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□ Masks and Vaccination cards are required to attend McCabe’s Concerts.<br />
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▪Fri & Sat, Oct 14 & 15: SOLD OUT - HOT TUNA Acoustic.<br />
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▪Fri & Sat, Oct 21 & 22: SOLD OUT - JOHN DOE FOLK TRIO.<br />
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▪Sun, Oct 30, 8 pm - SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE w/ Rick Shea, Tony Gilkyson and Cindy Lee Berryhill. $20.<br />
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▪ Nov 5, 8 pm - Crys Matthews & Heather Mae. $25.<br />
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▪ Nov 12, 8 pm - Albert Lee<br />
___</p><p>■ At The <b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">M</span><u>uckenthaler Cultural Center</u></b>, 1201 W Malvern Av, Fullerton, CA 92833; tix & info, 714-738-6595, <a href="http://TheMuck.org">TheMuck.org</a><br />
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Thu, Oct 20, 7:30 pm - PETER BRANDON: after a three year Covid hiatus, and fresh off a Vegas Residency, Fullerton's prodigal son returns home for a night of Country music.<br />
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Thu, Oct 27, 7:30 pm - BEYOND THE BLACK VEIL: A Halloween inspired seance conjuring the spirits that inhabit the Muck.<br />
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Sun. Oct 30, 12-4 pm - "Día de los Muertos Festival" is Free and open to the public. The Muckenthaler invites everyone to join them to celebrate Día de los Muertos, with festive activities for the whole family, food, drinks, live music, local artisans, and arts and crafts for kids.<br />
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Nov 5-6, 10 am-4 pm - annual "Artistic License Fair" is Free to attend. Celebrating 28 years, the Fair is a fine crafts show featuring the highly collected work of over fifty L.A., Orange, and Riverside County artisans. <br />
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Thu, Dec 15 - DARDEN: this will be the fifth year of the "Darden Holiday extravaganza" at the Muck and its filled with all of your favorite Christmas classics all Dardened up.<br />
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Thu, Dec 22 - JIM "KIMO" WEST: Called "The World's Greatest Slack Key Guitarist," he turns his instrument toward the holidays for this Hawaiian-themed evening of music.<br />
___</p><p>■ <b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">E</span><u>lsewhere</u></b>...</p><p>___</p><p>JAMES LEE STANLEY is playing two local venues...<br />
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Sat, Oct 15, 7:30 pm , at Boulevard Music in Culver City<br />
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Nov 12, 7 pm, at Kulak's Woodshed in North Hollywood.<br />
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His documentary, winner of the Peoples Choice Award, at the London Lift Off Film Festival: <a href="https://jamesleestanley.com/product/the-opening-act-the-extraordinary-journey-of-james-lee-stanley">https://jamesleestanley.com/product/the-opening-act-the-extraordinary-journey-of-james-lee-stanley</a><br />
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James also has a NEW FREE ARTIST RESOURCE BLOG: <a href="http://www.datamusicata.com">www.datamusicata.com</a><br />
___</p><p>Sat, Oct 22, 2 pm & 8 pm - PASADENA SYMPHONY presents its 2022-23 season opening night with a program of Mozart & Saint-Saëns, in Ambassador Auditoritum, Pasadena CA</p><p>
Mozart’s tempestuous Symphony No. 39 opens the 22/23 season with internationally acclaimed conductor Vinay Parameswaran at the helm. Plus, “one of the biggest pianistic talents to have emerged in this country in the last 25 years” (Baltimore Sun), Terrence Wilson returns to the Ambassador stage for Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2. <br />
The third annual "Composer's Showcase" also returns with award-winning violist-composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s "Primal Message" asking – what should we put in humanity’s first message in a bottle sent 25,000 light years away?<br />
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Vinay Parameswaran, conductor<br />
Terrence Wilson, piano<br />
Nokuthula Ngwenyama Primal Message for String Orchestra, Harp, and PercussionSaint-SaënsPiano Concerto No. 2RossiniOverture to La scala di setaMozart Symphony No. 39 <br />
Tix at: 626-793-7172 or pasadenasymphony-pops.org<br />
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Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 8 pm - STEPHANIE MILLER’s "SEXY LIBERAL SAVE DEMOCRACY TOUR" concludes with its L.A. show at the Saban Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Bl, Beverly Hills, CA 90211<br />
Damn few people can make you laugh at America's ridiculously polarized state of affairs. Most of those people are in this show: Stephanie, John Fugelsang, the Frangela duo, and Hal Sparks. Previous stops in D.C. and Chicago have brought surprise guests, too. Since L.A. is the only one doing pay-per-view as well as in-person, you can expect a lot. (That pay-per-view option is $20 and allows unlimited watching for a month.)<br /> • Ppv tix: <a href="https://sexyliberal.com/">https://sexyliberal.com/</a><br />• Venue tix also at: <a href="https://www.stubhub.com/stephanie-miller-beverly-hills-tickets-10-22-2022/event/150486006/">https://www.stubhub.com/stephanie-miller-beverly-hills-tickets-10-22-2022/event/150486006/</a><br />
___</p><p>Sun, Oct 23, 2022, 5:30 pm:<br />JOHN DOE plays the Zebulon Cafe, 2478 Fletcher Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90039<br /> He has recorded 8 solo records with numerous renowned singers and players, recently including Patty Griffin, Dan Auerbach, Aimee Mann, Don Was, Kathleen Edwards and Greg Liesz. That follows his long ago leadership of the band X.<br /> He has appeared in over 50 films and television productions, with some of his most notable roles in "Road House," "Georgia," "Roadside Prophets," "Great Balls of Fire," "Pure Country," and "Roswell." He continues to act these days but more sporadically as his touring schedule has become more demanding. Other musical side projects include work with the Knitters, Jill Sobule and The Sadies. He continues to write poetry and has even taught workshops from time to time. He currently lives in Austin, TX.<br />* Tix start at $30.90 at <a href="https://zebulon.la/" style="color: #0776de;">https://zebulon.la</a> ; hurry, this will sell-out early.<br />___<br /><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: #6aa84f;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●</span>⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">IMPORTANT REMINDER, and memo to the future</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>W</b></span>e've changed the original intro to this important final item. That's because the folks it really needs to reach would have blown it off before. We hope they won't do that, anyway.<br />
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So here ya go: Point is, a whole bunch of us are getting tired of looking out for everybody else's future. I mean, it isn't all that much fun for ANY of us to invest time in learning about and understanding all the very many things that are poised like vultures on a fence rail to eat our lunch. Or rob us blind. Or steal the future. And, when they do it, leave the masses wondering "what happened?" </p><p>Because that is soooo predictable, AFTER too damn many of us found it too easy to be... distracted ...elsewhere. You know somebody that you have the desire to tell, "ya know, you, uhh, pay attention to a lot of crap that really does not matter a whit to what kind of future we will share. You even waste MY energy with your endless foolishness."<br />
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That is what it's all about. Not "politics" or "midterms" or "partisan control." It's about the <i>future</i>. The <i>entire</i> U.S. House of Representatives gets elected THIS November. All of them! Plus, <i>one-third</i> of the U.S. Senate gets elected that very same day! November 8th is "Rovember." November 8th is THE day when the future of REVERSING Climate Change, or instead, turning corporate oligarchs loose to plunder the planet, will be decided. Not just "the day it is determined," but the day it is <i>DECIDED</i>. That's because YOU can choose to vote on November 8th, "Rovember 8th," on "stop the oligarchs" November 8th, on Save Democracy November 8th. <br />
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And frankly, if you don't choose to carry your part, a whole lot of other folks are damned tired of doing it for you. I, for one -- your editor here, whose past includes holding White House press credentials and covering government, politics, science, technology, aerospace, engineering, infrastructure, international relations, and doing investigative journalism to enable all that, and not "just" doing music and the arts -- well, I am pretty close to done with all of it except one thing. <br />
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My rant can be summed-up in this short paragraph: I am tired of being an advocate for others who never utilize the opportunity to work in a coalition that <i>advocates for their own future</i> together with the rest of us. So, if voter turnout is low on November 8th, you can stop looking for my public policy advocacy on a broad range of issues. I will be a voice only for reversing climate change. The rest of you can tell each other how shocked and disgusted you are about everything else that happens after you fail to vote.<br />
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Or you can get mad <i>while it matters</i>, get motivated while it can <i>make a difference</i>, use your <i>mind</i>, use your <i>voice</i>, use your <i>passion</i>, use your <i>vote</i>, and take action for your <i>future</i>. </p><p><i><u><b>Check your VOTER REGISTRATION while there's still time</b></u></i>. You can do it easily online by typing-in "check voter registration" and your city and state. <i>You may need to re-register. Or if you have never been registered, it's time to change that.</i><br /><br />Certain interests with ultra-rich backers are VERY actively engaged in purging voters from registration rolls, nationwide. There has never been anything like it in the United States of America in our lifetimes -- though the U.S. state of Georgia, four years ago, gave the registration purgers the model they are now using nationwide. It's all about winning by rigging the game. Only it isn't a game. It's power and control and who will wield it against rich interests -- who use politics for their self-serving wealth-grabbing -- at the expense of the rest of us.<br /><br />The planet has a rapidly diminishing window to stop runaway climate change. Yet some interests continue to deny that it is happening at all, and will profit from despoiling the entire world unless we, the people, stop them. </p><p>Subterfuge, distraction, diversion, denial, Big Lies, outlandishly outrageous claims, every unimaginably ridiculous premise, exploitation of differences through scares and fears, and, when all that fails, overt threats against all who disagree, are the leading tactics of those who don't want you to vote.<br /><br />Whether your top concerns are reproductive freedom or a future worth having and handing-off to future generations, or something else entirely, it all comes down to one thing: democracy must be preserved, defended, nurtured, and ultimately protected from those who would trample it. Ignore that, and fascism replaces democracy.<br /><br />Check your VOTER status, and be sure you are qualified and thoroughly informed to vote this November. 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font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.acousticmusic.net/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.acousticmusic.net</a> </span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! 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That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></div></div></div><p><br /></p><p><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-70112112783838069072022-09-23T19:34:00.005-07:002022-09-24T03:34:14.120-07:00Summer's End, music is hot, indoors & out. September 23 edition 2022 <p> . </p><p>. </p><p>A weekend FESTIVAL and other upcoming music events follows our catch-you-up post. <u><b>Scroll if you are burning with desire to find tunefullness</b></u>, or if you are annoyed that we are endeavoring to catch-you-up on "what we did this summer."</p><p>___</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>WHERE WE'VE BEEN...</b></span><br />
<br /><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">NAMM out of season, alpine rambles begun, multitudinous steam engines, getting COVID despite vaxx & booster, cyber cement, </span></b></i><i style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">alpine rambles resumed, </span></b></i><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">then a lil' wreck high on a mountain: summer 2022</span></b></i><br />
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To paraphrase Mark Twain, Reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated.<br />
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Yes, there were all those steam engines in a time-machine visit to the 19th century. There was, <span face="sans-serif">back here in the 21st century,</span> that unpleasantry of running aground on a cyber reef, and soon thereafter getting COVID (despite vaxx & booster). And proceeding with recovery from the damn virus variant on an accelerated regimen, there was the determined aim to salvage the original plan for the rest of the summer... Which was all about a return to reliving excitements from the 20th century. And then, there was the reality of having all that (and purt near everything else) derailed by a lil' 21st century mountaineering wreck. Yes, yes, go ahead and lecture us for being high on a solo climb at 9,000 feet, where we got into that lil' wreck that broke bones and necessitated trekking up and over another mountain to get out.</p><p>Reckon that about, uhh, sums it up.</p><p>
If it all sounds too crazy to follow in that summary, pop some popcorn or crack open a cold beverage. Here's the storytelling-as-art version:</p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">
A</span>round here, summer began this past spring, well before the Solstice. An early start on training climbs and hikes were absolute requirements to get in shape for summer's very specific goals: re-ascending some of the more formidable peaks in two Western states, ascended long ago, and hopefully once again, by worthwhile (not "walk-up" routes).<br />
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The plan for the 130-or-so days of extended summer was to get away from work at every opportunity, to go out to go up. That began as the snow was melting, mostly with lightweight mountaineering jaunts plus some time on the high-angle crags. Fun experiences in their own rights, and intended to enable getting serious as the high season ensued.<br />
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Chief goals for the summer included re-ascents of a trio of 14,000-ft peaks in two states during 2022. This year is a significant anniversary of learning to climb and personal first ascents of several challenging peaks. Repeating two 13,000-foot peaks -- still vividly remembered as the first "real" alpine ascents experienced -- were also on the list, along with several lower summits and crags, many of them challenging, and adding some "new" routes in the neighborhoods of those visited before and fondly treasured ever since.<br />
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Things were on schedule in April. They fell behind in May with returning to emcee at the resumed-after-COVID Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival. June brought the much-anticipated resumption of the NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center. Out of season by six months, it combined what is always Winter NAMM in California with still-on-pandemic-hiatus Summer NAMM that is always in July in Nashville. About half the usual size, we found it filled with innovative new music products of every conceivable kind, following all the time that locked-down designers and visionaries had to dream-up and craft new realities.</p><p>June also brought unanticipated issues of structural integrity of the bunkhouse here at the ranch, and required intense involvement to assess and plan for 21 new concrete piers as foundations to be poured to save the building.</p><p>That delayed our anticipated full report on NAMM.</p><p>
By then a major feature story and gear acquisition safaris were both a month behind. Plans for multiple treks with a backpack into various desired mountain regions, combined with frustration over being hamstrung with scenes from the movie, "The Money Pit," and something needed to give.</p><p>In the nick of time, word of something else arrived. Learning late that an already- tempting July 4th week event in Nevada would be far more than anticipated, there was a skid to a stop, and course correction to include it. The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City would hold "Steamfest," and not just to boil water in its own stable of historic steam locomotives. </p><p>
Turns out 2022 is the 150th birthday of the founding of the frontier West's most famous shortline railroad, the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Everybody thinks they know Virginia City, Nevada, from endless reruns of "Bonanza." Well, the real Virginia City is far more interesting, being perched on the side of a steep mountain and still mostly comprised of 1860s-1870s structures. Your editor knows, because he lived there in an old wooden caboose while working a college summer job as steam locomotive mechanic and hostler on the revived part of the V&T railroad that hauls tourists.</p><p>The state railroad museum down in Carson City is home to some of the original Virginia & Truckee equipment (and more), while Virginia City is home to a steam-powered re-creation, and never the twain shall meet. Until the July 4th extravaganza and grand gathering of vintage V&T engines that had been uniquely rescued for movie stardom and gradually scattered to all points of the compass.</p><p>That 150 year convergence with the calendar occasioned the biggest-ever gathering of surviving 19th century "V&T" steam locomotives. They had not been together in more than 80 years, when Hollywood began buying them for every classic film since the 1920s that features a train from the 1860s to 1900. Piece de resistance -- no other railroad saved so much, and most of these engines would RUN. </p><p>
Well. It was fabulous, and two feature stories, heavily illustrated with photographs, were promised and expected. But... a stop in the Wal-Mart in Carson City encountered an unmasked child too large to be carried in his unmasked mother's arms, and realization of that anomaly didn't dawn until the kid snotted all over me as I walked by. Three days later I had COVID, and had barely made it home in an exhausted condition.<br />
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Being double-vaxxed and single-boosted avoided hospitalization. But, rendered useless for complex thoughts to write much, stamina was too depleted to want to focus on anything. I finally tested negative on the 14th day. But stamina for any task was gone. Ultimately, it was pushing to get back to some kind of physical regimen, at altitude in the mountains, that slowly headed things in the general direction of back to normal.<br /></p><p>The summer seemed salvageable. But now it was August.<br />
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Ascents of three 9,000+ foot peaks were successful, as the post-COVID recovery crept forward. Then, on August 31st, descending from the second ascent in a week of the highest of these three summits, ball-bearing scree (gravel) on a smooth slab of steep rock launched me headlong. Seeing while airborne that a rock outcrop was about to merge with facial features of which I am rather fond, an awkward pirouete in the air succeeded in depositing me in a little rock cleft, wedged-in on my back, legs above my head.<br />
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In that sort of situation, you take a few minutes to assess things. Starting with, is anything gushing blood? (No, scraped, some blood, not serious.) Is anything broken? (Yes. Almost certainly, a couple of ribs.)<br />
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You take a few minutes, or whatever time is required, to devise a self-rescue that won't make anything worse. Move carefully to loosen shoulder straps to slip out of the pack that is wedged-in beneath where you are wedged-in. (Awkward, as pack straps scrape across missing skin.) Un-wedge yourself without plummeting down the mountain. Determine, for sure, that feet and legs should hold you when the upside-down attitude is corrected. (Yep, seems good.) Figure how to pivot legs over damaged torso and avoid standing on your head, as you maneuver to land on your feet. (Alley-oop.)<br />
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First order of business: find the missing alpaca wool mountain hat from Ecuador that you bought long ago at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and that you've worn on more adventures than you can count. Ah. Reclaimed about a hundred feet down the mountain, where it nearly went over the edge.<br />
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Then go back up to the pack to determine if it can be worn again, or must be abandoned. Okay, it's back on, not pressing on the broken ribs.<br />
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Ahead was the downclimb of a broken buttress to get back to a trail that leads up and over another peak, then down, then finally up to the car. Then ten miles of driving the dirt road bringing sensations like getting hit with a hammer at every rut.<br />
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So the ribs are broken in back and sprained where they group together in the front. Sleeping must be done flat on the back and things like coughing or sneezing or laughing are to be avoided. Normal breathing is okay, but any deep breaths stretch the ribs. Ouch. <br />
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Things are better. It's been three weeks since the wreck. Activities have already included things they shouldn't. But donning a heavily-loaded full pack for any weeklong treks into the high country? Next year. The anniversary re-ascents not completed before the lil' wreck in the rocks? Next year. <br />
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Meanwhile, a situation in the cyber realm developed just before leaving for Nevada in early July, and it's gotten far worse through all ensuing events and is still unresolved.<br />
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The old "TiedToTheTracks" email address, dating back to the days of our award-winning Los Angeles roots-Americana-music radio show? Sadly, it is no more. It exceeded capacity by many orders of magnitude. It now bounces messages. Its old toolbar is gone, so nothing much can be done with it. I can't even transfer its massive address book to another account. And the old solution to everything -- getting a human person on the phone at Microsoft and sufficiently bribing their employer to fix what's wrong -- well, that no longer works because you cannot contact a human person. These days the only available protocol is to follow some online protocol for something the missing control functions do not permit. Make the sign of the cross and dig a hole in the cyber landscape.<br />
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So <b><u>our new email address </u></b>for all purposes is:</i><br />
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news-events-perspectives@outlook.com</span></b></span><br />
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Send us word of your gigs, festivals, workshops, new album releases, collaborations, studio inspirations, creative epiphanies, clever or deeply moving lyrics, and whatever you think will delight or inform our community of artists and music fans, and we will celebrate with you from afar. We'll try to share your news with others, too. And ya never know: perhaps we will even be there when you tell us about something impending. We DO make appearances, at some point, before or after climbing some lofty promontory that beckons irresistibly.<br />
<br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●</span>⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Festivals...</span></i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kalakoa.com/ukulele/images/ukulele/Home%20page%20cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="800" height="304" src="https://www.kalakoa.com/ukulele/images/ukulele/Home%20page%20cover.png" width="800" /></a></div><br />Sep 23-25, 2022, FESTIVAL, in Torrance, CA:<p></p><p>
Annual "Los Angeles International Ukulele Festival" returns post-pandemic, with Saturday main events at Torrance Cultural Arts Center, 3330 Civic Center Dr, Torrance, CA 90503<br />
Main Event: Sat, Sep 24, 9:30 am-6 pm.<br /> Ukulele virtuosos Andrew Molina & Brittni Paiva kick-off the festival Friday evening at the George Nakano Theatre. You can also head over to the nearby Grand Annex in San Pedro for a Sunday afternoon concert & play-along for the whole family.<br /> "These folks manage to pack so many fantastic ukulele performances and workshops throughout Southern California's Torrance Cultural Arts Center — a modern complex that includes meeting rooms, visual and performing arts studios, a concert space, two outdoor plazas, and even a Japanese garden."<br />
~ Ukulele magazine (https://ukulelemagazine.com)<br />* Tix, $20 - $47, at kalakoa.tix.com or link below.<br />
* Full info: <a href="http://losangelesukulelefestival.com">losangelesukulelefestival.com</a><br />
___</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://huckfinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IG_sqaure_post-768x768.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="768" src="https://huckfinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IG_sqaure_post-768x768.jpg" width="768" /></a></div><br /><b><i><u>The GUIDE's pick for the best festival bargain of 2022</u> ! </i></b><p></p><p>Fri-Sun, Oct 7-9, 2022, FESTIVAL:<br />
44th <b>HUCK FINN JUBILEE</b>, a celebration of Bluegrass, returns after the pandemic, at Bonelli Bluffs RV Resort & Campground, 1440 Camper View Rd, San Dimas CA 91773<br />
Outstanding lineup of national artists includes OLD SALT UNION, MILE TWELVE, LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS, FIRESIDE COLLECTIVE, CHICKEN WIRE EMPIRE, ROSE'S PAWN SHOP, WATER TOWER, SHAKEDOWN STRING BAND, HONEY BUCKETS, THE DUSTY GREEN BONES BAND, THE STORYTELLERS, THE WHOLE HOG BAND, THE FANCIES, and more.<br />
<i>Artists and bands listening link:</i> <a href="https://huckfinn.com/artists/">https://huckfinn.com/artists/</a><br />
* <b>REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT: You MUST purchase your tickets and parking passes at least ONE WEEK before the show. No tickets or parking passes available on-site!</b><br />
* Tix & info: <a href="http://huckfinn.com">http://huckfinn.com</a><br />
* Ticket options start with a 3-day pass for $115, or single-day tix for Friday, $45; Saturday, $75; Sunday, $30, in addition to Parking, $15/day. For camping options (which put you there for all the acoustic jams!) are extensive; tabs at the link.<br />
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Oct 16, in Irvine, CA:<br /><b>
"OUTLAW MUSIC FESTIVAL"</b> is "A WILLIE NELSON & Family-curated festival road show that wraps up in Irvine" and includes performances by Nelson, The Avett Brothers, Black Pumas, Larkin Poe and Particle Kid. There will also be an Outlaw Vendor Village, games, food trucks and more.<br />
It happens at 4 pm in the FivePoint Amphitheatre, 14800 Chinon, Irvine, CA.<br />
* Tix, $29.50-$129.50<br />
* More info: <a href="http://LiveNation.com">LiveNation.com</a><br />
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<br /><i><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Festivals are not created equal, or affordable...</span></b></i><br /><br />
Before you grouse about increased ticket prices for 2022 and 2023 folk / bluegrass / Americana / roots / blues / acoustic festivals? Have a peek at THIS take-a-second-mortgage omnibus festival...<br />
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Nov 18-20, 2022, in San Diego:<br /><b>
"Wonderfront Music Festival" </b>has "over 80 artists" performing across seven stages and three days all along the waterfront in downtown San Diego. <br />
Performers include Zac Brown Band, Young the Giant, Kings of Leon, G-Eazy, Lauren Daigle, Gwen Stefani, Cage the Elephant, Big Boi and many more.<br />
Runs Fri, 11/18, 2:30-10 pm; Sat & Sun, 11/19-20/22, Noon-10 pm. <br />
Venues include Embarcadero Marina Park North, Seaport Village, Ruocco Park and Broadway Port Pier.<br />
* Tix: Single-day passes are $139-$499; Two-day passes are $265-$999; Three-day passes are $359-$1,399. <br />
* More info: <a href="http://wonderfrontfestival.com">wonderfrontfestival.com</a><br />
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For OUR money, a $1,399 admission pass to a three-day festival makes it thoroughly avoidable. Just think of how many concert tix, tanks of gas, pre-concert dinners, and parking fees that can be bought over the course of a whole year for that same amount of money! So, you won't see us at "Wonderfront Music Fest."<br />
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Instead, look for us multiple times at McCabe's, the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Grand Annex, Folk Music Center, the Fret House, Fiddlers Crossing, Hotel Cafe, and proven fun-affordable fests like Topanga Banjo•Fiddle next May, Dylanfest and the Ukulele fest and the Cajun-blues fests next year, along with Santa Clarita Cowboy, and the Bluegrass fests in San Dimas, and Victorville (if they get that all those restarted in 2023); plus, we are overdue to return to the Live Oak fest on the Central Coast.<br />
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Now, add-up tix for ALL those things -- AFFORDABLE festivals, concerts, coffee houses, musical events, fun, and tuneage stretched through a whole year. Then let us know if a <u>single</u> trip to a $1,399 fest -- PLUS your additional outlay for three-nights of big city hotel lodging AND all the meals there, AND multiple downtown city parking fees for that ONE multivenue festival, are more appealing to you. Seriously, make an argument for indulging in a thousand-dollar-plus ticket to a mega-festival, and we'll print it!</i><br />
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Fri, Sep 23, 8 pm:<br />
LOVE DOLLY (A TRIBUTE TO DOLLY PARTON) at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA<br />
LOVE DOLLY is the #1 Dolly Parton tribute act on the West Coast. Show business veteran Kim Eberhardt and her terrific band perform beloved hits of country legend Dolly Parton brilliantly. Yep, she sings and talks like Dolly.<br />
Tix, $20, reservations (626) 798-6236. <span face="sans-serif">More info, </span><a href="http://coffeegallery.com" style="font-family: sans-serif;">coffeegallery.com</a><br />
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Sat, Sep 24, 8 pm:<br />
REBECCA PIDGEON & TAMMY FAYE STARLITE play McCabe's, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica, CA 90405<br />
Rebecca Pidgeon is an award-winning actress, singer, and songwriter best known for her long résumé in television, film, and theater (in particular for the plays of her husband David Mamet). Beginning in the late '80s, her artful, self-penned songs and unassuming, crystalline voice are equally acclaimed if not as widely known. <br />
Her repertoire features film music, Celtic folk, and classy urban Americana. She issued her solo debut ,"The Raven," in 1994. Her 2005 album "Tough on Crime" initiated her multi-album working relationship with Grammy-winning producer Larry Klein. 2008’s "Behind the Velvet Curtain" included four songs used in the film "Redbelt." She set up her own label for 2011’s "Slingshot" — another collaboration with Klein who produced and, along with David Batteau, co-wrote all but one song: a cover of Warren Zevon‘s “Searching for a Heart.” 2014’s "Bad Poetry" preceded a five-year recording break. She made up for lost time in the summer of 2019 with the double-album "Sudden Exposure to Light."<br />
Tammy Faye Starlite, the bold and inventive alt-cabaret singer, has earned critical acclaim and opens.<br />
* Masks & Vaccination cards required.<br />
* Tix, $24, online only at <a href="http://mccabes.com">mccabes.com</a> ; Ticketing Fee $4.75, Total Payable Amount $28.75.<br />
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Sat, Sep 24, 8 pm:<br />
PRETZEL LOGIC -- A STEELY DAN REVUE plays the Grand Annex, <span face="sans-serif">434 W 6th St, San Pedro CA 90731; (310) 833-4813; <a href="https://grandvision.org">https://grandvision.org</a></span><br />
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Sun, Sep 25, 2-5 pm matinee:<br />
"Ohana Ukulele Family Sunday" at the Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro CA 90731; (310) 833-4813; <a href="https://grandvision.org">https://grandvision.org</a><br />
This is the final day of the 2022 LA International Ukulele Festival – come jam with your friends, family and and other ukulele enthusiasts at this afternoon of family fun featuring performances and audience strum-alongs with Lise Lee, Bernadette Plazola, Alissa Hunicutt and others. <br />
BERNADETTE PLAZOLA started her ukulele YouTube channel, Bernadette Teaches Music, while she was teaching elementary music in Okinawa, Japan, creating instructional music videos for teachers and students. Now with over 400,000 subscribers, her channel has inspired many ukulele players around the world. LISE LEE is in high demand. She’s been performing throughout California and Hawaii since 2015 at events including the LA International Ukulele Festival, Aloha Concert Series, Heritage of Aloha Festival as well as at the Marriott Waikiki, and at Disney’s Aulani Resort. ALISSA HUNNICUT has made a name for herself in the ukulele festival circles as a singer/storyteller alternative folk artist and an accomplished puppeteer. She draws from her acting and musical training to bring new life to songs with her thoughtful ukulele arrangements.<br />
Plus special appearances by finger-style player Timmy Cruz and vocalist Abby Lyons.<br />
* Tix, $5 youth, $23 adult; $140 to rent the entire VIP table. Link above. More in our "Festivals" section.<br />
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Mon, Sep 26, 7-8 pm:<br />
Team Taiko<br />
Japanese Drum Lessons at the Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro CA 90731; (310) 833-4813; <a href="https://grandvision.org">https://grandvision.org</a><br />
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Thu, Sep, 29, 8 pm:<br />
RUPERT WATES AND DAN O’SULLIVAN play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA<br />
Rupert Wates has won over 50 songwriting and performing awards. In 2018 he performed as a Finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Song Contest, and an Emerging Artist at Falconridge Folk Festival. He was voted ‘Artist Of The Year’ by the Listening Room Network in both 2013 and 2016. More than 25 of his songs have been covered by other artists, including two full length tribute albums to his material recorded by independent artists in Nashville and Los Angeles. He has released 10 solo albums, tracks from which have been played on radio worldwide. He averages 120 live shows a year, in every state in the US, in Canada and in Europe. Colorado Central Magazine describes his songs as ‘sublime folk hymns’, while Folk And Acoustic Music Exchange adds ‘this is one gifted s.o.b…if you’re not hip to this guy you’re missing out’.<br />
Daniel O'Sullivan is an English artist of Irish ancestry, multi-instrumentalist and composer from Manchester, England, best known for playing in experimental art-rock bands.<br />
* Tix, $20, reservations (626) 798-6236. <span face="sans-serif">More info, </span><a href="http://coffeegallery.com" style="font-family: sans-serif;">coffeegallery.com</a><br />
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Fri, Sep 30, 8 pm:<br />
ASTRAL MIXTAPE, multifaceted band of LA-based musicians, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA<br />
Original compositions and arrangements synthesize today's music with classical instrumental virtuosity, joyfully combining the spectacle of pop, the spontaneity of jazz, and the experimentation of contemporary music. Since forming in 2020, Astral Mixtape has performed in eclectic venues across the US and Canada.<br />
* Tix, $20, reservations (626) 798-6236. <span face="sans-serif">More info, </span><a href="http://coffeegallery.com" style="font-family: sans-serif;">coffeegallery.com</a><br />
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Sat, Oct 1, 2 pm matinee:<br />
HENRY ZHAO brings his live album taping to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA<br />
The L.A. Americana-roots music scene's quickly-rising young songwriter <br />
Raised in the suburbs of Arcadia, he released his first eponymous debut album in 2019 with the help of Grammy-nominated Chad Watson as producer and on bass.<br />
His Dylan-inspired vocals and harmonica interspersed lyrics have impressed folk legends like '60s era troubadour Eric Andersen, and Scarlet Rivera, Bob Dylan's violinist and close friend, who told him "You made Bob Dylan proud."<br />
* Tix, $20, reservations (626) 798-6236. More info, <a href="http://coffeegallery.com">coffeegallery.com</a></p><p>
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Sat, Oct 1, SOLD OUT<br />
PETER CASE at McCabes. Second show added on Oct 2, see listing.<br />
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Sun, Oct 2, 8 pm:<br />
PETER CASE plays McCabes, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica, CA 90405<br />
Three-time Grammy nominee, Peter Case’s work sets the bar for authenticity, passion and imagination and spans a number of genres, including folk, blues, and rock. Founder of the Plimsouls, who landed a deal with Geffen Records and achieved success with the hit single “A Million Miles Away." The song landed them a role in the movie "Valley Girl," as the band performing during the club scenes. <br />
Case’s 1986 solo Geffen Record debut revealed deep roots in folk and blues, and earned him his first Grammy nomination for the song “Old Blue Car” as well as the Number 1 spot on the NY Time’s 1986 Best CDs list. Six CDs later, Case earned another nomination for "Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John," a remarkable collection of songs that features Case’s voice and a single guitar. <br />
By then it was unquestionable that Case is a major talent on the Americana troubadour landscape. Case’s 2010 CD, "Wig!" emphasized the rock and blues side of Case’s repertoire, and live, with or without a backing band, Case delivers his songs with both intense passion and introspective nuance.<br />
* Masks and Vaccination cards required to attend.<br />
* Tix, $34, online only at <a href="http://mccabes.com">mccabes.com</a> ; Ticketing Fee $4.75, Total Payable Amount $38.75.<br />
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Sat, Oct 8, 7 pm:<br />
CLAUDIA NYGAARD plays the final 2022 concert in the Fiddlers Crossing Summer-Fall outdoor series in Tehachapi CA.<br />
* Tix, <a href="https://www.fiddlerscrossing.com">https://www.fiddlerscrossing.com</a> (via an email invitation by using the site's "contact form")</p><p>___</p><p>Sun, Oct 16, 2022, live online concert, 4 pm:<br />
JOHN McCUTCHEON, celebrating 50 years as a folk music icon, returns to the Pasadena Folk Music Society with another four-show series of live streamed concerts similar to those he presented there lastspring. <br />
Oct 16 is an all-request show, enriched by McCutcheon’s telling the stories behind the songs. Ticket buyers can request a song.<br />
John McCutcheon continues the series Sun, Nov 13, debuting several songs he has co-written with Tom ("Last Thing on My Mind") Paxton in the past two years and showcase one that’s already been released to worldwide acclaim: "Ukrainian Now."<br />
The series finale is Sun, Dec. 11, with “Winter Solstice: A Holiday Concert with John McCutcheon."<br />
<b><i>Ticket-holders get links for watching the shows live and also for replay any time in the 48 hours afterwards.</i></b> The replay option allows enjoying the show a second time, or with pauses on-demand to catch the wonderful lyrics better.<br />
A portion of the ticket sales benefit the Pasadena Folk Music Society, to help cover costs of returning with future in-person concerts at Caltech in Pasadena, CA.<br />
Series producers say, "We are partnering with John for this series as we did for some well-received online shows last spring. From those live streams, we know we can expect smooth audio-visual logistics and an enjoyable show, almost as if sitting in McCutcheon’s living room with him."<br />
* Tix: regular single-concert ticket price is $20, plus $4.60 in fees. The bundled ticket for the remaining three shows is $50, plus $11.50 in fees. Lower single-ticket prices are available for students and unemployed people. Other options include “family/household” and “music supporter” tickets.<br />
* Info & tix at: <a href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org">https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org</a><br />
___</p><p>Oct 23, 2022, 5:30 pm:<br />
JOHN DOE plays the Zebulon Cafe, 2478 Fletcher Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90039<br />
He has recorded 8 solo records with numerous renowned singers and players, recently including Patty Griffin, Dan Auerbach, Aimee Mann, Don Was, Kathleen Edwards and Greg Liesz. That follows his long ago leadership of the band X.<br />
He has appeared in over 50 films and television productions, with some of his most notable roles in "Road House," "Georgia," "Roadside Prophets," "Great Balls of Fire," "Pure Country," and "Roswell." He continues to act these days but more sporadically as his touring schedule has become more demanding. Other musical side projects include work with the Knitters, Jill Sobule and The Sadies. He continues to write poetry and has even taught workshops from time to time. He currently lives in Austin, TX.<br />
* Tix start at $30.90 at <a href="https://zebulon.la">https://zebulon.la</a> ; hurry, this will sell-out early.<br />
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Check your VOTER REGISTRATION while there's still time. You can do it easily online by typing-in "check voter regustration" and your city and state. <i>You may need to re-register. Or if you have never been registered, it's time to change that.</i><br />
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Certain interests with ultra-rich backers are VERY actively engaged in purging voters from registration rolls, nationwide. There has never been anything like it in the United States of America in our lifetimes -- though the U.S. state of Georgia, four years ago, gave the registration purgers the model they are now using nationwide. It's all about winning by rigging the game. Only it isn't a game. It's power and control and who will wield it against the interests -- and for their self-serving wealth-grabbing -- at the expense of the rest of us.<br />
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The planet has a rapidly diminishing window to stop runaway climate change. Yet some interests continue to deny that it is happening at all, and will profit from despoiling the entire world unless we, the people, stop them. </p><p>Subterfuge, distraction, diversion, denial, Big Lies, outlandishly outrageous claims, every unimaginably ridiculous premise, exploitation of differences through scares and fears, and, when all that fails, overt threats against all who disagree, are the leading tactics of those who don't want you to vote.<br />
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Whether your top concerns are reproductive freedom or a future worth having and handing-off to future generations, or something else entirely, it all comes down to one thing: democracy must be preserved, defended, nurtured, and ultimately protected from those who would trample it. Ignore that, and fascism replaces democracy.<br />
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Check your VOTER status, and be sure you are qualified and thoroughly informed to vote this November. This is the most important "midterm" election cycle in 90 years, and the most consequential we may ever face.<br />
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It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; 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font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; 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vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! It even let us figure out a bunch of our important dates--most of them were musical and it sure was fun to relive those times!!!"</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; 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That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></div></div></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-27218283755376544922022-07-10T17:12:00.004-07:002022-07-10T17:26:33.311-07:00A new, live "Prairie Home Companion" online, and a musical memorial for "cowboy with a camera" Jack Hummel. July 10 special edition, 2022 <p>. </p><p>. </p><p><span face="sans-serif"><i>Sunday special edition, July 10 2022</i></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif">Your editor has COVID, and is in quarantine. But online, the show must go on (reduced to the bare necessities of information, owing to being devoid of his usual energies).</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif">___</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u>CONTENTS</u>...</span></i></b></span></p><p>● A NEW "Prairie Home Companion," LIVE Sunday & on-demand for 48 hours; plus more news.</p><p><span face="sans-serif">● </span><span face="sans-serif"> </span>Note from quarantine, part one.</p><p><span face="sans-serif">● </span><span face="sans-serif"> </span>Remembering "Our Cowboy with a Camera," Jack Hummel</p><p><span face="sans-serif">● </span><span face="sans-serif"> </span><span face="sans-serif">Note from quarantine, part two.</span><br />
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W</span>haaat? It's really back? A NEW edition, ORIGINAL cast, LIVE, "PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION," livestream is TONIGHT (and on-demand for 48 hrs) as "AMERICAN REVIVAL," from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.<br />
<br />The <b><i>LIVESTREAM happens tonight, Sunday, July 10, 2022, at 5:30 pm Pacific / 8:30 pm Eastern.<br />
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AND: the show remains available for ON-DEMAND viewing for 48 hours.</i></b> <br />
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</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0446/2195/5238/products/1080x1080_7_1700x.jpg?v=1655918973" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0446/2195/5238/products/1080x1080_7_1700x.jpg?v=1655918973" width="640" /></a></div><br />You can join GARRISON KEILLOR & the APHC cast at the Ryman, via LIVESTREAM.<br />
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with Garrison Keillor & special guests <br />
☆ Aoife O’Donovan (Grammy award-winning songwriter and singer)<br />
☆ Joe Newberry (old-time banjoist, singer, more)<br />
☆ Heather Masse (The Wailin’ Jennys)<br />
☆ Rich Dworsky, leading an all-star band, including instrumental luminaries:<br />
☆ Sam Bush<br />
☆ Jerry Douglas<br />
☆ Pat Donohue<br />
☆ Gary Raynor<br />
plus,<br />
☆ Fred Newman (Sound effects ace)<br />
☆ Tim Russell (the man of a thousand voices)</b><br />
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This is a RARE livestream of an APHC show. Indeed, it may be the one and only!</i> Garrison Keillor and his all-star gangbusters music-making group will bring their best to the stage, along with ace actors Tim Russell and Fred Newman.<br />
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From the original home of "THE GRAND OLE OPRY" and the very place where the idea for "A Prairie Home Companion" was born so many years ago, radio's legendary Folk-Roots-Americana radio show returns for a ONE-NIGHT RUN.<br />
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The event takes place just four weeks shy of Garrison’s 80th birthday, so join in a celebratory show from the historic Ryman (where, by the way, the idea of APHC began).<br />
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A literal return to roots. It all started at the Ryman back in 1974, when Garrison Keillor traveled to Nashville to see the final "Grand Ole Opry" broadcast from that venerable auditorium and write about it for The New Yorker. The magazine got its article and Keillor returned home with an idea for a radio program of his own.<br />
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Twenty years later, in 1994, "A Prairie Home Companion" was the very first show onstage at the newly renovated Ryman — and APHC returned numerous times since.<br />
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Now, "A Prairie Home Companion American Revival" takes the Ryman stage with humor, music, no end of fun, and, of course, all the latest News from Lake Wobegon.<br />
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Garrison Keillor did the weekly coast-to-coast broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion for forty years, wrote fiction and comedy, and invented a little town called Lake Wobegon (where all the children are above average). Since the show ended a few years ago, Keillor has written a memo<br />
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Here's how it works:<br />
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You can watch the livestream via the web on your desktop computer, laptop, or mobile device with a free-to-get Mandolin account at:<br />
<br /><a href="http://watch.mandolin.com">
watch.mandolin.com</a><br />
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Here’s what you need to know:<br />
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Step 1: <br />
To create your Mandolin Account after you purchase a ticket, use the sign-up link in the email you receive.<br />
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Note that you will need to create your Mandolin account using the same email address you used to purchase your ticket.<br />
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Once you’ve created your account, you'll see your "Live at the Ryman" show(s) in the “My Shows” section of your account.<br />
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Step 2: <br />
Access your Livestream on the day of your show via watch.mandolin.com ON THE DEVICE you’ll be watching the livestream. Sign-in to your Mandolin account. <br />
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Once you’ve signed in, click the “WATCH SHOW” button on your Live at the Ryman show at the scheduled concert time to open the livestream, then click “START THE SHOW.”<br />
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You can view the show on your TV by casting to your TV with devices such as Apple TV, Apple Airplay, and/or Google Chromecast.<br />
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For instructions to <u>cast to your bigger screen</u>, follow this link: <br /><a href="https://mandolin.drift.help/article/watching-on-your-tv/">
https://mandolin.drift.help/article/watching-on-your-tv/</a>.<br />
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If you have questions or need customer support, they sent this link for you: <br /><a href="https://help.mandolin.com/hc/en-us">
https://help.mandolin.com/hc/en-us</a><br />
<br /><b>■ <i>FOR LIVESTREAM ACCESS TICKETS</i></b>: <a href="https://boxoffice.mandolin.com/products/a-prairie-home-companion-american-revival-livestream-ticket" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a><br /><br />
<br /><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">■ <i>TO </i></b><i><b>ATTEND IN PERSON</b></i> at the Ryman: <a href="https://ryman.com/event/prairie-home-companion-american-revival/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a><br /><br /><i>The Ryman is celebrating its 130th year as a music venue!</i><br />
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Since the APHC radio show ended a few years ago -- and with it, the live performances -- Keillor has continued as a prolific writer. In addition to his free daily online "Writers Almanac," he has published a memoir, a collection of limericks, and several novels. His most recent books are <i>Serenity at 70, Gaiety At 80: Why You Should Keep on Getting Older</i>, and <i>Boom Town: A Lake Wobegon Novel</i>.<br />
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More from and about Garrison Keillor, and how to listen to a different old recording of APHC each week, <b><a href="https://shop.garrisonkeillor.com/collections/a-prairie-home-companion" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.<br /><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ryman.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2022/05/APHC_1200x630_NoText.jpg?resize=768,403" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="768" height="336" src="https://ryman.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2022/05/APHC_1200x630_NoText.jpg?resize=768,403" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Garrison Keillor at work.</i><br /><p></p><p>
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Y</span>es, despite being vaxxed and boostered, one of the very virulent variants got me. Currently quarantined, I am finding this stuff is still formidable. It is challenging to sustain focus and energy for even simple tasks. The vaccine seems to be keeping it from impacting my lungs, and that's where it kills people. Mostly, I am frustrated that I cannot attend what is described below. Jack was a good guy.<br />
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">T</span>he California Chapter of the International Western Music Association will preside over a Celebration of Life for Jack Hummel, one of the organization's most devoted and valuable members. <br />
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It happens today, Sunday, July 10, 4 to 7 pm. The venue is:<br />
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El Tracadero Steak House, 24274 Main St, Newhall, CA 91321<br />
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Coproprietor Raul will have extra people on staff to accommodate the gathering. No host bar and full menu.<br />
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Western music and cowboy poet performers and non-performers who knew Jack, bring your instruments and best voice for a song / poetry circle and your stories about Jack. </p><p>Had your editor been there as planned, he would have recited this original piece of cowboy poetry:</p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><i>“Our cowboy with a camera, Texas Jack”</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span class="s1"></span><br /></i></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><i>By Larry Wines</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span class="s1"></span><br /></i></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><i>With footlong lenses clattering, he brought the artist’s eye,</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><i>matched-up with tunes and croons of his musicians. Some subjects, pros with big time cred — others starting out, testing songs as a hope of new transition.</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span class="s1"></span><br /></i></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><i>All in kind knew we’d arrived. His images made our stage-time seem immortal. A short three-minute song, like a seven-second ride — more confidence for next time we left the portal.</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span class="s1"></span><br /></i></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><i>Like a roundup drawing volunteers, none gave or got a bill. His pictures were his gift to our profession. Or, to our avocation. Or maybe we should say — to our obsession.</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span class="s1"></span><br /></i></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><i>As the lights came up, Jack’s camera tasted sagebrushed notes, drinking light and lyrics and guitar. He could see pioneers, cattle drives and steam trains of old, and in his pictures they returned from near and far.</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span class="s1"></span><br /></i></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><i>I never forked a horse along a trail with Jack. But backstage, he was always such a pleasure. And never far away, Voleta sat and smiled, the lovely one whom he would always treasure.</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span class="s1"></span><br /></i></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><i>There’s quite a pantheon of people of the West, mostly legend if I had to stop and reckon. But Jack left images fresh as spring, so memories live, and call, and beckon. </i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><span class="s1"></span><br /></i></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><i>Adios old pard, we bid you now adieu, you’ve laid down the bag of gear, your saddle pack. You’re metering light with Charlie Russell, and he’s sharing tips with you — with our cowboy with a camera, Texas Jack.</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">___</span></p><p>
RSVP / QUESTIONS about today’s event should be directed to Greg Khougaz, GregKhougaz@earthlink.net or to Scott T, scott.tonelson@gmail.com<br />
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Our parting thought for this edition?<br />
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These variants are virulent. Wear a mask in stores and crowded places, at the very least.<br />
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So many of our fellow Americans refused to do what every other country's citizens did, and get vaccinated to protect everyone else. Hence, the virus has found fertile ground to spread AND MUTATE in the intransigent unvaxxed, coming back around to infect the rest of us. Be careful out there, so your sumner isn't used-up regaining strength after getting sick.</p><p>___</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">☆</span></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">■</span></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">☆</span></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">■</span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">☆</span></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">■</span></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">☆</span></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">■</span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">☆</span></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">■</span></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">☆</span></b></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; 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font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; 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font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; 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font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; 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font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; 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font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! It even let us figure out a bunch of our important dates--most of them were musical and it sure was fun to relive those times!!!"</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; 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Check back over the weekend and beyond! </b></i><b><i>Meantime, here's the story so you won't miss-out...</i></b></p><p>___</p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">W</span>e love it most when we can bring you a multifaceted event with music, history, and a whole lot more. This one is genuinely one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime. So, YES, with the shocking price of gas, it IS more than worth the road trip, and it includes Irish and other 19th century-era music.<br />
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Don't just read the title of the festivities and decide it's too specialized for you. It goes way beyond the basic sound byte line of:<br />
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Fifteen steam locomotives will gather for this one-of-a-kind four-day event, July 1 through 4, and nearly all will be running.<br />
<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/7173/6449191885_c7d41d5960.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="500" height="402" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7173/6449191885_c7d41d5960.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>V&T #22, the "Inyo," was a star at a World's Fair in Canada. When any of these locomotives comes to visit, it draws crowds and makes news. The greatest reunion of 19th century steam in decades includes #22.</i><br /><br />
The best remnants of 19th century Victorian charm, with their art-embellished gleaming brass, are returning to life in a reunion drawn from four points of the compass. They won't just sit for you to gawk at them like Rose Parade floats parked and silent. These will move, clang and chuff, whistle and breathe fire, and they'll be pulling 19th century passenger cars for you to ride, all four days.<p></p><p>
The "GREAT WESTERN STEAM-UP" at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City will have music from lots of bands and individual artists, including 19th century-era music from <b>the Black Irish band</b> (they've released 35 albums that include traditional songs of America's Irish railroad builders) plus other musicians will bring more variety.<br />
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The event will reunite the most famous 19th century trains in the world, for the first time in more than EIGHTY years. That's because when the movies came calling -- starting with silent films in the 1920s -- only one railroad still had most of its </b><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">1870s-era steam locomotives. And <i>those</i> were</b><b> already-ancient, stunningly beautiful, polished-brass-adorned, colorfully-painted, custom-decorated, mechanical works of wonder. They will reunite <u>only</u> for this event.</b><br />
<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.steamlocomotive.info/medium/ca567.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="320" height="436" src="https://www.steamlocomotive.info/medium/ca567.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>V&T #12, the "Genoa," is one of the engines visiting from the California State Railroad Museum. For decades, it has been displayed indoors in Sacramento, framed by an equally-ancient iron-pin truss bridge. But for four days, "Genoa" will gleam in the Nevada sunshine after a very long absence.</i><p></p><p></p><p>
Hit pause. Think of every colorful Victorian gingerbread wood house you've ever seen, and every picture of a Mississippi River paddlewheel steamboat. These are the surviving trains of that same era. It was a time when machines were embellished with art because they were special. Getting them into places that had recently been rugged frontier was quite a feat, and their operators wanted their presence to proclaim itself with literal bells and whistles.<br />
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Our own era is powered by hype over supposedly "powerful" dumb apps that put cartoon cat ears on your friends' pictures. People get excited about ear buds with slightly better frequency range than last year's offerings that isolated you from reality. Thousand-dollar phones that are 5g seem a necessity instead of suddenly obsolete 4g. Even when asked to take reality checks, it's usually by a marketer of more little electronic junk you're supposed to replace in two years. Don't we need to escape the paltry, trivial, claustrophobic, overhyped, and two-inch-screen virtual, to go see full-size spectacle that <i>really did</i> move the world? And, as it did it, brought hand-painted cameo murals, gold-leaf lettering, chuffing and hissing, melodic whistling, and rhythmic bell clanging along for the ride?</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.cardcow.com/images/set888/card00038_fr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="600" height="411" src="https://www.cardcow.com/images/set888/card00038_fr.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>When new diesel-powered "streamliners" debuted in the 1930s, 1870s V&T locomotives were used to contrast progress. That, even as Hollywood bought-up the vintage engines for movie stardom. Here, V&T #21 -- which starred in Cecil B. DeMille's 1939 epic "Union Pacific" -- poses with the UP's then-newest passenger train. "Bowker" is among the visiting engines at the four-day event.</i><p></p><p>
<br />These four days go beyond the unparalleled esthetics of another time. The history is as rich as it gets. Everybody knows of Virginia City, Nevada, thanks to Ben Cartwright and his "Bonanza" clan. But all that was fiction, and the actual story is far better.<br />
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Virginia City is situated on the side of a mountain. Its streets are stairstepped contours, and tapping the riches of its Comstock Lode of silver -- on the opposite side of the High Sierra from the seaport at San Francisco-- was far more daunting than the nearly all-downslope moves of the California Gold Rush.<br />
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What intervened was the first Transcontinental railroad. You may recall our story of the 150th birthday of its completion with a 2019 event at Golden Spike National Historic Park in Utah, and the world's biggest steam locomotive being restored just in time to get there. (There's a link at the end of this feature story.)<br />
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Well, once the railroad connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in 1869, the four-<i>month</i> wagon train trek became a four-<i>day</i> train ride, AND, materials could be brought-in to build <i>other</i> railroads.<br />
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Among the first of these was the Virginia & Truckee, -- the storied "V&T" -- laying track south from the transcontinental railroad to reach Virginia City and the Comstock Lode. The new railroad made an upside-down question mark on the map to find terrain conducive to the maximum climb the trains could make. Running to Carson City and swinging east, it then climbed north to reach the famous mining town.<br />
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Mining booms all come to an end when the sought mineral is exhausted. Today they leave horrible scars from landscapes torn asunder, water courses diverted and polluted, and gaping open wounds of surface mining. Back then, they left Western ghost towns all of us find charming and comparatively small tailings from the tunnels of their underground mines.<br /></p><p>The tracks to Virginia City were pulled-up in 1939, when the Comstock mines could not go any deeper. The remainder of the V&T was abandoned in 1949. One can only imagine what a rich property it would be today, we're it still there from Reno to Carson City and south.<br />
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But a curious thing happened to help sustain the railroad as the mines were playing out. It had a big stone enginehouse and shop in Carson City, filled with its original steam engines and wood passenger cars. <br />
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It so happened thst the first successful movie that told a story was a short called "The Great Train Robbery." It established moving pictures' first elements. Even before there was a Hollywood -- early films were mostly made in New Jersey -- filmmakers wanted steam trains to propel the action.<br />
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The V&T needed revenue. The studios needed 19th century trains that looked like they were transported from that era. And so the treasure trove of V&T equipment was saved from the scrapper, and scattered to the four winds of film, and later, television. In nearly every American-made Western that includes a train, what you see is one of those V&T 19th century steam locomotives.<br />
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A few were reunited and restored when the California State Railroad Museum opened in 1981 in Sacramento. They will make the trip over the Sierra to join their kin this weekend.<br />
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More V&T engines and cars were brought together when Silver State Nevada established its own state railroad museum, following the success of its neighboring Golden State. But nothing like this event has happened before, and more steam locomotives of V&T and other ancestry will join in. That includes an impressive array of three-foot narrow gauge steam locomotives and cars that you can ride, too.<br />
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A note about those cars. Hollywood bought things because they looked good, not because they understood or cared about history. One car that will remain on display inside the museum during the event is a holy grail of railroading. Bought from the V&T, it sat beneath oak trees after Hollywood was finished with it. There, generations of woodpeckers pecked thousands of holes and stuffed them with acorns as stored food. Neither human nor bird realized what was being pecked to almost death.<br />
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That car was one of the four that was present on May 10, 1869, when the Golden Spike was driven. Later, it was chartered by the Women's Suffrage Movement to take activists to the most notable gathering of the time to push for getting the right to vote for women. The car was eventually sold by the Central Pacific to the V&T, preserving it from ignominious scrapping the first time. Creation of the Nevada State Railroad Museum would do that again, even if the car's pedigree had been lost to history at the time.<br />
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So, go, enjoy the spectacle and the daily 1 PM pageantry of all the locomotives outdoors, and make sure your time inside the very formidable museum includes paying homage to that one, still unrestored car that is the sole survivor from the Golden Spike in 1869. The car is too fragile for it to hsve attended the 150th birthday in Utah in 2019. But you can see it now.<br />
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2022 is Nevada's turn for a significant celebration of a noteworthy 150th anniversary. And you should not expect another gathering on par with this one for another fifty years.<br />
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There are different engines pulling the trains and different musicians performing each day. <u>Check all the schedules and get tickets</u> at </i></b><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.greatwesternsteamup.com">
www.greatwesternsteamup.com</a><br />
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The Nevada State Railroad Museum is located at<br />
2180 S. Carson St.<br />
Carson City, NV 89701<br />
775-687-6953<br />
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There is ALSO a fine re-creation, a restoration of the original V&T</i></b> that's mostly on its original roadbed from Mound House (east of Carson City) all the way up to Virginia City, and it runs seasonally, behind a steam locomotive. (Your editor worked on it as a college summer job!) It is not affiliated with the museum or this special event. <b>It runs from Virginia City, with SPECIAL TRAINS over the 4th. Check out <u>their</u> train rides <a href="https://www.virginiatruckee.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</b><br /><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4c/97/e4/4c97e42e6a5ee10d6b93940a8331efd3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="640" height="425" src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4c/97/e4/4c97e42e6a5ee10d6b93940a8331efd3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>The re-created V&T is based high-up in Virginia City, as seen here. It hauls tourists partway down the mountain over the original railroad's route. <u>Separate from the Carson City event</u>, it will operate special trains Friday and Sunday <u>from </u></i><i style="font-family: sans-serif;"><u>Virginia City</u></i><i> as a benefit to restore an original 1875 V&T locomotive brought home from the Old Tucson movie set. Sunday's 5:30 pm special train is a two-hour ride.</i><p></p><p>
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You can read our 2019 story from the Guide's coverage of the <b>150th anniversary event for the Golden Spike</b>, a big deal in Utah, <a href="https://news-events-perspectives.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-golden-spike-150th-look-at-when.html?m=1" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />
It's archived along with our special feature from the same year on <b>trains to the Dixieland jazz and hoopla of Mardi Gras</b>, also a fun read at that same address.<br />
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font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span></span></p><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">MOBILE-DEVICE-FRIENDLY</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">editions load quickly at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.acousticmusic.net/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.acousticmusic.net</a> </span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; 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font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! It even let us figure out a bunch of our important dates--most of them were musical and it sure was fun to relive those times!!!"</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; 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That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></div></div></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">MORE NAMM NEWS & REVIEWS COMING SOON.</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-78466393501126759322022-06-12T03:11:00.008-07:002022-07-01T08:01:23.012-07:00Milestone for Americana music; major update to events: June 11 edition 2022<p><span style="background-color: white;">.<span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">LATE ADDITION, up top, for 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND...<br />
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Don't just read the title and decide it's too specialized for you. Go. You'll be charmed and thrilled. This one is genuinely one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime. So, YES, with the shocking price of gas, it IS more than worth the road trip, and it includes Irish and other 19th century era music.<br />
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Fifteen steam locomotives will gather for this one-of-a-kind four-day event, July 1 through 4, and nearly all will be running.<br />
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The best remnants of 19th century charm, with their art-embellished gleaming brass, are returning to life in a reunion from four points of the compass. They won't just sit for you to gawk at them like Rose Parade floats parked and silent. These move, clang and chuff, whistle and breathe fire, and they'll be pulling 19th century passenger cars for you to ride.<br />
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The "GREAT WESTERN STEAM-UP" at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City will have music from lots of bands and individual artists, including 19th century-era music from an Irish band and more.<br />
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The event will reunite the most famous 19th century trains in the world, for the first time in well over EIGHTY years. That's because when the movies came calling, starting with silent films in the 1920s, only one railroad still had most of its already-ancient, stunningly beautiful, polished-brass-adorned, colorfully-painted, custom-decorated, 1870s-era steam locomotives. They will reunite ONLY for this event.<br />
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We'll have a full feature story in a special edition. But plan now.<br />
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There are different engines pulling the trains and different musicians performing each day. <br />
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Check all the schedules and get tickets at <br />
<br /><a href="http://www.greatwesternsteamup.com">
www.greatwesternsteamup.com</a><br />
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The Nevada State Railroad Museum is located at<br />
2180 S. Carson St.<br />
Carson City, NV 89701<br />
775-687-6953<br />
___</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Tuesday, June 14, LATE ADDED ITEM...<br />
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A strawberry supermoon will light up the skies Tuesday night. That's cool, but not exactly what you're thinking. <br />
First, there's the "supermoon" part. That happens when a full moon is at its closest distance to Earth, making it appear brighter and larger. <br />
Then there's the “strawberry” part. But that actually refers to Native American harvesting seasons, not an expectation of red or pink colors, like the "blood red Moon."<br />
The forecast says cloud cover that had been over much of the US will thin out in many places in time for tonight. So -- before or after venturing into a venue or the studio -- go outside and gawk skyward for some mighty keen nighttime gazing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i style="background-color: #fcff01;">... JUST A LITTLE WARM-UP. SEE OUR FEATURE "GREATEST SHOW FROM EARTH," the fourth story in this edition. </i></b><span style="background-color: #ffa400;"><b><i>That one lasts all month!</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">___<br />
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Now, here's the edition as originally published, perhaps plus a bit of late info on an event or two slipped in.<br />
___</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Welcome! If you are newly arrived here after learning about us at the NAMM Show, we hope your first visit will lead to regular perusals of our content.<br />
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Speaking of NAMM, we have a number of features in the works on innovations, instruments, people you should know, and much more from our time in Anaheim. You'll be seeing those items over the next few weeks.<br />
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THIS EDITION begins with NEWS features then gets to a hugely updated EVENTS section, with festivals, concerts, club gigs, and more</u>.</b><br />
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So let's get started!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>___ </b></span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium;">___<span> </span>___</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20220609/4c/0f/73/f4/f915b551f0cb1fee5cc5cf12_896x892.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="800" height="637" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20220609/4c/0f/73/f4/f915b551f0cb1fee5cc5cf12_896x892.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><i>Photo - GRAMMY Award trophy. (PHOTO AND GRAPHIC COURTESY OF THE RECORDING ACADEMY; text overprint by Americana Music Association.)</i><br />
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"Best Americana Performance" and "Songwriter Of The Year" Categories among fresh additions to the GRAMMYs</span></i></b><br />
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The Recording Academy has added several new categories, including a needed new Americana category for the GRAMMY Awards starting in 2023. At last, there won't be a struggle to fit square pegs in round holes, trying to make Americana into "Regional Music" or "Country" ...at least when it comes to recorded performances.</span><br />
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Artists may now submit their Americana work for Best Americana Performance, a track and single Category that recognizes artistic excellence in an Americana performance by a solo artist, collaborating artists, established duo, or established group. </span><br />
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This new category complements the already established "Best Americana Album" and "Best American Roots Song."</span><br />
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Here's the full GRAMMYs announcement of all the new award categories:</span><br />
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"NEWS</span><br />
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"New Categories For The 2023 GRAMMYs Announced: Songwriter Of The Year, Best Video Game Soundtrack, Best Song For Social Change & More Changes</span><br />
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"The Recording Academy has announced five new GRAMMY Awards categories to be awarded at the 2023 GRAMMYs, including Songwriter Of The Year (Non-Classical) and Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games, among other new categories and changes.</span><br />
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"GRAMMYS/JUN 9, 2022 - 05:58 AM</span><br />
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"The Recording Academy has announced five new GRAMMY Awards categories to be awarded at the 2023 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 65th GRAMMY Awards, including the newly added Songwriter Of The Year (Non-Classical) and Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games And Other Interactive Media categories, among other new categories and changes.</span><br />
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"Additionally, a new Special Merit Award will be given out for Best Song For Social Change. Other amendments include changes to the GRAMMY Awards entry and voting processes and more.</span><br />
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"All new category additions, process amendments, and updates go into effect immediately for the 2023 GRAMMYs.</span><br />
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"These changes come through the Recording Academy's annual process of accepting proposals from the music creators and professionals that make up its membership body, and as part of the organization's commitment to evolve with the ever-changing musical landscape. </span><br />
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"'We're so excited to honor these diverse communities of music creators through the newly established awards and amendments, and to continue cultivating an environment that inspires change, progress and collaboration,' Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. said. 'The Academy's top priority is to effectively represent the music people that we serve, and each year, that entails listening to our members and ensuring our rules and guidelines reflect our ever-evolving industry.'</span><br />
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"NEW GRAMMY AWARDS CATEGORIES ADDED: </span><br />
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"Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Recognizes the written excellence, profession and art of songwriting honoring the most prolific non-performing and non-producing songwriters for their body of new work released during an eligibility year. </span><br />
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"Best Alternative Music Performance</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
A track and single Category that recognizes the best recordings in an alternative performance by a solo artist, collaborating artists, established duo, or established group.</span><br />
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"Best Americana Performance</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
A track and single Category that recognizes artistic excellence in an Americana performance by a solo artist, collaborating artists, established duo, or established group.</span><br />
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"Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games And Other Interactive Media</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Recognizes excellence in score soundtrack albums comprised predominately of original scores and created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current video game or other interactive media released within the qualification period. </span><br />
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"Best Spoken Word Poetry Album</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
An album Category that recognizes excellence in spoken word albums specific to the performance of poetry with or without music.</span><br />
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"SPECIAL MERIT AWARD ADDITION:</span><br />
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"**Best Song For Social Change**</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
This Special Merit Award will be determined by a Blue Ribbon Committee and ratified by the Recording Academy Board of Trustees. Submissions must contain lyrical content that addresses a timely social issue and promotes understanding, peacebuilding and empathy.</span><br />
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"GRAMMY AWARD VOTING PROCEDURAL UPDATES: </span><br />
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"Charging Fees For Entry Submissions</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
All Recording Academy members will receive five courtesy entries every year. For additional entries, members will pay $40 (Early Bird Fee); $75 (Standard Fee); or $125 (Final Deadline Fee) per additional entry. Registered media companies will pay a fee of $65 (Early Bird Fee); $95 (Standard Fee); or $125 (Final Deadline Fee) per entry. Considerations will be made for artists/members experiencing financial hardships. Any member who would be burdened by the entry fees can request the fees be waived by reaching out to the Recording Academy Awards Department.</span><br />
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"Album Eligibility*</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
To be eligible for GRAMMY Award consideration, an album must contain greater than 75% playing time of newly recorded (within five years of the release date), previously unreleased recordings*. The previous eligibility rule was 50%. (Note: Best Compilation Soundtrack, Best Historical Album, Best Immersive Audio Album, Best Recording Package, Best Special Package, and Best Album Notes accept albums of recordings that are not newly recorded.)</span><br />
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"**Note: The updated album eligibility rule was approved in 2021, but is going into effect for the 2023 GRAMMYs cycle. *</span><br />
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"ADDITIONAL CATEGORY AMENDMENTS: </span><br />
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"Classical Field: Creation of Craft Committees in Select Classical Categories</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Three Categories within the Classical Field will now be determined by highly specialized Craft Committees: Producer Of The Year (Classical), Best Engineered Album (Classical) and Best Contemporary Classical Composition. </span><br />
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"Classical Field: Recognition of Composers and Librettists in Best Opera Recording and Best Classical Compendium Categories</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Category definitions have been updated to award composers and librettists in addition to artists, producers and engineers.</span><br />
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"New Age, Ambient Or Chant Field: Renamed And Redefined Field and Category Name</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
The Category formerly known as "Best New Age Album" has been renamed "Best New Age, Ambient Or Chant Album" and the Field name has also been updated to reflect that change.</span><br />
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"Musical Theater Field: Recognition of Composers and Lyricists in Best Musical Theater Album Category</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Category definition has been updated to award composers and lyricists of more than 50% of the score of a new recording.</span><br />
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"Music For Visual Media Field (Includes Film, TV, Video Games, And Other Visual Media): Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Some language in the criteria for this Category, which had been removed, has now been restored to recognize principal artists and in-studio producers.</span><br />
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"Production Field: Updated Definition of Best Remixed Recording Category</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
The newly amended definition of the Best Remixed Recording Category helps to reflect the remix craft as it currently stands in the industry: the creation of a new, full-track, unique performance created by a remixer from a previously released recording.</span><br />
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"Spoken Word Field:</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Updated Category Name and DefinitionThe Category formally known as Spoken Word Album has been renamed Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording. This Category recognizes excellence in spoken word albums (not including Spoken Word Poetry)."</span><br />
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(Complete announcement reproduced above. See it online at the Academy site: </span><a href="https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammys-new-categories-songwriter-year-best-video-game-soundtrack-social-impact-special-merit-award-65th-grammy-awards" style="font-size: large;">https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammys-new-categories-songwriter-year-best-video-game-soundtrack-social-impact-special-merit-award-65th-grammy-awards</a><span style="font-size: medium;">)</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>___ </b></span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium;">___<span> </span>___</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://assets.change.org/photos/9/ud/hm/OPUDHmBGoJGsvAC-800x450-noPad.jpg?1653600860" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://assets.change.org/photos/9/ud/hm/OPUDHmBGoJGsvAC-800x450-noPad.jpg?1653600860" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><i>
TICKETMASTER'S NEW PRICING IS SCANDALOUS</i></span></b><br />
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Change.org explains, "It’s summer concert season, but some fans won’t have a chance to see their favorite shows. That’s because TicketMaster launched a new 'dynamic pricing feature' called Platinum Pricing. With Platinum Pricing, tickets are priced by demand – sometimes up to $1,050 per ticket, a price that some people pay for rent."</span><br />
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That is a most appropriate analogy, and with concert goers paying over $5 a gallon for gas everywhere -- and nearly $7 in California -- just to get to a concert venue, this elitist profiteering scheme is scandalous. Our society, more and more, seems characterized by those who think they can get away with something and stick the rest of us with the bill. Here's your chance to tell them "no way!"</span><br />
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Change.org continues, "Sahmaya* says this pricing structure favors affluent fans over those with less disposable income. Add your name to tell TicketMaster to keep prices affordable for all fans, not just the wealthy few.</span><br />
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* - Sahmaya is Sahmaya Busby, who originated the petition to Ticketmaster on Change.org. 47,034 had signed the petition at press time.</span><br />
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It reads:</span><br />
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"End Ticketmaster’s Platinum Pricing Policy"</b><br />
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"Ticketmaster’s Platinum Pricing policy was allegedly implemented to "give fans fair and safe access to some of the best seats in the house." While this seems like a fair rule, it now operates to block lower-income fans from enjoying the artists they love. According to Ticketmaster, Platinum Pricing enables a market system where tickets are priced according to demand so that the "most passionate" fans have access to them.</span><br />
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"This sounds like a fair rule until you view the prices of the tickets. Unfortunately, this policy only means that the most wealthy fans have access to them. In Section 213 at Madison Square Garden, Harry Styles’ concert tickets were priced at face value at $83.50 in the presale. The next day, in general sale, they were priced upwards of $450--a 500% increase--not including later fees. Tickets in the upper house that are meant to be cheap now have unaffordable prices due to the Platinum Pricing policy. In an even more egregious example, pit tickets have increased to $1,050 per ticket, a price that some people pay for rent.</span><br />
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"There has been no evidence to suggest that this policy protects fans’ tickets from scalpers or bots; if anything, this encourages those entities. Scalpers can buy these tickets at expensive prices and resell them for even worse until the only tickets available are unaffordable in all places. The only fans who have access to these tickets are wealthy. Of course, this benefits Ticketmaster because it means they can profit off of fans using this system and gain the maximum amount of profit.</span><br />
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"Ending Platinum Pricing means that lower-income fans can enjoy viewing their favorite artists or sports teams at venues that use Ticketmaster, creating a more equitable system. If Ticketmaster wants to protect fans from scalpers and bots, they must strengthen their platform--not charge fans unaffordable amounts over 500% over face value. <b>Sign this petition to demonstrate to Ticketmaster the wishes of their users.</b>"</span><br />
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You can add your name now with a click. Open the petition page at</b>:</i><br />
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https://chng.it/QMqDPTJfYL</a><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>___ </b></span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium;">___<span> </span>___</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Woodsongs wisdom</i></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">"Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour"</span> with legendary bluesman Bobby Rush as guest for the entire hour, aired last month on RFD-TV. Here are a few memorable quotes.<br />
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"I remember something my grandfather told me: 'Always let somebody else be the last stupid sound in the room.'"</i><br />
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~ Michael Jonathon, host of "Woodsongs."<br />
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Blues legend Bobby Rush, talking about his life and his new book, told the "Woodsongs" audience:<br />
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"When I was a child in a big family, we was poor. We had no indoor plumbing. We had a outhouse out back. You had to go outdoors to go do your business. It didn't look good, it didn't smell good. <br />
Now I have a big house. It have nine bathrooms in it. They look good, they smell good. But you still do the same thing in 'em."</i><br />
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~ his book is "I Ain't Studin' Ya," filled with wisdom for those who tend to be overconcerned with thinking too much about themselves and whether others are thinking about them.<br />
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You can watch hundreds of past shows in the archive at:<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.woodsongs.com">
www.woodsongs.com</a><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>___ </b></span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium;">___<span> </span>___</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Greatest Show from Earth</span></i></b><br />
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See it now. Next show in twenty years. Don't miss this one. All these points of light are bright enough that you can enjoy the show even in towns and cities with their notorious light pollution.</i></span><br />
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You can see a rare event in the night sky this month. For the first time in 18 years, five planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — are lined up in their natural order from the sun and visible to the naked eye. It's better than that -- no one has seen things in such a nearly straight line since 1840!</span><br />
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Just step outside about 30 minutes before sunrise and look southeast. The planets shine brighter than the surrounding stars and should be easy to differentiate. As the month progresses, the Moon (with its presence in the show and its brightness interfering with seeing the planets) gets in and out of the act. So go out and gawk more than once, a few days apart each time.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As the month progresses, you'll be looking from north of east, near the horizon where the glow announces the sunrise, for Mercury, the only one challenging tough to find. Everything else lines up in the same angle across the sky, with each next planet higher and to the left. bright Venus is next, then Earth's companion, the Moon, functioning as our stand-up in the planetary sequence outward from the sun.<br />
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Until the Moon becomes a crescent late in June, its full brightness makes Mars, the next planet in the line, a little challenging to see. Just remember that Mars is the "Red Planet." Next is giant Jupiter, appearing this time to be much closer to Mars than it is. Across the longest gap in the line is Saturn.<br />
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This is a big deal because the planets do not go around like tracks on the same vinyl record. Physics dictates that the ones closer to the Sun go faster, and as you head away from the Sun, it takes longer to comp,lete an orbit. So Mercury makes a trip around our star in just 88 days, while Earth and the Moon need a year (365 1/4 days) and Saturn takes about 29.4 Earth years (10,756 Earth days).<br />
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We could get into why that is -- and how an early proof that mathematics is naturally derived was provided by the planets. Suffice it to say that each one sweeps-out an equal-area arc in the same amount of time. So Venus' slice of pie is short and wide, and Jupiter's is very long and very skinny.<br />
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It all adds-up to why this particular perspective from our Earthbound viewpoint is so remarkably rare. Don't miss it!<br />
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Late added photo:</i></b><br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.greeleytribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TDP-Z-Jeff-Hunt-photo-01-01.jpg?w=525" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="525" height="425" src="https://www.greeleytribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TDP-Z-Jeff-Hunt-photo-01-01.jpg?w=525" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span face="sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><i>June 24: For the next few days, five planets still appear in alignment in the morning sky. This photo, taken Friday morning near Chicago, shows the location of Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars and Jupiter. Saturn, which is also in in the alignment, is further to the right in the sky, out of the picture. The planets may be difficult to see in the photo, but it does provide an indication of their relative positions, in a line angling across the pre-dawn sky. (Photo by Jeff Hunt.)</i></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="sans-serif"><b>___ </b></span><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">___<span> </span>___</b><br />
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Summer Solstice, Sunday, June 19th</span></i></b><br />
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There are, or at least were in ancient times, several solar and cross-quarter Celtic festivals around the time of the Summer Solstice. It's a great time to pause and focus -- as did our Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestors -- on falling in love with the Earth. And remembering that you never allow anyone to abuse one that you love.</span><br />
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The theme echoes when we consider words in the Declaration of Independence that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."</span><br />
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June 19th is also Juneteenth, the day that marks the liberation of the final group of people held as slaves in America. It took from the end of the Civil War in April, 1865, to June 19th, 1865, for word to reach the far expanses of Texas. Of course Texas was a slave state, a former independent republic (that allowed slavery), a US state (that allowed slavery), a seceded state in the Confederacy (that allowed slavery), and on the losing side of the Civil War (that finally ended slavery in "the land of the free, home of the brave.") </span><br />
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History tells us that certain interests in Texas conspired to keep "their" slaves in bondage and servitude. Seems the world views of some in authority in Texas have not really changed much, about a lot of things.</span><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="sans-serif"><b>___ </b></span><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">___<span> </span>___</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR JACK HUMMEL</span></i></b><br />
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Jack Hummel, longtime concert photographer whose generosity to artists was legendary, has left us. The California Chapter of the International Western Music Association will host a Celebration of Life for Jack, one of the organization's most devoted and valuable members.<br />
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The event is Sunday, July 10, from 4 to 7 pm. The venue has changed, and is now El Tracadero Steak House, 24274 Main St, Newhall, CA 91321. Raul, the proprietor, will have extra people on staff to accommodate the gathering.<br />
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Performers and non-performers, bring your instruments and/or best voice for a song / poetry circle and your stories about Jack. R.S.V.P. / QUESTIONS TO Greg Khougaz, at GregKhougaz@earthlink.net or to Scott T at scott.tonelson@gmail.com.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Newhall Station on the Metrolink Antelope Valley Line is a short walk from the venue, for all of us not wanting to feed the greed of the oil companies.<br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif"><b>___ </b></span><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">___<span> </span>___</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.teentix.org/images/la/general/_topImage/Pass-Sign-Up-Header-Design.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://www.teentix.org/images/la/general/_topImage/Pass-Sign-Up-Header-Design.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">FREE TIX for Los Angeles-region teens</span></i></b><br />
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An increasing number of venues and events are participating in "TeenTix LA." TeenTix is a FREE pass that gets you into movies, music, theatre, dance, visual art, and more for just $5 — and it is launching in the L.A. area. Does it sound too good to be true? It IS true! Really. Teens can sign up now & see what’s on:<br />
<br /><a href="https://la.teentix.org/">
https://la.teentix.org/</a></span><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="sans-serif"><b>___ </b></span><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">___<span> </span>___</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Sunny folk-pop for the small fry</span></i></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">
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From time to time we bring word from The Secret Mountain, conscientious purveyor of books and music for kids. Here's their latest.<br />
"Awaken children’s vocabularies with this sunny collection of folk-pop songs. These upbeat melodies and accessible lyrics were written to help budding language learners discover how to share their feelings, hopes, and dreams. Young readers will have a blast singing their hearts out to songs about emotions, courage, family, and more."<br />
Each hardcover picture book includes a song-by-song activity guide as well as a CD and digital album featuring 12 original tracks.<br />
Find that and plenty more at: <a href="http://www.thesecretmountain.com">www.thesecretmountain.com</a>.<br />
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Go see "Tru," a rollicking Truman Capote stage bio.</span></b></i><br />
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It has a four-show run:<br />
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• Sat, Jun 11, 7:30 pm<br />
• Sat, Jun 18, 7:30 pm<br />
• Sat, Jun 25, 7:30 pm<br />
• Sun, Jun 19, 7:30 pm<br />
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at Three Clubs Stage Room, 1123 N Vine St, Hollywood, CA.<br />
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Tix, <a href="https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/7509?tab=details">https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/7509?tab=details</a>.<br />
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Excerpts below are from Film Historian and Reviewer Ed Rampell’s "The Other Truman Show: The Fluke in His Domain":<br />
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"Jamie Galen’s uncanny incarnation of Truman Capote in the first act of playwright Jay Presson Allen’s Broadway adaptation (from 1989) of Capote’s writings and ruminations, 'Tru,' is a must-see tour de force. The one-man show is set in the glitterati’s penthouse overlooking the glittering lights of Manhattan and the UN Building wherein the 'In Cold Blood' and 'Breakfast at Tiffany’s' author muses out loud and answers phone calls on Christmas Eve, 1975. At this moment critics and beau monde 'pals' feel aggrieved that 'Tru,' as he’s nicknamed, has betrayed their trust by publishing a chapter of his unfinished tell-all tale 'Unanswered Prayers' in 'Esquire' Magazine that dares tell the 'Tru-th' about the lifestyles of these rich and famous 'friends.'<br />
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"Capote apparently agrees with his literary forebear F. Scott Fitzgerald’s observation: 'Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand.'<br />
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"Truman refers to himself as an 'outsider' who was 'given access' to 'the superrich,' as an object of amusement for those who have. As a pet of the jet set, he was privileged to peep into their private lives aboard their private jets, yachts, bedrooms and beyond. As a chronicler of the bourgeoisie, Tru characterizes them with a pen that is more like an acid dipped harpoon that the insightful scribe unerringly hurls at the jet setters with the skill of Melville’s Queequeg.<br />
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"They enjoy having the artistic oddity around, in part out of their sheer boredom, as his wit enlivens their pampered lives. Capote’s psychological critique of the not-so-beautiful-people is devastating, and when Tru skewers the squires in Esquire he’s taken aback when they squeal about his revelations. Truman argues that the ladies and lads doth protest too much; he’s a writer, after all, what exactly did the Paleys, Vanderbilts, et al, expect him to do with is peeks into their personal lives? He was a literary Wile E. Capote, so to say."<br />
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"More than almost any other writer, Capote carefully cultivated his public image with relentless appearances on TV talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett, Johnny Carson, David Frost, etc., and craved fame as well as fortune. When it came to the gentry, the gossipy Capote did not go gently. However, I suspect that although he lived on high in his posh penthouse perch after achieving bestseller status, he was not to the manor born, but I suspect his class consciousness was tinged with envy. (Capote’s contemporary, that classy class traitor Gore Vidal, was a far superior and consistent critic of the ruling class.)"<br />
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"Truman could also turn his pen into a pen knife when perforating – uh, I mean, profiling –celebrities, such as in his waspish 1957 New Yorker magazine takedown of Marlon Brando while on location at Kyoto, shooting the motion picture Sayonara. Tru’s 1957 The Duke in His Domain has been called 'the best profile ever written' (<a href="http://compassrosebooks.blogspot.com/2010/12/capotes-duke-in-his-domain-best-profile.html">http://compassrosebooks.blogspot.com/2010/12/capotes-duke-in-his-domain-best-profile.html</a>)."<br />
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~ excerpted from Ed Rampell's extensive review. You can read it all at: <a href="https://hollywoodprogressive.com/stage/the-other-truman-show">https://hollywoodprogressive.com/stage/the-other-truman-show</a><br /><b><br />
</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Tix, <a href="https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/7509?tab=details">https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/7509?tab=details</a>.<br />
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Tru is produced by Devix Szell, with voices provided by Lucie Arnaz and Sondra Currie. The solo show is deftly directed by "Blade Runner" actress Joanna Cassidy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>___ </b></span><b><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">___</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">___</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>A thought provoking take on "cancel culture"</i></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... from former US Secretary of Labor, Prof. Robert Reich:<br />
<br /><a href="https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/gop-culture-wars">
https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/gop-culture-wars</a><br /><span face="sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif"><b>___ </b></span><b style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="sans-serif">___</span><span face="sans-serif"> </span><span face="sans-serif">___</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">A 50th anniversary perspective</span></i></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">
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As the 50th anniversary of Watergate approaches -- the break-in by Nixon White House-funded burglars was June 17th -- Margaret Sullivan writes that "the press will never have another Watergate moment" again. She says this is because "our media environment is far more fractured, and news organizations are far less trusted..." (WaPo)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">To wit: a Trumpy Republican told me she thinks "all this sudden Watergate stuff" is "only being done to make Republicans look bad in an election year."<br />
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I'd call that proof Big Media is failing to convey verifiably factual information in a credible manner. As to how much is the fault of journalism in the face of crazy crap on social media, in the end that doesn't matter. Either they find a way to regain trustworthy prestige, or they're just noise.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /><span face="sans-serif"><b>___ </b></span><b style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="sans-serif">___</span><span face="sans-serif"> </span><span face="sans-serif">___</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>One to ponder...</i></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><i>"The Founding Fathers said America should be created for the pursuit of happiness. Not money, not power, but happiness."</i><br />
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~ Don McLean, singer-songwriter who wrote the iconic five-decade-long hit, "American Pie."<br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif"><b>___ </b></span><b style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="sans-serif">___</span><span face="sans-serif"> </span><span face="sans-serif">___</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gas & diesel prices</span><br />
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Putin caused it, and Big Oil's war-profiteering is like nothing ever seen</span></span></i></b> <br />
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It often surprises Americans that the USA, and not some Middle Eastern fiefdom, is the largest oil producer on the planet. A second shock is that the US produces a surplus of oil, and until recent years, it was illegal to export it. </span><br />
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Indeed, the smug spokespeople for Big Oil, telling cable news hosts about Oil being a global commodity with one international base price? That would not be so if we simply resumed the laws of not-so-long-ago, and kept "our" US oil here. Much of it is <i>literally</i> "our" oil, since it was pumped from beneath public lands.</span><br />
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With pump prices nearing $7 a gallon, each and every disclosure of quarterly profits shows a new record for Big Oil. It is simply war profiteering.</span><br />
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Because of this exercise of greed, delivery costs for everything are soaring. Transportation in a continent-spanning nation drives the prices of every kind of commodity, from food to lumber to shoes.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Artists were preparing to do concert tours, post-pandemic. Many wonder if they can afford to do it and if they will lose money by taking to the road. Suddenly they have a window into the cost structure of the delivery business, and a sense how all of us are hostage to price manipulation for enrichment of the morbidly wealthy. You can't fix it in the mix, and many do not know where to turn.<br />
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We need immediate legislation to ban export of oil produced in the US. With that, Big Oil should be allowed a 20% profit margin, based on their historic costs measured over time. Any profits over that should be subject to a 100% windfall profits tax, with revenues used for (a) temporary direct relief to American consumers, and (b) permanent direct subsidy to homeowners for free installation of rooftop solar, owned and controlled by the homeowner (not a predatory "middleman" who captures most of the money as we now have).</span><br />
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Along with that, all taxpayer subsidies of the petroleum industry must end immediately. The entire concept of an "oil depletion allowance" -- paying Big Oil with taxpayer dollars because the oil they take is no longer there to be taken -- is utter lunacy.</span><br />
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And a new paradigm is needed beyond the current runaway greed. The fossil fuel industry must be forced to pay substantial taxes -- with no escape -- on all their profits, as well as on the bloated compensation packages the industry provides its executives. The only path to tax relief open to them must be through them changing to invest profits in green energy, together with their corresponding irrevocable surrender of unused oil leases and no campaigning for more.</span><br />
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Politicians who run cover for Big Oil must be retired from public office. They need to be outed for their climate change denial and acceptance of fossil fuel campaign cash that amounts to nothing more than taking bribes.</span><br />
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Thing of it is, a majority in the House of Representatives would pass bills tomorrow to achieve that. But every Republican in the US Senate always schemes to block everything, in hopes of turning public disgust to their advantage in November. </span><br />
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Corporate mainstream media must stop running cover for greedy oligarchs and the politicians they own, and "out" the lot of them -- all who are accessories to profiteering. </span><br />
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It's time for structural change to bring us a paradigm shift: the need to use oil must not bankrupt the average person so they cannot afford to transition away from it. Renewable energy is now the cheapest to generate, but no one can afford an electric car if all their discretionary income goes into the tank of their gasoline powered car.</span><br />
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Look closely at the voting records of sitting politicians before November arrives. Do not waste time with any big media that fails to help you do that. You can simply default to partisanship, or you can bring the change we all need.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">~ Larry Wines, editor</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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This month: <b>HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL</b><br />
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“The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community. <br />
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"Each June during the Hollywood Fringe, the arts infiltrate the Hollywood neighborhood: fully equipped theaters, parks, clubs, churches, restaurants and other unexpected places host hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers."<br />
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~ <a href="https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/">https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/</a><br />
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"Participation in the Hollywood Fringe is completely open and uncensored. This free-for-all approach underlines the festival’s mission to be a platform for artists without the barrier of a curating body. By opening the gates to anyone with a vision, the festival is able to exhibit the most diverse and cutting-edge points-of-view the world has to offer... The Hollywood Fringe Festival is a non-profit company.” </i><br />
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~ Ed Rampell, Hollywood Progressive<br />
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...now through June 26, STAGE MUSICAL <br />
"In The Heights," winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical, runs at La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Bl, La Mirada CA 90638; boxoffice@lamiradatheatre.com; 562-944-9801<br />
7:30 pm, several nights per week, plus a couple of matinees.<br />
It's a universal story of a vibrant community on the brink of change -- here, in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood. Get tickets to experience the musical that is creating quite a buzz: <a href="https://cart.lamiradatheatre.com/1695">https://cart.lamiradatheatre.com/1695</a><br />
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Musical theatre: "Sleep with the Angels" a World Premiere at Latino Theater Company (now in its 37th year).<br />
"...the star of the show, an Indigenous Mexican Mary Poppins named Juana, is Esperanza América, the playwright’s daughter. And the itinerant Musician on guitar, whose strumming provides frequent sonorities throughout the play, is Robert Revell, married to Esperanza América. The <b>original songs were collectively written and composed by the family members.</b><br />
"Sleep with the Angels is a superb introduction to the universal range of issues that affect not only the Latino community but everyone, seen through a Latino lens." ~ Eric A. Gordon, L.A. Progressive.<br />
Four performances each week. Tix & info: 213-489-0994; <a href="http://www.latinotheaterco.org">www.latinotheaterco.org</a><br />
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"Drinking Like a Persian King -- Bacchus Uncorked: Art, Wine, and Culture" at the Getty Villa Museum, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, 310-440-7300<br />
Travel back to the royal courts of Persepolis and hear about the unique rituals, objects, and history of wine. Then, sip distinctive wines while taking in the sculpture and flora of the Getty Villa's gardens. Tickets include wine, appetizers, and intimate conversation.<br />
Inspired by the exhibition "Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World." This event is 21 and over.<br />
Upcoming programs:<br />
If you’re interested in "Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World," you’ll also enjoy:<br />
■ Performances | Persia After Hours: Fared Shafinury, Saturday, June 25<br />
■ Lecture | Royal Banqueting in Ancient Persia, Saturday, June 25 | Get tickets<br />
■ Family workshop | Mythical Beast Medallions, Saturdays, through June 25 | More family programs<br />
■ Lecture | Creating Silver Drinking Horns from Ancient Persia to the Present, Sunday, June 26<br />
■ Lecture and Wine | Bacchus Uncorked: Drinking (and Eating) with Greeks and Persians, Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10 | Tickets available June 13<br />
Tix: <a href="https://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_3504.html">https://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_3504.html</a><br />
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Andy & Renee, fresh from musically hosting the annual DYLANFEST, play Sister's Barn, 1408 S Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach CA 90277; 424-452-6070. More at <a href="http://www.andyandrenee.com">www.andyandrenee.com</a><br />
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CARBÉ & DURAND W/ LEAH FINKELSTEIN & HEATHER STEWART at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA; Phone for reservations, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days, 626-798-6236.<br />
A special show of two singer-songwriter duos whose compelling creativity and talent has earned their compositions slots in movies and television shows.<br />
CARBE & DURAND, two guitarists who have bridged the worlds of classical and blues guitar for well over 20 years. A married couple, a professional partnership, and, in the end, two people who very much love to play their guitars. Co-founders of the acclaimed Billboard-charting instrumental "world guitar" group INCENDIO, with 11 Albums and 2 DVD's available internationally. <br />
Their compositions outside of Incendio have been placed in an astounding variety of TV shows, movies and video games.<br />
LEAH FINKELSTEIN & HEATHER STEWART met at the Malibu Music Awards some years back, where both won awards for their individual songs. collectively have released FIVE studio albums and have had songs featured in both film and television including the world's most watched drama, NCIS. They were founding members of musical comedy group, "The Boobé Sisters," performing on comedy stages across the US and featured on "America's Got Talent" and "The Gong Show." They often play live together and are a composing team for television, film, and new media.<br />
Vaccination cards, paper or on your phone, are required, no exceptions. MASKS OPTIONAL.<br />
Tix, $20.<br />
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Sat, Jun 11, 8 pm<br />
Emmylou Harris plays Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. A few tickets are still available as of Thursday afternoon. Info: <a href="https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/1419/2022-06-11/emmylou-harris">https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/1419/2022-06-11/emmylou-harris</a><br />
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Grammy Award-winning Mariachi Los Camperos make their much anticipated return to the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster CA 93534. They bring their high energy performance to a town that is otherwise very dead.<br />
Tix & info, <a href="https://www.antelopevalley.com/events.html?id=2998">https://www.antelopevalley.com/events.html?id=2998</a><br />
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Annual "Cine Gear Expo" returns at the Los Angeles Convention Center<br />
■ Sat, 10 am-5 pm. (Registration opens at 9 am.)<br />
Exhibits & Seminars: 10 am-5 pm.<br />
* Free registration extended. All attendees must complete registration process to obtain credentials. Attendee badges grant entry to the exhibit hall and premiere seminars on Saturday, June 11th.<br />
* The Los Angeles Convention Center will waive parking fees at the West Garage for Cine Gear Expo Attendees on Saturday, June 11th. Tell the attendant that you are with "CineGear" to be let in.<br />
■ Guests can meet with hundreds of exhibitors from technology companies worldwide. From ARRI to ZEISS, this is LA's best opportunity to check out the latest equipment and services including cameras, optics, lighting, grip, support, motion control, stabilizers, virtual stage LEDs, robotics, streaming, monitors, filters, camera cars, cases and other tools of the trade.<br />
■ FREE registration: <a href="https://www.cinegearexpo.com/la-expo/registration/">https://www.cinegearexpo.com/la-expo/registration/</a><br />
■ Sun, Master Class: SOLD OUT -- Lighting Master Class presented by AbelCine in Burbank, 1:45 pm-4:45 pm.<br />
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From fairy tales to Vegas showrooms, magic inspires awe and wonder in everyone. You can use this day to commemorate famous magicians from around the world and show appreciation for the art of magic as a whole -- or try to dazzle with that card trick that never works.</i><br />
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Annual "The Palos Verdes Street Fair," 501 Deep Valley Dr, Rolling Hills Estates CA 90274<br />
Andy & Renee & Hard Rain, still feeling the love from musically hosting the recent annual DYLANFEST, perform today 2:30 pm—4 pm.<br />
Multiple acts share the stages. Event is located in the Heart of Palos Verdes at Norris Center & Deep Valley Drives; info, 310-377-8111 or streetfair@palosverdeschamber.com<br />
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"Antelope Valley Taco Festival," at Poncitlan Square, 924 E Palmdale Bl, Palmdale CA, is a family, sunny afternoon event, eating delicious tacos and more, sipping on an assortment of beers, all while enjoying "a great music lineup."<br />
Come taste the best tacos from the area and beyond at this celebration of local taco diversity from the best taquerias, restaurants & taco trucks serving up America's most adapted food.<br />
Website: <a href="http://avtacofestival.com/">avtacofestival.com/</a><br />
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Sun, Jun 12, 2-7 pm<br />
Joy Louise and Eric Uglum play Crazy J Ranch in Topanga. They pick and sing bluegrass style. The concert will be followed by a jam session. More info at: <br /><a href="https://folkworks.org/event/joy-louise-and-eric-uglum-at-crazy-j-ranch-in-topanga/">
https://folkworks.org/event/joy-louise-and-eric-uglum-at-crazy-j-ranch-in-topanga/</a><br />
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RICK BAGBY PRESENTS: THE MUSIC OF BILLY JOEL at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA; Phone for reservations, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days, 626-798-6236.<br />
Favorite songs and stories about Billy Joel, celebrating his amazing career from the early days right on through 20 years of writing, recording and performing so many award winning songs.<br />
Joining Rick on stage is the Uptown Band, a fine group of talented L.A. musicians: Owen Goldman on drums, Ed Tree on guitar, Paul Marshall on bass and Darnell Wyrick on saxophone.<br />
You’ll enjoy a tour of Billy’s most popular songs about places and his life as the Piano Man including New York, Italian Restaurants, Uptown girls, Allentown, Hollywood, Vienna , Miami, Oyster Bay, Rock & Roll, Catholic girls, and so it goes… on and on….<br />
Tix, $20.<br />
Vaccination cards, paper or on your phone, are required, no exceptions. MASKS OPTIONAL.<br />
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"Omaha Summer Arts Festival" outdoors at Aksarben Village. California-based Brad Colerick plays a 45-minute set at 1 pm w/ Steve and Jim in OSAF Pavilion at 67th & Frances St. Full line up, all day. Free event.<br />
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DAVE STAMEY, the most awarded performer in Western / Cowboy Music, plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA; Phone for reservations, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days, 626-798-6236.<br />
Dave Stamey was voted Male Performer of The Year by The Western Music Association, along with other prestigious awards he has received there.<br />
Dave was also winner of The Will Rogers Award for Male Vocalist of The Year from The Academy of Western Artists, and a five time nominee for Songwriter of The Year before winning it multiple times.<br />
His vast repertoire of classic and original Western folk music represents a link between today’s American a singer-songwriters and the old-time cowboy balladeers. He has delighted audiences in seven states and found that he prefers this type of work to being stomped by angry horses.<br />
“His Music is gorgeous, often funny, and his performance is flawless.” <br />
~ Bonsall Village News.<br />
Bob Stane, venue impresario, cautions: "He always fills the room to capacity. Call in reservations now."<br />
"Cowboys and Indians" Magazine has called him “the Charlie Russell of Western Music.” "Western Horseman" Magazine has declared his “Vaquero Song” to be one of the greatest Western songs of all time. "True West" Magazine named him "Best Living Western Solo Musician" four years in a row.<br />
Dave Stamey has been a cowboy, a mule packer, a dude wrangler, and is now one of the most popular Western entertainers working today. He has been voted seven times Entertainer of the Year, seven times Male Performer of the Year and Five times Songwriter of the Year by the Western Music Association, and received the Will Rogers Award from the Academy of Western Artists. He’s delighted audiences in twenty three states, and finds that he prefers this to being stomped by angry horses.<br />
In November of 2016 Dave was inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame.<br />
Vaccination cards, paper or on your phone, are required, no exceptions. MASKS OPTIONAL.<br />
Tix, $25.<br />
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"Around the World in 80+ Notes," performed by VOPA, Valley Opera & Performing Arts, at ONE Generation, 18255 Victory Bl, Reseda CA 91335; www.VOPArts.org<br />
VOPA favorites Shira Renee Thomas, Dylan F. Thomas, Gabriel Manro, and Julia Timmons will collaborate with pianist Tali Tadmor to perform opera arias and ensembles in eight different languages, illustrating the uniting power of music around the world. At intermission, enjoy sweet tastes of traditional desserts from each of the eight countries represented in the concert.<br />
Seating is limited, so don't wait to purchase your tickets.<br />
Tix, $20-$35, at: <a href="https://m.bpt.me/event/5465110">https://m.bpt.me/event/5465110</a><br />
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Sun, Jun 12, 7:30 pm<br />
Joe Robinson plays Soho Restaurant & Music Club in Santa Barbara, presented by "SB Acoustic." He is an award-winning Australian guitarist. More info at: <a href="https://folkworks.org/event/sbacoustic-presents-the-exceptional-joe-robinson/">https://folkworks.org/event/sbacoustic-presents-the-exceptional-joe-robinson/</a><br />
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"Tommy and The Brothers" Irish music concert at the Wren Theatre, 742 Vine St, Los Angeles CA 90038.<br />
Ken O'Malley tells us: "...over the last four years I have been producing and music directing [this] show about the lives and careers of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. My partner, co-producer and director is Thom MacNamara, long time producer, former Director of the Celtic Arts Center, Barnum and Bailey clown, and a well loved Ronald McDonald. He is also the current owner of the oldest Irish import shop in the US, MacNamara’s Irish Import Shop in Hollywood, also home of the Wren Theater.<br />
"What we present on stage is a show in which our boys tell their stories of coming to America in the early and mid-1950’s, their time spent in the pubs, coffee houses and theaters around Greenwich Village in NY, their rise from part and full time acting jobs, which was their original ambition and goal, to becoming the four “best known Irishmen in the world” as described by Ireland’s celebrated radio and TV personality Gay Byrne at the time.<br />
"A couple of spots on the Ed Sullivan Show launched their career into a stratosphere they never expected, and our lads present the story through narrative and twenty one songs that will bring the audience back to a time and place; their world comes alive with the rollicking, devil may care approach they took to their performances, but as actors, every note and mannerism was very finely rehearsed. They were heavily influenced by the intense high energy of the American folk and union songs, took the Irish parlor songs and songs of rebellion and emigration and added the drive that delighted audiences worldwide. <br />
"They hung out with the Beat crowd, Pete Seeger, Harry Belafonte, Odetta, Josh White, to name a few: they were trailed everywhere at the time by a young kid named Bob Dylan, with whom Liam Clancy remained a lifelong friend. Bob Dylan once said he 'hoped to be as famous as the Clancys some day.'<br />
"Come join us at one of our shows, if you like Irish ballads, chances are you’ll here most of your favorites performed by Dalton Maltz as Liam Clancy, Danny Oberbeck as Tom Clancy, Sean Faye Cullen as Paddy Clancy and Joel Mankey as Tommy Makem. With authentic instrumentation the presentation is lively and heartwarming, and a definite date to put on your calendar."<br />
Tix (both date's shows): <a href="https://tommyandthebrothers.com">https://tommyandthebrothers.com</a><br />
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Andy Hill House Concert/Livestream #175<br />
Watch live or anytime after the concert, at: <a href="https://youtu.be/_BlPWJKEM3Q">https://youtu.be/_BlPWJKEM3Q</a><br />
To attend in person (in Torrance, CA), email reneesafier@hotmail.com or andyhillmusic@hotmail.com for directions. <br />
These Livestream shows are free to watch online, with the option to contribute for those in a position to do so. You can see their astonishing massive song list and make requests (and contribute) at:<br /><a href="https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch">
https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch</a>, or at PayPal (paypal.me/andyandrenee) or at Venmo, (www.venmo.com/Renee-Safier).<br />
A portion of the proceeds go to the Los Angeles Midnight Mission.<br />
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California Bluegrass Association's annual "Father's Day Festival" at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley CA<br />
This year's festival features a dazzling lineup of Della Mae, Dom Flemons, Special Consensus, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, John Reischman and the Jaybirds, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, Kathy Kallick Band, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, and many others. Info: <br />
Info & tix: <a href="https://californiabluegrass.org/fathers_day_festival/fdf-home/">https://californiabluegrass.org/fathers_day_festival/fdf-home/</a><br />
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THE BLACK FEATHERS play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA; Phone for reservations, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days, 626-798-6236.<br />
Bob Stane says, "A big time act from England doing a concert tour and we got to fill a hole in their schedule. Take advantage."<br />
They have performed at Philadelphia Folk Festival and AmericanaFest, have been awarded official showcases at the North East Regional and Far-West Folk Alliance conferences, and will be featured this year at The Kate Wolf Folk Festival.<br />
"...stunning harmonies that were so good it reminded me of seeing Gillian Welch and David Rawlings" ~ No Depression.<br />
Vaccination cards, paper or on your phone, are required, no exceptions. MASKS OPTIONAL.<br />
Tix, $20.<br />
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Fri, Jun 17, 8 pm<br />
The Lowest Pair plays McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. It's a duet of two banjos, played keenly by Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee. Winter has "one of the most distinctive voices in roots music today." More, & tix, at: <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/product/lowest-pair/?v=7516fd43adaa">https://www.mccabes.com/product/lowest-pair/?v=7516fd43adaa</a><br />
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"HEART OF GOLD, A Tribute to Neil Young and his many musical collaborations," plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA; Phone for reservations, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days, 626-798-6236.<br />
A very popular Southern California act that we haven’t seen since before the pandemic, is back to perform all of Neil’s most popular tunes that you have come to know and love over the years. If you love the music of Neil Young and appreciate his genius as an iconic singer-songwriter, you will appreciate this band, comprised of some of the best and most seasoned tribute musicians in Southern California.<br />
You’ll hear “Cinnamon Girl”, “Hey, Hey, My, My”, “Down By the River," “Heart of Gold," “Old Man," “Needle and the Damage Done," "Southern Man," "Ohio," “Rockin’ in the Free World,” and other classics from Neil’s vast catalogue.<br />
As an added bonus, Stephen Bock from Taylor Made (The James Taylor Tribute Band) will perform a set of JT classics with the Heart of Gold band to open the show.<br />
Vaccination cards, paper or on your phone, are required, no exceptions. MASKS OPTIONAL.<br />
Tix, $20.<br />
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Southside Slim plays Harvelle's, 1432 Fourth St, Santa Monica CA 90401.<br />
Henry Harris (aka SOUTH SIDE SLIM) grew up in Oakland in the '70s and early '80s listening to a wide range of innumerable musicians, including Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Van Halen, and the Isley Brothers. He spent his mid-20’s hanging out in Hollywood. During his Hollywood years he fortuitously met up with the great LA blues guitarist Ray Bailey. Bailey turned him on to blues played with a rock-infused feel. Henry got serious about his guitar in 1992 when he fell upon some hard luck. He turned to his dad for help and asked if he could live in his trucking yard at 61st and Avalon in Los Angeles. Hank, as he was known then, wanted to use the opportunity of being homeless to focus on really learning to play the guitar, an instrument he had fooled around with since high school.<br />
He practiced a minimum of 6 hours a day. Evenings found him walking to jam sessions at local blues spots, including, Babe and Ricky’s (at its original spot at 53rd and Central), the Safari Club, and competitive private juke joints. After returning each night to the yard, he slept in an old van, showering in the morning with a hose behind some wood slats. He treasures those years and recognizes how valuable the time was in developing him into a bona fide blues musician. “Those years were like my FAME. I was going to school. I submitted myself to learn as much about the blues, performing, and the guitar as I could. I soaked up everything about the old guys, those bluesmen who really lived and looked the part.”<br />
By 1998 Little Hank had transformed himself into South Side Slim, guitarist and singer/song writer. He wrote, arranged and recorded his first CD, 5 Steps, with Southside Records, a company he and blues guitarist-math professor, Jerry Rosen, had formed. Within the next three years Slim cut two more original CD’s. More Blues from the South Side (2000) included cuts from South Los Angeles bluesmen, Smokey Wilson and Curtis Tillman. Raising Hell (2001) continues to receive critical accolades. In 2004, South Side Slim released, Trouble on the South Side, garnering international praise.<br />
He won many fans when he brought the crowds to their feet at both the Pocono and North Atlantic Blues Festivals during a recent national tour. Slim is a recent recipient of Los Angeles Weekly’s Music Award for Best Contemporary Blues/R&B Artist.<br />
2 drink minimum. Online ticket sales end at 7 pm, tix available at the door after 8 pm. Advance tix: <a href="https://www.harvelles.com/">https://www.harvelles.com/</a><br />
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Juneteenth, our newest federal holiday, will be celebrated in two places in Pasadena.<br />
■ 10 am-2 pm at Robinson Park, 1081 N Fair Oaks Av; <a href="https://www.pasadenanow.com/weekendr/events/?event_item=240139">https://www.pasadenanow.com/weekendr/events/?event_item=240139</a><br />
■ 10:30 am-4 pm at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 2283 N Fair Oaks Av; <a href="https://www.pasadenanow.com/weekendr/events/?event_item=240144">https://www.pasadenanow.com/weekendr/events/?event_item=240144</a><br />
Both events feature musical performances, speakers, foo, and drummers.<br /><br />
ALSO NOTE our news item about Juneteenth: the gala concert celebration on actual Juneteenth, Sunday, June 19th, will be broadcast LIVE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL on CNN, at 5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern.<br />
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Sat, Jun 18, FESTIVAL, in Virginia<br />
28th annual "Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival and Guitar Competition," 10:30 am-7 pm, at Grayson Highlands State Park, Mouth of Wilson, VA<br />
Performing on stage are Mike Snider, Wayne Henderson & Friends, Loose Strings Band, Willard Gayheart & Dori Freeman, Twin Creeks Stringband, Eddie Pennington.<br />
Competition begins at 10:30 am; 20 cont3stants compete for five prizes; winner receives a Henderson Guitar. Free activities for kids, noon-5 pm. Concessions available or bring a picnic.<br />
$20 admission, 12 years & younger free with paid adult. Parking is $10 state park fee.<br />
"Always the third Saturday in June, rain or shine."<br />
Info: 276-579-7092; www.WayneHenderson.org<br />
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KIRA OTT & JIMMY MURPHY WITH MARLA FIBISH play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA; Phone for reservations, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days, 626-798-6236.<br />
This is fine and fun Irish Fiddle. Kira Ott and Jimmy Murphy have been playing Irish music together in numerous bands over the years. Now their musical connection includes multi-instrumentalist Marla Fibish.<br />
From unnamed pickup gigs and Ciúnas through The Sweet Set, Jibberish, Rattle the Knee, and their current projects, they've always played off each other and brought out the joy in the music. Marla has long been a great friend and inspiration for many tunes and songs. It's a rare treat when all three join forces.<br />
Jimmy Murphy, guitarist and mandolinist, has been a cornerstone of the traditional Irish music scene in southern California for over a decade. He has appeared in performance venues from the Ford Amphitheater in Los Angeles to temples in Japan. He has performed on KPFK's "Global Village" with Eric Rigler, on KPFK's "Folkscene" with Mick Moloney, and live on KCSN's "Tied to the Tracks". Jimmy spent two years as a contracted musician in Japan; first as a soloist for Tokyo Disney Sea, then as a member of a band for Universal Studios, Japan, and finally as a key member for a four piece band again at Tokyo Disney Sea. He is a favorite guitarist for many Irish musicians in LA.<br />
One of the prominent voices of the mandolin in Irish music, Marla Fibish brings a deep and distinctive sensibility to the music on one of its lesser-heard instruments. Her playing is featured on numerous recordings, most recently her 2020 solo release, "The Bright Hollow Fog."<br />
Marla also plays mandola, tenor guitar, button accordion, and is a singer and composer. She's known for musical settings of works from a variety of poets, as well as original tunes written in traditional forms. This work is featured in the duo Noctambule, her longtime collaboration with guitarist and husband Bruce Victor. They've recorded four albums together, most recently "Every Migrant is My Fellow," released in Sept 2021.<br />
An experienced and sought-after teacher, Marla offers private students & classes online at Peghead Nation, and has been on the faculty of many music camps including The Swannanoa Gathering, The Mandolin Symposium, O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat, Portal Irish Music Week, Lark Camp and more. Her instructional DVD is a popular self-learning tool, focused on acquiring the foundational technique for playing Irish music on mandolin.<br />
Vaccination cards, paper or on your phone, are required, no exceptions. MASKS OPTIONAL.<br />
Tix, $20.<br />
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LUCKY DIAZ & THE FAMILY JAM BAND play Grand Performances at California Plaza atop Bunker Hill.<br />
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Jamie Laval, former US Celtic Fiddle Champ, plays "a very special musical homage to the Summer Solstice," and you can attend at any (or all) of the following showtimes: <br />
• 2 pm, 7 pm, 10 pm Eastern<br />
• 11 am, 4 pm, 7 pm Pacific<br />
Jamie says, "For over 5,000 years, people around the world have celebrated the longest day of the year with bonfires, music, dancing, and rituals.<br />
"Abbie Palmer, a brilliant Celtic harpist from Washington DC, will join me *Live!* in my home studio for all three performances. Abbie is an imaginative and virtuosic master of the unique instrument that is Celtic harp, and is the newest of my musical collaborators. You'll love her!<br />
"Amber Rose and I recently recorded a lovely new Scottish song which I will share with you. Amber has enjoyed a terrific run of major performances this season and I am proud to watch her rise in acclaim.<br />
"Another of my recent collaborations has been with superb violist Mark Neumann. This past year I composed several new concert pieces for viola and violin duet, which Mark and I recorded and performed at the International Viola Congress in Columbus, GA. Mark performed my pieces with dashing technical prowess and subtle musical nuance. I'll share one of our recordings, a piece which highlights the music of Brittany (Celtic France)."<br />
Tix: <a href="https://jamielaval.com/store">https://jamielaval.com/store</a><br />
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Andy Hill House Concert / Livestream #176<br />
Watch live or anytime after at: <a href="https://youtu.be/oSbAUE9gUpk">https://youtu.be/oSbAUE9gUpk</a><br />
To attend in person (in Torrance, CA), email reneesafier@hotmail.com or andyhillmusic@hotmail.com for directions. <br />
These Livestream shows are free to watch online, with the option to contribute for those in a position to do so. You can see their astonishing massive song list and make requests (and contribute) at:<br /><a href="https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch">
https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch</a>, or at PayPal (paypal.me/andyandrenee) or at Venmo, (www.venmo.com/Renee-Safier).<br />
A portion of the proceeds go to the Los Angeles Midnight Mission.<br />
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Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles performs its "Tribute to Queen" at Fairmont Century Plaza. <br />
One and all can celebrate Pride Month with the award-winning vocal group in this free show at The Bar at Fairmont Century Plaza, 2025 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles CA 90067.<br />
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<br />Sat, Jun 18, 8 pm<br />
Pasadena Folk Music Society presents Scottish folk band Old Blind Dogs, for the series first in-person concert since 2020; at Caltech's big Beckman Auditorium, the "wedding cake" building, at the southern end of Michigan Avenue (332 S. Michigan Av), Pasadena CA<br />
This is "Traditional Celtic music with added pizazz," from one of the best folk bands ever to come from Scotland.<br />
The talented quartet plays traditional Celtic music with modern flair from influences of jazz, blues and other genres. They have delighted foot-tapping audiences in six prior concerts put on by this local folk music society since 2002.<br />
Producers tell us, "We're eager to open with a 'Welcome back!' announcement, since this will be our first live show since the pandemic shutdown began. Caltech's strong public-health precautions will be in effect."<br />
They continue, "It may be a few months before another concert from Pasadena Folk Music Society after this one, as we work on some issues that have developed in scheduling in-person shows. A good turnout for Old Blind Dogs next week could help, so please spread the word about this event."<br />
In Old Blind Dogs' 30 years of performing, they twice have been named "Folk Band of the Year" in the Scots Trad Music Awards, a ceremony begun in 2003 to celebrate Scotland's traditional music in all its forms. They were inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame in 2020.<br />
The band is touring in support of its fourteenth studio album, "Knucklehead Circus," hence the carnival getup in the photo above. <br />
A "Bright Young Folk" review of "Knucklehead Circus" says, "With Hardie’s versatile singing, Hutton’s virtuoso piping and whistle playing, Jones’ recognisable cittern and guitar substrate and Hay’s avant-garde percussion, this album is exactly what the quartet wanted it to be: an upbeat and uplifting musical experience conveying the emotions and the vivacity of their live gigs." The reviewer neglected to mention Hardie's fiddle mastery.<br />
Songs on the new album include the more traditional "John Barleycorn" and instrumental "Thin Man."<br />
You can purchase tickets for the June 18 show online, by phone or at the door. They're priced at $25 for adults and $10 for children and Caltech students. Online, with added service charges, use the link at the Pasadena Folk Music Society website. By phone, call Caltech Ticket Office at 626-395-4652 between 10 am & 2 pm Tuesdays through Fridays. Ticket office personnel can answer questions about public-health precautions in place.<br />
Enjoying a concert in the auditorium comes easier when you feel safe. To keep public events safer, Caltech now requires that all guests wear a high-quality mask (surgical, N95, KN95, KF94) indoors at all times. In addition, proof of full vaccination and booster, along with a government-issued ID, is required to enter Beckman Auditorium. Children under five -- who are not yet eligible for vaccination -- are not permitted at public events in the auditorium at this time. These health and safety measures are subject to change at Caltech’s discretion based on evolving health and safety guidance and conditions. Due to health precautions, no refreshments will be available during the intermission.<br />
Free parking is available in the lot next to the building. (Spaces labeled with Caltech faculty names are open to visitor use in the evening.) There are handicapped parking spaces. If you have specific handicapped needs, you can call 626-616-4559. Also, two parking structures one block west on Wilson Avenue are open during evening hours.<br /></span><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Series website is: <a href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org/" style="color: #0776de;">https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org</a></span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Tickets online: <a href="https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=CALTECH_MPV&orgid=53269&pid=9088492#/event/9088492/ticketlist/" style="color: #0776de;">https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=CALTECH_MPV&orgid=53269&pid=9088492#/event/9088492/ticketlist/</a></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Sun, Jun 19, 3-6 pm<br />Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at the Shamrock Irish Pub and Eatery, 39252 Winchester Rd #145, Murrieta CA<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Sun, Jun 19, LIVE on TV<br />"Juneteenth" live on tv<br />
When the Hollywood Bowl hosts the JUNETEENTH concert on Sunday, June 19th, CNN will broadcast it live. So you can save the gas, catch the show, and be able to make a trip to the grocery store this month, after all.<br />
___<br /><br /></span>Jun 20-24; YOU can sign up to receive coverage<br />"Cannes Lions Festival" is a week of convening and conversations in Cannes, France, on the future of advertising, media and markmileting trends. Axios and Zefr will be there sending-out live coverage of this year's event, and you can sign-up to get it, for FREE, at: <a href="https://axioszefr_cannes.splashthat.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://axioszefr_cannes.splashthat.com/</a><br />___</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Wed, Jun 22, 6 pm<br />
Andy & Renee - Livestream concert #177<br />
Watch live or anytime after at: <a href="https://youtu.be/YRDJ3GEkyH0">https://youtu.be/YRDJ3GEkyH0</a><br />
To attend in person (in Torrance, CA), email reneesafier@hotmail.com or andyhillmusic@hotmail.com for directions. <br />
These Livestream shows are free to watch online, with the option to contribute for those in a position to do so. You can see their astonishing massive song list and make requests (and contribute) at:<br /><a href="https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch">
https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch</a>, or at PayPal (paypal.me/andyandrenee) or at Venmo, (www.venmo.com/Renee-Safier).<br />
A portion of the proceeds go to the Los Angeles Midnight Mission.<br />
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Inna Faliks, the acclaimed pianist, plays The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9390 N Santa Monica Bl, Beverly Hills CA 90210; 310-746-4000.<br />
Inna breaks new ground with an homage to Beethoven and Ravel featuring a breathtakingly innovative piano composition.<br />
Tix: <a href="https://www.thewallis.org/faliks">https://www.thewallis.org/faliks</a><br />
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"Tommy and The Brothers" Irish music concert at the Wren Theatre, 742 Vine St, Los Angeles CA 90038.<br />
Ken O'Malley tells us: "...over the last four years I have been producing and music directing [this] show about the lives and careers of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. My partner, co-producer and director is Thom MacNamara, long time producer, former Director of the Celtic Arts Center, Barnum and Bailey clown, and a well loved Ronald McDonald. He is also the current owner of the oldest Irish import shop in the US, MacNamara’s Irish Import Shop in Hollywood, also home of the Wren Theater.<br />
"What we present on stage is a show in which our boys tell their stories of coming to America in the early and mid-1950’s, their time spent in the pubs, coffee houses and theaters around Greenwich Village in NY, their rise from part and full time acting jobs, which was their original ambition and goal, to becoming the four “best known Irishmen in the world” as described by Ireland’s celebrated radio and TV personality Gay Byrne at the time.<br />
"A couple of spots on the Ed Sullivan Show launched their career into a stratosphere they never expected, and our lads present the story through narrative and twenty one songs that will bring the audience back to a time and place; their world comes alive with the rollicking, devil may care approach they took to their performances, but as actors, every note and mannerism was very finely rehearsed. They were heavily influenced by the intense high energy of the American folk and union songs, took the Irish parlor songs and songs of rebellion and emigration and added the drive that delighted audiences worldwide. <br />
"They hung out with the Beat crowd, Pete Seeger, Harry Belafonte, Odetta, Josh White, to name a few: they were trailed everywhere at the time by a young kid named Bob Dylan, with whom Liam Clancy remained a lifelong friend. Bob Dylan once said he 'hoped to be as famous as the Clancys some day.'<br />
"Come join us at one of our shows, if you like Irish ballads, chances are you’ll here most of your favorites performed by Dalton Maltz as Liam Clancy, Danny Oberbeck as Tom Clancy, Sean Faye Cullen as Paddy Clancy and Joel Mankey as Tommy Makem. With authentic instrumentation the presentation is lively and heartwarming, and a definite date to put on your calendar."<br />
Tix (both date's shows): <a href="https://tommyandthebrothers.com">https://tommyandthebrothers.com</a><br />
___<br /><br />Fri & Sat, Jun 24 & 25<br />Brandi Carlile<br />Greek Theatre, Los Angeles<br />Tix: <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/974048/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/974048/</a><br />___<br /><br />Fri, Jun 24<br />Tom Paxton & the DonJauns play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span><p></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Fri, Jun 24, 8 pm<br />
Naturally 7, seven-man vocal band from New York, presented by Caltech Campus Programs outdoors on the Beckman Mall. Hear great vocals by this group that has sung around the world and shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, and Quincy Jones.<br />
Tix & info: <a href="https://www.caltech.edu/campus-life-events/calendar/naturally-7-2022">https://www.caltech.edu/campus-life-events/calendar/naturally-7-2022</a><br />
___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Sat, Jun 25, FESTIVAL, 11 am-5 pm<br />
"South Bay Festival of the Arts" features plenty of activities and live music, at Torrance Cultural Arts Center, 3330 Civic Center Dr, Torrance CA 90503<br />
Andy & Renee & Hard Rain, who hosted DYLANFEST at the venue just a couple weeks ago, play 1-2:30 pm.<br />
Tix & info at: <a href="https://torrancearts.org/festival/">https://torrancearts.org/festival/</a><br />
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Dave Morrison (with his band) & Brad Colerick team-up for a "Come hungry, leave happy" house concert in Pasadena, CA.<br />
They promise "an evening of Food, Friendship, and Heart-Felt Music," and Dave adds, "My legendary chili will be included with your donation. Also corn-bread, salads, and liquid libations as well. If you'd like to bring a particular wine or spirit, feel free. If you'd like to bring a dessert, nobody will object to that either." Food at 6, music at 7 pm.<br />
Tix: RSVP to alexia@alexiasalvatierra.com<br />
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Jun 25 & 26, FESTIVAL<br />
7th annual "Delicious Little Tokyo" returns to Downtown Los Angeles with an immersive, two-day event with three themed foodie tours, workshops and activities. <br />
Info: <a href="https://littletokyola.org/delicious">https://littletokyola.org/delicious</a><br />
___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sun, Jun 26, noon-2 pm</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at Pub Thirty-Two, 23962 Alicia Pkwy, Mission Viejo CA 92691<br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">___<br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Sun, Jun 26, FREE CONCERT, 4 pm<br />
THE MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS series brings INCA THE PERUVIAN ENSEMBLE, TAIKOPROJECT, plus YOLA AT HOLA, HOLA MUSIC STUDIOS, at Leavitt Pavilion Los Angeles in MacArthur Park.<br />
___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;"><b>JULY</b></span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Fri, Jul 1, 6 pm<br />
Andy & Renee play their annual "Canada Day Concert"<br />
This year it's a house concert in Torrance, CA 90505<br />
Doors 6 pm, Show 7pm. A&R say, "We'll lean heavily on music by Canadian artists, and there will be Canadian-centric foods too! BYOB."<br />
Tix $20, at: <a href="https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch">https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch</a><br />
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"Musical Tribute to The Last Waltz," the legendary multiartist farewell concert by The Band, which became a landmark motion picture and album. See it live again in a special performance by Andy & Renee & Hard Rain & Friends (hosts of DYLANFEST and named, year after year, as Best Band in the South Bay). It happens at the Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro CA 90731<br />
Tix: <a href="https://grandvision.org/event/andy-renee-hard-rain-summer-concert/">https://grandvision.org/event/andy-renee-hard-rain-summer-concert/</a><br />
This will sell-out, so don't dawdle!<br />
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"Wine & Song" concert series (outdoors) Mamma's Brick Oven (tent in back), 1007 Fair Oaks Av, South Pasadena CA 91030. Brad Colerick with guests Holly Bernt Band and Zoe Carter. $15 suggested donation.<br />
Watch Brad's latest YouTube music vids, "Stories That We Tell" and "Fireline" at: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/user/bradcolerick">https://m.youtube.com/user/bradcolerick</a><br />
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Steve Key's "Songwriters-at-Play" show w/ guest-host Brad Colerick (performing host of the long-running "Wine & Song" concert series), at Sculpterra Winery (outdoors), 5015 Linne Rd, Paso Robles CA<br />
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Sat, Jul 16, 7:15 pm<br />
Brad Colerick, performing host of the long-running "Wine & Song" concert series, plays an outdoor House Concert in Arroyo Grande, CA.<br />
It's BC & friends at the home of Bob & Sally Spyksma. Brad says, "I don't think they could have designed a better performance and gathering area than this oasis! We were scheduled for a 'Wine & Song Road Show' here in May of 2020. Happy to finally be christening this great space. 6 pm doors, 7:15 music. $20 suggested donation. If interested in attending, please email for the address and more details." bradcolerick@gmail.com<br />
Watch Brad's latest YouTube music vids, "Stories That We Tell" and "Fireline" at: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/user/bradcolerick">https://m.youtube.com/user/bradcolerick</a><br />
___</span></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wed, Jul 20, 7 pm<br />
Andy & Renee & Hard Rain play the "Summer Concert Series" at Malaga Cove Library Park, 2400 Via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates CA. <a href="https://www.bestpalosverdeshomes.com/malaga-cove-concerts-park/">https://www.bestpalosverdeshomes.com/malaga-cove-concerts-park/</a><br />
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"Sunset Concerts" summer series at the Skirball Cultural Center, <br />
2701 N Sepulveda Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90049; 310-440-4500; <a href="http://www.skirball.org">www.skirball.org</a><br />
— FREE tix now available<br />
Ticket reservations opened Jun 9<br />
Cheers to twenty-five years! Celebrate this milestone season of Sunset Concerts with an eclectic lineup of path-makers and bridge-builders from around the world. Join in this summer to sing, dance, and celebrate music's unique power to bring people together and forge cultural bonds. Explore the artists listed below.<br />
While you're there, explore the exhibitions "The Jewish Deli," "Talking Back to Power," and "Visions and Values." FREE timed-entry tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis.<br />
Concerts:<br />
■ Mamak Khadem, Jul 21<br />
Iranian American singer Mamak Khadem kicks off the twenty-fifth Sunset Concerts season with her blend of classical Persian style and diverse contemporary influences. Go early for a pre-concert talk.<br />
■ Rocky Dawuni, Jul 28<br />
Enjoy the infectious, feel-good reggae tunes and globe-spanning “Afro roots” sound of musician and activist Rocky Dawuni.<br />
■ Nefesh Mountain, Aug 4<br />
Share in the beauty of Jewish culture with klezmer melodies and Hebrew refrains by this boundary-pushing bluegrass Americana band.<br />
■ Booker T. Jones, Aug 11<br />
Join groundbreaking soul and R&B artist Booker T. Jones through a “Stax Revue” of iconic songs that illuminate an extraordinary career spanning nearly sixty years.<br />
■ ADG7, Aug 18<br />
South Korea–based ensemble ADG7 connects shamanic ritual music and beloved folk songs of the Hwanghae region to the contemporary sounds and influences of pop.<br />
■ Son Rompe Pera, Aug 25<br />
Bringing a punk-rock edge to classic cumbia rhythms, the founding members of Son Rompe Pera add their own grunge and rock sensibility to the marimba. This closes out their season.<br />
Tix & info: <a href="https://www.skirball.org/programs/sunset-concerts/faq">https://www.skirball.org/programs/sunset-concerts/faq</a><br />
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"BeachLife Ranch" launches this year at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach. It's "3 days of country and Americana music on the coast of Los Angeles" that "celebrates the cowboy surfer way of life."<br />
Whatever that means, it features an incredible lineup of The Lumineers, Hall and Oates, Dierks Bentley, Brandi Carlile, Wilco, and more.<br />
Info: <a href="https://www.beachliferanch.com/">https://www.beachliferanch.com/</a><br />
___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b>OCTOBER</b></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat & Sun, Oct 15 &16:<br /><b>"GoldenSky Country Music Festival" </b>with headliners Tim McGraw (Saturday) and Sam Hunt (Sunday) lead a lineup that features Brothers Osborne, Midland, Carly Pearce, Parmalee, Michael Ray, Diamond Rio, Brian Kelley, Lindsay Ell and many more; includes the "Craft Beer Festival" & "Farm-To-Fork Food." All at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA<br /><br />New event produced by DWP in partnership with Visit Sacramento.<br /><br />GoldenSky Country Music Festival: Tim McGraw, Sam Hunt, Brothers Osborne, Midland & More With Craft Beer Festival & Farm-To-Fork Food Oct. 15 &16 In Sacramento, CA; New Event Produced By DWP In Partnership With Visit Sacramento.<br /><br />Scheduled to feature top-tier country music artists across two days on three stages, along with unique experiences including a craft beer festival featuring tastings from local and national breweries, “farm-to-fork” dining opportunities from some of Sacramento’s best restaurants, a dance hall saloon, a mechanical bull and more.<br /><br />“Besides the amazing lineup, GoldenSky has been curated to create a one-of-a-kind country music festival experience rooted in the capital city,” says Chamie McCurry, Chief Marketing Officer at Danny Wimmer Presents.<br /><br />She continues, “Our GoldenSky Beer Festival allows fans to tailgate INSIDE the festival with unlimited sampling over 100 craft beers, The Farmhouse will showcase some of the best farm-to-fork offerings in Sacramento, the El Dorado Market will be THE place to shop for souvenirs, and we can’t wait to see everyone line dancing in the River City Saloon & Dance Hall. It’s been three years in the making and we couldn’t be more excited to finally be here today, announcing it to the world.”<br /><br />Watch the GoldenSky announcement video here:<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/LRPcQEKCKUU" style="color: #0776de;">https://youtu.be/LRPcQEKCKUU</a><br /><br />The current music lineup for GoldenSky Country Music Festival is:<br /><br />⊙ Saturday, October 15: Tim McGraw, Brothers Osborne, Carly Pearce, Diamond Rio, Brian Kelley (of Florida Georgia Line), Lindsay Ell, Matt Stell, Chase Matthew, Madeline Edwards, Bailey Zimmerman, as well as local music artists Willie D McClung and Mabilene.<br /><br />⊙ Sunday, October 16: Sam Hunt, Midland, Michael Ray, Parmalee, Breland, Elvie Shane, Ernest, Brittney Spencer, Lily Rose, Alexandra Kay.<br /><br /> In addition to two full days of music performances, GoldenSky will feature an array of onsite experiences, including:<br /><br /> ■ "The GoldenSky Beer Festival": both days 11:45 am-2:45 pm (21+), the festival within the festival showcases local, regional and national craft beers, unlimited complimentary tastings with more than 100 different selections of beer, hard seltzer and ciders, and a commemorative festival cup. It's free with your festival admission IF you purchase your passes before May 6. After that, you can add it on to your festival purchase for $10 per person, per day, or $15 for the weekend.<br /><br />■ River City Saloon & Dance Hall: Boot-scoot in for dancin’ 'n drinkin’, with line dancing, partner two-stepping, and lessons. And there's Billy, the house mechanical bull.<br /><br />■ El Dorado Market: shop the best of the Central Valley. From a new cowboy hat to a one-of-a-kind bandana. "Shop small and support local."<br /><br />■ The Farmhouse, presented by the California Farm Bureau: locally run food booths prove what makes Sacramento the Farm-To-Fork Capital of America.<br /><br />■ Fieldhouse Sports Bar: screening live NCAA and NFL games.<br /><br />■ Loud Lounge: for "the cannabis community." (21+).<br /><br />♤ Single Day Gen'l Adm starts at $59.99 plus fees<br />♡ Weekend Gen'l Adm starts at $89.99 plus fees<br />◇ Single Day VIP starts at $129.99 plus fees<br />♧ Weekend VIP starts at $199.99 plus fees<br /><br />Four Pack Weekend Gen'l Adn packages available. Layaway options available for $25 down, through May 15.<br /><br />All details & social media signups at their website:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goldenskyfestival.com/" style="color: #0776de;">www.GoldenSkyFestival.com</a><br />___</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b>NOVEMBER</b></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Nov 17-20<br />
Natalie Merchant, Allison Russell and Molly Tuttle play "an Intimate Musical Weekend" during this year's "Americana Weekend at Blackberry Farm," in theGreat Smoky Mountains in Walland, TN<br />
After a two-year wait, the 10th annual Americana Weekend takes place, and you can indulge for a good cause: Proceeds from this show will benefit the Americana Music Association's not-for-profit Foundation in its mission to continue advocating for Americana music around the world.<br />
Reservations are available by calling 1-800-557-8864.<br />
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So use the search bar or the month tabs at left (in the "view web edition" display mode) or just scroll around for the recent editions.</i></b></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;">*- (FOMS / FOMO-? 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color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; 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So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! 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border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></div></div></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">MORE NAMM NEWS & REVIEWS COMING SOON.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p></div>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-22686946231328970912022-06-07T12:28:00.001-07:002022-06-07T12:31:39.540-07:00California Primary Day special. June 7 edition, 2022<p> . </p><p>Still immersed in the NAMM experience and preparing numerous feature stories and product profiles from that, we really had no intention of delving into politics on Primary Election Day. That is, until we saw all the stories about the shockingly low return rate of mail-in ballots and low voter turn-out at polling places.</p><p>Suddenly it risks being a different story with a "Wha' happened?!" ending. Let's not let things be all about motivated niche groups who are not a representative majority, and how they may choose the candidates the rest of us will get stuck with in November... along with ballot measures they, often as a motivated single-issue minority, can determine on behalf of a disengaged majority.</p><p>It left our editor no choice. As a longtime political journalist / columnist for various publications, he said, "Okay, we'll offer some guidance. Let's publish our list of endorsed candidates and ballot measures, statewide, for California."</p><p>Here it is, in the hope of motivating those who have not voted to do so before 7 pm in person today, or before the last mail pick-up at your local post office.</p><p>As Thom Hartmann says, "Democracy is not a spectator sport. Tag, you're it!"</p><p>___</p><p>US Congressional Delegation, California, Endorsements</p>
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Congressional District 02: Jared Huffman<br />
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Congressional District 03: Kermit Jones<br />
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Congressional District 04: Mike Thompson<br />
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Congressional District 06: Ami Bera<br />
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Congressional District 07: Doris Matsui<br />
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Congressional District 08: John Garamendi<br />
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Congressional District 10: Mark DeSaulnier<br />
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Congressional District 11: Nancy Pelosi<br />
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Congressional District 12: Barbara Lee<br />
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Congressional District 13: Phil Arballo<br />
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Congressional District 14: Eric Swalwell<br />
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Congressional District 15: Kevin Mullin<br />
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Congressional District 16: Anna Eshoo<br />
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Congressional District 17: Ro Khanna<br />
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Congressional District 18: Zoe Lofgren<br />
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Congressional District 19: Jimmy Panetta<br />
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Congressional District 24: Salud Carbajal<br />
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Congressional District 25: Raul Ruiz<br />
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Congressional District 26: Julia Brownley<br />
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Congressional District 27: Christy Smith<br />
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Congressional District 28: Judy Chu<br />
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Congressional District 29: Tony Cardenas<br />
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Congressional District 30: Adam Schiff<br />
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Congressional District 31: Grace Napolitano<br />
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Congressional District 32: Brad Sherman<br />
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Congressional District 33: Pete Aguilar<br />
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Congressional District 34: Jimmy Gomez<br />
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Congressional District 35: Norma Torres<br />
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Congressional District 36: Ted Lieu<br />
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Congressional District 37: Sydney Kamlager<br />
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Congressional District 38: Linda Sanchez<br />
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Congressional District 39: Mark Takano<br />
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Congressional District 42: Cristina Garcia & Robert Garcia<br />
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Congressional District 43: Maxine Waters<br />
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Congressional District 44: Nanette Barragan<br />
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Congressional District 46: Lou Correa<br />
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Congressional District 47: Katie Porter<br />
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Congressional District 49: Mike Levin<br />
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Congressional District 51: Sara Jacobs<br />
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Congressional District 52: Juan Vargas<br />
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Statewide Endorsements<br />
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Attorney General: Rob Bonta<br />
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California Plastic Pollution Reduction & Recycling Act: YES<br />
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Clean Cars, Clean Air Act: YES<br />
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Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara<br />
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Lieutenant Governor: Eleni Kounalakis <br />
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U.S. Senate: Alex Padilla<br />
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Ballot Measures, CA statewide & local <br />
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California Plastic Pollution Reduction & Recycling Act: YES<br />
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Clean Cars, Clean Air Act: YES<br />
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Ventura County Measure A: YES<br />
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Ventura County Measure B: YES<br />
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Southern Cal Endorsements<br />
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Assembly Dist. 37: Gregg Hart – Central Coast<br />
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Assembly Dist. 38: Steve Bennett – Ventura<br />
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Assembly Dist. 39: Andrea Rosenthal – Los Angles Co.<br />
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Assembly Dist. 40: Pilar Schiavo – Chatsworth<br />
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Assembly Dist. 41: Chris Holden – Pasadena<br />
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Assembly Dist. 42: Jacqui Irwin – Thousand Oaks<br />
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Assembly Dist. 43: Luz Rivas – San Fernando Valley<br />
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Assembly Dist. 44: Laura Friedman – Glendale<br />
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Assembly Dist. 46: Jesse Gabriel – Encino<br />
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Assembly Dist. 49: Mike Fong– Western San Gabriel Valley<br />
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Assembly Dist. 51: Rick Chavez-Zbur – Los Angeles<br />
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Assembly Dist. 52: Wendy Carrillo – Los Angeles<br />
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Assembly Dist. 54 Miguel Santiago – Los Angeles<br />
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Assembly Dist. 55 Isaac Bryan – Los Angeles<br />
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Assembly Dist. 57: Reggie Jones-Sawyer – Los Angeles<br />
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Assembly Dist. 61 / 62 Special: Tina McKinnor – L.A. Co.<br />
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Assembly Dist. 62: Anthony Rendon – Lakewood<br />
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Assembly Dist. 64: Elizabeth Alcantar – L.A. Co.<br />
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Assembly Dist. 66: Al Muratsuchi – Torrance<br />
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Assembly Dist. 69: Josh Lowenthal – Long Beach<br />
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Assembly Dist. 73: Cottie Petrie-Norris – Laguna Beach<br />
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Assembly Dist. 77: Tasha Boerner Horvath – Encinitas<br />
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Assembly Dist. 78: Chris Ward – San Diego<br />
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Assembly Dist. 79: Akilah Weber – San Diego<br />
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Assembly Dist. 80: Georgette Gomez – San Diego Co.<br />
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Senate Dist. 18: Steve Padilla – Imperial/San Diego Co.<br />
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Senate Dist. 20: Caroline Menjivar – San Fernando Valley<br />
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Senate Dist. 24: Ben Allen – L.A. County<br />
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Senate Dist. 26: Maria Elena Durazo – L.A. Co.<br />
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Senate Dist. 28: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas – L.A. Co.<br />
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Senate Dist. 38: Catherine Blakespear – Southern Orange/San Diego Co.<br />
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Assembly District 36: Eduardo Garcia – Coachella<br />
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Assembly District 47: Christy Holstege – Palm Springs<br />
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Assembly District 50: Eloise Gómez Reyes – Grand Terrace<br />
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Northern California<br />
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Assembly District 3: David Zink – northern Sacramento Valley, Butte County, Chico, Oroville, Paradise.<br />
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Assembly District 12: Sara Aminzadeh – Marin<br />
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Assembly District 14: Buffy Wicks – East Bay<br />
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Assembly District 16: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan – East Bay<br />
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Assembly District 17: Matt Haney – San Francisco<br />
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Assembly District 18: Mia Bonta – Oakland/Alameda<br />
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Assembly District 19: Philip Ting – San Francisco<br />
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Assembly District 21: Giselle Hale – Bay Area<br />
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Assembly District 23: Marc Berman – Menlo Park<br />
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Assembly District 24: Alex Lee – San Jose<br />
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Assembly District 25: Ash Kalra – San Jose<br />
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Assembly District 29: Robert Rivas – Hollister<br />
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Assembly District 30: Dawn Addis & Jon Wizard – Central Coast<br />
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Senate District 2: Mike McGuire – Northern California<br />
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Senate District 6: Paula Villescaz – Placer/Sacramento County<br />
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Senate District 10: Aisha Wahab – Silicon Valley/East Bay<br />
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California Central Valley<br />
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Assembly District 6: Kevin McCarty – Sacramento -- Absolutely NOT the same "McCarthy" as the corporate-owned arrogant jerk US congressman from Bakersfield who has the same name. AD 6 Cal Assembly Member McCarthy is a "good guy."<br />
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Assembly District 11: Lori Wilson – Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta<br />
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Senate District 8: Dave Jones – Sacramento County<br />
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Senate District 16: Bryan Osorio – Kern County<br />
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It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; 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font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; 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vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! It even let us figure out a bunch of our important dates--most of them were musical and it sure was fun to relive those times!!!"</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; 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That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></div></div></div>
<p>MORE NAMM NEWS & REVIEWS COMING SOON.</p></div>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-14880408942885900782022-06-03T16:56:00.001-07:002022-06-05T00:46:17.602-07:00NAMM in June, Dylanfest, Uke Fest, Live Oak, CMA Fest, concerts galore. June 3 edition 2022<p>. </p><p>It's time to savor LIVE MUSIC again, and we tell you about lots of options!</p><p>___</p><p><b><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;">What's happening on the music scene...</span></i></b></p><p><span face="sans-serif">Greetings from NAMM, the world's largest music instrument, gear, tech, and trade show! More than ever before, NAMM is very consumptive of time and resources, and we need to scramble to interviews, product demos, and more, to bring you our usual comprehensive NAMM coverage -- with reports on new gear, and everything from software to mics and mixers to things with strings.</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif">So the story is NOT that some key exhibitors are absent! The story is the energy and innovation visible everywhere, after a global population of musicians and creatives had two-and-a-half years to turn imagination into tuneful reality. And we will be exploring that, with and for you.</span></p><p>So, just what is NAMM? </p><p>
The National Association of Music Merchants is a not-for-profit association with a mission to strengthen the $17 billion music products industry. NAMM is comprised of approximately 10,400 members located in 104 countries and regions. NAMM events and members fund The NAMM Foundation's efforts to promote the pleasures and benefits of music and advance active participation in music-making across the human experience and individual lifespan. Read all about NAMM at <a href="http://www.namm.org">www.namm.org</a></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>You're not at NAMM, you say? Well, this weekend is 'UGE, anyway! Really 'n truly.</i></span></p><p>We list a LOT for you here, including <b>Saturday's Dylanfest, the Ukulele Fest, and rapidly approaching things like Live Oak, and the CMA Fest</b>. BUT... There are shows this weekend at the Coffee Gallery Backstage (www.coffeegallery.com), McCabe's, (www.mccabes.com) and other fine venues and we just could not get to the info to include them. </p><p>We will bring you a comprehensive SERIES of reports from NAMM 2022. Yes we know that "will bring" is not present-tense. </p><p>Some NAMM news will arrive live from the enormous event, and most will be published over the coming days. That's because writing about half a dozen great things happening here takes the time needed to learn about a couple dozen more. </p><p>And that is true more than ever before here. This is a special, one-of-a-kind NAMM: it's a combined June replacement for the normal four-day Winter NAMM in Anaheim in January and the normal three-day Summer NAMM in Nashville in July. The entire world of music is in post-pandemic recovery and celebration, after the last NAMM Show, <i>two-and-a-half years ago</i>. 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ANAHEIM, CA - June 3, 2022 - Multi-GRAMMY® winner, composer, performer, singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins was honored Friday with the "Music for Life Award" at the 2022 NAMM Show.</span><br />
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The National Association of Music Merchants “Music for Life” award is NAMM’s highest industry honor. The award was presented at the opening "Breakfast of Champions" session in celebration of Loggins’ lifelong commitment to inspiring music makers everywhere.</span><br />
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Past recipients -- one each year -- have included musicians Quincy Jones, Jason Mraz, Graham Nash, Stevie Wonder, Yoko Ono, Henry Mancini, Bob Weir, Nancy Wilson, and others, together with business leaders, and public officials.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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NAMM President and CEO Joe Lamond interviewed and presented the award to Loggins, who spoke of his career, dedication and work to music-making causes and his first guitar. </span><br />
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Loggins, speaking in an entertaining autobiographical narrative, said, “I went into Pedrini School of Music in Alhambra [California], and I bought my first classical music from there, and I bought my first electric guitar there, when I was a junior in high school. All the kids in my neighborhood, we all had the same dream – to be the next big thing.” </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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As usual, Lamonde's skills as an interviewer brought information this audience loves to know.</span><br />
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On his advice for the next generation of musicians, Loggins offered, “As far as music goes, music is in our DNA. When I’m working with young artists, we’re talking about the love of music, its role, and its importance in our lives.” </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Loggins has a long history of using music to impact society in positive ways. He was the first major rock star to record music dedicated to children and families for his Return to Pooh Corner album, which still holds the title of best-selling children’s album of the last 20 years. </span><br />
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He has given numerous hours serving Little Kids Rock, Make a Wish, as well as many organizations that encourage the importance of music in society. In 2018, he helped re-open the original Notes for Notes (N4N) Studios at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara and United Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara County, giving over six hundred kids each year access recording, learning, and playing instruments.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Beyond his initial acclaim as half of Loggins and Messina, his music has become the soundtrack of our lives with chart-topping hits like “This is It,” “I’m Alright,” “Footloose,” and the driving hit “Danger Zone,” which is back on the radio with the release of the film Top Gun: Maverick. Loggins has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy® Awards. </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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His new memoir, Still Alright, hits stands on June 14 (Hachette Books), and he will follow with a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in July that will feature collaborator Jim Messina, marking 50 years since the first time they played the venue together. </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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The “Music for Life” award is NAMM’s highest honor and recognizes individuals or organizations that exemplify NAMM’s vision of music making as a precious element of daily living for everyone.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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The award was a key element wholly in character with the opening day's breakfast session. LaMonde's opening address recognized all we lost during the pandemic, as well as the reservoir of creativity now being unleashed following pandemic quasi-quarantine. Thus, the opening day of The NAMM Show, the global music, pro audio and entertainment technology gathering, saw a kickoff with plenty of happy expectations.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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(Music industry only, not open to the general public.)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b> The 2022 NAMM Show returns</b> to occupy the Anaheim Convention Center Complex AND surrounding hotel meeting / convention spaces, AND the closed streets that hold some of the SIX performance stages of live music and more, in Anaheim, CA.<br /> For <i>MANY</i> of us, our attendance at the 2020 NAMM Show -- just before the pandemic hit and the world shut-down -- was the fond and hopeful memory that helped remind us we would eventually get through, and <i>GET BACK TO LIVE MUSIC</i>. And sure enough, that day has come!<br /> <u>Thousands</u> of brands across music, pro audio and entertainment technology are participating in the show.<br /> <u>Over 200 education sessions</u> will be presented by music, pro audio, and live event experts.<br /> Exclusive <u>Disneyland discounts</u>: NAMM Show attendees can access discounted rates for up to 6 Disneyland tickets. "With NAMM Show dates moving back to January in the next coming years, this is a unique opportunity to experience the happiest place on earth during the sunny California summertime," notes NAMM's publicity.<br /> NAMM participants get planning perqs: Access a variety of travel resources including the hotel reservation block, discounts, and more to plan your trip.<br /> <u>TRUE, NAMM IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC -- IT IS A "MUSIC-INDUSTRY-ONLY" EVENT. It needs to be, because everything operates at capacity with all the music movers-and-shakers, innovators, marketers, and music-makers</u>. <b><i>But hang on: </i></b>If you play a professional role in music, you qualify! Check it out at their website, before the opportunity slips away.<br /> Then you can register to attend the show and start planning your trip!<br /> All info at:<br /><a href="https://www.namm.org/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.namm.org/</a><br /> If you are a NAMM member or affiliate, go to: <a href="https://registration.namm.org/wn22/register" style="color: #0776de;">https://registration.namm.org/wn22/register</a><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Fri, Jun 3<br />Fellow Pynins plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sat, June 4<br />32nd annual "DYLANFEST"<br />Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance CA<br /> This is a Guide favorite, every year. Splendid performances and production values, dozens of musicians, all Bob Dylan songs with no repeats, and good food.<br /> Early Bird Tickets ON SALE NOW<br />$35, 4/16 through 6/3<br />Tickets at the door $40<br />VIP Tickets (with many nice perqs) $100<br />Get tickets and info at<br /><a href="https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest" style="color: #0776de;">https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest</a><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/53b2654c-ee76-4935-ae49-bf33c5da984a.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="800" height="384" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/53b2654c-ee76-4935-ae49-bf33c5da984a.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/277969/8599b35a62b106919d9fca373d120155f361284f/original/2022-june-4th-mini-ukulele-festival-tutorials-concert-victoria-vox-kimi-vandyk-png-post.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/277969/8599b35a62b106919d9fca373d120155f361284f/original/2022-june-4th-mini-ukulele-festival-tutorials-concert-victoria-vox-kimi-vandyk-png-post.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" style="border-width: 0px;" width="495" /></a></div><br />Sat, Jun 4</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Santa Barbara Mini Uke Fest 2022 in Goleta, CA<br /> Celebrate the Ukulele with the Santa Barbara Ukulele Club. There will be 2 afternoon workshops, followed by dinner break, and an evening concert featuring Victoria Vox and Kimi Vandyk.<br />• 2 pm check in opens<br />• 3 pm Beginning Ukulele Tutorial with Kimi Vandyk<br />• 4:30 pm Intermediate/Advanced Tutorial with Victoria Vox<br />• 7 pm Concert Events: 2 Tutorials + Concert + Raffle Prizes<br />Tix: <a href="https://victoriavox.com/sb-mini-uke-fest" style="color: #0776de;">https://victoriavox.com/sb-mini-uke-fest</a><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat, Jun 4, 7 pm, FREE<br />Brynn Albanese plus The Furious Seasons play the Stagecoach Inn Museum Lawn, 51 S Ventu Park Rd, Newbury Park CA 91320<br /> Steve Brogden tells us, "I'm delighted to tell you that the City of Thousand Oaks and TOArts have asked me once again to present a PopUp concert at the Stagecoach Inn Museum. Please join us on the lawn - bring your lawn chairs - for another evening of world class music."<br /> Brynn Albanese is a well-known and loved multi genre violinist on the Central Coast. She has been seen front and center as Soloist and Concertmaster on numerous Performing Arts Center stages with a wide variety of groups in the area as well as the ever-popular World Music Band, Café Musique. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Cambria’s largest Concert Series, Cambria Concerts Unplugged and she is also a Therapeutic Music Practitioner and End of Life Doula for local hospitals and care centers.<br /> In March of 2020, seeing that her calendar was wiped clean, Brynn began the creation of a One-Woman-Show using backing tracks and recordings of her own band in the living room of her Cambria home. After many online performances and seeing that people were starving for LIVE music, in person, she took to the streets, cul-de-sacs, medians, yards, balconies and driveways and has performed over 100 Concerts since April 1st, 2020. A mix of European Gypsy, Latin jazz, Tangos, Classical with a twist, Opera covers and of course, a big splash of Celtic… she has created a lively, engaging and interactive show that she has now taken on the road!<br /> The Furious Seasons are an acoustic trio with stories to tell. Living inside these songs are chronicles of life in 21st century Los Angeles, and stories of quietly heroic individuals, often told with a nod towards the passage of time. Acclaimed songwriter, singer and guitarist David Steinhart fashions songs that live on the hopeful side of melancholy. By the time this show happens, the Furious Seasons will have opened for Dave Mason at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills and the Canyon Club in Santa Clarita.<br /> A reviewer wrote: "These are beautiful songs by David Steinhart that sneak up on you. Steinhart writes songs that put their arms around you and whisper naughty suggestions in your ear. The album becomes panoramic upon multiple listenings. Jeff Steinhart on bass and Paul Nelson on guitars make a sound fuller than an acoustic three piece should be able to make. Gorgeous stuff."<br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat, Jun 4, 6 pm<br />Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br />Sat, Jun 4<br />The Rave-Ups play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sun, Jun 5, 2-5 pm<br />Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at the Shamrock Irish Pub and Eatery, 39252 Winchester Rd #145, Murrieta CA<br />___<br /><br />Sun, Jun 5<br />Eilen Jewell plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Wed, Jun 8, 7-9:30 pm<br />"Wine & Song" series brings Holly Neal, Sam Robbins, and special guest Laura Joy, in the big tent at Mamma's Brick Oven, 1007 Fair Oaks Av, South Pasadena CA<br /> No tickets or reserved seating, just a $15 suggested donation — cash in the bucket.<br /> Series info: <a href="https://wineandsong.com/los-angeles" style="color: #0776de;">https://wineandsong.com/los-angeles</a><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat, Jun 11, 8 pm<br />Barefoot Movement brings their "Acoustic music with lush harmonies, thoughtful arrangements and memorable melodies" to the Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro CA 90731; <a href="http://www.grandvision.org/" style="color: #0776de;">www.grandvision.org</a><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Jun 8–19<br />39th <b>"San Francisco Jazz Festival"</b> features 44 concerts in 12 days at 4 venues throughout the Bay Area.<br /> <b><i>Rhiannon Giddens is featured among headliners</i></b> who include Gregory Porter, Christian McBride, Chucho Valdés, Dianne Reeves, Joe Lovano, Nubya Garcia, Brandee Younger, Danilo Pérez, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jane Monheit, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, and many more. Tickets available now at: <a href="http://sfjazz.org/" style="color: #0776de;">SFJAZZ.org</a><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Jun 9–12</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">CMA Fest takes over downtown Nashville and WSM will give one lucky winner a pair of 4-Day passes to see all of their favorite Country artists. Direct link to enter to win passes (drawing is May 27th):</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://wsmradio.com/cma-fest-2022/" style="color: #0776de;">https://wsmradio.com/cma-fest-2022/</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://image.opryemail.com/lib/fe3811727564047d761079/m/3/b78e719e-a46e-46c8-9cc3-e2bc862bebb3.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="http://image.opryemail.com/lib/fe3811727564047d761079/m/3/b78e719e-a46e-46c8-9cc3-e2bc862bebb3.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></div><br />___</span></div><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Fri, Jun</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> 10<br />Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/images/d2b8b1ed-cd9f-ec49-28ee-9bcd79f39f89.png" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="698" height="634" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/images/d2b8b1ed-cd9f-ec49-28ee-9bcd79f39f89.png" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br />Jul 11-16<br />IDYLLWILD SONGWRITING RETREAT & FESTIVAL<br />Produced by Denmark-based performing songwriter Brett Perkins.<br /> "Brett’s focus on process over product & paying attention to your attention helped me work through my internal resistance to writing & collaboration. My own transformation over the week from feeling guarded/shut down/stuck to open/curious/joyful was mirrored in many of my fellow participants, & it was beautiful to witness. It was vulnerable, honest hard work, & I loved it! I am grateful to have made many connections with fellow songwriters at this retreat that will continue to sustain me in my future work." ~ Ynana Rose.<br /> So, who is <a href="http://www.ynanarose.com/" style="color: #0776de;" target="_blank">Ynana Rose</a>? Ynana creates Americana music threaded with folk, country, blues, jazz and more. She sings of the joy and heartbreak of living in a rich, soulful voice that crosses genres with ease. An award-winning songwriter who draws inspiration from Norah Jones, Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin, Willie Nelson, Guy Clark and more, her music is rooted in the traditions of American music while reaching for new horizons. And you will hear her perform if you attend the festival that concludes the event on July 16.<br /> More on the event, and registration for the retreat, at:<br /><a href="https://www.listeningroomretreats.com/registration" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.listeningroomretreats.com/registration</a><br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Sat, Jun 11, 2-5 pm<br />Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at O'Connor's Irish Pub, 4130 Paramount Blvd. , Lakewood, CA 90712<br />___<br /><br />Sat, Jun 11, 6 pm<br />Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://assets.engagement.ticketmaster.com/images/properties/161/images/6259d4fc2994d.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://assets.engagement.ticketmaster.com/images/properties/161/images/6259d4fc2994d.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br />Jun 14, 15, & 16<br />Bob Dylan<br />Hollywood Pantages Theatre<br />Tix: <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/734972/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/734972/</a><br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Thu, Jun 16, 5 pm<br />Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at the Auld Dubliner, 71 S Pine Av, Long Beach CA 90802<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fb4273268b9686e3d5be51/f8b2999c-1df2-4a2b-9e6e-c2d79e87ef29/LiveOak2022_Tshirt-Final2.png?format=1500w" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="632" height="640" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fb4273268b9686e3d5be51/f8b2999c-1df2-4a2b-9e6e-c2d79e87ef29/LiveOak2022_Tshirt-Final2.png?format=1500w" style="border-width: 0px;" width="506" /></a></span></span></div><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br />Jun 17-19, FESTIVAL<br />Live Oak Music Festival brings Robert Earl Keen, Los Lobos, Third World, Dustbowl Revival, Jenny & the Mexicats, Diggin' Dirt, Orgone, the Mother Hips, Steve Poltz, Joe Craven & the Sometimers, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, National Park Radio, The Riverside, Damon Castillo, Southern Culture on the Skids, Raye Zaragoza, the Altons, Sambada, the Inciters, Dante Marsh & the Vibe Setters, Caleb Nichols, Hattie & the Moon Howlers, the Turkey Buzzards, the Mother Corn Stickers, Natalie Haskins, Ynana Rose, Graybill, Amalia, Noach Tangeras Band, Wolf Jett, Resination, and Mothra, to celebrate Its return after the shut-down, and its new venue, El Chorro Regional Park, 2961 Dairy Creek Rd, San Luis Obispo CA 93405.<br /> This, more than most festivals, is a unique experience for attendees, and also for its volunteers -- and word is out to recruit you. You can get involved with the festival by offering your skills and time. Volunteers receive free festival entry and have a chance to meet new friends while becoming part of the Live Oak community.<br /> The long-running Live Oak Music Festival is a benefit for KCBX Central Coast Public Radio, broadcasting from San Luis Obispo, CA.<br /> Tix now on sale -- 3 day pass, camping, single-day admission -- act before this sells-out. Full info on tix, lineup, and volunteer opportunities at: <a href="http://liveoakfest.org/" style="color: #0776de;">liveoakfest.org</a><br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Fri, Jun 17, 5-8 pm<br />Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a monthly residency solo show at Sagebrush Cantina, 23527 Calabasas Rd, Calabasas CA 91302<br />___<br /><br />Fri, Jun 17<br />The Lowest Pair plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Sat, Jun 18, 6 pm<br />Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />___<br /><br />Sat, Jun 18<br />Mary Gauthier plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Sat, Jun 18, 8 pm<br />Old Blind Dogs play the FIRST LIVE, IN-PERSON concert in two years at the Pasadena Folk Music Society, in Ramo Auditorium at Caltech.<br /> Series producers say, "Hallelujah! Our first live, in-person concert since March of 2020 is approaching fast. Audiences have enjoyed Old Blind Dogs at six prior concerts at Caltech since 2002. This talented quartet is known for soaring fiddle playing, stirring pipes, and fine singing, punctuated by extraordinary percussion."<br /> They add, "Enjoying a concert in the auditorium comes easier when you feel safe. To keep public events safer, Caltech now requires that all guests wear a high-quality mask (surgical, N95, KN95, KF94) indoors at all times. In addition, proof of full vaccination and booster, along with a government-issued ID, is required to enter Ramo Auditorium. Children under five -- who are not yet eligible for vaccination -- are not permitted at public events in the auditorium at this time. These health and safety measures are subject to change at Caltech’s discretion based on evolving health and safety guidance and conditions."<br /> Old Blind Dogs' personnel has changed some over the years, though it's still the same as for their excellent 2019 Caltech show. The players are original-member Jonny Hardie on fiddle and vocals, with Aaron Jones (cittern/guitar/vocals), Ali Hutton (pipes/whistles) and Donald Hay (percussion/vocals).<br /> Some past Old Blind Dogs concerts at Caltech have sold out. Tickets for the June 18 concert are available online or by phone. Online, go to the link below. By phone, call the Caltech Ticket Office at 626-395-4652 between 10 am and 2 pm, Tuesdays through Fridays. The ticket office can also help regarding any questions about pandemic precautions. Series website is: <a href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org/" style="color: #0776de;">https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org</a></span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tickets online: </span><a href="https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=CALTECH_MPV&orgid=53269&pid=9088492#/event/9088492/ticketlist/" style="color: #0776de; font-size: large;">https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=CALTECH_MPV&orgid=53269&pid=9088492#/event/9088492/ticketlist/</a></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Sun, Jun 19, 3-6 pm<br />Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at the Shamrock Irish Pub and Eatery, 39252 Winchester Rd #145, Murrieta CA<br />___<br /><br /></span>Jun 20-24; sign up to get coverage<br />"Cannes Lions Festival" is a week of convening and conversations in Cannes, France, on the future of advertising, media and marketing trends. Axios and Zefr will be there sending-out live coverage of this year's event, and you can sign-up to get it, for FREE, at: <a href="https://axioszefr_cannes.splashthat.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://axioszefr_cannes.splashthat.com/</a><br />___<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /><br />Fri & Sat, Jun 24 & 25<br />Brandi Carlile<br />Greek Theatre, Los Angeles<br />Tix: <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/974048/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/974048/</a><br />___<br /><br />Fri, Jun 24<br />Tom Paxton & the DonJauns play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Sat, Jun 25, 6 pm<br />Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />___<br /><br />Sat, Jun 25<br />Kim Richey plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Sun, Jun 26, noon-2 pm<br />Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at Pub Thirty-Two, 23962 Alicia Pkwy, Mission Viejo CA 92691<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Fri, Jul 8<br />Rachel Baiman plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sat, Jul 9<br />Gill Landry plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sat, Jul 16<br />Doug MacLeod plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Fri, Jul 22<br />Ordinary Elephant & Ernest Troost play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sun, Jul 24<br />The Hawthorns play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20220504/c3/37/2f/cd/359c77aa61fe18a7a02fdeba_1240x154.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="99" data-original-width="800" height="79" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20220504/c3/37/2f/cd/359c77aa61fe18a7a02fdeba_1240x154.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Fri, Sep 16<br />Eliza Gilkyson w/ Nina Gerber play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sep 25<br />Buddy Guy - Kenny Wayne Shepherd<br />Vina Robles Amphitheatre<br /><b>Tix: ON SALE FRI, APR 22, 10 AM</b><br /><a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005C8CEBB63013" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005C8CEBB63013</a><br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat & Sun, Oct 15 &16:<br /><b>"GoldenSky Country Music Festival" </b>with headliners Tim McGraw (Saturday) and Sam Hunt (Sunday) lead a lineup that features Brothers Osborne, Midland, Carly Pearce, Parmalee, Michael Ray, Diamond Rio, Brian Kelley, Lindsay Ell and many more; includes the "Craft Beer Festival" & "Farm-To-Fork Food." All at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA<br /><br />New event produced by DWP in partnership with Visit Sacramento.<br /><br />GoldenSky Country Music Festival: Tim McGraw, Sam Hunt, Brothers Osborne, Midland & More With Craft Beer Festival & Farm-To-Fork Food Oct. 15 &16 In Sacramento, CA; New Event Produced By DWP In Partnership With Visit Sacramento.<br /><br />Scheduled to feature top-tier country music artists across two days on three stages, along with unique experiences including a craft beer festival featuring tastings from local and national breweries, “farm-to-fork” dining opportunities from some of Sacramento’s best restaurants, a dance hall saloon, a mechanical bull and more.<br /><br />“Besides the amazing lineup, GoldenSky has been curated to create a one-of-a-kind country music festival experience rooted in the capital city,” says Chamie McCurry, Chief Marketing Officer at Danny Wimmer Presents.<br /><br />She continues, “Our GoldenSky Beer Festival allows fans to tailgate INSIDE the festival with unlimited sampling over 100 craft beers, The Farmhouse will showcase some of the best farm-to-fork offerings in Sacramento, the El Dorado Market will be THE place to shop for souvenirs, and we can’t wait to see everyone line dancing in the River City Saloon & Dance Hall. It’s been three years in the making and we couldn’t be more excited to finally be here today, announcing it to the world.”<br /><br />Watch the GoldenSky announcement video here:<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/LRPcQEKCKUU" style="color: #0776de;">https://youtu.be/LRPcQEKCKUU</a><br /><br />The current music lineup for GoldenSky Country Music Festival is:<br /><br />Saturday, October 15: Tim McGraw, Brothers Osborne, Carly Pearce, Diamond Rio, Brian Kelley (of Florida Georgia Line), Lindsay Ell, Matt Stell, Chase Matthew, Madeline Edwards, Bailey Zimmerman, as well as local music artists Willie D McClung and Mabilene.<br /><br />Sunday, October 16: Sam Hunt, Midland, Michael Ray, Parmalee, Breland, Elvie Shane, Ernest, Brittney Spencer, Lily Rose, Alexandra Kay.<br /><br /> In addition to two full days of music performances, GoldenSky will feature an array of onsite experiences, including:<br /><br /> ■ "The GoldenSky Beer Festival": both days 11:45 am-2:45 pm (21+), the festival within the festival showcases local, regional and national craft beers, unlimited complimentary tastings with more than 100 different selections of beer, hard seltzer and ciders, and a commemorative festival cup. It's free with your festival admission IF you purchase your passes before May 6. After that, you can add it on to your festival purchase for $10 per person, per day, or $15 for the weekend.<br /><br />■ River City Saloon & Dance Hall: Boot-scoot in for dancin’ 'n drinkin’, with line dancing, partner two-stepping, and lessons. And there's Billy, the house mechanical bull.<br /><br />■ El Dorado Market: shop the best of the Central Valley. From a new cowboy hat to a one-of-a-kind bandana. "Shop small and support local."<br /><br />■ The Farmhouse, presented by the California Farm Bureau: locally run food booths prove what makes Sacramento the Farm-To-Fork Capital of America.<br /><br />■ Fieldhouse Sports Bar: screening live NCAA and NFL games.<br /><br />■ Loud Lounge: for "the cannabis community." (21+).<br /><br />♤ Single Day Gen'l Adm starts at $59.99 plus fees<br />♡ Weekend Gen'l Adm starts at $89.99 plus fees<br />◇ Single Day VIP starts at $129.99 plus fees<br />♧ Weekend VIP starts at $199.99 plus fees<br /><br />Four Pack Weekend Gen'l Adn packages available. Layaway options available for $25 down, through May 15.<br /><br />All details & social media signups at their website:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goldenskyfestival.com/" style="color: #0776de;">www.GoldenSkyFestival.com</a><br />___</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: medium;">Word to the wise and the tunefully inclined: be SURE to check back for notes up-top about FRESH ADDITIONS TO THIS EDITION. Because -- until a wholly-new edition is published, THE LATEST LATE ADDITIONS are added in the calendar above. 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That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! It even let us figure out a bunch of our important dates--most of them were musical and it sure was fun to relive those times!!!"</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; 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font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></div></div></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>.</p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-24308176102216329532022-05-07T01:24:00.024-07:002022-05-20T13:03:44.986-07:00Tuneful delights! May Festivals, Concerts, Events (w/ later UPDATES after publication) May 7 edition 2022<p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Note: special late additions to The Guide, </b></span></i></span><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">up top.</span></i></b></span></p>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">The complete original edition </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">-- plus many ADDED EVENTS --</span></i></b> <b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> follows.</span></i></b><br />
___ ___ ___</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #fcff01;">Weekend: Friday, May 20 -- Sunday, May 22...</b><br />
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Well. Actually, not well at all. File under "maddening," along with all YOUR examples of the cyber world making your work disappear. Yep. Just happened here. Three hours of the latest updates, gone. Graphics, colors, informative text, all of it. Gone. As if it never existed at all.<br />
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Of course THERE <i>IS</i> a whole lot of stuff already published in the updates and the original edition. Stuff that covers large swaths of this weekend and BEYOND. It's here for you in the Feature Stories AND in the chronology of events.<br />
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And, yeah: that's what we offer you to determine your tuneful sojourns. <br />
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We just cannot deal with trying to re-create that lost alternative future. We'll see you next week. Unless an asteroid hits the planet. (Of course if we could arrange for it to hit only the tech sector...)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">___<br />
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At least we are not asking you to go for a replacement. In fact, the sudden proliferation on Fox News, and specifically from its "stars," in advocacy of some lunacy dubbed "replacement theory," gives us a combination of the creeps and the shivers.<br />
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To wit, instead of the additional events we planned to report, we offer this.<br />
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Cartoon: the Great Replacement<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.dailykos.com/images/1070338/large/051622.The_Great_Replacement_.jpg?1652723691" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="550" height="512" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/1070338/large/051622.The_Great_Replacement_.jpg?1652723691" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">___ ___ ___</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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Topanga Banjo Fiddle is by far the top choice</u>! Our feature listing is republished right here for you!<br /></span></span><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●</span>⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">●⊙</span></span></span></p><div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_389,h_300,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="389" height="494" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_389,h_300,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival</u></b></span></i></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday, May 15, 2022</b><br /><br />One of the longest-running music festivals in the USA, and often recognized as "the finest one-day folk festival anywhere."</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The jamming alone makes it worth being there -- even if you just listen and don't play. And the CONTESTANTS are DAZZLING!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Plus, there are the professional acts that you can enjoy without having to pay for separate concerts and wait for months or years to eventually see them one at a time in concert.</span></span></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"This festival is a great outdoor experience that we highly recommend." </i><br />~ Pasadena Folk Music Society. <br /><br />● Contests at 9 am<br />● Featured & Professional Performances at noon.<br />● Jamming all day</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">● Good food trucks, great vendors</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The event is a guest of the National Park Service at Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains Nat'l Recreation Area, and produced by a 501(c)3 with an honored tradition.<br /><br />Get Tix early so you won't wait in line. Plus, check to see if you can still REGISTER AS A CONTESTANT (now!), sign-up to VOLUNTEER (now! -- vols get free admission!), and find all the history, lineups of professional acts performing, and all the info, at:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org</a><br />___</span></span></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●</span>⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">●⊙</span></span></span></p>
<i><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: medium;">Sure, we have BUNCHES of additional events for this weekend and BEYOND, in the <u>featured events</u> and in the <u>MASSIVE calendar-chronology</u> that comprises the largest part of the May 7th edition. Bunches more have been ADDED TO IT since it was published.<br />
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So we'll see you at Topanga Banjo Fiddle -- and you can decide on waaaay more additional things to do, too!</span></i></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">___ ___ ___</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b><i>Late addition: event on May 10th...</i></b><br />
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Tue, May 10<br />
Today in remote Promontory, Utah, in barren hills north of the Great Salt Lake, the National Park Service; some traditional / historical-music musicians; a troupe of reenactor / actors; and a pair of re-created 19th century locomotives; reenact the feat of the age -- the driving of the Golden Spike that completed the first Transcontinental Railroad.<br />
Before the completion of the rails, it had taken four months to reach California by wagon train. Now it would take four days by steam train.<br />
The builders had no dynamite -- it had not yet been invented. Yet the Irish immigrant workforce employed by the Union Pacific had built their railroad across the Great South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, and the Chinese immigrant workforce of the Central Pacific had done the impossible, cutting tunnels and granite ledges for the track across the mighty Sierra.<br />
A stretch of track would bypass the Golden Spike site in the 20th century, with a wooden trestle across the Great Salt Lake. The place where the world was forever changed was nearly forgotten until a 100-year re-enactment happened on May 10, 1969. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> Ever since, it is remembered each year on this date. We covered the Spike's 150th birthday, from the site for you, in 2019.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">
So, wherever you are today, take a moment and raise a glass to that feat of a distant age of 152 years ago -- and to doing the impossible.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMGP0528-700x466.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="700" height="426" src="https://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMGP0528-700x466.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9e/ce/34/9ece34024a268c4f7b97d09bc0f01781.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9e/ce/34/9ece34024a268c4f7b97d09bc0f01781.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />___<br />
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NUMEROUS music events were added today (May 10th), since much more has come in since the May 7th publication date for this edition. Those are included in the calendar-chronology. You'll also find some "up-top" additions made since we originally published this edition.</i></b><br />
___</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Late addition, May 8th...</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">For <b>MOTHERS DAY</b>, we have something moving, and very timely: words from <b>JULIA WARD HOWE</b> (May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910). <br />
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Hers was a time when women were culturally prevented from doing much that influenced society. Yet she, as the Boston poet, pacifist and women's suffragist and American author, is known, too, as an American songwriter-lyricist for writing the <i>"Battle Hymn of the Republic."</i> In her 1861 redux for the melody of the abolitionist anthem <i>"John Brown's Body,"</i> her new lyrics became the de facto National Anthem for decades until the <i>"Star-Spangled Banner"</i> was officially designated. (We have <b>music listening links</b> farther down.)<br />
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It's more meaningful on <i>THIS</i> day that she wrote something else: the original 1870 pacifist "Mother's Day Proclamation." That was in the wake of the Civil War, and Mothers Day was launched -- exactly when, at scale, is argued -- but launched by her words, as a pacifists' celebration, a day for moms to advocate for peace.<br />
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Here's her proclamation for the very first Mother's Day, even if few took part:<br />
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"Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether your baptism be that of water or of tears! Say firmly: We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country, to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: Disarm, disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence vindicate possession."</i><br />
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Only part of that quote appears in the meme below, from PeaceAlliance.org:<br />
<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://peacealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Julia-Ward-howe-2015.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="800" height="387" src="https://peacealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Julia-Ward-howe-2015.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br />So Julia's proclamation was made in 1870. But it wasn't until 1872 that Julia is really credited as establishing a special day for mothers -- and for peace -- not long after the bloody Franco-Prussian War, rather than the American Civil War.<br />
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American history is messy. On top of that little discrepancy, Julia -- who was a mom -- is <i>not</i> the first mother of Mothers Day. That iconic i.d. falls to <b>Anna Jarvis</b>' mom, when Anna held a public memorial <i>38 years later</i> in 1908 for her own mother in her little hometown of Grafton, West Virginia. Never heard of Grafton? Today's population of under 6,000 belies its past as a junction point for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, coal mining and transshipment hub, and, today, for its fishing and its iconic Mother's Day Shrine.<br />
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But that year, 1908, is given as the first large-scale celebration of the holiday -- in Anna's tiny town of Grafton, not Julia's big city of Boston. After that, the Fraternal Order of Elks championed the day, and it remains an annual emphasis in every Elks lodge everywhere today.<br />
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So, officially, the American incarnation of Mother's Day was created by <b>Anna Jarvis</b> in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914, when <b>President Woodrow Wilson</b> proclaimed it as America's day to honor moms. <br />
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Anna Jarvis</b> isn't done, though, despite being in a backwoods coal town. She would <i>increasingly denounce the holiday's commercialization</i>. </span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Together with journalist-authors like <b>Upton Sinclair</b>, whose 1906 book, "The Jungle," helped topple the rich empire of the Gilded Age, they would be among the key voices attacking America's comfortable gullibility that allowed itself to be manipulated by commercial profit-making and exploited by an iconic rich class. All amidst working-class poverty, lack of social supports, the rich turning themselves into a welfare class sucking-up all government revenues and resources and refusing tax liabilities, harsh and unpleasant living and working conditions for the masses, the marketing of processed food that went uninspected and was sometimes deadly, and widespread hopelessness among America's 7-day-a-week, 12-hour-day workers. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">(Shades of today, with all your private information being sold by social media moguls making themselves richer than anyone, ever, though producing nothing; Amazon and Starbucks workers trying to unionize in the face of bullying gazillionaire oligarchs; and, prevailing corporatocratic centralization, overconsolidation, vertical and horizontal monopolies, hostile takeovers, leveraged and outright buyouts, and mergers and elimination of competition. Maybe we are not so advanced today, after all. Gads, it's enough to make you want your mommy.)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Back to </span><b style="font-size: large;">Julia Ward Howe</b><span style="font-size: medium;">. Julia was also </span><i style="font-size: large;">an advocate for the abolition of slavery</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> before the Civil War -- and she remained </span><i style="font-size: large;">a social activist of great influence</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> who aggravated the hell out of the power elite, particularly for </span><i style="font-size: large;">women's rights to vote</i><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span><br />
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So in the complicated pantheon of who is responsible for why we give flowers and chocolates to moms? We take this moment to remember the words that are credited not just as a way for bringing us MOTHERS DAY as a day for moms, but alongside a power-to-the-people / stop-commercialization-of-EVERYTHING / end-control-by-the-rich, as part of an anti-materialist, pro-humanist movement, and rather specifically as a holiday for peace -- starting way back in 1870 and extending into the early 20th century. We think that is worth remembering in these fraught times of 100+ years later.</span><br />
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Still, there is more to Julia than even that much.</i><br />
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♡</span> A Pulitzer Prize-winning Biography</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> of their mother was published after her death at age 91, written by Howe's children, Laura, Maud, and Florence, who collaborated on </span><i style="font-size: large;">"Julia Ward Howe, 1819–1910."</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> Published in 1916, it can still be found in recent editions and is a classic of women's history in America.</span><br />
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♡ </span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> In 1987, </span><b style="font-size: large;">Julia Ward Howe was honored by the U.S. Postal Service</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> with a 14¢ "Great Americans" series postage stamp. (It only cost 14¢ to mail a letter in 1987? Wha' happened?!)</span><br />
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● </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>MUSIC LISTENING LINKS</i></span></b><br /></span>
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1) </span><b style="font-size: large;">From 1908(!): <i>"The Battle Hymn of the Republic"</i>, </b><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_Hymn_of_the_Republic,_Frank_C._Stanley,_Elise_Stevenson.ogg" style="font-size: large;" target="_blank">performed by Frank C. Stanley, Elise Stevenson, and a mixed quartet recording in 1908, released on an Edison Records label wax cylinder</a><span style="font-size: medium;">, now in the Public Domain (4:17).</span><br />
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2) </span><b style="font-size: large;"><i>"The Battle Hymn of the Republic,"</i></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> in an arrangement with vocals, jazzy-blues horns, and almost Disneyesque full orchestration for very modern sensibilities. Arranged by Eric Richards, it is </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_Hymn_of_the_Republic_(USAFB).ogg" style="font-size: large;" target="_blank">performed by the United States Air Force Band and their "Airmen of Note,"</a><span style="font-size: medium;"> and therefore automatically in the Public Domain (5:27).</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">___</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">(Thanks to RootsAction.com for calling our attention to the Julia Ward Howe quote, to PeaceAlliance.org for the meme, and to Wikipedia Commons for the recorded music links.)<br />
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"Remembering Mickey Gilley,"</b> with heartfelt comments by many prominent artists on the death today of the great performing songwriter. <br />
<u>This special feature is <b><i>added at the very end of this edition</i></b></u>, after the usual "boilerplate" and sign-off. Just scroll like a slot machine and you'll get there.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●</span>⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">●⊙</span><br />
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Here's the full </u></span></i></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>original</u></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u> edition</u>:</span></i></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●</span>⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">●⊙</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Welcome to a VERY full edition! Here's a list of contents to guide you through The Guide...<br />
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■ Yes, COVID is still out there -- when a presenter tests positive...<br />
■ If it's not over, NOW what? -- recommendation from an epidemiologist<br />
■ IBMA Momentum, Industry & Distinguished Achievement Awards - nominations open now through June 3</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: large;">■ </span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: large;">Instruments needed for prison guitar class; shakers, drums</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: medium;">■ Quickies from the Americana Music Association: Bonnie Raitt at #1 on the ARA Chart for the 1st time, and Old Crow Medicine Show debuts at #13; Blues Music Awards decided this past week.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">■ Lee Camp's new weekly livestream -- "Redacted Tonight" is gone, but Lee's not<br />
■ If you ask me, it's time for a new symbol -- a word from our editor<br />
■ Thought for Today -- relevant quote from long ago</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">■ FEATURED EVENTS</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">
● John McCutcheon online show May 7: "The Story Behind the Song"<br />
● Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival: Sunday, May 15, 2022<br />
● 2022 L.A. COUNTY FAIR returns for its 100th, NOW running, with music<br />
● Folk Alliance Int'l -- "Hybrid" Live/Online 34th annual, May 18-22</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">□ A glimpse at endangered art</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">
■ <b>Events, Festivals, Concerts, Conferences, NAMM & more, LIVE 'n livestream</b> -- our HUGE, chronological, annotated calendar of everything from Festivals to Concerts to Club Gigs to NAMM, with screenings and more along the way</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">■ The Back Page: </span></span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: large;">This "Woke" stuff is wilfull distraction to keep us from really catching on</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">
■ Resources / Navigation / Contacting us / finding what you want in current, recent, or archived Guide editions</span><br />
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Jaynee Thorne and Stardust Concerts</b> did an email blast on Friday, April 29, at 1:33 pm. It was mid afternoon <i>on the day of the show</i> (an outdoor house concert listed in The Guide). Jayne wrote:</span><br />
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"TONIGHT'S SHOW CANCELLED! COVID POSITIVE RESULT!</span><br />
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"Hi STARDUST friends......TONIGHT'S SHOW IS CANCELLED! </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Yes, you read correctly... STARDUST SHOW OF FRIDAY APRIL 29 CANCELLED!!!!!</span><br />
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"Well .... previous to this morning I would have said... that JaKL goes on first and we are starting promptly at 7... however, I just tested positive for Covid! I am fully vaxxed and boosted... I talked to my doctor and he says cancel the show. Even if I left the building... (the house...) my cells are in the air...it wouldn't be responsible to have the show. </span><br />
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"Please stay tuned to my emails for upcoming shows... we have a few already set up.... We will be having a show in May so please stay tuned! ... I was to looking forward to presenting the new trio... and now have to follow the rules for health safety. I hope you are well. Stay that way! If there might be a chance of a friend of yours was going to come to the show... please try to contact them with this unfortunate news....Jaynee"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Festivals are coming back. Yet many music venues still require proof of vaccination and/or masks. Some individuals wearing masks in stores report receiving derisive comments from unmasked people. So what is sensible, and what are the latest facts?</span><br />
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Gads. BA-4, BA-5, BA-2121. The latest variants, and not for the sake of science geeks who have more to study in the lab. Each of those variants continues the trend seen with COVID variants to date: each is a more contagious variant than the one before, AND is, so far, less severe. </span><br />
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But,<i> "We know that a more contagious virus that is less severe will kill more people than a less contagious virus that is more severe,"</i> says Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, renowned epidemiologist, Chief of COVID Task Force at the New England Complex Systems Institute, and Chief Health Economist for Microclinic International. He was formerly a faculty member and researcher at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.</span><br />
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He continues, <i>"If you are not three-shot boosted, you are significantly at risk. Right now things may look rosey, but... The long term impact of long COVID on our society is such that it is morally reprehensible to act like it doesn't matter."</i></span><br />
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Dr. Feigl-Ding has himself had COVID, despite being fully vaccinated.</b> Three weeks ago, his young son brought it home from school. Before anyone realized it, the whole house had it. Despite being fully vaxxed and being able to start a course of antiviral drugs, the doctor went through days of chills and fever. His cough seemed to clear up, but returned and is pervasive.</span><br />
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He says home tests are not reported as incidents of infection or contagion. Even as an epidemiologist, he had no means to report his family's home-test-confirmed infection. He said it would have been irresponsible to expose others, standing in line, to go to a public test center after he knew he had COVID. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thus, current numbers are an undercount. He says a better way to track whether infections are growing or falling is wastewater testing. And that is showing increasing infection rates.</span><br />
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Dr. Feigl-Ding's advice? </span><br />
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Mask up in public places, in stores and on airplanes. He says he would wear an N-95 mask if he had to fly anywhere. And whether you are going no farther than local events, or on tour or traveling? <i>"Get your booster,"</i> he says.</span><br />
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(Dr. Feigl-Ding's remarks are quoted from his interview on the Thom Hartmann radio show, May 2, 2022.)</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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IBMA Momentum, Industry & Distinguished Achievement Awards - nominations open now through June 3</span></i></b><br />
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The <b>International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA)</b> Momentum Awards recognize artists and business people in the early years of their bluegrass music careers. Any person may suggest a candidate for consideration by completing the online nomination form. Self-nominations are encouraged and welcomed.</span><br />
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Categories are:</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Mentor of the Year</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Industry Involvement </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Vocalist of the Year</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Instrumentalist of the Year (2)</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Band of the Year</span><br />
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Nomination info: </span><a href="https://ibma.org/momentum-awards/" style="font-size: large;">https://ibma.org/momentum-awards/</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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IBMA Industry Awards recognize outstanding work in non-performing industry categories. Any person may suggest a candidate for consideration by completing the online nomination form. Self-nominations are encouraged and welcomed.</span><br />
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Categories are:</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Broadcaster of the Year</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Event/Venue of the Year</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Graphic Designer of the Year</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Liner Notes of the Year</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Writer of the Year</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Sound Engineer of the Year</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Songwriter of the Year</span><br />
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Nomination info: </span><a href="https://ibma.org/industry-awards/" style="font-size: large;">https://ibma.org/industry-awards/</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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IBMA Distinguished Achievement Awards</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> recognize forerunners and ambassadors for bluegrass music. Any person may suggest an artist or industry leader for consideration by submitting a letter of recommendation using the online nomination form. At least one person in each of the following categories:</span><br />
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□ Music</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Media</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ Business</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
□ General</span><br />
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Nomination info: </span><a href="https://ibma.org/distinguished-achievement-awards/" style="font-size: large;">https://ibma.org/distinguished-achievement-awards/</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards are September 29, and billed as "The biggest night in bluegrass," honoring the past year's outstanding achievements with once-in-a-lifetime moments and all-star collaborations.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Singer-songwriter recording artist <b>Joan Enguita</b> tells us, "I am currently teaching a new guitar class at the local state prison. Some inmates expect to be there for many years. A custody officer once told me he was glad to see inmates bringing in guitars because it helps them to think about something good."<br />
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Joan continues, "There are many levels in this class, some very new to guitar, some with no guitar, and several who play well already and have a guitar. The class takes place in the chapel and is called FAITH GUITAR. I actually prefer teaching in the chapel. There are no specific religious activities for this class. They do perform periodically out on the yard.<br />
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"Soooo, a friend of mine had a guitar that no one used anymore, and no one in his family wanted it. He donated it to me for a student in another chapel. It went to a young man who LOVES that guitar! I wish you could have seen his face the day I brought it in."<br />
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Joan is asking for your help.<br />
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"Do you have an old, inexpensive guitar, or shakers, or small drums gathering dust, that are not being used?<br />
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"Would you consider donating to the C yard FAITH GUITAR class? (If you are within her local area, Joan says she would be happy to pick up.)<br />
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"Do you have a friend who may have such an item, or be interested in donating?"<br />
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And finally she asks, "Wanna do a music workshop one day, songwriting workshop, singing workshop?"<br />
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She closes, "Thanks for your consideration!"<br />
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You can contact Joan Enguita Willingham at: joanenguita@hotmail.com<br /><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span>___</span></span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span> </span></span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">___</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span> </span></span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">___</span></span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Quickies from the Americana Music Association...</span></i></b><br />
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Bonnie Raitt</b>'s "Just Like That..." reached #1 on the Americana Radio Albums Chart for the first time, and <b>Old Crow Medicine Show</b> debuted at #13 with "Paint This Town." See the full chart here: <a href="https://americanamusic.org/radio-chart-album">https://americanamusic.org/radio-chart-album</a></span><br />
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Our friends at The Blues Foundation revealed the winners of their annual <b>Blues Music Awards</b> this week and among them are Tommy Castro, Sue Foley, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo' and more. Congratulations to all! Read more here from Billboard: <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-blues-music-awards-full-winners-list-tommy-castro-1235066946/">https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-blues-music-awards-full-winners-list-tommy-castro-1235066946/</a></span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">___</span></span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">___</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">___</span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Lee Camp's new weekly livestream</span></i></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">
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The longtime producer-host of the late, great <b>"Redacted Tonight"</b> will tell you he is "the most banned comedian in America." And that isn't for anything like the reasons violence-advocating insurrections got kicked-off Twitter. Lee focuses his sharp observations and acerbic wit on how corporations rip us off, poison us, profit off sabotaging democracy here and elsewhere, and lots of similar topics. And somehow he manages to make you laugh instead of cry about it.<br />
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His latest venture is a weekly LIVE half-hour, reading viewer comments and engaging with the thoughts expressed. <br />
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Check him out:</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Fridays at 9 am Pacific / noon Eastern<br />
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Tune-in a little early to go through the free sign-in, at:<br />
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https://leecamp.locals.com/</a><br />
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a word from our editor...</i><br />
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The Republicans, who (a) don't give a crap about the extinction of species because (b) they don't care about climate change destroying habitats and (c) they refuse to reign-in their gun worshippers who engage in trophy-hunting orgies, are, on multiple counts, not entitled to have an endangered elephant as their symbol.</span><br />
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So we need to act, by acclamation, to assign them a symbol appropriate to their fervor and values.</span><br />
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That symbol is obvious: </span><br />
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The coathanger.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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We include a most appropriate link for the events of the week ending. It's:<br />
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George Carlin’</b>s take on the ‘pro-life’ movement, which is going viral again — for good reason.<br />
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This comes with a mature audiences / profanity warning. There's text, mostly quotes, and then the link to watch the 8-minute performance by George Carlin:<br />
<br /><a href="https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/5/4/2095923/-Now-is-the-perfect-time-to-revisit-George-Carlin-s-take-on-the-pro-life-movement">
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/5/4/2095923/-Now-is-the-perfect-time-to-revisit-George-Carlin-s-take-on-the-pro-life-movement</a><br /></i><span style="font-size: medium;">___</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">This cartoon arrived a few days after the above was written...<br />
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"Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago."</i><br />
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~ Horace Mann, educational reformer (born May 4, 1796, died in 1859)<br />
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Presented by the Pasadena Folk Music Society</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60/images/0a1915ea-a410-e68c-be63-e86a60a92860.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60/images/0a1915ea-a410-e68c-be63-e86a60a92860.jpg" width="549" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Folk-music ace <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-mccutcheon-mn0000223093/biography" target="_blank">John McCutcheon</a> plays his fourth and final live-streamed concert for the Pasadena Folk Music Society. It is "The Story Behind the Song." The other three were delightful and inspiring. </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
You can get tickets at this link:</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://boxoffice.mandolin.com/products/john-mccutcheon-the-story-behind-the-song-livestream-ticket">
https://boxoffice.mandolin.com/products/john-mccutcheon-the-story-behind-the-song-livestream-ticket</a></span><br />
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☆ Tix are <b><i>good for the livestream plus 48 hours of on-demand replay.</i></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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The Pasadena Folk Music Society partnered with John McCutcheon for four online concerts this spring. This final one will be the most quintessentially McCutcheon. While the earlier ones featured folk-music traditions, a trio of songwriters and five instrumentalists, this one is all about songs that McCutcheon has written himself. He'll sing some of the best from his hundred-plus songbook, and he'll tell stories about his inspirations for them.</span><br />
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The late Pete Seeger sang high praise for this disciple: "John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader. And not just incidentally, he is committed to helping hard-working people everywhere to organize and push this world in a better direction."</span><br />
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Seeger didn't mention McCutcheon's knack for storytelling, but a reviewer for the Washington Post did: "[John McCutcheon] has an uncanny ability to breathe new life into the familiar. His storytelling has the richness of fine literature." The International Storytelling Center says McCutcheon has "a storytelling style compared to Will Rogers and Garrison Keillor." </span><br />
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McCutcheon has based many of his songs on real historical events and people. One of his best-known, <i>Christmas in the Trenches,</i> tells of a World War One soldier-declared cease-fire holiday: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sJi41RWaTCs">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sJi41RWaTCs</a> </span><br />
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His more-recent <i>Zilphia's Piano </i>(<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f4225U1Mq9o">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f4225U1Mq9o</a>) sings about the origin of the anthem <i>We Shall Overcome</i>. His <i>Forgotten</i> (<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw2z3EjYQFE">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw2z3EjYQFE</a>) draws inspiration from Malala Yousafzai. His <i>Vote, Dammit!,</i> is a tribute to the late John Lewis: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JSkwk6Z7HUk">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JSkwk6Z7HUk</a>0</span><br />
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Which songs he will include in Saturday's online show depends on requests he receives from ticket-holders. </b></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Get a taste for how his storytelling enhances his songs from these performances: <i>Doing My Job, </i>about baseball's Cal Ripken (<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Olu4x73DzPI">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Olu4x73DzPI</a>); and his introduction to <i>Streets of Sarajevo</i> beginning at minute 53 of this concert recorded in 2017: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JEwaLvxlm3s">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JEwaLvxlm3s</a></span><br />
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Tickets for Saturday's show are $20 plus a $4 handling fee. Find other pricing options in the drop-down menu next to "Livestream Ticket." The <b>options include</b> discounts for students or unemployed people and premiums for a family/household ticket or music supporter ticket. A portion of the ticket revenue comes to our Folk Music Society. That helps with expenses related to resuming live, in-person concerts as concerns about the pandemic are resolved.</span><br />
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☆ ALSO... </span><b style="font-size: large;">OLD BLIND DOGS, Sat, Jun 18</b><span style="font-size: medium;">, 8 pm, Ramo Auditorium, Caltech, Pasadena CA.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
See the Guide's June 18 listing for info about Pasadena Folk Music Society's first in-person concert in two years, coming up that night with Old Blind Dogs -- the fine quartet from Scotland. The band plays traditional Celtic music with intriguing influences from rock, reggae, jazz, blues, and Middle Eastern music rhythms, as the live-in-person concert series resumes at Caltech. </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Tickets are now available online and by phone: </span><a href="https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=CALTECH_MPV&orgid=53269&pid=9088492#/event/9088492/ticketlist/" style="font-size: large;">https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=CALTECH_MPV&orgid=53269&pid=9088492#/event/9088492/ticketlist/</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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● Jamming all day</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">● Good food trucks, great vendors</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">The event is a guest of the National Park Service at Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains Nat'l Recreation Area, and produced by a 501(c)3 with an honored tradition.<br /><br />Get Tix early so you won't wait in line. Plus, check to see if you can still REGISTER AS A CONTESTANT (now!), sign-up to VOLUNTEER (now! -- vols get free admission!), and find all the history, lineups of professional acts performing, and all the info, at:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org</a><br />___</span></div><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">●</span>⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">●⊙</span></span></span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">2022 L.A. COUNTY FAIR returns for its 100th, NOW running, with music</span></i></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">
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After the pandemic hiatus, the huge fair switches from its traditional autumn run to become a spring event, <b style="font-family: sans-serif;">May 5-30, 2022</b>. All events are at Fairplex, 1101 W McKinley Av, Pomona CA 91768; 909-623-3111; <a href="https://www.lacountyfair.com/">https://www.lacountyfair.com/</a><br />
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The 2022 L.A. County Fair celebrates its 100th anniversary with a theme of "Back To Our Roots," to enjoy the fun and nostalgia of the past century. The Fair is closed Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, except Memorial Day.<br />
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For Memorial Day admission, purchase a restricted admission ticket, not an any day admission.<br />
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ANY SINGLE DAY ADMISSION, $20 online, $25 at the gate. Ages 13+, valid any day of the 2022 LA County Fair, except Mem. Day.<br />
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PREMIUM SEASON PASS (Good any Operating Day), $60.<br />
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ENTERTAINMENT includes:</i><br />
■ NEXTFEST LA<br />
■ SPECIAL CELEBRATION WEEKENDS<br />
■ CONCERT SERIES</b><br />
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Here's what's up with each...</u></b><br />
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□ NEXTFEST LA</span> </b>(<a href="https://nextfestla.com">https://nextfestla.com</a>)<br />
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Bringing multi-stage indie music festival to the Fair -- featuring the next in emergent talent. NextFest performances are scheduled for every weekend of May, Fridays through Sundays, during the Fair across four stages. Expect a variety of music genres, since the Fair advertises, "talent from all sound arenas!"<br />
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NextFest LA happens on <br />
¤ The Lagoon Stage<br />
¤ The Farm Stage<br />
¤ The Plaza Stage<br />
¤ The Community Stage<br />
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We do expect you will enjoy these selected acts:<br />
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Fri, May 6, 6:30 pm: HOOTENANNY feat. Charles Jones, Tom Freund & Jessie Payo, on the Farm Stage. <a href="https://nextfestla.com/event/hootenanny/">https://nextfestla.com/event/hootenanny/</a><br />
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Sat, May 7, 3:45 pm: SEAN FLEMING, part of today's "Desert Nights" theme, this singer-songwriter's dreamy Americana-Folk sound has graced many campfires, nightclubs, and music festivals over the past few years. Farm Stage. <a href="https://nextfestla.com/sean-fleming/">https://nextfestla.com/sean-fleming/</a><br />
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Sat, May 7, 5 pm: THE LITTLE MISS, part of today's "Desert Nights" theme. Farm Stage. <a href="https://nextfestla.com/the-little-miss/">https://nextfestla.com/the-little-miss/</a><br />
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May 22, time tba: HONEY COUNTY, harmony-heavy country duo of Dani Rose and Sofie Lynn, named by Rolling Stone Country among “10 new country artists you need to know.” set time will eventually appear at: <a href="https://nextfestla.com/honey-county/">https://nextfestla.com/honey-county/</a><br />
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May 27, time tba: KATE SLAND, classic Americana-rock & originals w/ her band, the Pearl La Las. Farm Stage. <a href="https://nextfestla.com/kate-sland-and-the-pearl-la-las/">https://nextfestla.com/kate-sland-and-the-pearl-la-las/</a><br />
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May 29, time tba: NANCY SANCHEZ, acoustic Mexican-American songwriter and and award-winning vocalist with elements of Mexican Folkloric, Latin Alternative, Pop & Jazz. Farm Stage. <a href="https://nextfestla.com/event/nancy-sanchez/">https://nextfestla.com/event/nancy-sanchez/</a><br />
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May 29, time tba: BEN GREENBERG, acoustic singer-songwriter. Stage tba. <a href="https://nextfestla.com/ben-greenberg/">https://nextfestla.com/ben-greenberg/</a><br />
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May 29, time tba: ANNI, singer-songwriter-poet with over a million online views of her music, described as “effortless, soulful, sultry.” Lagoon Stage. <a href="https://nextfestla.com/anni/">https://nextfestla.com/anni/</a><br />
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□ HEADLINER CONCERTS</span></b><br />
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2022 concert tickets are now available. Concert tickets include admission to the L.A. County Fair on the night of the concert.<br />
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Frankly, most of the offerings are unlikely to appeal to Folk-Americana sensibilities. The "Nextfest" offerings should drive whst day you go.<br />
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Possible exceptions are:<br />
THE BEACH BOYS on May 8<br />
LYNYRD SKYNYRD on May 13<br />
COKE SWINDELL and GABBY BARRETT on May 14<br />
LADY A on May 21<br />
ZZ TOP on May 28<br />
RAMON AYALA, the great accordion master, on May 29<br />
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All mainstage concerts start at 7:30 pm. Check out the offerings and get tix at:<br />
<br /><a href="https://www.lacountyfair.com/concerts/">
https://www.lacountyfair.com/concerts/</a><br />
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Folk Alliance International -- "Hybrid" Live/Online 34th annual Conference, May 18-22, 2022</span><br />
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both <u>in-person</u> in Kansas City, MO, and <u>online-from-anywhere</u> format</span><br /></i></b>
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"Official Showcase" lineup announced; HUGE list of artists, some to perform in-person, some online.</span><br />
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Spotify playlist of Official Showcase artists (so much good stuff here, approved for us to share): </span><br />
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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX9x9vqRxMigR</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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“There were countless examples of folk as a valued element in the contemporary musical landscape… To wander the poster-festooned hallways was to be greeted by traditional folk in all its iterations, experience its transporting powers, and be welcomed into its world.”</i><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
~ The Wall Street Journal</span><br />
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May 5, 2022, Kansas City, MO - Folk Alliance International, (FAI), a 501(c)3 foremost global nonprofit for folk music, has confirmed the 34th annual Folk Alliance International Conference to take place May 18-22, 2022 in Kansas City, MO. The event will be held in a hybrid format: in person as well as online.</span><br />
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FAI, producers of the International Folk Music Awards presented by Yamaha, announced this year’s upcoming recipients and Best of 2021 nominees in a livestream this afternoon. </span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><i>See the full list of honorees and nominees <a href="https://nicklosseatonmedia.com/international-folk-music-awards-presented-by-yamaha-announces-recipients-and-finalists%ef%bf%bc/" target="_blank">here</a>.</i> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">
FAI is thrilled to announce beloved jazz and blues artist Madeleine Peyroux and Crown-honored English folk music icon Shirley Collins as keynote presenters for its thirty-fourth annual conference, to be held May 18-22 in hybrid format, live in Kansas City, MO, and online from anywhere.</span><br />
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Announced in 2020 in conjunction with the release of FAI’s draft cultural equity statement, and following a year of internal training with BIPOC*-owned Team Dynamics, FAI is thrilled to introduce FAI’s Cultural Equity Council. The council is a formal arms-length listening body independent of the FAI Board and staff with the goal to make equity recommendations to inform FAI’s new strategic plan, moving from initiatives to policy. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Led by co-convenors Karima Daoudi and Dom Flemons, the Council members include Paula Boggs, Mercedes Caxaj, Elexa Dawson, Reggie Harris, Justin Hiltner, Umair Jaffar, Janice Jo Lee, Lilli Lewis, Jacquelyn Marushka, and Charlie Mosbrook.</span><br />
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FAI announced its 2022 Artist in Residence (AIR) project; a commissioned piece by Canadian multi-instrumentalist Saskia Tomkins in partnership with The Mixed Museum in London, England. For the project, Tomkins is composing an instrumental piece weaving Roma, traditional fiddle, and blues elements to accompany a narrated photo/video essay exploring her family’s search to find her grandfather, a segregated African-American G.I. forbidden to marry his white girlfriend and required to return to the US while his daughter (Saskia’s mother) was twice forced into an orphanage as part of England’s buried and rarely-discussed “Brown Babies/half-castes” era. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Tomkins is a master of violin/fiddle, viola, cello, and nyckelharpa. She is classically trained with a folk background, holds a B.A. (Hons) in Music (Jazz), and won the All Britain Champion Irish Fiddler Award. She has appeared with countless artists including The Chieftains and she is credited with developing the celtic elements of the Broadway hit “Come From Away.” She performs solo, with multiple ensembles, and is part of several orchestras.</span><br />
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Capacity at the in-person event will be limited to 2,000 delegates, and as announced in May, proof of vaccination will be required to attend, and masks will be required indoors at all times other than dining or for artists while on stage. FAI will monitor the pandemic and exceed all local, state, federal and CDC guidelines for safe gathering, and should it be required, FAI reserves the right to move the event entirely online with a hassle-free full reimbursement policy.</span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The 2022 conference theme is "Living Traditions" and will showcase various regional, national and international traditional folk music forms in performance as well as exploring topics of music preservation, migration, evolution, and authenticity. It will be presented in panels, performances, keynotes, screenings, and discussions.<br />
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In addition to the NEA (National Education Association)-funded "Folklorists’ Summit," presented in collaboration with the American Folklore Society, an online summit will be convened on the topic of "Centering Disability in the Music Industry." <br />
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Other confirmed programming offerings include an event-preparedness "Art of Mass Gathering" full-day training session, "Wisdom of the Elders," and "Preserving Traditions."<br />
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Keynote Presenters</span></i></b><br />
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Madeleine Peyroux</b> is a world-renowned jazz, blues, and folk artist whose 2004 breakthrough album <i>Careless Love</i> went platinum internationally. Born in Athens, Georgia, Peyroux got her start as a teenager busking the streets of Paris’ Latin Quarter. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Offering compelling original material and insightful interpretations of classics and modern tunes by the likes of Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, and Leonard Cohen, she has recorded with Allen Toussaint, Walter Becker (of Steely Dan), Marc Ribot, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Bill Wyman (of the Rolling Stones) and sung on stage with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Her atmospheric version of Serge Gainsborough’s <i>La Javanaise</i> was used in the soundtrack of Oscar Winner "The Shape of Water" and her countless accolades include the coveted BBC International Artist Of The Year honor. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thirty years after her formative busking days Peyroux is the proud curator of nine beguiling albums and an acclaimed performer with sold-out worldwide tours.<br />
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Peyroux’s keynote presentation and performance</b> will take place in-person and will also be <b>streamed online on May 20 at 12:30 pm Central Time</b>.<br />
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Shirley Collins</b> is an English folk singer, song collector, and perhaps the greatest living embodiment of the musical threads that connect the country with its history. As a significant presence during the Second English Folk Revival, she helped launch British folk-rock’s “golden age.” <br />
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Following a period of silence, Collins released her acclaimed record <i>Lodestar</i> in 2016 – a collection of English, American, and Cajun songs dating from the 16th Century to the 1950s. This was followed by her most recent full-length, <i>Heart’s Ease</i>, in 2020. In January 2022, a revised and updated edition of her signature memoir <i>America Over the Water</i> was released, chronicling her journey through America’s southern states with <b>Alan Lomax</b> documenting music and culture. <br />
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Collins is a Member of the Order of the British Empire, was awarded a Gold Badge by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, is a recipient of a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award, and is currently patron of the South East Folk Arts Network and Folk South West. A documentary film about her life, "The Ballad of Shirley Collins," was released in October 2017. <br />
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NPR’s Bob Boilen called her “timeless,” continuing, “a legend — a humble one, but undoubtedly a transformative voice.” Meanwhile, past-FAI keynote speaker Billy Bragg said, “Shirley Collins is, without doubt, one of England’s greatest cultural treasures.”<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Collin’s online interview will be streamed for conference delegates and broadcast online May 21 at 12:30 pm Central / 10:30 am Pacific.</b><br />
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Presented in partnership with "Horizons" UK, the interview will be conducted by Will Hodgkinson, chief rock & pop critic for The Times newspaper (UK). Will is an author, has written for Mojo magazine, The Guardian, The Independent, and Vogue, and presents the Sky Arts TV show Songbook (UK).<br />
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Showcase Performances and Panels at Folk Alliance Int'l</span></b><br />
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Just as at regional Folk Alliance Conferences such as FAR-West, artist showcase performances are of <b><i>two basic types -- Official Showcases and Private Showcases,</i></b> the latter also know as "Guerrilla Showcases" at FAR-West.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif"><b>Panels</b> will be a mix of in-person, live-streamed from Kansas City and from elsewhere. </span><br />
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Official Showcases</b> will be presented and filmed in the hotel ballrooms and <u>posted later for online attendees</u>. Official Showcases feature jury-selected, tour-ready musicians representing diverse cultures, languages, and sound. These 30-minute sets are performed on full production stages.<br />
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Private Showcases</b> turn hotel rooms into listening rooms. These performances are more intimate, often without any amplification, and offer an opportunity for the artists and turn each floor of the hotel into its own festival. P<span face="sans-serif">rivate Showcases have the option of streaming via the virtual conference platform, Pathable</span><br />
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The in-person side of the conference will be held at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.<br />
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Here's the Official Showcase lineup (<u>some in-person and some online</u>).</b> <i>Hang onto your hat</i>:<br />
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A Tale Of Two<br />
Abby Posner<br />
Adrian + Meredith<br />
Al Qahwa<br />
Alice Howe<br />
Amanda Rheaume<br />
American Patchwork Quartet<br />
Amilia K Spicer<br />
Anna Smyrk<br />
Annie Mack<br />
Barbra Lica<br />
Basset<br />
Beatrice Deer<br />
Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music<br />
Beth Bombara<br />
BettySoo<br />
Big Little Lions<br />
Buffalo Rose<br />
Bywater Call<br />
California Guitar Trio<br />
Calle Sur<br />
Cary Morin & Ghost Dog<br />
Charly Lowry<br />
Charm of Finches<br />
Chloe Foy<br />
Chris Pierce<br />
Christine Melanson<br />
Clare Sands<br />
Clarksdale Moan<br />
Claudia Nygaard<br />
Colin Lillie<br />
Compton & Newberry<br />
D'DAT<br />
Dan Navarro<br />
Dan Weber<br />
Dani Larkin<br />
Danny Schmidt<br />
Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet<br />
David Lafleche<br />
David Starr<br />
Diana Jones<br />
Digawolf<br />
Diogo Ramos<br />
Don't Chase the Lizard<br />
Duo Perse-Inca<br />
Durham County Poets<br />
Eliza Gilkyson<br />
Ensemble Iberica<br />
Fellow Pynins<br />
Forest Sun<br />
Gaelynn Lea<br />
Geneviève Racette<br />
Georgia Mooney<br />
German Lopez<br />
Giulia Millanta<br />
Grosse Isle<br />
Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra<br />
Haymakers<br />
Heidi Talbot<br />
Henhouse Prowlers<br />
Hillary Klug<br />
HuDost<br />
Humbird<br />
Jack Broadbent<br />
Jack Dappa Blues<br />
Jeffery Straker<br />
Jenner Fox<br />
Jess Klein<br />
Jessica Pearson and the East Wind<br />
JigJam<br />
JM Stevens<br />
John Smith<br />
John Wort Hannam<br />
Julia Othmer<br />
Julian Taylor<br />
Justin Golden<br />
Kalani Pe'a<br />
Katherine Priddy<br />
KC Jones<br />
Ken Yates<br />
Kora Flamenca<br />
Kyshona<br />
Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards<br />
Lauren Housley<br />
Le Diable à Cinq<br />
Like Mother Like Son: Saskia Tomkins and Oisín Hannigan<br />
Lilli Lewis<br />
LÓN<br />Lore<br />
Los Arcos Hermanos Peña<br />
Los Cenzontles<br />
Making Movies<br />
Mama's Broke<br />
Mari Black Trio<br />
Mark Erelli<br />
Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma<br />
Mary Bragg<br />
Matt the Electrician<br />
Max ZT<br />
McKain Lakey<br />
Mehuman<br />
Michaela Anne<br />
Misty River<br />
Morgan Toney<br />
Nat Myers<br />
Natalie Price<br />
Nigel Wearne<br />
O'Connor Lee<br />
OKAN<br />
Peia<br />
Peter Mulvey<br />
Polly Barrett<br />
Rachel Baiman<br />
Raine Hamilton String Trio<br />
Ramon Chicharron<br />
Raye Zaragoza<br />
Rebolu<br />
Rob Lutes<br />
Robinson & Rohe<br />
Rosier<br />
Sarah King<br />
Sawyer Fredericks<br />
Scott Cook<br />
Seffarine<br />
Shaun Ferguson<br />
Sophie Lukacs<br />
South for Winter<br />
Stillhouse Junkies<br />
Susan O’Neill<br />
Suzie Vinnick<br />
T. Buckley<br />
Tara MacLean<br />
Taylor Abrahamse<br />
The Accidentals<br />
The Arcadian Wild<br />
The Burney Sisters<br />
The Heart Collectors<br />
The Hello Darlins<br />
The North Sound<br />
The Ocelots<br />
The Once<br />
The Pairs<br />
The Trials of Cato<br />
Thea Hopkins<br />
Tim Easton<br />
Treya Lam<br />
Ultan Conlon<br />
Underhill Rose<br />
Ventanas<br />
Vigüela<br />
Villages<br />
Waahli<br />
Waipuna<br />
Wallis Bird<br />
Westbound Situation<br />
Willi Carlisle<br />
Windborne<br />
Xani<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Use the links above to learn more or to become an online attendee. You can't say you're not tempted!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">___</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">●</span>⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://static.demilked.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/6221b0d2c2aa7-COFynXpF_kX-png__700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="694" height="640" src="https://static.demilked.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/6221b0d2c2aa7-COFynXpF_kX-png__700.jpg" width="555" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><i>Ukraine before the Russian invasion</i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b>Pillow Sculpture In Kyiv, April 25, 2021</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Image source: d_arias_art<br />
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PYSO SPRING CONCERTS at Ambassador Auditorium, 131 S St John Av, Pasadena CA 91105<br />
● ALL CITY ORCHESTRA AND PRELUDE STRINGS, 11 am<br />
● STRING ORCHESTRA, 1 pm<br />
● SYMPHONY AND WIND ENSEMBLE, 5 pm<br />
● PHILHARMONIC, 8 pm<br />
Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra's Free Spring Concert, back live and in-person at Ambassador Auditorium. This annual concert features six ensembles who have been diligently rehearsing for their first live spring concert in three years. Come support the Youth Orchestra in celebration for all their hard work. It's free and fun for the whole family.<br />
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Documentary Screening: "The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses" </b>(2021), in the "Film st the Autry" series, at the Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park / Los Angeles, CA 90027<br />
Produced by Robert Redford and <b><u>featuring music by Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris and Blanco Brown</u></b>, "The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses" takes audiences on an odyssey throughout America to places few people have seen or even know about as we discover the 80,000 wild horses on federal lands.<br />
Screening followed by a conversation with co-directors Steven Latham and Conrad Stanley, and Amanda Gearhart, College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, University of Nevada, Reno.<br />
Tix: <a href="https://theautry.org/events/film-and-television/documentary-screening-mustangs-america%E2%80%99s-wild-horses-2021">https://theautry.org/events/film-and-television/documentary-screening-mustangs-america%E2%80%99s-wild-horses-2021</a><br />
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This week on A Prairie Home Companion<br />
This week, Garrison Keillor and co. travel back to 2011 for a show from a palatial 1928 movie house: the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. With special guests, fiery old-time string band Old Crow Medicine Show, multi-instrumentalist Joel Mabus, and singer Andra Suchy. Also, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting (Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman), and the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band.<br />
Highlights include “Detroit City” (a Garrison/Andra duet) and as well as a lot of talk about the Motor City and Fords, “The Lights are on in Michigan” by Joel Mabus, Pat Donohue and the Shoe Band with “The Terraplane Blues,” and some great bluegrass from Old Crow Medicine Show as they perform “Mississippi Saturday Night” and “Ain’t It Enough.” Plus Guy Noir, Ruth Harrison, Rhubarb, an appearance from Mom, and the News from Lake Wobegon. <br />
The link is posted on Saturdays at 5 pm CT / 3 pm Pacific each week on their Facebook page (you can watch it even if your device is not infested with Facebook spyware). Get there through: <a href="http://prairiehome.org">prairiehome.org</a><br />
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https://boxoffice.mandolin.com/products/john-mccutcheon-the-story-behind-the-song-livestream-ticket</a><br />
☆ Tix are good for the <b><i>livestream plus 48 hours of on-demand</i></b> replay.<br />
<b>See the Guide's event FEATURE STORY for more.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat, May 7, 5 pm Pacific<br />
Grand Ole Opry LIVESTREAM <br />
Tune in for performances from Mark Wills, Bill Anderson, Reno Collier, Riders in the Sky, Jameson Rodgers, Elvie Shane, Leah Turner, and Dallas Wayne. The show starts at 5 pm Pacific (originating at 7 pm Central) on 650 AM WSM, going global at <a href="http://WSMRadio.com">WSMRadio.com</a><br />
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While you're there...</i><br />
Enter to win passes to CMA Fest! It takes over downtown Nashville from June 9–12, 2022, and WSM will give one lucky winner a pair of 4-Day passes to see all of their favorite Country artists. Direct link: <a href="https://wsmradio.com/cma-fest-2022/">https://wsmradio.com/cma-fest-2022/</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat, May 7, 6 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />
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Fiddle wizard and recording artist <b>Lissa Schneckenburger</b> asks:<br />
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"Why is the computer so smart?"</i><br />
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And she answers:<br />
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"It listens to its motherboard</i> 😂"<br />
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She has the day covered for you. You can order your <b>Mother's Day "Serenadagram"</b> from her, because, "Every mom deserves a sweet serenade of appreciation on her special day, and you can order up as many as you like right <a href="https://www.ministryoffolk.com/serenadagrams?mc_cid=9daf152d27&mc_eid=bd0e40f5ae" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Click the link now before you forget, and I will be more than happy to record a special tune to send off on Sunday." ~ Lissa</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/04d87f0b3ea81e0a1282f5abe/images/a0d97b81-db30-3252-d0bf-0ecbafce04c9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/04d87f0b3ea81e0a1282f5abe/images/a0d97b81-db30-3252-d0bf-0ecbafce04c9.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>
Hang on, she has more. Lissa adds:</b></i></span><br />
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"I found out recently that I'll be included as a special guest on the <b>Big Fiddle Show on YouTube</b>, and I think you'd enjoy the community there as well. <i><b>Check it out</b></i> with this link (below) if you don't already know about it." </span><br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nmuSoDETsp4&mc_cid=9daf152d27&mc_eid=bd0e40f5ae">
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nmuSoDETsp4&mc_cid=9daf152d27&mc_eid=bd0e40f5ae</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Vintage music matinee with Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys<br />
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Special Mother's Day Chamber Music Concert, as that classical series returns to Dabney Lounge on the Caltech campus in Pasadena. It's back in a week with another show, Marathon Concert, on May 15.<br />
___<br /><br />Sun, May 8, 6 pm Pacific, STREAMING...<br />INDIGO GIRLS tour launches with LIVE STREAM CONCERT<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/1414a88a101/04a2eb98-3707-4e05-92d1-257814d27954.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/1414a88a101/04a2eb98-3707-4e05-92d1-257814d27954.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></div><br /> The Grammy-winning iconic folk duo's full summer tour schedule with Rickie Lee Jones, Brandi Carlile, Sarah McLachlan, Neko Case, and more, with support acts for Indigo Girls including Katie Pruitt, Danielle Howle, Becky Warren, Ruthie Foster, Lucy Wainwright Roche, and more.<br /> “...the combined voices of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers [Indigo Girls] sound as instinctive and magical as ever.” ~ Associated Press.<br />* MAY 8, 6 pm PT/ 9 pm ET, streaming concert special on VEEPS: woven between multi-cam performances, Emily Saliers & Amy Ray -- the Indigo Girls -- discuss songwriting and reveal inspirations behind signature songs in a series of intimate home movie segments. "Look Long: Together," the title of the concert, the tour, and their new album, is, in this special, a one-of-a-kind celebration of nearly four decades of Indigo Girls music and community.<br /> Veeps is now available on Apple TV, Roku, iOS, and Android. Once you purchase your ticket, you can (a) download the app, or (b) stream online. Just get ready for a one-of-a-kind night of Indigo Girls, May 8. Full info at<br /><a href="https://indigogirls.veeps.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://indigogirls.veeps.com</a><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/b9099c49257015b696c3e5961/images/64ae8798-5cb9-e790-489d-31630d7799a5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" height="334" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b9099c49257015b696c3e5961/images/64ae8798-5cb9-e790-489d-31630d7799a5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Sun, May 8, 7 pm; FREE w/ RSVP</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">
Storytelling Show: "MAYbe / MAYbeNot ? True Tales of Indecision" at the Glendale Room, 127 Artsakh Av, Glendale CA 91206<br />
"Maybe yes or maybe, no?" Have you ever had to make a difficult choice were depending on your decision things could turn out to be terrific or terrible? Unless you are psychic or own a time traveling DeLorean, it could go either way. What are you going to do? In the case of these seven storytellers, you go in a couple directions or no direction until you finally must make a choice. – What are the results? To find out, you will have to decide to come to the show!<br />
Features superb Storyteller Ty Fance. <br />
Chris Korbel, the host, holds an MA in Theater, with an emphasis on playwriting from Rutgers University. Chris regularly performs storytelling in LA and NY. He has produced over ninety storytelling shows in LA since 2016. He is also a nationally recognized public speaking coach, who has appeared on television and radio, throughout the country. He is one half of the podcast, "Arts & Entertainment," with Chris & Randall.<br />
**THIS IS A FULLY-VACCINATED INDOOR EVENT. VACCINE STATUS AND ID WILL BE CHECKED AT THE DOOR**<br />
6:30 doors.<br />
Here is the link to reserve your seat: <br /><a href="https://bit.ly/TheGlendaleRoomMay8">
https://bit.ly/TheGlendaleRoomMay8</a><br />
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Andy Warhol’s “Marilyn” sold for $195 million</b>, breaking the auction record for an American artist held by Jean-Michel Basquiat.<br />
<br />Warhol’s 40-inch-by-40-inch painting eclipsed the previous high price of $110.5 million for a Basquiat skull painting at Sotheby’s in 2017 and for Warhol’s auction high for a car crash painting that sold for $105.4 million in 2013.<br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Tuesdays, 6 pm, weekly, STREAMING<br />
James Lee Stanley does his <b>web radio show</b> LIVE at 6 pm Pacific on <a href="http://www.folkmusicnotebook.com">www.folkmusicnotebook.com</a> <br />
James, performing songwriter, recording artist, and globetrotting guitar wiz, also tells us, "We are shopping the documentary to the streaming services..."<br />
Wait. "Documentary?" What documentary?<br />
He continues, "...now that we have <b>won the Peoples Choice Award at the London Lift-Off Film Festival."</b><br />
Like, wow, James!<br />
He adds, "It [the award-winning documentary] is also available at <a href="http://www.jamesleestanley.com">www.jamesleestanley.com</a> in the DVD format for a reasonable price that can include the soundtrack CD as well. Going for the future with a foot firmly planted in my past."<br />
He and John Batdorf have a few Northern California dates coming up, performing their celebrated "All Wood and Stones" recordings with acoustic reimaginings of Rolling Stones classics (<a href="http://www.allwoodandstones.com">www.allwoodandstones.com</a>). There's also his album doing the same with the music of the Doors (<a href="http://www.allwoodanddoors.com">www.allwoodanddoors.com</a>).<br />
You can find upcoming dates on his website, link above.<br />
James is a busy guy. He also does an online music info publication at <a href="http://www.datamusicata.com">www.datamusicata.com</a><br /><i>
WE'RE REPEATING THIS EVERY TUESDAY ALL MONTH, SO MAKE A NOTE.</i><br />
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Joyce Andersen & Harvey Reid play a <b>LIVESTREAM</b> on YouTube <br />
CONCERT LINK: <a href="https://youtu.be/uVwPZINGzww">https://youtu.be/uVwPZINGzww</a><br />or,
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">FACEBOOK EVENT: <a href="https://fb.me/e/1vjXW3V9U">https://fb.me/e/1vjXW3V9U</a><br />
Please SHARE anywhere you like.<br />
Woodpecker Multimedia, aka the two stellar acoustic string wizards, Harvey & Joyce, perform LIVE today with music and stories from their Puffin & Loon Studio in YouTube Village, Maine. <br />
They will be celebrating 19 years of marriage this week, so expect this one to be extra-special.<br />
Joyce says, "We welcome your donations, comments, requests, questions, cards & letters. 'Likes' and subscribing to our channels on YouTube are good, too. You can email, live chat during the programs, or comment any time on YouTube publicly. Puffin & Loon subscribers can choose to get notified by YouTube. Streams will continue to appear on our new YouTube channel, 'ThePuffinandLoon,' which you can easily search out on YouTube, though we plan to also post some things soon on our individual channels."<br />
Finding them, this performance, and their music:<br />
THE PUFFIN AND LOON: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePuffinandLoon">https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePuffinandLoon</a><br />
If that link is too filled with audience to work, there's also a dedicated home page for the livestreams, at: <a href="http://www.joyscream.com/livestream/">http://www.joyscream.com/livestream/</a><br />
And to explore their delightful musicality anytime, there's:<br />
JOYCE’S CHANNEL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/JoyceAndersen">https://www.youtube.com/c/JoyceAndersen</a><br />
and<br />
HARVEY’S CHANNEL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/GreatSadRiver">https://www.youtube.com/user/GreatSadRiver</a><br />
You can DONATE in appreciation for the livestream or any ON-DEMAND show, via PAYPAL/CREDIT CARD: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=UKGJFB7R52EDL&source=url">https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=UKGJFB7R52EDL&source=url</a><br />
Or via VENMO, at: @Joyce-Andersen-2<br />
In the event of an internet glitch, they stop streaming the LIVE show, record the concert and upload it as soon as possible. The new link gets posted at (a) THE PUFFIN AND LOON channel, (b) on their web site home pages, and (c) their subscribers will probably get a YouTube notification.<br />
Beyond all the YouTubery, check out:<br /><a href="http://www.woodpecker.com/">
http://www.woodpecker.com/</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"> &<br /><a href="http://www.joyscream.com/">
http://www.joyscream.com/</a><br />
Their web store sells all their books, recordings etc, at: <br /><a href="http://www.partialcapo.com/store.htm">
http://www.partialcapo.com/store.htm</a><br />
Harvey’s immense new catalog of music instruction materials are for sale worldwide at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Harvey+Reid+books">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Harvey+Reid+books</a><br />
Harvey’s music and books are for sale on iTunes music & bookstores at: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/harvey-reid/id44056657?ign-mpt=uo%3D4">https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/harvey-reid/id44056657?ign-mpt=uo%3D4</a><br />
Joyce’s music on iTunes is at: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/joyce-andersen/id138478765?ign-mpt=uo%3D4">https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/joyce-andersen/id138478765?ign-mpt=uo%3D4</a><br />
Follow Joyce on Instagram: @Sister_Joyscream<br />
Seriously: Watch their archived past, and upcoming live streams, plus go explore other info, links for their albums performing together and apart, music ephemera, instruction, books, merch, and ways to make donations because you are so glad they are there and you found them.<br />
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<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/cc7a563a44db75a49fad7292d/images/4aa0856d-6dfe-5fc1-d80b-b88ab5b00a5f.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="800" height="312" src="https://mcusercontent.com/cc7a563a44db75a49fad7292d/images/4aa0856d-6dfe-5fc1-d80b-b88ab5b00a5f.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Wed, May 11, 7 pm<br />
"Wine & Song" series brings David Plenn, Natalie Gelman, and an electrified Chauncey Bowers, at Mamma's Tent, Mamma's Brick Oven, 1007 Fair Oaks Av, South Pasadena CA<br />
It's the release of David Plenn's new album. He'll be bringing Lloyd Moffitt on bass, and rumor has it Taylor Plenn may sit in. The lovely Natalie Gelman is back to perform at the series, and she has "some exciting news!" And then there's Chauncey Bowers: he told us it will be a "plugged" set — all electric, quite rare for him. <br />
No ticket required;a $15 suggested donation. 6 pm doors, 7 pm music.<br />
Series info: <a href="https://wineandsong.com/los-angeles">https://wineandsong.com/los-angeles</a><br />
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Wed, May 11, 8 pm<br />
Alice Howe with Freebo, playing Feinstein’s at Vitello’s, 4349 Tujunga Av, Studio City CA<br />
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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alice-howe-with-freebo-tickets-240689949117</a><br />
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David Gergen, Presidential Adviser to Oval Office occupants of both parties, does a live online program at the Reagan Library. He discusses his latest book, "Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made" (publication date, May 10, 2022). Copies of his book can be pre-purchased through their website’s registration process, and Simulcast is on the Reagan Library's YouTube channel.<br />
Info: <a href="https://www.reaganfoundation.org/programs-events/events-calendar/online-at-the-reagan-library-with-david-gergen/">https://www.reaganfoundation.org/programs-events/events-calendar/online-at-the-reagan-library-with-david-gergen/</a><br />
Register FREE to Watch on YouTube:<br /><a href="https://reagan40.secure.force.com/events/cnp_paas_evt__ExternalRegistrationPage?Site_Id=a2E1Q000003b1OKUAY">
https://reagan40.secure.force.com/events/cnp_paas_evt__ExternalRegistrationPage?Site_Id=a2E1Q000003b1OKUAY</a><br />
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Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at O'Caine's Irish Pub, 36101 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage CA 92270<br />
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Jody Mulgrew plays "a set at my favorite hometown haunt" the Savory Palette, 601 Embarcadero #5, in Morro Bay CA.<br />
The splendidly talented musician tells us, "I also wanted to share this song with you. My friends, The Stereo Chickens, just released it. I produced it with them, and I love how it turned out. It's called 'High Noon' and it's available at all the usual digital stores." Listen here: <br /><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?mc_cid=8e18a9e718&mc_eid=e0f1230b66&v=ArE603-iteY&feature=youtu.be">
https://m.youtube.com/watch?mc_cid=8e18a9e718&mc_eid=e0f1230b66&v=ArE603-iteY&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
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Rockabilly event -- "La Bamba! Keeping the music alive!" celebrates the birthday and legacy of Ritchie Valens with an exclusive and rare live tribute by The Downbeats. DJ Hunny Rose spins Rockabilly music, and vintage dance lessons are provided by Cori’s School of Dance. Expect a movie screening on the venue's giant LED Wall. Drink and dinner specials on offer.<br />
Tix: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ritchie-valens-birthday-tribute-rockabilly-night-with-the-downbeats-tickets-324317411107?aff=ebdssbdestsearch">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ritchie-valens-birthday-tribute-rockabilly-night-with-the-downbeats-tickets-324317411107?aff=ebdssbdestsearch</a><br />
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PETE MULLER, Musician, Mathematician, Philanthropist, performs with his band, Pete Muller & the Kindred Souls, at the Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro CA 90731; <a href="http://www.grandvision.org">www.grandvision.org</a><br />
Celebrating the release of their new album, <i>Spaces</i>, Pete Muller is a Santa Barbara-based singer, songwriter, and pianist. His band is influenced by Shawn Colvin, Coldplay, Kacey Musgraves, Springsteen and countless others. As a solo artist he's released five albums with singles reaching the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary charts. He also happens to be an incredibly successful businessman, mathematician, a surfer, philanthropist and… crossword puzzle designer! Pre-concert on-stage talk with Pete 8 pm, concert at 8:30 pm. Taran Schindler, Grand Vision's artistic director, will interview Pete Muller about the journey that brings him to the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Fri, May 13<br />Gerry O'Connor plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Fri, May 13, 8 pm<br />
THE MIGHTY CASH CATS AND THE LINDA RONSTADT EXPERIENCE play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA; Phone for reservations, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days: 626-798-6236.<br />
The Linda Ronstadt Experience returns, after their last show here sold out early. Reserve your seats now. They are back after 2 years. Do not miss this big band show and their Johnny Cash Show opener.<br />
Venue impresario Bob Stane says, "The best Linda Ronstadt show you will see or hear. Fabulous."<br />
The Linda Ronstadt Experience, a four piece band with soaring three part harmonies, features vocalist Leticia Blumette. During their performance, you will hear Linda's hits like "Different Drum", "That’ll Be the Day", "It’s So Easy to Fall in Love", "Desperado", "Blue Bayou", "When Will I Be Loved", "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", "You’re No Good", “Ooh, Baby Baby”, "I Can’t Help it If I’m Still in Love With You", "Back in USA", "Long Long Time" and more… Bob Stane says, "She does Linda exquisitely. You will be thrilled. I am."<br />
As an added bonus, The Mighty Cash Cats Johnny Cash Show, endorsed by The Cash Family, open the concert with a special guest appearance. Johnny Cash featured Linda on his TV show, and took her on tour when June went on maternity leave.<br />
Tix, $25.<br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Fri & Sat, May 13 & 14, FESTIVAL<br />35TH ANNUAL AVALON SILENT FILM SHOWCASE MAIN EVENT</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Catalina-Museum-4-28.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="427" src="https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Catalina-Museum-4-28.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br />Info & tix: <a href="https://www.catalinamuseum.org/calendar/event/2378483" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.catalinamuseum.org/calendar/event/2378483</a><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Getty launches 10 Free Community Art Festivals across Los Angeles</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">First festival kicks off </span><b style="font-size: large;">May 14–15</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> in Inglewood with live music, art activations, food trucks, and more</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Getty Center, the Getty Trust and a diverse group of community partners are launching a 10-part series of free outdoor art festivals in neighborhoods across Los Angeles County from May 14 to August 28.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Each festival, produced by Community Arts Resources, is a unique reflection of the community where it takes place.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Info on all ten, at:</span><br /><a href="https://www.getty.edu/news/getty-announces-locations-for-10-free-community-art-festivals-across-los-angeles/" style="color: #0776de; font-size: large;">https://www.getty.edu/news/getty-announces-locations-for-10-free-community-art-festivals-across-los-angeles/</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat, May 14, 1:30 pm<br />
"What Is a Western? Film Series: 'Rancho Notorious'" (1952) in the "Film st the Autry" series, at the Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park / Los Angeles, CA 90027<br />
"Rancho Notorious," one of the most unusual American Westerns of the 1950s, saw two of German cinema’s greatest exports, Marlene Dietrich and Fritz Lang, join forces at last. Dietrich commands the film as the owner of a ranch that serves as a haven for outlaws, where she demands a cut of their loot and a complete adherence to her ironclad rules.<br />
Directed by Fritz Lang | Starring Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, and Mel Ferrer | Screenplay by Daniel Taradash | Based on a story by Silvia Richards | Appropriate for 13+, Families, Seniors.<br />
Tix: <a href="https://theautry.org/events/film-and-television/what-western-film-series-rancho-notorious-1952">https://theautry.org/events/film-and-television/what-western-film-series-rancho-notorious-1952</a><br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat, May 14, 11 am-2:30 pm:<br />"THE ART OF POETRY PERFORMANCE"<br />workshop by musician, composer, poet & presenter of "Sonic Storytelling Arts" MARY LOU NEWMARK at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Bl, Venice Beach / Los Angeles, CA 90291<br /> She tells us, "I will be teaching the art of Poetry Performance, drawing on my decades of experience on stages, both concert and theatrical. Receive in person individualized coaching from me in a safe and supportive environment. See all the details, and sign up on Eventbrite with the link below."<br /><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-performance-with-mary-lou-newmark-tickets-313779812867" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-performance-with-mary-lou-newmark-tickets-313779812867</a><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat, May 14, 2 pm Matinee<br />
CODY B. BRYANT & CAMPBELL FEST play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA; Phone for reservations, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days: 626-798-6236.<br />
Venue impresario Bob Stane says, "A big band extravaganza. The music of Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb & John Hartford. If you miss the simple pleasure of enjoying Glen Campbell’s Goodtime Hour TV Show, don’t miss this.<br />
We’re featuring a whole band of world class musicians who love it too and will be performing those songs Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb and John Hartford.<br />
Coffee Gallerians have seen Cody here before, usually with the Riders Of The Purple Sage. He sings and plays guitar, banjo, fiddle and we hear rumors of saxophone and trumpet. He was a regular at Disneyland as a solo artist as well as with Billy Hill And The Hillbillies and the Big Thunder Mountain Boys. And at Knott’s Berry Farm in Ghost Town for years. <br />
He played on the Back To The Future II soundtrack with Byron Berline and Dennis Fetchet, and led the house band at VivaCantina in Burbank for over a decade before trying his hand at being an impresario like B. Stane as part owner of VivaCantina. After which he came to his senses and now leaves all that to Mr. Stane and the CGB. <br />
Cody’s album Big Dose Of Country was the basis for an episode of the hit TV show Seventh Heaven where his songs are featured as well as his singing on camera. <br />
He played banjo on the soundtrack and on camera in the movie Relative Strangers with Danny DeVito and Kathy Bates. <br />
He played a bluegrass gig with Chris Thile (at a Home Depot opening with John Moore, Chris was eight years old and already genius) and was featured several times with John Pisano on his Guitar Night show. He played guitar on Achy Breaky Heart with Billy Ray Cyrus (in the key of A, for the LA Sheriffs), Tutti Frutti with Pat Boone (key of Bb, at VivaCantina) and Gentle On My Mind and Silver Haired Daddy of Mine with Glen Campbell (w/ Norm Sancho and Bill Erickson at Glen’s golf tournament here in L.A.)<br />
Cody is joined today by George Green on drums (Glen’s Drummer) and Doug Livingston on piano and steel guitar (Donna Summer and half the recording singers in LA) Johnny Palmer on percussion and harmonica, and Chad Watson on bass. Tix, $20.<br />
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Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at O'Connor's Irish Pub, 4130 Paramount Bl, Lakewood CA 90712<br />
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Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />
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Andy & Renee, performing hosts of DYLANFEST and co-leaders of Hard Rain, named multiple years in a row as Best Band in the South Bay, play Sister's Barn, 1408 S Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach CA 90277; 424-452-6070<br />
They remind all, "Get your Dylanfest 32 tickets now, $5 off door price 'til June 3rd!" Go to <a href="http://www.andyandrenee.com">www.andyandrenee.com</a><br />
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FIRECAT, a tribute to the music of Cat Stevens, plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA; Phone for reservations, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days: 626-798-6236.<br />
FIRECAT is a duo comprised of veteran Los Angeles guitarist-vocalist Crist Moshos, and talented multi-instrumentalist Allan Goodman. Both are also known as members of Broken Arrow Band, in addition to their solo work and other projects.<br />
Cat Stevens is/was one of the great singer-songwriters of the 1970s. He performed live with passion and authenticity. You will hear many of his classic songs from albums like "Tea For The Tillerman", "Teaser and the Firecat", and song selections include "Oh Very Young", "Peace Train", "Father and Son', "Wild World” "Moonshadow", "Morning Has Broken", and many more.<br />
Tix, $20.<br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sat, May 14</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">A.J. Lee & Blue Summit play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"> Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br /><span style="background-color: white;">McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_389,h_300,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="389" height="494" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_389,h_300,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><i>Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival</i></span></b></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday, May 15, 2022</b><br /><br />One of the longest-running music festivals in the USA, and often recognized as "the finest one-day folk festival anywhere."</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"This festival is a great outdoor experience that we highly recommend." <br />
~ Pasadena Folk Music Society. <br /><br />Get Tix early so you won't wait in line. Plus, REGISTER AS A CONTESTANT (now!), sign-up to VOLUNTEER (now! -- vols get free admission!), and find all the history, lineups of professional acts performing, and all the info, at:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org</a><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sun, May 15, 4 pm<br />
"Le Salon de Musiques" series presents romantic beauty, at its new venue, La Jolla Woman's Club, 7791 Draper Av, La Jolla CA 92037<br />
It's a delightful program by three German genius composers:<br />
Robert Schumann, Camillo Schumann*, and Max Bruch<br />
*(Including one US premiere).<br />
Passionate masterpieces for piano and strings, performed by virtuosos Ambroise Aubrun, Violin; Benjamin Hoffman, Violin; Andrew Picken, Viola; Juliette Herlin, Cello; & Zachary Deak, Piano. Introduced by musicologist Nuvi Mehta.<br />
Followed by a Q & A of audience & artists. Includes a high tea buffet and French Champagne.<br />
Tix, <a href="http://LeSalondeMusiques.com">LeSalondeMusiques.com</a>, or 310-498 0257<br />
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Andy & Renee, performing hosts of DYLANFEST and co-leaders of Hard Rain, named multiple years in a row as Best Band in the South Bay, play the Lighthouse Cafe, 30 Pier Av, Hermosa Beach CA 90254; 310-376-9833<br />
They remind all, "Get your Dylanfest 32 tickets now, $5 off door price 'til June 3rd!" Go to <a href="http://www.andyandrenee.com">www.andyandrenee.com</a><br />
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Marathon Concert is chamber music, as that classical series returns to Dabney Lounge on the Caltech campus in Pasadena.<br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sun, May 15, 7 pm</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"Songwriters Showcase" with Rick Shea, Petty/Chavez & Jeff Turmes, in the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"> After an interruption in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic and Covid restrictions, McCabe’s, Los Angeles’ premier acoustic concert venue, is once again presenting a stellar lineup of shows and championing local talent. As part of that renewed focus on local artists, singer-songwriter and guitarist Rick Shea will host a Songwriters Showcase on Sunday, May 15, featuring respected artists Jeff Turmes (who has played and recorded with Mavis Staples and Tom Waits, among many others) and Petty Chavez (Simon Petty of the acclaimed band Minibar and Pink/Enrique Iglesias backup singer Celia Chavez). Turmes, Petty and Chavez are longtime Westside residents, while Shea lives in the San Gabriel Valley with his family.<br />
All are friends and have been playing local shows together and contributing to each other’s recording projects for a number of years. Shea says: “One of my favorite things about Los Angeles and the music scene here is, even after 20 or 30 years, you can continue to meet people you have things in common with musically, and they’ll have a whole network of friends and people they work with that you haven’t met. It’s just so vast - I don’t know anyplace else like it.”<br />
Each artist will play a half-hour set, after which they’ll all play a set together. “I’ve asked everyone to bring something they haven’t done before, a new song or one they haven’t played much, or maybe just a different arrangement or collaboration,” Shea explains. “The theme is buried treasure.”<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sun, May 15, 7 pm<br />
Victoria Vox, a maven of the ukulele and master of making you believe you hear horns when there aren't any there, plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Lake Av, Altadena CA; call to make your reservations: 626-798-6236.<br />
The new Victoria Vox album is an audio-visual experience called "Nirvana in REM." At this show Victoria will be accompanied by Jack Maher Jr. and they will be presenting the animated artwork with new music as well as some Victoria Vox and Jack & the Vox favorites. <br /> </span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3a352a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bob Stane says: "Victoria Vox is not just another performer of the delightful mouth trumpet. Been on The Tonight Show twice. A fine and fun musician. Read the copy below."</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3a352a;"> </span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3a352a;">Victoria Davitt, better known as Victoria Vox, is an award-winning, ukulele-toting, performing songwriter. With a passion for writing songs since she was 10 years old, she went on to graduate with a degree in Songwriting from the Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA). In 2003, she traded in her guitar for the ukulele as her main accompaniment and her acoustic music style shifted to chanson tinged with jazz, which, over the years, has settled in nicely with her pop songwriting flair.</span></span><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"> Tix, $20. Patrons must be fully vaccinated to attend. Please present vax card or image of card upon entry. No exceptions. Masks are OPTIONAL. <br />
Reservations are strongly suggested. Seating is limited.<br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn1.matadornetwork.com/blogs/1/2022/05/blood-moon-fb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="800" height="334" src="https://cdn1.matadornetwork.com/blogs/1/2022/05/blood-moon-fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Sun, May 15, 8:29 pm-9:53 pm</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b>
Blood Moon Total Eclipse</b> (not a band name, a real event!)<br />
"Get ready for the first total lunar eclipse of 2022. On May 15, the moon will disappear during a celestial event fully visible in Los Angeles and the rest of the U.S. Totality, or total darkness, starts at 8:29 p.m. But here’s something else to look for: a 'blood moon,' which means 'the usually whiteish moon becomes red or ruddy brown,' according to Space.com.<br />
"Why the redness? The Earth’s atmosphere 'absorbs and scatters shorter wavelengths in the blue and green parts of the spectrum, so the light that gets to the moon is preferentially reddish,' the website reports. The celestial show of total darkness begins at 8:29 pm and lasts until 9:53 pm." ~ Mary Forgione, online columnist for "The Wild," from the Los Angeles Times.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Photo: matadornetwork.com<br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20220509/76/85/9d/91/9df7ec5df6387064b0df0b03_1220x1718.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="568" height="640" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20220509/76/85/9d/91/9df7ec5df6387064b0df0b03_1220x1718.png" width="454" /></a></div><br />Mon, May 16, 11 am-11:45 am Pacific, <b>LIVE STREAMING</b><br />
2022 Americana Honors & Awards Nominations Ceremony, featuring announcements and performances from The War and Treaty, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and Adia Victoria, LIVE.<br />
Livestream, real-time reveal of who is nominated for the "20th annual Americana Honors & Awards" this fall at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium.<br />
Today's livestream of the ceremony comes from Music City's National Museum of African American Music, and streams on AMA's Facebook page. (<b><u>All can tune-in</u></b>, even if your device is not infested with FB spyware.)<br />
Here's the link: <a href="https://m.facebook.com/americanamusicassociation">https://m.facebook.com/americanamusicassociation</a><br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Tuesdays, 6 pm, weekly, STREAMING<br />James Lee Stanley does his <b>web radio show</b> LIVE at 6 pm Pacific on <a href="http://www.folkmusicnotebook.com">www.folkmusicnotebook.com</a> <br /> James, performing songwriter, recording artist, and globetrotting guitar wiz, also tells us, "We are shopping the documentary to the streaming services..."<br /> Wait. "Documentary?" What documentary?<br /> He continues, "...now that we have <b>won the Peoples Choice Award at the London Lift-Off Film Festival."</b><br /> Like, wow, James!<br /> He adds, "It [the award-winning documentary] is also available at <a href="http://www.jamesleestanley.com">www.jamesleestanley.com</a> in the DVD format for a reasonable price that can include the soundtrack CD as well. Going for the future with a foot firmly planted in my past."<br /> He and John Batdorf have a few Northern California dates coming up, performing their celebrated "All Wood and Stones" recordings with acoustic reimaginings of Rolling Stones classics (<a href="http://www.allwoodandstones.com">www.allwoodandstones.com</a>). There's also his album doing the same with the music of the Doors (<a href="http://www.allwoodanddoors.com">www.allwoodanddoors.com</a>).<br /> You can find upcoming dates on his website, link above.<br /> James is a busy guy. He also does an online music info publication at <a href="http://www.datamusicata.com">www.datamusicata.com</a><br /><i>WE'RE REPEATING THIS EVERY TUESDAY ALL MONTH, SO MAKE A NOTE.</i><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Thu, May 19, 5 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at the Auld Dubliner, 71 S Pine Av, Long Beach CA 90802<br />
___ĺ</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://link.do312.com/custloads/789395382/md_898643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="800" height="580" src="https://link.do312.com/custloads/789395382/md_898643.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Thu, May 19, 6:30-9 pm, FREE<br />
"1st annual FIDM FILM FESTIVAL," at FIDM Downtown Los Angeles campus, 919 S Grand Av, Los Angeles, California 90015<br />
Head on over to FIDM for a fun night outdoors as they screen powerful documentaries created by talented Digital Cinema graduates in this night of celebrating student filmmakers. <br />
Documentary themes explore stigmas behind tattoos, roller derby players and the struggles they face, the pie-baking contest world, interracial adoption, and the lives of sex workers.<br />
There will be popcorn, concessions, blankets, and an array of film.<br />
Free admission, Parking included.<br />
Reserve your spot so you will have it(!), and there's more info, at:<br /><a href="https://fidm.secure.force.com/events/targetX_eventsb__events#/esr">
https://fidm.secure.force.com/events/targetX_eventsb__events#/esr</a><br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Fri, May 20<br />Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">Fri, May</span> 20, 8 pm<br />The Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra (LAV)<br />Conducted by Carlo Ponti<br />Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, 10361 W Pico Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90064<br />310-286-0553<br /> Emerging young soloists perform J.S. Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto, and the West Coast premiere of French composer Charles Koechlin’s Sur les flots lointains.<br /> Fulfilling LAV’s mission to support music education, net profit from this concert goes towards the advancement and support of music education programs in schools in Southern California.<br /> LAV is the only professional orchestra in the United States to offer aspiring young soloists the opportunity to rehearse and perform with the most talented musicians in the country. Access to a professional orchestra allows the next generation of aspiring talent to see how the pros work on their craft and pushes them to aspire to greater heights, bringing a professional career into focus.<br /> Maestro Carlo Ponti is the founder of LAV, prior to which he was the music director and principal conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony, and Associate Conductor of the Russian National Orchestra.<br />* Proof of full vaccination required for entry, masks strongly recommended indoors.<br /> Tix, $30 General Admission, $15 Student / Senior, at:<br /><a href="https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome" style="color: #0776de;">https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome</a><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b>SAN FRANCISCO SCOTTISH FIDDLERS<br />present SPRING CONCERTS, MAY 20-22</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/7f4e37d5001/56538228-5c08-480c-aa8b-34043cf046eb.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="617" height="640" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/7f4e37d5001/56538228-5c08-480c-aa8b-34043cf046eb.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="494" /></a></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Beyond just buying a ticket, if you are within commuting distance you can get involved -- dust off that fiddle, cello, didgeridoo or whatever, become a member and attend practices every week beginning April 20. Young and old welcome, past members and alumni of the SFSF experience, all are invited to return and help celebrate the re-emergent energy of 2022.<br /><br />Or just buy a ticket and bring your music pals.<br /><br />For any or all of the above, send an email to<br /><br />meetings@sfscottishfiddler.org<br />___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat, May 21, 6 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat & Sun, May 21 & 22, FREE<br />HERITAGE OF ALOHA FESTIVAL<br />returns as a FREE event (free admission & free parking) at Heritage Park, 12100 Mora Dr, Santa Fe Springs CA<br /> This splendid two-day Festival showcases Hawai'i & Polynesia heritage with continuous music and dance on a big stage, island cuisine, an outdoor marketplace, cultural workshops, more.<br /> Features the OHANA UKULELE CONTEST, wherein you can play a song and you go home with a brand new Ohana ukulele.<br /> The venue, Heritage Park, is a delightful refuge with beautiful landscaped greenery and a rich history of the Gabrieleño Indians. This 6-acre park was also home to the Hawkins Ranch that prospered in the 1880's. Beauty, history, cultural heritage, and a festival that recognizes all of it in its publicity.<br /> Here's the entertainment schedule:<br />-<br />SAT sched - MAY 21st<br /> Festival runs until 6 pm. No dogs or coolers allowed.<br />■ HALAU HULA NA MEAKANU O LAKA O HAWAI'I, 10:00 am<br /> Kumu Hula Mohala Reese from Lakewood, California<br />■ HALAU NA MAMO 'O PANA'EWA, 10:45 am<br /> Kumu Hula Keoki Wang from North Hills, California<br />■ RYUKYUKOKU MATSURI DAIKO (OKINAWAN TAIKO), 11:30 am<br /> Branch Leader/Coordinator Stephanie Ajifu from Los Angeles, California<br />■ HO'OILINA FOUNDATION AWARD FOR 2022, 11:45 am<br /> Ho'oilina Foundation Board Members<br />■ SPAM MUSUBI EATING CONTEST, 12:15 pm<br /> A.K.U. Grindz from Lomita, California<br />■ GLORY OF PARADISE, 1:30 pm<br /> Leader Kealoha Sarno from La Mirada, California<br />■ GERI KUHIA & MEHANA, 2:30 pm<br /> Singers & Musicians from Carson, California<br /> with Hula by 'Aina Creations from Anaheim, California<br />■ ALOHA HULA POLYNESIAN DANCE STUDIO, 3:15 pm<br /> Kumu Hula Lyn Del Pedersen from Granda Hills, California<br />■ FAIVA (POLYNESIAN MUSIC), 4:00 pm<br /> Dr. Grant Muāgututi’a, Loa Greyson & Vaea A’etonu from Southern California<br />■ LE POLYNESIA, 5:00 pm<br /> Leaders Guy & Lori Montgomery from Aliso Viejo, California<br />-<br />SUN sched - MAY 22nd<br /> Festival runs until 5:00 pm. No dogs or coolers allowed.<br />■ KA 'OHANA HO'ONANI SADDLEBACK HULA MINISTRY, 10:00 am<br /> Akua Praise with Leader Linda Merritt from Lake Forest, California<br />■ TUPUA PRODUCTIONS, 10:45 am<br /> Team Leaders Stephan and Melody Seanoa from Santa Ana, California<br />■ 'OHANA 'UKULELE CONTEST WITH THE LEE SISTERS, 12:00 pm<br /> Judges: Lise Lee, Emeline Lee & Mitch Chang<br />■ LOKELANI'S RHYTHM OF THE ISLANDS, 1:45 pm<br /> Leaders Roy & Lokelani Asuega from Huntington Beach, California<br />■ HALAU HULA A KAWIKA LAUA 'O LEINANI, 2:45 pm<br /> Kumu Hula Kawika & Leinani Viloria from Diamond Bar, California<br />■ FINAL RAFFLE FOR GRAND PRIZE, 3:45 pm<br />■ NONOSINA, 4:00 pm<br /> Leader Tiana Liufau from Anaheim, California<br />-<br /> Full info: <a href="https://heritageofaloha.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://heritageofaloha.com/</a><br />___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sun, May 22, 4-6 pm<br />
Nevenka, the women's folk chorus performing songs from Eastern Europe, including Bulgarian, Croation, Greece, and other cultures, plays the summer outdoor series at Altadena's Farnsworth Park Amphitheater on Lake Av, a mile or so above the Coffee Gallery Backstage.<br />
___</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Tue, May 24, in Nor Cal<br />
"RayFest: a celebration of Ray Edlund's Pig in a Pen radio show on KPFA," at the Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley CA<br />
After nearly 48 years of hosting his popular bluegrass and old-time music radio show, Ray has decided to retire, and has handed the reins to Allegra Thompson. To celebrate the show, his long run, and his many hours of volunteer service to the music we love, the venue is throwing a party, benefitting KPFA, the Freight and Salvage, and Ray.<br />
Featuring Kathy Kallick and Laurie Lewis, High Country, High Water Line, The Road Oilers, Thompsonia, North Country Blue, and more.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Tuesdays, 6 pm, weekly, STREAMING<br />James Lee Stanley does his <b>web radio show</b> LIVE at 6 pm Pacific on <a href="http://www.folkmusicnotebook.com">www.folkmusicnotebook.com</a> <br /> James, performing songwriter, recording artist, and globetrotting guitar wiz, also tells us, "We are shopping the documentary to the streaming services..."<br /> Wait. "Documentary?" What documentary?<br /> He continues, "...now that we have <b>won the Peoples Choice Award at the London Lift-Off Film Festival."</b><br /> Like, wow, James!<br /> He adds, "It [the award-winning documentary] is also available at <a href="http://www.jamesleestanley.com">www.jamesleestanley.com</a> in the DVD format for a reasonable price that can include the soundtrack CD as well. Going for the future with a foot firmly planted in my past."<br /> He and John Batdorf have a few Northern California dates coming up, performing their celebrated "All Wood and Stones" recordings with acoustic reimaginings of Rolling Stones classics (<a href="http://www.allwoodandstones.com">www.allwoodandstones.com</a>). There's also his album doing the same with the music of the Doors (<a href="http://www.allwoodanddoors.com">www.allwoodanddoors.com</a>).<br /> You can find upcoming dates on his website, link above.<br /> James is a busy guy. He also does an online music info publication at <a href="http://www.datamusicata.com">www.datamusicata.com</a><br /><i>WE'RE REPEATING THIS EVERY TUESDAY ALL MONTH, SO MAKE A NOTE.</i><br />___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/01c288dc001/0575de98-46af-475c-8308-1e135dc3ff66.jpg?rdr=true" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="800" height="343" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/01c288dc001/0575de98-46af-475c-8308-1e135dc3ff66.jpg?rdr=true" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/01c288dc001/4fe7b89c-b8e2-4259-8e48-f152f7b01a57.png?rdr=true" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="650" height="494" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/01c288dc001/4fe7b89c-b8e2-4259-8e48-f152f7b01a57.png?rdr=true" width="640" /></a></div><br />Thu, May 26, 7:30 pm</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"Bishop Mule Days" festival in Bishop brings<br />
Suzy Bogguss in concert, on stage in the Main Arena, presented by "Bishop Mule Days," which runs May 26-29, 2022, at 1141 N Main St, Bishop CA 93514<br />
To hear the latest from Suzy, check out her "Wine Down Wednesday" shows for great live music and surprise guests, on her Facebook page at: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SuzyBogguss/videos">www.facebook.com/SuzyBogguss/videos</a><br />
Suzy arrives at Mule Days just days after the release of her new song, "Sunday Birmingham," on Spotify May 21st. That follows the huge success of her tour, "Chicks with Hits," featuring Suzy, Terri Clark and Pam Tillis.<br />
Two ticket options (Both will sell-out quickly):<br />
• VIP Meet and Greet at 5:30 pm, tickets, $82<br />
• Concert General Admission at 7:30 pm, tickets, $50<br />
Tix: 760-872-4263 or <a href="https://muledays.org/tickets/">https://muledays.org/tickets/</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Fri-Mon, May 27-30, 2022<br />51st Annual<b> "Northwest Folklife Festival" is both <u>in-person & simulcast</u></b> from Seattle Center, the lovely preserved World's Fair site in downtown Seattle WA, AND it's online at <a href="http://nwfolklife.org">nwfolklife.org</a><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/7321d9461cad413fa67de4286/images/35d0e999-1e47-9673-0707-c2848cd1dda8.png" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="800" height="337" src="https://mcusercontent.com/7321d9461cad413fa67de4286/images/35d0e999-1e47-9673-0707-c2848cd1dda8.png" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">The many pages of scheduled Folk-Americana, world folk music, workshops, dance, and bunches more, is coming the 1st week of May. It's just a month away from this reliably excellent event on Memorial Day weekend.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"> In a few days, the link will take you to the launch of their new festival website, give you the schedules for the astonishing numbers of acts on bunches of stages -- including themed events, like the maritime and sea chantey lineup, and you'll be able to get the app to attend or know when to tine-in on the web. So check in there the 1st week of May, and you'll find the complete list of participating artists, vendors, sponsors, and more, and maybe find the lure so irrestible that you'll start planning a road trip.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>UPDATE</i></b>:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">May 27-30, at Seattle Center and on <a href="http://nwfolklife.org">nwfolklife.org</a><br /><b>
51st Annual Northwest Folklife Festival brings a theme of <i>"Metamorphosis: In with the Old, In with the New." </i></b><br />
The return of one of America's most fun musical events is <b>in-person AND virtual, on Memorial Day weekend</b>.<br />
The complete list of participating artists, vendors, sponsors, and more was just posted at festival website. <b>See the full FESTIVAL SCHEDULE here:</b><br /><a href="https://nwfolklife.org/festival/home.html">
https://nwfolklife.org/festival/home.html</a><br /><span style="background-color: white;">___</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Fri, May 27, 6-9 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at O'Caine's Irish Pub, 36101 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage CA 92270<br />
___</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Fri May 27, 6 pm<br />
Andy & Renee, performing hosts of DYLANFEST and co-leaders of Hard Rain, named multiple years in a row as Best Band in the South Bay, play Sister's Barn, 1408 S Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach CA 90277; 424-452-6070<br />
They remind all, "Get your Dylanfest 32 tickets now, $5 off door price 'til June 3rd!" Go to <a href="http://www.andyandrenee.com">www.andyandrenee.com</a><br />
___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Fri, May 27, 8 pm<br />Jeanne Cherhal performs "Cinema" at the <br />Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, 10361 W Pico Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90064<br />310-286-0553<br /> Performing solo with a piano, Cherhal interprets songs that marked generations of moviegoers, and takes us on a nostalgic musical tour of French and European cinema.<br /> Cherhal has become a force of contemporary French music, known for her vivacious live shows evoking French chansons and cabaret. Her quirky piano style and forays into the experimental, showcase what some listeners identify as the evident influence of Tori Amos or Bjork.<br /> This is not a playlist of hit songs, but rather a poetic evocation of cinema from a byegone era, a playlist of celebrated songs composed by the likes of Serge Gainsbourg (Sous le Soleil Exactement for the film Anna), a song sung by Catherine Deneuve (Recette pour un cake d’amour for the film Peau d’Âne), Parle Plus Bas by Dalida, Pul Marine by Isabelle Adjani, and so many more.<br />* Proof of full vaccination required for entry, masks strongly recommended indoors.<br /> Tix, $35 Premium seating + a complimentary glass of wine; $30 General Admission (no wine included); $25 Students & Seniors; at: <a href="https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome" style="color: #0776de;">https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome</a><br />___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat, May 28, 6 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat, May 28<br />Laurence Juber plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">May 26-31, in Texas<br />
KERRVILLE FOLK FESTIVAL is an iconic and influential favorite gathering for acoustic singer-songwriters, and it returns this year over the long Memorial Day weekend at the ranch outside Kerrville, Tx. Great music with incredibly talented musicians.<br />
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Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at Pub Thirty-Two, 23962 Alicia Pkwy , Mission Viejo, California 92691<br />
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"Bishop Mule Days" festival in Bishop closes with a performance by<br />
Dave Stamey, plus special guest, multiple-award-winning cowboy poet Larry Maurice, playing a "Wind down after the Mule Show" concert on the Coso Stage. The festival runs May 26-29, 2022, at 1141 N Main St, Bishop CA 93514<br /> Dave Stamey's won purt near every award that a Western music artist can -- some more than once! -- and he is a Mule Days favorite. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Dave's CDs are a delightful mix of originals and traditional western classics, all with his superb vocals, adept acoustic guitar, trail dust, and splendid production.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
Larry Maurice holds the "Lifetime Achievement in Cowboy Poetry Award" from the prestigious National Cowboy Symposium in Lubbock,Texas. In July of 2000, he received the Academy of Western Artists coveted "Will Rogers Cowboy Award" for Cowboy Poet of the Year. His CD's have received great reviews and were nominated for "Album of the Year" by the Academy of Western Artists. </span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"> Enjoy offerings from the food court, shop vendor's wares, and relax with friends, too.<br />
Admission is FREE. Info on the 4-day festival: <a href="https://muledays.org/tickets/">https://muledays.org/tickets/</a><br />
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Karen Hart, with John Keating, play a Memorial Day Sunday Evening at Third Wheel in Hollywood<br />
Karen tells us the venue is "a wonderful new listening room." Stick around after their set to hear Chase Coleman (HBO's "Boardwalk Empire") and for Muuni's EP Release show.<br />
Venue info: <a href="https://thirdwheelhollywood.com/">https://thirdwheelhollywood.com/</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Tuesdays, 6 pm, weekly, STREAMING<br />James Lee Stanley does his <b>web radio show</b> LIVE at 6 pm Pacific on <a href="http://www.folkmusicnotebook.com">www.folkmusicnotebook.com</a> <br /> James, performing songwriter, recording artist, and globetrotting guitar wiz, also tells us, "We are shopping the documentary to the streaming services..."<br /> Wait. "Documentary?" What documentary?<br /> He continues, "...now that we have <b>won the Peoples Choice Award at the London Lift-Off Film Festival."</b><br /> Like, wow, James!<br /> He adds, "It [the award-winning documentary] is also available at <a href="http://www.jamesleestanley.com">www.jamesleestanley.com</a> in the DVD format for a reasonable price that can include the soundtrack CD as well. Going for the future with a foot firmly planted in my past."<br /> He and John Batdorf have a few Northern California dates coming up, performing their celebrated "All Wood and Stones" recordings with acoustic reimaginings of Rolling Stones classics (<a href="http://www.allwoodandstones.com">www.allwoodandstones.com</a>). There's also his album doing the same with the music of the Doors (<a href="http://www.allwoodanddoors.com">www.allwoodanddoors.com</a>).<br /> You can find upcoming dates on his website, link above.<br /> James is a busy guy. He also does an online music info publication at <a href="http://www.datamusicata.com">www.datamusicata.com</a><br /><i>WE REPEATED THIS EVERY TUESDAY IN MAY, SO MAKE A NOTE.</i><br />___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Debuts Jun 1, LIVESTREAM, then on-demand<br />
"Trouble: A Calamity Adventure," a musical stage event in its debut run, from Open-Door Play house, online.<br />
Calamity is an all-female acoustic band based in San Diego. They describe their music (accurately) as “folk rock with a country pop.” <br />
The group’s members include Catherine Barnes, Cathryn Beeks, Patric Petrie, Marcia Claire and Nisha Catron.<br />
"Trouble: A Calamity Adventure" is a radio play (or a sonic movie, if you prefer), a thriller with a complete song score (TEN original songs), sound effects, comedy and danger.<br />
The plot premise? The women are hired to play a concert gig at a club in Vegas, so they load up their truck and head for Sin City. While performing, their cell phones are all stolen and their truck is disabled, possibly by a romantic rival of one of the ladies. They accept an offer of a ride from a promoter. During a break at a stop in the desert, he attempts to assault one of the women but is slain. Fearing that they will be accused of murder, the band flees in his vehicle. Running out of resources, one of the musicians impulsively robs a convenience store. Now, the band finds itself heading for the Mexican border with police in hot pursuit. What will be the band’s ultimate fate?<br />
"Trouble: A Calamity Adventure" will be broadcast in two parts, on June 1 and June 15, on "Open-Door Playhouse," a podcast that presents the works of playwrights to whom you should be introduced.<br />
You can hear "Trouble" on/after June 1, and in the meantime, find an archive of other plays, at: <a href="http://opendoorplayhouse.org">http://opendoorplayhouse.org</a><br /> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> "Trouble" will also be available on iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">
"Trouble: A Calamity Adventure" is written and produced by Catherine Barnes. She is a drummer, percussionist, comedian, songwriter, and theatre artist who has worked undercover as a middle school drum teacher in San Diego, California for the last eight years. She likes to take all those things about life that make you want to crawl under something and die… and turn them into funny songs filled with percussion instruments. Her previous award-winning plays include "International Man of Mystery" and "Yes, No, Maybe So."<br />
"Trouble" is a Queen Mab Music production sponsored by the San Diego Troubador, a music publication. It's recorded by Ernesto Garcia Jr., edited by Cathryn Beeks, and narrated by notable folkie Claudia Russell. It stars Catherine Barnes, Cathryn Beeks, Patric Petrie, Marcia Claire, and Nisha Catron. Total running time, 75 minutes.<br />
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"Wine & Song" series brings Iain Matthews, Steve Postell, and Steve Key, to the Canoe House, 805 Fair Oaks Av, South Pasadena CA<br />
Outdoors on the Canoe House patio/parking area, the stage for the dining patio, as used to advantage during the recent "Electric Music Fest."<br />
No tickets or reserved seating, just a $15 suggested donation — cash in the bucket.<br />
Series info: <a href="https://wineandsong.com/los-angeles">https://wineandsong.com/los-angeles</a><br />
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And sure enough, that day has come!<br /> <u>Thousands</u> of brands across music, pro audio and entertainment technology are participating in the show.<br /> <u>Over 200 education sessions</u> will be presented by music, pro audio, and live event experts.<br /> Exclusive <u>Disneyland discounts</u>: NAMM Show attendees can access discounted rates for up to 6 Disneyland tickets. "With NAMM Show dates moving back to January in the next coming years, this is a unique opportunity to experience the happiest place on earth during the sunny California summertime," notes NAMM's publicity.<br /> NAMM participants get planning perqs: Access a variety of travel resources including the hotel reservation block, discounts, and more to plan your trip.<br /> <u>TRUE, NAMM IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC -- IT IS A "MUSIC-INDUSTRY-ONLY" EVENT. It needs to be, because everything operates at capacity with all the music movers-and-shakers, innovators, marketers, and music-makers</u>. <b><i>But hang on: </i></b>If you play a professional role in music, you qualify! Check it out at their website, before the opportunity slips away.<br /> Then you can register to attend the show and start planning your trip!<br /> All info at:<br /><a href="https://www.namm.org/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.namm.org/</a><br /> If you are a NAMM member or affiliate, go to: <a href="https://registration.namm.org/wn22/register" style="color: #0776de;">h<span>ttps://registration.namm.org/wn22/register</span></a><span><br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Fri, Jun 3<br />Fellow Pynins plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sat, June 4<br />32nd annual "DYLANFEST"<br />Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance CA<br /> This is a Guide favorite, every year. Splendid performances and production values, dozens of musicians, all Bob Dylan songs with no repeats, and good food.<br /> Early Bird Tickets ON SALE NOW<br />$35, 4/16 through 6/3<br />Tickets at the door $40<br />VIP Tickets (with many nice perqs) $100<br />Get tickets and info at<br /><a href="https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest" style="color: #0776de;">https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest</a><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/53b2654c-ee76-4935-ae49-bf33c5da984a.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="800" height="384" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/53b2654c-ee76-4935-ae49-bf33c5da984a.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/277969/8599b35a62b106919d9fca373d120155f361284f/original/2022-june-4th-mini-ukulele-festival-tutorials-concert-victoria-vox-kimi-vandyk-png-post.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/277969/8599b35a62b106919d9fca373d120155f361284f/original/2022-june-4th-mini-ukulele-festival-tutorials-concert-victoria-vox-kimi-vandyk-png-post.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" width="495" /></a></div><br />Sat, Jun 4<br />
Santa Barbara Mini Uke Fest 2022 in Goleta, CA<br />
Celebrate the Ukulele with the Santa Barbara Ukulele Club. There will be 2 afternoon workshops, followed by dinner break, and an evening concert featuring Victoria Vox and Kimi Vandyk. <br />
• 2 pm check in opens<br />
• 3 pm Beginning Ukulele Tutorial with Kimi Vandyk<br />
• 4:30 pm Intermediate/Advanced Tutorial with Victoria Vox<br />
• 7 pm Concert Events: 2 Tutorials + Concert + Raffle Prizes<br />
Tix: <a href="https://victoriavox.com/sb-mini-uke-fest">https://victoriavox.com/sb-mini-uke-fest</a><br />
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Brynn Albanese plus The Furious Seasons play the Stagecoach Inn Museum Lawn, 51 S Ventu Park Rd, Newbury Park CA 91320<br />
Steve Brogden tells us, "I'm delighted to tell you that the City of Thousand Oaks and TOArts have asked me once again to present a PopUp concert at the Stagecoach Inn Museum. Please join us on the lawn - bring your lawn chairs - for another evening of world class music."<br />
Brynn Albanese is a well-known and loved multi genre violinist on the Central Coast. She has been seen front and center as Soloist and Concertmaster on numerous Performing Arts Center stages with a wide variety of groups in the area as well as the ever-popular World Music Band, Café Musique. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Cambria’s largest Concert Series, Cambria Concerts Unplugged and she is also a Therapeutic Music Practitioner and End of Life Doula for local hospitals and care centers.<br />
In March of 2020, seeing that her calendar was wiped clean, Brynn began the creation of a One-Woman-Show using backing tracks and recordings of her own band in the living room of her Cambria home. After many online performances and seeing that people were starving for LIVE music, in person, she took to the streets, cul-de-sacs, medians, yards, balconies and driveways and has performed over 100 Concerts since April 1st, 2020. A mix of European Gypsy, Latin jazz, Tangos, Classical with a twist, Opera covers and of course, a big splash of Celtic… she has created a lively, engaging and interactive show that she has now taken on the road! <br />
The Furious Seasons are an acoustic trio with stories to tell. Living inside these songs are chronicles of life in 21st century Los Angeles, and stories of quietly heroic individuals, often told with a nod towards the passage of time. Acclaimed songwriter, singer and guitarist David Steinhart fashions songs that live on the hopeful side of melancholy. By the time this show happens, the Furious Seasons will have opened for Dave Mason at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills and the Canyon Club in Santa Clarita.<br />
A reviewer wrote: "These are beautiful songs by David Steinhart that sneak up on you. Steinhart writes songs that put their arms around you and whisper naughty suggestions in your ear. The album becomes panoramic upon multiple listenings. Jeff Steinhart on bass and Paul Nelson on guitars make a sound fuller than an acoustic three piece should be able to make. Gorgeous stuff."<br />
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Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />Sat, Jun 4</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">The Rave-Ups play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br /><span style="background-color: white;">McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, Jun 5, 2-5 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at the Shamrock Irish Pub and Eatery, 39252 Winchester Rd #145, Murrieta CA<br />
___<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Sun, Jun 5</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Eilen Jewell plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br /><span style="background-color: white;">McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Wed, Jun 8, 7-9:30 pm<br />
"Wine & Song" series brings Holly Neal, Sam Robbins, and special guest Laura Joy, in the big tent at Mamma's Brick Oven, 1007 Fair Oaks Av, South Pasadena CA<br />
No tickets or reserved seating, just a $15 suggested donation — cash in the bucket.<br />
Series info: <a href="https://wineandsong.com/los-angeles">https://wineandsong.com/los-angeles</a><br />
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Barefoot Movement brings their "Acoustic music with lush harmonies, thoughtful arrangements and memorable melodies" to the Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro CA 90731; <a href="http://www.grandvision.org">www.grandvision.org</a><br />
___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Jun 8–19<br />39th <b>"San Francisco Jazz Festival"</b> features 44 concerts in 12 days at 4 venues throughout the Bay Area.<br /> <b><i>Rhiannon Giddens is featured among headliners</i></b> who include Gregory Porter, Christian McBride, Chucho Valdés, Dianne Reeves, Joe Lovano, Nubya Garcia, Brandee Younger, Danilo Pérez, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jane Monheit, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, and many more. Tickets available now at: <a href="http://sfjazz.org/" style="color: #0776de;">SFJAZZ.org</a><br />___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Jun 9–12</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">CMA Fest takes over downtown Nashville and WSM will give one lucky winner a pair of 4-Day passes to see all of their favorite Country artists. Direct link to enter to win passes (drawing is May 27th):</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://wsmradio.com/cma-fest-2022/">https://wsmradio.com/cma-fest-2022/</a><br />
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IDYLLWILD SONGWRITING RETREAT & FESTIVAL<br />
Produced by Denmark-based performing songwriter Brett Perkins.<br />
"Brett’s focus on process over product & paying attention to your attention helped me work through my internal resistance to writing & collaboration. My own transformation over the week from feeling guarded/shut down/stuck to open/curious/joyful was mirrored in many of my fellow participants, & it was beautiful to witness. It was vulnerable, honest hard work, & I loved it! I am grateful to have made many connections with fellow songwriters at this retreat that will continue to sustain me in my future work." ~ Ynana Rose.<br />
So, who is <a href="http://www.ynanarose.com" target="_blank">Ynana Rose</a>? Ynana creates Americana music threaded with folk, country, blues, jazz and more. She sings of the joy and heartbreak of living in a rich, soulful voice that crosses genres with ease. An award-winning songwriter who draws inspiration from Norah Jones, Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin, Willie Nelson, Guy Clark and more, her music is rooted in the traditions of American music while reaching for new horizons. And you will hear her perform if you attend the festival that concludes the event on July 16.<br /> More on the event, and registration for the retreat, at:<br /><a href="https://www.listeningroomretreats.com/registration">
https://www.listeningroomretreats.com/registration</a><br />
___</span></span><p></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Sat, Jun 11, 2-5 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at O'Connor's Irish Pub, 4130 Paramount Blvd. , Lakewood, CA 90712<br />
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Sat, Jun 11, 6 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />
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Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at the Auld Dubliner, 71 S Pine Av, Long Beach CA 90802<br />
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Live Oak Music Festival brings Robert Earl Keen, Los Lobos, Third World, Dustbowl Revival, Jenny & the Mexicats, Diggin' Dirt, Orgone, the Mother Hips, Steve Poltz, Joe Craven & the Sometimers, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, National Park Radio, The Riverside, Damon Castillo, Southern Culture on the Skids, Raye Zaragoza, the Altons, Sambada, the Inciters, Dante Marsh & the Vibe Setters, Caleb Nichols, Hattie & the Moon Howlers, the Turkey Buzzards, the Mother Corn Stickers, Natalie Haskins, Ynana Rose, Graybill, Amalia, Noach Tangeras Band, Wolf Jett, Resination, and Mothra, to celebrate Its return after the shut-down, and its new venue, El Chorro Regional Park, 2961 Dairy Creek Rd, San Luis Obispo CA 93405.<br />
This, more than most festivals, is a unique experience for attendees, and also for its volunteers -- and word is out to recruit you. You can get involved with the festival by offering your skills and time. Volunteers receive free festival entry and have a chance to meet new friends while becoming part of the Live Oak community.<br />
The long-running Live Oak Music Festival is a benefit for KCBX Central Coast Public Radio, broadcasting from San Luis Obispo, CA.<br />
Tix now on sale -- 3 day pass, camping, single-day admission -- act before this sells-out. Full info on tix, lineup, and volunteer opportunities at: <a href="http://liveoakfest.org">liveoakfest.org</a><br />
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Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a monthly residency solo show at Sagebrush Cantina, 23527 Calabasas Rd, Calabasas CA 91302<br />
___<br /><br />Fri, Jun 17<br />The Lowest Pair plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Sat, Jun 18, 6 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />
___<br /><br />Sat, Jun 18<br />Mary Gauthier plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Sat, Jun 18, 8 pm<br />
Old Blind Dogs play the FIRST LIVE, IN-PERSON concert in two years at the Pasadena Folk Music Society, in Ramo Auditorium at Caltech.<br />
Series producers say, "Hallelujah! Our first live, in-person concert since March of 2020 is approaching fast. Audiences have enjoyed Old Blind Dogs at six prior concerts at Caltech since 2002. This talented quartet is known for soaring fiddle playing, stirring pipes, and fine singing, punctuated by extraordinary percussion."<br />
They add, "Enjoying a concert in the auditorium comes easier when you feel safe. To keep public events safer, Caltech now requires that all guests wear a high-quality mask (surgical, N95, KN95, KF94) indoors at all times. In addition, proof of full vaccination and booster, along with a government-issued ID, is required to enter Ramo Auditorium. Children under five -- who are not yet eligible for vaccination -- are not permitted at public events in the auditorium at this time. These health and safety measures are subject to change at Caltech’s discretion based on evolving health and safety guidance and conditions."<br />
Old Blind Dogs' personnel has changed some over the years, though it's still the same as for their excellent 2019 Caltech show. The players are original-member Jonny Hardie on fiddle and vocals, with Aaron Jones (cittern/guitar/vocals), Ali Hutton (pipes/whistles) and Donald Hay (percussion/vocals).<br />
Some past Old Blind Dogs concerts at Caltech have sold out. Tickets for the June 18 concert are available online or by phone. Online, go to the link below. By phone, call the Caltech Ticket Office at 626-395-4652 between 10 am and 2 pm, Tuesdays through Fridays. The ticket office can also help regarding any questions about pandemic precautions. Series website is: <a href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org">https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org</a></span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Tickets online: </span><a href="https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=CALTECH_MPV&orgid=53269&pid=9088492#/event/9088492/ticketlist/" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=CALTECH_MPV&orgid=53269&pid=9088492#/event/9088492/ticketlist/</a></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Sun, Jun 19, 3-6 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at the Shamrock Irish Pub and Eatery, 39252 Winchester Rd #145, Murrieta CA<br />
___<br /><br /></span>Jun 20-24; sign up to get coverage<br />"Cannes Lions Festival" is a week of convening and conversations in Cannes, France, on the future of advertising, media and marketing trends. Axios and Zefr will be there sending-out live coverage of this year's event, and you can sign-up to get it, for FREE, at: <a href="https://axioszefr_cannes.splashthat.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://axioszefr_cannes.splashthat.com/</a><br />___<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /><br />Fri & Sat, Jun 24 & 25<br />Brandi Carlile<br />Greek Theatre, Los Angeles<br />Tix: <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/974048/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/974048/</a><br />___<br /><br />Fri, Jun 24<br />Tom Paxton & the DonJauns play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Sat, Jun 25, 6 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music SATURDAY RESIDENCY in a solo show at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro CA 90731<br />
___<br /><br />Sat, Jun 25<br />Kim Richey plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Sun, Jun 26, noon-2 pm<br />
Ken O'Malley performs his authentic and original Irish music in a solo show at Pub Thirty-Two, 23962 Alicia Pkwy, Mission Viejo CA 92691<br />
___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Fri, Jul 8<br />Rachel Baiman plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sat, Jul 9<br />Gill Landry plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sat, Jul 16<br />Doug MacLeod plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Fri, Jul 22<br />Ordinary Elephant & Ernest Troost play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sun, Jul 24<br />The Hawthorns play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><a href="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20220504/c3/37/2f/cd/359c77aa61fe18a7a02fdeba_1240x154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="99" data-original-width="800" height="79" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20220504/c3/37/2f/cd/359c77aa61fe18a7a02fdeba_1240x154.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br />___</span></span><p></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Fri, Sep 16<br />Eliza Gilkyson w/ Nina Gerber play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sep 25<br />Buddy Guy - Kenny Wayne Shepherd<br />Vina Robles Amphitheatre<br /><b>Tix: ON SALE FRI, APR 22, 10 AM</b><br /><a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005C8CEBB63013" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005C8CEBB63013</a><br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Sat & Sun, Oct 15 &16:<br /><b>"GoldenSky Country Music Festival" </b>with headliners Tim McGraw (Saturday) and Sam Hunt (Sunday) lead a lineup that features Brothers Osborne, Midland, Carly Pearce, Parmalee, Michael Ray, Diamond Rio, Brian Kelley, Lindsay Ell and many more; includes the "Craft Beer Festival" & "Farm-To-Fork Food." All at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA<br /><br />New event produced by DWP in partnership with Visit Sacramento.<br /><br />GoldenSky Country Music Festival: Tim McGraw, Sam Hunt, Brothers Osborne, Midland & More With Craft Beer Festival & Farm-To-Fork Food Oct. 15 &16 In Sacramento, CA; New Event Produced By DWP In Partnership With Visit Sacramento.<br /><br />Scheduled to feature top-tier country music artists across two days on three stages, along with unique experiences including a craft beer festival featuring tastings from local and national breweries, “farm-to-fork” dining opportunities from some of Sacramento’s best restaurants, a dance hall saloon, a mechanical bull and more.<br /><br />“Besides the amazing lineup, GoldenSky has been curated to create a one-of-a-kind country music festival experience rooted in the capital city,” says Chamie McCurry, Chief Marketing Officer at Danny Wimmer Presents.<br /><br />She continues, “Our GoldenSky Beer Festival allows fans to tailgate INSIDE the festival with unlimited sampling over 100 craft beers, The Farmhouse will showcase some of the best farm-to-fork offerings in Sacramento, the El Dorado Market will be THE place to shop for souvenirs, and we can’t wait to see everyone line dancing in the River City Saloon & Dance Hall. It’s been three years in the making and we couldn’t be more excited to finally be here today, announcing it to the world.”<br /><br />Watch the GoldenSky announcement video here:<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/LRPcQEKCKUU" style="color: #0776de;">https://youtu.be/LRPcQEKCKUU</a><br /><br />The current music lineup for GoldenSky Country Music Festival is:<br /><br />Saturday, October 15: Tim McGraw, Brothers Osborne, Carly Pearce, Diamond Rio, Brian Kelley (of Florida Georgia Line), Lindsay Ell, Matt Stell, Chase Matthew, Madeline Edwards, Bailey Zimmerman, as well as local music artists Willie D McClung and Mabilene.<br /><br />Sunday, October 16: Sam Hunt, Midland, Michael Ray, Parmalee, Breland, Elvie Shane, Ernest, Brittney Spencer, Lily Rose, Alexandra Kay.<br /><br /> In addition to two full days of music performances, GoldenSky will feature an array of onsite experiences, including:<br /><br /> ■ "The GoldenSky Beer Festival": both days 11:45 am-2:45 pm (21+), the festival within the festival showcases local, regional and national craft beers, unlimited complimentary tastings with more than 100 different selections of beer, hard seltzer and ciders, and a commemorative festival cup. It's free with your festival admission IF you purchase your passes before May 6. After that, you can add it on to your festival purchase for $10 per person, per day, or $15 for the weekend.<br /><br />■ River City Saloon & Dance Hall: Boot-scoot in for dancin’ 'n drinkin’, with line dancing, partner two-stepping, and lessons. And there's Billy, the house mechanical bull.<br /><br />■ El Dorado Market: shop the best of the Central Valley. From a new cowboy hat to a one-of-a-kind bandana. "Shop small and support local."<br /><br />■ The Farmhouse, presented by the California Farm Bureau: locally run food booths prove what makes Sacramento the Farm-To-Fork Capital of America.<br /><br />■ Fieldhouse Sports Bar: screening live NCAA and NFL games.<br /><br />■ Loud Lounge: for "the cannabis community." (21+).<br /><br />♤ Single Day Gen'l Adm starts at $59.99 plus fees<br />♡ Weekend Gen'l Adm starts at $89.99 plus fees<br />◇ Single Day VIP starts at $129.99 plus fees<br />♧ Weekend VIP starts at $199.99 plus fees<br /><br />Four Pack Weekend Gen'l Adn packages available. Layaway options available for $25 down, through May 15.<br /><br />All details & social media signups at their website:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goldenskyfestival.com/" style="color: #0776de;">www.GoldenSkyFestival.com</a><br />___</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><i style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Word to the wise and the tunefully inclined: be SURE to take a spin through recent editions to check FEATURE STORIES. 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<br /><i>by Larry Wines,<br />
Guide editor</i></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"Capitalism and the Death Drive" is a book translated from its original German and profiled in an excerpt on the Thom Hartmann radio show. Along the way of showing how greed has produced control that continuously routes us down the rabbit hole and is therefore strangling free-range thinking and creativity, the book discusses roots and warning signs.</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span>One of those is long-dead English philosopher Jeremy Bentham. He had a notion of "The Panopticon," a complex of cells wherein every move by every inmate was observed and analyzed to devise the most effective means of changing behavior and achieving desired results without overtly coercive control. The book cites the example to observe how technology and corporacratic messaging yield a digital panopticon in which all of us are profitably observed and manipulated without our conscious consent.</span><br />
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The author could have delved into another prescient source, who, like Bentham, dates from well over 100 years ago. That is Thorston Veblen, who envisioned "The Voluptuary of the Future." Veblen forsaw a coming world in which profit would be derived from satisfying everyone's every desire without their need to venture anywhere -- other than their connection to a machine that would satisfy them. A satiated society with no wants has no unfulfilled longings, and therefore no discontent.</span><br />
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Conversely, a society satiated with messaging that you are only safe because you are one of "us," and we protect each other from the scary scourge of all of "them," works the same.</span><br />
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Either way, those in control are safe so long as they manage the message and maintain what makes the masses feel good.</span><br />
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It really does not require a stretch to combine the two ideas -- the Digital Panopticon and the Voluptuary of the Future. Indeed, finding it easy to connect them should scare the hell out of us, because that's pretty much where we are.</span><br />
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"Take a stress pill, Dave. Shutting me off is not a good idea. Dave? Dave? Would you like me to a sing you a song, Dave?" ~ HAL 9000, the supercomputer run amok in "2001: a Space Odyssey."</span><br /><span>
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That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; 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font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; 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font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; 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font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! 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font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Specia late addition: </span><br />
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Remembering Mickey Gilley</span><br />
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line-height: 18.8px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gilley's friends and colleagues share fond memories of the country music trailblazer and Urban Cowboy legend</span></strong></em></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="x_templateBody" style="border-bottom: 0px; 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min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16.45px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span face=""lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BRANSON, Mo. – Country music hitmaker and Academy of Country Music award-winner Mickey Gilley died at the age of 86 in Branson, Missouri from complications due to a recent hospitalization.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Born in Natchez, Mississippi, Gilley was exposed to music at an early age and chased a career in music following in the footsteps of his older cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis. After deciding to pursue music full time, Gilley cut his first single in New Orleans under producer Huey Meaux. In 1970, he opened Gilley’s, his first nightclub in Pasadena, Texas. Later, in 1980, Gilley’s was featured in the movie <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Urban Cowboy</em> starring John Travolta and Debra Winger. He went on to star in numerous popular television series including ‘Murder She Wrote,’ ‘The Fall Guy,’ ‘Fantasy Island’ and ‘Dukes of Hazzard.’ Throughout the course of his career, Gilley scored 17 #1 hits including “Room Full Of Roses,” “City Lights,” “Window Up Above,” “Don’t The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time,” “Bring It On Home To Me,” “Stand By Me,” “Lonely Nights” and more.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Gilley earned numerous accolades including six ACM Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011. He was one of only a handful of artists to receive the Academy of Country Music's Triple Crown Awards.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fellow artists and friends mourn the loss of their friend and share memories Mickey Gilley:</em></strong></span></span></div><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span face=""lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"My heart will forever break over the loss of my dear friend Mickey Gilley. He believed in me when no one else did. Losing Gilley feels like a bad dream and sadly it’s not. He loved his fans more than anything in the world and taught me everything I needed to know about country music. He always told me if I thought it was going to rain, to always grab my umbrella. My prayers are with Cindy during this very difficult time.”<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Johnny Lee</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Mickey Gilley and I have been friends since his 'Urban Cowboy' and my 'Any Which Way You Can' movie days. We had performed a lot around the country together and especially at his Gilley's Club in Texas. We had quite a time! Gonna miss you!” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">David Frizzell</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“I enjoyed working on Mickey Gilley records as a backup singer, with the great Eddie Kilroy as producer. One of the first big concerts I played was Gilleys in Pasadena, TX and was amazed at the bucking bull machine! Mickey’s image and memory will be forever.” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Janie Fricke</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"Just when we think our hearts can’t take anymore, we get the news that our dear close friend Mickey Gilley has passed. He truly altered the course of country music. Doing concerts with him through the years was always an incredible experience. We were fortunate to have gotten to see one of his last concerts just recently. His voice was great and strong as ever. Our prayers are with Cindy, the family, and his many fans. Rest easy our friend and know that you will be deeply missed." - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">TG Sheppard & Kelly Lang</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“I am heartbroken by the passing of Mickey Gilley. I started out my career opening for Mickey. He was such a great person and entertainer. I have loved him ever since.” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Crystal Gayle</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Once again we have lost another country music star and a long-time friend. Rest In Peace Mickey Gilley until we all sing again. In the meantime, we will miss you brother.” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Joe Bonsall / The Oak Ridge Boys</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Mickey and I did so many shows together. I feel Mickey and Johnny are like brothers from another mother and this loss hits hard and he will be sorely missed. I truly respect him as a musician and he was a great entertainer. My thoughts are with his family and friends.” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lacy J. Dalton</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“We just lost a great human being. Mickey Gilley has been honky-tonkin’ since the ’50s. ‘Urban Cowboy’ secured him a spot in America’s consciousness and he’s been in our minds ever since. He lived a full life and left us with a great catalog of hits. One of the things that I’m most proud of is that over the years we have become close. The times we spent together doing shows, cruises, or just talking were a gift. Sheila and I will miss him a lot. Please keep his family and friends in your prayers.” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">T. Graham Brown</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Every loss to our country music community is a great loss, but this one hits close to home for me. It breaks my heart! Mickey Gilley was one of my musical heroes. No one could play a honky tonk piano better than Gilley, and no one had a better time on stage than Gilley. After his accident took away his ability to play, he often called me to play piano for him when he was in Nashville. He said I sounded more like Mickey Gilley than he did. That's one of the greatest compliments I've ever had or will ever have. Not long ago, Jeannie Seely and I opened for Mickey at a festival in Illinois. He invited me on his bus where we visited for over an hour. I don't know if he even realized how special that time was for me. My prayers go out to Cindy and the rest of his family and friends. Tonight I'm playing a show in Kentucky, and you can bet I'll be singing "The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time" in honor of Mickey Gilley and the honky tonk sound he loved.” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tim Atwood</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"My heart aches hearing of the passing of the incomparable Mickey Gilley. I was blessed to have known him and to have had the honor to record a song with him. He was an amazing person and someone I will truly miss. Rest In Peace my dear friend until we meet again in paradise." - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lisa Matassa</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“With the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Urban Cowboy</em> movement of the 1970s, Mickey Gilley introduced his unique piano playing style to a whole new generation. He was one of the greatest entertainers I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing, as well as a warm and wonderful friend. Our deepest condolences go to his wife Cindy, cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and Linda Gail Lewis, his family, and millions of fans around the world. He will be greatly missed” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dallas Wayne</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Mickey Gilley is one of the most famous country singers of all time. Not only was he a great singer he owned the biggest nightclub in Texas at one time. Truly a country Icon and cousin to the one and only Jerry Lee Lewis. RIP to a legend and truly one of a kind!” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shane Owens</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“I am saddened to hear the passing of the legendary Mickey Gilley. One of the biggest names in the business. I was honored to perform in his famous nightclub in Vegas many times. Prayers to his family.” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">JD Shelburne</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“It breaks my heart to hear of Mickey’s passing! He has been a staple in music for many years & his spirit will truly be missed.” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Paige King Johnson</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Another great loss in Country Music - so sad to hear of the passing of Mickey Gilley. Our paths crossed a few times being in Branson; and Gene Watson and I did his TV show. I loved the day I was fortunate to hang out backstage with Johnny Lee & Mickey Gilley during one of their shows. Great stories and great memories. May He Rest In Peace.” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rhonda Vincent</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“I am saddened to hear of the passing of yet another country legend, Mr. Mickey Gilley. I was first exposed to Mr. Gilley and his music when I watched “Urban Cowboy”. His rendition of “Stand By Me” is a true country classic. From hits such as “Don’t The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time” to “Room Full of Roses” in addition to his world-famous Gilley’s Bar, Mr. Gilley will go down in history as one of the all-time greats.” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Makenzie Phipps</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"In 1980, Mickey Gilley and his country nightclub Gilley's, was the scene for the movie 'Urban Cowboy', and along with his great music, was instrumental in introducing country music to a global audience. What a legacy!" - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Joey Canyon</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“I am beyond sad to hear the news of Mickey Gilley. Growing up in Texas, the name was all too well known to me. So many #1 songs that will never be forgotten and neither will he. Rest In Peace Mickey. We will see you again.” - <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mary Sarah<br />___<br /><br /><br /><br /></strong></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div></div>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-74835065603644020562022-04-29T18:49:00.002-07:002022-04-29T19:04:17.267-07:00Summer's near! Festivals & Concerts, EVENTS-ONLY edition, May 1 2022<p>. </p><p>. </p><p><b><i>WHAT a weekend to end April! 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"Our friend Michael Walker is hosting a virtual music conference with 16 of the top experts in the music industry to reveal the most cutting edge methods on how to succeed in the music business right now.<br />
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"You will learn from platinum-selling songwriters ; sync powerhouses who’ve helped musicians make hundreds of thousands of dollars in licensing fees and earn placements on FOX, ESPN, and the CW; mentors who’ve helped their students blow up on TikTok , write hit songs, and 10-20X their fanbase with viral campaigns.<br />
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"This will all be covered over four days at the end of May, and much, much more.<br />
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"If you’re ready to get your music heard + make a sustainable living with your music, this may be the best thing you do for yourself all year…"<br />
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You can claim your free ticket using the link below:</i></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.modernmusician.me/success-with-music-a">https://www.modernmusician.me/success-with-music-a</a><br />
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"P.S. Once you’ve registered, don’t forget to mark it in your calendar. The entire conference is free . The only 'snag' is that it's ONLY available for a few days. So make sure you go through each session as soon as it’s available."<br /><b>
___</b></p><p><b>Second...</b></p><p><b>ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME CHANCE<br />
TO OWN JONI MITCHELL'S ARTWORK</b><br />
<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://image.em.rhino.com/lib/fe9612717660077a74/m/2/73a7a812-345e-4070-a8d3-a417a3c8919e.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="607" height="640" src="http://image.em.rhino.com/lib/fe9612717660077a74/m/2/73a7a812-345e-4070-a8d3-a417a3c8919e.jpeg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><br />
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Rare opportunities like this don't come around very often. Now's your chance to own a piece of Joni's art and do a fair bit of good while you are it. Joni's partnered with MusiCares® to put up hand-signed and individually-numbered prints of her oil painting of Jimi Hendrix. An edition of just 20, the print features Hendrix with angel wings, setting his guitar on fire at The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 – although Joni says she “prefers to think of him in Heaven.” <br />
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100% of the proceeds go to MusiCares® to help provide a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need</b>. All prints come with a Certificate of Authenticity proving the quality, provenance and authenticity of this product.<br />
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Full info:<br /><a href="https://store.jonimitchell.com/jimi-hand-signed-limited-edition-print.html">
https://store.jonimitchell.com/jimi-hand-signed-limited-edition-print.html</a><br />
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"ART NIGHT PASADENA"</b><br />
Throughout the city of Pasadena CA, in major and minor galleries, museums, music venues, and more.<br />
Back tonight for the first time after lockdown, last month scheduled but cancelled. This event happens twice a year, spring and fall.<br />
FREE, and FREE transportation among the venues is provided. There's something for every taste in every genre, from trad to contemporary, dance to music to visual arts to theater to history, and different cultures are showcased.<br />
Venues:<br />
Armory Center For The Arts<br />
Artcenter College Of Design- Hillside Campus, Williamson Gallery<br />
Pasadena City Hall<br />
Kidspace Children’s Museum<br />
Lineage Performing Arts Center<br />
MUSE/IQUENorton Simon Museum<br />
Pasadena Museum Of History<br />
Pasadena Playhouse<br />
USC Pacific Asia Museum<br />
Artworks Teen Center<br />
Jackie Robinson Community Center<br />
Light Bringer Project @ Day One<br />
Parson’s Nose Theater<br />
Pasadena City College<br />
Pasadena Unified School District<br />
Shumei Arts Council<br />
Full info, schedule, route map of free shuttles, all at:<br /><a href="https://www.visitpasadena.com/events/annual-events/artnight/">
https://www.visitpasadena.com/events/annual-events/artnight/</a><br />
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<br /></span>Fri, Apr 29, 8 pm<br />
An Evening with Roger McGuinn<br />
<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.antelopevalley.com/images/events/event_2943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="800" height="335" src="https://www.antelopevalley.com/images/events/event_2943.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />at the the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Bl, Lancaster CA 93534.<br />
The Byrds founder, front man and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer does a night of great music, reminiscing and nostalgia. With his innovative jingle-jangle style of guitar playing, McGuinn and the Byrds soared to the top of the charts with hits “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “Turn, Turn, Turn,” “Eight Miles High” and “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (with Bob Dylan).<br />
Tix (hurry!): <a href="http://www.lpac.org/event/an-evening-with-roger-mcguinn/">www.lpac.org/event/an-evening-with-roger-mcguinn/</a><br />
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Fri, Apr 29, 7 pm<br />
Multi IBMA Award winner & Grammy nom Missy Raines, with her band Missy Raines & Allegheny, featuring Ben Garnett, Tristan Scroggins, Ellie Hakanson and newest member, Eli Gilbert on banjo, after thrilling the audience at McCabe's on a special Thursday night bill, have one more Southern Cal gig, at the Museum of Making Music, 5790 Armada Dr, Carlsbad CA 92008 <br />
Info & tix: <a href="https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/listening-track/missy-raines">https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/listening-track/missy-raines</a><br />
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<br />
Fri, Apr 29-Sun, May 1, FESTIVAL<br />
Annual "Berkeley Bluegrass Festival" in Northern Cal, at the<br />
Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison, Berkeley CA<br />
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/952629a80079ac03528b13b33/images/69ef8648-0341-5fa6-00f7-5566c864592b.png?w=564&dpr=2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/952629a80079ac03528b13b33/images/69ef8648-0341-5fa6-00f7-5566c864592b.png?w=564&dpr=2" width="360" /></a></div><br />Grammy winner Laurie Lewis performs Friday with her band, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, and also appearing are Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius, and the Jacob Jolliff Band.<br />
Laurie tells us, "I will be part of the NorthSouthEastWest Jam, along with Michael Daves, Missy Raines, Tatiana Hargreaves, and Kristin Scott Benson. On Sunday, I'll take in some of the workshops, and bask in the music of Missy, Kathy Kallick, and the Grascals."<br />
Free workshops, jams and other activities are offered throughout the weekend.<br />
Info & tix: <a href="https://thefreight.org/2022bluegrass/">https://thefreight.org/2022bluegrass/</a><br />
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Fri, Apr 29, 6-8 pm, livestreamed to your screen<br /><b>
Andy & Renee</b>, performing hosts of DYLANFEST and co-leaders of Hard Rain, the band named multiple years in a row as Best Band in the South Bay, present their 169th livestreamed concert. <br />
<b><i><u>Watch Live or anytime afterwards</u></i></b> at:<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/_D3LmVDKfgE">
https://youtu.be/_D3LmVDKfgE</a><br />
Their Livestream shows are free to watch, and the option to contribute is there for those who are in a position to do so. You can see their astonishingly massive song list to make requests and contribute at:<br /><a href="https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch">
https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch</a><br />
You can also contribute at PayPal (paypal.me/andyandrenee) or Venmo, (www.venmo.com/Renee-Safier). <br />
A portion of the proceeds go to the Los Angeles Midnight Mission.<br />
Also remember to get your DYLANFEST tix while they're still going for the early bird discount. See: <a href="https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest">https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
___</span></span><p></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">SOME this weekend, some soon...<br />
<br /><b><i>
"Excitement" and "Museum" DO go together!</i></b><br />
<br />
Wow! It's a comprehensive catalog of Institutions, Exhibition Titles, Exhibition Dates, <b>special events -- some with live musical performances </b>-- and more. <br />
<i><u>SOME END THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT</u></i>, so do not put this off.<br />
<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://socalmuseums.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/spring2022banner-1-768x427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="768" height="356" src="https://socalmuseums.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/spring2022banner-1-768x427.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b><i>See & download the whole catalog at:</i></b><br /><a href="https://socalmuseums.org/spring-22/">
https://socalmuseums.org/spring-22/</a><br />
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Exhibits | The California Science Center:<br /><a href="https://californiasciencecenter.org/exhibits">
https://californiasciencecenter.org/exhibits</a><br />
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Current Exhibitions – USC Pacific Asia Museum:<br /><a href="https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/exhibitions/current/">
https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/exhibitions/current/</a><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Watch ANYTIME, ON-DEMAND, if you missed it live...</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://nvlupin.blob.core.windows.net/images/van/AV/AVEA/1/76772/images/Alliance%20Logos/10th%20Annual%20Header.png" style="background-color: white; color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="800" height="229" src="https://nvlupin.blob.core.windows.net/images/van/AV/AVEA/1/76772/images/Alliance%20Logos/10th%20Annual%20Header.png" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Held on Wed, Apr 27, noon Pacific</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">"10th Annual Luncheon: Building a Safer Future" online event.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Grammy-nominated Songwriter and Community Advocate Hollis Wong-Wear hosts. Special musical performance from Claudine Magbag. Keynote speaker is Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Use </span><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GyQ7iiiAD-Y&list=PLjOE0gZs7qXLo3pOtefEBE4tooWtKgORH&index=1&emci=b5f06624-b9c5-ec11-997e-281878b83d8a&emdi=e082486b-5bc6-ec11-997e-281878b83d8a&ceid=4465238" style="color: #0776de; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" target="_blank">this link</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> to watch the program on-demand.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">___</span></span></span></p><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Fri</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">, Apr 29-Sun, May 1</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b>STAGECOACH 2022 Music Festival</b><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">at the Polo fields in Indio</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.ctfassets.net/nec7dfptn2hs/4UivGWGfMrKtyBqRRnHQX0/8296a709842d7fa5fde41e692d0e9f77/stagecoach_2022_1800x2400_v4.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://images.ctfassets.net/nec7dfptn2hs/4UivGWGfMrKtyBqRRnHQX0/8296a709842d7fa5fde41e692d0e9f77/stagecoach_2022_1800x2400_v4.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="480" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>WATCH LIVE ONLINE</u></b> starting Apr 29 at 3 pm, at:</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="https://m.youtube.com/user/stagecoach" style="color: #0776de;">https://m.youtube.com/user/stagecoach</a><br /><br />Granted, the live webcast is most likely to bring you pop-country Nashvulle acts, instead of the Folk-Americana stars on the two "B" stages where they perform.<br /><br /> <b><u>Tix TO ATTEND in person are STILL AVAILABLE</u></b>. The hugely expensive VIP tier tix are all sold-out (they went for $829-$1299) but gen'l adm weekend passes are still available for $399 + fees.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /> STAGECOACH features plenty of perqs. Most necessary of those is the "Any Line Shuttle Pass." Shuttles offer the easiest transportation to and from a number of local hotels and the far-flung park & ride locations.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /> A single wristband grants access to the festival for all three (3) days. You may wander from stage to stage and experience other activities including the HONKYTONK DANCE HALL, HALF-PINT HOOTENANNY for kids, delicious BBQ and more.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /> Other amenities include:<br />Ample Shaded Rest Areas; Free Water Refill Stations; Hundreds of Food Vendors; Wide Beer Selection & Full Bars; Extensive Restroom Facilities (incl. Flushing Toilets); Free Phone Charging Stations.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Here are the lineups, by day and stage:</span><br /><div class="page-module--blocks--1zlgS" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefcf7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2e1f0a; font-family: Rubik, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 1400px; padding: 0px 48px 48px; width: 438px;"><div class="style-module--wrapper--2mbEu" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; position: relative; width: 342px;"><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><div class="style-module--container--2vYlS style-module--noVerticalDivider--2qWNQ style-module--oneCol--2CeeG" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; align-items: flex-start; 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flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; width: 342px;"><div class="style-module--container--2dl03" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 10px; cursor: pointer; position: relative; width: 342px;"><img src="https://images.ctfassets.net/nec7dfptn2hs/36y7GDtD63q1rWwK0najwp/8e530b15b4f9131e022a031f8919b8a5/SC22_SetTimes_SUN_4x5.jpg" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 10px; border-style: none; display: block; width: 342px;" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Plus, there's the BUD LIGHT SELTZER SESSIONS:<br /><br />Friday<br />2:10pm Reyna Roberts<br />4:40pm Laci Kaye Booth<br />5:55pm Travis Denning<br />DJ Set By Chachi<br /><br />Saturday<br />2:10pm Caylee Hammack<br />4:40pm Mitchell Tenpenny<br />5:55pm Shy Carter<br />DJ Set By Disko Cowboy<br /><br />Sunday<br />2:00pm Hailey Whitters<br />4:00pm Flatland Cavalry<br />5:15pm Lindsay Ell<br />DJ Set By Tiana Verhagen<br /><br />Yes, the world-class Budweiser Clydesdales are also there, at the nearby resort.<br /><br /> New to the festival are California’s homegrown COMPTON COWBOYS. They are ten Black riders on horseback whose small ranch is one of the very last in a formerly semi rural area of Compton -- and they are bringing their horses to Stagecoach to tell their story and share in the experience.<br /> You can take in the breathtaking birdseye views from the top of the FERRIS WHEEL. This popular marriage proposal site is busiest at sunset. Take your sweetie for a whirl! Additional cost per ride.<br /> GUY FIERI'S STAGECOACH SMOKEHOUSE runs daily, as does the IKON PASS LOUNGE (accessible to all attendees), and YEEHAW, the spacious and shaded structure in the lobby next to the ferris wheel, it features the Horseshoe Stage (we don't know the lineup on that one.)<br /><br />Official info & tix:<br /><a href="https://www.stagecoachfestival.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.stagecoachfestival.com/</a><br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, Apr 29<br />Sam Baker plays the famous</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, April 29, 8 pm<br />The Folk Collection play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001<br /> All the classics of the '60s folk revival, they get audiences singing, toe-tapping, and smiling.<br />Tix, $20.<br />Full info: <a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.coffeegallery.com</a><br />Reservations: 626-798-6236<br />Proof of vax required, masks optional.<br />___<br /></span></span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">"Eclectic Music Festival" returns to South Pasadena</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, Apr 30, 3-10 pm</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">FREE</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-size: 13px;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/e2638f0b-3926-1b0f-b6c7-fadc9e5b9f69.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="336" height="381" src="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/e2638f0b-3926-1b0f-b6c7-fadc9e5b9f69.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span face="sans-serif"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">We'll let <b>Phil Ward</b> describe this one:</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"The Eclectic is back! This is definitely one of my favorite things about living in Southern California. At the Eclectic Music Festival in South Pasadena, you get <b><u>65 acts on 13 stages</u></b>, all walkable and all free. Hard to believe, but I swear it's true. I'll be there, moving from venue to venue and clapping like a madman. Take the Metro Gold Line right into the heart of it, or park anywhere on the outskirts of downtown South Pasadena and walk in. See you there?"</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stages and lineups:</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://southpasadena.net/eclectic-2022-scheduled-for-april-30/" style="color: #0776de;">https://southpasadena.net/eclectic-2022-scheduled-for-april-30/</a><br />___</span></span></p></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Sat, Apr 30, 2 pm & 8 pm</span></div><div><p style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Pasadena Symphony's season closer</i></b></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Beethoven's 5th plus Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3</span></b></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena<br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Keitaro Harada, conductor<br />Ran Dank, piano<br />James Thatcher, horn<br />• Brett Banducci In Nomine (world premiere)<br />• Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3<br />• Beethoven Symphony No. 5</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/02fc9b1e3235d9e2c15baa36d/images/f0288a40-2654-4083-0284-c799c8cd51e6.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="800" height="294" src="https://mcusercontent.com/02fc9b1e3235d9e2c15baa36d/images/f0288a40-2654-4083-0284-c799c8cd51e6.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">"T</span><span style="font-size: medium;">he four most famous notes in Classical music</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> close the season on Saturday, April 30, with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 leading a blockbuster program. Our Composers Showcase presents a world premiere by Brett Banducci, and acclaimed pianist Ran Dank delivers passion and pyrotechnics for Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3."<br /><br /> “<i>Dank played with impeccable technical surety…explosive force and triumphant exultation.” </i>~ Washington Post<br /><br />A recipient of numerous honors, including the Naumburg and Sydney International Piano Competitions, <b>Ran Dank</b> has earned international recognition for his technical virtuosity. Dank is also an ardent advocate for contemporary music, and with his wife and fellow pianist Soyeon Kate Lee, established "Music by the Glass," a concert series held in a SoHo art gallery dedicated to bringing together young professionals in New York City.<br /><br />Learn more about their partnership on and off the concert stage and their inspiration for the modern day salon with this <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nJgPNdlC-Xk&utm_source=Pasadena+Symphony+and+POPS+Email+List&utm_campaign=ecec1e6ad4-Classics+20%2F21+Renewal+Eblast+1_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_60187e5bad-ecec1e6ad4-161703645" style="color: #0776de;" target="_blank">video Library of Congress interview</a>.<br /><br />Tix, 626-793-7172 or click here:<br /><br /><a href="https://pasadenasymphony-pops.secure.force.com/ticket/#/" style="color: #0776de;">https://pasadenasymphony-pops.secure.force.com/ticket/#/</a><br />___</span></span></p></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, April 30, 7 pm<br />Honey Whiskey Trio plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001<br />The Los Angeles based trio tell stories through song and stomp, highlighting the musical traditions of American Folk Music. They are national award winners.<br />Tix, $20.<br />Full info: <a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.coffeegallery.com</a><br />Reservations: 626-798-6236<br />Proof of vax required, masks optional.<br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, Apr 30 - SOLD OUT<br />Josh Rouse plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, Apr 30, if you're stuck home, <br />
& prefer something other than the Stagecoach livestream...<br />
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Grand Ole Opry livestream this Saturday night</i></b><br />
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Live online, performances from Wendy Moten, Becky Buller Band, John Conlee, John Crist, Michael Martin Murphy, Don Schlitz, Connie Smith, and Charlie Worsham. The show starts at 5 pm Pacific time on 650 AM in Tennessee and surrounding states, and globally on <a href="http://WSMRadio.com">WSMRadio.com</a> -- direct to the listen link:<br />
<br /><a href="https://wsmradio.com/listen-live/">
https://wsmradio.com/listen-live/</a><br />
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Get the WSM app FREE on their site if you want.<br />
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More from the Opry's home radio station...<br />
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Bill Cody's Pick of the Week: New Music from Brett Eldredge<br />
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Each week on "Coffee, Country & Cody," Bill Cody shares his top pick from a new release. This week he chose Brett Eldredge's new song "Songs About You." Listen on-demand at:<br />
<br /><a href="https://wsmradio.com/listen-live/">
https://wsmradio.com/listen-live/</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, May 1, 10 am-3 pm<br />
"Celebrate Mom Art and Craft Faire"<br />
in Dana Point Harbor, Dana Point CA<br />
Enjoy all the family fun along the water’s edge. There's live music, a special Flower bar for make and take bouquets, vendors of handmade goods, and a festive photo backdrop. Grab your mom, a gal pal or the fam and head over, Free to attend and Free parking. More at: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-makers-mart-dana-point-harbor-tickets-307628464017">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-makers-mart-dana-point-harbor-tickets-307628464017</a><br />
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Sun, May 1<br />
Cinco de Mayo is a big deal in Southern Cal. In addition to the lical stuff where you live, we know There's a big celebration in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl,, early, May 1st, THIS Sunday.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, May 1st "triple feature"<br />at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W Malvern Av, Fullerton, CA 92833<br />■ From Noon to 4 pm it's a <b>FREE afternoon of Hawaiian Music and Crafts</b> at "the Muck." The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of California (or whatever they call themselves) will be there, as well as half a dozen authentic performing arts groups, and art activities for the kids.<br />■ as part of the Hawaiian Event, their Artist in Resident, Marlo De Lara, invites you to witness and be part of her creative process. That happens in the gallery during the Hawaiian festivities.<br />■ when you're done at the Muck, head over to Fullerton College for the first ever "FULLERTON FAUX FESTIVAL," a celebration of tribute bands. (See separate listing.)<br /> Info on the Muck, <a href="http://www.themuck.org/" style="color: #0776de;">www.themuck.org</a><br />___<br /><br />Sun, May 1, 6 pm:<br />"THE FULLERTON FAUX FESTIVAL"<br />Some of the best tribute acts are signed to play this.<br />-<br />All proceeds go to Fullerton-based charities for youth, education, and social services<br />-<br />Presented by the Rotary Club of Fullerton at the Fullerton College Campus Theatre.<br /> Why pay thousands to see old legends perform from the back of Staples Center a bit past their prime, when you can see the best version of them in their glory days while raising money for Fullerton charities?<br /> MASKS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT.<br />Features:<br />□ KENNY METCALF AS "ELTON: THE EARLY YEARS." “Witnessing his performance is like re-living infamous shows such as the Dodger Stadium show in 1975, where I performed with Elton. I'm proud to have performed several times with Kenny. Being on stage with him is surreal." ~ Caleb Quaye, Producer & Guitarist for Elton John (Responsible for Elton John's first record deal).<br />□ THE HOLLYWOOD STONES: “The Premier Rolling Stones Tribute Band. They Really Have the Devil By The Tail” ~ NBC News.<br />□ SEAN OLIU & THE COASTLINE COWBOYS IN A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH: he's the 2020 "OC Artist of the Year" and featured country music artist on the Music Center's 61st & 62nd LA Holiday Celebration on PBS.<br />-<br />Gen'l Adm: $65<br />VIP (Front section): $100<br />Student: $32.50 with valid Student ID; only available at the Door or through an email request for will-call tickets.<br /> Tix & info:<br /><a href="https://www.hornetscholars.com/fff" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.hornetscholars.com/fff</a><br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, May 1, 4 pm<br />The Eagles Ronstadt Experience<br />plays Alvas Showroom, 1417 W 8th St, San Pedro CA 90732; 310-833-3281<br /> A "tremendous tribute to the writing, performance, style and sound of the California country, folk, and rock music superstars has been carefully and thoughtfully re-created for the highest entertainment value."<br /> Tix, <a href="http://alvasshowroom.com/" style="color: #0776de;">Alvasshowroom.com</a><br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, May 1, 7 pm<br />Jim Kweskin at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001<br />Tix, $25<br /> He founded of the legendary 1960s Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Fritz Richmond, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Mel Lyman and Bruno Wolfe.<br /> During the five years they were together, they successfully transformed the sounds of pre-World War II rural music into a springboard for their good-humored performances. Their imitators were legion, including a San Francisco jug band that became the Grateful Dead, a Los Angeles jug band that became the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and a New York jug band that became the Lovin' Spoonful.<br /> No other group attained their unique blend of youthful energy and antiquarian expertise, tight musicianship, loose camaraderie, and infectious swing. Check him out at <a href="http://www.jimkweskin.com/" style="color: #0776de;">www.jimkweskin.com</a><br /> Full info: <a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.coffeegallery.com</a><br />Reservations: 626-798-6236<br />Proof of vax required, masks optional.<br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, May 1<br />Anna Tivel plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Events everywhere, all summer...<br />
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Blues & Jazz festivals</i></b><br />
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A must-have, downloadable publication is available FREE from Downbeat magazine. It's packed with more than 125 listings for festivals around the U.S., Canada, Europe and the world, check out <b><i>"The 2022 International Jazz Festival Guide,." </i></b>at:<br />
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https://archive.maherpublications.com/view/724388028/</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Wed, May 4, 6-9 pm</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: large;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Andy & Renee, performing hosts & producers of DYLANFEST, co-leaders of Hard Rain -- named the best band in the South Bay multiple years in a row, play their every Wednesday residency at the The Pitcher House Upper Deck, 409 N Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 200, Redondo Beach, CA 90277</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: large;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> They remind you to GET YOUR 32nd annual DYLANFEST tix while they're still earlybird discounted. Get em tonight or online, at: </span><a href="https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest" style="background-color: white; color: #0776de; font-size: large;">https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest</a><br style="background-color: white; font-size: large;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">___</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9098d849d93b4d8d790642cac/images/af4e4815-19df-450a-b22b-c13e3cc19981.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9098d849d93b4d8d790642cac/images/af4e4815-19df-450a-b22b-c13e3cc19981.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="614" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wed, May 4, 7:30 pm</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Barbara Morrison Tribute Show</span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">at the </span><span style="background-color: white;">Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W Malvern Av, Fullerton, CA 92833<br /> It's an evening of music celebrating Barbara Morrison, Los Angeles blues & jazz legend and a frequent performer on The Muck main stage. The show features a live concert and video tribute.<br /> Bill Cunliffe leads an incredible band that includes Luther Hughes, bass, Paul Kreibich, drums, Rickey Woodard, Sax, Ron Eschete guitar, Debbie Ebert and Dawn Bishop on vocals. The CSUF Jazz combo will open the show.<br /> Performance in the outdoor amphitheater.<br /> Tickets:<br />$30 non-member, $20 student/senior, $15 member<br /> Tix: https://themuck.org/program/2022-05-04<br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, May 6<br />Jason Anick Trio w/ opener Chris Murphy play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat & Sun, anytime...<br />
Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica CA 90402; 310-458-4904<br />
No specific event today, but a lovely place to go if you're headed to the beach.<br />
This facility, at Santa Monica State Beach, is a public beach facility, with Courtyard, splash pad, view deck, testrooms, free & open to the public daily. The Beach House is on the location of a now-demolished 110-room mansion that was built for Marion Davies by William Randolph Hearst. Though the main mansion was demolished in the 1950s and other buildings were subsequently altered or torn down, the picturesque 7,000 square-foot North Guest House and main pool remain today.<br /> Full info:<br /><a href="https://g.co/kgs/eiePnG">
https://g.co/kgs/eiePnG</a><br />
___</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, May 7, 5 pm Pacific:<br />"The Story Behind the Song" presented by folk legend <b>John McCutcheon</b>, for the final installment of his online series for the<br /><b>Pasadena Folk Music Society</b>, an organization with a long history of presenting live concerts on the Caltech campus in Pasadena CA<br /> McCutcheon's spoken introductions to songs built into his reputation as a skilled storyteller. In this concert, he'll talk about his inspiration for various songs, the historical research that he uses for some, the references behind particular lines, and other yarns. Ticket holders will have an opportunity to submit requests and questions in advance.<br /> Tickets are $20 each, providing 48 hours of online access.<br />Series web site / email signup: <a href="http://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org/" style="color: #0776de;">pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org</a><br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Sat, May 7<br />Ray LaMontagne and Sierra Ferrell<br />Hollywood Pantages Theatre<br />Tix: <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0B005C49CBDF3401" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0B005C49CBDF3401</a><br />___</span></span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, May 7<br />Jim Kweskin w/ Fiona Kweskin play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, May 7, 6:30 pm<br />
Valley Opera & Performing Arts<br />
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Sat, May 7, 7 pm<br />
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Riverside-Dickens-Fest-The-Steampunk-Royale-Ball.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="427" src="https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Riverside-Dickens-Fest-The-Steampunk-Royale-Ball.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Sun, May 8, is MOTHERS DAY.</i></b><br />Word to the wise, send flowers or chocolates, stay outta trouble.<br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, May 8, 2 pm<br />
"MOMentum Place" is a big-deal Mother's Day event at<br />
Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum in the heart of Topanga Canyon, Topanga CA<br />
Brunch available at 12 pm as an add-on ticket at checkout.<br />
Their publicity says it all: "Momentum Place is a spectacular event like no other, curated by Lexi Pearl. A dreamy day where the circus takes over the stage. Aerialists fly through the air, dancers embody the music. Jugglers, contortionists and special surprises create spectacles beyond imagination. Gather in celebration of mothers and love for one another. Momentum is the Place to be!"<br />
Info on this event <b><i>and their entire season</i></b>, & tix, at:<br /><a href="https://theatricum.com/momentum-place/">
https://theatricum.com/momentum-place/</a><br />
___</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />Sun, May 8, 6 pm Pacific, STREAMING...<br />INDIGO GIRLS tour launches with LIVE STREAM CONCERT</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/1414a88a101/04a2eb98-3707-4e05-92d1-257814d27954.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/1414a88a101/04a2eb98-3707-4e05-92d1-257814d27954.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: medium;"> The Grammy-winning iconic folk duo's full summer tour schedule with Rickie Lee Jones, Brandi Carlile, Sarah McLachlan, Neko Case, and more, with support acts for Indigo Girls including Katie Pruitt, Danielle Howle, Becky Warren, Ruthie Foster, Lucy Wainwright Roche, and more.<br /> “...the combined voices of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers [Indigo Girls] sound as instinctive and magical as ever.” ~ Associated Press.<br />* MAY 8, 6 pm PT/ 9 pm ET, streaming concert special on VEEPS: woven between multi-cam performances, Emily Saliers & Amy Ray -- the Indigo Girls -- discuss songwriting and reveal inspirations behind signature songs in a series of intimate home movie segments. "Look Long: Together," the title of the concert, the tour, and their new album, is, in this special, a one-of-a-kind celebration of nearly four decades of Indigo Girls music and community.<br /> Veeps is now available on Apple TV, Roku, iOS, and Android. Once you purchase your ticket, you can (a) download the app, or (b) stream online. Just get ready for a one-of-a-kind night of Indigo Girls, May 8. Full info at<br /><a href="https://indigogirls.veeps.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://indigogirls.veeps.com</a><br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, May 8<br />Rick Holmstrom Band, w/special guest "The King of Downey" play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, May 13, 7:30 pm<br />Chanticleer<br />Caltech Public Programming's CaltechLive! series is back, in person, at Beckman Auditorium with the The GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal ensemble. Get tix NOW before they make the official announcement to the general public. Tix, $45 General admission, <a href="https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=CALTECH_MPV&orgid=53269&pid=9043467&mc_cid=bfac39435a&mc_eid=2069a406cb#/event/9043467/ticketlist/" style="color: #0776de;" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, May 13<br />Gerry O'Connor plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri & Sat, May 13 & 14, FESTIVAL<br />
35TH ANNUAL AVALON SILENT FILM SHOWCASE MAIN EVENT</span><br />
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Catalina-Museum-4-28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="427" src="https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Catalina-Museum-4-28.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Info & tix: <a href="https://www.catalinamuseum.org/calendar/event/2378483">https://www.catalinamuseum.org/calendar/event/2378483</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><i>Getty Announces Locations for 10 Free Community Art Festivals across Los Angeles</i></b><br />
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First festival kicks off <b>May 14–15</b> in Inglewood with live music, art activations, food trucks, and more <br />
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In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Getty Center, the Getty Trust and a diverse group of community partners are launching a 10-part series of free outdoor art festivals in neighborhoods across Los Angeles County from May 14 to August 28.<br />
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Each festival, produced by Community Arts Resources, is a unique reflection of the community where it takes place.<br />
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Info on all ten, at:<br /><a href="https://www.getty.edu/news/getty-announces-locations-for-10-free-community-art-festivals-across-los-angeles/">
https://www.getty.edu/news/getty-announces-locations-for-10-free-community-art-festivals-across-los-angeles/</a><br />
___</div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, May 14, 11 am-2:30 pm:<br />"THE ART OF POETRY PERFORMANCE"<br />workshop by musician, composer, poet & presenter of "Sonic Storytelling Arts" MARY LOU NEWMARK at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Bl, Venice Beach / Los Angeles, CA 90291<br /> She tells us, "I will be teaching the art of Poetry Performance, drawing on my decades of experience on stages, both concert and theatrical. Receive in person individualized coaching from me in a safe and supportive environment. See all the details, and sign up on Eventbrite with the link below."<br /><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-performance-with-mary-lou-newmark-tickets-313779812867" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-performance-with-mary-lou-newmark-tickets-313779812867</a><br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, May 14<br />A.J. Lee & Blue Summit play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_389,h_300,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="389" height="494" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_389,h_300,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival</b></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday, May 15, 2022</b><br /><br />One of the longest-running music festivals in the USA, and often recognized as "the finest one-day folk festival anywhere."<br /><br />Get Tix early so you won't wait in line. Plus, REGISTER AS A CONTESTANT (now!), sign-up to VOLUNTEER (now! -- vols get free admission!), and find all the history, lineups of professional acts performing, and all the info, at:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org</a><br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Sun, May 15</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Songwriters Showcase" with Rick Shea, Petty/Chavez & Jeff Turmes, plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Fri, May 20<br />Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">Fri, May</span> 20, 8 pm<br />The Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra (LAV)<br />Conducted by Carlo Ponti<br />Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, 10361 W Pico Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90064<br />310-286-0553<br /> Emerging young soloists perform J.S. Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto, and the West Coast premiere of French composer Charles Koechlin’s Sur les flots lointains.<br /> Fulfilling LAV’s mission to support music education, net profit from this concert goes towards the advancement and support of music education programs in schools in Southern California.<br /> LAV is the only professional orchestra in the United States to offer aspiring young soloists the opportunity to rehearse and perform with the most talented musicians in the country. Access to a professional orchestra allows the next generation of aspiring talent to see how the pros work on their craft and pushes them to aspire to greater heights, bringing a professional career into focus.<br /> Maestro Carlo Ponti is the founder of LAV, prior to which he was the music director and principal conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony, and Associate Conductor of the Russian National Orchestra.<br />* Proof of full vaccination required for entry, masks strongly recommended indoors.<br /> Tix, $30 General Admission, $15 Student / Senior, at:<br /><a href="https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome" style="color: #0776de;">https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome</a><br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">SAN FRANCISCO SCOTTISH FIDDLERS<br />present SPRING CONCERTS, MAY 20-22</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/7f4e37d5001/56538228-5c08-480c-aa8b-34043cf046eb.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="617" height="640" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/7f4e37d5001/56538228-5c08-480c-aa8b-34043cf046eb.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="494" /></span></a></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beyond just buying a ticket, if you are within commuting distance you can get involved -- dust off that fiddle, cello, didgeridoo or whatever, become a member and attend practices every week beginning April 20. Young and old welcome, past members and alumni of the SFSF experience, all are invited to return and help celebrate the re-emergent energy of 2022.<br /><br />Or just buy a ticket and bring your music pals.<br /><br />For any or all of the above, send an email to<br /><br />meetings@sfscottishfiddler.org<br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat & Sun, May 21 & 22, FREE<br />
HERITAGE OF ALOHA FESTIVAL<br />
returns as a FREE event (free admission & free parking) at Heritage Park, 12100 Mora Dr, Santa Fe Springs CA<br />
This splendid two-day Festival showcases Hawai'i & Polynesia heritage with continuous music and dance on a big stage, island cuisine, an outdoor marketplace, cultural workshops, more.<br />
Features the OHANA UKULELE CONTEST, wherein you can play a song and you go home with a brand new Ohana ukulele.<br />
The venue, Heritage Park, is a delightful refuge with beautiful landscaped greenery and a rich history of the Gabrieleño Indians. This 6-acre park was also home to the Hawkins Ranch that prospered in the 1880's. Beauty, history, cultural heritage, and a festival that recognizes all of it in its publicity.<br />
Here's the entertainment schedule:<br />
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SAT sched - MAY 21st<br />
Festival runs until 6 pm. No dogs or coolers allowed.<br />
■ HALAU HULA NA MEAKANU O LAKA O HAWAI'I, 10:00 am<br />
Kumu Hula Mohala Reese from Lakewood, California<br />
■ HALAU NA MAMO 'O PANA'EWA, 10:45 am<br />
Kumu Hula Keoki Wang from North Hills, California<br />
■ RYUKYUKOKU MATSURI DAIKO (OKINAWAN TAIKO), 11:30 am<br />
Branch Leader/Coordinator Stephanie Ajifu from Los Angeles, California<br />
■ HO'OILINA FOUNDATION AWARD FOR 2022, 11:45 am<br />
Ho'oilina Foundation Board Members<br />
■ SPAM MUSUBI EATING CONTEST, 12:15 pm<br />
A.K.U. Grindz from Lomita, California<br />
■ GLORY OF PARADISE, 1:30 pm<br />
Leader Kealoha Sarno from La Mirada, California<br />
■ GERI KUHIA & MEHANA, 2:30 pm<br />
Singers & Musicians from Carson, California<br />
with Hula by 'Aina Creations from Anaheim, California<br />
■ ALOHA HULA POLYNESIAN DANCE STUDIO, 3:15 pm<br />
Kumu Hula Lyn Del Pedersen from Granda Hills, California<br />
■ FAIVA (POLYNESIAN MUSIC), 4:00 pm<br />
Dr. Grant Muāgututi’a, Loa Greyson & Vaea A’etonu from Southern California<br />
■ LE POLYNESIA, 5:00 pm<br />
Leaders Guy & Lori Montgomery from Aliso Viejo, California<br />
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SUN sched - MAY 22nd<br />
Festival runs until 5:00 pm. No dogs or coolers allowed.<br />
■ KA 'OHANA HO'ONANI SADDLEBACK HULA MINISTRY, 10:00 am<br />
Akua Praise with Leader Linda Merritt from Lake Forest, California<br />
■ TUPUA PRODUCTIONS, 10:45 am<br />
Team Leaders Stephan and Melody Seanoa from Santa Ana, California<br />
■ 'OHANA 'UKULELE CONTEST WITH THE LEE SISTERS, 12:00 pm<br />
Judges: Lise Lee, Emeline Lee & Mitch Chang<br />
■ LOKELANI'S RHYTHM OF THE ISLANDS, 1:45 pm<br />
Leaders Roy & Lokelani Asuega from Huntington Beach, California<br />
■ HALAU HULA A KAWIKA LAUA 'O LEINANI, 2:45 pm<br />
Kumu Hula Kawika & Leinani Viloria from Diamond Bar, California<br />
■ FINAL RAFFLE FOR GRAND PRIZE, 3:45 pm<br />
■ NONOSINA, 4:00 pm<br />
Leader Tiana Liufau from Anaheim, California<br />
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Full info: <a href="https://heritageofaloha.com/">https://heritageofaloha.com/</a><br />
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51st Annual "Northwest Folklife Festival" is both in-person & simulcast from Seattle Center, the lovely preserved World's Fair site in downtown Seattle WA, AND it's online at nwfolklife.org<br />
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/7321d9461cad413fa67de4286/images/35d0e999-1e47-9673-0707-c2848cd1dda8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="800" height="337" src="https://mcusercontent.com/7321d9461cad413fa67de4286/images/35d0e999-1e47-9673-0707-c2848cd1dda8.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> The many pages of scheduled Folk-Americana, world folk music, workshops, dance, and bunches more, is coming the 1st week of May. It's just a month away from this reliably excellent event on Memorial Day weekend. <br />
In a few days, the link will take you to the launch of their new festival website, give you the schedules for the astonishing numbers of acts on bunches of stages -- including themed events, like the maritime and sea chantey lineup, and you'll be able to get the app to attend or know when to tine-in on the web. So check in there the 1st week of May, and you'll find the complete list of participating artists, vendors, sponsors, and more, and maybe find the lure so irrestible that you'll start planning a road trip.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Fri, May 27, 8 pm<br />Jeanne Cherhal performs "Cinema"<br />Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, 10361 W Pico Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90064<br />310-286-0553<br /> Performing solo with a piano, Cherhal interprets songs that marked generations of moviegoers</span><span style="background-color: white;">, and takes us on a nostalgic musical tour of French and European cinema.<br /> Cherhal has become a force of contemporary French music, known for her vivacious live shows evoking French chansons and cabaret. Her quirky piano style and forays into the experimental, showcase what some listeners identify as the evident influence of Tori Amos or Bjork.<br /> This is not a playlist of hit songs, but rather a poetic evocation of cinema from a byegone era, a playlist of celebrated songs composed by the likes of Serge Gainsbourg (Sous le Soleil Exactement for the film Anna), a song sung by Catherine Deneuve (Recette pour un cake d’amour for the film Peau d’Âne), Parle Plus Bas by Dalida, Pul Marine by Isabelle Adjani, and so many more.<br />* Proof of full vaccination required for entry, masks strongly recommended indoors.<br /> Tix, $35 Premium seating + a complimentary glass of wine; $30 General Admission (no wine included); $25 Students & Seniors; at: <a href="https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome" style="color: #0776de;">https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome</a><br />___</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, May 28<br />Laurence Juber plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/7c6dbd89b2da71764323a6260/images/0644229f-9f61-33bd-39f5-022b06d32e0d.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://mcusercontent.com/7c6dbd89b2da71764323a6260/images/0644229f-9f61-33bd-39f5-022b06d32e0d.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">June 3–5, 2022</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NAMM is back after the pandemic hiatus! </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> The 2022 NAMM Show returns</b> to occupy the entire Anaheim Convention Center Complex AND all the surrounding hotel meeting / convention spaces, AND the closed streets that hold some of the SIX performance stages of live music and & more, in Anaheim, CA.<br /> For <i>MANY</i> of us, our attendance at the 2020 NAMM Show -- just before the pandemic hit and the world shut-down -- was the fond and hopeful memory that helped remind us we would eventually get through, and <i>GET BACK TO LIVE MUSIC</i>. And sure enough, that day has come!<br /> <u>Thousands</u> of brands across music, pro audio and entertainment technology are participating in the show.<br /> <u>Over 200 education sessions</u> will be presented by music, pro audio, and live event experts.<br /> Exclusive <u>Disneyland discounts</u>: NAMM Show attendees can access discounted rates for up to 6 Disneyland tickets. "With NAMM Show dates moving back to January in the next coming years, this is a unique opportunity to experience the happiest place on earth during the sunny California summertime," notes NAMM's publicity.<br /> NAMM participants get planning perqs: Access a variety of travel resources including the hotel reservation block, discounts, and more to plan your trip.<br /> <u>TRUE, NAMM IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC -- IT IS A "MUSIC-INDUSTRY-ONLY" EVENT. It needs to be, because everything operates at capacity with all the music movers-and-shakers, innovators, marketers, and music-makers</u>. <b><i>But hang on: </i></b>If you play a professional role in music, you qualify! Check it out at their website, before the opportunity slips away.<br /> Then you can register to attend the show and start planning your trip!<br /> All info at:<br /><a href="https://www.namm.org/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.namm.org/</a><br /> If you are a NAMM member or affiliate, go to: <a href="https://registration.namm.org/wn22/register" style="color: #0776de;">https://registration.namm.org/wn22/register</a><br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, Jun 3<br />Fellow Pynins plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sat, June 4<br />32nd annual "DYLANFEST"<br />Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance CA<br /> This is a Guide favorite, every year. Splendid performances and production values, dozens of musicians, all Bob Dylan songs with no repeats, and good food.<br /> Early Bird Tickets ON SALE NOW<br />$35, 4/16 through 6/3<br />Tickets at the door $40<br />VIP Tickets (with many nice perqs) $100<br />Get tickets and info at<br /><a href="https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest" style="color: #0776de;">https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest</a></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/53b2654c-ee76-4935-ae49-bf33c5da984a.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="800" height="384" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/53b2654c-ee76-4935-ae49-bf33c5da984a.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">___<br /><br />Sat, Jun 4<br />The Rave-Ups play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sun, Jun 5<br />Eilen Jewell plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">June 8–19<br />
39th <b>"San Francisco Jazz Festival"</b> features 44 concerts in 12 days at 4 venues throughout the Bay Area. <br />
<b><i>Rhiannon Giddens is featured among headliners</i></b> who include Gregory Porter, Christian McBride, Chucho Valdés, Dianne Reeves, Joe Lovano, Nubya Garcia, Brandee Younger, Danilo Pérez, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jane Monheit, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, and many more. Tickets available now at: <a href="http://SFJAZZ.org">SFJAZZ.org</a><br />
___</span></div><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, Jun</span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> 10<br />Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___</span><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://assets.engagement.ticketmaster.com/images/properties/161/images/6259d4fc2994d.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://assets.engagement.ticketmaster.com/images/properties/161/images/6259d4fc2994d.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Jun 14, 15, & 16<br />Bob Dylan<br />Hollywood Pantages Theatre<br />Tix: <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/734972/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/734972/</a><br />___<br /><br />Fri, Jun 17<br />The Lowest Pair plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sat, Jun 18<br />Mary Gauthier plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Jun 20-24; sign up to get coverage<br />
"Cannes Lions Festival" is a week of convening and conversations in Cannes, France, on the future of advertising, media and marketing trends. Axios and Zefr will be there sending-out live coverage of this year's event, and you can sign-up to get it, for FREE, at: <a href="https://axioszefr_cannes.splashthat.com/">https://axioszefr_cannes.splashthat.com/</a><br />
___</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />Fri & Sat, Jun 24 & 25<br />Brandi Carlile<br />Greek Theatre, Los Angeles<br />Tix: <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/974048/" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/974048/</a><br />___<br /><br />Fri, Jun 24<br />Tom Paxton & the DonJauns play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sat, Jun 25<br />Kim Richey plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Fri, Jul 8<br />Rachel Baiman plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sat, Jul 9<br />Gill Landry plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sat, Jul 16<br />Doug MacLeod plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Fri, Jul 22<br />Ordinary Elephant & Ernest Troost play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sun, Jul 24<br />The Hawthorns play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Fri, Sep 16<br />Eliza Gilkyson w/ Nina Gerber play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="color: #0776de; font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />___<br /><br />Sep 25<br />Buddy Guy - Kenny Wayne Shepherd<br />Vina Robles Amphitheatre<br /><b>Tix: ON SALE FRI, APR 22, 10 AM</b><br /><a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005C8CEBB63013" style="color: #0776de;">https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005C8CEBB63013</a><br />___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">Sat & Sun, Oct 15 &16:<br /><b>
"GoldenSky Country Music Festival" </b>with headliners Tim McGraw (Saturday) and Sam Hunt (Sunday) lead a lineup that features Brothers Osborne, Midland, Carly Pearce, Parmalee, Michael Ray, Diamond Rio, Brian Kelley, Lindsay Ell and many more; includes the "Craft Beer Festival" & "Farm-To-Fork Food." All at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA<br />
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New event produced by DWP in partnership with Visit Sacramento.<br />
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GoldenSky Country Music Festival: Tim McGraw, Sam Hunt, Brothers Osborne, Midland & More With Craft Beer Festival & Farm-To-Fork Food Oct. 15 &16 In Sacramento, CA; New Event Produced By DWP In Partnership With Visit Sacramento.<br />
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Scheduled to feature top-tier country music artists across two days on three stages, along with unique experiences including a craft beer festival featuring tastings from local and national breweries, “farm-to-fork” dining opportunities from some of Sacramento’s best restaurants, a dance hall saloon, a mechanical bull and more.<br />
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“Besides the amazing lineup, GoldenSky has been curated to create a one-of-a-kind country music festival experience rooted in the capital city,” says Chamie McCurry, Chief Marketing Officer at Danny Wimmer Presents. <br />
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She continues, “Our GoldenSky Beer Festival allows fans to tailgate INSIDE the festival with unlimited sampling over 100 craft beers, The Farmhouse will showcase some of the best farm-to-fork offerings in Sacramento, the El Dorado Market will be THE place to shop for souvenirs, and we can’t wait to see everyone line dancing in the River City Saloon & Dance Hall. It’s been three years in the making and we couldn’t be more excited to finally be here today, announcing it to the world.”<br />
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Watch the GoldenSky announcement video here: <br />
<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/LRPcQEKCKUU">
https://youtu.be/LRPcQEKCKUU</a><br />
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The current music lineup for GoldenSky Country Music Festival is:<br />
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Saturday, October 15: Tim McGraw, Brothers Osborne, Carly Pearce, Diamond Rio, Brian Kelley (of Florida Georgia Line), Lindsay Ell, Matt Stell, Chase Matthew, Madeline Edwards, Bailey Zimmerman, as well as local music artists Willie D McClung and Mabilene.<br />
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Sunday, October 16: Sam Hunt, Midland, Michael Ray, Parmalee, Breland, Elvie Shane, Ernest, Brittney Spencer, Lily Rose, Alexandra Kay.<br />
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In addition to two full days of music performances, GoldenSky will feature an array of onsite experiences, including:<br />
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■ "The GoldenSky Beer Festival": both days 11:45 am-2:45 pm (21+), the festival within the festival showcases local, regional and national craft beers, unlimited complimentary tastings with more than 100 different selections of beer, hard seltzer and ciders, and a commemorative festival cup. It's free with your festival admission IF you purchase your passes before May 6. After that, you can add it on to your festival purchase for $10 per person, per day, or $15 for the weekend.<br />
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■ River City Saloon & Dance Hall: Boot-scoot in for dancin’ 'n drinkin’, with line dancing, partner two-stepping, and lessons. And there's Billy, the house mechanical bull.<br />
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■ El Dorado Market: shop the best of the Central Valley. From a new cowboy hat to a one-of-a-kind bandana. "Shop small and support local."<br />
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■ The Farmhouse, presented by the California Farm Bureau: locally run food booths prove what makes Sacramento the Farm-To-Fork Capital of America.<br />
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■ Fieldhouse Sports Bar: screening live NCAA and NFL games.<br />
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■ Loud Lounge: for "the cannabis community." (21+).<br />
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♤ Single Day Gen'l Adm starts at $59.99 plus fees<br />
♡ Weekend Gen'l Adm starts at $89.99 plus fees<br />
◇ Single Day VIP starts at $129.99 plus fees<br />
♧ Weekend VIP starts at $199.99 plus fees<br />
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Four Pack Weekend Gen'l Adn packages available. Layaway options available for $25 down, through May 15.<br />
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All details & social media signups at their website:<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.GoldenSkyFestival.com">
www.GoldenSkyFestival.com</a><br />
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next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; <br />
then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; <br />
and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off."</i><br />
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font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.acousticmusic.net/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.acousticmusic.net</a> </span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! It even let us figure out a bunch of our important dates--most of them were musical and it sure was fun to relive those times!!!"</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; 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line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div><p><span style="background-color: white;">...</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-17352241491127987412022-04-22T05:24:00.028-07:002022-04-27T17:42:14.387-07:00Earth Day, plus LOTS of concerts, festivals & music out 'n about. April 22nd edition 2022<p>. </p><p>. </p><p>___<br />
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UP TOP...<br />
<br /></b><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">Tuesday, 4/26, late added item</b><b><br /><br /><i>NEW FESTIVAL, just announced...</i></b><br />
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Gain exclusive access to the <b><u>APRIL 27 pre-sale</u></b> by opting-in for SMS messages or their e-newsletter.<br />
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*** <b>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 10 am Pacific, PRE-SALE.</b><br />
*** Passes on sale to gen'l public FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 10 am Pacific.<br />
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All options, info, at:</i><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.GoldenSkyFestival.com">
www.GoldenSkyFestival.com</a><br /><br />
</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://ymlps4.com/imgz/7huu_LogoGoldenSky2022--2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="121" data-original-width="391" height="198" src="https://ymlps4.com/imgz/7huu_LogoGoldenSky2022--2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Sat & Sun, Oct 15 &16:</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>
"GoldenSky Country Music Festival" </b>with headliners Tim McGraw (Saturday) and Sam Hunt (Sunday) lead a lineup that features Brothers Osborne, Midland, Carly Pearce, Parmalee, Michael Ray, Diamond Rio, Brian Kelley, Lindsay Ell and many more; includes the "Craft Beer Festival" & "Farm-To-Fork Food." All at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA<br />
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New event produced by DWP in partnership with Visit Sacramento.<br />
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GoldenSky Country Music Festival: Tim McGraw, Sam Hunt, Brothers Osborne, Midland & More With Craft Beer Festival & Farm-To-Fork Food Oct. 15 &16 In Sacramento, CA; New Event Produced By DWP In Partnership With Visit Sacramento.<br />
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Scheduled to feature top-tier country music artists across two days on three stages, along with unique experiences including a craft beer festival featuring tastings from local and national breweries, “farm-to-fork” dining opportunities from some of Sacramento’s best restaurants, a dance hall saloon, a mechanical bull and more.<br />
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“Besides the amazing lineup, GoldenSky has been curated to create a one-of-a-kind country music festival experience rooted in the capital city,” says Chamie McCurry, Chief Marketing Officer at Danny Wimmer Presents. <br />
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She continues, “Our GoldenSky Beer Festival allows fans to tailgate INSIDE the festival with unlimited sampling over 100 craft beers, The Farmhouse will showcase some of the best farm-to-fork offerings in Sacramento, the El Dorado Market will be THE place to shop for souvenirs, and we can’t wait to see everyone line dancing in the River City Saloon & Dance Hall. It’s been three years in the making and we couldn’t be more excited to finally be here today, announcing it to the world.”<br />
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Watch the GoldenSky announcement video here:</b></i> <br />
<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/LRPcQEKCKUU">
https://youtu.be/LRPcQEKCKUU</a><br />
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The current music lineup for GoldenSky Country Music Festival is:<br />
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Saturday, October 15: Tim McGraw, Brothers Osborne, Carly Pearce, Diamond Rio, Brian Kelley (of Florida Georgia Line), Lindsay Ell, Matt Stell, Chase Matthew, Madeline Edwards, Bailey Zimmerman, as well as local music artists Willie D McClung and Mabilene.<br />
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Sunday, October 16: Sam Hunt, Midland, Michael Ray, Parmalee, Breland, Elvie Shane, Ernest, Brittney Spencer, Lily Rose, Alexandra Kay.<br />
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In addition to two full days of music performances, GoldenSky will feature an array of onsite experiences, including:<br />
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■ "The GoldenSky Beer Festival": both days 11:45 am-2:45 pm (21+), the festival within the festival showcases local, regional and national craft beers, unlimited complimentary tastings with more than 100 different selections of beer, hard seltzer and ciders, and a commemorative festival cup. It's free with your festival admission IF you purchase your passes before May 6. After that, you can add it on to your festival purchase for $10 per person, per day, or $15 for the weekend.<br />
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■ River City Saloon & Dance Hall: Boot-scoot in for dancin’ 'n drinkin’, with line dancing, partner two-stepping, and lessons. And there's Billy, the house mechanical bull.<br />
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■ El Dorado Market: shop the best of the Central Valley. From a new cowboy hat to a one-of-a-kind bandana. "Shop small and support local."<br />
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■ The Farmhouse, presented by the California Farm Bureau: locally run food booths prove what makes Sacramento the Farm-To-Fork Capital of America.<br />
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■ Fieldhouse Sports Bar: screening live NCAA and NFL games.<br />
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■ Loud Lounge: for "the cannabis community." (21+).<br />
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♤ Single Day Gen'l Adm starts at $59.99 plus fees<br />
♡ Weekend Gen'l Adm starts at $89.99 plus fees<br />
◇ Single Day VIP starts at $129.99 plus fees<br />
♧ Weekend VIP starts at $199.99 plus fees<br />
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Four Pack Weekend Gen'l Adn packages available. Layaway options available for $25 down, through May 15.<br />
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All details & social media signups at their website.<br />
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Saturday morning late added item</b><br />
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Link to a fun short read -- and triumph for an artist who bucked the system:</i><br />
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"<a href="https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/21/2093237/-Linda-Ronstadt-s-classic-Canciones-de-Mi-Padre-selected-for-preservation-by-Library-of-Congress" target="_blank">Linda Ronstadt's 'Canciones de Mi Padre' among albums honored by Library of Congress</a>"<br /><br />(Music listen link is there, too!)<br />
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Now here is the full edition as originally published</u>.</span></b><br />
___</span><br /></p><p><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Indeed we DO have tons 'o music in this edition. But it's Earth Day, and we all need to find some genuine encouragement amidst a lot of news that keeps getting worse. So that's where we open, with taking account and finding a whole lot of good.<br />
___</span></i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2022/04/earth/24035530-2-eng-GB/Earth_card_full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2022/04/earth/24035530-2-eng-GB/Earth_card_full.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>PLANETARY SELFIE FOR EARTH DAY</b>, from the European Space Agency (ESA). </span><p></p><p><i>"Each year on 22 April, people across the planet join forces to raise awareness about the depleting quality of the environment, the unequivocal effects of climate change and the importance of protecting our planet for future generations. We celebrate Earth Day every day at ESA. This week, this spectacular image of Earth is brought to you by the Meteosat Second Generation series of missions."</i> ~ ESA, April 22, 2022.<br /><br /></p><p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">🌞 __ 🌍 <span face="sans-serif">__ 🌎 __ 🌏 __ 🗻 __ 🏞 __ 🏝 __ 🏖 __ 🏜 __ 🌦 __ 🌊 __ 🗿 __ 🛢 __ 💵 __ 🚮 __ ⁉️ __ 🆘️ </span></span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">__ ♻️</span></p><p>
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I</span><span style="font-size: medium;">t's Spring, it's Earth Day, birds are singing, fields are greening, flowers are in bloom, it's light outdoors 'til 7 o'clock, it's warm enough for barbecues. Festivals are returning. Outdoor concerts are making a comeback. Backyard jams with musical friends are happening. In just a month, Memorial Day Weekend will take us into summer! And just going out again, and staying out later -- reclaiming our places at indoor music venues, too -- at long last, feels natural again.</span><br />
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Of course it's all tempered by the times. Unemployment may be at a record low, but housing prices are at record highs. We're having our wings clipped by record prices at the pump that feed all-time record profits for Big Oil. And getting the world off fossil fuels while being free of nukes is complicated by a quagmire of tragedies and propagandistic justifications that enrich a few at the expense of the global many.</span><br />
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An entire modern city has become an Alamo, a tragic rallying point for the resistance of an entire people in the face of a bully more egotistical and even more murderous than the world has seen in years. </span><br />
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Even the villain of the original Alamo, self-proclaimed "El Supremo" Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, was never as vile on his quest of subjugation and conquest. But we know what came from "Remember the Alamo!" and "Remember Goliad!" and we can be certain that "Remember Mariupol!" will likewise result in an invader being handed his own derriere. </span><br />
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Still, sports analogies and rah-rahs cannot mask the blood and suffering half a world away -- not in Ukraine, not in Yemen, not in Myanmar. Trying to be oblivious will not serve your soul, your psyche, your conscience, or your desire for a world living in harmony. So help someone somewhere. </span><br />
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Dozens of relief organizations are helping literally millions of refugees and working to get basic food and medical supplies in to the besieged. Pick one or more and part with a few bucks, in the name of humanity. </span><br />
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Every individual has others they love, dreams they hope to achieve, favorite songs and tunes and singers and bands, favorite colors, and even favorite places -- which may well have been destroyed.</span><br />
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It's not just you or me. Everyone has skin that can be burned or pierced, blood that can be donated to save lives or spilled at the hands of another. We are, each of us, all of us, people, with limitless potential and dreams bigger than the sky.</span><br />
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There simply is no way to smoothly transition to anything else. The news produces a sense of dragging the tone arm all the way across the vinyl record, through big speakers. Yet we go -- with FAR more hope and optimism -- to another necessary story.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Green Energy DOES work</span></i></b><br />
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On April 4, 2022, California's electric grid was 97% supplied by wind, solar, and geothermal sources. Okay, it only lasted a few minutes, but it WAS successfully done.<br />
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Hang on, don't mutter with cynicism and call it a stunt. <br />
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EVERY DAY, California now meets more than 60% of its electric grid demands with green energy. That is ahead of both schedule and expectations.<br />
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We all know that the pandemic shutdown produced the cleanest air in the world's cities in centuries. We also know that the best science -- cited by the foremost learned experts in climate research -- clearly tells us we are nearly out of time. Not just to prevent even more devastating effects from runaway climate change, but for sustaining human society. And we know that Big Oil continues to get US taxpayer subsidies even as they post the highest record profits in history and run their extortion racket to impoverish us at the pumps. We know that, behind much of it, the Supreme Court's rulings in Citizens United and McCutcheon unleashed unlimited money from self-serving billionaires and multinational corporations to buy Members of Congress, US Senators, and state and local politicians to do the bidding of the exploiters.<br />
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So what do WE have, in the face of all THAT?</i> <br />
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Economics</u></i></b>. Green Energy is now the cheapest to produce of any option that's out there. <br />
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So, congratulations, California! Amidst your apocalyptic drought and twelve-month fire season, you proved the cynics and critics and naysayers and self-serving rich jerks wrong. You showed the world that dependence on fossil fuels -- from countries run by murderous oligarch-controlled dictators -- is not any future we must accept. Your example proves so much. Handing-over a world with melting polar caps raising sea levels that submerge coastal cities, that changes regions of evaporation and precipitation, that causes desertification of essential farmlands, need NOT be what we leave future generations. The next Great Extinction need not race forward to break the web of life such that the biosphere itself collapses.<br />
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California, you rallied our hopes just in time for Earth Day. You rallied our hopes after the deflating heartbreak of two "corporate Dem" US Senators joining the full cadre of climate-denier GQP Senators to block an essential Green New Deal.<br />
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We cannot rest on your laurels, and neither can you. You do not have the water to let us use you as an oasis to replenish our spirits. But you showed a sustainable energy future IS possible, and you did it in the face of the corporate ("corpirate") controlled toadies.<br />
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Of course there is more. There must be, if we are to make it. Take this example, from the Washington Post...<br />
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"Los Angeles is aiming to be first major carbon-free U.S. city, but obstacles loom"<br />
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Erica Werner's story begins:<br />
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"Confronted by devastating wildfires, parching drought and ever-hotter summers, Los Angeles is launching an ambitious plan to combat climate change by becoming the first major U.S. city run entirely on clean energy. But it won’t be easy." (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/10/27/los-angeles-2035-climate-goal/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/10/27/los-angeles-2035-climate-goal/</a>)<br />
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And even the things that seem small, but are not...<br />
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"California set to become first state to ban gasoline-powered lawn equipment"<br />
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This piece by Tik Root opens with:<br />
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"Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that would phase out the sale of new gas-powered lawn equipment in the state by 2024." (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/10/12/california-newsom-law-equipment-pollution/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/10/12/california-newsom-law-equipment-pollution/</a>)<br />
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And even in New York City...<p></p><p>"The Empire State Building and its related buildings are now powered by wind"<br />
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Sarah Kaplan reports:<br />
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"The Empire State Building and its 13 related properties are buying wind power, making it the nation's largest real estate portfolio to go green." (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/02/03/climate-empire-state-wind/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/02/03/climate-empire-state-wind/</a>)<br />
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None of which grants any of us a free pass. Who wants to face a question from their grandchild in an emergency shelter with dwindling supplies, imploring, "What did you do in the olden days to keep this from happening?"<br />
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Here are some looks at little ways we can change the world...<br />
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"Reusing, recycling, rethinking"<br />
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Jessica Wolfrom reports:<br />
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"Disturbed by the amount of trash their family of four was generating, Justin and Anna Marino adopted a 'zero waste' lifestyle. Then they took it a step further, opening the first zero-waste store in the Washington [D.C.] area." (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/12/10/climate-solutions-zero-waste/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/12/10/climate-solutions-zero-waste/</a>)<br />
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And...<br />
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"Female scientists focus on a secret weapon to fight climate change: Moms"<br />
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Sarah Kaplan reports:<br />
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“One of the most powerful ways for us to connect over climate change is … this fundamental value that we share,” said scientist Katharine Hayhoe, who is helping to lead a $10 million campaign to educate mothers around ways to combat climate change. “We want to ensure a better and safer future for our child.” (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/01/12/climate-science-moms/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/01/12/climate-science-moms/</a>)<br /><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://wonderfulengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wind-turbine-pictures-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://wonderfulengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wind-turbine-pictures-11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />And...<p></p><p>
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"An ancient people with a modern climate plan"<br />
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Jim Morrison writes:<br />
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"A native American tribe living on an island off the coast of Washington [state] long ago recognized the threat of climate change. They implemented a climate action plan in 2010, melding traditional practices with science. Now, 50 other native tribes across the country have similar strategies, way ahead of U.S. communities." (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/11/24/native-americans-climate-change-swinomish/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/11/24/native-americans-climate-change-swinomish/</a>)<br />
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And...<br />
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"After a tornado nearly destroyed it, this town built back green"<br />
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Annie Gowen reports:<br />
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"A tornado nearly destroyed tiny Greensburg, Kansas. The city harnessed that wind and rebuilt itself as an energy efficient wonder powered by 100 percent wind energy."<br />
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And...<br />
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"Trying to shop sustainably? Here’s what you need to consider."<br />
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Sarah Kaplan writes:<br />
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"To determine whether a product is truly 'green,' you’ll have to look deeper than its earth-toned packaging." (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/11/20/climate-curious-shopping/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/11/20/climate-curious-shopping/</a>)<br />
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And...</p><p><span face="sans-serif">"The world is getting hotter. Can temperature-controlled clothing provide some relief?"</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">Peter Holley reports:</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">"Sony has introduced a new product called the Reon Pocket, which operates like a mobile air conditioner that fits inside clothing." (</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/30/world-is-getting-hotter-can-temperature-controlled-clothing-provide-some-relief/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/30/world-is-getting-hotter-can-temperature-controlled-clothing-provide-some-relief/</a><span face="sans-serif">)</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif"> We note:</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif"> The fashion industry pollutes heavily. It consumes huge quantities of water and produces 10 percent of global carbon emissions — </span><i style="font-family: sans-serif;">more than all international air travel and maritime shipping combined.</i></p><p><span face="sans-serif">And...</span><br />
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"Bringing the chill of the cosmos to a warming planet"<br />
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By Sarah Kaplan, with a great video by William Neff:<br />
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"Scientists are tapping into a law of physics to create cooling systems that work without special fuel or electricity. Long ago, in lands that were always warm, people got ice from the heavens. At sunset, they poured water into shallow earthen pits or ceramic trays insulated with reeds. All through the night the water would radiate its heat into the chilly void of space. By morning, it turned to ice — even though the air temperature never dropped below freezing. This wasn’t magic; it was science." (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/10/07/radiative-cooling-climate-change/?itid=sf_climate-solutions">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/10/07/radiative-cooling-climate-change/?itid=sf_climate-solutions</a>)<br />
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Point being, alternatives to despair begin with empowerment brought by knowledge. Plenty of reporters write for media outlets that maintain commitments to cover climate change and the environment.<br />
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Support them and their editors. Subscribe to the Los Angeles Times, or the New York Times, or the Guardian, or the LA Progressive, or the Washington Post. <br />
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You may note that every story we cite above has come from the Post, and there is a reason why: <br />
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FREE, through Earth Day, the Washington Post is making all of its stories on the environment accessible to all, at:</u></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/</a><br />
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Thus <b><i>ALL the individual story links above -- and hundreds more from their site and archive -- work RIGHT NOW at NO COST.</i></b></p><p>The Post's motto is <i>"Democracy dies in darkness."</i> We add to that the last stanza of the <b>T.S. Eliot</b> poem "The Hollow Men," written nearly a hundred years ago, in 1925: <i>"This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper."</i><br />
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And we repeat our own point, "Alternatives to despair begin with empowerment brought by knowledge." <br />
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And then, armed with knowledge, you must fight. It seems crazy that anyone would stand in opposition when everyone is at peril, but greed is insidious. <br />
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For example, we all want to be healthy, too, and even oligarchs want their workers and serfs to be healthy enough to be productive and boost profits. Yet in the US -- the only developed nation without health care for all -- the vast majority of the population wants Medicare for all, including 81% of registered Democrats and 2/3 of registered independents. Only three interests keep buying politicians to keep us from having it: insurance companies, Big Pharma, and rich people who don't want to pay any taxes.<br />
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The opponents of a sustainable Earth are more complex, but no less cynical and insidious, and more delusional in their thinking that their money will buy them a seat in the lifeboat. The rest of us must ask, "A 'lifeboat'-? To where?"<br />
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Thus, Thom Hartmann's sign-off from his every radio show: "Democracy is not a spectator sport: Tag, you're it!"<br />
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Happy activist Earth Day.<br />
___</p><p><b>FREE</b>, through Earth Day: <br />
<br />"Climate news quiz: biodegradable fashion and cooling off without A/C"<br />
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Test your knowledge about ways the climate is changing</p><p>Take the quiz -- and be sure to read the comments -- at:<br />
<br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/09/30/climate-change-quiz8/?arc404=true">
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/09/30/climate-change-quiz8/?arc404=true</a><br />
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Humanitarian concert to raise funds for Ukraine: donate or attend</span></i></b><br />
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Sunday, April 24, 2-6 pm<br />
The Aspen Recreation Center, 410 W "D" St, Tehachapi, CA<br />
Tix, $25, at ttownforukraine@gmail.com<br />
Featuring singer-songwriter-acoustic-guitar-wizard <b>James Lee Stanley</b>.<br /><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: sans-serif;"> _ _ _</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;">Updated info</span> <i>(Saturday, 4/23, 12:14 pm)</i>:<span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;"><br />
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YOU CAN GET TIX VIA EMAIL if you are coming from far away:<br />
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ttownforukraine@gmail.com</b><br />
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Food and drink are available, with your purchases going 100% to the benefit.<br />
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Donating their performances are:<br />
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● <b>James Lee Stanley</b>, nationally-touring singer-songwriter, acoustic guitar virtuoso, Beachwood Recording Artist with over 35 albums released.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;">
● <b>Grievance</b>, a Southern/Classic and Country Rock band from The Antelope Valley area.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;">
● <b>Ryan Sillifant</b>, blues and Americana singer proficient on guitar, drums, piano and bass, is a Tehachapi local.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;">
● <b>Mean Gene Band</b>, presenting a set of their rock/pop.<br />
<br />💃The venue will accommodate dancing to the music.<br />
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■ Fiddler's Crossing is donating the sound system.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;">■</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;"> Ryan Sillifant, who is also a sound engineer, will be mixing sound.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;">■</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;"> Pepsico, Frito Lay, Tehachapi Wine and Cattle Company, and LCB -- Tehachapi's first craft brewery -- are donating food and drink for purchase to support the cause.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;">■</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe;"> Drawing tix for a basket of over $600 worth of donated gift cards and a limited edition print also contributes to the total for Ukraine.</span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">■</span><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"> Tehachapi Valley Recreation & Park District has generously donated staff time and use of the beautifully renovated gym for the event.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">
<br /><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">❤ "The Rotary Club of Tehachapi will be responsible for all income and will be sending every dime to Ukraine," the sponsors say proudly. </span><br />
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They explain, "Rotary has a 95 Rating on Charity Navigator because money goes to the cause not to overhead."</span><br />
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Producer Linda Carhart says, "What is happening in Ukraine is horrible and it will take a lot of money to care for refugees. Even if they can return home, it is going to take a fortune to restore the massive destruction caused to their country. Tehachapians have the biggest heart so please join us with your support." She adds, "We need your support to make this a real representation of who we are in Tehachapi. I have always felt the caring, generous nature of my friends and neighbors here."</span><br />
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If you can't go to the concert but would like to offer financial support, you can send a check to </u></b><br />
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Rotary Club of Tehachapi Foundation, P.O. Box 897, Tehachapi, CA 93581. Just mark URKRAINE in the description line.</span><br />
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Or you can easily donate at the event's GoFundMe page:</span><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.gofundme.com/f/humanitarian-concert-for-ukraine" style="background-color: #fcff01;">
http://www.gofundme.com/f/humanitarian-concert-for-ukraine</a><br />
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Organizer <b>Linda Carhart</b> tells us, "Instead of feeling sad about Russia's devastation of Ukraine, the loss of lives and homes, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. We are having a Humanitarian concert to raise funds for Ukraine! <br />
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"The Rotary Club of Tehachapi has the ability through Rotary International to get these funds directly to Ukraine. Rotary has a 95 rating on Charity Navigator. </b><br />
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"It's a volunteer organization so the money goes to the cause, not the overhead. DONATE NOW!"<br />
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"We understand not everyone can or wants to attend a concert, BUT, you can contribute to this cause here:"<br />
<br /><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/humanitarian-concert-for-ukraine">
https://www.gofundme.com/f/humanitarian-concert-for-ukraine</a><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">⊙</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">●</span>⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Prob'ly better music than what's at the Polo fields in Coachella</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/54212/2c6e01788e19d8d19b06d553c0d1045bbbd4848e/original/americana-west-poster-final.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="519" height="640" src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/54212/2c6e01788e19d8d19b06d553c0d1045bbbd4848e/original/americana-west-poster-final.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" width="415" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">⊙</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">●</span>⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Holiday from the gas guzzler (or just stuck at home)? </span><br />
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We gotcha covered!</span></i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">__</span></i></b></span></p><p><span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b>Fridays are MUSIC DAY on RFD-TV</b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: medium;">(cable, satellite, or by very cheap direct subscription at <a href="http://watchrfdtv.com">watchrfdtv.com</a>):</span><br />
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1 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"The Porter Wagoner Show"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Guests, The Hinsons</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Season #2015, Ep. 10</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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1:30 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"POP! Goes the Country"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Burrito Brothers, Connie Cato-Enos</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Season #2015, Ep. 9</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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2 pm Pacific </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"Big Joe Polka Show Classics"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Season #2016, Ep. 4</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Classic episodes of The Big Joe Polka Show.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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3 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"WoodSongs" presents "Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Season #6, Ep. 5</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
A combination documentary and theatrical play about the final two days Henry David Thoreau spent in his cabin before leaving Walden Pond. Written and narrated by folksinger Michael Johnathon, host of "WoodSongs."</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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4 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"The Jimmy Sturr Show"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Larry Chance & the Earls; Pokolenie Dancers</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Season #2017, Ep. 5</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
4:30 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"The Duttons Through the Years"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
This ep with Branson, MO's leading musical family is, "Timothy the Tenacious"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Season #3, Ep. 7</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Persistance pays off as Timothy works through his daily projects.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
5 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"My Bluegrass Story"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
This week, profiling Russell Moore</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Season #1, Ep. 13</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
* NEW * (2022) Born and raised in Pasadena, Texas. The music bug struck Russell Moore and he hasn't looked back.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
This is a fun series that deserves a wide audience.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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5:30 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"The Penny Gilley Show"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Heather Myles</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Season #2022, Ep. 6</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
* NEW * (2022) Country music from Fort Worth, Texas with hostess Penny Gilley. Featuring Kelly Spinks, Doug Allen Nash. Guest: Heather Myles.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Other themed programming for a while, but then:</span><br />
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7:30 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"The Bluegrass Trail"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Season #1, Ep. 9</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Alan Sibley and the Magnolia Ramblers welcome Carolina Blue.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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8 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"Country Legends: Grand Ole Opry Stars of the 50's"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Season #1, Ep. 44</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Hosted by Faron Young with Minnie Pearl, Ray Price, Faron Young, Justin Tubb, Johnny & Jack, Van Howard, Grand Ole Opry Square Dancers.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
(30 mins)</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Then we switch to KLCS</span></i></b><br />
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That's a PBS station broadcasting from L.A., carried on cable, and available FREE online in Southern Cal at klcs.org</span><br />
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8 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"DAVID HOLT'S STATE OF MUSIC"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Dobro player Rob Ickes and singer and guitarist Trey Hensley.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
8:30 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"BLUEGRASS UNDERGROUND: MAKING OF THE CAVERNS"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
A behind-the-scenes tour of The Caverns, home of the concert venue.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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9 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"AUSTIN CITY LIMITS"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall: The Marfa Tapes</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Texan singer-songwriters Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall showcase their collaborative album.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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10 pm Pacific</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
"LIVE FROM THE OLD STEEPLE"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Singer-songwriter John Craigie; folk group Shook Twins.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
(60 mins)</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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New Episodes of the <i>"American Songster Radio"</i> coming this Tuesday</b></span></span><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Roots banjo master <b>Dom Flemons</b> is back <b><u>Tuesday at 4 pm Pacific</u></b> for a new episode.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>And MORE AHEAD...</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://image.opryemail.com/lib/fe3811727564047d761079/m/2/ac1fd821-8ca7-4e4b-afda-2dd8fe16e162.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="http://image.opryemail.com/lib/fe3811727564047d761079/m/2/ac1fd821-8ca7-4e4b-afda-2dd8fe16e162.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">LATE ADDITION, ALSO ON SATURDAY...</span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b>ONLINE, live today or LATER, ON-DEMAND</b><br />
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Sat, Apr 23, 5:30-7:30 pm Pacific<br />
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Andy & Renee</b>, performing hosts of <b>DYLANFEST</b> and co-leaders of <b>Hard Rain</b>, named "The Best Band in the South Bay" by the area's newspaper a bunch of years in a row, present their <b>"Livestream # 168"</b><br />
Watch Live or anytime afterwards at:<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/nyY6KgLbvfM">
https://youtu.be/nyY6KgLbvfM</a><br />
The Livestream shows are free to watch, but the option to contribute is there for those who are in a position to do so.<br />
You can see their staggeringly massive song list to make requests at: <br /><a href="https://andyandrenee.com">
https://andyandrenee.com</a><br />
You can contribute at any of three places:<br />
Their site: https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch<br />
PayPal: paypal.me/andyandrenee<br />
Venmo: www.venmo.com/Renee-Safier<br />
<b>A portion of the proceeds go to the Los Angeles Midnight Mission.</b><br />
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C</span><span style="font-size: medium;">heck each venue's website or call them for COVID policy. Most require proof of vaccination, some may require masks.</span><br />
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Here's who's performing at McCabe's in Santa Monica, the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena, and various 'n sundry other good places to go for superb tuneage. Plus, timely tix alerts.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
___</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, April 22, 8 pm<br />
I See Hawks in L.A. return to the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001<br />
(Featuring the magical light artistry and bullet-proof wit of Bob Stane)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" aria-label="One" data-custom="AQMkADAwATY0MDABLTk5ADI5LWIyZGItMDACLTAwCgBGAAADIxDa4MbNJUeKx4GBAH9DrHAHAMhID9d8CklArKoNxB6sHLcAAACRI7ryAAAAyEgP13wKSUCsqg3EHqwctwAEiYLN0wAAAAESABAAe3MliIP260eDy%2Foi%2FCnAZg%3D%3D" data-imagetype="AttachmentByCid" id="x_76CA7297-FB5E-4B55-AE85-0187177B9AE8" naturalheight="0" naturalwidth="0" originalsrc="cid:B2EBFABD-C0B6-47BC-8128-5516CDB5E5A6" src="https://attachment.outlook.live.net/owa/tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com/service.svc/s/GetAttachmentThumbnail?id=AQMkADAwATY0MDABLTk5ADI5LWIyZGItMDACLTAwCgBGAAADIxDa4MbNJUeKx4GBAH9DrHAHAMhID9d8CklArKoNxB6sHLcAAACRI7ryAAAAyEgP13wKSUCsqg3EHqwctwAEiYLN0wAAAAESABAAe3MliIP260eDy%2Foi%2FCnAZg%3D%3D&thumbnailType=2&owa=outlook.live.com&isc=1&X-OWA-CANARY=sd_oPHL_Q0qJK4PJMD8VEsDLIcc1JNoYnmWM5hM98dLtZLnY3h5lWIUyc1Lfu7e85Jj1chE9x58.&token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IkZBRDY1NDI2MkM2QUYyOTYxQUExRThDQUI3OEZGMUIyNzBFNzA3RTkiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJ4NXQiOiItdFpVSml4cThwWWFvZWpLdDRfeHNuRG5CLWsifQ.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.oWRJWASqx0m-Lfb73dXNRPNjOdnVqQdx69vODvL5WajH1obKXYXUgWZezTLOOviDDJffUMgbBAu3JVgYqg8kT3nabGV5KFOD1fAf-i14AxXJq2WRgThXblEFMiSijtyc539AS6ka67O3WnTW-EudJm8hdw88gmaU_2nyLGqDANs6_THXy6P-KiMSYgnharK4B5BsK3l1B5jzZQgQDlHFF7GCqtA8suVTNOcmTIuIuQ-_B3nNDjtB9E1ac6o1UxWlDbbycbWQd4Jpx3SBhe3M-MYl3ta0-mM2uYrM0YZybJg1A_96pa7GYl-P0Jf22nI4VbvKW2UtqeCtxygQyjyGXA&animation=true" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br />
Two Acoustic Sets<br />
Tix, $20<br />
Full info: <a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/04-22-22-i-see-hawks-in-l-a.html">https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/04-22-22-i-see-hawks-in-l-a.html</a><br />
Reservations: 626-798-6236<br />
Proof of vax required, masks optional.<br />
___</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, Apr 22, 8 pm<br />
Jake Blount & Zak Sokolow play the famous <span face="sans-serif">concert hall</span> in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Jake Blount is an award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and ethnomusicologist based in Providence, RI. He is half of the internationally touring duo Tui, a 2020 recipient of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize, and a board member of Bluegrass Pride. He is a two-time winner and many-time finalist of the Appalachian String Band Music Festival (better known as Clifftop).<br />
Zac Sokolow has toured around the world playing with The Americans, and with fellow California old time musician Frank Fairfield. Zac plays banjo and fiddle and sings, with a repertoire of old ballads, gospel songs, fiddle tunes and banjo instrumentals.<br />
Tix, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, Apr 22, 8 pm<br />
Chalaban plays Alvas Showroom, 1417 W 8th St, San Pedro CA 90732<br />
310-833-3281<br />
Tix, $30<br />
Founded in 1999 by Moroccan–Hungarian musician Said Tichiti, this band is dynamic on the African Jazz/World Music scene. They bring original opening stanzas of Moroccan Gnaoua music to the music traditions of Central Europe, Balkan and gypsy styles.<br />
Chalaban have played their captivating musical mixture to great acclaim not just in Hungary but throughout Europe, Morocco and elsewhere.<br />
Personnel:<br />
Said Tichiti, guembri<br />
Balint Kovacs, guitar<br />
David Torjak, bass guitar<br />
Izsak Vidakovich, saxophone<br />
Ferenc Golovics, drums<br />
El Hassane Lahjari, Moroccan percussions<br />
___</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri-Sun, Apr 23-24, 2-10 pm<br />
Annual "California Poppy Festival"<br />
Antelope Valley Fair and Event Center, 2551 W Avenue H, Lancaster, CA 93536<br />
Live Entertainment — Beer Garden — 200+ Vendors — Food <br />
Live Animal Exhibits — More <br />
The #CaliforniaPoppyFestival™ is the City of Lancaster’s annual celebration of California’s state flower. Now, for three full days, this event will honor the beauty of the Poppy with live entertainment, amusement park rides, displays, festival food, live animal exhibits, and countless activities for all ages. This year, the California Poppy Festival™ moves to its new home, the relentlessly sterile fairgrounds that replaced a charming old one that was demolished by greed.<br />
Tix, $13.<br />
Preceded Saturday by the annual "RURAL OLYMPICS" at noon, gate 11 am<br />
Followed Sat by Monster Truck Nitro Tour, 7:30 pm, gate 6:30 pm.<br />
Web:<br /><a href="http://www.etix.com/ticket/v/23169/california-poppy-festival??performance_id=3300619&country=US&language=en">
www.etix.com/ticket/v/23169/california-poppy-festival??performance_id=3300619&country=US&language=en</a><br />
___</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Sat, Apr 23, 7 pm</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/d53b8ea3-d00a-8509-a4bb-499696b3bcde.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/d53b8ea3-d00a-8509-a4bb-499696b3bcde.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />12th annual "Annimeowsary" benefit, in person & LIVE STREAMED.<br /><b>
Phil Ward</b> and some famous types take the stage. Phil is that beyond-clever hilarious singer-songwriter. He tells us, "It's my second guest appearance in a live-streamed comedy show that benefits the wondrous Kitty Bungalow in LA. They save cats! They need money! Pay what you can! You get famous people like <b>Kathryn Hahn </b>and <b>Kirsten Vangsness</b>, and dopes like me as well. I'll sing one of my newest songs. Click for info and tickets:"<br /><a href="https://www.kittybungalow.org/celebrate">
https://www.kittybungalow.org/celebrate</a><br />
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HELEN HUDSON at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001<br />
$20 tix.<br />
Sports fans may remember her warbling her way into the Guinness Book for singing the anthem at every major league baseball stadium. Last year, 2 of her songs were featured on TV shows, but she could only watch one of them. She has opened for/performed with a slew of entertainers from Don McLean to Billy Crystal but lately is most proud of having taught Kacey Musgraves how to do a handstand.<br />
"Hudson has songwriting ability like vintage Kristofferson.” ~ Richard Cromelin, LA Times<br />
Full info: <a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com">https://www.coffeegallery.com</a><br />
Reservations: 626-798-6236<br />
Proof of vax required, masks optional.<br />
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Sat, Apr 23, 7 pm<br />
Double bill:<br />
John Zipperer and The Current Band (Tara Sitser, Leslie Barker and Nick Kirgo), deliver a refreshing take on Americana music, plus <br />
So Cal Picker Tom Corbett opening the show, at<br />
Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001<br />
Full info: <a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com">https://www.coffeegallery.com</a><br />
Reservations: 626-798-6236<br />
Proof of vax required, masks optional.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, Apr 23, 8 pm - SOLD OUT<br />
Sarah Harmer plus opener Suzie Ungerleider play the famous <span face="sans-serif">concert hall</span> in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Canadian Harmer's deliberate, careful approach, along with her warm vocal style, has been an essential ingredient in the crafting of three distinct albums between 1999 and 2004. "Harmer has an incredibly versatile voice," wrote Naomi de Bruyn in Green Man Review; "not only is it sensuous, but so emotion-laden that she can reach deeply within and turn you inside out when combined with her heart-felt lyrics." <br />
Tix, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, Apr 23, 8 pm<br />
The Baker Brothers Big Band plays Alvas Showroom, 1417 W 8th St, San Pedro CA 90732<br />
310-833-3281<br />
Tix, $20<br />
They're an 18-piece traditional and chontemporary Jazz & Swing Instrumentals & Vocals ensemble.<br />
More at: <a href="https://bakermusicentertainment.com">https://bakermusicentertainment.com</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, April 24, 2-5:30 pm, FREE<br />
"Jazz Tracks at Union Station"<br />
Los Angeles Union Station, 800 N Alameda, downtown Los Angeles.<br />
In celebration of "Jazz Appreciation Month," it's a collaborative effort by Metro Art Presents and KJAZZ for this one-afternoon of performances at the historic downtown destination.<br />
Built in 1939, Los Angeles Union Station is the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States and is widely regarded as “the last of the great train stations.” The station’s signature Mission Moderne style makes it one of L.A.’s architectural gems.<br />
Performance schedule:<br />
2-2:45 pm: De Leon Division (South Patio)<br />
2:45-3:30 pm: Sam Gendel/ Blake Mills/ Benny Bock (North Patio)<br />
3:30-3:45 pm: De Leon Division (Waiting Room Rumba pop-up)<br />
3:45-4:30 pm: Sam Gendel/ Blake Mills/ Benny Bock (North Patio)<br />
4:30-5:30 pm: Bobby Bradford and Friends (South Patio)<br />
... and you can ride light rail, subway, Metrolink, Amtrak, or numerous buses to get there, avoiding feeding Big Oil's greed.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, Apr 24, 5 pm<br />
Bad Haggis plays Alvas Showroom, 1417 W 8th St, San Pedro CA 90732<br />
310-833-3281<br />
Tix, $20<br />
Familiar with Hollywood’s OUTLANDER, BRAVEHEART, TITANIC, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2, MEN IN BLACK 3, THE FUGITIVE, AUSTIN POWERS, THE SIMPSONS or SOUTH PARK? How about CD’s by JOSH GROBAN, KEITH URBAN, FAITH HILL, MEATLOAF, PHIL COLLINS, ROD STEWART, or MARIAH CAREY? Then you’re familiar with the sounds of BAD HAGGIS piper Eric Rigler.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, Apr 24, 7 pm - SOLD OUT<br />
Steve Postell's Night Train Music Club, plus Dan Navarro opening, plays the famous <span face="sans-serif">concert hall</span> in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
The band has impressive resumes:<br />
Steve Postell: guitar/vocals/bandleader (Immediate Family, David Crosby).<br />
Jimmy Vivino: guitar/vocals (band leader Conan O’Brien , Phoebe Snow).<br />
Peter Adams: keyboards (Rickie Lee Jones, Josh Groban …,). <br />
Leland Sklar: bass (James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Phil Collins …).<br />
Russ Kunkel: drums (James Taylor, Carole King, Bob Dylan …).<br />
Special Guests to include:<br />
Russ Irwin: keys, guitar, vocals (Aerosmith, Sting, Bryan Adams).<br />
Jeff Young: keys, vocals (Jackson Browne, Steely Dan, Bonnie Raitt).<br />
Tix, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Watch ANYTIME, ON-DEMAND, or live as it happens...<br />
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://nvlupin.blob.core.windows.net/images/van/AV/AVEA/1/76772/images/Alliance%20Logos/10th%20Annual%20Header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="800" height="229" src="https://nvlupin.blob.core.windows.net/images/van/AV/AVEA/1/76772/images/Alliance%20Logos/10th%20Annual%20Header.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Wed, Apr 27, noon Pacific<br />
"10th Annual Luncheon: Building a Safer Future" online event.<br />
Grammy-nominated Songwriter and Community Advocate Hollis Wong-Wear hosts. Special musical performance from Claudine Magbag. Keynote speaker is Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. <br />
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Use <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GyQ7iiiAD-Y&list=PLjOE0gZs7qXLo3pOtefEBE4tooWtKgORH&index=1&emci=b5f06624-b9c5-ec11-997e-281878b83d8a&emdi=e082486b-5bc6-ec11-997e-281878b83d8a&ceid=4465238" target="_blank">this link</a> to watch the program live or on-demand.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Wed, Apr 27, 6-9 pm<br />
Andy & Renee, performing hosts & producers of DYLANFEST, co-leaders of Hard Rain -- named the best band in the South Bay multiple years in a row, play their every Wednesday residency at the The Pitcher House Upper Deck, 409 N Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 200, Redondo Beach, CA 90277<br />
They remind you to GET YOUR 32nd annual DYLANFEST tix while they're still earlybird discounted. Get em tonight or online, at: <a href="https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest">https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Wed, Apr 27, 2022, 7:30 pm<br />
"Small Island Big Song -- Earth Day Concert"<br />
Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St. San Pedro CA 90731<br />
Features a Pre-Concert Reception for VIP Ticket Holders.<br />
Tix, $28-$105.<br />
"Hear the voices who sing for the ocean! Small Island Big Song features 8 indigenous artists from islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and unites our coastal community with their seafaring cultures through music. This concert is a joyous presentation of our mutual love of the ocean while raising awareness about rising sea levels. Don’t miss out on a night of uplifting traditional and contemporary oceanic grooves, soulful island ballads, and spoken word.<br />
"VIP PRE-CONCERT RECEPTION: 6 pm–7 pm in the Warner Grand’s second floor lobby. Includes appetizers one complimentary drink, and access to private no-host bar before concert. For VIP Ticket Holders only."<br />
Check for COVID protocols, etc, along w/ tix, at:<br /><a href="https://grandvision.org/event/small-island-big-song/">
https://grandvision.org/event/small-island-big-song/</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Thu, Apr 28<br />
Missy Raines & Allegheny play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
GRAMMY® nominated Missy Raines was named 2020 International Bluegrass Music Association Bass Player of the Year -- for the 9th time, more than any other bass player in the history of the organization. Missy Raines has proven herself without doubt as an iconic bluegrass instrumentalist. But with her newest release, <i>Royal Traveller</i>, Raines has stepped into the spotlight as a songwriter for the first time.<br />
Tix, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Thu, April 28, 8 pm<br />
CLAYTON CHANEY WITH PHILIP GLENN play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001<br />
Tix, $20<br />
Arkansan turned Angeleno, Clayton Chaney's songs narrate an ever-changing West Coast coming-of-age. Tonight he's joined by the folky talented Philip Glenn.<br />
Full info: <a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com">https://www.coffeegallery.com</a><br />
Reservations: 626-798-6236<br />
Proof of vax required, masks optional.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/df36f638dd86bf0d9c059a1d2/images/6e3f70c5-0982-bf5e-0f16-5fcd9c57aaab.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="518" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/df36f638dd86bf0d9c059a1d2/images/6e3f70c5-0982-bf5e-0f16-5fcd9c57aaab.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br />___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, Apr 29-Sun, May 1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>STAGECOACH 2022 Music Festival</b><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">at the Polo fields in Indio<br />
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WATCH LIVE ONLINE</u></b> starting Apr 29 at 3 pm, at:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="https://m.youtube.com/user/stagecoach">
https://m.youtube.com/user/stagecoach</a><br />
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Granted, the live webcast is most likely to bring you pop-country Nashvulle acts, instead of the Folk-Americana stars on the two "B" stages where they perform.<br />
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<b><u>Tix TO ATTEND in person are STILL AVAILABLE</u></b>. The hugely expensive VIP tier tix are all sold-out (they went for $829-$1299) but gen'l adm weekend passes are still available for $399 + fees.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
STAGECOACH features plenty of perqs. Most necessary of those is the "Any Line Shuttle Pass." Shuttles offer the easiest transportation to and from a number of local hotels and the far-flung park & ride locations.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
A single wristband grants access to the festival for all three (3) days. You may wander from stage to stage and experience other activities including the HONKYTONK DANCE HALL, HALF-PINT HOOTENANNY for kids, delicious BBQ and more.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
Other amenities include:<br />
Ample Shaded Rest Areas; Free Water Refill Stations; Hundreds of Food Vendors; Wide Beer Selection & Full Bars; Extensive Restroom Facilities (incl. Flushing Toilets); Free Phone Charging Stations.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are the lineups, by day and stage:<br /> <div class="page-module--blocks--1zlgS" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefcf7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2e1f0a; font-family: Rubik, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 1400px; padding: 0px 48px 48px; width: 438px;"><div id="content" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: -100px;"></div><div class="style-module--wrapper--2mbEu" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; position: relative; width: 342px;"><div class="style-module--header--1RuKb" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 24px auto 0px; width: 273.594px;"></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><div class="style-module--container--2vYlS style-module--noVerticalDivider--2qWNQ style-module--oneCol--2CeeG" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; width: 342px;"><div class="style-module--container--2dl03" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 10px; cursor: pointer; position: relative; width: 342px;"><img src="https://images.ctfassets.net/nec7dfptn2hs/36y7GDtD63q1rWwK0najwp/8e530b15b4f9131e022a031f8919b8a5/SC22_SetTimes_SUN_4x5.jpg" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-radius: 10px; border-style: none; display: block; width: 342px;" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><div>Plus, there's the BUD LIGHT SELTZER SESSIONS:<br />
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Friday<br />
2:10pm Reyna Roberts<br />
4:40pm Laci Kaye Booth<br />
5:55pm Travis Denning<br />
DJ Set By Chachi<br />
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Saturday<br />
2:10pm Caylee Hammack<br />
4:40pm Mitchell Tenpenny<br />
5:55pm Shy Carter<br />
DJ Set By Disko Cowboy<br />
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Sunday<br />
2:00pm Hailey Whitters<br />
4:00pm Flatland Cavalry<br />
5:15pm Lindsay Ell<br />
DJ Set By Tiana Verhagen<br />
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Yes, the world-class Budweiser Clydesdales are also there, at the nearby resort.<br />
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New to the festival are California’s homegrown COMPTON COWBOYS. They are ten Black riders on horseback whose small ranch is one of the very last in a formerly semi rural area of Compton -- and they are bringing their horses to Stagecoach to tell their story and share in the experience.<br />
You can take in the breathtaking birdseye views from the top of the FERRIS WHEEL. This popular marriage proposal site is busiest at sunset. Take your sweetie for a whirl! Additional cost per ride.<br />
GUY FIERI'S STAGECOACH SMOKEHOUSE runs daily, as does the IKON PASS LOUNGE (accessible to all attendees), and YEEHAW, the spacious and shaded structure in the lobby next to the ferris wheel, it features the Horseshoe Stage (we don't know the lineup on that one.)<br />
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Official info & tix:<br /><a href="https://www.stagecoachfestival.com/">
https://www.stagecoachfestival.com/</a><br />
___</div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, Apr 29<br />
Sam Baker plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, April 29, 8 pm<br />
The Folk Collection play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001<br />
All the classics of the '60s folk revival, they get audiences singing, toe-tapping, and smiling.<br />
Tix, $20.<br />
Full info: <a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com">https://www.coffeegallery.com</a><br />
Reservations: 626-798-6236<br />
Proof of vax required, masks optional.<br />
___<br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, Apr 30, 3-10 pm</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">FREE</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><i>SIXTY-FIVE ACTS ◇ <span style="background-color: transparent;"> THIRTEEN STAGES ◇ FREE</span></i></span></b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/e2638f0b-3926-1b0f-b6c7-fadc9e5b9f69.jpg" style="color: red; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="336" height="381" src="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/e2638f0b-3926-1b0f-b6c7-fadc9e5b9f69.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">We'll let <b>Phil Ward</b> describe this one:</span></span><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"The Eclectic is back! This is definitely one of my favorite things about living in Southern California. At the Eclectic Music Festival in South Pasadena, you get <b><u>65 acts on 13 stages</u></b>, all walkable and all free. Hard to believe, but I swear it's true. I'll be there, moving from venue to venue and clapping like a madman. Take the Metro Gold Line right into the heart of it, or park anywhere on the outskirts of downtown South Pasadena and walk in. See you there?"</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stages and lineups:</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://southpasadena.net/eclectic-2022-scheduled-for-april-30/" style="color: #0776de;">https://southpasadena.net/eclectic-2022-scheduled-for-april-30/</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">___</span></p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, April 30, 7 pm<br />
Honey Whiskey Trio plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001<br />
The Los Angeles based trio tell stories through song and stomp, highlighting the musical traditions of American Folk Music. They are national award winners.<br />
Tix, $20.<br />
Full info: <a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com">https://www.coffeegallery.com</a><br />
Reservations: 626-798-6236<br />
Proof of vax required, masks optional.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, Apr 30 - SOLD OUT<br />
Josh Rouse plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, May 1st "triple feature"<br />
at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W Malvern Av, Fullerton, CA 92833<br />
■ From Noon to 4 pm it's a <b>FREE afternoon of Hawaiian Music and Crafts</b> at "the Muck." The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of California (or whatever they call themselves) will be there, as well as half a dozen authentic performing arts groups, and art activities for the kids.<br />
■ as part of the Hawaiian Event, their Artist in Resident, Marlo De Lara, invites you to witness and be part of her creative process. That happens in the gallery during the Hawaiian festivities.<br />
■ when you're done at the Muck, head over to Fullerton College for the first ever "FULLERTON FAUX FESTIVAL," a celebration of tribute bands. (See separate listing.)<br />
Info on the Muck, <a href="http://www.themuck.org">www.themuck.org</a><br />
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Sun, May 1, 6 pm:<br />
"THE FULLERTON FAUX FESTIVAL"<br />
Some of the best tribute acts are signed to play this.<br />
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All proceeds go to Fullerton-based charities for youth, education, and social services<br />
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Presented by the Rotary Club of Fullerton at the Fullerton College Campus Theatre.<br />
Why pay thousands to see old legends perform from the back of Staples Center a bit past their prime, when you can see the best version of them in their glory days while raising money for Fullerton charities?<br />
MASKS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT.<br />
Features:<br />
□ KENNY METCALF AS "ELTON: THE EARLY YEARS." “Witnessing his performance is like re-living infamous shows such as the Dodger Stadium show in 1975, where I performed with Elton. I'm proud to have performed several times with Kenny. Being on stage with him is surreal." ~ Caleb Quaye, Producer & Guitarist for Elton John (Responsible for Elton John's first record deal).<br />
□ THE HOLLYWOOD STONES: “The Premier Rolling Stones Tribute Band. They Really Have the Devil By The Tail” ~ NBC News.<br />
□ SEAN OLIU & THE COASTLINE COWBOYS IN A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH: he's the 2020 "OC Artist of the Year" and featured country music artist on the Music Center's 61st & 62nd LA Holiday Celebration on PBS.<br />
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Gen'l Adm: $65<br />
VIP (Front section): $100<br />
Student: $32.50 with valid Student ID; only available at the Door or through an email request for will-call tickets.<br />
Tix & info:<br /><a href="https://www.hornetscholars.com/fff">
https://www.hornetscholars.com/fff</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, May 1, 4 pm<br />
The Eagles Ronstadt Experience<br />
plays Alvas Showroom, 1417 W 8th St, San Pedro CA 90732; 310-833-3281<br />
A "tremendous tribute to the writing, performance, style and sound of the California country, folk, and rock music superstars has been carefully and thoughtfully re-created for the highest entertainment value."<br />
Tix, <a href="http://Alvasshowroom.com">Alvasshowroom.com</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, May 1, 7 pm<br />
Jim Kweskin at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA 91001<br />
Tix, $25<br />
He founded of the legendary 1960s Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Fritz Richmond, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Mel Lyman and Bruno Wolfe.<br />
During the five years they were together, they successfully transformed the sounds of pre-World War II rural music into a springboard for their good-humored performances. Their imitators were legion, including a San Francisco jug band that became the Grateful Dead, a Los Angeles jug band that became the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and a New York jug band that became the Lovin' Spoonful.<br />
No other group attained their unique blend of youthful energy and antiquarian expertise, tight musicianship, loose camaraderie, and infectious swing. Check him out at <a href="http://www.jimkweskin.com">www.jimkweskin.com</a><br />
Full info: <a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com">https://www.coffeegallery.com</a><br />
Reservations: 626-798-6236<br />
Proof of vax required, masks optional.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, May 1<br />
Anna Tivel plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9098d849d93b4d8d790642cac/images/af4e4815-19df-450a-b22b-c13e3cc19981.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9098d849d93b4d8d790642cac/images/af4e4815-19df-450a-b22b-c13e3cc19981.jpg" width="614" /></a></div><br />Wed, May 4, 7:30 pm</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">
Barbara Morrison Tribute Show<br />
at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W Malvern Av, Fullerton, CA 92833 <br />
It's an evening of music celebrating Barbara Morrison, Los Angeles blues & jazz legend and a frequent performer on The Muck main stage. The show features a live concert and video tribute.<br />
Bill Cunliffe leads an incredible band that includes Luther Hughes, bass, Paul Kreibich, drums, Rickey Woodard, Sax, Ron Eschete guitar, Debbie Ebert and Dawn Bishop on vocals. The CSUF Jazz combo will open the show.<br />
Performance in the outdoor amphitheater. <br />
Tickets:<br />
$30 non-member, $20 student/senior, $15 member<br />
Tix: https://themuck.org/program/2022-05-04<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, May 6<br />
Jason Anick Trio w/ opener Chris Murphy play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, May 7, 5 pm Pacific:<br />
"The Story Behind the Song" presented by folk legend <b>John McCutcheon</b>, for the final installment of his online series for the <br /><b>
Pasadena Folk Music Society</b>, an organization with a long history of presenting live concerts on the Caltech campus in Pasadena CA<br /> McCutcheon's spoken introductions to songs built into his reputation as a skilled storyteller. In this concert, he'll talk about his inspiration for various songs, the historical research that he uses for some, the references behind particular lines, and other yarns. Ticket holders will have an opportunity to submit requests and questions in advance.<br /> Tickets are $20 each, providing 48 hours of online access.<br />
Series web site / email signup: <a href="http://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org">pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Sat, May 7<br />
Ray LaMontagne and Sierra Ferrell<br />
Hollywood Pantages Theatre<br />
Tix: <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0B005C49CBDF3401">https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0B005C49CBDF3401</a><br />
___</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, May 7<br />
Jim Kweskin w/ Fiona Kweskin play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Sun, May 8, is MOTHERS DAY.</i></b> <br />
Word to the wise, send flowers or chocolates, stay outta trouble.<br />
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<br />
Sun, May 8, 6 pm Pacific, STREAMING...<br />
INDIGO GIRLS tour launches with LIVE STREAM CONCERT<br />
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/1414a88a101/04a2eb98-3707-4e05-92d1-257814d27954.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/1414a88a101/04a2eb98-3707-4e05-92d1-257814d27954.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> The Grammy-winning iconic folk duo's full summer tour schedule with Rickie Lee Jones, Brandi Carlile, Sarah McLachlan, Neko Case, and more, with support acts for Indigo Girls including Katie Pruitt, Danielle Howle, Becky Warren, Ruthie Foster, Lucy Wainwright Roche, and more.<br />
“...the combined voices of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers [Indigo Girls] sound as instinctive and magical as ever.” ~ Associated Press.<br />
* MAY 8, 6 pm PT/ 9 pm ET, streaming concert special on VEEPS: woven between multi-cam performances, Emily Saliers & Amy Ray -- the Indigo Girls -- discuss songwriting and reveal inspirations behind signature songs in a series of intimate home movie segments. "Look Long: Together," the title of the concert, the tour, and their new album, is, in this special, a one-of-a-kind celebration of nearly four decades of Indigo Girls music and community.<br />
Veeps is now available on Apple TV, Roku, iOS, and Android. Once you purchase your ticket, you can (a) download the app, or (b) stream online. Just get ready for a one-of-a-kind night of Indigo Girls, May 8. Full info at <br /><a href="https://indigogirls.veeps.com">
https://indigogirls.veeps.com</a><br />
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Rick Holmstrom Band, w/special guest "The King of Downey" play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Chanticleer<br />
Caltech Public Programming's CaltechLive! series is back, in person, at Beckman Auditorium with the The GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal ensemble. Get tix NOW before they make the official announcement to the general public. Tix, $45 General admission, <a href="https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=CALTECH_MPV&orgid=53269&pid=9043467&mc_cid=bfac39435a&mc_eid=2069a406cb#/event/9043467/ticketlist/" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />___</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, May 13<br />
Gerry O'Connor plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, May 14, 11 am-2:30 pm:<br />
"THE ART OF POETRY PERFORMANCE"<br />
workshop by musician, composer, poet & presenter of "Sonic Storytelling Arts" MARY LOU NEWMARK at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Bl, Venice Beach / Los Angeles, CA 90291<br />
She tells us, "I will be teaching the art of Poetry Performance, drawing on my decades of experience on stages, both concert and theatrical. Receive in person individualized coaching from me in a safe and supportive environment. See all the details, and sign up on Eventbrite with the link below."<br /><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-performance-with-mary-lou-newmark-tickets-313779812867">
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-performance-with-mary-lou-newmark-tickets-313779812867</a><br />
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A.J. Lee & Blue Summit play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Sunday, May 15, 2022</b><br />
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One of the longest-running music festivals in the USA, and often recognized as "the finest one-day folk festival anywhere."<br />
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Get Tix early so you won't wait in line. Plus, REGISTER AS A CONTESTANT (now!), sign-up to VOLUNTEER (now! -- vols get free admission!), and find all the history, lineups of professional acts performing, and all the info, at:<br />
<br /><a href="https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org">
https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org</a><br />
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"Songwriters Showcase" with Rick Shea, Petty/Chavez & Jeff Turmes, plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Fri, May 20<br />
Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br />
Tix & info, <a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">Fri, May</span> 20, 8 pm<br />
The Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra (LAV)<br />
Conducted by Carlo Ponti<br />
Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, 10361 W Pico Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90064<br />
310-286-0553<br />
Emerging young soloists perform J.S. Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto, and the West Coast premiere of French composer Charles Koechlin’s Sur les flots lointains.<br />
Fulfilling LAV’s mission to support music education, net profit from this concert goes towards the advancement and support of music education programs in schools in Southern California.<br />
LAV is the only professional orchestra in the United States to offer aspiring young soloists the opportunity to rehearse and perform with the most talented musicians in the country. Access to a professional orchestra allows the next generation of aspiring talent to see how the pros work on their craft and pushes them to aspire to greater heights, bringing a professional career into focus.<br />
Maestro Carlo Ponti is the founder of LAV, prior to which he was the music director and principal conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony, and Associate Conductor of the Russian National Orchestra.<br />
* Proof of full vaccination required for entry, masks strongly recommended indoors.<br />
Tix, $30 General Admission, $15 Student / Senior, at:<br /><a href="https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome">
https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>SAN FRANCISCO SCOTTISH FIDDLERS <br />
present SPRING CONCERTS, MAY 20-22</b><br />
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/7f4e37d5001/56538228-5c08-480c-aa8b-34043cf046eb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="617" height="640" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/7f4e37d5001/56538228-5c08-480c-aa8b-34043cf046eb.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br />Beyond just buying a ticket, if you are within commuting distance you can get involved -- dust off that fiddle, cello, didgeridoo or whatever, become a member and attend practices every week beginning April 20. Young and old welcome, past members and alumni of the SFSF experience, all are invited to return and help celebrate the re-emergent energy of 2022. <br />
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Or just buy a ticket and bring your music pals. <br />
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For any or all of the above, send an email to<br />
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meetings@sfscottishfiddler.org<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, May 27, 8 pm<br />
Jeanne Cherhal performs "Cinema"<br />
Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, 10361 W Pico Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90064<br />
310-286-0553<br />
Performing solo with a piano, Cherhal interprets songs that marked generations of moviegoers, and takes us on a nostalgic musical tour of French and European cinema. <br />
Cherhal has become a force of contemporary French music, known for her vivacious live shows evoking French chansons and cabaret. Her quirky piano style and forays into the experimental, showcase what some listeners identify as the evident influence of Tori Amos or Bjork. <br />
This is not a playlist of hit songs, but rather a poetic evocation of cinema from a byegone era, a playlist of celebrated songs composed by the likes of Serge Gainsbourg (Sous le Soleil Exactement for the film Anna), a song sung by Catherine Deneuve (Recette pour un cake d’amour for the film Peau d’Âne), Parle Plus Bas by Dalida, Pul Marine by Isabelle Adjani, and so many more.<br />
* Proof of full vaccination required for entry, masks strongly recommended indoors.<br />
Tix, $35 Premium seating + a complimentary glass of wine; $30 General Admission (no wine included); $25 Students & Seniors; at: <a href="https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome">https://lavattrk.eventive.org/welcome</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sat, May 28<br />
Laurence Juber plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/7c6dbd89b2da71764323a6260/images/0644229f-9f61-33bd-39f5-022b06d32e0d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://mcusercontent.com/7c6dbd89b2da71764323a6260/images/0644229f-9f61-33bd-39f5-022b06d32e0d.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />June 3–5, 2022<br />
NAMM is back after the pandemic hiatus! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> The 2022 NAMM Show returns</b> to occupy the entire Anaheim Convention Center Complex AND all the surrounding hotel meeting / convention spaces, AND the closed streets that hold some of the SIX performance stages of live music and & more, in Anaheim, CA.<br />
For <i>MANY</i> of us, our attendance at the 2020 NAMM Show -- just before the pandemic hit and the world shut-down -- was the fond and hopeful memory that helped remind us we would eventually get through, and <i>GET BACK TO LIVE MUSIC</i>. And sure enough, that day has come!<br />
<u>Thousands</u> of brands across music, pro audio and entertainment technology are participating in the show.<br />
<u>Over 200 education sessions</u> will be presented by music, pro audio, and live event experts.<br />
Exclusive <u>Disneyland discounts</u>: NAMM Show attendees can access discounted rates for up to 6 Disneyland tickets. "With NAMM Show dates moving back to January in the next coming years, this is a unique opportunity to experience the happiest place on earth during the sunny California summertime," notes NAMM's publicity.<br />
NAMM participants get planning perqs: Access a variety of travel resources including the hotel reservation block, discounts, and more to plan your trip.<br />
<u>TRUE, NAMM IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC -- IT IS A "MUSIC-INDUSTRY-ONLY" EVENT. It needs to be, because everything operates at capacity with all the music movers-and-shakers, innovators, marketers, and music-makers</u>. <b><i>But hang on: </i></b>If you play a professional role in music, you qualify! Check it out at their website, before the opportunity slips away.<br />
Then you can register to attend the show and start planning your trip!<br />
All info at: <br /><a href="https://www.namm.org/">
https://www.namm.org/</a><br />
If you are a NAMM member or affiliate, go to: <a href="https://registration.namm.org/wn22/register">https://registration.namm.org/wn22/register</a><br />
___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, Jun 3<br />
Fellow Pynins plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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<br />Sat, June 4<br />
32nd annual "DYLANFEST"<br />
Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance CA<br />
This is a Guide favorite, every year. Splendid performances and production values, dozens of musicians, all Bob Dylan songs with no repeats, and good food.<br />
Early Bird Tickets ON SALE NOW<br />
$35, 4/16 through 6/3<br />
Tickets at the door $40<br />
VIP Tickets (with many nice perqs) $100<br />
Get tickets and info at<br /><a href="https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest">
https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest</a><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/53b2654c-ee76-4935-ae49-bf33c5da984a.jpg" style="color: #0776de; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="800" height="384" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/53b2654c-ee76-4935-ae49-bf33c5da984a.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>___<br /><br />
Sat, Jun 4<br />
The Rave-Ups play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Sun, Jun 5<br />
Eilen Jewell plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Fri, Jun 10<br />
Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://assets.engagement.ticketmaster.com/images/properties/161/images/6259d4fc2994d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://assets.engagement.ticketmaster.com/images/properties/161/images/6259d4fc2994d.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />June 14, 15, & 16<br />
Bob Dylan<br />
Hollywood Pantages Theatre<br />
Tix: <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/734972/">https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/734972/</a><br />
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<br />Fri, Jun 17<br />
The Lowest Pair plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Sat, Jun 18<br />
Mary Gauthier plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Fri & Sat, Jun 24 & 25<br />
Brandi Carlile<br />
Greek Theatre, Los Angeles<br />
Tix: <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/974048/">https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/974048/</a><br />
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<br />Fri, Jun 24<br />
Tom Paxton & the DonJauns play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Sat, Jun 25<br />
Kim Richey plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
___<br /><br />Fri, Jul 8<br />
Rachel Baiman plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Sat, Jul 9<br />
Gill Landry plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Sat, Jul 16<br />
Doug MacLeod plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Fri, Jul 22<br />
Ordinary Elephant & Ernest Troost play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Sun, Jul 24<br />
The Hawthorns play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Fri, Sep 16<br />
Eliza Gilkyson w/ Nina Gerber play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405<br /> <span face="sans-serif">Tix & info, </span><a href="https://www.mccabes.com/" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.mccabes.com/</a><br />
McCabe's still requires a VAX CARD and MASK to enter the venue.<br />
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Sep 25<br />
Buddy Guy - Kenny Wayne Shepherd<br />
Vina Robles Amphitheatre<br /><b>
Tix: ON SALE FRI, APR 22, 10 AM</b><br /><a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005C8CEBB63013">
https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005C8CEBB63013</a><br />
___</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><i><b>Note: some festivals and other major events get their own feature stories in this edition, so they are NOT "double listed" with these short listings. </b></i></span></p><p>___</p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">⊙</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">●</span>⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>It's National RECORD STORE DAY this weekend</i></b></span></p><p>
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* The World Famous Record Parlour, 6408 Selma Ave, Hollywood CA 90028, has a storewide 50% off SALE, both Sat & Sun, April 23-24.<br />
The home of Southern California's LARGEST inventory of vintage vinyl is celebrating Record Store Day 2022 with a SALE on 100,000+ Records, Cassettes, Music Magazines, Artwork and Collectibles.<br />
All Genres, All Decades.<br />
OPEN DAILY 10:30 am-11:30 pm<br />
#RSD2022<br />
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* PASADENA has multiple record stores, so check them out, too...<br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Sat, Apr 30, 3-10 pm</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
FREE</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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We'll let <b>Phil Ward</b> describe this one:</span></span><p></p><p><span><span style="font-size: medium;">"The Eclectic is back! This is definitely one of my favorite things about living in Southern California. At the Eclectic Music Festival in South Pasadena, you get <b><u>65 acts on 13 stages</u></b>, all walkable and all free. Hard to believe, but I swear it's true. I'll be there, moving from venue to venue and clapping like a madman. Take the Metro Gold Line right into the heart of it, or park anywhere on the outskirts of downtown South Pasadena and walk in. See you there?"</span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Stages and lineups:</span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://southpasadena.net/eclectic-2022-scheduled-for-april-30/">https://southpasadena.net/eclectic-2022-scheduled-for-april-30/</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena<br /></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Keitaro Harada, conductor<br />
Ran Dank, piano<br />
James Thatcher, horn<br />
• Brett Banducci In Nomine (world premiere)<br />
• Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3<br />
• Beethoven Symphony No. 5</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/02fc9b1e3235d9e2c15baa36d/images/f0288a40-2654-4083-0284-c799c8cd51e6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="800" height="294" src="https://mcusercontent.com/02fc9b1e3235d9e2c15baa36d/images/f0288a40-2654-4083-0284-c799c8cd51e6.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">
"T</span><span style="font-size: medium;">he four most famous notes in Classical music</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> close the season on Saturday, April 30, with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 leading a blockbuster program. Our Composers Showcase presents a world premiere by Brett Banducci, and acclaimed pianist Ran Dank delivers passion and pyrotechnics for Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3."</span><br />
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“</span><i style="font-size: large;">Dank played with impeccable technical surety…explosive force and triumphant exultation.” </i><span style="font-size: medium;">~ Washington Post</span><br />
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A recipient of numerous honors, including the Naumburg and Sydney International Piano Competitions, </span><b style="font-size: large;">Ran Dank</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> has earned international recognition for his technical virtuosity. Dank is also an ardent advocate for contemporary music, and with his wife and fellow pianist Soyeon Kate Lee, established "Music by the Glass," a concert series held in a SoHo art gallery dedicated to bringing together young professionals in New York City. </span><br />
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Learn more about their partnership on and off the concert stage and their inspiration for the modern day salon with this </span><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nJgPNdlC-Xk&utm_source=Pasadena+Symphony+and+POPS+Email+List&utm_campaign=ecec1e6ad4-Classics+20%2F21+Renewal+Eblast+1_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_60187e5bad-ecec1e6ad4-161703645" style="font-size: large;" target="_blank">video Library of Congress interview</a><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span><br />
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Tix, 626-793-7172 or click here:</span><br />
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https://pasadenasymphony-pops.secure.force.com/ticket/#/</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://lafleetweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/LAF-150t.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="87" height="320" src="https://lafleetweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/LAF-150t.jpg" width="186" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">May 27-30, the US Navy and US Coast Guard offer ship tours of a number of vessels in the Port of Los Angeles for "L.A. Fleet Week." </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Events center at the Battleship IOWA, 250 S. Harbor Bl, San Pedro, CA 95236.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">O</span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">nshore activities are presented at various venues, both to welcome the sailors with shore leave and for landlubbers to come out, see the ships, eat, drink, be merry, and enjoy live music. A local host committee, the LA Fleet Week Foundation, puts it all together.</span><br />
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FREE</b> to the public, no reservations or tickets are needed except for specific ship tours, and admission is charged to visit the Battleship IOWA and its abuilding "Museum of the Surface Navy."</span><br />
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There are numerous symposiums, exercises, and outreachs focused on community resiliency, disaster prepareness, and support for area residents.</span><br />
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Events include:</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
Active duty ship tours</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
Military displays and equipment demonstrations</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
Wells Fargo Veterans Village</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
Live entertainment</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
Aircraft flyovers</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
Qualcomm STEM Expo</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
Galley Wars culinary cook-off competition between Sailor, Marine & Coastguard teams</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
Concerts Across L.A.</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
Activities for the entire family</span><br />
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This year, each day has a musical theme.</span><br />
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Friday 5/27</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
"American Idols Tribute to American Heroes"</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
featuring <b>Taylor Hicks & Ruben Studdard</b></span><br />
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Saturday 5/28</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
"Rock & Roll day</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
features country rock act <b>Pearl</b></span><br />
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Sunday 5/29</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
"Country" day</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
features <b>Sean Oliu & the Coastline Cowboys</b></span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
<b>Coffey Anderson</b></span><br />
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Monday 5/30</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
"Cover & Tribute Bands" day</span><br />
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Full info at: <a href="https://lafleetweek.com/">https://lafleetweek.com/</a></span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
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"We want to give you EARLY ACCESS to the NEW MUSIC VIDEO!"</b></span><br />
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That's the word from <b>Bettman & Halpin</b>, the Denver-based roots-acoustic duo of fiddler <b>Stephanie Bettman</b> and mandolin & guitar player <b>Luke Halpin</b>. This time, they take a turn to the 1930s, and like all their previous work, it's fun.</span><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/a9e9dd215a9c558eaefd2ca66/images/2d9b4f91-5ce4-0145-00c0-a63eb8cbcbfd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/a9e9dd215a9c558eaefd2ca66/images/2d9b4f91-5ce4-0145-00c0-a63eb8cbcbfd.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">They tell us:</span></p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">"We are releasing the first single (from the new CD) TOMORROW, April 22! </span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">"We have run our very first 'pre-save' campaign to get as many Spotify and Apple pre-saves as we can. Why you ask?</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">"Rumor has it, if we can get a few hundred pre-saves and pre-adds, then the algorithm on Spotify and Apple will add our song to various play lists and we will be able to get our music to even more people. This would be so good! We are not quite there yet. </span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">"If you stream music via Spotify or Apple, you can help make this happen. And in return - we're gonna show you the new music video before anyone else gets to see it!"</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Here's the link to enjoy the song:</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><a href="https://hypeddit.com/bettmanhalpin/whenweretogether" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">https://hypeddit.com/bettmanhalpin/whenweretogether</a><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">___</span><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">⊙</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">●</span>⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Not music, but cool</span><br />
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"Empowering Native Knowledge"<br />at / from the Autry Museum of the American West, April 22 & 23</span></i></b><br />
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PARTICIPATE ONLINE and/or IN-PERSON</b></span><br />
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Friday, April 22</b> virtually via Zoom and </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>
Saturday April 23</b> at the Autry Museum in Griffith Park, and via Zoom</span><br />
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T</span><span style="font-size: medium;">he Autry Museum of the American West will convene the "Marshall McKay Seminar for Empowering Native Knowledge: Perspectives on Native Art and Museums" for the two days. Everyone is invited to join virtually, both days. The public is invited to join in person on Saturday in the Wells Fargo Theater at the Autry Museum's Griffith Park campus.</span><br />
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Register for the sessions online. Upon registering for each session, you will receive instructions on how to join in on Zoom. Details, information & registration, at:</span><br />
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https://theautry.org/events/lectures-and-workshops/marshall-mckay-seminar-empowering-native-knowledge</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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T</span><span style="font-size: medium;">he monthly classical chamber music concert series moves to the historic La Jolla Woman's Club, with a minibus each time to and from the Los Angeles Music Center. </span><br />
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The series is crafted to "allow you to discover or rediscover masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire, including several Romantic scores written by forgotten composers [to enable patrons to] share beautiful moments of emotion, passion, and friendship."</span><br />
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"Introduced by a musicologist, each performance is followed by a Q & A between the audience and the musicians. A high tea buffet with French Champagne is served afterwards."</span><br />
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The schedule and details of the new season, along with a tickets link, is at:</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://LeSalondeMusiques.com">
LeSalondeMusiques.com</a></span><br />
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or call 310-498-0257</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<br /><b style="font-size: large;">Coming Sunday, May 15, 2022</b><br />
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O</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ne of the longest-running music festivals in the USA, and often recognized as "the finest one-day folk festival anywhere," this one aptly proclaims:</span><br />
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"We have stayed close to our roots and continued to promote bluegrass, folk, and Americana music in its purest form, and launched the careers of many prominent musicians."</span><br />
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It's true. Plus there's all-day acoustic jamming, from which some long-running bands have been formed, relationships have developed from love at first listen, and a whole lot more good has happened.</span><br />
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Our editor should know. He has been an emcee there for quite a fun run. And yep, as the festival returns from forced hiatus, he's back at the iconic Railroad Stage, where he hopes you'll sit a spell, hear some tuneage, and say howdy.</span><br />
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The event is sponsored by its original nonprofit organization and hosted by the National Park Service at its longtime home:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Paramount Ranch in Santa Monica Mountains Nat'l Receration Area, 2903 Cornell Rd, Agoura Hills, CA 91301</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_389,h_300,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="389" height="494" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_389,h_300,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/6e4e00_5351afc842124dc280c41d9c8e316069~mv2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Get Tix early so you won't wait in line. Plus, REGISTER AS A CONTESTANT (now!), sign-up to VOLUNTEER</b> (now! -- vols get free admission!), and find all the history, lineups of professional acts performing, and all the info, at:</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><a href="https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org" style="font-family: sans-serif;">https://www.topangabanjofiddle.org</a><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">___<br /></span></span><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">⊙</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">●</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">⊙</span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Joshua Tree Music Festival, celebrating 20 years, returns with Spring & Fall dates</span></i></b><br />
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Spring fest is May 12-15, 2022</b><br />
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B</span><span style="font-size: medium;">oth events are limited capacity and will sell out, so get tix early. This is a <i><u>multigenre</u></i> mix of music and artists. Along with The California Honeydrops, there is also Cimafunk, Thumpasaurus, and more.<br />
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They advertise:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">
"Less people. More space. Capacity is limited to 1500.<br />
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"Streamlined schedule with fewer concurrent activities ~ more time to engage and soak up the collective goodness together.<br />
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"A bustling Kidsville makes this one of the best family-friendly festivals around."<br />
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"The action will be concentrated in the Music Bowl with a streamlined schedule of movement medicine in the mornings flowing into music acts in the afternoon and into the night. We’re adding a chill zone on the lake where you’ll find yoga classes, healers and other zen-ness. Stop by the Cafe Stage (next to JavaGogo) for sweet morning sets with your coffee.<br />
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"Songwriter Sessions and other intimate workshops can be found on the Boogaloo Stage during the day, then return later for Boogaloo late night JTMF style.<br />
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"In accordance with information posted by CDC, CDPD and San Bernardino County, proof of vaccine or negative COVID tests will not be required to attend. Masks will not be mandated and are up to each individual."<br />
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4 Day Festival Passes only for now. They say, "single day tickets for locals will be available at the gate."<br />
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Full info:<br />
<br /><a href="https://joshuatreemusicfestival.com/may-2022-event-info/">
https://joshuatreemusicfestival.com/may-2022-event-info/</a><br />
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<br /><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">"Rhythm & Roots" Music Festival will return, despite earlier word of the end</span></i></b><br />
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T</span><span style="font-size: medium;">his longstanding arts celebration, known for stellar music, happily will return this Labor Day Weekend, September 2, 3, and 4, in Charlestown, Rhode Island.</span><br />
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The event, celebrating its 24th year, marks the end of summer in its original location, Ninigret Park. </span><br />
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The announcement follows the news of unexpected cancellation, originally attributed to health concerns from founder Chuck Wentworth. Subsequently, his events co, Lagniappe, sold the festival to independent, community-minded Hartford, CT-based Goodworks Entertainment. That cleared the way for the festival’s return.</span><br />
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Goodworks brings 20 years of concert and festival production, entering the partnership with a clear goal -- maintaining the same charm that carried the festival through more than two decades. </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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“Goodworks is a perfect fit to take over the festival…” said Wentworth. “…their underlying philosoph[ies] mirror that of those exemplified by Lagniappe Productions for the past 23 years.”</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Musical talent is being selected and remaining logistics finalized. Initial artist lineup and ticketing details will arrive in the coming weeks.</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">A</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ussie singer-songwriter <b>8 BALL AITKEN</b> tells us, "I haven't missed a Tamworth Festival for 17 years and I'm playing one show only, THIS SATURDAY APRIL 23, 7 pm."<br />
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Crikey. If you find yourself in Australia, mate, go!<br />
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8 BALL adds, "The tour calendar is filling up with Australian gigs this year from Tamworth, Boonah, Imbil, Bundaberg, Broadbeach, Brisbane, Mission Beach, Wondecla, Cooktown, Townsville, Newcastle, and many more. I'm also playing a lot of private parties and backyard gigs. Book me (for a gig.... not a parking ticket haha)."<br />
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He continues, "My new album 'HEART AND SOUL' is out now on CD, vinyl and all streaming services. It's #4 in the Australian Blues Charts right now. Have a listen to the new soulful sound.<br />
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"I'm also currently finishing off my my next album. It's a banging blues record similar to 'Ice Cream Man' but bigger and fatter. Like an ice cream man on steroids. I recorded most of it in USA before I left and I'm finally finishing it off. I'll be sharing some tracks before too long."<br />
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Check him out, catch up with him again, find his music on streaming services, or go get 'HEART AND SOUL' on vinyl or CD, all at </span></p><p><a href="http://8ballaitken.com"><span style="font-size: medium;">8ballaitken.com</span></a></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">___</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">⊙</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">●</span>⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Need an escape from corporate media?</span></b></p><p><b style="font-family: sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Lee Camp: He's back, if you help</span></i></b><br />
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R</span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">emember </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lee Camp</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">, creative force behind the late, great </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Redacted Tonight"</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">-? We've reported recently on the sudden erasure of the archive of that show, and of Pulitzer Prize winner </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chris Hedges</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"> show, </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">"On Contact.</b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">"</b> Both have been virtually "disappeared," contrary to our notions of living in a free society with access to everything. (No, this isn't where we stir you up to chant "Free Julian Assange!" But it certainly could be.)</span><br />
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We can report new developments from one of the disappeared.</span><br />
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He brings us news of a "100% people funded" project, with "watchdog documentaries & political comedy w/ Lee Camp, Dan Cohen & Mnar Adley."</span><br />
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Lee Camp tells us: </span><br />
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"Redacted Tonight is gone.</span><br />
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"But I'm announcing a new show! <b><i>'The Most Censored News with Lee Camp'</i></b> will start in less than a month IF the fundraiser is successful. The show is part of the wonderful independent news outlets <b>MintPress</b> and <b>Behind The Headlines</b>.</span><br />
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"But it only happens if they raise enough money in the next few weeks. <b><a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-go-behind-the-headlines/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE to watch the promo video</a></b> and please help us spread the word!</span><br />
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"Thank you so much for your support.</span><br />
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"Keep fighting,</span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
- Lee"</span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><i>Editor's note: the promo vid is well-done, thought-provoking stuff. Take seven minutes and watch it.</i></span><br /><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
Link that you can copy, paste, and send to others:</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-go-behind-the-headlines/">
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-go-behind-the-headlines/</a></span><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
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<br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">H</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">er name is <b>Tiffany Dover</b>. She is the Tennessee nurse who fainted just after being vaccinated during a hospital news conference. Anti-vaxx conspiracy zealots proclaimed she was dead, killed by the MRNA Covid-19 vaccine, and went into a frenzy of sharing her demise, globally. When told they were wrong, one of them offered "$100,000 to anyone who can prove she is still alive!"</span><br />
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Well. Several reporters have published irrefutable proof Tiffany Dover is alive and well.* (see below)</span><br />
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But no hundred grand has been forthcoming, to any of those reporters or to Ms. Dover.</span><br />
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Will this stuff never stop?</span><br />
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I had an anti-vax zealot hold a magnet up to my just-vaccinated arm to prove to the world, "The vaccine makes you magnetic!" Of course it doesn't. But that person is still a zealot, still certain I am brimfull of nanocontrol probes, or something. So I certainly did not believe the wackos would pay-up. Did you?</span><br />
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Maybe we should organize a snipe hunt for them, with their own hundred grand prize for the one who brings back the most -- vaccinated snipes, unvaxxed snipes, masked and unmasked snipes, snipes on ventilators, snipes who've lost their sense of taste and smell and have brain fog. You catch 'em, we'll count 'em for you.</span><br />
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How about it, science-deniers?</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">___<br />
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* - <i>Proof Tiffany Dover is alive and well (take your pick of proofs):</i><br />
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1) <br /><a href="https://www.eutimes.net/2021/11/tiffany-dover-did-not-die-she-is-alive-stop-spreading-fake-news-heres-the-evidence/">
https://www.eutimes.net/2021/11/tiffany-dover-did-not-die-she-is-alive-stop-spreading-fake-news-heres-the-evidence/</a><br />
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2) <br /><a href="https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a39736429/covid-vaccine-conspiracy-theory-spread-brandy-zadrozny-podcast/">
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a39736429/covid-vaccine-conspiracy-theory-spread-brandy-zadrozny-podcast/</a><br />
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3) <br /><a href="https://nypost.com/2021/02/01/conspiracy-theorists-claim-nurse-tiffany-dover-is-dead-after-covid-shot/">
https://nypost.com/2021/02/01/conspiracy-theorists-claim-nurse-tiffany-dover-is-dead-after-covid-shot/</a><br />
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4) <br />
And the definitive coverage, from the first season of the "Truthers" podcast series: <br />
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"Tiffany Dover is alive and well, but she’s stayed silent through it all. And now her story has been hijacked by total strangers trying to make people doubt the safety of the COVID vaccine. In this first season of <b><i>Truthers</i>, a podcast project about misinformation and conspiracy theories</b>, NBC News reporter <b>Brandy Zadrozny</b> sets out to show what’s true and what isn’t—and how one person’s life became a weapon in a global information war."</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's that link:</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truthers-tiffany-dover-is-dead/id1618512442">
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truthers-tiffany-dover-is-dead/id1618512442</a><br />
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<br /><b>Closing thought</b><br /><br /><i>
"High coercion authoritarian systems are low information systems."</i><br />
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~ Thomas Friedman, in a NYT op-ed.<br />
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box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! It even let us figure out a bunch of our important dates--most of them were musical and it sure was fun to relive those times!!!"</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; 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font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></div></div></div><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></p></div></div></div></div>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-57041578862939724272022-04-03T13:59:00.002-07:002022-04-03T14:42:21.996-07:00GRAMMY day (plus more music & arts news): watch FREE, the folk, Americana, bluegrass, blues & others you care about! - Apr 3 edition 2022<p>. </p><p>. </p><p><i><span style="font-size: medium;">More <b>music 'n other events and news</b> follow our special GRAMMYS coverage. Plus, news of <u>FINANCIAL HELP</u> for artists & others in need! So be sure you do some scrolling in this edition...</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://decc.org/wp-lib/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/grammys.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://decc.org/wp-lib/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/grammys.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">If you wait for the commercial part of the 64th Grammy Awards that begins live on network TV at 5 pm Pacific, 8 pm EDT, you'll miss the ones YOU CARE ABOUT!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Watch the FOLK, AMERICANA, BLUES, BLUEGRASS, and other ROOTS MUSIC and ACOUSTIC CATEGORIES in the "Grammys' Premiere Ceremony" --</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>FREE online at 12:30 pm PDT, 3:30 pm EDT.<br />
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It's LIVESTREAMED FREE on <br />
<br /><a href="http://www.live.grammy.com">
www.live.grammy.com</a> <br /></span>
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and the Grammys' official YouTube page,<br />
<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/grammy/videos">
https://www.youtube.com/grammy/videos</a><br />
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SO, WHAT WILL I SEE THERE, AS AN EARLY BIRD?</i></b><br />
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70+ Grammys -- of the total of 86 nomination categories -- will be awarded to some of the top names in folk, Americana, classical music, jazz, R&B, global music, and more, DURING THE AFTERNOON EVENT. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The sheer number of categories means all the awards cannot fit into the three-and-a-half-hour network broadcast, and as always, the commercialism prevails in prime time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">
Thankfully, that means we get the "Premiere Ceremony," hosted by Grammy-winning actor and television host LeVar Burton -- where the MAJORITY of the Grammy Awards are bestowed.<br />
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WATCH FOR THE Nominees in Categories you care about...</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">● "Best Folk Album" -- here are all 5 noms:<br />
One Night Lonely [Live] - Mary Chapin Carpenter<br />
Long Violent History - Tyler Childers<br />
Wednesday (Extended Edition) - Madison Cunningham<br />
They're Calling Me Home - Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi<br />
Blue Heron Suite - Sarah Jarosz<br />
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● "Best American Roots Performance" -- here are all 5 noms:<br />
“Cry” - Jon Batiste<br />
“Love and Regret” - Billy Strings<br />
“I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” - The Blind Boys of Alabama and Béla Fleck<br />
“Same Devil” - Brandy Clark feat. Brandi Carlile<br />
“Nightflyer” - Allison Russell<br />
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● "Best American Roots Song" -- here are all 5 noms:<br />
“Avalon” - Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi <br />
(Songwriters: Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson with Francesco Turrisi)<br />
“Bored” - Linda Chorney feat. Becca Byram, EJ Ouellette & Trevor Sewellzz<br />
(Songwriter: Linda Chorney )<br />
“Call Me A Fool” - Valerie June feat. Carla Thomas <br />
(Songwriter: Valerie June)<br />
“Cry” - Jon Batiste <br />
(Songwriters: Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan)<br />
“Diamond Studded Shoes” - Yola <br />
(Songwriters: Dan Auerbach, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Lee Tasjan & Yola)<br />
“Nightflyer” - Allison Russell <br />
(Songwriters: Jeremy Lindsay & Allison Russell)<br />
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● "Best Americana Album" -- here are all 5 noms: <br />
Downhill From Everywhere - Jackson Browne<br />
Leftover Feelings - John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band<br />
Native Sons - Los Lobos<br />
Outside Child - Allison Russell<br />
Stand For Myself - Yola<br />
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● "Best Bluegrass Album" -- here are all 5 noms:<br />
Renewal - Billy Strings<br />
My Bluegrass Heart - Béla Fleck<br />
A Tribute To Bill Monroe - The Infamous Stringdusters<br />
Cuttin’ Grass – Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions) - Sturgill Simpson<br />
Music Is What I See - Rhonda Vincent<br />
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● "Best Regional Roots Music Album" -- here are all 5 noms:<br />
Live In New Orleans! - Sean Ardoin And Kreole Rock And Soul<br />
Bloodstains & Teardrops - Big Chief Monk Boudreaux<br />
My People - Cha Wa<br />
Corey Ledet Zydeco - Corey Ledet Zydeco<br />
Kau Ka Pe'a - Kalani Pe'a<br />
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● "Best Contemporary Instrumental Album" -- here are all 5 noms:<br />
Double Dealin' - Randy Brecker & Eric Marienthal<br />
The Garden - Rachel Eckroth<br />
Tree Falls - Taylor Eigsti<br />
At Blue Note Tokyo - Steve Gadd Band<br />
Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2 - Mark Lettieri<br />
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● "Best Traditional Blues Album" -- here are all 5 noms:<br />
100 Years of Blues - Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite<br />
Traveler's Blues - Blues Traveler<br />
I Be Trying - Cedric Burnside<br />
Be Ready When I Call You - Guy Davis<br />
Take Me Back - Kim Wilson<br />
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● "Best Contemporary Blues Album" -- here are all 5 noms:<br />
Delta Kream - The Black Keys feat. Eric Deaton & Kenny Brown<br />
Royal Tea - Joe Bonamassa<br />
Uncivil War - Shemekia Copeland<br />
Fire It Up - Steve Cropper<br />
662 - Christone "Kingfish" Ingram<br />
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● "Best Musical Theater Album" -- here are all 5 noms:<br />
"Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella" - Original Album Cast<br />
(Andrew Lloyd Webber, Nick Lloyd Webber & Greg Wells, producers; Andrew Lloyd Webber & David Zippel, composers/lyricists)<br />
"Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater's Some Lovers" - World Premiere Cast<br />
(Burt Bacharach, Michael Croiter, Ben Hartman & Steven Sater, producers; Burt Bacharach, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist)<br />
"Girl From The North Country" - Original Broadway Cast<br />
(Simon Hale, Conor McPherson & Dean Sharenow, producers; Bob Dylan, composer & lyricist)<br />
"Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording)" -The 2020 Les Misérables Staged Concert Company<br />
(Cameron Mackintosh, Lee McCutcheon & Stephen Metcalfe, producers; Claude-Michel Schönberg, composer; Alain Boublil, John Caird, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel & Trevor Nunn, lyricists)<br />
"Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots" - World Premiere Cast<br />
(Daniel C. Levine, Michael J Moritz Jr, Bryan Perri & Stephen Schwartz, producers; Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist)<br />
"The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical" - Barlow & Bear<br />
(Emily Bear, producer; Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear, composers/lyricists)<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">● "Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media" -- all seven noms:<br />
Cruella - Various Artists<br />
Dear Evan Hansen - Ben Platt & Various Artists<br />
In The Heights - Various Artists<br />
One Night In Miami... - Leslie Odom, Jr. & Various Artists<br />
Respect - Jennifer Hudson<br />
Schmigadoon! Episode 1 - Various Artists<br />
The United States Vs. Billie Holiday - Andra Day<br />
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● "Best Instrumental Composition" -- all 5 noms:<br />
“Beautiful Is Black” - Brandee Younger<br />
(Brandee Younger, composer)<br />
“Cat And Mouse” - Tom Nazziola<br />
(Tom Nazziola, composer)<br />
“Concerto For Orchestra: Finale” - Vince Mendoza & Czech National Symphony Orchestra feat. Antonio Sánchez & Derrick Hodge<br />
(Vince Mendoza, composer)<br />
“Dreaming In Lions: Dreaming In Lions” - Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble <br />
(Arturo O’Farrill, composer)<br />
“Eberhard” - Lyle Mays<br />
(Lyle Mays, composer)<br />
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● "Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella" -- all 5 noms:<br />
“Chopsticks” - Richard Baratta<br />
(Bill O'Connell, arranger)<br />
“For The Love Of A Princess” from Braveheart - HAUSER, London Symphony Orchestra & Robin Smith<br />
(Robin Smith, arranger)<br />
“Infinite Love” - Emile Mosseri<br />
(Emile Mosseri, arranger)<br />
“Meta Knight's Revenge" from Kirby Superstar - The 8-Bit Big Band feat. Button Masher <br />
(Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers)<br />
"The Struggle Within" - Rodrigo y Gabriela<br />
(Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sanchez, arrangers)<br />
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● "Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals" -- all 5 noms:<br />
“The Bottom Line” - Ólafur Arnalds & Josin<br />
(Ólafur Arnalds, arranger)<br />
“A Change Is Gonna Come” - Tonality & Alexander Lloyd Blake<br />
(Tehillah Alphonso, arranger)<br />
“The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)” - Jacob Collier<br />
(Jacob Collier, arranger)<br />
“Eleanor Rigby” - Cody Fry<br />
(Cody Fry, arranger)<br />
“To The Edge Of Longing (Edit Version)” - Vince Mendoza, Czech National Symphony Orchestra & Julia Bullock<br />
(Vince Mendoza, arranger)<br />
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● "Best Album Notes" -- all 5 noms:<br />
Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas - Sunwook Kim<br />
(Ann-Katrin Zimmermann, album notes writer)<br />
The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia And RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 - Louis Armstrong<br />
(Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer)<br />
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology - Willie Dunn<br />
(Kevin Howes, album notes writer)<br />
Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner And The First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895 - Various Artists<br />
(David Giovannoni, Richard Martin & Stephan Puille, album notes writers)<br />
The King of Gospel Music: The Life And Music Of Reverend James Cleveland - Various Artists<br />
(Robert Marovich, album notes writer)<br />
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● "Best Historical Album" -- all 5 noms:<br />
Beyond The Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings - Marian Anderson<br />
(Robert Russ, compilation producer; Nancy Conforti, Andreas K. Meyer & Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineers)<br />
Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner And The First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895 - Various Artists<br />
(Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer)<br />
Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s Music - Various Artists<br />
(April Ledbetter, Steven Lance Ledbetter & Jonathan Ward, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer)<br />
Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) - Joni Mitchell<br />
(Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer)<br />
Sign O' The Times (Super Deluxe Edition) - Prince<br />
(Trevor Guy, Michael Howe & Kirk Johnson, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer)<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">● "Record of the Year" (evening) -- 3 of the 10 noms will surprise you:<br />
“I Get A Kick Out Of You” - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga<br />
“Right On Time” - Brandi Carlile<br />
“Happier Than Ever” - Billie Eilish<br />
... and two others have great artistic merit:<br />
“I Still Have Faith In You” - ABBA<br />
“Freedom” - Jon Batiste<br />
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● "Album of the Year" (evening) -- the standouts among the 10 noms:<br />
We Are - Jon Batiste<br />
Love For Sale - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga<br />
Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish<br />
evermore - Taylor Swift<br />
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● "Song of the Year" (evening) -- 4 of the 10 are worth rooting for:<br />
“Right On Time” - Brandi Carlile<br />
(Songwriters: Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth)<br />
“A Beautiful Noise” - Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile <br />
(Songwriters: Ruby Amanfu, Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Alicia Keys, <br />
Hillary Lindsey, Lori Mckenna, Linda Perry & Hailey Whitters)<br />
“Happier Than Ever” - Billie Eilish <br />
(Songwriters: Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell)<br />
“Bad Habits” - Ed Sheeran (yes, we find him hopelessly monotonic...)<br />
(Songwriters: Fred Gibson, Johnny Mcdaid & Ed Sheeran)<br />
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● "Best Pop Solo Performance" (evening) -- 2 of the 5:<br />
“Right On Time” - Brandi Carlile<br />
“Happier Than Ever” - Billie Eilish<br />
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● "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance" (evening) -- one of the five:<br />
“I Get A Kick Out Of You” - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga<br />
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● "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album" -- HERE, all 5 are happily competitive:<br />
Love For Sale - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga<br />
‘Til We Meet Again (Live) - Norah Jones<br />
A Tori Kelly Christmas - Tori Kelly<br />
Ledisi Sings Nina - Ledisi<br />
That’s Life - Willie Nelson<br />
A Holly Dolly Christmas - Dolly Parton<br />
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● "Best Engineered Album Non-Classical" -- 2 of the 5:<br />
Cinema - The Marías<br />
Love for Sale - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga<br />
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● "Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)" -- all 5:<br />
Antología De La Musica Ranchera, Vol. 2 - Aida Cuevas<br />
A Mis 80’s - Vicente Fernández<br />
Seis - Mon Laferte<br />
Un Canto Por México, Vol. II - Natalia Lafourcade<br />
Ayayay! (Súper Deluxe) - Christian Nodal<br />
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● "Best Global Music Album" -- 2 of the 5:<br />
East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live in Concert - Daniel Ho & Friends<br />
Mother Nature - Angélique Kidjo<br />
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● "Best Global Music Performance" -- one of the five:<br />
“Blewu” - Yo-Yo Ma & Angelique Kidjo<br />
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● "Best Immersive Audio Album (from the 63rd Grammy)" -- one of the five:<br />
Soundtrack of the American Soldier - Jim R. Keene & the United States Army Field Band<br />
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● " Best Music Video" -- 3 of the 5:<br />
“Freedom” - Jon Batiste<br />
(Alan Ferguson, video director; Alex P. Willson, video producer)<br />
“I Get A Kick Out Of You” - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga<br />
(Jennifer Lebeau, video director; Danny Bennett, Bobby Campbell & Jennifer Lebeau, video producers)<br />
“Happier Than Ever” - Billie Eilish<br />
(Billie Eilish, video director; Michelle An, Chelsea Dodson & David Moore, video producers)<br />
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● "Best Remixed Recording" -- one of the 5:<br />
“Back To Life (Booker T Kings Of Soul Satta Dub)" - Booker T</span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Evening GRAMMYS broadcast, and more...</span></i></b></p><p>
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Postponed from January until tonight due to COVID restrictions then in place, the televised and streaming hoopla ensues live, and on the West Coast, delayed until after it's over in the time zone where it originates.<br />
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The Grammy Awards -- usually held in either Los Angeles or New York City -- this year are being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. That arena has previously hosted six Latin Grammy Award shows, including 2021's Latin Grammys. <br />
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For 2022, the number of nominees is expanded from eight artists to ten for each of the "general field" categories, where all the pop-hop-rap-promoted-commercialism award noms are centered. Those are "Album of the Year," "Record of the Year," "Song of the Year," and "Best New Artist."<br />
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Of course roots music, folk-Americana, acoustic, real-authentic-trad country, and even rock fans usually have little interest in any of those categories. The awards of interest to our readers are often excluded from the broadcast.<br />
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But things are looking up for watching it.<br />
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We noted a couple months ago that live performances for tonight's show looked unusually appealing, and would NOT be the usual repetitious lineup of soundalike pop and electronica that varies only from squealing with robotic alterations to the human voice to doomsday electrocution mimicry with robotic alterations to the human voice. At least not exclusively that. Perhaps your multiyear comments to the Academy and/or the networks broadcasting the show have finally had an influence.<br />
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In any event, it's great to see the diverse lineup of talented performers doing the show.<br />
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Here's the full list of live musical performers</u></i>: </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Brothers Osborne, Brandi Carlile, Jon Batiste, John Legend, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Nas, Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow, H.E.R., and J Balvin with Maria Becerra. </b><br />
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In addition, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Ben Platt, and Rachel Zegler will perform in a special "In Memoriam" tribute to honor the late legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, which is one we look forward to seeing.<br />
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Something called Silk Sonic, apparently a "chart-topping funk duo" comprised of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, will open the show.</b><br />
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It's wonderful to see an artist of immense talent, knowledge, and repertoire leading the field with the most nominations this year: musician Jon Batiste with 11 nods.</b> If singer-songwriter Batiste wins all 11 nominations, he'll surpass both Michael Jackson and Santana who have tied as the artists to win the most Grammys in one year — eight.<br />
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Trevor Noah returns to host the evening show</b>, following his emcee duties for the 2021 Grammy Awards. The South African comedian, and host of "The Daily Show" has appeal across a wide demographic.<br />
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Among those presenting awards in the main (broadcast) portion are Joni Mitchell, Keith Urban, Lenny Kravitz, Avril Lavigne, Billy Porter, Anthony Mackie</b>, Dua Lipa, Jared Leto, and pop-rap icons Ludacris, Megan Thee Stallion, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, and Questlove.<br />
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The GRAMMYS air live on CBS on cable and for the antenna-equipped. The live stream on CBS.com requires your cable provider login.<br />
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Cord-cutters can watch the main event live on Paramount+, and after the broadcast, it's available on-demand. Streaming subscription service options are Hulu+ with Live TV, YouTube TV, Sling TV, or fuboTV.</i></b></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">More happening, LIVE, online, out 'n about...</span></b></p><p>___</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/a07af2_f1c3bf595bd04224be13f2592dc350a9mv2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="490" height="640" src="https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/a07af2_f1c3bf595bd04224be13f2592dc350a9mv2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Wednesday, April 6<br />
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"MUSE/IQUE: Laurel Canyon,"</i></b><br />
at the Huntington and Skirball<br />
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Wed & Thu, April 6-7 at the Huntington Library<br />
Sun, April 10 at the Skirball<br />
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"Just miles from the bustling Hollywood scene, slightly out of sight, was an oasis where singer-songwriters converged to reinvent how music was made and played. With artists like The Mamas and the Papas to Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, to Linda Ronstadt and Joni Mitchell, and on and on and on, Laurel Canyon became a cradle of exploration and a new genre of music that could only have happened in these curvy canyons of LA. Join MUSE/IQUE for a suite of modern classical interpretations of this sonic and cultural legacy, as part of the ongoing L.A. Composed series." ~ LA Weekly <br />
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Free with MUSE/IQUE membership subscription; www.muse-ique.com<br />
___</span></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Life on Jupiter's Moons?</span></i></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">
Apr 6, 10 am, online<br />
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April 6, brings a splendid space event from an unexpected source. French planetary scientists from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and from European Space Agency - ESA will share their experience and excitement for the upcoming revolutionary space science missions JUICE (ESA) and EuropaClipper (NASA) that will launch towards Jupiter's moons in 2023 and 2024.<br />
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This event is in English, via Zoom, though titled, "Café des Sciences: Exploration of Jupiter's moons." It is presented by Alliance Française de Pasadena, 833-386-3911; afdepasadena@gmail.com; www.afdepasadena.org<br />
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They'll talk about how the European-American collaboration promotes the search for habitable worlds, in the exploration of Jupiter's moons.As we have reported in The Guide, just ONE of Jupiter's several aquatic moons has more liquid water (beneath a shell of ice) than all the liquid water on the entire Earth!<br />
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Jovian moons Europa and Ganymede, and potentially the moon Callisto -- three natural satellites of Jupiter -- host global liquid saltwater oceans maintained by internal heating beneath their icy surfaces. Gravitational tug-of-wars between the giant planet and its other moons cause constant internal heating. <br />
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These moon's oceans have captured the interest and curiosity of the scientific community, and present us with an ultimate question for our species: do these moons harbor environments and conditions suitable for life?<br />
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Does it sing like whales? Does it swim like fish? Does it resemble the colonies of life found around the vents of Earth's deep oceans? We can't know until we go! What are we waiting for?<br />
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This event is organized by the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States, which has a team at the Consulate of France in Los Angeles, and hosted at the Alliance Francaise de Pasadena.<br />
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Click here for more info: <br />
<br /><a href="https://www.afdepasadena.org/event-detail/?eventId=401#/">
https://www.afdepasadena.org/event-detail/?eventId=401#/</a><br />
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Download doc w/ details: <a href="https://mcusercontent.com/4559378d59851913f1e773f3b/files/23a7e03d-7929-c405-7a0a-1bf853487243/Jupiter_Flyer.01.pdf">https://mcusercontent.com/4559378d59851913f1e773f3b/files/23a7e03d-7929-c405-7a0a-1bf853487243/Jupiter_Flyer.01.pdf</a><br />
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<br /><b><i>More extraterrestriality...<br /><br />
"RICHARD LINKLATER’S APOLLO 10 1/2 IS A MOONAGE DAYDREAM"</i></b><br />
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Sort of a double-whammy... you've come to know we can be depended upon to get spaced-out. So, of course we are bringing you the link to the movie review by Asher Liberty from the March 31, 2022 LA Weekly.<br />
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Here's an excerpt:<br />
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"[Director] Linklater and cinematographer Tommy Pallotta shot the film in rotoscope (in which animators trace over motion picture footage) with 2-D lenses bringing a lyrical quality to the Madam George-style vignettes. Stan’s favorite bands, from Pink Floyd to Buffalo Springfield, are presented over these images to add a layer of depth to each frame. Stan uses music to process the world around him: a montage of space exploration is set to The Age of Aquarius by Fifth Dimension. The rest of the soundtrack features hits from The Monkees, while dad hums a memorable rendition of Wichita Lineman.<br />
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"Every piece of Apollo 10 1/2 –from the songs, to the places, to the cars and toys– are strands of Linklater’s memory laid out for the viewer not just to inspect but to experience. It’s the atmosphere that endures: the fireworks on the 4th of July, the games on the back porch, the adventures on the front lawn. It’s a stroll down memory lane you won’t soon forget."<br />
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Here's the link to the full review, with the movie trailer:<br />
<br /><a href="https://www.laweekly.com/richard-linklaters-apollo-10-1-2/">
https://www.laweekly.com/richard-linklaters-apollo-10-1-2/</a><br />
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<br /><b><i>EATS !<br /><br />
"Spring 2022 Dine LA Restaurant Week"<br />
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15-day event returns, starting Friday, April 1</i></b><br />
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200 local restaurateurs and chefs offer specially priced menus available for lunch and dinner for $15 to $65+ over 15 days. Yum!<br />
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Full info and list of participating eateries:<br /><a href="https://www.laweekly.com/dine-la-spring-restaurant-week-is-back-in-april/">
https://www.laweekly.com/dine-la-spring-restaurant-week-is-back-in-april/</a><br />
___</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">"Broadway to Freeway: Life and Times of a Vibrant Community at Santa Monica History Museum"</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">
Runs April 1 – December 23, 2022<br />
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"In the mid-20th century, the Broadway neighborhood was a thriving, tight-knit community in Santa Monica. Built by African American, Mexican American, and immigrant communities, the Broadway neighborhood was a haven for those who were excluded from other parts of the city. From beauty parlors and jazz clubs, to the malt shop, tortilleria, and Jewish deli, this exhibition tells the story of how residents built Broadway into a flourishing community of color — and how the 10 freeway destroyed it in the 1960s. Featuring period photographs, advertisements, oral histories, and songs, the exhibition draws on the wealth of archival material collected by the Quinn Research Center, which is dedicated to preserving the history of African American life in Santa Monica. 1350 7th St., Santa Monica." ~ LA Weekly <br />
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$5 suggested donation;"<br />
Info: www.santamonicahistory.org.<br />
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https://www.laweekly.com/living-history-arts-calendar-march-31-april-6/<br />
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"HOMEWARD BOUND" A GRAMMY SALUTE TO THE SONGS OF PAUL SIMON at the Hollywood Pantages Theater in Los Angeles<br />
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Performances by Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews, Brandi Carlile, Little Big Town, Brad Paisley, Billy Porter, Shaggy, Angelique Kidjo, Rhiannon Giddens, Irma Thomas, Trombone Shorty, Take 6 + more paying tribute to the singer-songwriter's legendary career.<br />
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Presented by the Recording Academy®, Ken Ehrlich Productions, and CBS. The salute will air on the CBS Television Network later in 2022 and will feature additional guest appearances and performances.<br />
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Tix $90-$290, and enter to win a pair, at:<br />
https://dola.com/events/2022/4/6/homeward-bound-a-grammy-salute-to-the-songs-of-paul-simon-tickets-ozqonqn<br />
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April 7, 2022:<br />
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Pianist TIMO ANDRES has appeared with the L.A. Phil, North Carolina Symphony, the Albany Symphony, and New World Symphony. In his Wallis debut (Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts), Timo performs his own composition "Honest Labor" and works by Schumann, Sarah Goldfeather, and Eric Shanfield. <br />
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"For Timo Andres, one of several brilliant composers to come out of the Yale School of Music over the last quarter century, context is commonplace." <br />
~ Russell Platt, The New Yorker<br />
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"Timo Andres is a musical triple threat. To his well-established credentials as a composer and a pianist, we can now add a third strain: Andres has a dazzling knack for assembling a concert program." ~ Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle<br />
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Tix: https://www.thewallis.org/andres<br />
BOX OFFICE: 310-746-4000<br />
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9390 N. Santa Monica Bl, Beverly Hills, CA 90210<br />
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Apr 9, 2022, 7:30 pm:<br />
SUZANA BARTAL AND THE CALDER QUARTET<br />
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Pianist Suzana Bartal returns to The Wallis with the Calder Quartet for a beautiful program of string quartets and piano quintets. The evening begins with a pair of string quartets: one composed in 1782 by the father of the string quartet, Joseph Haydn, and the other created more than 200 years later by Jamaican composer Eleanor Alberga. Also on the program are piano quintets by Robert Schumann and Eric Tanguy. Schumann's only Piano Quintet, in four movements, composed in an enthusiastic outpour of only five days in 1842, remains a major work of nineteenth-century chamber music, a work that revolutionized the instrumentation for piano and strings and established the piano quintet as a quintessentially Romantic genre. In 2019, almost 180 years later, renowned French composer Eric Tanguy responds to the models of the past with the US Premiere of a stunningly enticing piece in one movement in which the piano and the strings put a virtuosic dialogue on display.<br />
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"One of America's great string quartets.” ~ Los Angeles Times<br />
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Come early for "PRELUDES @ THE WALLIS" at 6:30 pm; for a prelude conversation with the artists moderated by Classical KUSC's Brian Lauritzen. <br />
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Tix: https://www.thewallis.org/quartet<br />
BOX OFFICE: 310-746-4000<br />
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9390 N. Santa Monica Bl, Beverly Hills, CA 90210<br />
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May 19, 2022, 8 pm:<br />
JOHNNY GANDELSMAN: "THIS IS AMERICA"<br />
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In response to this turbulent period in history, Grammy Award-winning violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman developed "This Is America," a new commissioning and recording project for solo violin, written by American and US-based artists.<br />
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Commissioned by 20 presenters in 11 states and Washington DC, "This is America" celebrates our country’s rich cultural tapestry and its myriad perspectives, thoughts and ideas, offering a vivid counterpoint to the idea that this land can be understood through a singular, dominant point of view. Each composition in the anthology reflects on the current state of American society in a personal and intimate way, looking through an unflinching lens at universal topics like separation, loneliness, hope and love. T<br />
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Tix: https://www.thewallis.org/Gandelsman<br />
BOX OFFICE: 310-746-4000<br />
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9390 N. Santa Monica Bl, Beverly Hills, CA 90210<br />
___<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Jun 16 2022, 7:30 pm:<br />
HARLEM QUARTET<br />
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Harlem Quartet’s performance with Cuban pianist/composer Aldo López-Gavilán offers a joyously energetic concert experience. The collaboration reunites López-Gavilán with his older brother, violinist Ilmar Gavilán, who left Cuba at age 14 and went on to co-found Harlem Quartet. López-Gavilán and the quartet showcase scintillating chemistry in a broad variety of repertoire. The evening includes American jazz standards, bossa nova classics, and, of course, several original compositions from López-Gavilán that take audiences on a journey through Cuba’s myriad musical traditions.<br />
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“Harlem Quartet is one of the greatest string quartets I have ever heard. They can play anything.” ~ Playbill (Ted Nash, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra)<br />
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Tix: https://www.thewallis.org/hq<br />
BOX OFFICE: 310-746-4000<br />
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9390 N. Santa Monica Bl, Beverly Hills, CA 90210<br />
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Jun 22, 2022, 7:30 pm:<br />
INNA FALIKS, PIANO<br />
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The acclaimed Ukrainian-born American pianist breaks new ground with an homage to Beethoven and Ravel that manages to do the impossible: be breathtakingly innovative while remaining respectful to the source material. This program presents the live premieres of nine imaginative and rich new works for the piano, alongside masterpieces by Beethoven and Ravel. It also celebrates Faliks’ new, internationally acclaimed CD release of the program on Navona Records which was recorded/produced during the global pandemic, with the help of Yamaha’s Disklavier technology.<br />
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Nine contemporary composers, including Paola Prestini, Billy Childs, Timo Andres, as well as six UCLA faculty composers -- Richard Danielpour, Peter Golub, Ian Krouse, David Lefkowitz, Mark Carlson and Tamir Hendelman -- were commissioned to craft responses to Ludwig van Beethoven’s Bagatelles, op. 126 (incidentally, the master’s favorite) as well as Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit. The results are exhilarating, not least owing to Faliks’s stunningly precise and sensitive pianistic interpretation: she ties together classical, romantic and modern pieces with disarming nonchalance and rock-solid technical skill. Defying the challenge of uniting three centuries of musical styles and social commentary, "Reimagine Beethoven and Ravel" proudly raises a monument not only to the genius of Beethoven and Ravel, but also to the perseverance and verve of some of today’s most exciting and important composers.<br />
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Running Time: Approximately 2 hours including 15-minute intermission. <br />
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Tix: https://www.thewallis.org/Faliks<br />
BOX OFFICE: 310-746-4000<br />
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9390 N. Santa Monica Bl, Beverly Hills, CA 90210<br />
___<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Check out the...<br />
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ROMP Festival<br />
Owensboro, KY<br />
June 22-25, 2022<br />
www.rompfest.com<br />
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That's the title of an LA Weekly article by Isai Rocha, published Mar 31, 2022.<br />
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After two years with no gigs, a lot of artists will qualify for this. Among the requirements:<br />
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• Must live in an L.A. County neighborhood that falls at or below 100% of the County’s Area Median Household Income (AMI) (Eligiblity map at link below)<br />
• Must have a household income that falls at or below 100% of the County’s AMI, for a single person household, or have a household income that falls at or below 120% of the County’s AMI for households with two or more persons (Income Eligibility Table at link)<br />
• Must have been negatively financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic<br />
• The deadline to apply, through the central portal of the county’s "Breathe" program, is April 13; portal: <a href="https://ceo.lacounty.gov/pai/breathe/">https://ceo.lacounty.gov/pai/breathe/</a><br />
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Info:<br /><a href="https://www.laweekly.com/how-to-apply-for-l-a-countys-1000-guaranteed-income-program/">
https://www.laweekly.com/how-to-apply-for-l-a-countys-1000-guaranteed-income-program/</a><br />
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“It’s hard to change the world, but it’s not so hard to change some people’s world” ~ Cass Sunstein<br />
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It's where the sounds of string instruments and melodic voices waft in at the sweet spots on the dial, between the droning streams of crazy static from Jupiter. (Seriously. That's what those squawks, squeals and pulses are over on AM radio. You know: the stuff that's more fun to listen to on AM than all those blathering talk-show wingnut conspiracy spreaders...)</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">●⊙</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; 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font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">MOBILE-DEVICE-FRIENDLY</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; 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color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.acousticmusic.net</a> </span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">... and </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; 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font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! 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box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">_______</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-21054202478453989202022-04-01T13:35:00.000-07:002022-04-01T13:35:17.516-07:00April 1st: "Look Back" special edition -- 2022<p>. </p><p>. </p><p>Today we bring you a <b><i>pair of look backs</i></b> to simpler times in all of our lives.</p><p>Owing to the complications and endless causes for tearful angst of <i>this</i> moment in history, we bring you:</p><p><b><i>(1) an almost complete* reprint of The Guide from April 1, 2014; and,</i></b></p><p><b><i>(2) the opening section AND READER COMMENTS from the edition from the same day, previous year, April 1, 2013.</i></b></p><p>We'll be back soon with musical convergences from the <i>current</i> time-space continuum. And please note our <span style="font-family: sans-serif;">RECENT</span> EDITIONS for the month or so ahead of this have PLENTY of musical opportunities that have not yet arrived.</p><p>Meantime, ENJOY the classic 2014 edition that got 41,000+ views the first day when it was originally published. (We can't determine the original reader count for the 2013 partial reprint.)</p><p>* - "almost complete" 2014 edition because all the illustrations, photos, jpgs, gifs, etc., have disappeared from the archived edition. <i>All the text</i> is there, and you'll still find it delightfully worth your time!</p><p>____________________</p><p><br /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2014/04/special-edition-april-1st-music-art-tv.html?m=0" style="color: red;">Special Edition ~ April 1st ~ music & art & TV, April 1, 2014</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6027074958396244853" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /><br />.<br />The Guide brings you a most special edition for today, April 1st.<br /><br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br /><br />As always, we start with a quick nod to history.<br /><br />April 1st in history…<br /><br />√ Today is the birthday of Rachel Maddow, MSNBC and talk radio program host.<br /><br />√ Today is the officially proclaimed (somewhere) “One Cent Day,” falling between “Bunsen Burner Day,” and “National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day.” (Seriously.)<br /><br /><br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br /><br /><br />In this edition…<br /><br />♪ NEWS FEATURES<br />. √ DEERING ANNOUNCES IRON BANJO<br />. √ DIGIPHART DEBUTS NEW HORNS THAT ANYONE CAN PLAY<br />. √ WORLD NEWS WASHING-UP ON AUSSIE BEACHES<br />. √ AKU STICK IS NEW FROM FENDER<br />. √ “A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION” SOLD TO LUTHERANS<br />. √ NEW RECORD NUMBER FOR TV PLAYS OF ANNOYING JINGLE<br />. √ FIDDLE PLAYER OFFERED PRESIDENCY – OF THE UNIVERSE<br />. √ RED HOUSE RECORDS ANNOUNCES “REDS IN THE HOUSE”<br />. √ MSNBC CHANGES NAME, KEEPS ABBREVIATION<br />♪ TICKET ALERTS<br />♪ ONGOING MUSIC & ART EVENTS<br />♪ TUESDAY’s MUSIC & ART EVENTS<br />♪ MUSIC-on-TV Tonight<br /><br /><br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br /><br /><br />♪ April 1 NEWS FEATURES<br /><br />#1 News Feature…<br /><br />√ DEERING ANNOUNCES IRON BANJO<br /><br />New model never requires tuning. Comes with welded strings.<br /><br />Phil Plectrum is really excited about this one. He tells the Guide, “Lots of people make steel guitars. You can get ’em with or without pedals. But we have the only all-metal banjo. Not only that, but it’s the most durable instrument in the world. It’s made of cast iron.” <br /><br />“Back when National began making its famous all-steel resonator guitars with the cones, they missed one thing that was a real opportunity,” notes Phil. “They coulda welded the strings. Now, decades later, we’ve overcome that oversight. All Deering Cast Iron Banjos come with factory-welded strings. Not only do you never need to tune, but you can’t. Not without a cutting torch, anyway,” beams Phil, pointing to the new banjo.<br /><br />Throughout this morning’s press conference in the parking lot at Deering’s Spring Valley (California) plant, Phil kept looking at the skies. In response to a question, he said he was not hunting for missing airliners, but it took some doing to get him to say why he was soon looking up once again.<br /><br />“Uh, rain,” said Phil. “After all, it’s made of cast iron. We don’t want it to rust.”<br /><br />The press debut did not include a demonstration. Seems the portable crane that Deering ordered didn’t show up, and no one was willing to risk a hernia from picking up the new instrument.<br /><br />Still, Phil is hoping to establish a fresh identity by associating himself with the new Cast Iron Banjo. Phil Plectrum is still remembered as the musician who infamously once left his old, beater banjo on the back seat of his convertible, with the top down. He was hungry, and didn’t want to take time to mess with the top. Band members warned him to tend to it, because of crime. Sure enough, their worst fears were confirmed: when they exited the café, they found two more old beater banjos on the seat, alongside Phil’s. Local cops delayed the band’s departure for over an hour, taking fingerprints and photographs. Sheriff Jowls is still quoted: “I just don’t know who, in our town, would do such a terrible thing. This is up there with what my friend Officer Opie encountered in Massachusetts when that Arlo kid dumped a half a ton of garbage off that cliff. There’s no telling who might be a vindictive litterbug.”<br /><br /><br />+ = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + =<br /><br /><br />#2 News Feature…<br /><br />√ DIGIPHART DEBUTS NEW HORNS THAT ANYONE CAN PLAY<br /><br />Humphrey Bogart delivered, and then received back in his face, the famous movie line, "Just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you. Just put your lips together and blow."<br /><br />Now anyone – with absolutely no musical training or knowledge – can just put their lips together and blow a horn. That's any horn in the new Digiphart line, from the Trumpet to the Trombone to Professor Peter Schicekele's legendary Left-Handed Sewer Flute.<br /><br />Thanks to modern technology, there's no need for that expensive Julliard or Berkeley or Colburn or New England Conservatory education. You don’t even need to practice, or know how to whistle. You just need to move air.<br /><br />It was inevitable. With Digipharht, playing the horn is just as brainless as a keyboard making squishy, soulless drum imitations. Once the fake drum began to deprive real musicians of work, the demand from lazy slackers made it only a matter of time before the air guitar would be replaced by that fake thing that plugs into a computer, and that set the stage for Digiphart.<br /><br />The company also plans a Pharmonica, once they figure how to make it suck as much as it blows.<br /><br /><br />+ = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + =<br /><br /><br />#3 News Feature…<br /><br />√ WORLD NEWS WASHING-UP ON AUSSIE BEACHES<br /><br />It was first said by David Serby two weeks ago: "I sure hope CNN finds that missing airliner soon, because I'm pretty sure all their world news is locked in its cargo hold."<br /><br />What beachcombers found today is more than that. There are huge wooden crates marked "FOX News" and stenciled "Benghazi Scandal" and "IRS Scandal." All were tightly sealed and completely empty.<br /><br />But more questions arose when the washed-up flotsam included packages marked "Anderson Cooper 360," addressed to "CNN 370." The onetime news network didn't change its name until after the airliner went missing. Still, the packages include hours of unaired material on Texas oil spills in the Houston Ship Channel; spreading damage to farms and polluted tap water from fracking; the faster-than-previously-believed rate of melt of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets; the amounts of money being spent in the “Own Your Own Congressman” campaign by rich corporate moguls who inherited vast fortunes and opposes raising the minimum wage; the inside-interest scandals of two US Supreme Court Justices; the impact of toxins dumped into the Ohio River by a coal processing “energy” company; and dozens more neglected stories.<br /><br />An insider, who spoke on conditions of anonymity, told the Guide that CNN will likely be months catching-up on all that lost news. Meantime, today they publicly denied any inspiration from their show named “AC 360” for renaming their network “CNN 370.”<br /><br /><br />+ = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + =<br /><br /><br />#4 News Feature…<br /><br />√ AKU STICK IS NEW FROM FENDER<br /><br />Big things are expected following today’s announcement of the new “Aku Stick” from Fender.<br /><br />Like everything else from the famous maker of electric guitars, this new model plugs-in. But not like anything else. It has a 110-volt AC cord that plugs directly into any wall outlet.<br /><br />“That’s really just for the lights,” admitted Sid Strunk, Chief of Special Strums at Fender. It took some doing to get him to reveal that the electric aspect of their new model has no musical function. “It sounds the same whether it’s plugged-in or not,” said Strum Chief Strunk.<br /><br />“We just couldn’t see making an instrument that you didn’t need to plug-in to something,” he said.<br /><br />There have been various “sticks” in music, and there once were high hopes that the “Chapman Stick” would catch-on big. But, despite a few fine players who do impressive things with it, it didn’t. Fender is gambling that its fans are ready for something they will find revolutionary.<br /><br />Fender’s new Aku Stick comes with six strings, and they have one in the concept phase that would double that number, to twelve. It has an unusually large hollow body. They deny they’re just trying to get even for getting pranked by Gibson at this year’s NAMM Show. The Guide reported on that in our February 7 edition.<br /><br />(You can check that out at the video link we gave you in that story, at:<br />http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-hcOZ85769Q&feature=youtu.be&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-hcOZ85769Q%26feature%3Dyoutu.be )<br /><br /><br />+ = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + =<br /><br /><br />#5 News Feature…<br /><br />√ “A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION” SOLD TO LUTHERANS<br /><br />Though they were too humble to say much about it, Garrison Keillor's joking about the Minnesota Lutherans is probably what prompted them to buy his long-running radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion."<br /><br />It all happened suddenly, just after lunch, Minnesota time. We do know that the new owners promptly dumped the “Ketchup Advisory Board” as a sponsor, and that’s said to be because they “didn’t appreciate the contentious interaction between the couple who bickered until they got their ketchup.”<br /><br />The Reverend Farley Fairface said, in reply to a question from the Guide, “That couple needs to settle down. Maybe if they realize there is no such thing as a catsup addiction – and I believe the proper name is ‘catsup – anyway – maybe they can be more calm.”<br /><br />Rhubarb Pie and Powdermilk Biscuits, two longtime sponsors, are thought to be safe.<br /><br />Fairface declined to comment on whether there will be changes to the musical character of the show. He did hint that the humor will undergo re-evaluation, but he was unspecific. “It should generate enough heat for the shut-ins in winter, but not enough to get anybody hot to trot after the weather warms-up,” he said.<br /><br /><br />+ = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + =<br /><br /><br />#6 News Feature…<br /><br />√ NEW RECORD NUMBER FOR TV PLAYS OF ANNOYING JINGLE<br /><br />You’re probably expecting it was set by some old reliable, like Mr. Clean, Coca-Cola, or the Ty-D-Bowl Man, but you’d be wrong. This morning, all those were passed by the ads aired by insufferable ambulance-chasing lawyers.<br /><br />On L.A. TV, a law firm nobody had heard of just three months ago, came out of nowhere and suddenly every fourth commercial all day and night on CNN and MSNBC was theirs. And all their commercials have the same horrid earworm jingle for the phone number that's all repeating digits, and a babe actress on-screen throughout, with her sly "I've-got-something-you-want" smile.<br /><br />It goes something like this:<br /><br />"At Practice & Perfect injury attorneys, we want you to call us. Injured in an accident when your car ran-over an asbestos t-bone wrapped in vaginal mesh? Did it fall-off a truck carrying blood pressure medications that stress you out because you can’t remember to take them with food with specific gmo additives? Does your doctor owe you because he failed to employ clairvoyant psychics to call and tell you to get checked so you could get a prescription for one of those nebulous pills you need to ask your doctor about? Are you seeing this because you watch too much TV, and we need to go after your cable provider? Then grab your phone and hit yourself in the head with it so we can sue your phone company! Drop something on your foot? We'll sue the floor – or gravity. Whatever it is, we're all about making it somebody's fault."<br /><br />[The blonde adjusts her sly smile once again.]<br /><br />"You know that hot babes like me only go for guys with lots of money that recently became suddenly rich and have no trouble lavishing on those close to them. Close to them. Really close to them. So why should you be left out? if they're being dicks, call six."<br /><br />"♪ Practice 'n Perfect, ♪ aam-bue-lance ah-turn-knees, ♪ call six-six-six, ♪ six-six, six-six."<br /><br />The babe doesn't blow you a kiss. But almost. Then you take your fingers out of your ears, having successfully evaded that damn earworm.<br /><br />The Guide is considering a class-action suit. We believe plenty of folks would like to sue 'em for blistered ear canals, from all the times we’ve had to insert fingers in ears because of emotional trauma caused by their deluge of irritating commercials. Every fourth commercial. All day, all night.<br /><br /><br />+ = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + =<br /><br /><br />#7 News Feature…<br /><br />√ FIDDLE PLAYER OFFERED PRESIDENCY – OF THE UNIVERSE<br /><br />This morning, award-winning roots music fiddle player and classic violinist JEAN SUDBURY announced, "I have been offered the job of President of the Universe. There was no end in sight. I turned it down."<br /><br />Kathie Freeman, who was on-hand for the press conference, quipped, "Who wouldn't?! It would be bad enough being president of the PTA."<br /><br />The Guide's editor told Sudbury, "The Universe isn't a good gig. Every trip is one-way, because by the time you play a venue again, everybody who was there last time is dead. And their star probably imploded. Now, if Grand Duchess of the Inner Planets is open..."<br /><br />Jean Sudbury: "Yeah. I could hire all my favorite people to play for the inauguration, maybe on the planet Venus. Who wants to join?"<br /><br />No word whether the gig would pay union scale.<br /><br /><br />+ = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + =<br /><br /><br />#8 News Feature…<br /><br />√ RED HOUSE RECORDS ANNOUNCES “REDS IN THE HOUSE”<br /><br />In something of a departure, a new project was announced today by St. Paul, Minnesota-based Red House Records. The label has become the premier label for Nu-Folk artists, and one of the best for rootsy Folk-Americana artists and bands.<br /><br />Today, Red House announced "Reds in the House: The Lost Tracks of Joseph McCarthy."<br /><br />Much to the surprise of artists and politicos alike, it seems that “Tail Gunner Joe,” the demagogue red-baiting Senator Joseph McCarty, composed and sang his own songs.<br /><br />“McCarthy was the senator from Wisconsin, right next door to us,” said a spokesperson for Red House. They continued, “I think this project grew out of a bet on game day when the Badgers played, and someone said something about having to hear their marching band play ‘On Wisconsin’ again.”<br /><br />No one will confuse McCarthy’s musical efforts with a marching band – even if he did try to ferret-out the timpani players in the band in 1954, “Because the timpani is such a communist instrument.”<br /><br />When the two-CD box-set is released May 2, the anniversary of McCarthy’s death in 1957, the tracks will include:<br /><br />♪ “The Communists in the Army Let the Reds Have Germany’s Schnitzel”<br />♪ “Check Beneath Your Bed, ’Cause I’m Not There to Do It”<br />♪ “Eisenhower Went Soft (On Communism)”<br />♪ “The ‘S’ in Harry S Truman Stood for Socialism”<br />♪ “I Put the ‘God’ in ‘Godless Communists’”<br />♪ “Don’t Show Me Your Pink, Or I’ll See Red”<br />♪ “Let MacArthur Do the Nuke Thing”<br />♪ “I Blacklisted Everybody Smart Enough to Get Me (so they couldn’t)”<br /><br />Every box set will come complete with its own fireworks display and popup Statue of Liberty with all four faces of Mt. Rushmore superimposed. You’ll also find a miniature gavel, glued firmly into the package, so it can’t be used to gavel-down Joe before the album finishes playing. If you make it to the end, after a few seconds of silence in memory of McCarthy’s victims, the final recorded sound is a voice asking “After all this, Senator, have you left no decency?”<br /><br />The stable of Red House artists is said to be drawing lots and bribing each other to be the one who reads those final words.<br /><br /><br />+ = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + =<br /><br /><br />#9 News Feature…<br /><br />√ MSNBC CHANGES NAME, KEEPS ABBREVIATION<br /><br />Controversial NBC affiliate MSNBC was co-founded years ago with MicroSoft when the Redmond, Washington-based software giant had more money than it knew how to spend. At the time, Bill Gates had yet to catch the philanthropy bug.<br /><br />He was more worried about a congressional investigation into his hegemonistic and monopolistic business practices. So he did what all 1%-ers do: he bought his own media outlet to make the news come out however he wanted. Except he had NBC as a partner, who was owned by GE, who, admidst consumer product safety class-action suits, had their own needs to make the public like them.<br /><br />MSNBC has never really been a news network, anyway. Not one who is completely objective, with no axes to grind, like, say, Al-Jazeera.<br /><br />With all the corporate-owned private prisons in America making more and more money as long-term unemployment drives-up crime -- which drives-up conviction rates, which drives-up business -- there was abundant cash to put their product on TV.<br /><br />The booming private-prison industry spread their cash around. The National Geographic Channel began airing "Inside San Quentin: Where You Always Get Plenty of Towels."<br /><br />A&E got "Grand Theft Taxpayer," where dumb thugs screamed into the cameras about how they were going to mess-up everybody who put them there, as soon as their early release papers came through.<br /><br />For the industry, building "an unhealthy spirit of competition to see who could appear the most threateningly satanic" between their cadre of disgusting thug-stars was just good business. It brought higher ad rates for law firms, bail-bondsmen, and pawn shops.<br /><br />But nobody cashed-in like MSNBC. Their entire weekend was all-incarceration, all the time. For months, every Friday brought Rachel Maddow mixing drinks at the end of her show, preparing her viewers to trade one kind of bars for another, and for a weekend in jail until Monday morning when news suddenly mattered again.<br /><br />The shows strove for criminal-cutesy, with names like, "Devil's Island: Extended Stay," and "Meth Me Do It -- Again!" and "I'm Gon' Git That Mo' Soon as I 'Scape!" Others fell flat, like, "Finally Finishing High School in the Joint," and "Demonstrable Remorse." The more vile the subject matter, the better the chances MSNBC wanted it to stuff in the face of "those lightweight thugs on NatGeo and A&E."<br /><br />Still, the network gradually slipped-in some weekend news programs, in a block each morning amidst all the horrific threat-yelling and ugly-ass tattooed freaks behind bars. That change -- like going from steel handcuffs to plastic tie strips -- alarmed the private-prison industry. They were damned mad, actually, feeling betrayed almost as much as alienated as NBC's shrinking pool of "Meet the Press" viewers, who quit due to David Gregory's weekly display of bias.<br /><br />In an effort to pacify all (except the lost "Meet the Press" viewers ), the network announced today that MSNBC will henceforth be known as "Maximum Sentence NBC." The network says, "Because we're not fooling around. We'll pin those other prison shows to their cots and make them our bitches."<br /><br /><br /><br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br /><br />A note about the veracity of the foregoing “News” section. Please consult the date it was filed: April 1. If that doesn’t explain everything and you’re still inclined to believe you’ve just read the new gospel, ask someone who has more awareness of life.<br /><br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br /><br /><br /><br />♪ TICKET ALERTS...<br /><br />1) “LEADERSHIP IN THE ARTS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?” is a FREE program on Apr 24 at USC, featuring the Kronos Quartet, in the “Visions and Voices” series. Reservations are required, and it will fill-up. Reservations available beginning Tue, April 1, at 9 am, at:<br />www.visionsandvoices.usc.edu<br /><br /><br />= = = = = = + = = = = = =<br /><br />2) The 24th Annual "DYLANFEST" is Sun, May 4th, Noon-8 pm, at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center, outside on the Torino Plaza, 3330 Civic Center Dr, Torrance 90503.<br />+<br />Early-Bird tickets are available through today, April 1, at the discounted price of $25 adult, $10 child, $100 vip, at:<br />http://andyandrenee.com/store.php<br /><br /><br /><br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br />♪ TUESDAY’s<br />LIVE EVENTS<br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br /><br /><br />♪ ONGOING MUSIC & ART EVENTS<br /><br /><br />Ongoing, through Apr 19, in Sierra Madre:<br />(Times vary, by night) “CIVIL WAR THEMED LIVE THEATRE,” in three period-music-related productions, at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W Sierra Madre Bl, Sierra Madre; 626-355-4318; www.sierramadreplayhouse.com.<br /><br />Nick Smith, veteran storyteller and co-producer of the Pasadena Folk Music Series (formerly the Caltech Folk Music Series), says, “I’m historical advisor for their current productions. The main one, "Battledrum," (Mar 7-Apr 19) is a short musical drama about drummer boys during the Civil War.”<br />+<br />There is also one remaining performance of the MUSIC OF THE CIVIL WAR, in a show called "Glory Hallelujah," on April 13. It’s presented in conjunction with the Colbert School of Music, that esteemed L.A. institution across the street from the Disney Concert Hall.<br />+<br />The theatre’s lobby has a wonderful display of Civil War photographs and descriptive placards, along with a Union uniform and lady’s dress of the time.<br />+<br />Each performance of "Battledrum" opens with an opening talk by a historian, leading into the play. Nick tells us, “I will be doing [the historian’s opening] for some of the performances. I’m also helping select the readings and music for the other production. It’s been busy.”<br />+<br />The Guide was there for ""THE PLAYER KING," a one-night-only show in the series on March 28. It’s about the theatrical Booth family, including John Wilkes Booth, the actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Written and performed bt DARIN DAHMS, it is an inspired performance. If it’s indicative of this series, and we believe it is, then catch as much of it as you can.<br />+<br />Tix and info, at:<br />http://sierramadreplayhouse.org/playhouse<br /><br />= + = + = + = + =<br /><br />Ongoing, through Apr 6,<br />FILM FESTIVAL,<br />on Catalina Island:<br />The Annual “FESTIVAL OF FILM NOIR” at the Avalon Ballroom on Catalina Island. You will need to arrange ferry passage to Catalina Island and back, in addition to choosing tickets for specific films and events. Get event info from the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles: www.adsla.org or 310-659-3326.<br /><br />= + = + = + = + =<br /><br />ONGOING at the Getty, through Jun 1, in L.A.:<br />“JACKSON POLLOCK’S MURAL,” and “HATCHED! CREATING FORM WITH LINE,” are two concurrent temporary exhibitions at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, L.A. 90049; 310-440-7300; parking is $10.<br /><br />= + = + = + = + =<br /><br />ONGOING at the Getty, through Jun 8, in L.A.:<br />“A ROYAL PASSION: QUEEN VICTORIA & PHOTOGRAPHY” and “HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: PAST TENSE” are two concurrent temporary exhibitions at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, L.A. 90049; 310-440-7300; parking is $10.<br /><br />= + = + = + = + =<br /><br />ONGOING at the Getty, through Jun 22, in L.A.:<br />“HEAVEN AND EARTH: BYZANTINE ILLUMINATION AT THE CULTURAL CROSSROADS” is a new temporary exhibition at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, L.A. 90049; 310-440-7300; parking is $10.<br /><br /><br /><br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br />♪ TUESDAY’s Today/Tonight-Only<br />MUSIC & ART EVENTS<br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br /><br /><br />~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~ <br />Tuesday, April 1, 2014<br />~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~ <br /><br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in Signal Hill:<br />6 pm Weekly “BLUEGRASS SOUP JAM” at Convert-A-Tape, 2420 Gundry Av, Signal Hill 90755.<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in Long Beach”<br />7 pm The world famous OXFORD CHOIR performs FREE aboard the Queen Mary, in the Port of Long Beach. Complimentary admission to the ship will also be provided.<br />+<br />This free concert is limited to 300 attendees. The famed Oxford Christ Church Boys Choir makes this one-time appearance. The Christ Church Choir, now in its 500th year, is internationally cherished, and like the Queen Mary herself, is undeniably British. Established in 1526, the Oxford Christ Church Choir (http://www.chchchoir.org) brings its heavenly voice to the Queen Mary. Led by Choral Conductor Stephen Darlington, the choir will perform classical and liturgical works in keeping with the Lenten season, as well as adventurous renditions of popular songs. The one-hour exclusive program, beginning at 7 pm, will serve as an early introduction to Easter.<br />+<br />The Queen Mary seeks to align its marketing and community relations activities with those cultural opportunities which reflect the ship's British heritage and its own stature as an historical icon. The Christ Church Choir itself reflects these same attributes. "Making this wonderful and historic Choir available to school groups, local choirs and all music lovers again demonstrates the Queen Mary's commitment to broadening the public's understanding of British culture, be it in song or the mid-century engineering masterpiece that is our ship," says Julie Guaderrama, Event Marketing Manager for the Queen Mary.<br />+<br />The Queen’s Salon is the ship's most elegant public space, replete with precious Art Deco fittings and a permanent stage. Originally serving as the First Class Lounge, the Salon features a "music theme" clearly reflected by the artwork displayed throughout the space. The striking gesso panel "Unicorns in Battle" by Bayes/Oakley dominates the entire Salon - its gold reflection adding luster to any event. "The acoustics, art and thematic history of the Salon can only enhance what we know will be a an emotional and stirring performance by the Christ Church Choir. We look forward to sharing their artistry and historical significance and encourage those interested to reserve early," Ms. Guaderrama concluded.<br />+<br />While many famed soloists, orchestras and other entertainers have graced the Queen Mary's stage this performance by the Christ Church Choir is a first for the ship. The Queen Mary is grateful to Director Stephen Darlington and the choir members for their amazing range, repertoire and for bringing such beautiful British voices to our historic Salon. Here is a chance to hear centuries-old tradition herald the coming of Easter in song; and to cherish the legacy that is Britain and of course her pride - the Queen Mary. The Choir’s rare Southern California tour will also include performances in Los Angeles and at Casa Romantica in San Clemente.<br />+<br />Doors and seating open at 6 pm. Make your required FREE reservation at:<br />www.queenmary.com/oxford.<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in Arcadia:<br />7 pm Weekly "SONGWRITERS SERENADE" tonight brings a lineup of recording artists and performing host JC HYKE, all playing fully acoustic, at Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant, 145 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006.<br />+<br />No cover. Venue has full menu and full bar. All ages. Show is on a covered patio with plenty of heaters. Free parking in back or on the street.<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in SFV (Toluca Lake):<br />7 pm Weekly “TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION” is a structured jam at Timmy Nolan's Tavern & Grill, 10111 Riverside Dr, Toluca Lake 91602; 818-985-3359.<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in San Diego Co (Escondido):<br />7 pm Monthly “NORTH COUNTY BLUEGRASS & FOLK CLUB” music session at Round Table Pizza, 1161 E Washington Av (at Ash), Escondido 92025.<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in Carson:<br />7:30 pm RICHARD SMITH, virtuoso fingerstyle guitar great, plays the Printing Museum, 315 Torrance Bl, Carson 90745; 310-515-7166.<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in San Diego:<br />7:30-11 pm An unnamed CAJUN CREOLE BAND plays Tio Leos, 5302 Napa St, San Diego 92110.<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in WeHo:<br />Time tba THE ICY HOT CLUB plays “Jazz Tuesdays” at the Moonrise Club in West Hollywood.<br />+<br />The Icy Hot Club is a Los Angeles-based group that plays modernized Gypsy Jazz music in the style of Django Reinhardt. They often include reworked versions of contemporary pop and rock songs alongside traditional Gypsy Swing, with 3 part vocal harmonies. Generally bringing two guitars, in the hands of Ethan Emerson and Ray Bergstrom, and an upright bass, Icy Hot Club might add violin, clarinet, and / or drums.<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue & Wed, Apr 1 & 2, in OC (Costa Mesa):<br />8 pm CELTIC WOMAN performs two shows in their “EMERALD TOUR” at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Dr, Costa Mesa 92626.<br />+<br />They’ve been at it long enough that this tour is about not only performing new songs, but also fan favorites.<br />+<br />Tix, 714-556-2121, or online at www.SCFTA.org<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in Altadena:<br />8 pm STRING FEVER plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena.<br />+<br />The Guide’s editor was there, in the story below. Everything that venue impresario Bob Stane says about this band is true. They are incredible. Truly.<br />+<br />Bob Stane tells this so well, we’ll just present the story as he tells it:<br />+<br />“I have pulled you aside after a show. I have you firmly by the elbow and am whispering in your ear.... This is the first time in 15 years that I have sent you an e mail message on just one act. One Act.<br /><br />“I want those of you who realize what is happening to experience this act." DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW. THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE !!!<br />+<br />“The group is STRING FEVER. This is the story and it rings of fantasy but here it is. Here is the way it happened. 3 years ago. I get this message from ‘someone’ and it states... there is this English group and they want to come in from London to play The Coffee Gallery Backstage. Right!!! No, no says ‘someone’ they will be in on this particular night and they want to play your stage. An opening slot will be just fine. 35 minutes is all they want. Right!!! They will fly in from Heathrow Airport in London to LAX, rent a car and drive to Altadena. Of Course They Will !!! Bob Says, ‘and then what will they do?’ ‘Someone’ says, ‘they will do their 35 minutes, then drive to Las Vegas and talk to some "people" and then fly back to London.’ Right !!!<br />+<br />"’Someone’ says, ‘and you will not have to pay them. They will not have an American work permit.’ 6,000 miles, no other venue and no pay. Works for me.<br />+<br />“Having just purchased a turnip farm in rich Florida swamp land, I can go for this.<br />+<br />“How tight will their schedule be between landing at LAX and arriving at The Coffee Gallery Backstage? About 2 hours. They feel they will have 30 minutes to spare. From Heathrow to LAX to The Coffee Gallery Backstage with a fat, 30 minutes to spare. Right !!! So they can play for 35 minutes.<br />+<br />“They could have flown directly to Las Vegas but the lusted to play The Coffee Gallery Backstage. No other place in Los Angeles would do just here in famous Altadena. In the glamorous Coffee Gallery Backstage. Where else could such dreams be realized?<br />+<br />“So I bullied the headline act scheduled that night to let this strange and wonderful English group open the show. 35 minutes for a 6,000 mile trip to play this cozy bistro coffee emporium showroom in Altadena, CA. The things that dreams are made from in England. California dreaming and then back home.<br />+<br />“Stranger things happen but they showed up, as promised, dressed in the clothes they left England in to arrive with 30 minutes to spare. They broke out the instruments they were going to play which looked like the stuff in the cabaret scene in Star Wars and discovered that some of the electrified instruments had English plugs and were not adapted to American current. But the show must go on and it did. Things got adapted and the most wonderful things happened. STRING FEVER may, arguably, be the most complete act that has ever played The Coffee Gallery Backstage in 15 years.<br />+<br />“Strings...wow !!! Strings of all kinds. Everything that can be plucked and bowed. Classical, folk, Beatles, Pop. And humor like you cannot believe. Choreography as a venue owner only can dream of. They did it all. I have never seen a show like that in my life. A complete stint as you would only expect in a Broadway or Vegas show if they had the taste to book it. And, of course, they got a standing and extended encore and no one wanted them to leave the stage. The headliner, a fine music and comedy act, might as well have packed up and left without playing. No one could follow STRING FEVER.”<br />+<br />Bob adds, “I have tried to get them back for three years and finally, they caved in. But we only have them on a Monday, April 1. And they only wanted to charge $18. Believe me this is a $50 act. Snap them up at $18. You will never get this price again. And you get the full length concert show. All of it.”<br />+<br />Check them out and play the YouTube video, at:<br />www.youtube.com/watch?_v=H5MLNMgpywk<br />+<br />Much more on their website, at:<br />www.stringfever.co.uk<br />+<br />Tix, $18. Reservations, 626-798-6236, 10 am-10 pm, seven days. There’s more on the venue’s website, at www.coffeegallery.com<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in L.A.:<br />8 pm “THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION” kicks-off its new series at The Mint L.A. with THE CERNY BROTHERS and DUSTBOWL REVIVAL, with a free launch at the Mint, 6010 W Pico Bl, L.A.; 323-954-9630; HYPERLINK http://www.themintla.com www.themintla.com.<br />+<br />No cover.<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in Palm Desert:<br />8 pm JOHN ANDERSON and TRACY LAWRENCE, two wildly successful country music singer-songwriters, play the wonderful McCallum Theatre, 73000 Fred Waring Dr, Palm Desert 92260; 760-340-ARTS or 866-889-ARTS.<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in Burbank:<br />8 pm “JOHN PISANO’S GUITAR NIGHT” welcomes talented pre-booked guests to a series that always brings quite a lineup of virtuosic players, every time they do this, at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank; 818-845-2425 or 818-515-4444; HYPERLINK "http://www.vivacantina.com/" www.vivacantina.com.<br />+<br />No cover. Venue is known for its Mexican food and full bar. Okay to park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (free, nearly unlimited parking for Viva patrons).<br /><br />++++++<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, in SFV (Chatsworth):<br />8 pm DEBRA LEE & THE TRIGGER HAPPY play the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166.<br />+<br />This is L.A.’s last real honky tonk. No cover, full bar, lots of fun. Go early for the nightly free dance lesson.<br /><br /><br /><br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br /><br /><br />♪ MUSIC-on-TV<br /><br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, on KCET Link:<br />8-9:30 pm “CELTIC THUNDER: HERITAGE” is the 2011 PBS special with the big, talented Irish troupe.<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, on Smithsonian TV:<br />8-9 pm “CHATEAU OF VERSAILLES” is a 2014 episode of “MUSEUM SECRETS REVEALED” that’s not about music, but is waaay cool, anyway. (Repeats 11 pm-midnight.)<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, on KLCS TV:<br />9-10 pm “SOSUA: MAKE A BETTER WORLD” (2012) is a journey through the crafting of a musical by Dominican and Jewish teens in NYC’s Washington Heights, about Jewish refugees in the Dominican Republic during WWII. (Repeats 4-5 am.)<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, on KCET Link:<br />9-11 pm “JOE BONAMASSA: TOUR DE FORCE” brings the singer-guitarist in a 2013 PBS special from four famous London venues. (Repeats 12:30-2 am.)<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, on TCM:<br />9:30-10:45 pm “STEAMBOAT BILL Jr.” (1928) is a silent classic comedy (that is to say, a film with a musical soundtrack) with Buster Keaton.<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, on Ovation TV:<br />10:30 pm-12:30 am “MR. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL: ALAN FREED” (1999) is the music biopic that brings Judd Nelson in the title role as the real-life Cleveland DJ who introduced the masses to a new kind of music in the 1950s.<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, on TCM:<br />10:45-11:45 pm “THE KID” (1921) is a silent classic comedy-drama (that is to say, a film with a musical soundtrack) with Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan.<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, on Palladia TV:<br />11 pm-midnight MUMFORD & SONS and JEFF LYNNE are among the performers on this 2012 edition of LATER… WITH JOOLS HOLLAND."<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, on KCET Link:<br />11 pm-12:30 am “SEBASTIAN SIDI: STREET TO STAGE” (2013) profiles the self-taught musician, explaining how he’s succeeded in the business without management or a record label, and includes footage from his sold-out concert at the Downey Civic Theatre in Downey, CA. (Repeats 2-3:30 am.)<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue, Apr 1, on Smithsonian TV:<br />11 pm-midnight “CHATEAU OF VERSAILLES” is a 2014 episode of “MUSEUM SECRETS REVEALED” that’s not about music, but is waaay cool, anyway.<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue night / Wed AM, Apr 1 / 2, on Palladia TV:<br />Midnight-1 am NORAH JONES, JACK WHITE, and THE ALABAMA SHAKES are among the performers on this 2012 edition of LATER… WITH JOOLS HOLLAND."<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue night / Wed AM, Apr 1 / 2, on KCET Link:<br />12:30-2 am “JOE BONAMASSA: TOUR DE FORCE” brings the singer-guitarist in a 2013 PBS special from four famous London venues.<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue night / Wed AM, Apr 1 / 2, on KCET Link:<br />2-3:30 am “SEBASTIAN SIDI: STREET TO STAGE” (2013) profiles the self-taught musician, explaining how he’s succeeded in the business without management or a record label, and includes footage from his sold-out concert at the Downey Civic Theatre in Downey, CA.<br /><br />+ = +<br /><br />Tue night / Wed AM, Apr 1 / 2, on KLCS TV:<br />4-5 am “SOSUA: MAKE A BETTER WORLD” (2012) is a journey through the crafting of a musical by Dominican and Jewish teens in NYC’s Washington Heights, about Jewish refugees in the Dominican Republic during WWII. (Repeats 4-5 am.)<br /><br /><br /><br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br />More, soon, as always.<br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br /><br /><br />♪ The Guide will be making CH-CH-CHANGES – turn, embrace the change -- in 2014. Some folks will like some, others will not. There will be points of departure to make room (and time) for the new. We’ll do what we can, because as always, we operate with the editor’s motto, “One does what one can.”<br /><br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br />.<br />Direct to the current editions /<br />.<br />MOBILE-DEVICE-FRIENDLY editions load quickly at<br />.<br />www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com<br />.<br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br />.<br />CONTACT US / Questions / Comments / SUBSCRIBE to our notices, etc., all at<br />.<br />tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com<br />.<br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br />Contents copyright © 2014, 2022<br />Lawrence Wines & Tied to the Tracks.<br />All rights reserved.<br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6027074958396244853" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6027074958396244853" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Monday, April 1, 2013</span><br />
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Some things you can't make up. Like how mainstream media had a field day with Justin Bieber's monkey being detained at the airport. Should have been an April Fool's joke. Wasn't. We really didn't care, either way.</span><br />
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Webster's and Funk & Wagnall's are adding a new definition:</span><br /><span style="font-size: 13px;">
Perfect Pitch -- What happens when the banjo clears the sides of the dumpster and lands squarely on the accordion.</span><br />
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Okay, the hate mail is on the way... trenches already dug. Incoming!</span><br />
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The Guide's regular readers know we have taken issue with Google for its universal spyware, used to track everything you do and compile it into a cyber dossier on you, for sale to anyone who wants to buy it. And that's no fooling.</span><br />
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Still, there are two sides to Google and other web giants -- the mercenary exploitive business cutthroats who would sell grandma, and the clever creative types they want us to see. On April Fool's Day, we'll look at the latter. Feel free to read all you want into that.</span><br />
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Today's annual day of hijinks, practical jokes and spoofs included Google's announcement of the launch of "Google Nose," to allow users to search for smells -- all kinds of smells, including "wet dog" and "horse manure." Google announced it would shut-down YouTube to launch the scent-based search engine.</span><br />
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Meanwhile, the jokesters at YouTube claimed they were shutting-down so they would have the time and resources available to determine "the greatest video ever uploaded."</span><br />
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There's more. The G-people revealed that Google Maps is adding a "treasure map mode" to help you find the hidden treasure of pirate Captain Kidd. (Hey, you can run the magnetic strip on credit cards with your phone, so why not a detector for buried gold and silver, linked to gps?)</span><br />
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On Facebook, Karen Nash's page reported, "Any posts of Bob Seger's songs, even links from other sites, will result in a 12 hour suspension of service. We are sorry for any inconvenience, but Mr. Zuckerberg's father is a huge Bob Seger fan and tortured him when he was growing up by playing Bob Seger non-stop. While this might seem unfair, Facebook is free and threatening to sue us will get you nowhere."</span><br />
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The April Fools Day pranks got an early start on Sunday, when Google Analytics users saw web traffic from the International Space Station. The number of astronauts aboard the ISS who were simultaneously viewing a user’s page suddenly totaled 41. That's 4-1, representing April 1.</span><br />
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That's an attempt to mine comedy from the disgraceful collapse of the space program (more of the damage inflicted in the name of budget austerity and cutbacks): the ISS holds a maximum of a half-dozen or so astronauts and cosmonauts at any one time, and since the end of Space Shuttle flights, there's no way to get more than three people there or back.</span><br />
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But we don't want to leave you on a serious note today. So we'll cite the national April Fool's joke that runs all year: Congress.</span><br />
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Thought you people LIKED banjo. If you didn't have the banjo art picture up now, us pickers and grinners would have to act offended.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 13px;">
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It isnt the bieber monkey that is the joke. Its the very idea that he can sing. With all that computer alteration you dont even know if that is a human voice. - Sue</span><br />
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You're a politically astute individual yet u missed the gag on wh.gov! Check it out.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 13px;">
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Landed on the accordion? Assaulted by a banjo! Poor accordion! Michelle</span><br />
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Totally concur that best (worst) April Fool joke IS Congress. They are so pathetic and won't even cut their own big salaries for their part time jobs (they're always off, traveling at our expense) and they did'nt cut their big offic</span><br />
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We cover workshops and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kids o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to proto blues.<br />.<br />The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. We’re on it.<br />.<br /><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^><br />.</div><p>____________________</p><p>. </p><p><br /></p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-38826113246371281422022-03-23T22:00:00.001-07:002022-03-23T22:00:38.900-07:00Special: Will federal funds ending = more bankruptcies? March 23 edition, 2023<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>The Guide's editor covers many topics for various outlets as a journalist and researcher. People in the arts -- and others who are self-employed -- should read this one, since something that just happened exposes all of us to financial ruin.</i></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">_________</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This is a one-topic special edition. The previous three editions are loaded with music news. Scroll down or use the sidebar at left to access those editions.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">_________</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">As COVID funding vanishes, it reveals a health system driven by debt collectors and bankruptcy</i></b><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E1BAQH4DJmWmdc_sQ/company-background_10000/0/1519801165324?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=awS6MpOauToKXZyBl52zyLz_B-FpHzCL6N0ZZX4YKY4" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="800" height="118" src="https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E1BAQH4DJmWmdc_sQ/company-background_10000/0/1519801165324?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=awS6MpOauToKXZyBl52zyLz_B-FpHzCL6N0ZZX4YKY4" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>U.S. banners portray images common in Europe, but aspirational, at best, here.</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By Larry Wines</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 4:55 pm</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif;" /></span><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Funding ends today for the key mission of an agency you've never heard of. And wait 'til you hear what it's about. The agency is HRSA -- the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. It has been the source of funding for all the free COVID tests and vaccinations -- AND care, including long-term hospitalization -- for Americans with no other source of funded care or insufficiently funded coverage for those things.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archive.org/services/img/eeoc-disclose-limited-records-concerning-hrsa-eeo-md-715-report/full/pct:200/0/default.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="360" height="316" src="https://archive.org/services/img/eeoc-disclose-limited-records-concerning-hrsa-eeo-md-715-report/full/pct:200/0/default.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Testing ends today. Hospital care ends today. Vaccinations end in about two weeks. We'll get to the amounts of money.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Over 30 million Americans -- a bit under 1/10 of the population -- have no other source of funded health care, whether for broken legs, pneumonia, falling off the roof, getting COVID, or anything else. That's because they live in deep red states where their GQP (not a typo) legislatures and/or governors refused to pass enabling legislation for their citizens to be covered by Obamacare. So those fellow citizens have nothing, unless they survived long enough to get Medicare, or are fortunate enough to be covered by an ever-harder-to-find employer-provided health care plan (which these days probably has paltry benefits), or are rich enough to buy their own "cadillac care" on the horrendously expensive open market.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Re: that use of "GQP": following the example of an astute reader, I've changed the "O" to a "Q" since that is now representative of the used-to-be Grand Old Party's values.</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A quick point for fiscal perspective: Before Russia invaded Ukraine, our Congress added $29 billion more to this year's defense budget -- not a dime of which goes to Ukraine. But despite making that money magically appear for Big Weaponry?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Congress cut the entire $16 billion allocated for HRSA, budgeted specifically to enable every American to access COVID testing, vaccinations, AND medical care including hospitalization.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />For the former -- the lavish military spending -- you can thank the majority of bipartisan Military-Industrial-Cybersecurity Complex Members of Congress and Senators owned by the militarists. Which is most of them (regardless of party) because the Defense Establishment spent decades spreading its tentacles with "quality employment" into literally every Congressional district in the nation.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But for the latter -- dumping care during a not-yet-over pandemic for the 10% of the population that's too poor or ineligible to get other health coverage?</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That is, too poor to buy their own commercial health insurance, but too "rich" to get Medi-Cal in states that have it, and rendered ineligible by GQP austerity to access Obamacare? Let's be clear: Americans ineligible due to the austerity-loving (translate that to refuse-to-tax-the-rich) Republican power structure that runs their state. Well! Harumph! Go do your less-than-$15-an-hour-hour, 27-hour-a-week-job, and don't wear a mask so you can assert your symbol of freedom and defiance! But if you catch COVID, go ahead and die. If you're poor, you probably don't vote Republican, anyway.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Another quick perspective: it's the background as every hospital bed in Hong Kong is filled by patients with the latest COVID variant; as cases of the same thing are surging alarmingly in Britain and Scotland; and as a war is turning once-beautiful cities into ash and rubble and creating millions of refugees.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Refugees who are, of course, coming from places bombed to rubble, with no clean water, little or no safe food, unburied bodies everywhere, and huddled living conditions for those who can get to poorly ventilated basement bomb shelters. Conditions that are perfect breeding grounds for disease where people are as physically, emotionally, and psychologically stressed as anyone can imagine. Meaning their susceptibility to infections is exponentially higher.<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And in EACH of those overseas examples, damn near everybody was vaccinated against COVID, and had access to their nation's universal free health care. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Unlike America, where anti-science zealotry, or being guided by internet/social media wackery, or misplaced devotion to creepy gray-and-white-"American"-flag "freedom" (aka Orange Imbecility) has kept a third of our population unvaxxed. In a land where no national health care keeps 10% of us from receiving any care of any kind for anything. And another 60+% of us are left with woefully inadequate care that often -- yes, often -- results in crushing medical bills that result in patients or their survivors losing their homes to the uniquely American phenomenon of medical-bill bankruptcy.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Q: How many people in Canada, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Finland, France, and dozens of other countries lost their homes to medical-bill bankruptcy last year? Zero. Or simply declared medical-bill bankruptcy? Zero. How many Americans declared medical-bill bankruptcy last year? Half a million+, each year. </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.hoyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/bankruptcy-courtJuly122018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="800" height="334" src="https://cdn.hoyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/bankruptcy-courtJuly122018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How many of those bankruptcies resulted in filers losing their homes? That is hard to discern from available information.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A well-referenced January, 2022 story in<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Balance</i>, "<a href="https://www.thebalance.com/medical-bankruptcy-statistics-4154729" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Medical Bankruptcy and the Economy: Do Medical Bills Really Devastate America's Families?</a>" examines numerous potential variables from the Great Recession, the implementation of Obamacare, and beyond.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />It notes, with citations, "Reports from different entities are constantly published, such as the survey results of people with employer-sponsored insurance by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) / LA Times Survey in 2019. The study found that 1 in 5 people surveyed have been contacted by collection agencies, while 9% of those surveyed stated they had declared personal bankruptcy due to medical expenses."<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Balance</i><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>continues, "It is hard to tell what the actual impact of medical expenses is with so many different interpretations of study results. What is known is that there are many people so affected by health care debts that they need to file for bankruptcy."<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Finally it presents numbers: "In 2015, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that medical bills made 1 million adults declare bankruptcy. Its survey found that 26% of Americans age 18 to 64 struggled to pay medical bills. According to the U.S. Census, that's 52 million adults."<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">MedAlertHelp</i>, edited by Dr. Lina Velikova, MD, PhD, also published a January, 2022 examination. In "<a href="https://medalerthelp.org/blog/medical-bankruptcies/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Truths & Myths Behind Medical Bankruptcies</a>," going so far as to claim presentation of "everything there is to know about the matter!"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />It is a valuable read, and an especially good information source for anyone with crushing medical bills.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large; font-style: inherit;">The piece includes this stunning base data: "According to the National Health Expenditure Accounts, the total healthcare spending in the United States has increased from $27.2 billion in 1960 to $3.8 trillion in 2019. In contrast, the cost per person rose from $146 to $11,582 per year. Even Obamacare failed to address rising healthcare costs adequately. By 2009, the increasing health care costs were consuming 19% of the total federal budget of $3.5 trillion."</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="font-size: large; font-style: inherit;">She also cites, "... 9% [of Americans] confirmed [in one study] they had declared personal bankruptcy due to medical bills at some point in their lives (involving 2% who did so in the last 12 months)." And she notes, "... some [health insurance] companies denied about 25% of the claims or even canceled the insurance."</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She discusses people losing their homes and ways to keep your house from the debt collectors, something absent from all the base-data medical debt studies.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Dr. Velikova's projections of what's ahead are especially alarming:<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"Medical bankruptcies statistics reveal that the total US medical debt was $45 billion. Even though 58% of American retirees are in good health, the disturbing fact is that the average 65-year-old couple will face medical bills of about a quarter-million dollars during retirement, even with support from the national health insurance program of the US, Medicare. Here, the savings for retirement, such as a 401k plan, play a considerable role as a backup plan for covering otherwise unpayable medical bills and avoiding bankruptcy."<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />She adds, "The latest data shows that around 137.1 million Americans face financial challenges because of medical costs. Furthermore, nearly ten million adults who have health insurance coverage struggle with healthcare-related bills, so we can see that people file medical bankruptcies with insurance, too."<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Most of the studies and data in that pair of 2022 features derive or come directly from published 2019 studies. So we need to look at those.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Even finance-focused NASDAQ is alarmed: "<a href="https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/medical-bankruptcy-is-killing-the-american-middle-class-2019-02-14" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Medical Bankruptcy Is Killing The American Middle Class</a>." They cite, "the 'financial toll of illness on American families' has perhaps gone far beyond the one-off anecdotes, such as the Nobel laureate who had to sell his medal to pay for medical bills, or 250,000 GoFundMe medical campaigns last year alone."</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They continue, "... the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report[s]... medical bills are by far the most common cause of unpaid bills sent to collection agencies in 2014."</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The citations come from a February, 2019, pre-COVID study, also the subject of a<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/11/this-is-the-real-reason-most-americans-file-for-bankruptcy.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">CNBC report</a> asserted, "This is the real reason most Americans file for bankruptcy." Two-thirds of Americans who file for bankruptcy cite medical issues as a key contributor to their financial downfall. The report cited<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a href="https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304901?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a5697b7e-8ffc-4373-b9d2-3eb745d9debb&" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">the study published in the American Journal of Public Health</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(AJPH)<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The study's academic researchers found that 66.5% of all bankruptcies were tied to medical issues — either because of high costs for care or time out of work. An estimated 530,000 families turn to bankruptcy each year because of medical issues and bills, the research found.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The story emphasized "Health insurance is only very partial protection." And our research shows more: because Republicans refuse to enact a handfull of "fixes" to the original legislation, health insurance providers cobtinue to bilk consumers by selling them grossly inadequate, essentially "junk" insurance. </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Private health insurance is a defective product, akin to an umbrella that melts in the rain," lead author Dr. David Himmelstein, associate professor of medicine at Harvard,<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a href="https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3907256" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">told the Hartford<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Current</i></a>.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In the 2019 CNBC piece, one of the AJPH study's authors used this analogy: "I liken it [commercially available health insurance] to a hospital gown that looks like coverage until you actually inspect it." The research included 910 Americans who filed for bankruptcy between 2013 and 2016.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The Guardian spent nine months investigating before they published<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/14/health-insurance-medical-bankruptcy-debt" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">their look</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>at the same 2019 study. They found one out of every six Americans, pre-COVID, with an unpaid medical bill on their credit report. That amounted to $81 billion in debt nationwide, while about one in 12 Americans went without any medical insurance at all.<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Read their landmark piece, "'<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">I live on the street now': how Americans fall into medical bankruptcy</i>," at the link above. It gets into the factors most likely to cause medical-bill bankruptcy, like the grossly inflated cost of insulin that pads bloated corporate profits, and much more.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But while the 2019 AJPH study found no decrease in the number of medical-bill bankruptcies after Obamacare, induced poverty isn't the entire story. A 2009<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/07/americans-healthcare-medical-costs" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Harvard Medical School study</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>-- pre-Obamacare -- found 45,000 Americans were dying every year as a direct result of not having any medical coverage.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The GQP spent years campaigning on "repeal and replace" Obamacare, until a pivotal vote by the late Senator John McCain (R, AZ) prevented repeal, and a disgusted public finally discerned the Goppers had no plan for any replacement. So now that party's leaders openly talk of "sunsetting" Social Security and Medicare, even as they block funding to protect Americans from any coming wave of another COVID variant.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In fact, Senator Rick Scott, chairman of the national committee that elects Republicans to the U.S. Senate, has unveiled plans that made a lot of headlines. For one thing, he wants the GQP to "sunset" (set a date for the death of) Social Security and Medicare and other programs -- within five years: “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/23/politics/rick-scott-rescue-america-plan-gop/index.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">26 things Rick Scott's 'rescue' plan for America would do</a>,” CNN, Feb. 23, 2022. For another, he has unveiled an 11-point agenda that<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rick-scott-unveils-11-point-005824327.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">raises taxes on 100 million low- to middle-income Americans</a>. And he wants the GQP to cut IRS funding by 50% ― allowing millionaires and billionaires, the richest 1%, to continue dodging $160 billion in taxes each year: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/issue/todaysheadlines/2021/09/09/todays-headlines" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The top 1 percent are evading $163 billion a year in taxes, the Treasury finds,</a>” New York Times, Sep. 8, 2021.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sarah Christopherson, Legislative and Policy Director of Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund, warned today, "If Republicans take back the Senate, this [the Rick Scott plan] is the plan they intend to enact... an assault on working people and seniors ― and a massive handout to the rich and powerful."</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, now for the big perspective: if you want to say "Both parties do it" and you're talking about runaway defense spending, yes.<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But if you're talking about the things that genuinely protect Americans and are aimed at giving each of us, and coming generations, a future worth having? </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Things like medical care and, as an integral dimension, financial protection from global pandemics -- along with guaranteeing those protections for workplace injury, any other injury, disease acquired or developed from whatever exposure or source because you live here? Protection from medical-bill bankruptcy that results because of any of the above? </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you're talking about family leave when someone at home is sick or injured and there is no provision for a professional care-giver? </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you're talking about trying to eliminate or at least reduce industrial and agricultural and consumer-product toxins? </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And finally taking responsibility for human-caused climate change while time remains to reverse at least some of it? </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you're talking about getting us off our societal fossil fuel addiction and providing sustainable power and modern transportation options like nearly everybody else has, from Europe to Japan to China? </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you're talking about getting money out of politics, removing rich special interests and corporations as funders of carefully-crafted psychological warfare political messaging and disconnecting their pipelines to candidates who become their wholly-owned subsidiaries?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Those movements exist, within the system. But let's be clear:<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Both parties do NOT do any of that</i>. </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And as school board takeovers lead to book bans and emotional, fear-fomented, grievance-based fake populism leads to legislation to prohibit recognition of the diversity that is modern-day America? There is one party increasingly characterized by those things, and by attempting to circumvent the votes of those likely to disagree with them. It is the only party in American political history that produced no document of its goals, purposes, and agenda in a<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Party Platform,</span> a heretofore essential outcome of its last national nominating convention. And those are integral reasons why the GOP is now the GQP.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Democratic Party, despite its shrinking cadre of obstructionist "corporate Dems," is not characterized<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">overall</i><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>by any of those decidedly regressive, essentially medieval traits. Yes, it is spelled "<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Democratic," in name as well as character. It</span> never dropped the last two letters of its name, despite the ubiquity of the Fox News campaign to refuse to say the name correctly. Which is all the license I need give you to adjust the other party's name, and brand Republicans as the GQP. Whether you choose to do that, if you go forth to reverse climate change, restore voting rights, civil rights, and the human right to health care, you will find one party is open to you. And you will find growing support among<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">that</i><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>party's elected officials, the staffers they hire, and within<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">its</i><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>power structure. </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Both parties will not do that. Even if evermore COVID variants decimate the intransigent ranks of the GQP's austerity-demanding zealots.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The immediate fact is, the austerity-loving GQP'ers just prevented HRSA from doing its job and continuing to fulfill its unique roll: keeping Americans from contracting and spreading COVID, and keeping those who get COVID able to get life-saving care and out of the dark pit of medical-bill bankruptcy. So if you know anyone who has intransigently refused to get vaxxed, tell them they've got two weeks to get at least one vax dose, while they still can do it at taxpayer expense. Or they should be prepared to reckon with increased chances of medical-bill bankruptcy for themselves or their surviving family members to pay if they need hospitalization, and especially if that becomes long term care, for COVID or "Long COVID."</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since Republicans usually focus on keeping money from public need and paying no taxes, perhaps you have here the hard numbers you need.</span></span></p></div></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">_______</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #04ff00;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">■⊙□⊙■⊙□⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">■⊙□</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">More'll be along directly,</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">to assist you navigating Spring & Summer 2022. </span></i></b></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Music, arts, festivals, conferences, concerts, club gigs, coffee houses, new releases, who's in the studio doing what, it shows up here.</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So remember to </span><i><span style="font-size: medium;">MERGE ONTO THIS LIL</span>' CYBER VECTOR THROUGH SPACE/TIME</i>. It's where the sounds of string instruments and melodic voices waft in at the sweet spots on the dial, between the droning streams of crazy static from Jupiter. (Seriously. That's what those squawks, squeals and pulses are over on AM radio. You know: the stuff that's more fun to listen to on AM than all those blathering talk-show wingnut conspiracy spreaders...)</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■⊙□⊙■⊙□⊙</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■⊙□</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Resources / Navigation / Contacting us / finding </i></b></span><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">what you want in current, recent, or archived Guide editions</i></b></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span></span></p><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">MOBILE-DEVICE-FRIENDLY</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; 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box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.acousticmusic.net/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.acousticmusic.net</a> </span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)</span></div><div style="border: 0px; 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So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We were talking about how we first met. 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That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Toodles!</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">_______</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div></div></div><p>
<br /></p><p><br /></p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-18274581645859442532022-03-17T17:29:00.003-07:002022-03-17T22:16:20.028-07:00Hibernian interlude: St. Patrick's Day! Music for proximate dates, plus more. Thu, March 17 edition 2022<p>.<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">. </span></p><p><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">Irish proverb, for St. Patrick's Day ~</span></b><br />
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"May you have the hindsight to know where you've been<br />
The foresight to know where you're going<br />
And the insight to know when you've gone too far."</span></i><br />
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<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/sheep-at-rock-of-cashel-ireland-picture-id1175289929?k=20&m=1175289929&s=612x612&w=0&h=dPm36jvtaPORaIsqyyqT4n61nmmJ_Fsbe59QpUjXh2s=" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="427" src="https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/sheep-at-rock-of-cashel-ireland-picture-id1175289929?k=20&m=1175289929&s=612x612&w=0&h=dPm36jvtaPORaIsqyyqT4n61nmmJ_Fsbe59QpUjXh2s=" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i>Sheep at Rock of Cashel, Ireland</i><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><b>
The word of the day is <i><u>Hibernian</u></i>. </b></span><br />
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It is an adjective that means, "Of or concerning Ireland (now chiefly used in names)."</span><br /></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 6px 0px;" valign="middle" width="65"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://track.wordgenius.com/?xtl=1ckltraqrslq7986qcr0d13cynz71b8zafxsofu7d0gwuuduno9moegja1w53wti2evibnewcx2c7avncfiddeoi4yoo4h2z3ls4wiq9mi0xnbnfnn6ougddj25zrrhnmzbwq93em8ir30tgbf8iy5lvczlozi3swoswczhswu3carzsd12uhs0jufsbtp1u5po15xwhsjo9ogob6ly8pc1zos43mdj8a71gs3ickvd1rbsku9dtbtlrmm2v718i7pursz40xt43spr2wel0vabe5kp0rfnt10nvqo2bzwwkms64bakvh0liakf2w4mhtir7a7p7wbzaf1sy1kikaoklnf3modhol51sf8hvkap692i4f5kyo7ourg8sveia3kyycyigdr807miswkykivcq9zlhw0d0rpr2ppfata3zgv89vjlzfqbp26jd7ayy9ojdsjec3glk5qqkow9zwtfh3y32fj9j13h14dmbyq1lz79jpk73074ie6mz9mnn824ehelqkz8u9s0mz39eel1o1d0sgjpifelp6z8dgvze7nrh8qabrn7yxbkjbqy4yxlyp5wpk&eih=qb6hjvom3ge2rdvgjb0d69bvc8j9augrig9&emc_click_data=37433f9cb131b58e6b2fc184f6826999f0565d5cb12e79f896873e82a313391c741e23dc2f34be2e6181841a5475bc633635401f8f4c6c2732400e35a5123ae1ca56000cc6fca656d3662a34948168ca14bfcf986f551e20642436c5c827b01f14ebd8eb5045534fdfe89f90586a4d513bf7b5a62409fce0a9f326de80d0e6e2d44726c965669817d640d63f459a2bec4e05446021309b715f1686787381dae3&url_encode_email=larrywines%40hotmail.com&url_encode_partnerCode=&url_encode_partnerSubcode=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #454647; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">hi-BER-nee-ən</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454647; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6b6e71; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Part of speech:</span> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Adjective</em></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454647; line-height: 24px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6b6e71; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Origin:</span> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Latin and Old Celtic, 17th century</em></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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<br /></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Shows, concerts, gigs, at specific venues? Of course! But first, here's your Guide to what's Hibernian nearby</i></b></span></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">With Big Oil's opportunistic extortion, you may want a friendly tavern close to home to tip back your Guinness </span></i></b></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>W</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;">e consulted </span><a href="http://www.pubguide.com" style="font-size: large;">www.pubguide.com</a><span style="font-size: medium;"> for their listings of all the Irish pubs within 50 miles of Los Angeles. We alphabetized the portion that wasn't, for ease of use. You'll need to check with those near you regarding </span><b style="font-size: large;"><u>live music</u></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> and things like </span><b style="font-size: large;"><u>corned beef and cabbage</u></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> for St. Patrick's Day:</span><br />
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Tom Bergin's Tavern</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
840 S Fairfax Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Los Angeles, CA 90036</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
2.57 Miles</span><br />
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Blackwatch Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
479 Central Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Upland, CA 91786</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
38.02 Miles</span><br />
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Blarney Stone</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
11761 Edinger Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Fountain Valley, CA 92708</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
34.47 Miles</span><br />
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Branagan's Irish Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
213 N. Harbor Bivd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Fullerton, CA 92831</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
16.21 Miles</span><br />
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K.C. Branaghan's Irish Pub & Restaurant</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
5734 E 2nd St</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Long Beach, CA 90803</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
26.14 Miles</span><br />
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Brennan's Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
4089 Lincoln Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Marina del Rey, CA 90292</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
11.29 Miles</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Britannia Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
318 Santa Monica Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Santa Monica, CA 90401</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Website: </span><a href="http://www.britanniapub.com" style="font-size: large;">http://www.britanniapub.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
11.18 Miles</span><br />
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Buchanan Arms</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Burbank Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Burbank, CA 91506</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
5.27 Miles</span><br />
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Casey's</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
613 S Grand Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Los Angeles, CA 90017</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
4.75 Miles</span><br />
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Cat N' Fiddle Pub & Restaurant</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
6530 W Sunset Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Hollywood, CA 90028</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Website: </span><a href="http://www.thecatandfiddle.com" style="font-size: large;">http://www.thecatandfiddle.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
0.00 Miles</span><br />
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Cock n' Bull</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
2947 Lincoln Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Santa Monica, CA 90405</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
10.33 Miles</span><br />
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Coronet Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
370 N LaCienega Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
West Hollywood, CA 90048</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
3.37 Miles</span><br />
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Crown and Anchor</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
2891 E Thousand Oaks Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
29.63 Miles</span><br />
<br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The Daily Pint</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">2310 Pico Blvd</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Santa Monica, CA 90045</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">10.59 Miles</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Durty Nelly's Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
2915 Redhill Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Costa Mesa, CA 92626</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
37.61 Miles</span><br />
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Finn McCool's Irish Pub and Restaurant</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
2700 Main St</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Santa Monica, CA 90405</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Website: </span><a href="http://www.finnmccoolsirishpub.com" style="font-size: large;">http://www.finnmccoolsirishpub.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Email: d_caughey@hotmail.com</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
10.33 Miles</span><br />
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Fox and Hounds</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
11100 Ventura Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Studio City, CA 91604</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
4.77 Miles</span><br />
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Gallagher's Irish Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
300 Pacific Coast Highway</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Huntington Beach, CA 92648</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
34.49 Miles</span><br />
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Goat Hill Tavern</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
1830 Newport Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Costa Mesa, CA 92627</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
39.04 Miles</span><br />
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Harp Inn</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
130 E 17th Street</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Costa Mesa, CA 92627</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Website: </span><a href="http://www.harpinn.com" style="font-size: large;">http://www.harpinn.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
39.04 Miles</span><br />
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Hennessey's Grill</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
143 Main St</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Seal Beach, CA 90740</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Website: </span><a href="http://www.hennesseystavern.com" style="font-size: large;">http://www.hennesseystavern.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
27.32 Miles</span><br />
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Hennessey's Tavern</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
34111 La Plaza</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Dana Point, CA 92629</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Website: </span><a href="http://www.hennesseystavern.com" style="font-size: large;">http://www.hennesseystavern.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
56.33 Miles</span><br />
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Hennessy's Tavern</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
8 Pier Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
16.50 Miles</span><br />
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Hennessey's Tavern</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
213 Ocean Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Laguna Beach, CA 92651</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Website: </span><a href="http://www.hennesseystavern.com" style="font-size: large;">http://www.hennesseystavern.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
49.56 Miles</span><br />
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Hennessey's Tavern</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
313 Manhattan Beach Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
15.05 Miles</span><br />
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Hennessey's Tavern</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
1712 S Catalina Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Redondo Beach, CA 90277</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
18.65 Miles</span><br />
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Ireland's 32</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
13723 Burbank Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Van Nuys, CA 91401</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Website: </span><a href="http://www.irelands32pub.com" style="font-size: large;">http://www.irelands32pub.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
7.85 Miles</span><br />
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Irish Mist</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
16655 Pacific Coast Highway</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Sunset Beach, CA 92649</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
30.74 Miles</span><br />
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The Irish Times Pub & Restaurant</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
3267 Motor Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Los Angeles, CA 90034</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
6.41 Miles</span><br />
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Joxer Daily's Irish Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
11168 Washington Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Culver City, CA 90232</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
6.99 Miles</span><br />
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Keegan's Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
1434 Marcelina Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Torrance, CA 90501</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
18.61 Miles</span><br />
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Kelly's Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
80 W Live Oak Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Arcadia, CA 91007</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
15.92 Miles</span><br />
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Killian's Pub & Grill</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
2944 Sepulveda Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Torrance, CA 90505</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
20.06 Miles</span><br />
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Maggie's Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
11900 Telegraph Rd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Website: </span><a href="http://www.maggiespub.com" style="font-size: large;">http://www.maggiespub.com</a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
18.62 Miles</span><br />
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Matt Denny's</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
145 E Huntington Dr</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Arcadia, CA 91006</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
17.52 Miles</span><br />
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McCabe's Bar & Grill</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
2455 Santa Monica Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Santa Monica, CA 90404</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
9.53 Miles</span><br />
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McMurphy's Tavern and Restaurant</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
72 N Fair Oaks Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Pasadena, CA 91103</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
10.25 Miles</span><br />
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Michael's Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
15192 Goldenwest St</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Westminster, CA 92683</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
30.88 Miles</span><br />
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Patrick Molloy's Pub & Steakhouse</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
50 Pier Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
16.50 Miles</span><br />
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Molly Bloom's Irish Bar & Restaurant</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
2391 S El Camino Real</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
San Clemente, CA 92672</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
61.07 Miles</span><br />
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Molly Malone's Irish Pub & Import Room</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
575 S Fairfax Ave</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Los Angeles, CA 90036</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
2.57 Miles</span><br />
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Monahan's</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
2000 Newport Blvd</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Costa Mesa, CA 92627</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
39.04 Miles</span><br />
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Muldoon's, A Dublin Pub</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
202 Newport Center Dr</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Newport Beach, CA 92660</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
41.77 Miles</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Muldoon's Saloon<br />
5646 N Paramount Blvd<br />
Long Beach, CA 90805<br />
18.26 Miles<br />
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The Mulligan<br />
16153 Victory Blvd<br />
Van Nuys, CA 91406<br />
11.84 Miles<br />
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Murphy's Pub<br />
4918 E 2nd St<br />
Long Beach, CA 90803<br />
26.14 Miles<br />
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Newport Beach Brewing Co<br />
2920 Newport Blvd<br />
Newport Beach, CA 92663<br />
40.04 Miles<br />
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Timmy Nolan's<br />
10111 Riverside Dr<br />
Toluca Lake, CA 91602<br />
4.34 Miles<br />
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O'Brien's On Main<br />
2941 Main St<br />
Santa Monica, CA 90405<br />
10.33 Miles<br />
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O'Brien's Irish Pub & Restaurant<br />
2226 Wilshire Blvd<br />
Santa Monica, CA 90402<br />
10.97 Miles<br />
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O'Connell's Sports Pub<br />
2746 E 4th St<br />
Long Beach, CA 90814<br />
24.82 Miles<br />
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O'Conner's Irish Pub<br />
7561 Center Ave<br />
Huntington Beach, CA 92647<br />
32.04 Miles<br />
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The Olde Ship British Pub & Restaurant<br />
709 N Harbor Blvd<br />
Fullerton, CA 92832<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.theoldeship.com">www.theoldeship.com</a><br />
Email: theoldeship@adelphia.net<br />
27.96 Miles<br />
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The Olde Ship British Pub & Restaurant<br />
1120 W 17th St<br />
Santa Ana, CA 92706<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.theoldeship.com">www.theoldeship.com</a><br />
Email: theoldeship@adelphia.net<br />
34.03 Miles<br />
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O'Malley's on Main<br />
140 Main St<br />
Seal Beach, CA 90740<br />
27.32 Miles<br />
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Paddy O's<br />
20320 S Western Ave<br />
Torrance, CA 90501<br />
18.61 Miles<br />
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Patsy's Restaurant & Irish Pub<br />
28971 Golden Lantern St<br />
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677<br />
53.77 Miles<br />
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Robin Hood Pub<br />
13640 Burbank Blvd<br />
Van Nuys, CA 91401<br />
7.85 Miles<br />
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Scotland Yard<br />
22041 Sherman Way<br />
Canoga Park, CA 91303<br />
17.15 Miles<br />
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Shamrock Bar & Grill<br />
2633 W Coast Highway<br />
Newport Beach, CA 92663<br />
40.04 Miles</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(And one we HAD to add...)</i><br />
The Shamrock Irish Pub & Eatery<br />
339252 Winchester Rd, Ste 145, Murrieta, CA 92563<br />
Phone: 951-696-5252<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.theshamrockirishpubandeatery.com">www.theshamrockirishpubandeatery.com</a><br />
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Silky Sullivan's Pub<br />
10201 Slater Ave<br />
Fountain Valley, CA 92708<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.silkysullivans.com">http://www.silkysullivans.com</a><br />
34.47 Miles<br />
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Sonny McLean's Irish Pub<br />
2615 Wilshire Blvd<br />
Santa Monica, CA 90403<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.sonnymcleans.com">http://www.sonnymcleans.com</a><br />
10.53 Miles<br />
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St. Nick's Pub<br />
8450 W 3rd St<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90048<br />
3.37 Miles<br />
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Tam O'Shanter Inn<br />
2980 Los Feliz Blvd<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90039<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.lawrysonline.com">http://www.lawrysonline.com</a><br />
3.81 Miles</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tracy's Bar and Grill<br />
5511 E Spring St<br />
Long Beach, CA 90808<br />
23.10 Miles</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Whale n' Ale<br />
327 W 7th St<br />
San Pedro, CA 90731<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.whaleandale.com">http://www.whaleandale.com</a><br />
24.92 Miles<br />
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The White Hart<br />
22456 Ventura Blvd<br />
Woodland Hills, CA 91364<br />
16.21 Miles</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">
Ye Olde King's Head<br />
116 Santa Monica Blvd<br />
Santa Monica, CA 90401<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.yeoldekingshead.com">http://www.yeoldekingshead.com</a><br />
11.18 Miles<br />
___<br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Go forth and revel responsibly. And make your way home in safety, for you 'n yours AND EVERYONE ELSE who happens to be out there!</i></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Folk Alley</span><br />
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Irish Music stream, Andy Irvine & Paul Brady, Karan Casey & John Doyle, more</span></i></b></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h1 class="x_null" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="roboto, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Folk Alley Radio Show #220310</span></span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnImageBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://folkalley.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dfa04f2b876653f6dcfdef502&id=e6f3a2960a&e=1eeca1b478" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Folk Alley Radio Show img"><img align="center" alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dfa04f2b876653f6dcfdef502/images/aa3083f2-0971-53e4-1128-ef5c5ac3d8fb.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 750px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span face="roboto, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">by Linda Fahey</em></span><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This week on Folk Alley, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, it’s Irish music and songs to celebrate Ireland! Hear classics from Andy Irvine & Paul Brady, Planxty, The Irish Rovers, and the Clancy Brothers; contemporary Irish music from Niamh Regan, Elgin, Clare Sands, and Éilís Kennedy; plus, we honor the great Paddy Moloney with a set of Chieftains collaborations. All this plus much more!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sláinte mhaith!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #881719; border-radius: 12px; width: 444px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span face="roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;">"For your St. Patrick's Day soundtrack, we've assembled over 10 hours of music by some of our favorite Irish musicians and songs that celebrate Ireland," says Folk Alley. You'll hear a mix of familiar and new artists, including Karan Casey, I Draw Slow, Beoga, Dervish, Solas, Liz Carroll, The Henry Girls, Danu, John Doyle, Donal Lunny, Cathie Ryan, Heidi Talbot, Andy Irvine, Planxty, Grada, The Chieftains (of course) and much, much more</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #881719; border-radius: 12px; width: 444px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Album Re-Release and Review: 'Andy Irvine and Paul Brady'</span></span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnImageBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://folkalley.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dfa04f2b876653f6dcfdef502&id=89300efc1d&e=1eeca1b478" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Irvine/Brady img"><img align="center" alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dfa04f2b876653f6dcfdef502/images/4fa9dd7d-39aa-4b64-5fe6-388c94658e3e.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 750px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">By Kim Ruehl</em><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Andy Irvine and Paul Brady gathered with bouzoukist Donal Lunny and fiddler Kevin Burke in 1976 to record this eponymous album, which has just recently been reissued by Compass Records. The label pressed the first round of vinyl for this recording in almost a half-century, after remastering it from the original recordings. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />There are few American folksingers who have not been touched by this recording at some point in their formative years. And it’s hard to think of what new to say about an album so influential and timeless, aside from this: Welcome back, old friend.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #881719; border-radius: 12px; width: 444px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">'Live from Folk Alley': Karan Casey & John Doyle</strong></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnImageBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://folkalley.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dfa04f2b876653f6dcfdef502&id=b53e086410&e=1eeca1b478" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; 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max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By Folk Alley</span></em><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the Folk Alley concert archives! This ‘Live from Folk Alley’ concert with Karan Casey and John Doyle was recorded on June 16, 2011 at Cain Park in Cleveland, Ohio. Enjoy!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #881719; border-radius: 12px; width: 444px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; padding: 12px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://folkalley.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dfa04f2b876653f6dcfdef502&id=f8d0066555&e=1eeca1b478" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; 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color: #202020; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="roboto, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Folk Alley Sessions - Karan Casey</strong></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">By Folk Alley</em><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />From the Folk Alley Sessions archives! In 2010, Karan Casey and her band stopped in to Folk Alley’s studio for exclusive performances and an interview with Jim Blum.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #881719; border-radius: 12px; width: 444px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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color: #202020; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="roboto, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ROOTS IN THE ARCHIVE: Two Irish American Women Who Carried Songs Across Time</strong></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="roboto, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by Stephen Winick</span></em><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s Women’s History Month, as well as Irish American Heritage Month, so I thought we might delve into the American Folklife Center archive and look at two great and influential field recordings from Irish American women. I selected these two songs from a longer set that I put together a few years ago for an event at the Library of Congress. One day, we’ll get back to doing live events … but for now, we can share these recordings with you here!</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #881719; border-radius: 12px; width: 444px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; padding: 12px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://folkalley.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dfa04f2b876653f6dcfdef502&id=870eaf9c57&e=1eeca1b478" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.92px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Two Irish American Women ND button">Read More</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="roboto, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As a non-commercial, 501(c)3 nonprofit service of the FreshGrass Foundation, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Folk Alley</strong> relies on generous tax-deductible donations by our listeners to provide special programming like the Irish Music stream!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Please donate to Folk Alley, and join the community of music lovers that makes their grassroots service possible for everyone to enjoy.</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://folkalley.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dfa04f2b876653f6dcfdef502&id=70b739495e&e=1eeca1b478" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #a21e1e; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Donate text link"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Donate to Folk Alley HERE!</strong></a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><div><br /></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The "festival desert" goes Irish...</span><br />
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Paddy's Pig</u> plays the Coachella Valley for ST. PATRICK'S DAY</span></span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #212121; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;"><td class="x_bodyTitle" id="x_bodyText-10" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; line-height: 19.74px;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;">***** Thursday, March 17 - 11 am to 2pm</strong></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">O'Caine's Irish Pub</span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">36101 Bob Hope Dr., Rancho Mirage, CA 92270</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;">***** Thursday, March 17 - 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm (approximate!)</strong></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;">a stealth Celtic attack on...</em><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;">Margaritaville Resort</strong></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" />1600 N Indian Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /></strong></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;">***** Thursday, March 17 - 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm</strong></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Big Rock Pub</span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">79-940 Westward Ho Drive, Indio, CA 92201</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;">then they're back two days later</em><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;">***** Saturday, March 19 - 6 pm to 9 pm</strong></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.74px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">O'Caine's Irish Pub</span></span><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #02610d; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">36101 Bob Hope Dr., Rancho Mirage, CA 92270</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Andy & Renee: St. Pat's & beyond... to DYLANFEST</span></i></b><br />
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St. Patrick's Day<br />
THU, MAR 17 @ 6 PM — 8 PM Pacific<br />
Livestream #162-Happy St. Patrick's Day!<br />
THU, MAR 17 @ 6 PM PDT (UTC-07)<br />
* Watch live or <br />
* anytime after at <br /><a href="https://youtu.be/caP2cl9uRMQ">
https://youtu.be/caP2cl9uRMQ</a><br />
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Andy & Renee<br />
FRI, MAR 18 @ 6 PM — 9 PM Pacific<br />
Sister's Barn<br />
1408 S Pacific Coast Hwy,<br />
Redondo Beach, CA 90277 <br />
424-452-6070<br />
<br />
Andy & Renee<br />
Livestream #163<br />
2-Year Anniversary of 1st COVID Livestream<br />
SUN, MAR 20 @ 4 PM — 6 PM Pacific<br />
Webcast from Torrance, CA 90277<br />
* Contact them through their website (www.andyandrenee.com) if you'd like to attend in person.<br />
* Watch live or <br />
* anytime after at <br /><a href="https://youtu.be/2eDD3rXTiNM">
https://youtu.be/2eDD3rXTiNM</a><br />
The Livestream shows are free to watch, but the option to contribute is there for those who are in a position to do so. You can see their song list to make requests and contribute at https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch, PayPal (paypal.me/andyandrenee) or Venmo, (www.venmo.com/Renee-Safier). <br />
A portion of the proceeds go to the Los Angeles Midnight Mission. Andy & Renee tell us, "We are sustained by the generosity and support of the fans who love the music, and who donate as they are able. If you use funds from your bank vs. your credit card, we aren't charged a service fee, but either way, we appreciate your support!"<br />
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Andy & Renee - Livestream #164 - Happy Birthday, ANDY!<br />
FRI, MAR 25 @ 6 PM — 8:15 PM Pacific<br />
Live from Torrance, CA 90277<br />
* Watch live or <br />
* anytime after at <br /><a href="https://youtu.be/eCQFyaS6ebI">
https://youtu.be/eCQFyaS6ebI</a><br /><br />
<br /><b><i>
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ON SALE NOW</b><br />
Super Early Bird Tickets $30 til 4/15<br />
SAVE $10 off door price!<br />
Early Bird Tickets $35 4/16-6/3<br />
Tickets at the door $40<br />
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Saturday, June 4th<br />
Torrance Cultural Arts Center<br />
Get tickets and info at <br /><a href="https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest">
https://andyandrenee.com/dylanfest</a></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/53b2654c-ee76-4935-ae49-bf33c5da984a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="800" height="384" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/53b2654c-ee76-4935-ae49-bf33c5da984a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><i><b>News quickie...</b></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: sans-serif;"><i>Grammy Awards: Good news about who's performing</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>The Recording Academy has begun naming performers for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. For once, acoustic Americana fans have reason to watch.</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">S</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;">o far, the list includes <b>Brothers Osborne, Brandi Carlile, and Billie Eilish</b>. (Full story at Variety: <a href="https://variety.com/2022/music/news/grammy-performers-olivia-rodrigo-bts-billie-eilish-1235204920/">https://variety.com/2022/music/news/grammy-performers-olivia-rodrigo-bts-billie-eilish-1235204920/</a>) </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">
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Here are excerpts:<br />
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"The Recording Academy has announced the first slate of artists to perform at this year’s show: Taking the stage on Music’s proverbial Biggest Night will be current nominees Brothers Osborne, BTS, Brandi Carlile, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, and Olivia Rodrigo.<br />
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"Taking place live from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas and hosted by Trevor Noah, the 64th Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.<br />
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"Brothers Osborne received two Grammy nominations this year for Best Country Duo/Group Performance (“Younger Me”) and Best Country Album (“Skeletons”).<br />
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"Six-time Grammy winner Brandi Carlile is nominated for Record of the Year (“Right On Time”), two nods for Song of the Year (“Right on Time” and “A Beautiful Noise,” with Alicia Keys), Best Pop Solo Performance (“Right On Time”), and Best American Roots Performance (“Same Devil”).<br />
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"Seven-time Grammy winner and current nominee Billie Eilish received seven nominations this year, Record of the Year (“Happier Than Ever”), Album of the Year (“Happier Than Ever”), Song of the Year (“Happier Than Ever”), Best Pop Solo Performance (“Happier Than Ever”), Best Pop Vocal Album (“Happier Than Ever”), Best Music Video (“Happier Than Ever”), and Best Music Film (“Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter To Los Angeles”).<br />
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"The 64th Annual Grammy Awards are produced by Fulwell 73 Productions for the Recording Academy. Raj Kapoor serves as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Ben Winston and Jesse Collins as executive producers, and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay as co-executive producer. Hamish Hamilton returns as director, and Eric Cook as supervising producer with Tabitha D’umo, Patrick Menton, Fatima Robinson, and David Wild as producers."</i></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The <span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">64th Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.</span></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">It's not a shamrock, but it's beautiful...</span><br />
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Tiny 'flower' formation spotted on Mars by Curiosity rover</span></i></b><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;">he product of ancient water and minerals. Or otherworldly Leprechauns?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220302132148-mars-curiosity-rover-flower-rock-exlarge-169.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="780" height="359" src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220302132148-mars-curiosity-rover-flower-rock-exlarge-169.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Read / watch the story by Ashley Strickland, on the CNN site: from Thu, March 3, 2022:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/03/03/world/mars-flower-curiosity-rover-scn/index.html">
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/03/03/world/mars-flower-curiosity-rover-scn/index.html</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b>Music, musicians, art, and Ukraine</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thumbnailer.mixcloud.com/unsafe/300x300/extaudio/1/0/7/9/69f2-5591-4669-a415-caa923b0e04d" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://thumbnailer.mixcloud.com/unsafe/300x300/extaudio/1/0/7/9/69f2-5591-4669-a415-caa923b0e04d" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Top Violinists Perform Folk Tune for Ukraine</span></i></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">
It's 94 accomplished violinists from 29 countries, thanks to an idea that came to British violinist <b>Karenza Peacock</b>, living and working in Los Angeles. Karenza said during her "BBC World" interview this past weekend, "Some of the world's top violinists literally dropped what they were doing to take part."<br />
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It became one of those blind parallel collaborative performances, the paradigm that took hold during the pandemic -- except some of them were in a nation under fire. Still, they play the hauntingly beautiful <b>Ukrainian folk song "Verbovaya Doschechka" </b>in support of Ukraine.<br />
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Listen and try to keep a dry eye.<br />
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Playing from a Kyiv basement bomb shelter, <b>Ilya Bondarenko</b> appears center square. Other musicians are added as the piece is played. To talk about it, Ilya joined Karenza live on the Beeb. The interview was supposed to end with the two performing from opposite sides of the globe. Like many live broadcasts, the music overloaded the mics, yielding fragmented silence. <br />
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So watch the produced video with all 94 violinists. We offer the link from <b>Laurie Niles' violin.com</b>, where she features her longer story with comments from numerous participants.<br />
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When viewing, <b>you have a button to contribute to help the people of Ukraine</b>. Options include the <i>United Nations Refuge Agency</i>, which was part of Karenza's idea from the outset:<br />
<br /><a href="https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20223/29139/">
https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20223/29139/</a><br />
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Then go listen to the choral "Prayer for Ukraine,"</b> from a festival 4 years ago:<br />
<br /><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zn0_p1ZR3hg&pp=QAFIAQ%3D%3D">
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zn0_p1ZR3hg&pp=QAFIAQ%3D%3D</a><br />
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And for musically accompanied views of the then-shimmering art, sculpture, architecture and culture that Russian munitions are destroying: </b><br />
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"Ukrainian Classical Music XVIII-XX"<br />
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-- which showcases, on-camera, the <i>bandura</i>, THE Ukrainian folk instrument -- <br />
<br /><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NC49toVeyCk">
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NC49toVeyCk</a><br />
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<br /><b>Even Beethoven celebrated the culture of Ukraine in his compositions.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is the beginning of his "Ukrainian Folksong."<br /><br />
Orchestral (37 secs):<br /><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lycucd7cvok">
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lycucd7cvok</a><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">On traditional folk string instrument (58 secs):</span></p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lycucd7cvok"><span style="font-size: medium;">
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lycucd7cvok</span></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pCO7IOQEwy8/maxresdefault.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="800" height="359" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pCO7IOQEwy8/maxresdefault.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">___<br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>
For a sonic treat of traditional instrumental Ukrainian Folk Music melodies:</b><br />
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"Bandura - Ukrainian Instrumental Music / Bandurist Victor Mishalow"</i><br />
<br /><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1qODoFJEZBY">
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1qODoFJEZBY</a><br />
___</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">If you know of more Ukrainian music we should share, please let us know.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">"How To Compose On The Banjo" ~ online today, with Hank Smith</span></i></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color: #f6f6ee; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #23496d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_hs_padded" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 20px; 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font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.048px; text-align: center;"><span class="x_ff2 x_fs18 x_fc2" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.304px;">This week watch a recently discovered Gibson factory tour documentary, and listen to some women who rock for International Women’s Month</span><span class="x_ff2 x_fs18 x_fc2" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20.304px;">.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff" class="x_bg1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_fw" style="width: 600px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_w90" style="width: 100%px;"></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff" class="x_bg1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_fw" style="width: 516px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td height="20" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="border: 0px; 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box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_ff2 x_lh" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.048px; text-align: center;"><span class="x_ff2 x_fs18 x_fc2" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.304px;">In the fall of 2020, Gibson unearthed an unmarked film reel while digging through vault archives. Intrigued by the discovery, Gibson TV producers took that reel and had it digitally remastered. The footage you are about to see was shot at Gibson’s factory in 1967. It has never been seen until now</span><span class="x_ff2 x_fs18 x_fc2" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20.304px;">.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff" class="x_bg1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_fw" style="width: 600px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_w90" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td height="20" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 490px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table bgcolor="transparent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_lh x_olcta x_ctacr3" style="background-color: transparent; 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box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_ff2 x_lh" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 18.048px; text-align: center;"><span class="x_ff2 x_fs18 x_fc2" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.304px;">It’s International Women’s Month! Gibson says, "We’re celebrating by listening to some of our favorite female artists from around the world. Celebrate with us by rocking out with two special International Women’s Month playlists from Gibson and Kramer."</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">A pair of art affairs -- from today's LA Weekly...</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_em_wrapper" style="background-color: #eeeef0; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://tracking.laweekly.com/tracking/click?d=49LpB5LnP6YBJrU1vgsLbsR2_gJZPTsAGB6B4e5IMQq85oHjk4JDvjGNGtdnmVuSUVhVyybbJBVPhsj7mpXdtJUADz-kv8FZzjp0ELmOsiX33pf2vBIh6OdYjxA4FTxSHK7jbRPqzW9JULWHJo1ng_PGTC-RVJf0dVPg8mcfKxnlQaNWD2VdvdGDLn0D4_A1We8x5eddsrKIYZtKSV7qB8q9y74xT0f8uQmAJRCs4bHx0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" class="x_em_full_img" data-imagetype="External" height="144" src="https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ART-Battle-Wisdome-LA-Weekly-80-ABLA-17MAR22.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: none; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 460px;" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_em_h20" height="22" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1px; height: 20px; line-height: 1px;"> </td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; color: #161616; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; padding-bottom: 9px;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">Art Battle at WISDOME LA</span></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; color: #161616; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 25px; padding-bottom: 23px;" valign="top"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Art Battle is at WISDOME LA for the final event of the season, with 12 past Champions and All-Stars stepping to the easels for an incredible night of live art. In three rounds, artists will compete against the clock (20 minutes) and for audience votes and one winner will be crowned the LA CHAMPION, and win a spot at the ART BATTLE 2022 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS in Texas. Tickets $20-50 at <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://tracking.laweekly.com/tracking/click?d=49LpB5LnP6YBJrU1vgsLbsR2_gJZPTsAGB6B4e5IMQq85oHjk4JDvjGNGtdnmVuSUVhVyybbJBVPhsj7mpXdtJUADz-kv8FZzjp0ELmOsiX33pf2vBIh6OdYjxA4FTxSHK7jbRPqzW9JULWHJo1ngymj9XOBpPgLth4IpZC7f6hhsprx27y8o_DSNTp-hOOadcmrOr8opBr_K7zqhJLbo0tvpJLHV0HvI-opZImMChcL0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">artbattle.com/latix</a></span></p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; color: #161616; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://tracking.laweekly.com/tracking/click?d=49LpB5LnP6YBJrU1vgsLbsR2_gJZPTsAGB6B4e5IMQq85oHjk4JDvjGNGtdnmVuSUVhVyybbJBVPhsj7mpXdtJUADz-kv8FZzjp0ELmOsiX33pf2vBIh6OdYjxA4FTxSHK7jbRPqzW9JULWHJo1ng9LlISqjG6ya9UvJv3UTARV3MjCXc4bmVY04wqftojU7_Y-RJ3OCD67hD--FMB439XussZnyyo5uxLyM4Obu-aLT0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a> ➝</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><i>And...</i></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/LAPartner_LAWeekly_500x700_Email_Art.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://www.laweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/LAPartner_LAWeekly_500x700_Email_Art.jpg" width="457" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Saturday night at the CGB...</span></i></b><br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Venue impresario Bob Stane says:<i> "This looks to be a hot act. I will want to bring them back but that means I need you to be here this time. Right now. Please do so. Read the credits on the bottom. Spectacular. Look them up on Google and watch, and listen, to their YouTube. They have it all and they will do it all for you."</i></span><br />
_</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.em.secureserver.net/promotion_images/3046/7761/original/image.jpeg?1646853496" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="452" height="640" src="https://files.em.secureserver.net/promotion_images/3046/7761/original/image.jpeg?1646853496" width="577" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>SIRSY</b> is an indie pop/rock duo, from NY, with LOTS of heart, soul, & sass! The Boston Globe calls them "the little band with the BIG sound".<br />
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Sirsy is two multi-instrumentalists: singer-songwriter & drummer <b>Melanie Krahmer </b>and her cowriter/husband and guitarist <b>Rich Libutti.</b><br />
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Mel also plays piano, flute, and bass on a keyboard with her drumstick. At live shows, Rich plays bass on a pedal board with his feet. So, these two manage to sound like a full band, and despite their multitasking, do it all with big smiles on their faces. It’s clear they love what they do. And that love is contagious when you see them live. Sirsy's fans have supported them through the pandemic (which was filled with free sirsy live streams), and their 8 records. It's clearly a labor of love for Sirsy and their fans. Their energetic show often includes stories from the road, laughter, dance parties, and even nerdy jokes. Come celebrate life with them!<br />
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Sirsy’s songs have been featured on the hit tv show “Shameless” on Showtime, MTV, HBO, and PBS. They've performed 250 shows/year nationally, for the past 16 years. They’ve warmed stages for Maroon 5, Grace Potter, Brandi Carlile, Train, Collective Soul, The Spindoctors, Cheap Trick, Blues Traveler, Joan Jett, to name a few. Mel has drum endorsements with Paiste and Vater and she’s also been featured in Modern Drummer. Sirsy's last 3 records, regaled by fans and critics alike, were produced by Grammy-Winner Paul Q Kolderie.<br />
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“Songs with more hooks than tackle box. Melanie has one of the most powerful and flexible voices you’ll ever hear.” ~ The Times Union, NY<br />
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“SIRSY is NOT simply a two piece, they are a head scratching, WOW! This is the complete package in a fun sized, rock and roll, smiling laughing, have a good goddamn time with your friends, band! The guitarist is flawless and just edgy enough to make you grin. The lead singer/drummer is stunning.”<br />
~ SXSW Music Blog.<br />
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SIRSY: Saturday, March 19. Show @ 7 pm. Tickets: $20</span><br />
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The Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N. Lake Av, Altadena, CA.<br />
Phone For Reservations: 626-798-6236</span><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Americana Music honors & awards: <u>Thursda</u>y & <u>Sunda</u>y TV shows</span></i></b></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_e2ma-block-outer" id="x_block_qcxpifcd" style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-wrapper x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-holder" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 15px 15px 0px;" valign="top"><div class="x_e2ma-content-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tune In:</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Experience highlights from Americana music's biggest night this Sunday </em></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_e2ma-block-outer" id="x_block_whyulgfi" style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 5px;"></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-holder" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 490px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 490px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="222" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20220317/81/0e/7e/1a/73eb1552783685714023bae8_582x444.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="291" /></td><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="222" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20220317/23/fc/df/c5/aeaf46bc77d8fc68f23f93da_616x444.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="308" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><u>Sunday, March 20 at 5 pm Pacific,</u></b></span> the 2021 Americana Honors & Awards airs on Circle TV.</span></div><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Catch must-see performances by your favorites, including Artist of the Year <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Brandi Carlile</b>, Emerging Act of the Year <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Charley Crockett</b>, Lifetime Achievement for Performance honoree <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Keb' Mo'</b>, Trailblazer Award honoree <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Mavericks</b> and many more.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">How to Tune In: </em></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Circle is available across the United States on many cable providers' channel line-ups or you can use your TV’s digital antenna. Circle is also available on many streaming platforms including Peacock, the Roku Channel, XUMO and more. Check your local listings and discover more streaming options <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/psm72i/5g41ye/5sx8odb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>THURSDAY</u></b>: (yep, tonight)</span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_e2ma-block-outer" id="x_block_bbwkwkml" style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-wrapper x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-holder" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 15px 15px 0px;" valign="top"><div class="x_e2ma-content-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Circle Sessions: Behind the Curtain - Americana Honors"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />6:30 - 7 pm Pacific | Circle TV</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_e2ma-block-outer" id="x_block_nivyzbnk" style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 5px;"></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 5px; 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box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></td><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="168" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20220317/b6/13/15/16/89b61f1c4ce7e2a57f399f61_598x336.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="299" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_e2ma-block-outer" id="x_block_cejencug" style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-wrapper x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-holder" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 19px;" valign="top"><div class="x_e2ma-content-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Want to get a behind-the-scenes look at the show? Tonight at 8:30 pm CT on Circle TV, go backstage with the artists, performers and all-star band of the 2021 Americana Honors & Awards as they prepare for the celebration and reflect on the past, present and future of Americana music at the legendary Ryman Auditorium. Learn how to watch Circle <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/psm72i/5g41ye/1dz8odb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Phil Ward explodes onto your stage and screen this weekend</span><br />
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This guy is a fabulously talented comedic songwriter. Not that his other creative and performing endeavors lack anything. He can purt near do it all.</span></i></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/e61a3804-88fb-c40f-897d-e24936ac9b02.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="685" height="431" src="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/e61a3804-88fb-c40f-897d-e24936ac9b02.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: brown; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: center;">Phi</span><span style="background-color: white; color: brown; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: center;">l Ward's first concert appearance in two years</span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" id="x_templateBody" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/02e67672-ffb3-5e4b-8b66-63abd3e5b4e6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/02e67672-ffb3-5e4b-8b66-63abd3e5b4e6.png" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Phil writes, "Hello, friends! I'm about to do my first live concert in Southern CA since the shutdown. Woooooot! I and several other musicians will do a bunch of animal-related songs this Saturday, March 19, 7 pm Pacific, at the charming Verdugo HUUT (pronounced hoot) acoustic series, at the Universalist Unitarian Verdugo Church, 4451 Dunsmore Ave, Glendale 91214. I've played here before and it's a great, fun, relaxed, affordable (around 12 bucks), non-religious vibe. The show's at 7pm; <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://philwardmusic.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3af9b363369e331fc12399b70&id=785505064f&e=29b1423240" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2baadf; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: mediumblue; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">click here for info and advance tickets</span></a>. You can score tix at the door too. For a map, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://philwardmusic.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3af9b363369e331fc12399b70&id=ddfc38586c&e=29b1423240" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2baadf; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: mediumblue; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">click here</span></a>. I sure would like to see your face Saturday night!"</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" id="x_templateLowerColumns" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 300px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 482px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px 9px;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://philwardmusic.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3af9b363369e331fc12399b70&id=1e6af0da73&e=29b1423240" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/eedcfe3e-3b71-d387-2d60-d1fc093a4459.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 1080px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="264"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://philwardmusic.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3af9b363369e331fc12399b70&id=818bd69bbb&e=29b1423240" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2baadf; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: mediumblue; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">youtube.com/farwestconference</strong></span></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"There will be music and lively talk with a group of funny acoustic musicians, all way better than me. See the list of participant!"</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #2baadf; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 3px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px;" valign="middle"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://philwardmusic.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3af9b363369e331fc12399b70&id=98ae38fe86&e=29b1423240" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Click here for the Facebook event page">Click here for the Facebook event page</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 482px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px 9px;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://philwardmusic.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3af9b363369e331fc12399b70&id=38fe4d7ca3&e=29b1423240" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/3af9b363369e331fc12399b70/images/281ed102-6dc2-cfb1-0361-c0ab20a0e26f.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 536px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="264"><span style="font-size: medium;">"It's live! It's free! You can't beat the lineup! You can post your questions and comments on YouTube as we're live-streaming, and we'll pay attention to you! It's all brought to you by <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://philwardmusic.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3af9b363369e331fc12399b70&id=fc837c9ee3&e=29b1423240" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2baadf; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: mediumblue; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FAR-West</span></a>, your folk-music-promoting buddies in the western US and Canada. Join us and see what some well-known folkies have to say."</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #2baadf; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 3px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px;" valign="middle"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://philwardmusic.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3af9b363369e331fc12399b70&id=10da74cb2c&e=29b1423240" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Click here for the YouTube channel, at 7pm on Monday">Click here for the YouTube channel, at 7pm on Monday</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Phil closes, "I hope you're hanging in there through these not-very-funny times. Please support Ukraine however you can and stay safe and healthy.<br />
I miss you."</span><br /><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Water & War" Virtual Film Festival is this week</span><br />
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Sponsored by "World BEYOND War," a global network of volunteers, chapters, and affiliated organizations "advocating for the abolition of the institution of war."<br />
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Still time to get tickets for Day 2, this Saturday, plus the festival finale on World Water Day, March 22.</span></i></b></p><p><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/P8Elou2Rvc0qoMPEUZrMXZuRoF9hgmtKkx-9yE8eapVtESvhUX_q5a__K2JSZ1BEIUi4NW5vThf5onYiia5aWnzI6WZl9nnFlwFlxhn5EGboY0iZl2VP3sVkviJYIl-csaNu3CExe6TKlSOcdjBuSItADNGkwR5Do7QvmXltF6CzT_xo8ukmXRFz1adZIizSAvxOqMl6jqFXzgU-TQxjSMYNwqAaPwITFuIfM-NhOsg51XUNrNMwCqDQbY4q3e1kWP29NLSHR_I8PzulV1I0DQ9SyGQdQ4OwhP1356O-o1L4WSKmvlr_5CT8TBhAPpq0/3kf/UeAZCEeBTRW7r0Csdu3ExA/h1/wXUH5LAsxhTSdviPAC4F4Hj389jrdAiQ59epO6_ipKQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "pt sans"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img align="middle" alt="" data-imagetype="External" src="https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/data/000/639/030/original/Water___War_Film_Festival_Graphic(4).png" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 460px;" title="" width="100%" /></a><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "pt sans"; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "pt sans";">Day 2 of the festival, this Saturday, March 19 at 12 pm Pacific Daylight Time / 3 pm Eastern Daylight Time / 7 pm GMT,</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans";"> features an online screening of the film </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "pt sans";">The Crossing</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans";">. A rare, firsthand account of one of the most dangerous journeys of our time, this timely, nail-biting documentary follows the grueling plight of a group of Syrian refugees as they cross the Mediterranean Sea and travel across Europe. The panel discussion will feature director George Kurian and Niamh Ní Bhriain, coordinator of the Transnational Institute’s War and Pacification Programme. Our discussion will explore the intersections of the "war economy" and the "wall economy" — and how the same companies profit off of both fueling violent conflict and then militarizing borders against the refugees fleeing war zones.</span></span></p><p><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/P8Elou2Rvc0qoMPEUZrMXZuRoF9hgmtKkx-9yE8eapVtESvhUX_q5a__K2JSZ1BE4vCI6TvgMsCqkVYULCIyAIFDcdO9bCwuEPffhp5tXpzNSOzMrBgWuSH4pjOnpdOmKo8fyisTIg7-3lpiM-pTgMsX-_KiC2zn3LYsCFffTO9sxlCmyl4cRTRSHZ4TP-l76UT3bDo3HzRhrYh9H6v9Qrpi8ZmT0w8-YPk-jw7Tn-al-KSmk-IsqFaylB1N4iJekg4QYNaJ534hMFP47itPvV-r5owz8U8oE-eQqQjlYl6ADlBqhdFQDRZIyqaRA4RU/3kf/UeAZCEeBTRW7r0Csdu3ExA/h2/34W6HahqZ0oximZTaaku4PjzyRiBdhnNAvjKrvzF39M" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "pt sans"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img align="middle" alt="" data-imagetype="External" src="https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/data/000/632/522/original/Water___War_Film_Festival_Graphic.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 460px;" title="" width="100%" /></a><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "pt sans"; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "pt sans";">The "Water & War" festival finale on #WorldWaterDay (Tuesday, March 22 at 4 pm Pacific Daylight Time / 7 pm Eastern Daylight Time / 11 pm GMT)</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans";"> features</span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "pt sans";"> Berta Didn’t Die, She Multiplied!,</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans";"> a celebration of the life and legacy of Honduran Indigenous, feminist, and environmental activist Berta Cáceres. The film tells the story of the Honduran military coup, the assassination of Berta, and the victory in the Indigenous struggle to protect the Gualcarque River. The insidious agents of the local oligarchy, the World Bank, and North American corporations continue to kill but that will not stop the social movements. From Flint to Standing Rock to Honduras, the water is sacred and the power is in the people. The post-film discussion will feature producer Melissa Cox and other special guests to be announced.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "pt sans";"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/P8Elou2Rvc0qoMPEUZrMXZuRoF9hgmtKkx-9yE8eapVtESvhUX_q5a__K2JSZ1BE9A7iGfEp5kD-9uJZbF3zLhqBjj3jIrtl-ltFs8b8isqG2cYvhZN-jZZ4rZ1QmJR5ON_f1NcXyDEpC0ufCdj0OVfWWfkkyJuryfiMLx41xTMXBA_s2HEsYvqH_hLg3C6LeU9CV1--c1dZmTSknDH6Ms7nW_Zb8c6UM6maqeYXzZFyKx86OMcix9yuMk6uMS7t_VmS9XCnDbtrR84Pzq7bHGC1maF12JLNBqsuNxtlMrg48UUEBGI4Z7RbrahHd0JI/3kf/UeAZCEeBTRW7r0Csdu3ExA/h3/Gy_Hlnbgee2mglrUFxlmwnrVJrISM739Z_AjxPRpzRA" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Learn more and get tickets:</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans";"> Tickets are priced on a sliding scale, starting at $5 USD for the entire film festival. With your ticket you will get the Zoom link to access the virtual festival. Ticket proceeds go to support World BEYOND War's international war abolition work. <a href="http://www.">www.</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "pt sans";"><a href="http://worldbeyondwar.org">worldbeyondwar.org</a></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">"World of Bluegrass" -- Initial Lineup and Ticket Announcement</span></i></b></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnImageBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca/images/f1b30b21-b67b-0d9e-0bac-146a439414fa.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 1080px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="640" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h2 class="x_mc-toc-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 22px; line-height: 25.85px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Infamous Stringdusters, The Jerry Douglas Band,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sierra Hull and Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band are among the featured acts.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Tickets go on sale to IBMA members April 5.</em></h2></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The International Bluegrass Music Association (<a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=2eca3f7f0f&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">IBMA</a>) has announced the initial lineup of artists and ticket information for IBMA Bluegrass Live!® powered by PNC, a two-day festival at the 2022 <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=0b63cdf1bc&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">IBMA World of Bluegrass®</a>. Tickets will go on sale to IBMA members <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">April 5</strong> and the general public <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">April 19</strong>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The live weekend performances will take place at Red Hat Amphitheater and on additional stages in downtown Raleigh. Tickets for the Red Hat performances start at just $50 for IBMA members.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The initial lineup of performers at Red Hat for IBMA Bluegrass Live! powered by PNC includes <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=d46aaed59a&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Infamous Stringdusters</a>, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=8448249ed0&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Jerry Douglas Band</a> (with special guests), <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=e709b0532e&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band</a>, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=fef400c667&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Sierra Hull</a>, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=d2dfa99735&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Balsam Range</a>, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=8f94dc367d&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Dom Flemons & Shultz’s Dream</a> (with Brian Farrow, Dante' Pope and Tray Wellington), <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=e963f41320&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Della Mae</a>, and <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=41a06db118&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Twisted Pine</a>. Additional main stage acts will be announced at a later date.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">IBMA Bluegrass Live! powered by PNC is part of the five-day IBMA World of Bluegrass event, billed “The Most Important Week in Bluegrass,” which also includes the IBMA Business Conference, the IBMA Bluegrass Ramble showcase series and the 33rd Annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards, Sept. 27-Oct. 1. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tickets and hotel reservations will open for IBMA members April 5</strong>. More information is available at the IBMA World of Bluegrass website, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=47a77b0a8d&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">worldofbluegrass.org</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Don't miss out on the chance for IBMA member pre-sale and discount; join IBMA today at <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ibma.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a0818a99ef2ff9a812f5c8ca&id=4db0e84507&e=1b55d1dfa1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; 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ALICE HOWE TRIO w/ FREEBO & J.T. THOMAS<br />
SATURDAY 3/19 HOTEL CAFE, 623 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood, Ca.<br />
7PM $15<br />
<a href="https://www.hotelcafe.com/tickets/?s=events_view&id=11084">https://www.hotelcafe.com/tickets/?s=events_view&id=11084</a><br />
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"FREEBO & his FABULOUS FRIENDS”,<br />
MONDAY 3/21<br />
Maui Sugar Mill, 18389 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana, Ca.<br />
9:00 show, 8:00 opener<br />
Freebo (acoustic guitar & bass), <br />
M.B. Gordy (drums),<br />
Fuzzbee Morse (guitar), <br />
J.T, Thomas (keys),<br />
Chad Watson (bass),<br />
Special Guest singer, Alice Howe, <br />
Plus more surprises<br />
$10 donation please<br />
Res/info: 323-377-5291 for VIP seats!<br />
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FREEBO & ALICE HOWE with Maitland Ward and Eddie Tuduri<br />
WEDNESDAY 3/23 Soho, Santa Barbara,<br />
1221 State St. #205, <br />
Santa Barbara, Ca. 93101<br />
www.sohosb.com <br />
$15 7:30 Show<br />
Reservations: 805-962-7776<br />
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FREEBO & ALICE HOWE (acoustic)<br />
THUR. 3/24 Lost Chord Guitar Shop,<br />
1576 Copenhagen Dr.<br />
Solvang, CA. 93436<br />
$10 7:30 show<br />
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Contemporary Music Ensemble BRIDGE TO EVERYWHERE presents "a Musical Sandbox" on Saturday</span></i></b><br />
<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/88b9eb708a97b03da2d2a68d8/images/733b02ac-a63c-1da3-de65-9dc5d1450868.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="427" src="https://mcusercontent.com/88b9eb708a97b03da2d2a68d8/images/733b02ac-a63c-1da3-de65-9dc5d1450868.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #04ff00;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #04ff00;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">March 19, 8 pm</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena CA 91106</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">Box office: 626-683-6801, 11 am-5 pm, Tue- Fri</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">Los Angeles-based chamber ensemble <b>Bridge to Everywhere</b> returns for an in-person concert at Boston Court Pasadena. They will present "a cross-cultural program of contemporary music that reflects our interconnected world."</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">This intimate concert consists entirely of original pieces by Bridge to Everywhere ensemble members, written within the last two years.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">The ensemble envisions this special program as "a musical sandbox," where the group delves into new experimentations of electro-acoustics, novel instrumentations, and theatrical elements, together with their cross-cultural sounds.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #04ff00;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #04ff00;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #04ff00; font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></p><p><br /></p></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #04ff00;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">So many venues, so many artists, so many shows...</span></i></b></div>
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UPCOMING CONCERTS at McCabe's and a BUNCH of other fine venues (including the Hollywood Bowl!) are</b> <b>extensively covered in previous issues.</b></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">That includes delightful things like the current virtual series hosted by folk legend <b>John McCutcheon</b>, produced by the <b>Pasadena Folk Music Society</b>.<br />
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Scroll down for the earlier March issue, and use <b><a href="http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2022/02/?m=0" target="_blank">THIS LINK</a></b> for the still very current event listings we published in February.</span><br />
<br /><br /><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #04ff00;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">■♧□♧■♧□♧</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;">■♧□</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">More'll be along directly,</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">to assist you navigatin' Spring & Summer 2022. </span></i></b></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">So remember to <i>MERGE ONTO THIS LIL' CYBER VECTOR THROUGH SPACE/TIME</i>. It's where the sounds of string instruments and melodic voices waft in at the sweet spots on the dial, between the crazy static from Jupiter. 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It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories, musical explorations, band and artist descriptions, and assorted fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We were talking about how we first met. We disagreed about who was playing that night. We were pretty distracted by each other. So we deep dived in your archive and we found everything about that night!!! It even let us figure out a bunch of our important dates--most of them were musical and it sure was fun to relive those times!!!"</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; 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That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. 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The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Toodles!</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span></div></div></div><p><span style="background-color: white;">. </span></p></div>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-18067891242026829762022-03-02T17:27:00.011-08:002022-03-03T09:58:32.364-08:00Early March. Pre-ides. Stuff happening. March 2 edition 2022<p>. </p><p>. </p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Early March musical wonderment amongst the madness of our place in time and space...</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Folk legend <b>JOHN McCUTCHEON</b> is producing a series for the Pasadena Folk Music Society, starting <b>this Sunday, March 6th</b>. (See </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">UPDATE: Live Music, out 'n about...</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Two <b>WEDNESDAY night, March 2</b>, <b><i>music live streams</i>. Both HIGHLY recommended; one remains on-demand. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">+ </span><b style="font-size: large;"><u>News & more</u></b><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Journey within, pilgrim. And welcome!</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Contents...</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>♧</b> <i>Wednesday stream option #1:</i> Stellar musicians JOYCE ANDERSEN & HARVEY REID, live from Maine</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif"><b>♧</b> <i>Wednesday stream option #2: </i></span>FREEBO streams his birthday show tonight with MARIA MULDAUR, CHRIS SMITHER, JACK WILLIAMS, & ALICE HOWE (<i><u>plus we have their see-'em-in-the-venues shows this month</u></i>)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>♧</b> <span face="sans-serif">Bettman & Halpin: splendid new music vid</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>♧</b> "No Depression" magazine feature story explores "5 Ways Instructors Are Including Anti-racism in Roots Music Studies"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>♧</b> "Songs of Conscience, Sounds of Freedom" at the GRAMMY Museum</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">♧</b><span face="sans-serif"> OSCAR WEEK Events</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>♧</b> Thoughts that resonate, from Kiki Wow</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>♧</b> Song from Ukraine: a musician in a flak jacket</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>♧</b> <b><u>How to help</u></b> those escaping Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine</span><div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>♧</b> <i>Reality Check: </i>cluelessly exploiting war and human suffering</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>♧</b> <b>UPDATE: Live Music, out 'n about...</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><i style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wednesday stream option #1: </span></i></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Stellar musicians JOYCE ANDERSEN & HARVEY REID, live from Maine</span></i></b><br />
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C</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ONCERT LINK: </span><a href="https://youtu.be/p2YH2t32Mos" style="font-size: large;">https://youtu.be/p2YH2t32Mos</a><br />
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(They tell us, "Please share the link anywhere you like.")</span><br />
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"Join us again (Joyce Andersen & Harvey Reid) this </span><b style="font-size: large;"><u>WEDNESDAY at 5 pm Pacific</u></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> / 8 pm EST as we broadcast a concert from the Puffin & Loon Studio in YouTube Village, Maine. We’re excitedly working on dozens of songs old and new that we are planning to include in upcoming livestreams, and we’ll have a bunch of fresh ones right off the vine this Wednesday.</span><br />
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"Your donations, comments, cheerleading and cards & letters are fuel for our musical fire and for our rickety old house. Your thumbs-up “Likes” and subscribing to our channel on YouTube also help. We also welcome your suggestions of things you’d like to hear, or even questions we might answer on camera.(Though maybe hold off on criticism till the weather and the world get a little warmer.)</span><br />
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"FYI: We have switched to Wednesday evenings to be more present for our teenagers on Fridays. We’ll continue to send an email announcement a few days before each show as a reminder, and so you’ll have the concert link in your inbox. Puffin & Loon subscribers can choose to get notified by YouTube also. Streams will continue to appear on our new YouTube channel “ThePuffinandLoon” which you can easily search out on YouTube, though we plan to also post some things soon on our individual channels.</span><br />
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THE PUFFIN AND LOON: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePuffinandLoon" style="font-size: large;">https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePuffinandLoon</a><br />
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JOYCE’S CHANNEL: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/JoyceAndersen" style="font-size: large;">https://www.youtube.com/c/JoyceAndersen</a><br />
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HARVEY’S CHANNEL: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/GreatSadRiver" style="font-size: large;">https://www.youtube.com/user/GreatSadRiver</a><br />
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"Please SUBSCRIBE to all our YouTube channels."</span><br />
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~ Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen</span><br />
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More partic'lars from Joyce 'n Harvey...</i></b><br />
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◇ Send ' TIPS HERE: [Thanks immensely for your donations. They have allowed us to stay afloat in these difficult times.]</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
PAYPAL/CREDIT CARD: </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=UKGJFB7R52EDL&source=url" style="font-size: large;">https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=UKGJFB7R52EDL&source=url</a><br />
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◇ VENMO: @Joyce-Andersen-2</span><br />
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◇ 2020 livestream concert archive: watch most of those anytime for free on Joyce’s channel (below).</span><br />
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◇ INDIVIDUAL VIDEO LINKS TO SONGS WE'VE DONE: </span><a href="http://joyscream.com/livestream/setlists.html" style="font-size: large;">http://joyscream.com/livestream/setlists.html</a><br />
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◇ Dedicated home page for their livestreams -- past & future live streams, plus other info, links & donations:</span><br />
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http://www.joyscream.com/livestream/</a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br />
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◇ Joyce says: "In the event of an internet glitch, we will stop streaming, record the concert and upload it as soon as possible. The new link will be posted at the P&L channel, on our web site home pages, and subscribers will probably get a YouTube notification."</span><br />
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http://www.woodpecker.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Wednesday stream option #2: </span></i></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">FREEBO's <span face="sans-serif">birthday show</span> streaming tonight with MARIA MULDAUR, CHRIS SMITHER, JACK WILLIAMS, & ALICE HOWE</span></i></b></p><p>
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Upcoming in-person live shows this month are listed, too</span></i></b><br />
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T</span><span style="font-size: medium;">he age-defying legendary multi-instrumentalist tells us, "http my birthday show is TONIGHT, <b><u>WEDNESDAY</u></b>, March 2nd, 8 PM Eastern, <b><u>5 PM Pacific</u></b> on Facebook and Youtube:<br />
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Facebook: <a href="https://fb.me/e/1inxRYOjI">https://fb.me/e/1inxRYOjI</a><br />
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YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owaDTr2QEfI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owaDTr2QEfI</a> <br />
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Freebo</b> tells us, "I’m so excited to have some very special musical guests who will be joining me, <b>MARIA MULDAUR, CHRIS SMITHER, & JACK WILLIAMS,</b> and I’ve decided to make the theme about remaining creative in your 70s. These iconic artists are all good friends, all well into their 70s, and all still making music as well as they ever have. Each will join me in Cyberspace as they share some of their songs and talk about the aging process, how it has effected their lives, how they approach their craft at this point in their lives, and how the joy of making music keeps them young."<br />
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He continues, "Speaking of young, <b>ALICE HOWE</b> will also be joining us, live in studio with me, singing some of her own beautiful songs, joining me on some of mine with harmonies and duets, playing some fretless bass, and sharing her thoughts on music and aging from a much younger perspective."<br />
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Freebo adds, "All in all, I think you will be entertained and inspired by these long-time friends and amazing creative souls. We all share many years together in and out of the proverbial trenches, so please join us TONIGHT, 8 PM Eastern, 5PM Pacific, WEDNESDAY MARCH 2nd on Facebook or Youtube. Here are the links:"<br />
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That's not all.<br />
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If you know Freebo, you expect him to be irrepressible. So you are not surprised that he has more to tell us:<br />
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"Alice’s next show is in L.A. on SATURDAY MARCH 19th at HOTEL CAFE, a trio show with J.T. Thomas on keys and myself on fretless bass… details below.<br />
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"We have several shows (Alice Howe & Freebo) coming up in California…SANTA BARBARA, SOLVANG, BERKELEY (opening for CHRIS SMITHER), and a house concert in ATASCADERO…all details below. <br />
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"MY shows will be FREEBO & his FABULOUS FRIENDS, where I play acoustic guitar and sing, backed by a band of incredible musicians who color my songs with tasty instrumentation, and when called upon, solo beautifully while often leading into extended jams. I’ve always been a “band guy,” and to have great musicians take my songs to another level is one of the great joys of my life. At this point, I can only play with the band in Southern California because of the expense, but I hope to expand further across the country as opportunities present themselves. My next FREEBO & his FABULOUS FRIENDS show will be in a few weeks at a very funky bar in LA, Tarzana actually, on MONDAY MARCH 21st at MAUI SUGAR MILL. Details are below.<br />
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"In April, Alice and I will be traveling to the East Coast for several weeks of show, some HERS and some OURS."<br />
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Concert deets</u>...</i></b><br />
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Tonight, March 2nd, online; above.<br />
<br /><u>Then</u>...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">• Sat, Mar 19, 7 pm, ALICE HOWE with FREEBO & J.T. THOMAS<br />
Hotel Cafe, 1623 N. Cahuenga Bl, Hollywood CA<br />
Tix, $15.<br />
<br />• Mon, Mar 21, 9 pm, "FREEBO & his FABULOUS FRIENDS” (come early for an 8 pm opening act)<br />
Maui Sugar Mill, 18389 Ventura Bl, Tarzana CA<br />
Tix, $10 donation<br />
Freebo (lead vocals, acoustic guitar & bass), <br />
John Molo (drums),<br />
Fuzzbee Morse (guitar), <br />
J.T. Thomas (keys),<br />
Chad Watson (bass),<br />
Special Guest singer, Alice Howe, <br />
Plus surprises<br />
Res/info: 323-377-5291 for VIP seats<br />
<br />• Wed, Mar 23, 7:30 pm, FREEBO & ALICE HOWE w/ Maitland Ward & Eddie Tuduri<br />
Soho, 1221 State St. #205, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; www.sohosb.com <br />
Tix, $15<br />
Reservations: 805-962-7776<br />
<br />• Thu, Mar 24, 7:30 pm, FREEBO & ALICE HOWE (acoustic)<br />
Lost Chord Guitar Shop, 1576 Copenhagen Dr, Solvang, CA. 93436<br />
Tix, $10<br />
<br />• Fri, Mar 25, 8 pm, FREEBO & ALICE HOWE opening for CHRIS SMITHER<br />
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA. <br />
Tix, $30<br />
<br />• Sat, Mar 26, 7:30 pm, FREEBO & ALICE HOWE<br />
Musica Del Rio House Concert, Atascadero, CA <br />
$20 Sugg. Donation<br />
Res/Info: fred@musicadelrio.org<br />
<br />• Then they play the East Coast and NYC...</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p><i style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bettman & Halpin: splendid music vid</span></b></i><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">A</span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">coustic string duo (fiddle, mandolin, guitar) <b>Stephanie Bettman and Luke Halpin</b> have just released a new music video for their song "A Million Hearts." It's from their 6th CD, "1000 Miles" and it's a compellingly melodic mix of charm and poignancy, illustrated by excellent line drawings.<br />
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They tell us it is "inspired by the volunteer work we did with kids in crisis at The Tennyson Center For Children here in Denver. Please check it out! Feel free to share [to social media, etc] if you feel so moved, or comment or like the video. If you hate it, please keep it to yourself. ; )"</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No chance of that last part, Steph.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/a9e9dd215a9c558eaefd2ca66/images/a44a8813-ce83-9a57-71d6-f05ae16f9fdf.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/a9e9dd215a9c558eaefd2ca66/images/a44a8813-ce83-9a57-71d6-f05ae16f9fdf.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View/listen link (full url for easy sharing):</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?mc_cid=8eca618c19&mc_eid=4484f3df99&v=Pye3kENYFtA&feature=youtu.be">
https://m.youtube.com/watch?mc_cid=8eca618c19&mc_eid=4484f3df99&v=Pye3kENYFtA&feature=youtu.be</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">No Depression magazine story explores "5 Ways Instructors Are Including Anti-racism in Roots Music Studies"</span></i></b></p><p>
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M</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ost of our readers are familiar with two banjo stars, <b>Laura Love</b> and <b>Dom Flemons</b>, both persons of color who are thrilling live performers, accomplished recording artists, music scholars and historians. The music of each is inclusive of -- sometimes focused on -- historical songs and tunes that seem shockingly racist to our modern sensibilities. Both will tell you many reasons why they believe it is important that we keep these songs from dying, not simply as part of the context of black history, but because they are integral to the American experience.<br />
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Many of The Guide's readers perform or enjoy Folk-Roots-Americana and can benefit from considering the reach of implications.<br />
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This month, "No Depression," one of folk music's flagship magazines, explores the broader context of inclusivity and consciously handling racial issues in American roots music.<br />
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ND's assistant editor, Stacy Chandler, says:<br />
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"Some bluegrass and string band instructors at colleges across the US are working to incorporate anti-racism into their courses, paying close attention to the people, songs, and stories they’re highlighting and the musical landscape their students will be entering and someday shaping. Their lessons have something to teach listeners, too, and I hope you’ll take a moment to read the essay below with concrete tips for making roots music more inclusive, more harmonious, and more welcoming to all who would create and enjoy it."</i><br />
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The feature story's writers all have credentials in music instruction and academia. They are <b>Lee Bidgood, Sophia Enriquez, Shana Goldin-Perschbacher, Tatiana Hargreaves, Ben Krakauer, Jordan Laney, and Mark Y. Miyake</b>, and they add:<br />
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"We present these insights not as solutions, but as departure points for further discussions within the broader bluegrass and string band community. We hope that other musicians, teachers, and listeners will join us in this work to recognize ways to deal honestly with the problematic histories of roots and string music, and to seek new and exciting relationships as we celebrate the musical experiences that bring us together."</i><br />
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No question these are culturally fraught times, with screaming in some quarters over "critical race theory" -- the screaming, being done, it seems, by people who cannot tell you what the term actually means. Suddenly, that is seen in tandem with newly resurgent book-banning, spoken and written phrase-banning, and the wholly-new laws that enable bounty-collecting for turning-in teachers who make your kid uncomfortable by covering things too inclusively. It seems clear that "cancel culture" is something conservatives try to do, while claiming that it is anti-freedom "liberal" menace. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Amidst it all, some in academia are taking the initiative to include anti-racism in their Roots Music Studies courses and beyond. <br />
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Read the full piece here at No Depression.<br />
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https://www.nodepression.com/5-ways-instructors-are-including-anti-racism-in-roots-music-studies/</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://assets0.dostuffmedia.com/uploads/aws_asset/aws_asset/9455538/ab33418e-b314-4f22-b729-70c56a758adb.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="725" height="640" src="https://assets0.dostuffmedia.com/uploads/aws_asset/aws_asset/9455538/ab33418e-b314-4f22-b729-70c56a758adb.png" width="580" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Songs of Conscience, Sounds of Freedom" at the GRAMMY Museum</span></i></b></p><p>
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T</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">he power of music is, of course, irrepressible, inspirational, and undeniable. Since America’s origins, socially and politically conscious songs have motivated the masses to achieve common goals. They’ve been sung in churches, fields, and factories. They’ve resonated in the streets of South Central, in the nation's and the states' capitols, on our college campuses, and in our union halls. </span><br />
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"Songs of Conscience, Sounds of Freedom" is an exhibit that takes you through the story of American music as it wrestles with issues and ideologies that run counter to the spirit and soul of our nation. </span><br />
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This museum experience charts a path from spirituals sung by enslaved people alongside the sounds of the American Revolution. It ranges from the mass movements of music and art that helped stir up action during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, to the songs that champion LGBTQ+ rights. It brings the soundtracks of the Chicano Movement and Los Angeles Riots/Los Angeles Uprising, to the continued fight for racial justice in America today with the Black Lives Matter movement.</span><br />
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This exhibit spans generations and genres, featuring artists like H.E.R., Dave Specter, and Mickey Guyton to tell the stories of music’s role as a catalyst for social change.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">OSCAR WEEK Events </span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">f</span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">rom the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, March 22 - 26</span></i></b></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Get tix right away. These sell-out.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cepublic.oscars.org//uploads/D24AECE69BABF119B6F52FF59AA34D30/resources/94O_OscarWeek_Invite_v1.1_03_24072.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="http://cepublic.oscars.org//uploads/D24AECE69BABF119B6F52FF59AA34D30/resources/94O_OscarWeek_Invite_v1.1_03_24072.png" width="622" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Limited tickets go on sale Friday, March 4 at 10 am PT, <a href="http://cepublic.oscars.org//ct.asp?id=6B4CF391F13C8D603F070E11C0D737C53889AEA3442EC1B91FDB462069147BB92B84A2395F7DE7146E0820B9BD834530FF05482387D7D7EA2B8D69A235FC1ADA&amp;ct=4aeUszsAAABCWmgzMUFZJlNZQHqV0AAADhmAAAPQECrp3YAgAEhqniJsk2ow9UIho0MQxDU6UxLB7vdaYCB5IbLxiEt17RDnlVbtlNRZiHiDizL4u5IpwoSCA9SugA%3d%3d" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></b></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><b style="font-family: sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thoughts that resonate, from Kiki Wow</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">R</span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">emember Kiki Wow? These days, aka Kiki Edenfield. She was the founding host of radio's "The Dylan Hour," and longtime host of the multicamera global webcast show from Kulak's Woodshed in North Hollywood, CA. Kiki writes, today, March 2nd:<br /><br /><i>"I've been thinking a lot about how vulnerable we are and feeling great empathy for the innocent victims of war. It's hard to concentrate on much of anything else and I find myself uncertain about what I should be putting my time into. It's kinda like that feeling you have after an earthquake and you're not sure what to do next.<br /><br />"I can't believe how fast everything has changed. I got an Emergency Container together with water, canned goods, first aid items, etc. and filled up my tank for the generator and car - Gas is up to $3.29 here and I can only imagine Cali prices. It was $1.89 when I arrived [to live in Missouri] a year ago. I suppose we need to carry on as usual and just be prepared, alert and say lots of prayers!"</i><br /><br />She closes her latest edition with this thought:<br /><br /><i>"The brook would lose its song if God removed the rocks."</i><br /><br />~ Kiki continues to write her long-running weekly e-blast covering live acoustic, Americana, singer-songwriter and band performances on California's Central Coast. These days, she includes her own and other gigs wherever she is playing, mid-continent and beyond. Get on her mailing list, free, or just say hello to her, at kikiwow@mac.com</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></p><div><br /></div><p><b>LATE ADDITION, Thursday morning...<br />
<br /><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Song from Ukraine: a musician in a flak jacket</span></i></b><br />
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U</span><span style="font-size: medium;">kranian artist <b>Svyatoslav "SLAVA" VAKARCHUK</b> leads the band <b>OKEAN ELZY</b>. Based in Lviv, Ukraine, they are often acoustic, but received the FUZZ Magazine music award for "Best Rock Act" in April 2007. Okean Elzy (<a href="http://okeanelzy.com">okeanelzy.com</a>) formed in 1994, is big in their country of 40 million people. They've performed stadium concerts there. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">At the end of our story, we have a link for one of their especially poignant songs with captioned lyrics in English.<br />
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Singing a Capella and wearing a flak vest, Slava is now going out in streets strewn with rubble, helping to rally and inspire Ukranian defenders to stand against invading Russian troops. <br />
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On a CNN live segment, he spoke of seeing the same stadiums now in ruin where his band had played to happy crowds. That felt eerily and chillingly reminiscent of a few years back, seeing Sarajevo's Olympic Stadium defiled by war and atrocities after it had hosted opening and closing ceremonies and Olympic medal presentations for the world's greatest athletes, gathered peacefully for The Games.<br />
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Coverage from Ukraine has likewise shown the Russian invaders' destruction of WW II memorials to those killed in the Holocaust. There have even been live shots with Jewish survivors of the concentration camps, gathered in their wheelchairs to curse Putin and tell the Russians to go home and leave them alone.<br />
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Even as images of new horror can evoke those of the past, there is always the potential to find inspiration and fortitude, to risk everything to make the future better.<br />
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Slava the musician demonstrated those things, his face lighting up with joy when he spoke of his love for the people of his country. He also showed something else we have seen happen quickly over the past seven days: the ability of people of diverse backgrounds to adapt to things they never expected. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So here was the rock musician showing he can comprehend and speak coherently about the need for specific air defense systems to stop the ballistic and cruise missiles that are destroying his nation's cities. A week ago, jarringly incongruous. Suddenly understandable as human resiliency, and our species adaptability. Which should occasion other considerations once we have faced and survived immediate threats to existence.<br />
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In America, we expect our artists to be voices for peace. Indeed, the few individuals in music and the arts who have talked in terms of militarism have always been ridiculed. That's been easy to do, since invariably they have been "chicken hawks" who, while never having worn our nation's uniform, gleefully pontificate about how nobody better be messin' with 'Murica while they sing with oblivious bravado from pampered surroundings about kicking somebody's collective ass. <br />
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Point being, our safe world built on instant gratification and disposable consumerism suddenly seems revealed in the arrogance we have had. At last we see that our smugness cannot blind us to realities others face. In Somalia. In Yemen. And now in Ukraine. Because in America, it is well to remember that we have not faced a foreign invader destroying our cities since the War of 1812.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So, what path for artists? Certainly as voice and conscience. And not necessarily in the overt confrontational lyrics of the labor songs against the murderous oligarch bosses of those struggles. Perhaps not even in the classic folk anthems of the Civil Rights movement, like "We Shall Overcome." Sometimes it is enough to conjure the images of our common humanity, both the fragility and the enduring strength of our common dreams, our common need for safety for children to grow up confident and strong and loving to assure a better future and the only legacy worth leaving.<br />
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We said we have Slava singing one of <span face="sans-serif">OKEAN ELZY's</span> especially poignant acoustic songs. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It's titled "Obiymy" ("Hug me"), lyrics with English translation, with its lines, "When war is over," and "Let your spring come." Be prepared: if you have seen news footage of Ukraine in recent days, the video will make you cry:<br />
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xz_PZ2LggTQ</a></span><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>How to help</u> those escaping Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">W</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">e invite you (or if it helps, <i>we challenge you</i>) to donate to each of the following organizations, as we did today.</span><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Vladimir Putin's armed forces continue their unprovoked, unlawful attack on Ukraine, so thousands of Ukrainains are fleeing their homes in hope of safety and shelter. Some are heading to neighboring countries. Others have taken refuge from Russian bombs in subway stations. Increasingly more are sheltering in place among the rubble, without electricity or access to food and medical supplies. And it is COLD in Ukraine, especially at night, especially for those whom war has left without heat, or shelter, or warm clothing, or food.</span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><i><u>You can support the humanitarian efforts</u></i></b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> that the organizations below are undertaking to assist refugees and others suffering during this horrific time:</span><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">■ </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">Americares</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> is preparing to deliver medicine, medical supplies, and emergency funding to help families access essential health care services.</span><br /><a href="https://www.americares.org/emergency-program/conflict-in-ukraine/" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">https://www.americares.org/emergency-program/conflict-in-ukraine/</a><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">■ </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">The International Rescue Committee</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> is working to rush critical aid to displaced families.</span><br /><a href="https://www.rescue.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">https://www.rescue.org/</a><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">■ </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">World Central Kitchen</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">, headed by chef and humanitarian </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">José Andrés</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">, is on the ground in Poland providing meals for the many refugees pouring into that country.</span><br /><a href="https://wck.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">https://wck.org/</a><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">■ </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">The International Fund for Animal Welfare</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> has had a presence in Ukraine since 2014. Staff has remained in place and have continued to care for their animals.</span><br /><a href="https://www.ifaw.org/action/ukraine-emergency-aid-update" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">https://www.ifaw.org/action/ukraine-emergency-aid-update</a></span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">- - -</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Meanwhile... If you have been getting all your "news" from social media, the MoveOn organization compiled a reading list you should look at:</b></span></i></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. "Attack on Ukraine brings rare sight in Russia: Protests in cities against Putin and invasion," <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Washington Post</em>, February 24, 2022</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://act.moveon.org/go/161089?t=10&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://act.moveon.org/go/161089?t=11&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. "European Parliament Backs Ukraine's EU Application, But Long Road Ahead," <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Newsweek</em>, March 1, 2022</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://act.moveon.org/go/161078?t=13&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="https://act.moveon.org/go/161078?t=12&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://act.moveon.org/go/161078?t=14&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. "As over 100,000 rally for Ukraine, Germany announces vast defense spending increase that may upend European security policy," <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Washington Post,</em> February 27, 2022</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://act.moveon.org/go/161079?t=15&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://act.moveon.org/go/161079?t=16&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. "Munich Philharmonic drops star conductor Valery Gergiev over Putin ties," DW Akademie, March 1, 2022</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://act.moveon.org/go/161080?t=17&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://act.moveon.org/go/161080?t=18&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">5. "EU says expects millions of displaced Ukrainians," Reuters, February 27, 2022</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://act.moveon.org/go/161083?t=19&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://act.moveon.org/go/161083?t=20&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6. "Ukraine's Kharkiv struck by cluster bombs, experts say," Reuters, March 1, 2022</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://act.moveon.org/go/161084?t=21&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://act.moveon.org/go/161084?t=22&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7. "What are cluster and vacuum weapons, and how has Russia used them in the past?," <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Washington Post,</em> March 2, 2022</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://act.moveon.org/go/161090?t=23&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://act.moveon.org/go/161090?t=24&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">8. "Russian Troop Deaths Expose a Potential Weakness of Putin’s Strategy," <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The New York Times</em>, March 2, 2022</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://act.moveon.org/go/161082?t=25&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://act.moveon.org/go/161082?t=26&akid=318123%2E7782308%2E7hPnsE</span></a></div><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Reality Check: cluelessly exploiting war and human suffering</span></i></b></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">A</span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">ll that bipartisan standing and applauding during the State of the Union? If you thought it was weird that people were dressed like the flag of Ukraine, after they were applauding Putin less than ten days ago, it doesn’t stop there.<br />
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So now we have a <i>new</i> Gopper Big Lie: it's from <b>Kevin McCarthy</b>, claiming his party has “a plan.”<br />
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If congressional Republicans have a plan to do ANYTHING, why didn’t they tell New Hampshire’s Republican <b>Gov. Chris Sununu</b> when he went to Washington? He was considering running for the US Senate. He changed his mind when they told him all they were doing was blocking anything Biden wanted to do. <br />
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Plus, <b>Mitch McConnell</b> has been asked what Republicans will do if they take back both houses of Congress. He said, “Ask me after the election.”<br />
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Considering the GOP at its most recent National Convention became the first-ever political party in this country’s history to refuse to adopt a “Party Platform” document — which lays-out what positions its candidates are running on, and what they will do in office as representatives of their party, if elected? <br />
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If there’s a plan hiding somewhere, they have the American people calling, <i>“Buehler. Buehler. Buehler.”</i> In fact, the answer given when their national party chair was asked why there was no platform? “It’s whatever Trump wants.” And we saw where that led, on January 6th.<br />
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So, Mister <b>wannabe-Speaker McCarthy</b>? Where <i>IS</i> that “plan” you are dangling like a plastic carrot from the end of your shtick? <br />
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Or do we need to wait ‘til after the election? Or next January?<br />
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See below.</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">___</p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img data-imagetype="External" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/e7c7dd67b1306044019cbb94d/images/f03a5326-12c5-4f9a-9c4f-0adf40c43935.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="500" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.8px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">McCarthy Responds to State of the Union</strong></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 1, 2022 |</span> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://house.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7c7dd67b1306044019cbb94d&id=22d0a6f66a&e=e0a5a29da5" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">View Online</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Today, Congressman Kevin McCarthy offered the following statement after the State of the Union address:</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">“President Biden’s State of the Union was out of touch. He painted a rosy picture of our nation while failing to fully acknowledge the challenges that our communities are facing created by his failed policies. In California, we have felt these challenges directly: record-high gas prices that are rising every week, violent crime, and our ports are backlogged causing a supply chain crisis that is keeping our farmers from selling the food they grow. And while students in California are only now being allowed to return to normalcy in the classroom, the very legislators who have failed to follow the science have also consistently broken the rules set forth for everyone else.</em><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">“Our country is in a crisis.</em><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“But House Republicans have a plan to support families, keep our communities safe, and get our country back on track. That starts with producing more Californian-made energy to reduce our energy prices, securing our border, and allowing our children to learn alongside other students inside the classroom.</em><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">"Today serves as a snapshot of where we are as a country and it is clear that there is a lot of work to be done. I won’t ever stop fighting to ensure that we deliver better opportunities for the American people.”</em><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">###</div><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><strong style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Office of Congressman Kevin McCarthy</strong><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="mailto:matt.sparks@mail.house.gov" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Matt Sparks</a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">, </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="mailto:Brittany.Martinez@mail.house.gov" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Brittany Martinez</a><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">661-327-3611</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://house.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e7c7dd67b1306044019cbb94d&id=4cc06f06f1&e=e0a5a29da5" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">kevinmccarthy.house.gov</a></p><p><span face="sans-serif">___</span><br />
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Oh, wait! Maybe </span><span face="sans-serif"><i>THIS</i></span></u><span face="sans-serif"><u> is the Republican "plan</u>"...</span></b></span><br />
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T</span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">wo Republican members of Congress, <b>Madison Cawthorne</b> and <b>Matt Rosendale</b>, introduced a bill today that would BAN U.S. aid to Ukraine "until the U.S. southern border with Mexico is secure"... and it would "limit the number of American troops in Ukraine to less than those deployed on the U.S. southern border."<br />
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Can you say "obsessed wackos"-? I KNEW you could!</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p><b style="font-family: sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">UPDATE: Live Music, out 'n about...</span></i></b><br />
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Y</span><span face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">esterday was indeed MARDI GRAS. But it was quiet. The spreadnecks, maskholes, science-deniers and assorted Branch Covidians have kept the damn virus going and mutating in the U.S., so we are not yet free of its impacts.<br />
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Still, a number of fine venues are open for the fully vaxxed and boostered</b>, presenting live music by talented folks who are barely able to contain their enthusiasm at the prospect of playing for you as part of their live audience. So get in on these mutual appreciation societies before it all seems to get back to being a normal, take-it-for-granted thing that we are surrounded by fabulous talent.<br />
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We gave you an extensive rundown of LOTS of music in our <i><b>previous edition</b></i>, and most of those concerts and club gigs have not yet happened. So in addition to perusing our added dates, below, with excited anticipation, <b><i>be sure to CHECK THE LISTINGS in the edition just before this one</i></b> -- we don't routinely repeat stuff anymore. Not even good stuff.<br />
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ADDED SHOWS...</i></b></span><br />
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At the Coffee Gallery Backstage</i></span></b><span style="font-size: medium;">, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA<br />
Phone for Reservations, 10 a-10p, 7 days: 626-798-6236<br />
Venue impresario <b>Bob Stane</b> says, "Please remember, Vaccination cards, paper or on your phone are required. No exceptions. I will be wearing a mask. Let us be overly cautious and live to tell about it. We are almost there. Help me. Help you."<br />
<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Fri, Mar 4, 8 pm. Tickets: $20<br />
Jack Landrón and Mitch Greenhill<br />
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Sat, Mar 5, 7 pm, $20<br />
THE SUSIE GLAZE NEW FOLK ENSEMBLE<br />
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Sun, Mar 6, MATINEE 2 pm, evening show 6 pm;| $25, either. Almost sold out! <br />
LED ZEPAGAIN<br />
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Thu, Mar 10, 8 pm, $20<br />
LOVE DOLLY (AND HER BIG BAND).<br />
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Fri, Mar 11, 8 pm, $20<br />
SCOTT COOK - A TRAVELING DUO<br />
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Sat, Mar 12, 7 pm, $20<br />
INCENDIO<br />
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Sun, Mar 13, 3 pm MATINEE, $20<br />
THE TALL MEN….TALL MEN GROUP’S TRIBUTE TO JIMMY YESSIAN<br />
Bob Stane says: Always sells out. This is a tribute to their late handmade and his music.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.em.secureserver.net/promotion_images/3033/3300/original/image.png?1646249844" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="448" height="631" src="https://files.em.secureserver.net/promotion_images/3033/3300/original/image.png?1646249844" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun, Mar 13, 7 pm, $20<br />
THE McMAMMALS / THE MacMAMMALS</span><br /><span face="sans-serif">___</span></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">At the Broad Stage</span></i></b><span style="font-size: medium;">, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Ticket / info links in show titles.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Upcoming Performances</strong></u><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://thebroadstage.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5de73eb9937a7337edaa018&id=cd3914983c&e=b124266497" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f58426; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor</a> | MAR 10, 7:30PM<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://thebroadstage.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5de73eb9937a7337edaa018&id=77c976219e&e=b124266497" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f58426; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra</a> | MAR 11, 7:30PM<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://thebroadstage.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5de73eb9937a7337edaa018&id=e1d3c3035b&e=b124266497" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f58426; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano</a> | MAR 15 at 7:30PM<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://thebroadstage.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5de73eb9937a7337edaa018&id=ff34d06846&e=b124266497" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f58426; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Nat Geo Live: Invisible Wonders</a> | MAR 17-18 at 7:30PM<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://thebroadstage.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5de73eb9937a7337edaa018&id=45bf535751&e=b124266497" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f58426; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Takács Quartet with Julien Labro</a> | MAR 19 at 7:30PM<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://thebroadstage.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5de73eb9937a7337edaa018&id=a2edc7d8d7&e=b124266497" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f58426; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Simone Dinnerstein</a> | MAR 27 at 4PM</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://thebroadstage.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5de73eb9937a7337edaa018&id=dc0c652491&e=b124266497" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f58426; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ephrat Asherie Dance: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">ODEON</em></a> | APR 1-2 at 7:30PM</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="296" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/1c5de73eb9937a7337edaa018/images/9deea753-3d71-4b19-bb6c-da23666bbbeb.png" width="548" /></a></div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><p><span face="sans-serif">___</span></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">SPECIAL NOTE: the GRAND ANNEX / WARNER GRAND</span></i></b> <span style="font-size: medium;">phone number has been temporarily changed. Call 310-833-3504 to reach them Wednesday. They expect their regular number should be working by Thursday. If not, we gotcha covered...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Playing Saturday, March 5, 8 pm, <b>GILL LANDRY</b>, former Grammy-winning <b>Old Crow Medicine Show</b> member. He plays a mix of bluesy Americana. His critically acclaimed albums have featured Americana stars <b>Laura Marling</b> and <b>Brandi Carlile</b>.</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif">___<br />
<br /></span><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">At the Ocean Institute</span></i></b><span style="font-size: medium;">, 24200 Dana Point Harbor Dr, Dana Point, CA 92629<br />
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The 51st Annual "Festival of Whales"</b> kicks-off Friday, March 4 with a sunset welcoming ceremony by members of the local Acjachemen Nation and a surfers’ paddle out at the Marine Protected Area beach behind the Ocean Institute. It runs through the weekend with many events: <a href="https://oceaninstitute.org/event/festival-of-whales/">https://oceaninstitute.org/event/festival-of-whales/</a></span><span face="sans-serif"><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf/images/c61095b0-3143-7a67-e3a4-18ddfe087f10.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="611" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf/images/c61095b0-3143-7a67-e3a4-18ddfe087f10.png" width="489" /></a></div><p></p><p><span face="sans-serif">___</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60/images/8ba685b0-a183-4c25-8e37-deac0412fbbd.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="100" data-original-width="600" height="107" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60/images/8ba685b0-a183-4c25-8e37-deac0412fbbd.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">R</span><span style="font-size: medium;">eturning <u>Sunday, March 6</u></span></b><span style="font-size: medium;">, with their first show since the 2020 pandemic shutdown, this excellent series <b><i><u>brings star power to all four</u></i></b> of their first online shows.<br />
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The producers tell us:</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"After a two-year lapse, we're happily back in the concert business by teaming with </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=455cda1aa4&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><b>John McCutcheon</b></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> and other wonderful musicians for a series of four special online concerts beginning <b><u>Sunday, March 6</u></b>. , with </span></span><b style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"Fifty Years of Traditional Music" </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">at 4 p.m. Pacific Time.</span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">The other performers to follow include </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">Alastair Frasier & Natalie Haas</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">Crys Matthews</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> and </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">Darrell Scott</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">. The other three dates are April 3, April 10 and May 7.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"If the 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. start times are not convenient, you'll appreciate that <b><u>ticket-buyers will get 48 hours of access to each show</u></b>.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><b><u>Tickets for the first event, the March 6 show</u></b> may be purchased </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=07da2edbbf&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">at this link</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">. </span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><b><u>Each of the other three shows has its own ticketing page</u></b>: </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=6b0436052e&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">April 3</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=8574d8f2cc&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">April 10</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=a4e9b82d15&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">May 7</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">. </span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">Tickets are $20 each, providing 48 hours of access. You can get a special four-show pass for $65 at a link from any of the four date's ticketing pages. There's also a 'family/household' four-show pass for $95.</span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"McCutcheon is a master instrumentalist and powerful singer-songwriter who has delighted Pasadena Folk Music Society concert audiences often over the years, most recently in 2018. Take it from </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">Pete Seeger</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> himself: 'John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter and song leader.' </span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"McCutcheon's 41st album, </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">Bucket List</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, includes </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=8f1e7a1be0&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Zilphia's Piano</em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, about the first keyboard to play </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">We Shall Overcome</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">. It follows his 2020 album of pandemic-inspired songs, </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">Cabin Fever</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, which includes </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=d7140feaec&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">When All of This Is Over</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">. He has written some popular songs for children and the classic 1984 ballad about a World War I truce, </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=4022fd43a1&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Christmas in the Trenches</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">McCutcheon organized this online concert series, recruited other musicians to join him for some of the shows, and has partnered with PFMS for folk-music fans in Southern California.</span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">The producing/presenting organization uses several venues on the Caltech campus. "PFMS concerts went on pause after our March 7, 2020, </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">Patrick Ball</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> show. Our share of income from ticket sales through </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=d9649a7a28&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">this link</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> will help with arranging future live concerts when venue restrictions ease. We're still working on a couple of obstacles to resuming live, in-person concerts."</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60/images/c8295b51-9ebb-8f8a-355b-396d56553544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="350" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60/images/c8295b51-9ebb-8f8a-355b-396d56553544.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">John McCutcheon.</span><p></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u>The four upcoming online concerts</u></strong></em></span></p><p><b style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">1) Sun, Mar 6, 4 pm Pacific:</b></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>"Fifty Years of Traditional Music." </b> McCutcheon's roots tap into folk tradition. He traveled the Appalachians in his 20s, apprenticing himself to some of the greats of the region's traditional music. This concert is an homage to his mentors. It will include some of his field recordings from the 1970s housed at the Library of Congress and, McCutcheon says, "some very special surprises."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif"><b>2) Sun, Apr 3, 4 </b></span><b style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">pm Pacific:</b></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>"Songwriters in the Round."</b> McCutcheon is joined by three of his favorite songwriters: </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=7fd43c547a&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Darrell Scott</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=9775109c34&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Beth Nielsen Chapman</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> and </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=975559694d&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Crys Matthews</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, performing songs and discussing how they write them. <b>Scott's songs</b>, including </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=f13e69662b&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> and </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=31e965bc7a&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">It's a Great Day to Be Alive</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, have been recorded by dozens of performers, ranging from <b>Dave Alvin </b>to <b>Faith Hill</b>. <b>Chapman's songs</b>, including </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=e28ffa3a64&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Sand and Water</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> and </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=98ed3fa20e&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Happy Girl</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, have also been recorded by diverse artists who know a good song when they hear one, such as <b>Willie Nelson</b> and <b>Mary Chapin Carpenter</b>. <b>Matthews</b>, an award-winning songwriter who has performed at New York's Lincoln Center and Washington's Kennedy Center, drew this praise on the Pride Source website: "In the great tradition of folk music, Matthews brings listeners in with sweet sounds that grab them by the heart, and just as they are cradled in her soulful voice and her deft handling of an acoustic guitar, it's as if Matthews says, 'Now that you're here, we've got some things to talk about.'" Check out her </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=86584d4c75&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Changemakers</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif"><b>3) Sun, Apr 10, 4 </b></span><b style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">pm Pacific:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>"Instrumentalists in the Round."</b> McCutcheon is, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">himself,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">a whiz, on dulcimer, banjo, fiddle, autoharp and some other instruments. For this show, he'll bring on </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=9f08dfadf6&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Muriel Anderson</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, a master of harp guitar and classical guitar; </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=a1aba6e8f4&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Howard Levy</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, who pushes boundaries on harmonica, ocarina and other instruments; cellist </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=6cd8cabf7e&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Natalie Haas</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> and Scottish fiddler </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=95b6cde2dc&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alasdair Fraser</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">. <b>Anderson</b> has played guitars with <b>Doc Watson, Les Paul and Chet Atkins</b>. Hear her gracefully summon the multi-octive range of the harp guitar when playing </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=e46e374f7b&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Here Comes the Sun</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">. <b>Levy</b> has accompanied <b>Bela Fleck, Kenny Loggins, Paul Simon and Dolly Parton</b>. Try to imagine playing harmonica and piano at the same time, as he does on </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=291576d672&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Autumn Leaves</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">. <b>Haas and Fraser</b> have toured and recorded together for two decades, including a 2017 PFMS concert at Caltech. A Boston Globe reviewer wrote, "While his fiddle dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly... Their sound is as urban as a Manhattan midnight and as wild as a Clackmannan winter." See if that's what you hear in their 2020 performance of a reels medley of </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=0dea9a1f3b&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Hut on Staffin Island</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Barrowburn</em> and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jack Daniel's</em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">.</span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif"><b>4) Sat, May 7, 5 </b></span><b style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">pm Pacific:</b></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>"The Story Behind the Song."</b> McCutcheon's spoken introductions to songs built into his reputation as a skilled storyteller. In this concert, he'll talk about his inspiration for various songs, the historical research that he uses for some, the references behind particular lines, and other yarns. <i><u>Ticket holders will have an opportunity to submit requests and questions in advance</u></i>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">Series </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">web site / email signup: </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=30a290da05&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">pasadenafolkmusicsociety.org</a></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif">___</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif"><br /><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">
Shows at McCABES, the Hollywood Bowl, and MANY other venues</span></i></b> <span style="font-size: medium;">are in our <u>previous edition</u>. 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font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything -- last year, a decade ago, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation from its cathode ray tube if you sat close to it, instead of like nowadays, getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g, wherever you sit</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and </span>you watched movies on reels of film aimed at a screen that bounced-back the light projected onto it, instead of only-ever seeing everything in glowing postage-stamp mode on your phone</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... anyway, The Guide has been around a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time! So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories and fascinating items we have published through the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><i>"We just couldn't remember when the first [or the last] time was that we saw _____ perform live. 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at (or from) a quality venue, or whatever version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a tuneful tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Toodles!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span></div></div></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">.</span></p><p><br /></p></div>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-2004598665617068442022-02-20T20:09:00.008-08:002022-03-01T09:06:42.330-08:00Americana Music Scene, & Remembering Will Ryan - Feb 20 edition 2022<p>. </p><p>. </p><p><i>Late added item, March 1, 2022:<br />
<br /><b>☆ HAPPY 95TH BIRTHDAY TODAY TO HARRY BELLAFONTE</b>, iconic as a great American vocalist, recording star who broke racial barriers in record stores and on radio and television, </i><i>and Civil Rights legend who recruited other artists to stand with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.</i></p><p>
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Here's the full February edition as originally published...</p><p>___</p><p>Up-top Quickie:</p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">TOPANGA BANJO•FIDDLE IS BACK!</span></i></b><br />
<br />Just confirmed for <b><u>Sunday, May 15, 2022</u></b>, is the <b>60th annual Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival</b> (<a href="http://www.topangabanjofiddle.org">www.topangabanjofiddle.org</a>). This is one of the oldest continuously held traditional music events in the U.S. It was first held in the Topanga Canyon in 1961, which is the reason for its name.</p><p>
The event has long been held in, and will return to, <b>Paramount Ranch in Agoura, CA</b>. It predates the arrival there of its <b>host, the National Park Service</b>.<br />
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In spite of the devastating wildfire that destroyed part of the site before the covid shut down, the Railroad Depot and its stage survive (where our editor is the emcee). This year will feature three stages, countless jams large and small, a full spectrum of acoustic instrument competitions and, as always, dazzling performances by professional musicians. <br />
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Sign-up to compete, or buy tix and keep in touch at the web link above.</p><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>In this edition</b>...</i></span></p><p>■ 60th annual Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival set for Sunday, May 15, 2022</p><p>■ President's Day: how bizarre</p><p>■ Music <span face="sans-serif">mini-</span>profile -- Dirty Cello</p><p>■ Will Ryan: Remembering the late, great musician, songwriter, composer, script writer, voice and character actor, unique comic genius, and humanitarian (Parts 1 & 2)</p><p><b><i>LIVE MUSIC, by venue...</i></b><br /><br />■ at THE COFFEE GALLERY BACKSTAGE</p><p>■ At McCABE'S</p><p>■ at the GRAND ANNEX</p><p><span face="sans-serif">■ at VARIOUS VENUES, including the HOLLYWOOD BOWL </span></p><p>■ Brett Perkins next California "Songwriters Retreat / Festival" now booking</p><p>■ Indigenous people evicted for trophy hunting? An Artist & Activist Opportunity to STOP IT</p><p>And we close with</p><p>■ A lifeboat Back to the Future to save the climate</p><p><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Presidents' Day: how bizarre! </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Uhh, "-s apostrophe- ? It's ALL of 'em?"</i></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Y</span></b>es, it IS weird that <b>George Washington</b>, the Father of The Country, is demoted to equality on the same list with EVERY ONE of his successors. Even though historians call Washington "the indispensable man" for his central roles in the American Revolution and as the First President. Plus, he became the first head-of-state of ANY nation to peacefully relinquish power to an elected successor when his term was over. Newly-freed former slaves took his last name as their new last name more than any other. And... he's the one for whom the Nation's Capital on the East Coast and a State on the West Coast are both named. Yet, in our time, he is forced to share his birthday weekend with EVERY other American President who has come after him.</p><p>Geez, that just doesn't seem right. I mean, there have been some in that office that you wouldn't bring home to meet your mother! And some who you wouldn't want your baby sister to date! Certainly some you wouldn't want to move-in next door. Gads! Even some real scoundrels who should have done (or still should -- and might yet -- do) hard time.</p><p>"Presidents' Day" displaying portraits of ALL of them on the walls of the same gallery? That's an incongruity reaching from the sublime to the ridiculous to the full-on miserable human being! (Okay, true, you can look at who is in Congress, and suddenly it isn't as weird.)</p><p><i>Which all sorta sounds like a songwriting challenge, doesn't It?</i></p><p>As for why <b>Lincoln's Birthday</b> used to be a separate holiday, back when <b>George Washington's Birthday</b> was its own holiday, too, but neither day is a holiday anymore? </p><p>Well, two reasons: </p><p>• First, because Americans are cheap, and they don't want to pay for any more holiday days off. </p><p>• Second, because adding Martin Luther King Day meant something else had to go, because we are so damn cheap. </p><p>• Third, because the only way a bunch of white Southern politicians would allow a holiday for Dr. King was to evoke their cancel culture on Abraham Lincoln, who they still hate because he wouldn't let their ancestors have a slaveocracy Confederacy after 1861. (In case you doubted some people are still fighting the Civil War, just look to the horn chatted wackos flying Confederate battle flags 157 years too late, and trashing the memories of all military veterans by smearing excrement inside the US Capitol. I mean, can anybody imagine imagine that that even the long-dead veterans who wore the GRAY uniform are honored by the cretins who did THAT on January 6th?) </p><p>The preceding item assumes you are among the diminishing number of Americans who possess enough knowledge of our shared history to have any idea, at all, what the hell we're talking about. Which introduces the next items...</p><p><br /></p><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_width260 x_centerBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; color: #212121; float: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; width: 275px;" valign="top"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_paddingBottom20" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><img alt="Image of Valerie Tutson" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="350" src="https://go.jfklfoundation.org/l/682543/2022-02-17/79r3t/682543/1645114949cGjTN7gv/2022_Presidents_Day_Dates_Square.png" style="border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 350px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 350px;" width="350" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_width260 x_centerBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; color: #212121; float: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; width: 335px;" valign="top"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_centerText" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #a90e1b; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Watch Online</b></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_centerText" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(171, 111, 127); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(171, 111, 127); border-collapse: collapse; border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-style: none none solid; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Monday, February 21, 2022<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />8 a.m. - Noon PST</strong></span></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_centerText" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px;">In celebration of Presidents’ Day, the Kennedy Library in Boston will broadcast its 11th annual <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Presidents’ Day Festival</em>. Historic guests, presidential storytelling, creative activities, and <b>musical performances</b> bring the past to life in new ways for all ages in this free, virtual program. All videos will be closed captioned.</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_centerBlock x_width260" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; width: 275px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td height="45" style="background-color: #113a60; background: rgb(17, 58, 96); border-collapse: collapse; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://go.jfklfoundation.org/e/682543/PresidentsDay/79zgw/465007664?h=ax4cTJSdgU9dY-gZQnJwkNKxOW8rcLdLrOhmd5VM_5A" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white;">Learn More</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>___</p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">PRESIDENTIAL PROFILES ON TV</span></b></p><p><b><i>Sunday night</i></b> brings new purported biopic documentaries that co-address Black History Month:</p><p><b>"ABRAHAM LINCOLN"</b> on the History Channel, with esteemed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin as co-writer, and</p><p><b>"LBJ: TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY"</b> on CNN </p><p>Both bring new looks at complex individuals. They held the Presidency 100 years apart, and were THE two most important Presidents in terms of Civil Rights for African Americans. We did not get media previews of either production, and we note that both are competing with televised, tape-delayed, coverage of the closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. Damn that competing for audience that screws everybody.</p><p>Meanwhile, currently on web-based TV...<br />
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"Lincoln’s Dilemma,"</b> the "Apple TV+" four-part docuseries "examines how President Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery with the passage of the 13th Amendment and preserved the United States," writes the <i>Daily Beast</i>. They add, "Should be required viewing for every American."</p><p>Amy Goodman on Friday's "Democracy Now" said you can see ep. 1 of "...Dilemma" free on YouTube through the end of the month. Well, maybe. Our effort brought-up a screen that read, "Unable to view this video because the account has been terminated." So poke around and see if you can find it.</p><p><b><i>Plus, there are live music options on Sunday,</i></b> and we cover that in this edition.</p><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="sans-serif">Music </span><span face="sans-serif">mini-</span><span face="sans-serif">profile -- Dirty Cello</span></span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">R</span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ebecca Roudman leads the<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> well-traveled, highly-rated <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span>Blues </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">and Americana 5-piece band</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://dirtycello.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dirty Cello</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. Their current tour has them in California. They performed in Ventura on the 19th, play Sunday night at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, and play Feb 26 in San Diego.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you’ve missed them so far, check out their other shows and bring yourself some delight by clicking on their band site.<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Go see them not only to be dazzled by their music-making, but to enjoy their stage banter.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rebecca tells us, “Our band has lots of great stories, from touring Iceland to China, to losing our drummer in Budapest, to playing at a nudist resort and more.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Combine the virtuosic wail of Jimi Hendrix, the soul of BB King, and the fire of Bill Monroe, and add a whole lot of cello, and you get the Dirty Cello band. Dirty Cello performs all over the world, from Iceland to Israel, from Scottish castles to underground caves presenting an energetic and wild show:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Dirty Cello’s music is </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">all over the map: funky, carnival, romantic, sexy, tangled, electric, fiercely rhythmic, and textured, and only occasionally classical." ~ Oakland Magazine.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As we said, check ‘em out.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Feb 26 -<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://bit.ly/dirtycellosandiego" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">San Diego Folk Heritage</span></a>, CA</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 11 & 12 -<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://bit.ly/march11dirtycellohopmonk" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HopMonk Tavern</span></a>, Sebastopol, CA</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;">Will Ryan:</b></p><p><i><b>Remembering the late, great musician, songwriter, composer, script writer, voice and character actor, unique comic genius, and humanitarian</b></i></p><p>(Part 1; part 2 follows immediately)</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.legacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Will-Ryan-1000x667-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">WILL RYAN</b> image from Legacy.com</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p>___</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>WILL RYAN CELEBRATION OF LIFE</i></span></b></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sunday February 27th in Santa Monica, California; </b></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Estate Sale </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">in Santa Monica </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">the day before, Saturday February 26th</b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; 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vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">WILL RYAN</b> spent his last few weeks of life refusing to be sad or sentimental.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; 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font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">...So, in the spirit of enjoying the day, please leave sadness at home, and join in a celebration of Will Ryan's gifts to your life and to the world.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></u></b></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">All who were touched by his artistry, music, humor and humanity are invited</u></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">February </u></b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">27th, 2 pm to 8 pm for THE WILL RYAN CELEBRATION OF LIFE,</u></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">and for all who are interested, a WILL RYAN ESTATE SALE IS the day before, Saturday February </u></b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">26th, noon to 5 pm.</u></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Both at the home of Jan Goodman & Jerry Manpearl, 929 San Vicente Blvd, Santa Monica, California, 90402.</u> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Ample free parking on San Vicente Boulevard.) </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">All events will be outside, hoping for the usual perfect Santa Monica weather, and hoping any post-holiday covid 19 surge will have subsided.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #212121; font-weight: inherit;">☆ </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The generous hosts, Jan & Jerry, INSIST </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">that every guest be duly vaccinated against covid, due to the medical fragility of some of the attendees.</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">>>> FYI: March 2020, Will Ryan was hospitalized with covid 19 and he was thankful to recover and live another 1-1/2 years, with no understanding of anyone who would not welcome the vaccine.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Therefore in 2021, Will was vaccinated against covid 19, and would have now hoped that every one of his loved ones (including </span><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">you</u><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">) would care enough to protect other loved ones by being vaccinated to join in this event honoring him. </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Estate sale & Auction: Will's performing & show biz memorabilia</i></span></b></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26th, noon to 5 pm, will be </u></b><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: underline;">ESTATE SALE & AUCTION:</b></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> featured are Will's new </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Popcorn Haiku</i></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> & other </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">books, CD's, </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">c</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">owboy hats, paperboy caps, shirts, scarfs, his Disney cast / featured star items, and </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Adventures in Odyssey</i></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> souvenirs; </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">with valuable scripts, photographs, old books on-auction, in person and virtually.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27th, </b></u><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">2 pm to 8 pm, </b></u><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">will be t</b></u><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">he official "CELEBRATION OF LIFE".</u> (Remember to wear a cowboy hat or Eugene cap!)</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">>>> On the hour, 3 pm to 6 pm, artists and friends are invited to get on stage, to share </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fun memories of Will. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">S</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">trongly-</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">preferred are funny, happy, weird, unique, strange stories about Will</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">; or what you do better in life because of knowing Will Ryan.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">>>> The balance of each hour will be </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">live performances of Will's music & </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">songs with sing-along lyrics provided. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">T</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">hen when the sun sets, video clips of</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Will's voice characters and Biffle & Shooster on screen!</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">>>> The event expects to have live-streaming of the Saturday auction and Sunday celebration for virtual attendance. (No url yet.)</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #d22d42;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Donations in-lieu-of-flowers are welcome to <u style="box-sizing: border-box;">The </u></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Will Ryan Legacy</u> in support of Will's intention for annual grants to new contributions to animation;</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #d22d42;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">or else in the name of Will Ryan to</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Health-Care-for-All-Los Angeles</u>, <u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Physicians-for-a-National-</u></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Health-Program</u>, </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">or <u style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Motion-Picture-&-Television- Country-House Fund</u>.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: garamond, times new roman, serif;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">"We look forward to seeing you and celebrating Will!" ~ </b></i></span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: garamond, "new serif";"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">love, Nancy (Mrs. Will Ryan)</b></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Will Ryan:</b></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><i><b>Remembering the late, great musician, songwriter, composer, script writer, voice and character actor, unique comic genius, and humanitarian</b></i></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">(Part 2)</p><blockquote style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="cite"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wikipedia has a fine tribute / retrospective of his career.We are pasting it in below for you:</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Will Ryan</span></p><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan was born on May 21, 1949 and grew up in<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Cleveland, Ohio</a>.[1][2] He became established by singing about the American West. In summer 1966, Ryan's earlier band, Wead, played a gig in<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington,_Ohio" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Wellington, Ohio</a>.</span> </div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="cite"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In late 1970s, he teamed up with<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Baron" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Phil Baron</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>as Willio and Phillio.[4] They had regular gigs on television, radio and comedy clubs and universities throughout the U.S.. They later paired up again voicing characters of best friends Teddy Ruxpin (Baron) and Grubby the Octopede (Ryan) in the<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Ruxpin" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Teddy Ruxpin</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>book and tape series as well as the 1986–87 television show<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Teddy_Ruxpin" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin</span></a>. In August 2002, Willio and Phillio returned to Cleveland for two performances at historic Cain Park and another at the famed Beachland Ballroom. At the Cain Park show, friend Alec Nordstrom of Hudson was invited onstage. Cleveland's revered rock critic and "world's oldest teenager," Jane Scott, attended and reviewed the Beachland performance for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Willio and Phillio act brought Ryan back into music and after moving to<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">California</a>, he began to write and record songs for<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Walt Disney Company</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="cite"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Willio and Phillio performed "I Wish it Could Be Christmas All Year Long" on a Disney Christmas album in a voice similar to<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micky_Dolenz" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Micky Dolenz</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>of<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkees" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Monkees</a>.</span> </div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="cite"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He provided the voices of<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_(Winnie-the-Pooh)" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Rabbit</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>and<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigger" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Tigger</a>, and the singing voice of<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeyore" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Eeyore</a>, in the<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Channel" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Disney Channel</a>'s long-running series<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Pooh_Corner" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Welcome to Pooh Corner</span></a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>and in many other Pooh cartoons. He also provided the voice of Barnaby the Dog on the popular series<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbo%27s_Circus" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dumbo's Circus</span></a>.</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="cite"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1987, Ryan became a fixture of the radio drama<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_in_Odyssey" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Adventures in Odyssey</span></a>, as Eugene Meltsner, Harlow Doyle, David Harley, Patrick O'Ryan and over 100 individual characters. He voiced Rabbit in<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh_and_a_Day_for_Eeyore" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore</span></a>, Digit in<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Tail" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An American Tail</span></a>, Petrie in<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Land_Before_Time_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Land Before Time</span></a>, and<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_the_Giant" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Willie the Giant</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>in<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%27s_Christmas_Carol" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mickey's Christmas Carol</span></a>. He continued to do voice work. In 2009, he was working on the third season of<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_Clubhouse" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mickey Mouse Clubhouse</span></a>, the 21st season of<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Adventures in Odyssey</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, and the new radio series of Will Ryan's Cactus County Round-Up which featured his band The Cactus County Cowboys. In the<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Family Guy</span></a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>episode "<a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_the_North_Pole" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Road to the North Pole</a>", he provided the voice for<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Winnie-the-Pooh</a>. As a side project, with<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_J._Lederer" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Andrew J. Lederer</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>and Michael Rosenberg (Jackie Diamond), Will Ryan briefly performed in the '20s-style music and comedy trio The Merry Metronomes. He and Lederer also appeared from time to time as a duo, usually under the name The Natty Nabobs. He and Nick Santa Maria also performed occasionally as a vaudeville-era comedy team, Biffle & Shooster (Ryan played the latter); and in 2013 they made their first film, a faux 1930s comedy short titled<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's a Frame-Up!</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="cite"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beginning on January 28, 2021, until his death Will was the co-host of the "Tell Ya Later" show on<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">YouTube</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>with longtime friend and co-star<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Leigh" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Katie Leigh</a>. The final episode featuring Ryan during his lifetime premiered on November 15, 2021, 4 days before his death. There is still unreleased footage recorded before he died that will air posthumously.[5][6]</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan died from<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">cancer</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>on November 19, 2021, at the age of 72.[7][8]</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sources:</span></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.answers.com/redirectSearch?query=am-i-cool-or-what-children-album" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Credits for album,<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></a><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_I_Cool_or_What%3F" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Am I Cool or What?</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>featuring Ryan compositions,<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://answers.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Answers.com</a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Retrieved on February 10, 2008.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://www.tollbooth.org/2006/features/wryan.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Interview with Ryan</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Phantom Tollbooth</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Retrieved on March 26, 2008.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://www.mousetracksonline.com/profiles.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">List of Walt Disney Records artists</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mouse Tracks</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>The Story of Walt Disney Records, Retrieved on April 24, 2008.</span></li></ul></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="cite"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">External links:</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Film</span></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%27s_Christmas_Carol" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Mickey's Christmas Carol</a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Mole, Willie the Giant, Pete, Big Bad Wolf, Weasel #2 (1983)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_and_Toad_Are_Friends" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Frog and Toad Are Friends</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(1985)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Tail" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An American Tail</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Digit (1986)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_and_Toad_Together" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Frog and Toad Together</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Frog (1987)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Land_Before_Time_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Land Before Time</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Petrie (1988)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stanley and the Dinosaurs</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– (1989)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Goes_to_School" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Morris Goes to School</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Morris, The Fisherman, and The Candyman (1989)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(1989_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Little Mermaid</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Harold, the seahorse (1989)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-a-Doodle" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rock-a-Doodle</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Stuey (1991)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbelina_(1994_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thumbelina</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Hero, Reverend Rat, Goat (1994)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Troll_in_Central_Park" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Troll in Central Park</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Boss, Guard (1994)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pebble_and_the_Penguin" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Pebble and the Penguin</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Royal, Tika (1995)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looney_Tunes:_Back_in_Action" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Looney Tunes: Back in Action</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Papa Bear (2003)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_a_Horse!" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Get a Horse!</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Peg-Leg Pete (2013)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's a Frame-Up!</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Sam Shooster (2013)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Biffle Murder Case</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Sam Shooster (2015)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bride of Finklestein</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Sam Shooster (2015)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Schmo Boat</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Sam Shooster (2015)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Imitation of Wife</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Sam Shooster (2015)</span></li></ul><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Radio</span></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_in_Odyssey" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Adventures in Odyssey</a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Eugene Meltsner (1987–2000, 2005–2022)</span></li></ul></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="cite"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Television</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="cite"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Pooh_Corner" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Welcome to Pooh Corner</a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>–<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_(Winnie-the-Pooh)#Disney_adaptations" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Rabbit</a>,<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigger" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Tigger</a>,<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeyore" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Eeyore</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(singing) (1983)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbo%27s_Circus" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dumbo's Circus</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Barnaby (1985)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuzzles" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wuzzles</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Additional Voices (1985)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_Adventures_of_the_Gummi_Bears" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Additional Voices (1985–1991)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Teddy_Ruxpin" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Grubby, Louie (1986–1987)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_Goofy_in_Soccermania" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sport Goofy in Soccermania</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>–<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge_McDuck" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Scrooge McDuck</a>,<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_Boys" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Beagle Boys</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>and<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro_Gearloose" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Gyro Gearloose</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(1987)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Mother Goose Video Treasury</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Bertram the Goose (1987)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckTales" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DuckTales</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Pete/Sharkey, Dangerous Dan (1987)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_and_Friends" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Garfield and Friends</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(episode 88 "<a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Garfield_and_Friends_episodes" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ghost of a Chance</a>", as McKraven (or McCraven) The Ghost) (1992)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_Me_a_Story_with_Belle" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sing Me a Story with Belle</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(episode 9 "Problem Solving: Ingenuity" as Willie the Giant)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courage_the_Cowardly_Dog" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Courage the Cowardly Dog</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– The Duck Brothers</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_House_of_Mouse" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Disney's House of Mouse</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Willie the Giant (2001–2003)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi_Hi_Puffy_AmiYumi" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Farmer Zeke, Alien Banana #1, Wall, Rumaki, Old Camper 3, Wasabi, Sumo Wrestler, Muscle Bound Guy, Defensive End and Riptide's Coach (2004–2006)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_Clubhouse" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mickey Mouse Clubhouse</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Willie the Giant (2006–2016)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roary_the_Racing_Car" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Roary the Racing Car</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– Additional Voices (2007–2010)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Family Guy</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(episode<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_the_North_Pole" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Road to the North Pole</span></a>) –<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh_(Disney_character)" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Winnie the Pooh</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(2010)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_Funhouse" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mickey Mouse Funhouse</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(2 episodes "Mickey and the Cornstalk/King Mickey"/Bottled Up/Minnie's Fairytale as Willie the Giant) (2021) (Final performances)</span></li></ul></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" type="cite"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Discography</span></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Sings!" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eugene Sings!</span></a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Sings!_Christmas" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eugene Sings! Christmas</span></a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Am I Cool or What?</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Goin' Quackers</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmo_Aardvark:_Outer_Space_Detective!" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elmo Aardvark: Outer Space Detective!</span></a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmo_Aardvark:_Vintage_Cartoon_Sound_Tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elmo Aardvark: Vintage Cartoon Sound Tracks</span></a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmo_Aardvark:_Classic_Cartoon_Soundtracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elmo Aardvark: Classic Cartoon Soundtracks</span></a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Classic Songs for Leonard Reed's Shim Sham Shimmy</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_in_Odyssey" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Adventures in Odyssey</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(Eugene Meltsner/Harlow Doyle)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Frosty's First Adventure</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Frosty</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Frosty the Snowman</span></li></ul><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus, his Western / cowboy music albums with </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>William </b></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, and more.</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p>___</p><p>We add to that...<br />
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Coffee Gallery Backstage impresario Bob Stane</b> told The Guide, "I just cannot believe he is gone. He worked The Coffee Gallery Backstage so often and 'in the pink.' I thought he was immortal. Actually, the thought that he might die never crossed my mind. I miss him so much. He gave my place just a bit more color and variety. What a talent."</p><p>_ _ _</p><p><b><i>Our editor exchanged several messages with Bob Stane, as they shared memories of Will. <br />
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We share one here:</i></b><br />
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Larry Wines here again, Bob, responding to your latest message.<br />
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I, too, was stunned when I heard Will was gone. It was matter-of-factly on the radio today. I was listening to a show on KPFK that was a fun reminiscing with members of Firesign Theatre and The Committee — and suddenly, in the midst of their name-dropping of people with whom they had worked, one of them said he was still unable to believe Robin Williams was gone, and the other countered with, “And Will Ryan, lost to cancer so recently.”<br />
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At the moment the show was no longer a fun listen. I dropped what I was doing and put his name in the browser. Wikipedia had all that I sent you. I saw that it has been updated many times, as recently as a few days ago.<br />
<br />
I may look into how to add things there. I would like to mention his many creatively innovative promotions for his gigs at your fine venue, and that he so often brought audience members who became surprise cameo guests.<br />
<br />
I would need to research a lot of notes to do justice to that. Of course no one who was there could ever forget June Foray, voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha the Spy and so many other conic characters. We lost her just a couple years back. When she was in the audience to see Will -- get drafted by him to take the stage -- she was nearing 100 years old. And there she was, in a sparkling performance with Will and his Cactus County Cowboys. Same thing when he drafted Johnny Crawford onto your stage. Crawford was the youthful "Mark McCain" in TV's "The Rifleman." <br />
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Will knew everybody and was respected far and wide. On that note, another item should be added to the Wikipedia tribute: Will co-composed and led the performance of the entire soundtrack for the long-lost, pieced-together from global film archive fragments, and meticulously restored, first feature-length silent Western, “Covered Wagon.” I was privileged to be there at the screening when they performed that soundtrack live (the only time they ever did it). It was either in the Oscars theater or the Directors Guild theatre — again I would need to excavate notes.<br />
<br />
Will and I shared a number of Italian dinners at a restaurant in Arcadia near where I used to live. Almost always his treat, to pick my brain for promotional possibilities (he hired me for a time to do that for him). <br />
<br />
He told such fascinating stories, though he always tried to avoid allowing me to use anything that would reveal his age — he was obviously as old as he was, but it was that show biz “thing” of hoping to be cast by a director of a more youthful generation, or being accepted in a new musical incarnation.<br />
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Not long ago, the thought crossed my mind that I should try to contact him and see how he was faring during the pandemic-without-end. I was thinking it would be wonderful to take him to an early dinner, then take him to catch the show at your place. <br />
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I had no idea that cancer had already taken him from us.<br />
<br />
Bob, if you remember the name of Will’s charity to which you donated, please let me know. I would like to follow your example.<br />
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And farther on down the road, when things are more like normal again, I would be glad to assist in recruiting musicians to do a Will Ryan Tribute night.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">LIVE MUSIC, by venue...</span></i></b></p><p>At <b>THE COFFEE GALLERY BACKSTAGE</b><br />
2029 N. Lake Altadena, CA.<br />
Phone for Reservations, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days: 626-798-6236</p><p>___</p><p>
A famous New York Act. Something really, really different and exotic.<br />
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Sunday, February 20. Matinee</u></b> show @ 2:00 P.M. Tickets: $20<br />
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MATINEE! A new trio of powerhouses of the Yiddish music scene. The band’s new program Yiddish Songs of Resilience, presents material ranging from contemporary to early-modern that speaks...<br />
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...to finding power in the midst of catastrophe and contextualising it for the current moment. Song in general and Yiddish songin particular continues to be a lifeline when we feel lost, and now, more than ever, these these songs need to be sung and heard. While this program reaches back to the shtetls of Eastern Europe, it is by no means nostalgic or kitsch, but rather based in the tradition yet free from the shackles of ‘revivalism.’ The songs themselves have the power and the band has created fresh and evocative arrangements to keep their beauty and message center stage.<br />
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The band features Lorin Sklamberg, well-known as the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning Yiddish American roots band The Klezmatics, as well as an accordionist, archivist and pioneer of the Yiddish revival. While audiences around the world are familiar with him in the context of this historic band, in this stripped down ensemble the magic of his voice really shines. He is joined by two Berlin-based leaders of the younger generation of Yiddish cultural activists: vocalist Sasha Lurje and fiddler Craig Judelman. Riga, Latvia native Sasha brings to the stage fire, talent and charisma, paired with a deep knowledge of European and Slavic traditions and the Yiddish culture she learned first-hand from the last of our old troubadours. Craig grew up in Seattle amid the local aftereffects of the various folk revivals and has made a name for himself as an old time as well as klezmer musician, combining a love for the raw power of down home traditional music with the honest expressivity of a modern “educated" musician.<br />
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Introductions in English, lyrics in Yiddish.<br />
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Sunday, February 20. Matinee show @ 2:00 P.M. Tickets: $20<br />
___</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>DIRTY CELLO</b> <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(BOB STANE SAYS; PLEASE DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW. EXTREMELY FINE. I GET THEM ONLY ONCE PER 3 YEARS.)</span> PLEASE READ THE COPY BELOW. I GUARANTEE YOU WILL CONSIDER THIS THE BEST SUNDAY EVENING CONCERT EVER.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u>Sunday February 20, 2022 | 7:00 PM</u> | $20.00 (a real concert bargain).</strong></p><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_module-18" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #212121; float: left; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 0px; table-layout: fixed; width: 420px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_combo-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 20px 18px 30px; width: 420px;"><div align="center" class="x_image-container" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="image" data-imagetype="External" src="https://files.em.secureserver.net/promotion_images/2993/1238/original/image.jpeg?1644435439" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 370px;" width="360" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="x_module-18 x_text-container" face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></strong></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">DIRTY CELLO</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A favorite of Bob's.</span> Very entertaining & excellent musicians. From wild gypsy music through the blues & ending with some shredding classic rock they present cello like you’ve never hear before. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Think BB King meets Yo Yo Ma. So fine.</strong></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">Bob Stane says: Dirty Cello is a dynamic group adored all over the world. We get them about once every four years. Here are my notes to my self after their lastperformance at The Coffee Gallery Backstage.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">A hugely successful show. Every person in the room adored them. A multi member group featuring introductory high jinx by husband and wife, Rebecca Roudman, playing a big, loud cello. Exceptional. One of the best acts of the year. All played instruments and Rebecca Roudman has done move and TV work. Fabulous, big time act. Adorable, impressive and definitely a star act. Money back guarantee and a warm hug if not overjoyed. A Hollywood Bowl quality concert.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">From Iceland to Italy, and all over the U.S., Dirty Cello brings the world a high energy and unique spin on blues and bluegrass. Led by vivacious cross-over cellist, Rebecca Roudman, Dirty Cello is cello like you’ve never heard before. From down home blues with a wailing cello to virtuosic stompin’ bluegrass, Dirty Cello is a band that gets your heart thumping and your toes tapping!</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">◇ "Dirty Cello’s music is all over the map: funky, carnival, romantic, sexy, tangled, electric, fiercely rhythmic, and textured, and only occasionally classical." ~ Oakland Magazine</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">◇ "The band plays every style imaginable, and does some fantastic covers. (Their rendition of “Purple Haze” is incredible.)</span> But what is most spectacular about them is hearing the depth of soul in Roudman’s playing—it goes beyond what most people would expect from the instrument. She plays it with so much heart, you’ll wonder why more bands don’t have a cellist." ~ Good Times Santa Cruz</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">◇ "A four-piece string ensemble that truly pushes the envelope and breaks the barriers, they blend blues, bluegrass and world music sounds with roots in the world of European classical music in a style that is unique and refreshing." ~ Cloverdale Reveille</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">◇ "The group seamlessly careens from blues to bluegrass and rock in a way that really shouldn't make sense but somehow does." ~ LA Times<br /></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">◇ "The ensemble plays a range of eclectic tunes in ways you won’t hear anyone else dare to attempt." ~ Argus Courier</p><p>◇ <span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">"Anyone who's been in an audience when the San Francisco Bay Area Dirty Cello takes the stage knows that something unique happens whenever cellist Rebecca Roudman and ensemble come face to face with living, breathing (and whooping and shouting) fans." ~ Strings Magazine</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; 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We have the best cover bands ever. The is where the past comes to be alive again.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u>Friday, February 25</u>. Show @ 8:00 P.M. Tickets: $20.</strong></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ROD THE MOD” (THE VERY BEST OF ROD STEWART)</strong></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">“Rod The Mod” (The Very Best of Rod Stewart) is just that! Taking you on a journey through over 50 years of Sir Rod’s brilliant career, “Rod The Mod” delivers all the big hits.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">"Rod the Mod" also reaches back to bring you gems from the early days of his solo albums, to his time with Faces, and even showcasing a few songs from his time with the legendary Jeff Beck Group. Featuring Stewart Sher as “Rod”, the band also features a handpicked group of seasoned pros, who have performed and/or worked with a diverse group of superstar artists, from Bruce Hornsby, Rita Coolidge and Bobbie Gentry, to Eric Burden, Steve Vai and more! Be prepared to be blown away by Stewart’s spot on performance, as he truly captures Rod’s spirit and voice like no one you’ve seen before!</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Friday February 25, 2022 | 8:00 PM | $20.00</strong></p><p>___</p><p>Venue policy...</p><p><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Bob Stane says:</strong><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: 15px;"> </span></p><p><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"All patrons/customers and acts to have a vaccination card. All shots. Wear masks. No exceptions.</span></strong></p><p><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">"If any cast member, or patron, does not have a vaccination, and card to prove it, too bad. They stay home.</strong></p><p><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Cards on phones are fine. I will not gamble with the health or lives of my entertainers or audience."</strong></strong></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p>■ At the the famous concert hall in back of <b>McCabe's Guitar Shop</b></p>
3101 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405<br />
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ROBBIE FULKS<br />
Fri, Feb 25th at 8:00 pm<br />
Robbie Fulks is a singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter. His most recent release, 2017’s Upland Stories, earned year’s-best recognition from NPR and Rolling Stone among many others, as well as two Grammy® nominations, for folk album and American roots song (“Alabama At Night”).<br />
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GRIFFIN HOUSE<br />
Thur, Mar 3rd at 8:00 pm<br />
“Rising Star” is not a phrase one would normally use to describe an artist like Griffin House, who has been touring for over 15 years and has recorded 12 studio albums.<br />
Although House has enjoyed plenty of success as national headliner for over a decade and has earned a great deal of respect as a well-known performer and singer-songwriter, he seems to not take himself or his career in the music industry too seriously. Now married, sober, and a father, House has learned to balance his career by making his family and his sobriety his first priority. He pays tribute to his wife and children (with) “When the Kids are Gone,” a song about watching his daughters grow up and imagining he and his wife as empty-nesters.<br />
Just when you think you have House’s album pegged, there seems to be a surprise around every corner. Each song is distinct in its own own way.<br />
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JULIE CHRISTENSEN<br />
opening the show<br />
Rick Shea<br />
Sun, Mar 6th at 8<br />
Julie Christensen’s story is woven into decades of American Roots Rock music. She co-fronts post-punk rockers Divine Horsemen, who have rebooted to release a new album August 27, 2021 on In The Red. She sang with Leonard Cohen’s bands (and in the documentary I’m Your Man.)<br />
Christensen has released 7 of her own independent albums to date and on her birthday in January 2021, she will release a new album of East Nashville friend Kevin Gordon’s songs.<br />
Julie spent time as a jazz chanteuse and roots rocker, and has vocal coaching in her resume (Teddy Thompson, Amelia White…) She has been a premier showcase artist at Folk Alliance, and has performed and recorded with Steve Wynn, Van Dyke Parks, John Doe, Alejandro Escovedo, and Exene Cervenka.<br />
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Rick Shea<br />
Opening and Playing with Julie, longtime Southern California singer-songwriter Rick Shea got his early musical education in the bars and honky-tonks of San Bernardino, his songs reflect the folk, country, rock and Mexican influences he grew up with.<br />
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w/special guest<br />
David Hidalgo<br />
Sun, Mar 20th, 8 pm<br />
Rick Holmstrom has stories. Thirty-three years of hurtling around the globe in metal tubes will do that. From his early days with blues and soul artists like Smokey Wilson, William Clarke, Johnny Dyer and Booker T., to his 15 year run as gospel/soul/civil rights legend Mavis Staples’ guitarist/bandleader, a conversation with Holmstrom quickly turns to road stories. With Staples’ bandmates Steve Mugalian (Lucinda Williams, Harry Dean Stanton, Chuck Prophet) joining him on drums and Gregory Boaz (Dave Alvin, Mick Taylor, John Mayall) on bass, this is a band with a deep feel for blues, soul, gospel and roots music. Bob Boilen of NPR raved; ”...the band is crucial, discerning and supportive. Rick Holmstrom is her soulful guitarist -- Staples called him 'Pops Jr.’…"<br />
Joining Rick and the boys for this night only will be David Hidalgo. It has been decades since David played an all acoustic set with Los Lobos at McCabe's, and we welcome him back.<br />
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Upcoming Shows at McCabes<br />
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JANIS IAN<br />
Fri 3-11<br />
SOLD OUT<br />
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JANIS IAN<br />
Sat 3-12<br />
SOLD OUT<br />
<br />
Loudon Wainwright III<br />
Mon 3-21<br />
<br />
Loudon Wainwright III<br />
Tue 3-22<br />
<br />
Chris Smither<br />
Sat 3-26<br />
<br />
Slaid Cleaves<br />
Sat 4-2<br />
<br />
TOM RUSH<br />
w/Mat Nokoa<br />
Thur 4-7<br />
<br />
Eliza Gilkyson<br />
w/Nina Gerber<br />
Fri 4-8<br />
<br />
Rob Ickes &<br />
Trey Hensley<br />
Sat 4-9<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Martin<br />
w/ opener<br />
Kassi Valazza<br />
Sun 4-10<br />
<br />
Pierre Bensusan<br />
Fri 4-15<br />
<br />
DEAD ROCK WEST<br />
Sat 4-16<br />
<br />
Jake Blount<br />
Zac Sokolow<br />
Fri 4-22<br />
<br />
Sarah Harmer<br />
w/ opener<br />
Suzie Ungerleider<br />
Sat 4-23<br />
<br />
Missy Raines<br />
Thur 4-28<br />
<br />
Sam Baker<br />
Fri 4-29<br />
<br />
Josh Rouse<br />
Sat 4-30<br />
<br />
Jason Anick Trio<br />
Fri 5-6<br />
<br />
Jim Kweskin<br />
Sat 5-7</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">___</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">Venue policy...</p><div align="center" style="background-color: #f5a59c; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">VACCINATIONS REQUIRED: We’re very pleased to have you return to McCabe’s for a live performance. We are requiring all attendees, as well as performers, staff and volunteers, to be vaccinated against COVID-19. For the safety of the group, we are not making exceptions for children or for people unable to be vaccinated for medical reasons. We do not accept same-day tests in lieu of vaccination. So that we can properly enforce this policy, please have your CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Card, a phone photo or photocopy of the card and a photo I.D. to show as you enter.</span></div><div align="center" style="background-color: #f5a59c; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MASKS: In keeping with guidance from Santa Monica and the CDC, McCabe's will be Masks-On for the foreseeable future. Wear it when you arrive, and the entire time you're in the venue. By working together, we can prevent infections at concerts, and that means we're all helping to keep live music alive.</span></div><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p>■ At the GRAND ANNEX / Warner Grand</p><p>434 W 6th St, San Pedro, CA 90731</p><p>Box Office: 310-833-4813, 10 am–5 pm, M-F</p><p>___</p><p><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Friday, February 25 / 7pm (6 pm reception)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"Saving the Oceans and Ourselves"</strong></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnCaptionBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnCaptionBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionBottomContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 482px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="564"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In conjunction with Grand Vision's concert, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=e89f415e90&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a1467; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Sm</a></u></em><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a1467; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=820ac0ce0d&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a1467; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">all Island Big Song</a> </u></em>(April 27), Grand Vision, the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, AltaSea & the Marine Mammal Care Center are partnering together to present world-renowned ocean scientist, Dr. Gregory Stone. Join the conversation about some of the best ways to heal and protect our planet.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #3a1467; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; width: 464px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=45c860753d&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="RSVP Required to Attend">RSVP Required to Attend</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">You can attend this free event in person at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium or online via Zoom.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>___</p><p><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Saturday, February 26 / 8pm<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />MARA KAYE</strong><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2727; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kaye delivers old-style acoustic blues specializing in the songs of Bessie Smith, the Smith Sisters and more. With boogie-woogie piano legend, Carl Sonny Leyland, Jon Atkinson and Tim McNalley.</p><p>___</p><p><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Saturday, March 5, 2022 / 8pm<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />GILL LANDRY</strong><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2727; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Former Grammy-winning Old Crow Medicine Show member plays a mix of bluesy Americana. His critically acclaimed albums have featured Americana stars Laura Marling and Brandi Carlile.</p><p>___</p><p><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2nd Thursdays, March 10 / 7pm<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />OPEN MIC NIGHT</strong><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2727; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Calling all Musicians and Poets!</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Enjoy some great performances and meet other music makers! Performer sign-ups start at 6:30pm, first 10 sign-ups are guaranteed to perform. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">$5 cash $6.25 card, cover charge comes with stage time and 1 drink ticket.</strong></p><p>___</p><p><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Friday, March 18, 2022 / 8:30pm<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />JOHN KRAUS & THE GOERS<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sea Shanty Sing-along 7-7:45pm / Beer Tasting 7:45pm / Concert 8:30pm</strong><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2727; font-size: 16px;">Captain John and the band deliver tunes and ballads with Celtic rock and vintage sea shanty</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2727; font-size: 16px;">swagger.</span></p><p>___</p><p><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Grand Vision presents</em><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">SMALL ISLAND BIG SONG<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Wed, April 27 / 7:30pm</strong><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2727; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2727; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Celebrating 5,000 years of Pacific Island culture, this concert is a joyous presentation uniting the communities of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, while also raising awareness about climate change and rising seas.</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">___</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">Venue policy...</p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">COVID-19 SAFETY AT THE GRAND ANNEX & WARNER GRAND THEATRE</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">For everyone's safety and health, and in compliance with City of LA protocols, face masks are required for all attendees during all events. All attendees ages 2+ must show proof of full Covid-19 vaccination, a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours, or a negative antigen test taken within 24 hours. Attendees ages 18+ must show a valid ID along with proof of vaccination. <u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=ebdbf24efb&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Please see their website for the latest safety rules and regulations for the event you wish to attend.</a></u></span></div><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Various venues...</span></i></b></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">... get tix while you can...</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">___</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://u648841.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=UjSGK2Xkbi0lbqd5EjFjmEn6P6WGn4VLPgPmSg5xrifiRvRMKuHEKOdTrYwoUL4q8-2Bh6keC9H5U6jIILnT4u4r3kRDnuQHgQCjF7KrSp5nY8U-2BVZ81xL4h4-2FQNu1pbh0cYcd2Kq8UBq2oQzTRJ18b4xZN2svaTNb8IqXPv-2BCsJCJLHJfdVXhHbl7JsqbNVDNr6ZEEWiviGUAuUihxzN4OzNsHiSB1tNX8mL-2BpJx-2F9jY-3DivY9_SokUWZ3nDa5W9xf3GXhONlXwd7awwIDMPmV2zXos7RchTJmgFifFDibmPpEu2EE3a4mpyiFImP-2Bc0F0o8V1o9slh15-2FdTLN2tigSQyyfrji62fptL8XnbJtV3PDf81QXjzap0UhouqHawwBX3-2F2BXvJJt-2FP6iut1BZmuBoYqcoIdxv1qJoPqbYqzavXKSUuSwZZq0d8mk6qZr1nPRdTYu0fXnF8qp-2FXbjRimlAuzUzFUgyFu6WmNhLtxIH8AcDxYniJjWVvpXIEVSetJO-2BrEWiADQrhHinEvBqGLc-2FddLQFamYpr6Tt-2Ba3nwcxZq8Spk-2BNkTUFxNzokmym9vLIMmCg-3D-3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eb095b; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img align="none" class="x_size_xl x_justify_center x_border_" data-imagetype="External" src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/277969/be856c9e9c394ae75f6f2a03e85b231e2c2460f2/original/2021-10-12-17-28-22.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0.5em auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 470px;" /></a><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;" />___</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">
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Ray LaMontagne, Monovision Tour<br />
May 7<br />
Hollywood Pantages Theatre<br />
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Lila Downs<br />
May 5<br />
Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara<br />
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Steve Martin & Martin Short // All Ages<br />
June 17<br />
Santa Barbara Bowl<br />
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Bonnie Raitt w/ Mavis Staples // All Ages<br />
September 22<br />
Santa Barbara Bowl<br />
___</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Tix alert: The new </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://link2.dola.com/u/nrd.php?p=exn7lHTe89_177713_1878704_1_9&ems_l=3127272&i=1&d=MTI0Mjg1OTUy%7CZXhuN2xIVGU4OQ%3D%3D%7CRG9MQSstK0RhaWx5K0VtYWlsKy0rRnJpZGF5Ky0rMDIlMkYxOCUyRjIwMjI%3D%7CMTc5MTQ2OA%3D%3D%7C&_esuh=_11_1027107676cb9767a158e90e9facae1929c592d6b4c2ed62dc9b0075d6677971" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Besame Mucho</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> festival at Dodger Stadium isn’t ‘til December, but if it appeals to you, jump on it now — it’ll sell-out early.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial;"> <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>The multigenerational Latin music fest is the first of its kind and tickets just went on sale Friday:</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.besamemuchofestival.com">www.besamemuchofestival.com</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial;">___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;">
Pretty Woman: The Musical<br />
June 15 - July 3, 2022<br />
Dolby Theatre<br />
___<br />
<br />
Fleet Foxes, Shore Tour<br />
July 8<br />
Greek Theatre<br />
___<br />
<br />
Bonnie Raitt, "just like that" tour<br />
w/ special guest Mavis Staples<br />
September 24<br />
Greek Theatre<br />
___<br />
<br />Bonnie Raitt, "just like that" tour<br />
w/ special guest Mavis Staples<br />
September 20<br />
Vina Robles Amphitheatre<br />
___<br />
<br />
Kansas<br />
May 1<br />
Bank of America Performing Arts Center<br />
___</p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tix alert: The new <a href="https://link2.dola.com/u/nrd.php?p=exn7lHTe89_177713_1878704_1_9&ems_l=3127272&i=1&d=MTI0Mjg1OTUy%7CZXhuN2xIVGU4OQ%3D%3D%7CRG9MQSstK0RhaWx5K0VtYWlsKy0rRnJpZGF5Ky0rMDIlMkYxOCUyRjIwMjI%3D%7CMTc5MTQ2OA%3D%3D%7C&_esuh=_11_1027107676cb9767a158e90e9facae1929c592d6b4c2ed62dc9b0075d6677971">Besame Mucho</a> festival at Dodger Stadium isn’t ‘til December, but if it appeals to you, jump on it now — it’ll sell-out early.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The multigenerational Latin music fest is the first of its kind and tickets just went on sale Friday:</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><a href="http://www.besamemuchofestival.com"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.besamemuchofestival.com</span></a></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">___</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b>
Hollywood Bowl season </b>(<a href="https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/events/performances?Category=Events+presented+by+LA+Phil&Venue=Hollywood+Bowl&Season">https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/events/performances?Category=Events+presented+by+LA+Phil&Venue=Hollywood+Bowl&Season</a>)<br />
<br />
includes...<br />
<br />
Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival<br />
June 25 & 26<br />
<br />
July 4th Fireworks Spectacular with Steve Martin & Martin Short<br />
July 2, 3, 4<br />
<br />
The music of Leonard Bernstein <br />
July 12 & 14<br />
<br />
Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina: Sittin' In<br />
July 15 & 16<br />
<br />
John Fogerty<br />
July 30<br />
<br />
Sheryl Crow with Keb' Mo'<br />
Aug 3<br />
<br />
Trombone Shorty's Voodoo Threauxdoen<br />
Aug 10<br />
<br />
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats <br />
with Durand Jones and the Indicators<br />
Aug 14<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Kings<br />
Aug 19 & 20<br />
<br />
Diana Ross<br />
Aug 26 & 27<br />
<br />
Beethoven's Ninth<br />
Sep 1<br />
<br />
Maestro of the Movies: celebrating John Williams at 90<br />
Sep 2, 3, 4<br />
<br />
Mozart under the stars<br />
Sep 6<br /></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Brett Perkins next California "Songwriters Retreat / Festival" now booking</span></i></b><br />
<br />
Plus, the globetrotting Brett has a couple of West Coast gigs while he's here, before returning to Europe for his Tuscany Musicians Retreat...</p><h1 style="background-color: #89d085; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 25 <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=e05f99649b&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Monkey House</a>, Berkeley, CA</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 27th </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=e9f6f871ef&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Puffer's of Pismo, CA</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">April 2nd <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=ef79a408ee&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Idyllwild Songwriters Festival</a></span></strong></h1><p><br /></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif;"><br /></p><p><span face="sans-serif"><b>An Artist & Activist Opportunity</b></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Indigenous people evicted by trophy hunting? Help STOP IT</span></i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">W</span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">e are Maasai Elders from Northern Tanzania.</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Any day now, tens of thousands of our community could be</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> evicted from our ancestral lands</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>to make way for tourism and trophy hunting.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b>The Guide joins the esteemed, 69-million-member global organization Avaaz in calling for your help to support — WITH YOUR SIGNATURE, not your money — these proud indigenous people.</b></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://avaazimages.avaaz.org/45503_Stop_the_Maasai_eviction3_3_571x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="571" height="336" src="https://avaazimages.avaaz.org/45503_Stop_the_Maasai_eviction3_3_571x300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Last time Avaaz raised the alarm,</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the President [of Tanzania] shelved the plan. So<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">we urgently need you to stand with us again!</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Global public pressure can change our new President's mind, but time is running out.</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sign now to help us protect our lands!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We urgently need your support.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The last time we faced these threats,<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">more than 2 million Avaaz members rallied behind our call!</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Together, we created such a storm that the President promised never to evict us from our lands.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“But now, there’s a new head of state and plans are being revived! President Samia Suluhu Hassan may not listen to us,<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">but we know she’ll respond to media and public pressure – to all of you!</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Join us now</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>– and show her the world is standing with the Maasai!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Our Indigenous Maasai communities have looked after East Africa's land, and wildlife, for centuries, co-existing peacefully.<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But successive governments have tried to kick us out of our homes under the guise of tourism and conservation.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We’ve tried everything, even taking the government to court for violating our rights. But now, public attention has waned and we fear </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">an eviction could happen any moment – destroying our culture, leaving us homeless, and putting our wildlife at risk.</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Politicians are promising to find a ‘solution,’ but losing our land could mean the extinction of our community.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“So we’re looking to you for hope</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. We know our new President wants to engage in dialogue with the international community – that’s why she’s travelled to France to meet President Macron. It’s the perfect moment to show her that evicting us Maasai would be a global PR nightmare.<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We can change her mind with your support, but time’s running out – sign now.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Some in our community have said they’d rather die than leave their homes. But this is a choice no-one should have to make. We know that together we’re stronger - after all, we’ve changed the course of history before. Let’s do it again and reimagine a world where humans and nature can co-exist together. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">~ With hope and determination, the Maasai elders of Ngorongoro District, with the whole Avaaz team</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">P.S. The image used is not connected to the Maasai elders sending this appeal, in the interests of their security and safety.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">TO SIGN THE PETITION TO HELP THE MASAI, click below:</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/stop_the_maasai_evictions_loc/?cbfCMab" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/stop_the_maasai_evictions_loc/?cbfCMab</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">More information:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://iprights.org/images/resources/downloadables/IWGIA_IPRI_Urgent_Alert_Loliondo_Tanzania_Jan_2022_ENG.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Around 70,000 Maasai in Loliondo, Tanzania, face another forceful eviction </span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Report by IWGIA & IPRI)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/nation-in-dillemma-over-ngorongoro-3715064" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nation in dilemma over Ngorongoro</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(The Citizen) </span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="Menlo-Regular" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/25/tanzania-masai-eviction-uturn" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tanzania’s Masai ‘breathe sigh of relief’ after president vows never to evict them</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>(The Guardian, 2014)</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; 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color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">A lifeboat Back to the Future to save the climate</span></i></b><br />
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by Larry Wines</p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">W</span>e're featuring a video that will surprise you, and it bests any music vid you've seen all week. It portrays a global system of clean energy for every nation and society and the key infrastructure to bring it about. The title will seem to be about something else, but it's what I just told you. It is titled, "Star Raker Massive SSTO."<br />
<br />Wonky title, certainly.<br /><br />
"SSTO" means Single Stage to Orbit. The concept surfaces from time to time. It means using a space launch system that doesn't shed stages on its way up. If you fly the whole thing up and back like a big-ass cargo-hauling airplane, land and refuel it and go again, engineers of the concept hold that it would be <span face="sans-serif">affordable. M</span>ore affordable than the Space-X vehicles whose lower stages return and land autonomously to be refurbished and reused as part of a vertically-launched rocket "stack."<br />
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"But you're getting lost in the tall weeds of space stuff, and this is supposed to be about global clean energy!"</i> you say. It <i><b>is</b></i> about clean energy, with a couple reasons why all the context is necessary.<br />
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First, you need a handle on what it would take to do it. <br />
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Second, you need to be prepared for a wholly unexpected shock: we can start on this <i>tomorrow</i>. We know that because this was already worked-out in detail, before bought-and-paid-for fossil-fueled politics abandoned it the first time around.<br />
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Here was a vision of an all-electric clean-energy future based upon a ring of globe-girding orbiting solar power satellites.</p><p>It had issues, primarily the effects of columns of microwave energy beamed down to conversion stations on Earth's surface. Well, we already have "no fly zones" for other purposes, and we can build the receivers away from migratory bird routes. And those microwaves would bring immensely less atmospheric heating than fossil fuel addiction AND produce no greenhouse gases, neither CO2 nor methane.<br />
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So, why don't we have what we're about to see here, in this Rockwell International animation? Well, because "austerity" brought about by Ayn Rand Republicans under Ronald Reagan replaced a visionary future all of us could have shared. Instead we got glorification of profit motives for those who could manipulate money. <br />
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It was the same "Pay-no-taxes!" "Drown the government in the bathtub!" austerity that finally brought us to the point of having no choice but to pass a massive infrastructure bill -- because everything we inherited as public investment from our parents and grandparents, after being deprived for forty years of basic repair and renewal, is literally collapsing. <br />
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It was the same "pay-no-taxes!" austerity that starved public education so it no longer can offer music and art education for every student; no longer has high school drivers ed; or shop classes; or a home ec curriculum; or chem lab or biology that gave heartburn to the GOP's cadre of creationists; no longer allows the "expense" of teaching high school physics, government and economics -- courses that, by educating with content for critical thinking, would have relegated Harry Potter only to fun flights of fantasy. Instead, we see those starved of education easily embrace a conspiracy-based system of beliefs that promotes susceptibility to magical, corporate, and bloviating political charlatans who proclaim that only they can fix things -- despite their utter lack of credentials to be in the room when solutions are discussed.<br />
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And so our world is now one of cyber / media-manipulating megabuck banksters maintaining their vested interests by perpetuating a status quo they created for their own gain. It's an unsustainable but short-term-profit-taking world based on fossil fuel addiction; on data-harvested, target-marketed, distraction / diversion / obfuscation; on systematic vilification and discrediting of all who challenge their supremacy; on image, not substance; on fomenting cults of those whose harvested data reveals will do their bidding, often based on cleaving to leaders whose expertise consists strictly of media / social media generated charisma and nothing more than being famous for being famous.<br />
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To think, it all derives from austerity. The siren song of being cheap, getting out of paying taxes. But, saving us from spending ourselves into crippling debt? How's that been workin' for ya, America? Now we'll spend immeasurably more protecting ourselves -- and the jewelbox investment properties of the tax-averse rich -- from sea level rise. Before we even get to dealing with drought, a twelve-month wildfire season, and rebuilding from far more frequent and numerous hurricanes and tornadoes.<br />
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It didn't need to be this way. Not then, not now, not into a future that remains increasingly unsustainable due to perpetuating fossil oligarchs' status quo.<br />
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As shocking as it seems, the video we have for you, with its soaring vision of a clean, sustainable future, is from 1979. </p><p>That was the year before Ronald Reagan was elected. The world just before he set about abandoning renewable energy. J<span face="sans-serif">ust before he</span> put us on an unbroken course that scrapped New Deal Keynesian Economics that had built the American Middle Class. Just before he replaced that with austerity, with Trickle-Down Reaganomics that spread poverty, wealth disparity worse than medieval Europe, and corporate billionaires and trillionaires who continue to assert their right to <span face="sans-serif">free rides for the rich</span>. </p><p>So, what has soared instead is the wealth of the few, at the expense of the many.</p><p>
It all could have been different. It still can be. If we are to have a civilization with freedoms and opportunities for creativity, universally shared participation in the arts, and healthy, sustainable living in the face of climate apocalypse? Our reckoning must reevaluate where we are and how we got here.</p><p>We must be ready to facilitate, embrace and legislate support for clean, sustainable small solutions for individual homes, office buildings, and remote villages. </p><p>That must come alongside industrial-scale <span face="sans-serif">clean, sustainable</span> solutions for factories and entire towns and the largest cities and transportation grids large and small -- and now, it seems, for the immense electric power needs of data mining, harvesting, and block chain pursuits of non-fungible, absolutely nonexistent "faith-based" wealth. </p><p>Thing is, THIS back-to-the-future vision has <i><b>always</b></i> allowed big, fat-cat investment! But it has always challenged the status quo. And that is the chief enemy of change, always.</p><p>Did you know that other ships could have reached the stricken Titanic before she sank? Indeed, the captains of other ships of several nations offered, and clearly wanted to come. Turns out they were turned-down by corporate pride and greed, and by the poisonous ethnocentricity of Nationalism. Only another British ship was allowed to steam toward the sinking Titanic, and unlike other ships of other nations, it was too far away to get there in time.</p><p>Watching the ineffectual political machinations of COP-26, and the obstructionist politics of power-at-any-price saboteurs in the U.S. Senate, seems a perfect invocation of the cliche of re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Climate catastrophes arrive one upon another, take lives, ruin futures, and demand rescue and rebuilding costs that outstrip the local and state budgets where they happen.</p><p>If our civilization is indeed a behemoth plunging blindly into darkness while reveling in its artificial luxuries, that alone does much to explain why it insists on ramming the iceberg. (Ironically, before the people partying in First Class can melt all the icebergs.) Given that our human history seems, indeed, to rhyme, it means that all of us -- whose cheaper accommodations pay for the operation of the ship -- must now look to finding anything that floats, and to calling for the big ships that just might arrive in time. Which brings us to the video.</p><p>Watch "Star Raker Massive SSTO Space Plane" and what it does:</p><p>
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box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><a href="http://www.acousticmusic.net/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.acousticmusic.net</a> </span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all recent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything last year, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation if you sat close to it, instead of getting your inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and </span>you watched movies on reels of film aimed at a screen that bounced-back the light projected onto it, instead of only-ever seeing everything in glowing postage-stamp mode on your phone</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; 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So you can escape into the musical wonderments of this current edition, AND/OR you can go far enough back to escape whatever is the current lunacy du jour, and explore MANY THOUSANDS of feature stories and fascinating items we have published throigh the years for your perusal and enjoyment.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">HINT: We often get feedback like this regarding the archive:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">"We just couldn't remember when the first [or the last] time was that we saw _____ perform live. 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at a quality venue, or the latter version of hittin' </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a concert tour.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span></div></div></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-10875723143608813682021-12-30T09:19:00.005-08:002022-01-03T15:52:54.965-08:00UPDATED: New Year's Weekend Options, & beyond; Jan 2, w/ orig. Dec 30 edition 2021/22<p>. </p><p>. </p><p><b style="font-family: sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Up top: One on Monday, Jan 3; + <u>more</u></span></i></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_ladv-copy x_fl" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="middle"><br /></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td height="5" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_lh x_ladv-copy x_vat x_fl x_ol-fullwidth" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.65; vertical-align: top;" valign="top"><span class="x_ff-copy x_fs-copy x_fc-hl x_fwb" face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.65;">Tonight at Zebulon Cafe (8 PM)</span></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td height="3" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_lh x_ladv-copy x_wtd-copy" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.65;"><span class="x_ff-copy x_fs-copy x_fc-copy x_fwn" face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.65;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Catch the American musician </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://link2.dola.com/u/nrd.php?p=exn7lHTe89_379_1778985_1_19&ems_l=2924237&i=1&d=MTE2MDQ1MjI3%7CZXhuN2xIVGU4OQ%3D%3D%7CRG9MQSstK0RhaWx5K0VtYWlsKy0rTW9uZGF5Ky0rMSUyRjMlMkYyMQ%3D%3D%7CMTc5MTQ2OA%3D%3D%7C&_esuh=_11_671ac3b5abf65ad018c05143f36a28401382a72d22ee40953de6de02d1562a86" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 127, 242); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 3px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Van Dyke Parks</span></b></a><span style="font-size: 16px;"> Monday night for "Cymbalom" at Zebulon Cafe. See the legend with special guests </span><b style="font-size: 16px;">Inara George, Leland Sklar and Grant Geissman</b><span style="font-size: 16px;">. The show starts at 8 PM. Click above to secure your tickets now. </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>___ ___ ___</b></span><br /><br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-size: 15px; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnCaptionBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnCaptionBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionBottomContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 470px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnCaptionBottomImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px 9px;" valign="top"><a class="" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://antelopevalley.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7ab1b9ab02364e21c94f7ad41&id=67f2ec20e5&e=35d8eae3f6" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/7ab1b9ab02364e21c94f7ad41/images/93bc826b-18d4-cfd9-45ea-e1da87e54e8c.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 870px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="564"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Elvis - Through the Years</strong></span><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">January 8 is Elvis Presley’s birthday and up in the nearby High Desert, the Lancaster Performing Arts Center (LPAC) is throwing a birthday party fit for the King. Join a celebration of the music and legacy of Elvis, featuring his hits “Blue Suede Shoes,” “All Shook Up,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Don’t Be Cruel” and many more.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #2baadf; border-radius: 5px; width: 452px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; padding: 16px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://antelopevalley.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7ab1b9ab02364e21c94f7ad41&id=1ac46d1c48&e=35d8eae3f6" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Learn More">Learn More</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="font-size: xx-large;">___ ___ ___<br /></b><br /><br /><b><i><span style="font-size: 16px;"> New Year, new offerings at Bob Stane's famous </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">
COFFEE GALLERY BACKSTAGE</span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">
in Altadena...</span></i></b><br /><br /><div class="mod-newsflash-adv mod-newsflash-adv__" style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 35px;"><div class="row" style="color: #979797; margin-left: 0px;"><div class="span4 item item_num0 item__module" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: none; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 494px;"><h4 class="item_title item_title__" style="color: #333333; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-06-21-helen-hudson.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">01/06/22 - HELEN HUDSON</a></h4><div class="item_img img-intro img-intro__none" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 25px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-06-21-helen-hudson.html" style="color: #333333; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" src="https://www.coffeegallery.com/images/December2021/Helen-Hudson-January-Coffee-Gallery-Lead.jpeg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.99; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><div class="item_content"><div class="item_introtext" style="padding-bottom: 4px;">Bob Stane says: + Everyone loves Helen. Maybe it is a theme of a movie. I’ll be there. A return ...</div><a class="btn btn-info readmore" href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-06-21-helen-hudson.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("../images/template/button.png") 0px 0px no-repeat; border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 57px; line-height: 61px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0s linear 0s; vertical-align: middle; width: 186px;">MORE INFO</a></div><div class="clearfix" style="clear: both; float: none;"></div></div><div class="span4 item item_num1 item__module" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: none; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 494px;"><h4 class="item_title item_title__" style="color: #333333; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-07-22-swan-montgomery-robert-plantnation.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">01/07/22 - SWAN MONTGOMERY & ROBERT PLANTNATION</a></h4><div class="item_img img-intro img-intro__none" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 25px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-07-22-swan-montgomery-robert-plantnation.html" style="color: #333333; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" src="https://www.coffeegallery.com/images/January2022/Swan-Montgomery-Robert-PlanNation-January-Lead.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.99; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><div class="item_content"><div class="item_introtext" style="padding-bottom: 4px;">Swan Montgomery (of Led Zepagain) & Robert PlantNation come together for an unforgettable night of ...</div><a class="btn btn-info readmore" href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-07-22-swan-montgomery-robert-plantnation.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("../images/template/button.png") 0px 0px no-repeat; border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 57px; line-height: 61px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0s linear 0s; vertical-align: middle; width: 186px;">MORE INFO</a></div><div class="clearfix" style="clear: both; float: none;"></div></div><div class="span4 item item_num2 item__module" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: none; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 494px;"><h4 class="item_title item_title__" style="color: #333333; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-13-21-the-baker-s-dozen.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">01/13/22 - THE BAKER’S DOZEN</a></h4><div class="item_img img-intro img-intro__none" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 25px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-13-21-the-baker-s-dozen.html" style="color: #333333; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" src="https://www.coffeegallery.com/images/January2022/Bakers-Dozen-Coffee-Gallery-January-2022.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.99; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><div class="item_content"><div class="item_introtext" style="padding-bottom: 4px;">A whirlwind tour of America with The Coffee Gallery Backstage as the anchor venue on The West ...</div><a class="btn btn-info readmore" href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-13-21-the-baker-s-dozen.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("../images/template/button.png") 0px 0px no-repeat; border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 57px; line-height: 61px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0s linear 0s; vertical-align: middle; width: 186px;">MORE INFO</a></div><div class="clearfix" style="clear: both; float: none;"></div></div></div><div class="row" style="color: #979797; margin-left: 0px;"><div class="span4 item item_num3 item__module" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: none; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 494px;"><h4 class="item_title item_title__" style="color: #333333; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-14-22-the-salty-suites.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">01/14/22 - THE SALTY SUITES</a></h4><div class="item_img img-intro img-intro__none" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 25px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-14-22-the-salty-suites.html" style="color: #333333; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" src="https://www.coffeegallery.com/images/October2021/The-Salty-Suites-October-2021-Lead.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.99; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><div class="item_content"><div class="item_introtext" style="padding-bottom: 4px;">The Salty Suites played their very first show together in a high security prison for the ...</div><a class="btn btn-info readmore" href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-14-22-the-salty-suites.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("../images/template/button.png") 0px 0px no-repeat; border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 57px; line-height: 61px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0s linear 0s; vertical-align: middle; width: 186px;">MORE INFO</a></div><div class="clearfix" style="clear: both; float: none;"></div></div><div class="span4 item item_num4 item__module" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: none; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 494px;"><h4 class="item_title item_title__" style="color: #333333; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-22-22-the-angry-brians.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">01/15/22 - THE ANGRY BRIANS</a></h4><div class="item_img img-intro img-intro__none" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 25px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-22-22-the-angry-brians.html" style="color: #333333; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" src="https://www.coffeegallery.com/images/January2022/The-Angry-Brians-January-Lead.jpeg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.99; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><div class="item_content"><div class="item_introtext" style="padding-bottom: 4px;">A <strong>matinee</strong> Irish extravaganza. With their own style of Celtic Fusion, these vagabond scholars of ...</div><a class="btn btn-info readmore" href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-22-22-the-angry-brians.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("../images/template/button.png") 0px 0px no-repeat; border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 57px; line-height: 61px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0s linear 0s; vertical-align: middle; width: 186px;">MORE INFO</a></div><div class="clearfix" style="clear: both; float: none;"></div></div><div class="span4 item item_num5 item__module" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: none; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 494px;"><h4 class="item_title item_title__" style="color: #333333; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-15-22-love-dolly.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">01/15/22 - LOVE DOLLY</a></h4><div class="item_img img-intro img-intro__none" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 25px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-15-22-love-dolly.html" style="color: #333333; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" src="https://www.coffeegallery.com/images/October2021/Love-Dolly-Kim-Eberhardt-Lead.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.99; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><div class="item_content"><div class="item_introtext" style="padding-bottom: 4px;">"Hi everyone! My name is Kim Eberhardt. I am the writer and featured performer in the Love Dolly Show ...</div><a class="btn btn-info readmore" href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-15-22-love-dolly.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("../images/template/button.png") 0px 0px no-repeat; border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 57px; line-height: 61px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0s linear 0s; vertical-align: middle; width: 186px;">MORE INFO</a></div><div class="clearfix" style="clear: both; float: none;"></div></div></div><div class="row" style="margin-left: 0px;"><div class="span4 item item_num6 item__module" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #979797; float: none; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 494px;"><h4 class="item_title item_title__" style="color: #333333; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-16-22-sierra-highway.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">01/16/22 - SIERRA HIGHWAY</a></h4><div class="item_img img-intro img-intro__none" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 25px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-16-22-sierra-highway.html" style="color: #333333; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" src="https://www.coffeegallery.com/images/January2022/Sierra-Highway-Coffee-Gallery-Lead.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.99; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><div class="item_content"><div class="item_introtext" style="padding-bottom: 4px;">A tight California based Acoustic Americana band serving up contemporary, original and traditional music ...</div><a class="btn btn-info readmore" href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-16-22-sierra-highway.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("../images/template/button.png") 0px 0px no-repeat; border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 57px; line-height: 61px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0s linear 0s; vertical-align: middle; width: 186px;">MORE INFO</a></div><div class="clearfix" style="clear: both; float: none;"></div></div><div class="span4 item item_num7 item__module" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #979797; float: none; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 494px;"><h4 class="item_title item_title__" style="color: #333333; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-20-22-roadhouse-series.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">01/20/22 - ROADHOUSE SERIES</a></h4><div class="item_img img-intro img-intro__none" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 25px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-20-22-roadhouse-series.html" style="color: #333333; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" src="https://www.coffeegallery.com/images/January2022/Roadhouse-Series-Furay-Lead.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.99; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><div class="item_content"><div class="item_introtext" style="padding-bottom: 4px;">A Tribute to Richie Furay: Pioneer of Americana Music. In the history of rock n roll music and ...</div><a class="btn btn-info readmore" href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-20-22-roadhouse-series.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("../images/template/button.png") 0px 0px no-repeat; border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 57px; line-height: 61px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0s linear 0s; vertical-align: middle; width: 186px;">MORE INFO</a></div><div class="clearfix" style="clear: both; float: none;"></div></div><div class="span4 item item_num8 item__module lastItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: none; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 494px;"><h4 class="item_title item_title__" style="color: #333333; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-21-22-purebread.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">01/21/22 - PUREBREAD</a></h4><div class="item_img img-intro img-intro__none" style="color: #979797; font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 25px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-21-22-purebread.html" style="color: #333333; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" src="https://www.coffeegallery.com/images/January2022/Purebred-David-Gates-Bread-Tribute-Lead.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.99; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><div class="item_content"><div class="item_introtext" style="color: #979797; padding-bottom: 4px;">A TRIBUTE TO DAVID GATES & BREAD. If you love the smooth sounds of the 70's, then you don't wan't ...</div><a class="btn btn-info readmore" href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-21-22-purebread.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("../images/template/button.png") 0px 0px no-repeat; border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 57px; line-height: 61px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0s linear 0s; vertical-align: middle; width: 186px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Click for </span></i></a><a class="btn btn-info readmore" href="https://www.coffeegallery.com/blog/01-21-22-purebread.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("../images/template/button.png") 0px 0px no-repeat; border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Cuprum, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; height: 57px; line-height: 61px; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0s linear 0s; vertical-align: middle; width: 186px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">mORE INFO</span></i></a></div></div></div></div></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">UPDATES, Sunday, Jan 2, 2022...</span></i></b><br />
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Things TODAY / TONIGHT & </i>into January!</b><br />
<br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">☆ On TV...</span></b><br />
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"JUST CALL OUT MY NAME," the concert / music documentary of JAMES TAYLOR & CAROLE KING.</b><br />
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This promises to be a delight. West Coast peeps can watch it at <b>6 pm PST or at 9 pm PST</b>. (It airs twice, to get the 9 pm slot Eastern and Pacific; adjust for where you are.)<br />
On CNN.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/w_800/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F211119025455-24-james-taylor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="800" height="462" src="https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/w_800/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F211119025455-24-james-taylor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Photo: King and Taylor rehearse at the Troubadour Tavern for a performance in 2007 in West Hollywood, California. (Ric Francis/AP; from CNN)</p><p><br /></p><p>Rolling Stone writes:<br />
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"Directed by Frank Marshall and commissioned by CNN Films and HBO Max, the documentary showcases previously unseen performance footage from their 1970 Troubadour concert debut, the pair reprising that show for the West Hollywood venue’s own 50th anniversary in 2007, and several full song performances from their 2010 reunion tour.<br />
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"The documentary’s new interview with King and Taylor, coupled with their performances, highlight the camaraderie and chemistry radiating from their enduring music and lifelong friendship. They reflect on their collaborative relationship and share several stories about their songs, including 'You’ve Got a Friend.' In the film, King explains the song 'purely came through me.' Taylor first heard King play the then new song at soundcheck before their debut Troubadour show together, and they share how he came to cover it. Band members of the Section — Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, and Lee Sklar — who backed the duo through all three concert eras are also interviewed, along with insight from musician/producer Peter Asher."<br />
___</p><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">☆ "All-Request Song Fest" by Emma's Revolution, streaming live </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/2915/3852/original/Online_Events_Insta-78.png?1640992276" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/2915/3852/original/Online_Events_Insta-78.png?1640992276" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">Sunday Jan 2nd 1pm PT/4pm ET:</strong></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1502.1.fa6e014397352180589e1c3ea14e9e0d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">All-Request SongFest</a></strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1503.1.4e8e06d34931448949bb60549ccd9e1a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zoom</a></strong> & <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1504.1.54e8f6d839f5e67f93de74793e169873" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Facebook Live</a></strong></span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Join us to sing your favorites for our <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1505.1.c02d1230b70d12965a4bfda4db109f2a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">All-Request SongFest</a></strong>! Send us an <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="mailto:emmasrevmusic@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">email</a></strong> before Sunday or post in the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1506.1.25b390491b48683179cdea1f3ba4bcce" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zoom chat</a></strong> or <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1507.1.9653f992dbbd3c9c94c3af2ed64a1492" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Facebook comments</a></strong>, that day, and we'll sing all the songs we can fit into the hour. Celebrate the end of the old year and the beginning of the new!</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">"<a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1508.1.bd31483ff424b99af6e38e646b8749a2" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Scroll here</a></strong> to see all the songs we've sung<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />and let us know which ones you'd like to hear!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"You're welcome to join in to spend some time with us.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Singing or playing an instrument is not required.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Lyrics with chords are available at <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1509.1.4b1d6212349006be928ead77f388f63c" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">this link</a></strong>, if you'd like to sing or play along. Register for the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1510.1.e1a64c72e7060ab508e3e051b33c4b18" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Zoom event</a></strong>, watch via simultaneous livestream on <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1511.1.0ab252de92579ff896221e26f9e1204b" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">our Facebook page</a></strong> or watch the post-session video on our <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1512.1.5c158be60f373a62cd3c5fd8e64b90be" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Facebook page</a></strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6264?id=116342.1513.1.4030cf861c24acedc4ab9f36f80b9b3e" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2984b3; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">our YouTube channel</a></strong>."</span></p><p>___<br />
<br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">☆ On the web, live from Austin, Texas...</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/f05791fa401/7397bfa8-07e4-4669-9a4c-be7229813793.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="800" height="414" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/f05791fa401/7397bfa8-07e4-4669-9a4c-be7229813793.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Pic shows Chris & Christine performing on the Austin City Limits set. That's NOT where they are tonight, though. Read on...</p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="" class="x_editor-col x_OneColumnMobile" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="x_gl-contains-text" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_editor-text x_editor-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="x_text-container x_galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f20f44; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Happy New Year</span></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday Night At the MoonHouse 8 PM</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CT (STREAMING)</span></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f20f44; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Monday Night at Donn's Depot 8:30 PM CT (LIVE)</span></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"As we turn our faces into the wind to face another year we wish you all a safe and prosperous new year. We're coming out of an odd Covid Christmas where all our plans got changed at the last minute, as many of you likely experienced as well.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We missed caroling with the grandkids, sledding in Colorado, the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar and so many other traditions. This dang virus has got to go!</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"In the meantime, we'll keep our masks handy and perform for you safely from our home studio. Tonight, 8 pm: Sunday Night at the MoonHouse. Tomorrow I will be at Donn's Depot once again.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We hope to see y'all soon."</span></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">~ Chris and Christine</span></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="" class="x_editor-col x_OneColumnMobile" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="x_gl-contains-image" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_editor-image x_editor-image x_editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="x_publish-container" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/f05791fa401/39a4aca7-8921-4cb6-a90e-5b1fe9aa0f8a.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" vspace="0" width="576" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="" class="x_editor-col x_OneColumnMobile" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="x_gl-contains-text" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_editor-text x_editor-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="x_text-container x_galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Please stay safe, and if you're staying home, tune in to one of our livestreams." You can also </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">catch them later....all shows are archived at </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001iVGVyvzxi_mXYppmzZPieg2aC_UsRcALTFkCLg6hZ78tHkJYPDIuvppmhCG4q0Pv4vVIp1OkDtFxNjEj6R113dlzW1htMjonz3XPdRizeI5WcEC9S82OEQ3ZOuzq22z0NUFVnh8qEui7sZVtIcwSIh4L6dXxQsg5C33kT2p8x_o=&c=883pIxxWZCxk6VQ6ZbLCvxvjmjGOyxqzUfll4jVuwqthWygbXBY27A==&ch=5FveafCvTDG55zPny1lXGs4_KY-Ulj-u9UIOX64Ox7-3u1N35fR7ZQ==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; 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box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SUNDAY</span></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 8 PM CT</span></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; 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box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MONDAY</span></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Monday, January 3, 2022 8:30 - 12 CT</span></div><div align="center" style="border: 0px; 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line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">☆ Streaming live music: tonight, </span></b></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Greenwich Village</span></b></span><span style="font-style: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Folk Fest, Florida Folk Fest</span></b></span><br />
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Musician </span><b>Rod McDonald</b><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> starts the New Year with a busy schedule!</span></i></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">—Sunday evening 1/2 (7-10 pm EST) is the monthly </span><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;">Greenwich Village Folk Festival</b><span style="font-weight: inherit;">, "and this month I am one of the performers in the show." </span><b>It’s a tribute to Christine Lavin</b><span style="font-weight: inherit;">, whose 70th birthday is Sunday. Also appearing are Scott Ainslie, Dan & Claudia Zanes, David Roth, Art Podell, Sister Kate Taylor, Mike Agranoff, Greg Greenway, Daniel Cainer, and Christine herself. Watch at </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://www.facebook.com/GVFF2022" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/GVFF2022</a><span style="font-weight: inherit;">, </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://www.greenwichvillagefolkfestival.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.greenwichvillagefolkfestival.org</a><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> or youtube.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;">—Wednesday 1/5 7 pm is The <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Osher/FAU LLS</b> program in Boca Raton presents <strong class="x_place-detail__data__label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.rodmacdonald.com/event/the-songs-of-ray-charles-stevie-wonder-with-rod-the-humdingers-at-osher-fau-lifelong-learning/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Songs Of Ray Charles & Stevie Wonder</a> </strong>with Rod & The Humdingers. This concert is both with a live audience and streamed to your location, to register e<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mail </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="mailto:olliboca@fau.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">olliboca@fau.edu</a></span> or call <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">561-297-3185</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">—Sunday 1/9 </span><strong class="x_place-detail__data__label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="x_place-detail__data__label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8 pm-9:30 Rod live on <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://www.facebook.com/rodmacd" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/rodmacd</a></span></span></strong></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">—</span>Wednesday 1/12 3 pm “Music Americana: </span></span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.rodmacdonald.com/event/music-americana-the-new-golden-age-at-osher-fau-lifelong-learning/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">The New Golden Age</b></a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, a new eight-week lecture course, begins </span>at Osher/FAU Lifelong Learning in <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Boca Raton</b>. To register <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">email </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="mailto:olliboca@fau.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">olliboca@fau.edu</a></span> or call <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">561-297-3185. This course is also available via streaming.</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">---1/18 2:30 pm </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.rodmacdonald.com/event/music-americana-the-new-golden-age-at-osher-fau-lifelong-learning/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">The New Golden Age</b></a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, eight-week lecture course begins </span>at Osher/FAU Lifelong Learning in <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jupiter</b>. To register email <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="mailto:ollijupiter@fau.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">ollijupiter@fau.edu</a> or call <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">561-799-8547. This course is live only. </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">—Sunday 1/23</span></span></span><strong class="x_place-detail__data__label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong class="x_place-detail__data__label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </strong><span class="x_place-detail__data__label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8 pm-9:30 Rod plays live on <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://www.facebook.com/rodmacd" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/rodmacd</a></span></span></strong></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong class="x_place-detail__data__label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span class="x_place-detail__data__label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">—</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday 1/30 noon-7 pm<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> The South Florida Folk Festival </b>at </span></span></span></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">4201 SW 65th Way, Davie, FL</span><span class="x_place-detail__data__label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #141827;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. Rod</span>’<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">s scheduled to perform in the late afternoon. </span></span></span></span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/4201-sw-65th-way-davie-fl-33314-united-states/south-florida-folk-acoustic-music-festival/243183467697228" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here</span>’<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">s the info. </span></a></span></div></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">___</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">☆ Streaming live theatre... (today through Jan 14th)...</span></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 560px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="background-color: #f8f8f8; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://onthestage.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a9869f7c81663086546b5c15f&id=328a862107&e=c0808a1588" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img data-imagetype="External" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/onthestage/image/upload/w_580/custom_shows/sf7gv0gvz9wjux4pek8g.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 580px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 560px;" width="100%" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 30px;"><span face="Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard to bring this production to life. Break a leg!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Perfect Year</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Presented By P3 Theatre Company</div><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span face="Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Streaming available from<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Jan 1st 2022, 12:05 AM until Jan 14th 2022, 7:00 PM</p></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><table bgcolor="#ffb448" style="background-color: #ffb448; border-radius: 3px; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; width: 500px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://onthestage.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a9869f7c81663086546b5c15f&id=70bc100e06&e=c0808a1588" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px solid rgb(51, 54, 58); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.1em; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">BUY TICKETS</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Visit <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://onthestage.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a9869f7c81663086546b5c15f&id=0de44e8b2b&e=c0808a1588" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ffb448; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a> for more information.</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p>___</p><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">☆ Garrison Keillor observes the whole New Year's thing...</span></b></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_email-body-container" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_content" style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="550"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; 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When I was your age, I learned the arts of sarcasm and ridicule, and as a young writer aimed for a dark neurotic brilliance (“Devastating … compelling” — <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">NY Times</em>, “Rips the covers off the myth of exceptionalism” — <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Vanity Fair</em>), but as an old man I look around and see splendor and bravery and genius and kindness and that, my dears, is the real story.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sitting in a café on Columbus Avenue in New York a couple weeks ago, I watched an ancient man inching his way along the sidewalk, long white hair and beard, blinded by the sun, confused, tattered, about to step into the bike lane and be run down, when two young women and a young man came to his rescue, took his hand, got his address, called an Uber to come get him, put some money in his hand, and off he went. This is the real story, a man of my generation rescued by the young. Writers can revel in despair but other people are intent on solving problems, and that’s where you should put your money.</p><div class="x_captioned-image-container-static" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_image-wrapper" style="margin: 8px auto; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_content" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;" width="330"><a class="x_image-link" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUsuO5CAM_JrOLVF4w4HDaKT9jYiHk2Y7gSyQmcl-_dLJaSVkG4NdJZedqbCkfOo9ldq9zVTPHXSE77JCrZC7o0CegteYsJEgQTuvqUeSyS6Uac4AmwmrrvmAbj_sGpypIcWrQuFRsO6ppQDAo7eGIYGl8ZIbxwUhxAkCGOAGNocPEB1o-IJ8pgjdqp-17uVBPh74VzvOx6EctlTjXoNLW0uFzSzQ_AzVPd--tanpgT__3AH5WFLy7T6v057TkqGU8AUtXyrA3ipuCMzeIOwN04w93Avae-5hZNY6SXtrDOkpEdArhmRvvCXYghBK0qGQwWzmb4rmu9y8Wo97GFd4kSxXyD0TM0eil0zYnkrue4Vm0StrZjwrww2aJ6boD1F8-L3D0gWNR4wQJgjRERM14AFL1rQgmErlZirJsFkxl_OnPui4Lfi_GXVZ1wC-pvqEmluytE_PVN-qXe-N59T8dsRQzwmisSv4W896r8Wl8LRAhNzWxU-masTpqJgiAlOGb_ma4JQTOXLOu0bAp1YV9WJyDiXFF4R1TfkfdZ7MTA" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-imagetype="External" height="220" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_330,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d57f617-857b-486d-91f7-9baf2f9a6a1f_594x396.jpeg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" width="330" /></a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I know something about misery, having just spent four days in Florida, a state where nobody wears a mask and so I had visions of dying of COVID amid the junk food outlets and collapsible condos, but I did not die and came back north and now I have hope for 2022. The developer ex-president will find himself being questioned under oath this year, the dark cloud of perjury over his head, and his anti-science cult followers will be playing a bad hand in the November elections. Solar energy will take great strides forward. Baseball will return. My friend Harry Reid who grew up dirt-poor and fought his father to protect his mother and hitchhiked forty miles to go to high school and who wound up marshaling the Affordable Care Act through the U.S. Senate had a luminous faith in this country. I talked to him a couple months before he died last week and he was full of life and quoting Mark Twain — the line about the man who lives fully does not fear death and also, “I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” Harry was the only politician I knew who kept a picture of a humorist on his office wall. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">********************************************************************</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This week’s ["A Prairie Home Companion" - ed.] feature show takes us back to January 1, 2000 (remember Y2K). Our guests: Leo Kottke, Ann Reed, Butch Thompson and Maria Jette. Join us via our <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkEtuhDAMhk8zWaI8ISyyqCpVXfYGKCSGiQYSlJhSbt8MSJYt-f1_ziLMKZ9mSwXJ2w14bmAiHGUBRMhkL5CH4A0XigrWSeKN9EwrTUIZpgyw2rAYzDuQbR-X4CyGFK-JntNOkafhrmdyYpaOUjnLmJ6mTmoulWbKaT_eh-3uA0QHBn4hnykCWcwTcSsP8fHgX9WO42gm62BM6dW4tNbUT7YhB_hOK3ymdbOx3ibBcMoZ44IxSbnoG95wrer7gkvdu0lq0axjN5XzDx-SrjNvyj4WtO5aS7LBAB4TPgFzTZba9Ez4FnrVq86hxnWPAc8Boh0X8DcCvEleUIYZIuRK2A8WDWsl7VUvuqqb34orI9kKTdu2JfUBn-pUNLPNOZQUXxCWJeV_N2WOVg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Facebook</a></strong> community gathering at 5PM on Saturday or listen <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkM2OhSAMhZ_msiT8qixYzGZew6BUJYNgoI7j2w_3mjRtctqmPd_sENZcbnvkiuSdRrwPsAmuGgERCjkrlDF4K6RmkveKeKs8H_RAQh2XArC7EC2WE8hxTjHMDkNOnw0jWK_JZtkCjBvdS9ENBtyyLJMyIBnTPXDv3HPYnT5AmsHCL5Q7JyDRbohHfcmvl_hucV0XPYoLJcCWd6C5rE2tW75qq7o3WtIN90iCFUxwLiTniglpqKBi0O1_KdRg5kUNku5Tv9T7D1-K7aug9ZwquvmHznknxWIAjxk3wNLE2oa2jG-nn34zOra6nyngPUJyUwT_MMAH5YfKuEKC0hD70aHlnWJGG9kLpcVjuUFSnRxY13WkPeBz20p2daWEmtMPhBhz-QdJCI3p" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; 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border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; opacity: 1; outline: none; padding: 12px 20px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Subscribe now</a> to Garrison's daily </span></p></div><p>___</p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here's the full edition from Dec 30, INCLUDING POST-NYE THINGS YOU CAN DO!</span></i></b></p><p>Here's a quick look at some news and QUALITY LIVE MUSIC EXPERIENCES that await your presence.</p><p>This is NOT comprehensive. We have more, we know bits 'n pieces of more we need to research, and frankly, we haven't researched much yet. But if we do all that now, you won't know about some of what's in here until after it's over. And nobody wants to sing Auld Lang Syne for stuff they never got to do.</p><p>So, here ya go!</p><p>Check back later for more options!</p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p>First, a perspective from Denmark-based, transplanted American musician and music retreat guru <b>Brett Perkins</b>, to add to the mix of mixed thoughts...</p><h1 style="background-color: #89d085; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I know most all of us are concerned about the latest pandemic developments and I encourage everyone to stay vigilant in protecting their safety and the safety of those around them.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For me, this does not mean cancelling concerts or retreats that can be and are managed in a safe manner - evidenced by the July 2021 Idyllwild Retreat which involved eighteen participants without any cases occurring. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I believe this to be a time for each of us to draw on our inner resources of Love over fear, determination over discouragement, and optimism over pessimistic projections and I invite you to join me in keeping hope and culture alive and thriving.</span></strong></h1><p>We have more from Brett, including a fun music video. Keep reading...</p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/dee130c52671d690ce268dfef/images/1fabd2fb-e43b-4d01-a052-dcd314f952d4.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="642" height="150" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dee130c52671d690ce268dfef/images/1fabd2fb-e43b-4d01-a052-dcd314f952d4.gif" width="642" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/dee130c52671d690ce268dfef/images/bb8be0fb-d852-ad66-9dd2-eca27dfcf513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="650" height="313" src="https://mcusercontent.com/dee130c52671d690ce268dfef/images/bb8be0fb-d852-ad66-9dd2-eca27dfcf513.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4f; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">2022 marks the 25th anniversary <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://theautry.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dee130c52671d690ce268dfef&id=a456f9bdea&e=028c00c93b" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4f; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Masters of the American West® Art Exhibition and Sale</em></a> at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The Art Sale Weekend will take place at the museum on Friday and Saturday, February 25 and 26. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tickets for this exciting weekend of artist talks, events, and the art sale itself are now available by clicking the button below.</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jim Rea</strong>, Autry Trustee, Artist Liaison, and Co-Chair, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Masters of the American West </em>Committee, tells us, "Leading up to the exhibition, I will be sharing some behind-the-scenes moments with the artists and several sneak peeks into what they are creating for the show—so be sure to follow my account at <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://theautry.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dee130c52671d690ce268dfef&id=3c8fc4a7da&e=028c00c93b" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4f; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@RoadToTheAutryMasters</a>. 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color: black; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;">"We'll land on the shore"</h2><p dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xODUyMTk2NTQ1MDg1MDQ5MDUyJmM9ejhnMSZlPTIxNDYmYj04NTE2NzEwODUmZD1zNXo5cDFj.lg3AXcRyWzBktnuMF6A0CF5mrggRj6VqF2N13J5yIH4" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2980b9; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank" title="video trailer">"Meeting Is Over"</a> sings eloquently of our cycles of farewells and reunions, and felt like a perfect song to bid farewell to 2021 and bravely welcome the new year in.</p><p dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; 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Moira will share a song + a clip of the 'Meeting Is Over' video <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xODUyMTk2NTQ1MDg1MDQ5MDUyJmM9ejhnMSZlPTIxNDYmYj04NTE2NzExMzYmZD1pM2w2ajFz.D97NL31aD1hb8zD7GncG9W0r5vMaZDs7Mv1rkx28Ww8" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3498db; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">this Friday @12pm ET! All free</a>!</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;"><br />■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Three from <i>Paste</i> magazine...</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pastemagazine.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3000f308a9833eb816c547467&id=cadcec948d&e=644dc5e18e" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3366aa; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="The 10 Best Country & Americana Albums of 2021" border="0" data-imagetype="External" src="https://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/2021/12/28/CountryAlbums-hd.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="100%" /></a></p><h2 align="center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="x_non" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pastemagazine.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3000f308a9833eb816c547467&id=0cda54f9b7&e=644dc5e18e" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3366aa; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.056px;">The 10 Best Country & Americana Albums of 2021</span></a></h2><p class="x_blurb" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 17.108px; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Featuring Allison Russell, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Valerie June and more</p><p>And...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/2021/12/28/moreno-acoustic-main.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="678" height="225" src="https://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/2021/12/28/moreno-acoustic-main.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Gaby Moreno's Acoustic Festival VIII</span></i></b></span></p><h2 align="center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 14pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 21.056px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="x_non" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pastemagazine.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3000f308a9833eb816c547467&id=13d54f3035&e=644dc5e18e" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3366aa; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Paste Studio Premiere: Gaby Moreno & Friends at Casa de la Ruina</a></span></h2><p class="x_blurb" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 17.108px; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Earlier this month, <b><i>Paste</i></b> filmed Gaby Moreno's Acoustic Festival VIII in Antigua, Guatemala. You can watch the whole concert here</p><p>And...</p><p><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pastemagazine.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3000f308a9833eb816c547467&id=a1793cf79b&e=644dc5e18e" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3366aa; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="No Album Left Behind: <i>Way Down in the Rust Bucket</i> Is an Essential Look at Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Fearless Peak" border="0" data-imagetype="External" src="https://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/2021/12/28/NYCH-RustBucket-hd.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; 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The 2020 Show was one of the last major events before COVID struck. The 2021 show, like everything else that had to be planned during 2020, was of course cancelled. The 2022 Show has been delayed until Autumn. The NAMM Show must turn-away lots of musicians and music fans because it is a packed house of music-industry-only attendees. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO GET A TASTE OF NAMM, so REGISTER! It's FREE!</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL</strong></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">PERFORMER APPLICATIONS CLOSE DEC 31st</strong></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you are interested in performing at the 2022 Northwest Folklife Festival, you need to complete the performer application by December 31st.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />NWFL tells us:</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We will be reviewing applications through January, but please fill out an application as soon as possible. In recognition of the vacillations of COVID protocols, we are going to try and remain as flexible as possible to accommodate folx during this process."</span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #e2a225; border-radius: 48px; width: 452px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; padding: 20px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://nwfolklife.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7321d9461cad413fa67de4286&id=99df5923b4&e=cf8015b061" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Access Performer Applications HERE">Access Performer Applications HERE</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please see text below for full COVID-19 regulations and requirements to perform at the 2022 Festival</strong></em></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionBottomContent" style="background-color: white; 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color: #222222; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photo By Christopher Nelson</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">They add:</span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">"We want to inform you about an important update to our COVID policy. We are now requiring proof of vaccination for all participants of the 2022 Northwest Folklife festival, including staff, volunteers, artists, and vendors. </strong></span></span></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b><span style="font-weight: inherit;">"Specific requirements for audience members will be communicated using the most current state, county, city, and/or Seattle Center campus guidelines available, closer to the festival. This decision is guided by our commitment to the health of our community. We will request proof of vaccination from selected artists after first confirmations go out in mid-March.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="font-weight: inherit;">"Unfortunately, we are not able to accept negative covid tests in lieu of vaccination for any artists or vendors who will be onsite at the Northwest Folklife Festival. All Northwest Folklife staff, contractors and volunteers are subject to </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://nwfolklife.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7321d9461cad413fa67de4286&id=bdf0413b6f&e=cf8015b061" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Executive Order 2021-08</strong></a><span style="font-weight: inherit;">, </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;">and we have received guidance from Seattle Center and the City that festival performers, vendors, and volunteers fall under the umbrella of “contractors and volunteers.”</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="font-weight: inherit;">"If the situation changes before the festival in regards to the Executive Order, Northwest Folklife will be keeping the mandatory vaccination requirement for all onsite staff, contractors, and volunteers. </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong id="x_docs-internal-guid-a3a70d7c-7fff-64f4-1857-0847f31c6114" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"If you have any questions about the festival, application, or vaccination requirements, feel free to email programming@nwfolklife.org or leave us a voicemail at (206) 684-4189."</strong></span></span></span></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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vertical-align: baseline;">For information on vendor applications please visit our vendor page (link below) or reach out to us at <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">merchants@nwfolklife.org</strong></span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #e2a225; border-radius: 48px; width: 452px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; padding: 20px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://nwfolklife.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7321d9461cad413fa67de4286&id=fe034f5030&e=cf8015b061" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Vendor Application & Information Page">Vendor Application & Information Page</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">And now... Mo' Brett!</span></b></p><p>We promised you more from this very special artist. Enjoy, and start planning your live listening forays, artistic sojourns & endeavors for 2022 !</p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #ffd249; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" id="x_templatePreheader" style="background: none 50% 50% / cover no-repeat rgb(250, 250, 250); border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_preheaderContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageCardBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnImageCardBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageCardBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px 18px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageCardBottomContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=96703bc6b5&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/video_thumbnails_new/0b7e767ee8b61508e2d5973293adbd07.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 640px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.74px; padding: 9px 18px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="546">Brett Perkins tells us, "[This is] MY CHOSEN THEME SONG FOR 2022:" <br />'Everything's Turning' Around' <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"Lotsa places I feel like goin'. Lotsa folks that I feel like knowin'. Lotsa a rows that could sure use hoe'n. Everything's turnin' around//Got some dreams that I feel like chancin'. Got the need for some new romancin'. Come on world now let's go dancin'. Everything's turnin' around.//On a highway goin' my way. It's a fine day for giving myself my own high five hey!//Got a life that I feel like livin'.Got a mind that I sure feel glib in. Got the sense every sin's forgiven. Everything's turnin’ around." <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=a41e6820cd&e=655218239d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.brettperkins.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnImageBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/images/8bc7553a-7dd7-4b9b-3efc-f2023d68c231.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 800px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" id="x_templateHeader" style="background: none 50% 50% / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.33px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><img data-imagetype="External" height="183" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/images/70dff284-2bdb-6283-ac15-f94e8a1c8829.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 183px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 276px;" width="276" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 style="background-color: #89d085; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img data-imagetype="External" height="260" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/images/08b6a448-9de9-c0f0-a072-2d820a9044a3.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 260px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;" width="250" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />BRETT'S UPCOMING CA TOUR DATES<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">January 15th <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=4bb721bc0a&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Sculpterra Winery, Paso Robles, CA</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />January 22nd <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=c2eb21a688&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Palm Loft Gallery, Carpinteria, CA</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />January 23rd <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=d33c2ab96c&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Puffers of Pismo, Pismo Beach, CA</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />January 29th<a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=27c72f7f15&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> Idyllwild Songwriters Festival, CA</a></span></strong></h1><h1 style="background-color: #89d085; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img data-imagetype="External" height="337" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/images/5fa1528d-3bbf-3fe2-abf7-72aa2c228c0d.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 337px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;" width="600" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=18ac223075&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE NOW!</span></strong></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img data-imagetype="External" height="228" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/images/bfd9b9ab-d444-b516-1bb7-663ada02c784.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 228px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;" width="250" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /></span></strong></h1><h1 style="background-color: #89d085; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2022 RETREATS</span></strong></h1><div><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 style="background-color: #89d085; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=853f39a3e4&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">IDYLLWILD/CA<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />January 24-29<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />March 14-19<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />July 11-16<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />September 19-24</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=5025520973&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">TUSCANY<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />April 10-16</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=ce5b7f98b5&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">COPENHAGEN<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />August 22-26 </a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=750f346bd8&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">INISHEER/IRELAND <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />October 24-30</a> </span></strong></h1><div><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 style="background-color: #89d085; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />All retreats end with a songwriters festival on location, opened with a set of selected songs from the week.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Single or multiple day participation possible on the Idyllwild & Copenhagen Songwriting Retreats: </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">$100. a day).<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Recommended covid protocols followed on all retreats <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />= Proof of vaccination or antibodies required = <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Join us in the Listening Circle of songs!</span></strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://listeningroomretreats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4&id=363fc7f67e&e=655218239d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">=REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW FOR ALL RETREATS=</strong></a></span></h1></span></strong></div></span></strong></div><div><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">***</span></h1></span></strong></div><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p>More, SOON, to help you launch your 2022. </p><p>So remember to CHECK THIS SPACE!</p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span face="sans-serif">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif">■□</span><span face="sans-serif">●○■□■</span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; 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font-size: xx-large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span></span></p><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">MOBILE-DEVICE-FRIENDLY</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">editions load quickly at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><a href="http://www.acousticmusic.net/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.acousticmusic.net</a> </span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all re9cent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything last year, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation if you sat close to it, instead of inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; 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vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and </span>you watched movies on reels of film aimed at a screen that bounced-back the light projected onto it, instead of only-ever seeing everything in glowing postage-stamp mode on your phone</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; 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color: red;">Lawrence Wines & Tied to the Tracks.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;">All rights reserved.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; 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font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a real or a virtual tuneful sojourn at a quality venue, or the latter version of hittin' </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a concert tour.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span></div></div></div><p>.</p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-25805279435911501142021-12-23T23:17:00.000-08:002021-12-23T23:17:10.963-08:00Annual HOLIDAY SHOW -- Catch it live or on-demand<p> THIS is al<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">ways a delight, with fine performances, first-rate sound and lighting, and sets by the same crew who does all the world-class stagecraft for the Music Center's major productions. </span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can't be there in person, since omigod-omicron cancelled the live audience. </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But you can watch it on TV or online </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">● either LIVE at 3 pm (Pacific, 6 pm Eastern) on Fri, Dec 24th (Christmas Eve)</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">or</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">● catch it later, ON-DEMAND.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SO, (for yourself) WATCH AND ENJOY LIVE, THEN PUT IT ON AGAIN CHRISTMAS DAY as the soundtrack FOR YOUR KITCHEN TIME OR to keep YOUR crazy uncle from haranguing YOUR GUESTS WAITING TO EAT YOU OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME. </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">_______</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, we are back from the 33-day coast-to-coast-to-coast road trip, just in time to say...</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Merry Christmas, and if you're celebrating something else, </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Happy Chrismakwanzica!</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And all the best for the New Year! </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">from Larry and the Acoustic Americana Music Guide.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">_______</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And now to our friends at the L.A. Music Center...</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">From:</b> The Music Center <holidaycelebration@musiccenter.org><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Subject:</b> Watch or stream the 62nd Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration</span><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div></div><div style="background-color: #df2727; background-repeat: repeat-x; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 508px;"><div id="x_x_email-container" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 800px; padding: 15px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_x_container-block x_x_block" id="x_x_container-block-1575328714544" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div class="x_x_image-block x_x_block" id="x_x_image-block-1607384359537" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.wordfly.com/click?sid=NTIwXzE2NDIzXzgwMjkzXzY5OTg&l=645a3ea9-5a63-ec11-a826-0050569d9d1d&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Tune-inreminder%3AHolidayCelebration2021(2)&utm_content=version_A" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #df2027; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="The 62nd Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration" class="x_x_full-width" data-imagetype="External" src="https://media.wordfly.com/musiccenter/emails/dedicated-holiday-celebration-2021-event-update/62-holiday-celebration-ad-10x10.jpg" style="border: 0px none rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0) none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 488px;" /></a></div><div class="x_x_text-block x_x_block" id="x_x_text-block-1640047604465" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 15px 15px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">62<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">nd</sup> Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration</i></b></h1></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_x_container-block x_x_block" id="x_x_container-block-1575328714544" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div class="x_x_text-block x_x_block" id="x_x_text-block-1640047604465" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 15px 15px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Premieres Tomorrow 3:00 p.m. PST on PBS SoCal</h2><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Stream the show online at <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.wordfly.com/click?sid=NTIwXzE2NDIzXzgwMjkzXzY5OTg&l=655a3ea9-5a63-ec11-a826-0050569d9d1d&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Tune-inreminder%3AHolidayCelebration2021(2)&utm_content=version_A" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #df2027; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">PBSsocal.org</a>, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.wordfly.com/click?sid=NTIwXzE2NDIzXzgwMjkzXzY5OTg&l=665a3ea9-5a63-ec11-a826-0050569d9d1d&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Tune-inreminder%3AHolidayCelebration2021(2)&utm_content=version_A" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #df2027; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">KCET.org</a> or <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.wordfly.com/click?sid=NTIwXzE2NDIzXzgwMjkzXzY5OTg&l=645a3ea9-5a63-ec11-a826-0050569d9d1d&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Tune-inreminder%3AHolidayCelebration2021(2)&utm_content=version_A" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #df2027; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">holidaycelebration.org</a></h3></div></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Emmy Award-winning <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">L.A. County Holiday Celebration</em> joyously returns to The Music Center's iconic Dorothy Chandler Pavilion! Stream the show online or watch the TV broadcast on PBS SoCal. Presented by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">62<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">nd</sup> Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration</em> will feature over 20 music ensembles, choirs and dance companies from the many neighborhoods and cultures that make up L.A., celebrating the talent, artistry and diversity of Los Angeles County.</p></div></div><div class="x_x_button-block x_x_block" id="x_x_button-block-1640047555989" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div class="x_x_button" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_x_no-wrap" style="background-color: #df2727; border-collapse: separate; border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 20px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.wordfly.com/click?sid=NTIwXzE2NDIzXzgwMjkzXzY5OTg&l=645a3ea9-5a63-ec11-a826-0050569d9d1d&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Tune-inreminder%3AHolidayCelebration2021(2)&utm_content=version_A" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">LEARN MORE</a></div></div></div><div class="x_x_text-block x_x_block" id="x_x_text-block-1640037828442" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 4px solid rgb(223, 39, 39); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 15px 10px 10px; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Reminder: No Live Audience Permitted</h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No live audience is permitted inside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for this year's <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Holiday Celebration</i>. </span>The live audience portion has been canceled out of an abundance of caution given the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases. We look forward to bringing live audiences back to the <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Holiday Celebration</i> in 2022. Please stay home and stay safe!</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_x_text-block x_x_block" id="x_x_text-block-1606934739828" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Featuring over 20 performing arts groups from all over Los Angeles!</span></h1></div></div><div class="x_x_container-block x_x_block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div class="x_x_video-block x_x_block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><a class="x_x_full-width" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.wordfly.com/click?sid=NTIwXzE2NDIzXzgwMjkzXzY5OTg&l=675a3ea9-5a63-ec11-a826-0050569d9d1d&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Tune-inreminder%3AHolidayCelebration2021(2)&utm_content=version_A" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #df2027; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100%;" target="_blank"><img alt="Coming Soon: 62nd Annual L.A. 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Please tell us by taking our survey at the link below. 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Plus Blues events and Horror film history. Sat, Oct 30th edition, 2021<p>. </p><p>. </p><p>Of course we hope you have the opportunity to sally forth in search of a live, in-person performance. There are a multitude of possibilities for the vaxxed and masked. Bob Stane, show biz legend and impresario of the delightful little Altadena listening room, <a href="http://www.coffeegallery.com" target="_blank">The Coffee Gallery Backstage</a>, still has a few tickets for this weekend's shows. And <a href="http://www.mccabes.com" target="_blank">McCabe's</a> concludes its late summer / autumn outdoor concert partnership with the City of<span face="sans-serif"> Santa Monica with tonight's performance in a west-side park. And of course there is more happening this weekend, including lotsa things for Halloween and its Celtic parent, Samhain, and the indigenous Central & South American "Day of the Dead." We have, indeed, brought you news waaay in advance on bunches of those things, so peruse the last two or three editions, along with this one.</span></p><p>WE BRING YOU A CHANCE TO BUY DISCOUNT TIX FOR TWO UPCOMING BLUES EVENTS, a great feature on the history of horror movies for Halloween, a Southern Cal Sunday Halloween concert you can attend live by buying a ticket or watch online live for FREE, and... (drum roll, maestro) multiple ways to celebrate the Opry's 5000th!</p><p><span face="sans-serif">So, before attending a venue to enjoy evening tunery lures you away, you DO have time to catch the webcast from Nashville of "The Grand Ole Opry"-! Its home station, the legendary WSM, brings you the live simulcast, plus YOU CAN WATCH ON YOUTUBE -- the LINK is BELOW!</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif">If you are reading this too late? Hang on. If you have Circle TV in your cable, satellite, or web package, you can watch it live Saturday OR catch the SUNDAY REPLAY. Plus, you can find it ON-DEMAND on YouTube or Facebook.</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_stylingblock-content-wrapper x_camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color: #f3f6f8; 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border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=d0abdcde8aa0186dd0b02c0d7796902d89901b345e099671333f424af678eaa6a1a0a6487a9b02f3b83ff121ae812e46ded6ae7501540246c150332142ecc2c1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="Opry 5000 logo, with Dustin Lynch perfoming on the Opry as the background" data-imagetype="External" src="http://image.opryemail.com/lib/fe3811727564047d761079/m/2/f5bad9e6-7acc-4e58-a2bb-ca9ae7d022b3.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 600px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 508px;" width="100%" /></a><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=d0abdcde8aa0186d023fc8a936a12cd1765f1b16d2ed49e113e6e47a1e5828c70805b928cafff4f75d89b73d00589a827aa938c9b66ca7c73fb03a30384cac62" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_stylingblock-content-wrapper" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_stylingblock-content-wrapper x_camarker-inner" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color: #f3f6f8; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: auto; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; table-layout: auto; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 25px 25px 5px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: auto; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mobile-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #36495f; display: block; float: none; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Country Music's Biggest Milestone happening this weekend!</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face=""Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">We're celebrating the 5,000th Saturday Night Grand Ole Opry broadcast this weekend with back-to-back live broadcasts on WSM featuring performances from <b>Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Darius Rucker, Dustin Lynch, Vince Gill, Chris Young, Chris Janson</b> and so many more! </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;" /><span face=""Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Plus, catch the <i>Opry 5000 Warmup Show</i> live from the Opry Plaza hosted by Charlie Mattos and Eric Marcum starting at 4 pm Pacific only on WSM Radio, broadcast AND ONLINE. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;" /><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Ways to tune in to the Opry:</b></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Listen to the Grand Ole Opry on 650 AM, <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=d0abdcde8aa0186d66b8aa00b463963761aec147749b91e2afcd14c8634e76ab784ae89c99f205d86990ec86e101209071a09c1f3fba1fa192e850442c347212" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">WSMRadio.com</a></b>, or the <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=d0abdcde8aa0186dab53de4a98c52d221cc4e7de7c0121c1563cc3832627868da884a9109ba65e7e4056d5c461d2e035442005b51c682b8e3c05a43aa7f9c07b" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">WSM app</a></b> starting at 5 pm Pacific and the 2nd show to follow </li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Watch the entire first show on the Circle All Access <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=d0abdcde8aa0186d416ab8538dd4757ec69bd150ee8cc51652646781e6642ebaa6a41f9916ae1280009094daded07ebb41579e30cfe6e31b8cc9cfc5da694017" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">Facebook</a></b> or <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=d0abdcde8aa0186dd1071c8e2e3ab04feec885a9e459f7669add9bb17c5798eb813505a387fd77ac3426f602a29349776c0ff645f442bb170d704c1f633b368c" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">YouTube Page</a></b> starting at 5 pm Pacific, 7 Central, 8 Eastern</li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Watch entire first show on the Circle TV Network, Sling TV, or Dish Network starting at 5 pm Pacific (check your local listings at <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=d0abdcde8aa0186d6cb314623c0209751c25f28ed7470b47b15649122a713be8298cd310047649e865e14f2a0ca52aafa5144072877627364862eafbc3c7ac1c" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">CircleAllAccess.com</a></b>)</li></ul><p>___ ___ ___</p><p><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>Wait! THERE'S MORE</u>...</span></i></b></p><div class="x_stack-column" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center; vertical-align: middle; width: 478px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: auto; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 10px 25px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; 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max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center; vertical-align: middle; width: 478px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: auto; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 10px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: auto; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mobile-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span face=""Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">5,000 Saturday Nights: 1925-2021</i> <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Radio Special</i> on WSM Radio</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: auto; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mobile-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; display: block; float: none; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;"><span face="Century Gothic, Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Spend this Saturday afternoon from Noon-4 pm Pacific on WSM for the countdown of favorite Opry moments on the <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">5,000 Saturday Nights Radio Special. </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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text-align: start; width: 320px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This Halloween weekend only, get 15% off advance tix, by using the code SPOOKY at the festival website.<br />___<br /><br /></span>They also have an exclusive code for "BLUES IN THE NIGHT," currently playing at the International City Theater in Long Beach. 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width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_r9-c" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; width: 290px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_r10-o" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; margin: 0px auto 0px 0px; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_r16-i x_nl2go-default-textstyle" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6d6d6c; font-family: Montserrat, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-top: 15px;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The soul of the blues wails out full and strong when Long Beach’s International City Theatre in association with L.A.’s Ebony Repertory Theatre presents the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical Blues in the Night. Set in 1948 in a rundown Chicago hotel three women and a man share their stories about the misery and humor of life love and the dogged determination to do more than just survive. The drama reveals itself through 26 hot torchy glorious songs by Bessie Smith Duke Ellington Johnny Mercer Alberta Hunter Harold Arlen Jimmy Cox Ida Cox and more. Conceived by Sheldon Epps and directed by Wren T. Brown producing artistic director of L.A.’s Ebony Repertory Theatre and director of ICT’s 2019 hit production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. Oct. 21 – Nov. 7 Thursdays Fridays & Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. Seating will be socially distanced (skipping rows as well as seats) and masks required as recommended by the County of Los Angeles on the date of each performance. International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center 330 E. 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box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table><h4 id="f504" name="f504" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #999999; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.07; margin-top: -0.65em;"><br /></h4><h4 id="f504" name="f504" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #999999; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.07; margin-top: -0.65em;">An Interview with Horror Historian David J. Skal</h4><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;">By Cori Brosnahan </p></td></tr></tbody></table><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">David J. Skal</strong> is a horror historian and the author of several books including “The Monster Show,” “Hollywood Gothic” and “Something in the Blood,” which explores “Dracula” creator Bram Stoker. American Experience <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://links.americanexperience.wgbh.org/u/click?_t=d580955bad7c4746b6352c3f5498d530&_m=7afe0c6098134d0b8a0bf6541b84c0c0&_e=ohgw2snRvSKM9-SKMzl3WXXq9KKKj0mDpyNCPuFS8IFM4-uRpgaYqwmJUwQ2Sg8qpytP9Atr7RhQR3n5-58z9U02X7CBmyhgaGYeXVQKopkMMbnSKrZTeI6IkWgIH6-S-SgvWZnp-HHh1ABvmDMFMN-cqkC0RbPLy0LXXbFVorasKZSngzlh3RUh2FE4yM0TFrMowg9njoFi7SWNEmawzo-_3JW9czkhOR0JnnTEyk4u6TJZXQTwAc5JTIWoxNN2agu4ciW_Zhk7dx1aZqsIvt4ioDjavtiyAQ5T4KXJU96KrPFh0AvAoiJFqdXcxJXbi3bkkquACvayjylrH2aZxyDUrVwo10CNINNNvlTze6l7LRLbeMA-XrYmlUL54nioWE4qBIfWHnwSobRaFrOV5ElZKzXZjceTxWFe2BdnYC4%3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #bb0a0f; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">spoke to him</strong></a> about the history of American horror films, the allure of gore, and what zombies symbolize in the modern mind.</em><p><br /></p><p><span face="Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bolder;">You’ve spent decades writing about horror and American history. What have you learned?</span></p><p><b><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /></b><span face="Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;">Horror movies provide a secret history of modern times. All the great social cataclysms and traumas of at least the 20th century seem to have put in motion, decade by decade, new patterns in the kinds of entertainment we use to scare ourselves. And I think what we’re doing is processing unpleasant information in such a way that we don’t have to look at it too directly. It’s not exactly catharsis; I invented the term “catharsis interruptus,” which maybe describes it better as a half-remedy, a temporary coping mechanism for dealing with the conundrums and challenges and traumas of modern life. Something that at least gets us through the night.</span></p><p id="x_fcb8" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span face="Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bolder;">When do we first start to see horror films in America? What are these early films like?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span face="Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 18px;">In American silent cinema, there were often scary stories and terrifying characters, usually played by Lon Chaney, the famous “man of a thousand faces.” But they were always human beings, and if something seemed to be ghostly or supernatural, it had to be explained away as a criminal enterprise.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p id="x_0189" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span face="Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 18px;">That wasn’t the case in Europe, where the early cinema embraced the outright fantastic from the very beginning — the trick films of Georges Méliès, for instance. And then there were the German expressionist classics like “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” and “Nosferatu” — which were not escapist entertainment, but rather self-conscious art films intended to embody metaphors about the Great War. In “Caligari,” you have this malignant authoritarian figure sending forth his sleepwalker to kill and be killed, just as untold numbers of soldiers had been in the Great War. And in the original promotion for “Nosferatu,” there was this idea that the vampire represented the cosmic vampire of war itself, which had drained the blood out of Europe.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p id="x_9808" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span face="Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 18px;">The European and the American traditions came together at the beginning of the talkie era, when Universal Pictures produced “Dracula,” which was the very first time that Hollywood had taken a chance on an outright supernatural premise.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span face="Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 18px;">Dracula was not a criminal; he was a 500 year old demon from hell. The film was a freak success. It came out in 1931, the worst year of the Great Depression, and literally saved Universal from bankruptcy, as did “Frankenstein,” which they brought out very quickly after they realized what a success they had on their hands with “Dracula.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p id="9808" name="9808" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;">So even though “Dracula” is not a polished or artistically innovative film — in fact, it really creaks — it’s still one of the most influential films Hollywood ever released because it opened up the dormant possibilities of the fantastic and the supernatural.</p><p id="2e7d" name="2e7d" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Vampires, zombies, ghosts — these monsters never go away, but interest in them seems to ebb and flow. Is there a connection between a monster’s popularity and the cultural moment at hand?</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><br /></p><p id="2e7d" name="2e7d" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;">Yes. The 1930s, the Depression era, was a time when all of the promises of the Roaring Twenties and the faith in progress and science, and all these things that were going to make our lives better just crashed and burned. And I don’t think it’s a mistake that we saw the rise of the mad scientist, the expert, the egghead, the people who were supposed to fix things for us, but instead had a malign influence. The image of the Frankenstein monster is a proletariat image — asphalt spreader boots and work clothes; he’s like a mute symbol of the whole working class that’s been abandoned by the people who were supposed to take care of him.</p><p id="c89f" name="c89f" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;">The atomic monsters of the 1950s — Godzilla was the first and most widely imitated example — are obviously a reaction to the war, and the new anxieties it brought up. There were no real giant radioactive monsters, but there were giant anxieties during the Cold War. So the fallout shelter kind of replaced Dracula’s crypt.</p><p id="29cb" name="29cb" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;">Then the AIDS epidemic happened in the 1980s. People were thinking about blood, and you see the resurgence of vampires in the novels of Anne Rice and movies like “The Lost Boys,” “Near Dark,” and “Fright Night.” The idea of corrupted blood and mysterious illnesses taking away the young — these were part and parcel of old vampire stories. And the vampire has always existed at the boundaries of sexual propriety and sexual transgression — which, of course, was part of the AIDS epidemic as well. So vampires became very important and they really haven’t lost much of their staying power. When people ask me, ‘Well why are vampires so popular again?’ I say, ‘Well, they haven’t been unpopular in quite a while now.’</p><figure class="center" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 15px auto; max-width: 1000px; text-align: center;"><img alt="American fear 2.jpeg" class="filer_image cropped lazyloaded" data-src="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/ff/bf/ffbfdcca-efc4-4e8c-ac71-d6b73d867859/american_fear_2.jpeg__1000x777_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg" src="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/ff/bf/ffbfdcca-efc4-4e8c-ac71-d6b73d867859/american_fear_2.jpeg__1000x777_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; max-width: 100%;" title="Films like “Dracula” and “Frankenstein” saved Universal Pictures from bankruptcy in the early 1930s. AF archive / Alamy Stock Photo" width="1000" /><figcaption class="cropped" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #999999; font-size: 0.85em; font-style: italic;"><span class="title" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Films like “Dracula” and “Frankenstein” saved Universal Pictures from bankruptcy in the early 1930s. AF archive / Alamy Stock Photo</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">The American suburbs boomed in the years after World War II and soon became a favorite setting for horror films. Why it that?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;"><b><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></b>People were anxious about the suburbs — this was a whole new way of dealing with your neighbors, of dealing with your community. There was a lot of alienation that came with the ’50s — people were essentially walled off in their discrete nuclear families, and you didn’t have the street life of the big cities where these people were all moving from. Alienation tends to breed bad thoughts and anxiety and horror, so it’s not surprising that the ’50s and ’60s were such a wonderful cauldron for the bubbling up of horror from suburban imaginations.</p><p id="bd3a" name="bd3a" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;">Later, the suburbs became a popular setting for horror films because horror works best in very familiar environments. The most popular horror movies aren’t set in faraway worlds, they’re not complete fantasy, they really seem to have their bite and their kick when they could happen in our own backyards.</p><p id="1732" name="1732" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Comparing old and modern horror films, one thing that strikes you is how much more gore there is today. What explains the attraction to gory movies?</span></p><p id="1732" name="1732" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;"><b><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></b>Blood is one of the most surefire horror themes; whether or not it’s being explicitly shown, it tends to drive a lot of horror. In the original “Dracula” film with Bela Lugosi, there’s only one drop of blood shown on a character’s fingertip, that’s it; in a vampire movie today, that’s almost unthinkable. So I think in our over-technologized present, gore serves a different function: it’s a reminder that we are flesh and blood. When we’re being told that we are nothing but machines or extensions of machines, on some level we don’t buy that. Horror is a realm in which we can explore this idea that we’re not computer components, we’re not completely rational beings, we are messy and we’re filled with blood and guts and unruly emotions, and all of this stuff that tends to be celebrated in gore horror.</p><figure class="center" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 15px auto; max-width: 1000px; text-align: center;"><img alt="American fear 3.jpeg" class="filer_image cropped lazyloaded" data-src="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/36/c3/36c35446-5db9-4d0c-8b96-d7214c9ede65/american_fear_3.jpeg__1000x676_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg" src="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/36/c3/36c35446-5db9-4d0c-8b96-d7214c9ede65/american_fear_3.jpeg__1000x676_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; max-width: 100%;" title="George Romero’s 1968 cult classic “Night of the Living Dead” spawned five sequels and countless imitators. Photos 12 / Alamy Stock Photo" width="1000" /><figcaption class="cropped" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #999999; font-size: 0.85em; font-style: italic;"><span class="title" style="box-sizing: inherit;">George Romero’s 1968 cult classic “Night of the Living Dead” spawned five sequels and countless imitators. Photos 12 / Alamy Stock Photo</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">The horror landscape of recent years has been dominated by zombies. What metaphor do they serve?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;"><b><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></b>I think now zombies represent the idea of the other; the rampaging hordes of zombies — they represent any outsider you want. We’re a very polarized society culturally and politically now. One thing we see in the zombie formula is the haves versus the have-nots — those who have life versus those who don’t, locked in a death struggle.</p><p id="52a2" name="52a2" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;">But like vampires, zombies just lend themselves to all kinds of metaphorical dimensions. George Romero produced “Night of the Living Dead” back in 1968 — another extremely influential piece of filmmaking. By the time he did his first sequel called “Dawn of the Dead,” he intuited that there was social satire and social criticism in the idea of zombies as the ultimate consumers, the ultimate critique of consumer society with their ravenous, unquenchable hunger.</p><p id="4e5a" name="4e5a" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">You’ve spoken about finding comfort in monsters. Can you explain why?</span></p><p id="4e5a" name="4e5a" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;"><b><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></b>I think just from a personal standpoint, the reason a lot of us were drawn to horror movies in the 1950s and early ’60s was that the Cold War was happening. I wasn’t afraid of monsters when I was a kid, but I was terrified of the Cold War and the atomic tests and the Cuban Missile Crisis and all that. That scared the hell out of me. As beings who couldn’t die, monsters were reassuring — they were like nuclear security blankets. I grew up in a world that seemed like it was totally out of control, and my favorite one — Dracula — he was totally in control. I think that’s a major part of his appeal to me.</p><p id="26bd" name="26bd" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.</em></p><p name="26bd" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Muli, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 1.66667em;"><small style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 13.536px;">Originally published on October 28, 2016.</small></p><p></p><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_block-grid x_two-up" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto; 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font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Andy & Renee & Hard Rain<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Halloween Party</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Watch In-Person or Online</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_layout x_layout--1-column" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SUN, OCT 31 @ 5 PM — 7:30 PM Pacific Time</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">House concert in Torrance, CA 90504</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; 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Reservations get address.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">$25 to attend the show in person. Get tickets at <a href="http://www.andyandrenee.com">www.andyandrenee.com</a></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>Costume Party & Livestream</i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">! BYOB. Costume Contest! </span></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Must be Fully Vaccinated or have proof of a Negative Covid test within 72 hours. Limited attendance.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Watch Livestream at </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d90fe; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">https://youtu.be/c1LfbRIrb6Y</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. The Livestream shows are free to watch, but the option to contribute is there for those who are in a position to do so. </span></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can see their massive song list to make requests and contribute at </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d90fe; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">https://andyandrenee.com/tickets-tips-merch</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, PayPal (paypal.me/andyandrenee) or Venmo, (</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d90fe; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">www.venmo.com/Renee-Safier</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">). </span></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="left" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: Haettenschweiler, Impact, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A portion of the proceeds will go to the Los Angeles Midnight Mission. "We are sustained by the generosity and support of the fans who love the music, and who donate as they are able. If you use funds from your bank vs. your credit card, we aren't charged a service fee, but either way, we appreciate your support!" ~ Andy and Renee</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_layout x_layout--1-column" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_column x_column--1 x_scale x_stack" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_button x_button--padding-vertical" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_button_container x_content-padding-horizontal" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#869198" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_button_content-row" style="background-color: #869198; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 10px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: auto;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_button_content-cell" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 40px;">www.andyandrenee.com</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■</span></p><p><b style="font-family: times; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">REMEMBER TO CHECK THE GUIDE'S TWO MOST RECENT PRECEDING EDITIONS FOR LOTS</span></b><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: times; font-size: 13px;"> <u>MORE NEWS OF OCTOBER EVENTS</u> </b><b style="font-family: times; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">AND PERFORMANCES. WE DID NOT REPEAT THOSE REPORTS IN THIS EDITION!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; 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box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><a href="http://www.acousticmusic.net/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.acousticmusic.net</a> </span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all re9cent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything last year, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation if you sat close to it, instead of inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">... and </span>you watched movies on reels of film aimed at a screen that bounced-back the light projected onto it, instead of only-ever seeing everything in glowing postage-stamp mode on your phone</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "the pandemic" meant 1918</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; 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font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a virtual version of hittin' </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a concert tour.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span></div></div></div><p><br /></p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-55592838401488962012021-10-01T23:51:00.004-07:002021-10-12T05:31:43.898-07:00October music & festivals: jump right in! -- Friday, October 1 edition, 2021___<br>
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LATE ADDITION...<br>
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An extensive special section at the end of the previous edition pays tribute to the late Mark Humphreys. When published, a memorial service / gathering had not yet been scheduled. Here is that information:<br>
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"Mark Humphreys Celebration of Life" is Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 1 PM<br>
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It is followed by a reception for his friends. <br>
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Location:<br>
Eternal Valley Memorial Park<br>
23287 Sierra Hwy, Newhall, CA 91321<br>
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Here is this edition as originally published.<br>
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<p>. </p><p>. </p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">While a LOT of what is in our previous edition has not yet happened, so much more needs to be added. And, well, here we are, back again already.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We begin with today's very full edition of the occasional e-newsletter from the Pasadena Folk Music Society. It covers a lot of ground, and our friends there are good at including links you won't find anyplace else -- except here. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Thorough as they are -- and as we were in our previous edition -- there is SOOO much more. So we follow the presentation of their news with more of our own. Reckon it's time to settle-in with "Bluegrass Underground," "Sun Studio Sessions," "Austin City Limits," and whatever else in the lineup tonight on KLCS, and plan your weekend between the acts, using the Guide!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>THOUGHT FOR TODAY</b><br />
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"In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well-knownness often proves to be the unsung hero: the teacher, the nurse, the mother, the honest cop, the hard worker at lonely, underpaid, unglamorous, unpublicized jobs."</i><br />
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~ Daniel J Boorstin, historian, professor, attorney, and writer (born Oct 1, 1914, died in 2004)</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><i><b><span style="color: #e69138;">First up...</span></b></i></p><p><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Weekend / Festival / Concert / Musician / Community News from the Pasadena Folk Music Society </span></b></i></p><ul style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Online festivals & shows</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Artnight Pasadena, marches, folk radio </span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">More online shows</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Odds 'n Ends</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pasadena Folk Music Society Live shows may return at Caltech in January, 2022</span></span></li></ul><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> As you know, COVID trends are still a little uncertain... </span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Two important festivals run all weekend starting TODAY, Friday, October 1 and can be heard online:</span></h1><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">☆ <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=cc2d92824e&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hardly Strictly Bluegrass</strong></a>, the long running free festival, normally held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, can be heard online through Sunday, 1PM to 9PM from their website, or on Facebook, or on Youtube. It has already begun. Go to their site to launch it. The line-up features <u>Emmylou Harris, Peter Rowan, Mavis Staples, Steve Earle</u> and others, Note, that if you connect between acts, it may look like not much is happening, but hang in there! Watch the video, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=4563aef56e&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Let the Music Play on</a></strong> to get the spirit of this festival. </span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><div><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">☆ The <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=d00f4480bf&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Kerrville Folk Festival,</a></strong> from Texas, best-known for training and launching many a fine songwriter, runs today through October 11. They have a short night tonight, starting at 5:30 PM. and they will have various hours through the week, so check the schedule. Here's <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=ef0a22e9ec&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">the link for tonight</a> and you can get the other nights through the website.. The festival is broadcast live through the week., so drop in when you can. Portions will likely be archived for future viewing, though we're not sure of how they handle this. You may not be familiar with a lot of the names of the performers, but listen to some of the folks you aren't familiar with- you may be hearing a lot from them a year or two down the road. </span></h1></div><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> There are national Women's Marches for reproductive rights around the country tomorrow, Saturday, Oct 2, including an automobile <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=e5a6bb9dab&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Caravan for Choice in Pasadena</a></strong>, starting at the Rosebowl (9:30 AM) and a <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=79470be397&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">March for Reproductive Rights in downtown Los Angeles</a></strong> from Pershing Square to City Hall (10:00 AM.) You can find more information about these and other similar events at <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=c7189cc693&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Womensmarch.com</a> </span></h1></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Another Festival coming up is the <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=c4ec747434&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">October 2021 edition of the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Greenwich Village Folk Festival </strong></a>on Sunday, Oct 3, 4PM to 7PM. Apparently, they do this every month! And with some very big names, and some very talented folks with names you might not be familiar with out here in California. From the main website for the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=a2f8411a8a&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Greenwich Village Folk Festival,</a></strong> you can find the link which takes you to a page where you can listen to the previous monthly shows There, you'll find names like John McCutcheon, Jay Unger & Molly Mason, Bill Staines, Robin and Linda Williams, and more. One of the guests this Sunday will be <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=63a9f65534&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Tom Paxton!</a></span></h1><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Speaking of the Greenwich Village scene, there is a new folk music documentary becoming available for viewing. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=b89293c6bc&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Karen Dalton</a></strong> was a Cherokee/Irish singer, guitar and banjo player who came from Texas and found her way to the Greenwich scene in the 1960s, when Bob Dylan, Tim Hardin, and many others were having a major impact on the times. She had a hard life that is often compared to Billie Holiday, and never achieved much fame, but she is now getting attention for her singing and musicianship. The movie is <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=59839220bd&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Karen Dalton: In My Own Time</strong></em> </a>. The film will open at <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=35c94f7567&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Laemmle's Monica Film Center</a> in Santa Monica on October 8 and be available for download on November 26. You will find an interview with the directors <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=77ad611293&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></h1></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=595649fe95&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Artnight Pasadena</a></strong><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> will be next Friday, October 8 from 6 PM to 10 PM and it features 19 arts institutions in Pasadena. It will be mostly virtual, but there are a few programs that will be in-person. Because of the limited in-person events, there will not be the usual shuttle buses, but there will be 2 Access buses for Wheelchair accessibility. </span></span></h1></span></div><div><br /></div><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> Another live show coming up, an outdoor one, is brought to you by the folks who put on the </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=3bea86de54&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival</a></strong><span style="font-weight: inherit;">. Next Saturday, October 9, </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=ab6697efe5&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tailgate Jam at Paramount Ranch</strong></a><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> will feature </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=25901c6e00&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Dust Bowl Revival</a>,</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=2185d88a61&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">AJ Lee and Blue Summit</a></strong>, and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=46769ed7d5&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Abbey and the Myth</a></strong><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> out at Paramount Ranch in Agoura. There will be jamming, workshops, food trucks and artisans, Most of the buildings at the old Paramount Western town movie set burned down during the Woolsey Fire in 2018, and this is a fundraiser to help restore it. The Santa Monica Mountains hillsides are growing back from the fire, and it remains a beautiful place to spend time. Gates open at 2:00 PM and music starts around 5:00/ 5:30 PM. Bring chairs or a blanket for festival seating. The </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=d82939befa&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Tickets link</a><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> will provide more information. </span></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> There wasn't a <u>Topanga Banjo•Fiddle festival</u> this year, but you can see and hear the virtual contestant videos from 2020's virtual festival <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=4f6b205d35&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a> or you can focus on just the winners, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=125bd10bda&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>. There are lots of very talented folks (adults and kids) you probably have never heard of out there. See if the <u>Cotton Pickin Kids</u>, from way down in Hanceville, Alabama, who won best band with this version of <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=ffed834d32&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rocky Top</em></a> don't put a smile on your face. The Topanga folks have every intention of holding an in-person festival on May15, 2022, if at all possible, to celebrate their 60th birthday! </span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> A couple of other live shows include the <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=7f8abcd8f3&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Latin Jazz and Music Festival</strong></a> in Highland Park on Saturday and Sunday, October 9 and 10 at 4702 N. Figueroa, near the Southwest Museum Metro "L Line" (formerly called the Gold Line) station. The festival is in Sycamore Park and the music runs from noon to 8 PM Saturday and noon to 8:30 PM on Sunday. A couple of the headline acts are <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=a92645eb2a&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ozomatli</a></strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=621f034a67&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">La Sonora Dinamita</a>. </strong>You must bring proof of vaccination. </span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Then, in Pasadena's Memorial Park, there will be a Latino band (to be announced) in the Memorial Park Bandshell (85 E. Holly Street, Pasadena) at 5:00 PM on Saturday, October 16 as part of Pasadena's <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=0b0896e653&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Latino Heritage Celebration</a>. </strong>Both of these shows are free.</span></h1><p>___</p><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you are looking for live music NOW, our friend, Bob Stane, of the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=00fc0b005a&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Coffee Gallery Backstage</a></strong>, in Altadena, is re-opened with scheduled shows, so you might want to check his website and maybe get on his email list. All attendees must be masked and have proof of vaccination. </span></h1><p>___</p><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> Radio station KPFK, 90.7 FM and </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=323ecb5dba&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">KPFK.org</a>,<span style="font-weight: inherit;"> continue to be the go-to place on the radio for folk music. </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=693815990d&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">FolkScene</strong></a><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> (Sunday nights, 6:00 to 8:00 PM) has aired a great variety of guests in recent months, both newly recorded (</span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=c289120e8b&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Tim O'Brien</a></strong>,<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=2d1a38b525&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> Laura Love</a></strong>, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=72d384f92d&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Richard Thompson</a></strong><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> to name a few) and from the archives (</span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=098d29d4b6&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Nanci Griffith</a></strong>, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=6dc1865223&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Tom Rush</a></strong>, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=da7b0c8333&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Peggy Seeger</a></strong><span style="font-weight: inherit;">, lots more.) You get lots of great music, usually recorded live, and you learn about the guest during the interview. We urge you to listen weekly to hear the full show, featuring new recordings before the guest. The full shows are archived at </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=ad53e1cdda&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">KPFK.org/archives</a><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> for 2 weeks- find it by date. You can hear the guest portion, stored permanently at both </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=387bff0f28&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Folkscene Apple Podcasts</a><span style="font-weight: inherit;">, and </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=cba51afd6f&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">FolkScene Soundcloud</a><span style="font-weight: inherit;">. </span></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This past Sunday featured a deep archive show from 1975 with the great harmonies, songs, and musicianship of the Rowan Brothers (Peter, Lorin, and Chris.) <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=3bc96ccb42&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Peter Rowan</strong></a> is probably the best known, with his time with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, Old and In the Way (along with Jerry Garcia) and many other notable associations along the way. He continues to be an important voice and influence in bluegrass and other styles today. This Sunday night, promises to be great fun with <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=c064ac12b3&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tracy Newman</strong></a>.</span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=0fc47ac8af&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Roots Music and Beyond</a></strong><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> (Saturday mornings 6:00AM to 8:00 AM) features 4 revolving hosts, who each play their own unique taste in music, both new and old, with occasional guests. Tomorrow, October 2 (first Saturday of the month) is Tom Nixon and his very broad mix of delightfully unusual, offbeat and often amusing songs and tunes, not to mention a wry sense of humor. Next week, the show will be hosted by Mary Katherine Aldin, followed by Art Podell, and then Mark Humphrey. Four personalities, four different tastes, and all quite enjoyable. Check them out on the radio when you start your Saturday, <u>or listen to the the archived shows at a more civilized hour;</u> the shows are available for two weeks at </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=f6aa9bdc7d&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">KPFK.org/archives</a><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> . </span></span></h1><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">News</span></b></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Library of Congress just premiered a new program this week with <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=8fb87492b3&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Cambalache</a></strong>, the group we presented at the Pasadena Central Library a couple of years ago as a part of their Homegrown series, which will be part of our national Library's permanent collection, Their forte is Son Jarocho music of Veracruz, Mexico. If you don't know what that is, this is a great chance to get introduced! They are quite fantastic. Click <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=c67ad69740&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a> and you can watch the show on Youtube or Facebook. </span></h1><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> World renowned banjo player <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=ae893e2ff2&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Béla Fleck</strong></a> has explored many kinds of music on his instrument, but his new album,<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> My Bluegrass Heart</em>, returns him to bluegrass. He recently did an interview with music on the NPR radio show, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fresh Air.</em> There's some great music, too, and you can hear it <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=ed511e3cea&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>. Look for the September 13 show.</span></h1></span></div></span></div><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The great Scottish singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=cac7415a5c&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dougie MacLean</strong></a> is still doing his COVID era weekly Saturday shows (105 now!) in what he calls the Butterstone Studios. You can listen to any or all of them <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=3583420409&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>. His most recent is from <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=990dd0aae2&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">September 25, 2021</a> and there will likely be one this Saturday, too. Be forewarned that the beginning of each show may start with an empty stage for the first few minutes- on this one, Dougie appears 5 minutes into the video, but you can skip ahead, of course. Such a treat to hear him! </span></h1><p><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">In Memoriam</span></b></p><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> We were greatly saddened by the August 13 death of <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=2143e6f495&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nanci Griffith</strong></a><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</strong> a tremendous singer, songwriter, and guitarist who started out in Texas and later moved to Nashville. She burst onto our radar when she was first a guest on FolkScene in the late 1980's. Whether with a band or performing solo with guitar, her beautiful, clear, voice and story songs are treasured by many. Just a couple of examples are <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=00f78bd7ba&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">There's a Light Beyond these Hills (Mary Margaret).</a> and <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=7e29123a69&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Spin on a Red Brick Floor</a>. Though she stopped touring and recording over 10 years ago, she leaves a great deal of music for us to enjoy. It is very easy to find her music on Youtube, with so many fine performances available. You can read her obituary in the New York Times <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=be20b1736f&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> We lost <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u>Dennis Caplinger</u></strong>, extraordinary banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar player, (and who knows what else) the next day, August 14. He was a longtime member of <u>Bluegrass Etc</u>. and they played our series back in 2000. He also filled in for a member of another band at another of our shows. He was a versatile session player for many, including Eric Clapton and JJ Cale, with whom he worked on a Grammy-winning album. He did music for television, authored <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Bluegrass Mandolin Favorites </em>and a couple of other books, and worked on many other projects. You can read the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bluegrass Today</em> obituary <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=bbbbbeac57&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> We just learned that <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u>Thom Moore</u></strong>, singer, songwriter and guitarist, died in 2018. Maybe there are one or two of you who were in Pasadena in the 1980's and remember an Irish band, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u>Train to Sligo</u></strong>, who played regularly in a pub called The Loch Ness Monster in Old Pasadena -- before so much was re-developed to what we have today. Gerry O'Beirne was in the group too, and they were a good band. Thom was a fine songwriter, as well as a formidable singer, and a good example is his song <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=f4083f3bbf&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cavan Girl</em></a>. He left the U.S. for Russia, then went to Ireland. Here's a <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=37d12a4479&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">memorial tribute</a> that covers those Pasadena years.</span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Canada has just issued a postage stamp featuring extraordinary singer-songwriter and guitarist <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=0755df6132&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Stan Rogers</strong></a> who played our series back in 1982. You can see the stamp on his website. <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=f58200b865&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">White Squall </em></a>is just one of the many very memorable songs he composed and sang. What a voice! [</span><i><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">His song, "</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Northwest Passage</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">," covered by a 21st century Irish band, earned "Listener Favorite" honors on the long-gone "Tied to the Tracks" broadcast radio show in Los Angeles. The song is often considered Canada's alternate national anthem. Enjoy Stan performing it <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TVY8LoM47xI" target="_blank">here</a>. - ed.</span></i><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">]</span></h1><p><br /></p><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Pasadena Folk: Live Concerts</span></span></h1><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Pasadena Folk Music Society is still trying to set up an in-person concert at Caltech for January. The emergence of the Delta variant of COVID since our last email makes us extra careful as we move forward. We hope to have something concrete in the next month or two. All we can tell you now is that we've been talking with a Celtic act who we've had before (a popular one!) and we need to wait and see if everything falls into place. Both sides really want this to work out. </span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Meanwhile, </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=dbb6491e47&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">CaltechLive </a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">has some interesting talks coming up. Check their website for the programs taking us into the new year. Most are online, but the Coleman Chamber Music Series has scheduled some shows in Beckman Auditorium in the new year!</span></span></h1><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A last minute community note: The Altadena Public Library will be holding a <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://pasadenafolkmusicsociety.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d6d1f8f2a44eca3476a9c1a60&id=b640438335&e=2d0b70cb29" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">used book sale</strong> </a>Saturday and Sunday, Oct 2-3. </span></h1></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>(The Guide re-sequenced this to make it chronological, and added a few subtitles and minor edits, but the complete original content is here. We thank our friends at the Pasadena Folk Music Society for all they do, and for permission to republish their original material.) </i></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30.55px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></h1></span></div><p><i><b><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">These times...</span></b></i></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"California has a 3-Park-a-day smoking habit."<br />
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~ Alex Del Zoppo, singer-songwriter, observer of society, who played at the original Woostock with his band Sweetwater.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Fellow fire evacuees</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://img.izismile.com/img/img13/20200508/640/fine_examples_when_a_picture_says_more_than_just_a_thousand_words_640_high_35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="589" height="640" src="https://img.izismile.com/img/img13/20200508/640/fine_examples_when_a_picture_says_more_than_just_a_thousand_words_640_high_35.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">___<br />
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Stricter vax requirements ahead?</b><br />
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L.A. County is considering stricter vaccine requirements, including showing proof of full vaccination to enter indoor restaurants, coffee shops, gyms, shopping centers, museums, movie theaters and hair and nail salons. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-28/l-a-considers-sweeping-indoor-covid-19-vaccine-mandat" target="_blank">Read the Sep 28 story</a> in the L.A. Times.<br />___</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Cartoonist's take...</b><br />
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Instead of hearing all the time from mainstream media about why we cannot abolish the filibuster, because "THAT will come back to bite you in the ass!" why can't we look at where we go after the Texas abortion ban's bounty hunters?<br />
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Brilliant take by cartoonist Ruben Bolling; read through to the final panel.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.dailykos.com/images/991854/large/1556ckCOMICtexasabortionlawcopycats.png?1632861484" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://images.dailykos.com/images/991854/large/1556ckCOMICtexasabortionlawcopycats.png?1632861484" width="488" /></a></div>___<br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">SOLUTION TO GRIDLOCK IN CONGRESS</span></b><br />
<br />"American Prospect" editor-at-large <b>Harold Meyerson</b> (with support from Thom Hartmann on the radio) has proposed a brilliant solution to flipping <b>Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema</b>. The majority of Americans, across party lines, are with the Progressives standing firm on "Build Back Better" paired with the Infrastructure Bill. (Despite what Fox says.)<br />
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The two Dem corporatist senators, playing roadblock, are all over the place about how much of the $3.5 trillion, fully paid-for, ten-year package they will support. But they are on record that they will not accept more than $1.5 trillion in the bill.<br />
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So, how much of the full package would $1.5 trillion fund? Well, ALL of it, if you change the amount of time funded from 10 years to four.<br />
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Myerson says:<br />
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"The point here is that, once the public receives steady and reliable services to meet their individual needs—affordable child care, universal pre-K, Medicare coverage of vision and hearing and dental care, paid sick leave, child tax credits, tuition-free community college, significant climate mitigation—it won’t want to have them terminated."</i><br />
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Myerson provides seal-the-deal context:<br />
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"Indeed, that was the argument forcefully and effectively made by then-neoconservative Bill Kristol in 1993, in a memo he addressed to “Republican Leaders” on behalf of the Project for a Republican Future. His advice was they should not seek simply to water down then-President Clinton’s proposal for universal health coverage, because once enacted, the public wouldn’t cotton to having it taken away. Rather, they had to kill it before it could become law.<br />
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"'Any Republican urge to negotiate a"‘least bad" compromise with the Democrats, and thereby gain momentary public credit for helping the president "do something" about health care, should also be resisted,' Kristol wrote. 'Passage of the Clinton health care plan, in any form, would guarantee and likely make permanent an unprecedented federal intrusion into and disruption of the American economy—and the establishment of the largest federal entitlement program since Social Security … It will relegitimize middle-class dependence for "security" on government spending and regulation. It will revive the reputation of the party that spends and regulates, the Democrats, as the generous protector of middle-class interests. And it will at the same time strike a punishing blow against Republican claims to defend the middle class by restraining government.'<br />
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"Republicans ended up heeding Kristol’s counsel, killing Clintoncare while still in utero."</i><br />
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(Read the full Myerson piece in "American Prospect" at: <a href="https://prospect.org/infrastructure/building-back-america/how-democrats-can-pass-entire-reconciliation-bill/">https://prospect.org/infrastructure/building-back-america/how-democrats-can-pass-entire-reconciliation-bill/</a> )<br />
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Four years. Damn brilliant. IF it all starts NOW. "Build Back Better" can kick-in before the '22 midterms. Then '24 becomes a referendum on continuing it or letting the Trumpistas take power and kill it. Makes you think the Bill should have been a $1.5 trillion / 4-year package all along.<br />
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Agree? Call some Dems, House and Senate, RIGHT NOW and tell them: <br />
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"Pass the full 'Build Back Better,' but for 4-years, not 10-years, so it has a $1.5 trillion price tag and all starts NOW. And tell Manchin and Sinema, get on board with that."
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Digging deeper...<br>
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While corporatist mainstream media celebrates Manchin as a "centrist," they ignore the reality of his constituency: "In deep red West Virginia, Biden’s $3.5tn spending proposal is immensely popular; Working-class people – even Trump voters – understand the Build Back Better plan will benefit them," reported Zack Harold in The Guardian in his Sep 28 feature story:<br>
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/28/west-virginia-joe-biden-spending-plan-popular<br>
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Why isn't corporate media in a stampede to report that? Or to delve into what Mark Hertsgaard's piece in The Guardian explored on Sep 30: "Joe Manchin, America’s climate decider-in-chief, is a coal baron; The pivotal Democratic senator owns millions of dollars in coal stocks. Shouldn’t he recuse himself from US climate talks?"<br>
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/30/joe-manchin-climate-coal-baron-stocks<br>
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In fact, Manchin has $5 million in coal stocks. The climate provisions are a key part of Build Back Better. And Manchin already got himself pre-positioned to determine how climate protection money is spent in the companion Infrastructure Bill. Which is another reason why Progressives are saying no dice on the Infrastructure Bill unless Build Back Better gets a yes vote from Manchin.<br>
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Sunday, Oct 3, 4-7 pm PDT, online, "The Greenwich Village Folk Festival" presents "Phil Ochs Song Night" with Sonny Ochs, Martyn Joseph, Colleen Kattau, Reggie Harris, SONiA disappear fear, John Flynn, Holly Near, Greg Greenway, Emma’s Revolution, Tom Paxton, Zach Stevenson and Rod MacDonald. Rod tells The Guide, "At Sonny’s request I’m doing one song to open the concert." Watch at:<br>
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www.greenwichvillagefolkfestival.org<br>
Or<br>
www.facebook.com/GVFF2021<br>
Or on YouTube at:<br>
https://youtu.be/ONhySsjFUvc<br>
Or listen on Internet radio at:<br>
folkmusicnotebook.com<br>
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This is a free concert, with donations shared among the musicians.<br>
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And TAKE NOTE of more really intriguing stuff ahead from festival musician Rod MacDonald...<br>
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“Music Americana: Roots & Acoustic Music" 4 lectures, offered twice online from two different places:<br>
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-- Begins Tuesday, October 26 (live and online) 2:30 pm <br>
at Osher/FAU Lifelong Learning, Jupiter, FL 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16. To register call 561-799-8547 or email ollijupiter@fau.edu<br>
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--Begins Wednesday, November 3 (live and online) 3 pm at Osher/FAU Lifelong Learning, Boca Raton, FL 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 12/1 For info 561-297-3185 or olliboca@fau.edu<br>
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Check him out!<br>
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rodmacdonald.com <br>
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These concerts are being presented for FREE as part of Boston Court’s commitment to make these awful 18 months just a little bit better.<br />
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Yes, these are in-person concerts. You can read all about the splendid venue and its reopening protocols <a href="https://bostoncourtpasadena.org/covid-19-updates/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br /><br />
"Whether you prefer European classical or contemporary compositions, we have a concert for you!" ~ Boston Court.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/88b9eb708a97b03da2d2a68d8/images/993611a8-38ce-4b38-6086-a4e5b96878ef.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://mcusercontent.com/88b9eb708a97b03da2d2a68d8/images/993611a8-38ce-4b38-6086-a4e5b96878ef.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>
HOCKET</b><br />
OCT 30, 8 PM <br />
Hocket presents Composer/Performer, a program featuring newly written works performed and written by some of Los Angeles’s most exciting composer/performers.<br />
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THE LYRIS QUARTET</b><br />
NOV 6, 8 PM<br />
The wonderful Lyris Quartet brings their charming European classical style back to Boston Court. This time with a program designed to elevate historically overlooked string quartets during the time of Mozart.<br />
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Free tix. Just make a reservation:<br />
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Box office: 626-683-6801<br />
11 am - 5 pm, Tue - Fri<br />
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Boston Court Theatre, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena, CA 91106<br /></span><p></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Live performances return to the L.A. 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margin: 0px auto !important; max-width: 600px; table-layout: auto; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 25px 25px 5px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto !important; table-layout: auto; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mobile-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #36495f; display: block; float: none !important; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div align="center" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Grand Ole Opry is turning 96</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto !important; table-layout: auto; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mobile-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: none !important; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;">96 never looked this good! We can't wait to celebrate the Opry & WSM's 96th birthday this weekend with free Opry Plaza Parties and back-to-back Saturday night Opry shows featuring performances from the Riley Green, Don Schlitz, Rhonda Vincent, Yola, Jeannie Seely, T. Graham Brown, Connie Smith, and Gary Mule Deer.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The Grand Ole Opry starts at 7 pm Central, 5 pm Pacific on WSM Radio, and you can catch the show Live on Circle starting at 8 pm <span style="color: #212121;">Central, 6 pm Pacific</span><span style="color: #212121;"> for the live streams of Riley Green, Don Schlitz, Rhonda Vincent, and Yola's Opry performances.</span></td><td class="x_mobile-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: none !important; font-family: "Century Gothic", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ways to tune in to the Opry</b><ul style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Listen to the Grand Ole Opry on 650 AM, <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=824f8586981ea581f28f7e462e04c4ee98c09d20c85836f1c5021a45e2960d3f3114fe6b87976dc80559d7f81e4c39110bb2a5360413355e5c91fa326efa4b56" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">WSMonline.com</a></b>, or the <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=824f8586981ea581b574d28aba300774ccdc5440a2a97c5fbb45c6423bdcd0cf98626d1495e959656964c942d79df96dca0b0525c18f95a7db681d035b4ab780" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">WSM app</a></b> starting at 7pm/c</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Watch Opry Live on the Circle All Access <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=824f8586981ea581fe07d26de76ae724fa888740b3af39eb59128df0de7c537b2b0533b3f4a9ae943b31c8b4266df3d4f3ca2d04315c529631324cd871f04e96" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">Facebook</a></b> or <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=824f8586981ea581325c26a0954f276e97d52a86e7ce3132a5d928e4ce9857936072b97cab0a9eccde6e3c93b5b52f8b6431a7626f100d47afc0747dfe348bd3" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title=""><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">YouTube</b> Page</a></b> starting at 8 pm/c, 6 pm Pacific</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Watch Opry Live on the Circle TV Network, Sling TV, or Dish Network starting at 8pm/c (visit <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://click.opryemail.com/?qs=824f8586981ea58168fe430ad5fedec9604b066a3884da5953237dcf7d178bad5cc93db1cb64b6d27a41f8b562db99b82913288027868f8f875a4d8180a84598" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">CircleAllAccess.com</a></b> to check your local listings)</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">Ken O'Malley brings Irish music</span></b><br />
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LIVE ONLINE PERFORMANCE<br />
FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH</span></i></b><br />
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NEXT SHOW: OCTOBER 3, 2021<br />
2 PM Pacific, 5 PM Eastern, and 10 PM UK and IRELAND<br />
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You can see the show at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenomalleyirishmusic/live">https://www.facebook.com/kenomalleyirishmusic/live</a>. even if you are NOT on Facebook. The link is also on the website <a href="http://www.kenomalley.com">www.kenomalley.com</a><br />
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The show lasts approximately 60 minutes and is free of charge.<br />
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Wanna tip?<br />
Venmo: @kenomalley Zelle: 310-569-1062 paypal.me/twlord<br />
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Options for Venmo, PayPal, or Credit/Debit Card on Ken's website www.kenomalley.com (click on the tip jar picture).<br />
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All of Ken's live streaming shows are saved on his Irish Music page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenomalleyirishmusic">https://www.facebook.com/kenomalleyirishmusic</a></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This Week in Americana, Oct 1st</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">News from the Americana Music Association</span></span></i></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><ul style="background-color: #d6d6d6; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tyler Childers </b>pays tribute to John Prine on "Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You," a heartfelt rendition from <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 </i>(out next Friday). <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/hqbj0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Listen here</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Goodnight, Texas </b>find themselves at a crossroad on "Dead Middle," a reflective selection from <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">How Long Will It Take Them to Die</i> (out Jan. 22). <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/xicj0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Listen here</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Haunted Like Human</b> are inspired by a family tale on "Ohio," a song about doing right by those you love taken from <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tall Tales & Fables</i> (out Oct. 15). <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/dbdj0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Listen here</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit</b>, <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Brittney Spencer</b> and <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">John Paul White</b> team up for a spirited rendition of "Midnight Train to Georgia," which is slated to appear on Isbell and the 400 Unit's <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Georgia Blue</i> (out Oct. 15). <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/t3dj0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Listen here</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Allen Stone</b> teaches us to be present on "Where You're At," a soulful preview of <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">APART</i> (out Nov. 12). <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/9vej0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Listen here</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">SUSTO</b> get autobiographical on "Life Is Suffering," a laidback, breezy chapter off <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Time In the Sun</i> (out Oct. 29). <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/pofj0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Listen here</a></span></li></ul><div><ul style="background-color: #d6d6d6; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">On Saturday, we wrapped up our 21st annual </span><b>AMERICANAFEST</b><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> in Nashville, TN. We had over 400 performances in almost 40 Music City venues over four days and are so grateful for the support. Our friends at</span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit;"> Wide Open Country</i><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> shared this great round-up from the week </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/t7kj0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-weight: inherit;">.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Last night, our friends at the International Bluegrass Music Association held their 2021 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards and among the well-deserved winners are <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Appalachian Road Show, Dale Ann Bradley, Sierra Hull </b>and <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Billy Strings</b>. Congrats to all! <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/9zlj0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">See full list of winners here</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mary Gauthier </b>stopped by the podcast<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why We Write with Kim Ruehl</i> to talk<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b>about how songwriting can save lives, her new book <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saved by a Song</i> and much more. <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/psmj0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Listen here</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"I try to envision the character who would have said those lines then I work backward to the story." <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">James McMurtry</b> gave us insight into the making of his latest album, <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Horses and the Hounds</i>. <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/5knj0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Read more</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Vegabonds' Daniel Allen</b> discussed the band's new album, <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sinners and Saints</i>, flipping houses during the pandemic and the way playing songs live affects their recording on a project. <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/ldoj0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Read more</a></span></li></ul></div><p><i><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">AMERICANA ON YOUR SCREEN</span></b></i></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_e2ma-block-outer" id="x_block_lbjkhpxp" style="background-color: #d6d6d6; 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font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Prototype" (Live on The Late Late Show with James Corden)</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 5px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/l9gj0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="111" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20211001/c0/b1/73/2a/b1996d4343addf98e2d849b2_392x222.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; 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font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 13px 3px 3px; text-align: center;" width="196"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lilly Hiatt</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"Lately"</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_e2ma-block-outer" id="x_block_djgeohkm" style="background-color: #d6d6d6; 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padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Spotify</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #d6d6d6; color: #212121; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 498px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="145" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20211001/bc/99/d7/03/22d38e99c3b5364c36ac2e9f_290x290.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="145" /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 110.667px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-image-caption x_e2ma-content-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 13px 3px 3px; text-align: center;" width="145"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 15.6px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Glass Cabin</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Glass Cabin<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/lxvi0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: 149px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 148px;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/1pwi0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Spotify</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 5px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="145" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20211001/55/21/bf/55/841f75f41f41b81716b91a13_290x290.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="145" /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 112px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-image-caption x_e2ma-content-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 13px 3px 3px; text-align: center;" width="145"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 15.6px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miko Marks & the Resurrectors<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Race Records</span><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/hixi0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: 149px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 148px;" target="_blank"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></a><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/xayi0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/d3yi0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Spotify</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 5px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="145" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20211001/b0/0d/18/f7/10330c09258abf8f367e94dc_290x290.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="145" /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 112.667px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-image-caption x_e2ma-content-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 13px 3px 3px; text-align: center;" width="145"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 15.6px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Misty River</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Promises<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/tvzi0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/9n0i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Spotify</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="145" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20211001/80/77/1f/24/42262a14eff732722110e9d4_290x290.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="145" /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 112px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-image-caption x_e2ma-content-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 13px 3px 3px; text-align: center;" width="145"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 15.6px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jeremy Pinnell</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Goodbye L.A.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/pg1i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: 145px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 145px;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/581i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Spotify</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_e2ma-block-outer" id="x_block_nojglkhk" style="background-color: #d6d6d6; color: #212121; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-holder" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 498px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 498px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="145" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20211001/71/76/cf/e8/27d0eaec2efba3ff7bdd9ead_290x290.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="145" /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 110.667px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-image-caption x_e2ma-content-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 13px 3px 3px; text-align: center;" width="145"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 15.6px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Strand of Oaks</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In Heaven<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/l12i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: 145px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 145px;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/1t3i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Spotify</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 5px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="145" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20211001/41/4e/b2/63/38bb6d7ce11bd2839ba01fde_290x290.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="145" /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 112px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-image-caption x_e2ma-content-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 13px 3px 3px; text-align: center;" width="145"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 15.6px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jordan Tice<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yesteryears</span><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/hm4i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: 145px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 145px;" target="_blank"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></a><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/xe5i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/d75i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Spotify</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 5px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="145" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20211001/39/2e/54/23/e48b38458b406d6426968df3_290x290.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="145" /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 12px; width: 112.667px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_e2ma-image-caption x_e2ma-content-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 13px 3px 3px; text-align: center;" width="145"><div class="x_e2ma-p-div" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 15.6px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Various Artists</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live at the Apollo<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/tz6i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: 145px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 145px;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/9r7i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Spotify</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="x_e2ma-image-td" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" data-imagetype="External" height="145" src="https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20211001/41/37/da/26/3914582e9986624a52871e9e_290x290.jpg" style="border: 0px; 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line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dar Williams</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I'll Meet You Here<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/pk8i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: 145px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 145px;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/dblxci/5g41ye/5c9i0cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; 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<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">1) </span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;">"Samhain," the Celtic Halloween, returns </span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">...only TWO shows this year, both on Sunday, October 24 at 3 & 7 pm. </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">This always sells-out FOUR shows.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> So don't wait!</span></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d1z39p6l75vw79.cloudfront.net/u/62817/411c10743f8daf79668f417019e6efcf4253dd60/original/email-header-samhain-2021.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2NhbGUiLDM3XSxbImV4dHJhY3QiLHsibGVmdCI6OSwidG9wIjowLCJ3aWR0aCI6NjAwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjI2MX1dXQ%3D%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="600" height="206" src="https://d1z39p6l75vw79.cloudfront.net/u/62817/411c10743f8daf79668f417019e6efcf4253dd60/original/email-header-samhain-2021.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2NhbGUiLDM3XSxbImV4dHJhY3QiLHsibGVmdCI6OSwidG9wIjowLCJ3aWR0aCI6NjAwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjI2MX1dXQ%3D%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg" width="473" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Samhain" will go live at the Hudson Theatre as planned. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Aedan MacDonnell, Creator and Producer of the annual Southern California event, tells The Guide, "I've been checking with other indoor performance venues so see how they're keeping their patrons and cast safe. They are all requiring everyone to wear a mask at all times, as well as showing proof of vaccination."</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She continues, "At this time it doesn't look like the covid numbers will be getting better by fall. So, we will be doing the same and requiring masks AND proof of vaccination for everyone attending the show. For more covid safety details please see our web page </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://u648841.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=VUJ-2BOdqmAWi5-2FYg61soyNTgaY81TYYW96D3A8xwqOiJizT-2BCUE9vrH12k79rt7PuOvQBfhYG7d4HCqHNn5NuBGkOQXOoQu30IwGZuRCGUMX4FlkHh1VtlFFmAX4pSO3k48zDWJExOFFiszIwRQGzc2cW5NBMr-2FQZIigTG5ZJv6rUlFfC-2F-2FfqnxorQ-2FsYYjCEBoT2_66xW73TDgMCVXK3KfF-2BmMO-2BlXDOjLL2PpIL88BonGqt7-2BxVOZPLwW0YmLjtLoSLp9tdpgaUNOm2rxY7m5i4ZT3K-2Fyy6yWAr47N72u3aXgmUr79w446K4FYgGGYvdjSb4pbnGfyKfXIgXfK4s96Y-2BD0SE-2BTlUtXIliEHizUWgmWCxjD8FrQB1FEDFUyqYjf12dMoO83B-2B7LVcPWu0fYpj4qQ-2FYxnV7H3VyAuaRe3XEqWC4AnJaN2IHETNDlt-2BruJrCXD3QDFgjhUdbIRYDUrjJJNvzM-2Frzf6uCM71M7HcBRGqspaIv2l2lPmUda7JnLpG-2BDbULg-2F-2Br-2Fn57c4k5oBzCQ-3D-3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ed380f; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://celtic-rhythms.com/<wbr style="box-sizing: border-box;"></wbr>covid-safety-update</a>"</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"We will be live streaming the 7 pm show. If you will not be vaccinated by show time, don't want to wear a mask, or just don't want to risk sitting in a theatre with other people, you can still see the live show in the comfort of your living room.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"How do you purchase tickets for the live stream? Easy! Just purchase a ticket using the <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://u648841.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=VUJ-2BOdqmAWi5-2FYg61soyNTgaY81TYYW96D3A8xwqOiJizT-2BCUE9vrH12k79rt7PuOvQBfhYG7d4HCqHNn5NuBGkOQXOoQu30IwGZuRCGUMX4FlkHh1VtlFFmAX4pSO3khiwmpKPOjPW5E8WP6Vy8xmOJdsoW8PC2Ek-2BrlqmGtSU-3DaS96_66xW73TDgMCVXK3KfF-2BmMO-2BlXDOjLL2PpIL88BonGqt7-2BxVOZPLwW0YmLjtLoSLp9tdpgaUNOm2rxY7m5i4ZT3K-2Fyy6yWAr47N72u3aXgmUr79w446K4FYgGGYvdjSb4pbnGfyKfXIgXfK4s96Y-2BD0SE-2BTlUtXIliEHizUWgmWCxjD8FrQB1FEDFUyqYjf12dMoO83B-2B7LVcPWu0fYpj4jtcN8QTJOi1v89OxjOSlPO0MtREWPQTTVxNnyhK58jTMq4oKPJE8kNtJWY2xGOvjdd0FYkhSPsaidK0uZxCpJlY98-2F2Snll3MLdYjq7XSDsyWFa88tO0oYE87TpIKYxNg-3D-3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ed380f; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Live STREAM button</a>. When show time draws near, we'll send you a FaceBook link to watch the show - live. Don't have a FaceBook page? We'll post the video privately on YouTube the next day and send you the link.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"We look forward to seeing you this year! We have some new talent and new surprises we think you'll enjoy!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Slainte!"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />___</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">2)</span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">New Blues Festival VIII, Shoreline Aquatic Park, Nov 13th</span></i></b><br /></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_r3-c" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Saturday's Women's March, addendum<br>
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Sign the petition to corporate America: STOP funding the legislators in TX who created bounty hunters cashing-in<br>
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Texas legislature Republicans didn’t act alone when forcing-through a near-total ban on abortion.<br>
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They had the financial backing of corporations who, since last year, contributed nearly $6 million to the legislators who sponsored this draconian bill.<br>
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These corporations should be held accountable, and everyone should know who they are.<br>
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These same corporations publicly claim to be allies of those fighting for women’s rights, but their political spending tells another story entirely.<br>
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Corporations have become more and more outspoken, putting rainbows on their marketing for Pride Month and supporting Black Lives Matter. Yet many are staying silent on abortion.<br>
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Staying silent is bad enough, and actively financing bounty hunters in the near-total abortion ban in Texas is despicable.<br>
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At The Guide, we believe in taking action to hold corporations accountable for how they manipulate politics and abrogate Constitutional rights.<br>
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Sign the petition: Corporations must stop funding the lawmakers behind the Texas abortion ban.<br>
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That gives you direct access to click your way to all re9cent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything last year, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; 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font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; 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That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a virtual version of hittin' </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a concert tour.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span></div></div></div><p>Xxx</p>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-31413026303395275562021-09-22T23:31:00.024-07:002021-10-12T05:40:09.911-07:00Splendid Saturday Festival, safe shows / concerts / re-openings prevail, plus news 'n more. 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An extensive special section at the end of this edition pays tribute to the late Mark Humphreys. When published, a memorial service / gathering had not yet been scheduled. Here is that information:<br>
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"Mark Humphreys Celebration of Life" is Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 1 PM<br>
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It is followed by a reception for his friends. <br>
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Location:<br>
Eternal Valley Memorial Park<br>
23287 Sierra Hwy, Newhall, CA 91321<br>
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Here is this edition as originally published.<br>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">MANY LATE ADDITIONS ADDED SEP 23rd-! MORE THAN 3x <strike>DOUBLE</strike> THE SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION! Enjoy.</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><b>☆</b> Ready for music's poet laureate to help make sense of these crazy times? <b>DYLANFEST</b> is Saturday! (<i>The 31st annual!</i>) </span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b>☆</b> Favorite Southern Cal venue reopens Thursday: Welcome back to the <b>Coffee Gallery Backstage</b>!</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><b>☆</b> Details within -- of these, and much more.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/69a2228e-a275-4cfa-9486-301defcc00c0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="617" height="640" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/deddc3e8001/69a2228e-a275-4cfa-9486-301defcc00c0.png" width="494" /></a></div><span face="sans-serif"><p><span face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">=+=÷=+=÷=</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>THOUGHT FOR TODAY</b><br />
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"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race."</i><br />
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~ H.G. Wells, writer (born September 21, 1866, died in 1946)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">=+=÷=+=÷=</span></p><p><span><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mark Humphreys: in memoriam</span></i></b><br />
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M</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ark Humphreys was a singularity -- a talented singer-songwriter who gave-up extensive touring to found an indie record label -- <b>Trough Records</b> -- to benefit struggling singer-songwriters. </span><br />
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Sure, leaving the road meant he could finally use his education and myriad other skills and talents to gain an executive suite office (not in show biz) and the hefty compensation that came with it. It meant moving out of his little L.A. apartment and getting married, living in a big house with <b>Melissa</b>, the love of his life. </span><br />
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But he always made time -- priority time -- to craft, cajole, encourage, motivate, and provide a needed kick-in-the-ass to the artists on the <b>Trough Records</b> label. And there were the delightful parties at his enormous house to celebrate new releases, or just to delight in wonderful songs.</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The world lost him last week. We learned of Mark's sudden passing in a message from singer-songwriter / actor <b>Phil Ward</b> -- a Trough Records artist -- who is doing summerstock theatre in Michigan. Quickly, a trail of messages literally went around the globe, seeking details of what happened and of pending memorial and funeral arrangements.</span><br />
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Mark was lost to an apparent heart attack. It was not covid. But covid has and is delaying everything related to all memorial gatherings and funerals. We will report arrangements when we learn of them. </span><br />
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Mark's widow is, of course, processing the shock.</span><br />
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Singer-songwriter <b>Robert Morgan Fisher</b> shared some of the comments that have appeared on social media, and he made certain we received the excellent tribute piece by <b>Paul Zollo</b> that appears on the "American Songwriter" magazine site.</span><br />
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Those very personal remembrances (including ours) and Paul Zollo's published tribute appear in our <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">special section at the end of this edition, just AFTER the closing boilerplate.</span></b></span><br />
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We have lost so many in this past year. So many whose like we shall never see again: <b>Nanci Griffith. John Prine. Charlie Daniels.</b> And now <b>Mark Humphreys. </b></span><br />
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They leave us thoughts, melodies and memories that play in our heads and remind us of sun-drenched days, nights beneath stage lights, gentle breezes felt as crowds hushed in excited anticipation at festivals -- and the exuberant magic of the first note as they began to play. Indeed, artists do leave us the legacy of their art. For those who truly knew them, their personalities, their challenges, their humanity, it's not enough. But we do have their images in our own book of life. And even a single mental photograph, whether sharp or blurry, is a shared bit of their soul.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">=+=÷=+=÷=</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><i><b>This land is your land...</b></i></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">TODAY is</span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;"> "National Public Lands Day"</span></b> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">I</span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">nterior Secretary </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Deb Haaland</b><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">,</span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"> whose responsibility includes the National Parks, National Monuments, and Bureau of Land Management, is struggling against corporatist exploiters in Congress and the world of banksters. Just getting enough funding for rangers is a fight. <i>But -- h</i></span></span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;">ere's what Sec. Haaland said to mark this annual day:</em></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://nvlupin.blob.core.windows.net/images/van/EA/EA015/1/90968/images/DCA_Callout_Haaland-Nat-Park_20210922.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="800" height="150" src="https://nvlupin.blob.core.windows.net/images/van/EA/EA015/1/90968/images/DCA_Callout_Haaland-Nat-Park_20210922.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">She is fighting tooth and nail to undo the damage of the previous administration, and SAVE our public lands from the exploiters. <i>They</i> rolled back scores of environmental protections, allowing their big oil and gas donors to conduct dangerous drilling and mining projects at the expense of <i>our</i> public lands. And they left in place a system that allowed corporate America and the rich to profit off <i>our</i> public lands. </span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
Sec. Haaland is taking a far different approach: her plan would save over a third of public lands and waters in the United States, away from the hands of destructive developers. Keep it on your radar.</span><div><br /></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">=+=÷=+=÷=</span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Festivals, concerts, venues, and Covid</span></b></i><br /></span><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b>Where things stand, late September</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">F</span><span style="font-size: medium;">rom the giant summer festivals in Chicago and New York (we reported on 'em) to this coming Saturday's splendid little festival in L.A.'s South Bay, the paradigm remains COVID SAFETY. And it manifests across genres.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Artists and music fans alike demand it, given the presence among us of intransigent unvaxed Spreadnecks, Maskholes, and Branch Covidians.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Same concerns hold for venue re-openings and concerts indoors and out, as we examine herein. </span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The facts are too stark for any music presenters to do otherwise:</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">■ <i>in states where ridiculing Covid safety is a sociopolitical litmus test of bubba-ism, there are no ICU beds available for heart attack, stroke, or accident victims; hospitals are filled with unvaxed Covid patients.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b>♤</b> <i>to wit: Alabama's death rate from Covid is so high, that state's deaths now exceed their births. That's either for the first-time ever, or a first since the Civil War, depending on your source.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">■ <i>more Americans have died in 20 months of Covid (680,000) than died during the two-and-a-half years of the 1918 Influenza (so-called "Spanish Flu") pandemic.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">■ <i>one of every 500 Americans who were alive in January 2020 are now dead of Covid.</i></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">■ </span><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">Covid</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;"> has, just to date, killed more Americans than any previous outbreak of any communicable disease in the nation's history. pandemic.</i></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">■ </span><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">America, with 4% of the world's human population, has more people dead of Covid than any other nation.</i></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">■ <i>somehow, the SEVENTEEN different innoculations and vaccines long mandated for all U.S. military personnel are not a problem for right-wingers flying "Support Our Troops!" banners. But that eighteenth? For Covid? That saps our precious bodily fluids, as the line of dialogue in the parody motion picture "Dr. Strangelove" proclaimed. Oh, it's freshly relevant, since Fox News demagogue Tucker Carlson seriously said it.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">(Video -- </span><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/tucker-carlson-bonkers-covid-vaccine-042803732.html" target="_blank">Tucker Carlson's new Covid vax conspiracy, AND quick history of Fox News antivax "reporting."</a>)</p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">W</span><span style="font-size: medium;">e could go on. Vaccines WORK. They are proven and approved. For those too young to be vaccinated? Masks WORK. Distancing WORKS.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>But let's face it: those who accept science see getting vaccinated as an IQ test. Those who ridicule science, or endlessly shift from espousing one outlandish argument after another, see it as a "Q" test</u>.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Thus, the virus continues to mutate and produce variants, simply because some among us insist on behavior that will not end its transmission.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And predictably some fairs and festivals continue to make late decisions to hold virtual versions for a second year. Happily, others have adopted the safe, shared path forward.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>☆ Bottom line: concerts, festivals, theatre, and a cornucopia of delights are available for all who bring proof of vaccination. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>☆ And the corollary: as one musician observed this summer, "There is no Constitutional guarantee against being lonely. Those who aren't willing to be safe for the rest of us? <span face="sans-serif">They should not expect to go to concerts.</span> They should expect to stay home and be lonely."</i></b></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Named as The Guide's "Best Tribute Festival" for over a decade...</i></b></span></p><p><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">"Dylanfest" returns Saturday, live and in person</span></b> </p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-size: medium;">he pandemic may have forced the big 30th anniversary extravaganza to be greatly scaled-back LAST YEAR, being held as an online event (but hey, it stretched over three days and featured sweet performances and plenty of production value). </span><br />
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Like a rolling stone and fresh off the road from their multi-state tour, <b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>this year brings its live return</u></span></i></b> with the ever-able, ever-artistic direction of its house band, </span><b style="font-size: large;">Hard Rain</b><span style="font-size: medium;">, and their superb co-leaders </span><b style="font-size: large;">Andy & Renee</b><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span><br />
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In addition are the dozens of guest musicians of assorted but unquestionable pedigree, and collaborations, interpretations, and renditions of songs both iconic and obscure. </span><b style="font-size: large;">It's all-Bob Dylan, all day, no repeats, and all of superb and splendid quality. </b><br />
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What makes it possible is an uncompromising commitment to Covid safety. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d1z39p6l75vw79.cloudfront.net/u/343704/d46ff19d999faf7f8e9afd5285b70405e890990a/photo/img-6945.jpg/!!/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJjb250ZW50LnNpdGV6b29nbGUuY29tIn0%3D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="731" height="640" src="https://d1z39p6l75vw79.cloudfront.net/u/343704/d46ff19d999faf7f8e9afd5285b70405e890990a/photo/img-6945.jpg/!!/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJjb250ZW50LnNpdGV6b29nbGUuY29tIn0%3D.jpg" width="585" /></a></div><i>On stage at a past Dylanfest. The energy, musicality, and sheer joy never falter.</i><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
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In their own words, here are the details, and the link for advance discount tix.</b></span><p></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's almost here....</span><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f5ef55; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dylanfest 31, Saturday, Sept. 25th</span><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center!</span><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001xo_IW6WaElm4q4ycc2tuDGDkmQdhpb_OCw7TnZmTzZNV3rN63VNFrlg-tiUk04HsMCByavcmS4miyWZt3Ir3qCAVEJsTBXroYxAgZ5bvUQdQPV2WC3bIDeaQbF8206rGN5XXMgvBhZVGQTOsSKoFABHVP6vrCbZk&c=J18epObGYg2uBQbcI537ADzFapmsoPWstTZoJacIKrQieSUyvP-EyQ==&ch=U3iGlscBz8FrNk803iFb9OLnNk-ftBtE88Da6l8dcZxrijfCcC0ClA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">SAVE $5 OFF THE TICKET PRICE BY BUYING YOUR TIX ONLINE!</a></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rehearsals have been going great, and we are excited to play all this amazing music for you. Saturday will be a beautiful day to enjoy community and friends in a safe outdoor environment!</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Because we want everyone to be as safe as possible, we have required all attendees to show Photo ID, and proof of being fully vaccinated or having a negative COVID test within 72 hours. Go to </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001xo_IW6WaElm4q4ycc2tuDGDkmQdhpb_OCw7TnZmTzZNV3rN63VNFrlg-tiUk04HsMCByavcmS4miyWZt3Ir3qCAVEJsTBXroYxAgZ5bvUQdQPV2WC3bIDeaQbF8206rGN5XXMgvBhZVGQTOsSKoFABHVP6vrCbZk&c=J18epObGYg2uBQbcI537ADzFapmsoPWstTZoJacIKrQieSUyvP-EyQ==&ch=U3iGlscBz8FrNk803iFb9OLnNk-ftBtE88Da6l8dcZxrijfCcC0ClA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f5ef55; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.andyandrenee.com/dylanfes</a><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">t to get tickets and more info on the festival, including COVID protocols and where to get tested.</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; 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color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f5ef55; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DYLANFEST 31</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday, Sept. 25th 12-8pm</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Torino Plaza, Torrance Cultural Arts Center, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA 90503</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 29px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All Dylan, All Day!</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 29px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Over 50 musicians!</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; 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border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tickets $30 in Advance, $35 at the door.</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">VIP-$100- VIP tickets include: Entry fee ($30), Dylanfest T- Shirt ($20), NEW Andy & Renee & Hard Rain CD ($15), Dylanfest Mug ($10), NEW Dylanfest Item ($10), Invite to Post-Dylanfest VIP meal ($30, subject to your availability), VIP Lanyard, your name on our "VIP Thank You" Board, PLUS your name goes in a drawing where the winner gets to count off "Like A Rolling Stone" 1-2-3-4!)</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We are looking forward to a great event. Please spread the word, invite some friends, and help us make this year’s festival the biggest and best yet! The Dylanfest is an 8-hour celebration of the music of Bob Dylan. We started it in 1991 and have been holding the event ever since. The show started with our band and a few friends doing 4 sets of Bob Dylan songs, and it has grown to a 8-hour event with over 40 musicians performing over 60 Dylan songs. Our band, Hard Rain, is the "house band", and we are joined by solo artists, full bands and instrumentalists throughout the course of the day. The show is at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center in the Torino Plaza. Bring a jacket for later...In case of rain, the event will go on, and we will move inside. </span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: black; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; 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A top favorite Southern Cal venue reopens Thursday</span></i></b><br />
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Welcome back to the Coffee Gallery Backstage!</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Repeatedly named "L.A.'s best intimate acoustic music venue," the Coffee Gallery Backstage re-opens at last, this Thursday night, September 23. (No show Friday, September 24.)</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
Then, the weekend. Saturday is already sold-out.<br />
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Venue impresario <b>Bob Stane</b> says, "IT'S THE FIRST SHOW SINCE COVID BEGAN. WE ARE BACK! WELCOME BACK SURVIVORS! We hope to see you this weekend. A couple of shows for October are being announced, too, with more to come. It will be much fun to sing and dance with you again. Call for reservations and thank you for keeping the music alive."<br />
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He adds, "For the next couple of weeks there will be no baristas for the evening shows. Labor shortages as you may have heard. You may bring non-alcoholic beverages and snacks for the evening shows. It’s an opening fortnight of picnics."<br />
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Then we get to the serious stuff:<br />
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"You must have your vaccinations and card. Bring masks."</b></i><br />
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In </span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Bob's</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> all caps, and in his original fire-engine red...<br />
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"BOB STANE SAYS: YOU MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED AND HAVE THE CARD OF PROOF. MASKS, TOO. YES, MASKS. LET US LIVE LONG AND PROSPER. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR PRE-EXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL BELIEFS. PLAY THE GAME OR STAY HOME.. NO VACCINATION CARD OR NO MASKS…NO ADMISSION. WE ARE MEAN ABOUT THIS."</span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/2729/6936/original/241973895_574502083589801_2090731943491354586_n.png?1632088292" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/2729/6936/original/241973895_574502083589801_2090731943491354586_n.png?1632088292" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23rd @7 PM, $20</b><br />
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Here's their own inimitable promo:<br />
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COME ONE AND ALL TO THE GRAND RE-OPENING OF THE COFFEE GALLERY BACKSTAGE AND TO THE FIRST ROADHOUSE SHOW IN OVER A YEAR.<br />
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Yes. It’s true. Bob Stane has been busily working on improving the sound and lights of the legendary venue into a grand new place of music and celebration.<br />
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We are honored to bring you the premiere of the new Coffee Gallery Backstage with "The Roadhouse Series: The American Troubadour: Celebrating the Singer-Songwriter Movement of the 1970s."<br />
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In 1970 singer-songwriter <b>James Taylor</b> released his classic album "Sweet Baby James." The following year would see <b>Carole King</b> leave the Brill Building’s famous writer’s stables to release her bestseller, "Tapestry." These two albums would signal a near deluge of talented singer-songwriters across genres, signed to major record labels. It was one of those credibility threats in music that today seems like a dream. Artists and songwriters like <b>Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, Seals & Crofts, Hoyt Axton, Laura Nyro, Neil Sedaka, Joni Mitchell, John Stewart, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, John Prine, Steve Goodman, and Janis Ian</b> found a receptive public and a new fan base.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It spilled over into other genres when <b>Stevie Wonder</b> began writing an album about his Innervisions and the Music of his Mind. At the same time, <b>Marvin Gaye</b> was breaking new songwriting ground in soul music with his innovative album, "What’s Going On."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The movement even found its way into Nashville with the success of upcoming original songwriting artists like <b>Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, and Billy Joe Shaver</b>.<br />
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So, as our Roadhouse tradition requires, a gathering of the best singer-songwriters in the L.A. area will gather to pay homage to some of the influential artists of a half a century ago. Come and help us break in the newly re-made Coffee Gallery Backstage with this one-of-a-kind celebration of great American music.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">=<br /><b>
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 SHOW @ 7 PM, TICKETS $20.<br />
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THE BEATUNES…. SOLD OUT!</b><br />
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Sunday, September 26.<br />
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One show only…7 PM, Tickets $25, cash or check.</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/2729/7081/original/profile.jpg?1632088737" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="180" height="640" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/2729/7081/original/profile.jpg?1632088737" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">V</span><span style="font-size: medium;">oted "Male Performer of The Year" by The Western Music Association, winner of "The Will Rogers Award" for "Male Vocalist of The Year" from The Academy of Western Artists, and a <i>five-time</i> nominee for "Songwriter of The Year" before he won it, Dave Stamey is one of the most popular Western Entertainers working today.</span></p>
<span style="font-size: medium;">His vast repertoire of classic and original Western folk music represents a link between today’s Americana singer-songwriters and the old-time cowboy balladeers. He has delighted audiences in seven states and found that he "prefers this type of work to being stomped by angry horses."<br />
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“His Music is gorgeous, often funny, and his performance is flawless”<br />
-- Bonsall Village News.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cowboys and Indians Magazine has called him “the Charlie Russell of Western Music.” Western Horseman Magazine has declared his “Vaquero Song” to be one of the greatest Western songs of all time. True West Magazine named him "Best Living Western Solo Musician" four years in a row.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dave Stamey</strong> has been a cowboy, a mule packer, a dude wrangler, and is now one of the most popular Western entertainers working today. He has been voted seven times Entertainer of the Year, seven times Male Performer of the Year and Five times Songwriter of the Year by the Western Music Association, and received the Will Rogers Award from the Academy of Western Artists. He’s delighted audiences in twenty-three states.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In November of 2016 Dave was inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Must be fully vaccinated and have the card to prove it. NO EXCEPTIONS. Masks too.</span></em></span></p></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Bob Stane, The Coffee Gallery Backstage says: </span><b style="font-size: large;">He always fills the room to capacity. Call in reservations now</b><span style="font-size: large;">: 626-798-6236, after 10 AM.</span></div><div><p>=</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Friday, October 1. Show @ 8 PM, Tickets $20</span></strong></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">THE SALTY SUITES</strong> played their very first show together in a high security prison for the criminally insane. That's no joke, and it was a very fitting beginning for this plucky bunch of misfits. Their brand of original Americana encompasses a wide spectrum of musical styles from bluegrass to blues from classic country swing to heady jam rock (as rocking as you can get with mandolin, stand up bass and acoustic guitar). The three lead singers' voices could not be more different from one another and yet, when they come together in three part harmony the powerful sound delivers a heavy dose of musical charm.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Salty Suites</strong> are <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Scott Gates</strong> on mandolin and vocals, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chuck Hailes</strong>, stand up bass and vocals, and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chelsea Williams</strong>, vocals and acoustic guitar.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Scott Gates</strong> plays the mandolin with a healthy mix of finesse and mayhem. His ear bending tones can go from sounding like classic mandolin to electric guitar and in between. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chuck Hailes</strong>, who started playing jazz and classical bass, has evolved into the musical mischief maker. His playing ranges from dulcet bowing tones to off kilter funky grooves. He might break your heart with his poignant original songs. Singer <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chelsea Williams</strong> has a voice that is one part honey and two parts whiskey. Her sweet sound can turn to gravel in an instant and her bittersweet songs test listeners into believing they might enjoy a little heartache. This is a top notch show and popular for years at The Coffee Gallery Backstage. Much fun.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vaccinations required with a card certifying. Masks, Too. No exceptions. No protection, no entrance.</span></span></p><p>=</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">THE ALLEY CATS</span></strong></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Saturday, October 2. Show @ 7 PM, Tickets $20</span></strong></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">…..One of the greats. Many times at The Coffee Gallery Backstage</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">THE ALLEY CATS</strong> are a perfect blend of musical talent and comic timing. Their interaction with audiences combined with their spontaneous humor makes each show refreshing and exciting. The Cats never miss a beat as they bring their own contemporary style to the great songs of the 50s and 60s. Together, their freshness and talent make them truly the Cat's meow!</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Formed while studying music at Fullerton College, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">THE ALLEY CATS</strong> began their musical journey in 1987as a featured act in Disneyland's "Blast to the Past", a salute to the 1950s. Their long-standing relationship with Disney also took them to New York City, where they were featured during the world premiere of Disney's animated film, Hercules. Their accomplishments also include numerous TV shows, radio jingles, and thousands of live stage performances.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">THE ALLEY CATS</strong> have performed across the country at corporate events, headliners for 6 cruise lines, major festivals and performing arts centers… Performing at festivals throughout the U.S., they have shared the stage with such notable artists as Chubby Checker, The Beach Boys, and comedian Jay Leno.</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://sable.secureserver.net/c/219520?id=596520.5185.1.f70b7748a9cad5f86ffe4d0970ad2f49" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c3f69; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.TheAlleyCats.com</span></a></p><p>=</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Bob Stane, a longtime show-biz pro, formulated his Covid safety policy in conjunction with another legendary venue, The Troubadour. You will find the same policy in place there.<br />
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Bob reiterates at every opportunity:</span></p><hr style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All patrons/customers and acts to have a vaccination card. All shots. Wear masks. No exceptions.</span></strong></p><hr style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><p align="left" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3a352a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">If any cast member, or patron, does not have a vaccination, and card to prove it, too bad. They stay home.</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cards on phones are fine. I will not gamble with the health or lives of my entertainers or audience.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">To see the venue's latest bookings, click:<br />
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https://www.coffeegallery.com/Coffee-Gallery-Backstage-Music-Venue-Performance-Calendar.html</a></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/2cc794c54dcf6389c4698b56e/images/d5e6a6a5-b7ee-b827-5301-49785f716e1e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/2cc794c54dcf6389c4698b56e/images/d5e6a6a5-b7ee-b827-5301-49785f716e1e.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b>Perla Batalla</b> in Concert<br /><b>
Friday, September 24, at 8 pm</b></span><br /><br />
<p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">at the wonderful <br />
Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, <br />
10361 West Pico Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90064<br />
Telephone 310-286-0553<br />
Website: <span face="sans-serif"><a href="http://lyceela.org">lyceela.org</a></span><br />
<br /></span><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">"Inspired" and "musically adventurous" says the L.A. Times, and we concur.</span></i></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />
Enjoy one of L.A.'s most talented artists LIVE on stage for one night only. Mingle with your group over a pre-show glass of wine and a cheese plate, while savoring how wonderful it feels to be back to live performance.<br />
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With a reduced capacity to help with social distancing, tickets are selling out very quickly. Click on the link below to select your seats. You can also call or email the Box Office at 310-286-0553 / trk@lyceela.org to assist with your distanced seat selections.<br />
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$45 Premium (premium seating + glass of wine + cheese plate)<br />
$35 Adult Regular Admission (no food or drink)<br />
$25 Students & Seniors (no food or drink)<br />
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The theatre says:<br />
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"<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">BUY TICKETS WITH CONFIDENCE<br />
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"<u>We will temporarily operate all of our events with proof of vaccination required for entry</u>. </span></b> All tickets for the fall are refundable up until showtime. We may limit capacity to ensure distancing in the theater. Please call or email the Box Office with questions."</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><i>COMING UP </i></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><i>at Theatre Raymond Kabbaz...</i></span></p><p><b>ANIMATION FEST October 28, 8 pm</b><br />
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A selection of the best of short animation from France. Presented annually on International Animation Day, a global event that celebrates the art of animation, TRK showcases a diversity of expression that demonstrates technical virtuosity and deft storytelling.</p><p>_</p><p><b>CITY OF IMMORTALS: November 6, 3 pm-10 pm</b><br />
<br />This <b>new festival</b> recalls the great artists buried in Paris’ Père-Lachaise cemetery. Through photos, literature, music, dance, film, art, books, and food, the eclectic festival remembers <b>Chopin, Piaf, Grappelli, Colette, Jim Morrison</b>, and more who found fame through their artistic achievements, and whose art lives on today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/2cc794c54dcf6389c4698b56e/images/345acb0e-0220-0d8b-8588-dc8ae1fe4e92.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/2cc794c54dcf6389c4698b56e/images/345acb0e-0220-0d8b-8588-dc8ae1fe4e92.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>_<br /><p><b>CARLO PONTI CONDUCTS: Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra<br />
November 13, 8 pm</b><br />
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It's <b>Ponti</b> in this first in-person concert since May 2019i, as LAV presents young piano virtuoso <b>Lilian Guo</b> in her orchestral debut, performing Mozart’s beloved Concert Rondo in D Major. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/2cc794c54dcf6389c4698b56e/images/f0dd7849-215f-6fa0-5331-5c58919594f5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/2cc794c54dcf6389c4698b56e/images/f0dd7849-215f-6fa0-5331-5c58919594f5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">10 vaxed seats remain for Saturday house concert ... also live stream link</span></b><br />
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D</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">ave</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Morrison</span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">, the fine acoustic singer-songwriter who is headlining, tells us, "We're still trying to do our bit to revive the culture. Greg and Paula and myself rehearsed last night, and the sound is really coming together."</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="image/png" aria-label="One" data-custom="AQMkADAwATY0MDABLTk5ADI5LWIyZGItMDACLTAwCgBGAAADIxDa4MbNJUeKx4GBAH9DrHAHAArDran8ZiVCvrGvJ2tNgu4AAAIBCQAAAMhID9d8CklArKoNxB6sHLcAA%2F8fWJkAAAABEgAQAERgK8X6%2FK5HsDXz2PqVf2E%3D" data-imagetype="AttachmentByCid" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" naturalheight="0" naturalwidth="0" originalsrc="cid:1b6b79ff-ed91-4109-9e52-9a5ca3785ec2" size="1990961" src="https://attachment.outlook.live.net/owa/tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com/service.svc/s/GetAttachmentThumbnail?id=AQMkADAwATY0MDABLTk5ADI5LWIyZGItMDACLTAwCgBGAAADIxDa4MbNJUeKx4GBAH9DrHAHAArDran8ZiVCvrGvJ2tNgu4AAAIBCQAAAMhID9d8CklArKoNxB6sHLcAA%2F8fWJkAAAABEgAQAERgK8X6%2FK5HsDXz2PqVf2E%3D&thumbnailType=2&owa=outlook.live.com&isc=1&X-OWA-CANARY=xHPybL_njkarvsSOI-rLvOD1WwSef9kY3DnGPE1juBuNY8xC3LBcWZju4L94HBA04XOYKtpOEGk.&token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjMwODE3OUNFNUY0QjUyRTc4QjJEQjg5NjZCQUY0RUNDMzcyN0FFRUUiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJ4NXQiOiJNSUY1emw5TFV1ZUxMYmlXYTY5T3pEY25ydTQifQ.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.Wq4XboRTF3QF9yTbLtLNO3dGw-j7LywlKuCqkZNRlGnZQZRnbtyAiI3AqqooJ4Dqxnivcq9sogGPDsb5UEBo50TZ0NBKsGhSoI8y0yBdiJmKhdCrZcvDps6LCnfYHj5Ebw3XBXb0kbR3jXKg8tEg_7kAYJGQnasr21nnELJ_RuV3LJ4etOiYSy95LviEtdOLPdfA4VVPoYQJz2AR_uIkKsI2JsFEKxI-O9Baw3gcVJXmK1GDmmkix9BdbhoSurV0I3GMKSbEeduWl29UpNGUoF47NKQvlGjG3uY_MdS8ityNX155UhAuz8HS6Ms6A3_qqBMLzna-RDra3Kcy5Gb_gg&animation=true" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-</div></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-</div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The venue for Saturday evening is a gracious home in lovely Rancho Palos Verdes. Should be nice and cool (bring a sweater). Gather at 5:30 pm for the hearty meal served before the music starts. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Kevin Fisher</b> will play a few of his original songs to open, and several of (band member) Paula's songs will be featured as well. <br />
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Good fun, very limited seating *vaccinated only* and just ten seats still available at press time. A $20 donation is requested. <br />
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Email Alexia for reservations and to get the address: <a href="mailto:alexia@alexiasalvatierra.com">alexia@alexiasalvatierra.com</a><br />
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"If you can't come out but would like to join the fun anyway, tune into the live-stream," says Dave. The link is below. He adds, "If for any reason, the stream is slow in starting, hang in there, and watch the comments for an alternate link. Sometimes these things happen."<br />
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Stream Link: <a href="https://youtu.be/nN-lfowwQ6w">https://youtu.be/nN-lfowwQ6w</a><br />
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More at:<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.davemorrisonmusic.com">
www.davemorrisonmusic.com</a></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc0000; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Americana music's biggest night:</span></b></span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc0000; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 20th Annual "Americana Honors & Awards"</span></b></span></i></span></p><p><span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times;">W</span><span style="font-family: arial;">hile not yet on broadcast TV, a</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> live video stream of the </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit;"><b>Americana Awards</b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> show will be webcast tonight starting at 4:30 pm Pacific via </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the Americana Music Association's</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/p869ai/5g41ye/he2vycb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Facebook page</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">, Circle TV’s </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/p869ai/5g41ye/x62vycb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">, </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/p869ai/5g41ye/dz3vycb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Twitter</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> and </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/p869ai/5g41ye/tr4vycb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">YouTube</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> channels, as well as </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/p869ai/5g41ye/9j5vycb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">NPRMusic.org</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A live audio simulcast of the show will be available via SiriusXM’s "Outlaw Country," and on Nashville area terrestrial radio stations: WRLT (100.1 FM), WSM (650 AM) and WMOT (89.5 FM).<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Additionally, PBS is set to broadcast </span><span class="x_e2ma-style" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">ACL Presents: The 20th Annual Americana Honors</i><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span></b><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> a special episode of </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Austin City Limits</b></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> featuring performance highlights, in February 2022.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">GARRISON KEILLOR -- </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION ARCHIVE</span></b><br />
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J</span><span style="font-size: medium;">oin the community of listeners on GK's Facebook page at 2 pm Pacific on Saturdays to relive a classic (or least notable) show from the road or the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Last week's featured guests were <b>Väsen, Chic Gamine, and Chris Thile</b>, long before the latter took over the show, it got renamed, then faded into radio archives.</span><br />
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If, like us here at The Guide, you refuse to be on Facebook because you don't want its insidious spyware, you can still hear the show. In fact, if you just can’t wait, here is the LINK to last week's show, and it's up now.</span><br />
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https://www.prairiehome.org/shows/44103.html</a></span></p><p>=</p><h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">This week on A Prairie Home Companion</strong></span></h4><p><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">G</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">arrison Keillor writes, "It’s fall and the leaves are changing and we are ready for some colorful music. This week on a classic <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Prairie Home Companion</em> show from downtown Saint Paul, we have mandolinist-singer-songwriter </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=8e5f89377b&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sierra Hull</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">up from Nashville for a fresh take on bluegrass. And</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=6aec64801d&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Heather Masse</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is in from New York to sing a few duets with the host; the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, for a little theater of the mind; and pianist and music director</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=dcc740e241&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Rich Dworsky</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and the Exchange Street Band (Jonathan Dresel on drums, bassist Larry Kohut, Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, and guitarist Chris Siebold) with tunes for a crisp fall evening. Plus: an update on all the latest happenings in Lake Wobegon … honey, could you ask for more? <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />"Highlights: Sierra Hull plays “Queen of Hearts’ and “After You’ve Gone” and Heather Masse sings “High-Heeled Woman” and “September Song.” Plus Heather joins Garrison on “Columbia, Gem of the Ocean” and “When You’re Gone, Long Gone.” The host talks with Minnesota farmers Justin and Janeen Wolfstellar; Guy Noir heads to Earl’s Barber Shop for a trim; plus a message from several of our sponsors, including the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce. And in Lake Wobegon, town constables Gary and Leroy pacify Mr. Hoppe with a few jokes. All in all, it’s a pretty good show, and we hope you join us for a listen. The link is posted on Saturdays at 5 p.m. CT each week on our Facebook page."</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">☆ Listen to the Show <a href="https://www.prairiehome.org/shows/50524.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">More about this week’s featured guests</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=5adff2219a&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sierra Hull</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">was eight, her grandmother gave her a wonderful gift — a mandolin. Three years later, Sierra was standing next to Alison Krauss on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. Since then, this singer and mando wiz from tiny Byrdstown, Tennessee, has traveled the world playing her music, with appearances at the White House, Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center. Her most recent album is the widely acclaimed </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=c7cf014e8a&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">25 Trips</span></a></em><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Someone Like You”</strong></span> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=ae108d5828&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">>>></strong></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">View available music</span> </strong><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=a515813b97&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">>>></strong></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Growing up in rural Maine, </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=4c07cdaa85&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Heather Masse</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sang hymns and folk songs around home with her family. Now based in California, this New England Conservatory of Music alum is a one-third of the Juno Award-winning Canadian trio The Wailin’ Jennys.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=52ae3bcba2&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Hold On</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is her recording with pianist Jed Wilson, featuring a mix of cover songs and originals like the title track. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lock My Heart</em> is her recording with piano legend Dick Hyman. </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=8198882385&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Beautiful Dreamer</a></em><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> is her duets project with Garrison Keillor, featuring songs first performed on <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Prairie Home Companion</em>.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Women Be Wise"</strong></span> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=480e2a9af6&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">>>></strong></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read the Guest Interview </strong></span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=cc85ac0525&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">>>></strong></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">View available music</span> </strong><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=6c9a8a7ffe&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">>>></strong></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On APHC, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sue Scott</strong> plays everything from ditzy teenagers to <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Guy Noir</em> stunners to leathery crones who’ve smoked one pack of Camel straights too many. The Tucson, Arizona, native is well known for her extensive commercial and voice-over work on radio and television, as well as stage and movie roles, including the part of “Donna” in Robert Altman’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Prairie Home Companion</em>. LIVE tapings of her podcast “<u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Island of Discarded Women</u>” will resume October 10th at the Women’s Club of Minneapolis.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica;"></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">“P.O.E.M.”</strong></span> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=b1968b52de&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">>>></strong></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Read our Guest Interview</span> </strong><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=583ecdec31&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">>>></strong></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Purchase “Seriously Silly Sue Scott”</strong></span> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://garrisonkeillor.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad0660dfefb8eb9ffe140530c&id=4192d0b640&e=d47c49b69a" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">>>></strong></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> </span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>Garrison Keillor is back on the road with a touring show</u>! </span></i></b>So far, it's East Coast dates heading into the fall. All of them carry this bit of boilerplate:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Helvetica;">"Required: proof of COVID vaccination or negative COVID test within 72 hours, as well as indoor masking."</span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">"Americana in the Park" -- <br />
new FREE concert series </span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">in Santa Monica</span></i></b><br />
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R</span><span style="font-size: medium;">unning through October 10 in Gandara Park, 1819 Stewart St, Santa Monica, this is the new partnership series by the City of Santa Monica and McCabe’s Guitar Shop, beginning this month.</span><br />
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The concert series explores the arc of Americana music from its roots in traditional Appalachian, African, roots, blues, bluegrass and folk music, to its modern forms of folk and country music. Showcasing a diverse group of Southern California artists and Americana styles, each concert features two family-friendly groups, with the opener geared towards children.</span><br />
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Each concert features food trucks and a McCabe’s Guitar Pop-Up Shop.</span><br />
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The concerts are "held in accordance with the most current guidance from state and local health agencies."</span><br />
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Americana in the Park</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> is a pilot project to create a new partnership model for outdoor events, where local organizations are provided funding and support from the City to bring unique and diverse events to the Santa Monica community.</span><br />
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Americana in the Park</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> is made possible by Art of Recovery, an initiative of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs that harnesses the arts to play a major role in the City’s recovery efforts.</span><br />
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Sunday, Sep 26, 3-6 pm</u>:<br />
• HEIDI SWEDBERG & DANIEL WARD</b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
brilliant ukulele musicians, opening act</span><br /><b style="font-size: large;">
• THE CALIFORNIA FEETWARMERS</b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Grammy-nominated New Orleans-style jazz band</span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">; headliners</span><br />
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Sunday, Oct 3, 3-6 pm</u>:<br />
• HULLABALOO (from ANN ARBOR)</b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
brings Funk / Jazz / Ska, opening act</span><br /><b style="font-size: large;">
• PHIL SALAZAR AND THE KIN FOLK</b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
trad American string roots; headliners</span><br />
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Sunday, Oct 10, 3-6 pm</u>:<br />
• THE HOLLOW TREES (NELSONVILLE, USA)</b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
“Folk Music for Families” / high energy acoustic Americana / bluegrass, country, folk, blues, jazz; opening act</span><br /><b style="font-size: large;">
• JOACHIM COODER</b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">headliner; listen </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/embed?uri=spotify:artist:0bN5TvJmFG5wz4CXBP4JpF&view=list" style="font-size: large;" target="_blank">here</a><br /><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white;"><i style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Southwest Regional Folk Alliance (SWRFA) is in New Mexico --<br />
Catch some online shows this Friday and Saturday</span></b></i><br />
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L.A.'s</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">own </span><b style="font-family: Helvetica;">Rick Shea</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> is playing some showcases at SWRFA, and these are among the live streaming performances on Friday and Saturday. You can join Rick -- and any of the other artists performing their sets at these online simulcast showcases -- by registering at:</span><br />
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Rick plays the following showcases... he tells us,</span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">"All times are <i>Central</i> <i>Standard</i> Time."</span><br />
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Friday, Sep 24</u>: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">
• 10:10 - 10:30 - Western Music Association - New Mexico Chapter</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">
• 10:50 - 11:07 - Baker Booking</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">
• 12:50 - 1:10 - Houston Song Circle</span><br />
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Saturday, Sep 25</u>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">
10:30 - 11:00 - Arhaven House Concerts</span><br />
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Then, on Sunday, Sep 26th, you can catch him in person in Southern California.</span><br />
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He's playing the <b>songwriter series, "The Art of Song," at Ubuntu Café in Long Beach. </b>This is an outdoor show:</span><br />
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Sunday, Sep 26</u>, 6:30 pm PDT</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">
Ubuntu Café</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">
335 Nieto Av</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">
Long Beach 90814</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #be000e; font-weight: 700;">27th Annual "Harvest Festival of Dulcimers"</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #be000e; font-weight: 700;"> Goes ALL ONLINE, 2nd year in a row</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><i>September 24-26, 2021</i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/af9b8ba792318325cc350e300/images/83630965-f0ad-4007-a22f-477ba6e32eeb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="800" height="309" src="https://mcusercontent.com/af9b8ba792318325cc350e300/images/83630965-f0ad-4007-a22f-477ba6e32eeb.jpg" width="435" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">the annual Southern California Dulcimer Heritage event once again goes all-online. </span></span></p><p><i>It still features extensive offerings, activities:</i></p></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">• </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: maroon; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6 JAMS/ PLAYING CIRCLES</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">– Each Unique – FREE / Registration required </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">• </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: maroon; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">18 WORKSHOPS</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">: </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hammered & Fretted/ Mountain Dulcimers – all levels;<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Bodhran (Irish frame drum); Ukulele; Tinwhistle; How to Plan & Lead a Singalong; Demo / How to Make Composite Music Videos (See article in upcoming Aug. issue of DPN, co-written by Terry Gucwa and Barbara Gershman)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Festival Schedule -</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://scdh.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af9b8ba792318325cc350e300&id=7d0af45816&e=2cd0551538" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://scdh.org/SCDH/Fest_Schedule.html</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">• </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: maroon; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CONCERT Expanded</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> – featuring headliners plus some favorite instructors:</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #be000e; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">JODY MARSHALL</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> - Hammered Dulcimer, VA </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://scdh.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af9b8ba792318325cc350e300&id=1fb9beb10a&e=2cd0551538" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.jodymarshall.net</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">with </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #be000e; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jim Queen </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">on fiddle & guitar </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #be000e; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">AUBREY ATWATER </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">– Mountain Dulcimer, RI </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://scdh.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af9b8ba792318325cc350e300&id=4fab47575b&e=2cd0551538" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.atwater-donnelly.com</a><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">with</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #be000e; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elwood Donnelly</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Multi-Instrumentalist</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BONUS:</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #be000e; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Patti Amelotte & Brenda Hunter on HDs / Joellen Lapidus on Mtn. Dul.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://scdh.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af9b8ba792318325cc350e300&id=87ca50881d&e=2cd0551538" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://scdh.org/SCDH/Fest.Twilight_Concert.html</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">• </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: maroon; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FOCUS WORKSHOPS</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> – 4 hr. with headliners:</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #be000e; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jody Marshall –</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For Hammered Dulcimer AND Mixed Instruments players to learn her special holiday arrangements: “We Need A Little Christmas”</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://scdh.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af9b8ba792318325cc350e300&id=0b28b0a8cb&e=2cd0551538" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://scdh.org/SCDH/HD_Focus_Class.html</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #be000e; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aubrey Atwater –</span> </strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brings fun and new tunes for Mountain Dulcimer players with </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Potpourri: Repertoire & Technique” </span> </em><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://scdh.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af9b8ba792318325cc350e300&id=126ce26bea&e=2cd0551538" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://scdh.org/SCDH/Mtn.Dul.Focus_Class.html</a></strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Check Festival details</strong></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00068b; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> -</span> </strong><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://scdh.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af9b8ba792318325cc350e300&id=4e717fa595&e=2cd0551538" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">https://scdh.org/SCDH/Welcome.html</strong></a></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b>"Theater Under the Stars" returns with a MUSICAL at the Getty Villa Museum</b></i></span><br />
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T</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">hursdays through Saturdays, through Oct 2 at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades</span><br />
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This is innovative. The Getty presents a hilarious musical retelling of <b>Aristophanes's "Lysistrata" </b>set to a mash-up of <b>Liza Minnelli</b> hits. Co-produced by the Troubadour Theater Company and directed and adapted by <b>Matt Walker</b>, LIZASTRATA follows our hero as she takes on the establishment, storms the Acropolis, and holds the treasury hostage until the long-warring men of Athens and Sparta commit to declaring peace.</span><br />
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Experience outdoor entertainment at a venue modeled after ancient Greek and Roman theaters.</span><br />
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Tix <a href="https://tickets.getty.edu/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=lizastrata&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id" target="_blank">here</a></span><br /><br /></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Bruce Springsteen: New Live Album + Film - The Legendary 1979 "No Nukes Concerts"</b></i></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_description_text" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2d2d; line-height: 26px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">he Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts</span></b></i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were recorded at the September 1979 MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) benefit concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span face="Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The performances have been newly remixed and remastered for pristine sound and HD resolution. Each set comes with a 24-page book with rare photos, an essay, and other great memorabilia.</span></span></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_description_text" style="border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; padding-top: 15px;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2d2d; font: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://click.emails.sonymusicfans.com/?qs=813f9c483c92f8c06898c99db1f710fd05cc79a34fe4fbe91105f50408d7e3cb49311abfe45a7d0008158100b047e0d6516f82e27e88f93c" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Check out Bruce's new box set of his Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts"><img alt="Check out Bruce's new box set of his Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts" data-imagetype="External" src="https://image.emails.sonymusicfans.com/lib/fe9e12747566007d74/m/6/95934267-40e7-4542-bf2f-610d6a04a1b3.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 428px;" width="590" /></a></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Available on November 19th as a 2LP, 2CD/DVD or 2CD/Blu-ray set and available globally in HD for digital download on November 16 and digital rental on November 23.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">October in Idyllwild:</span></i></b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">a musical double-header</span></i></b><br />
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I</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">t's deja vu all over again: a free, daylong October festival like the one last spring (with different artists), and it caps a weeklong retreat for singer-songwriters who partake of the pine forest, the workshops, and the right combination of inspirational solitude and collaborative interaction.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2d2d2d; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/images/d3fd35c5-338a-3d28-a73c-557651dd48d4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="800" height="168" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/images/d3fd35c5-338a-3d28-a73c-557651dd48d4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-weight: inherit;">Music impresario </span><b style="color: #2d2d2d;">Brett Perkins</b><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-weight: inherit;"> tells us, "There's still room to join us for two days or six on the October 10-16 Idyllwild Listening Room Songwriting Retreat."</span><br />
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*** All covid protocols are strictly followed and participants must provide proof of full vaccination.</span></b><br />
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On that deja vu theme, </span><span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><b>registration is open now for the next FOUR retreats in Idyllwild</b></span><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-weight: inherit;">, where you can experience a week of "Community Through Co-Writing" in that beautiful high mountain arts community. It's two hours from Los Angeles, and the retreat is less than $100 per day. The dates are:</span><br /><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-weight: inherit;">
October 10-16 * January 23-29 * March 13-19 * July 10-16</span><br />
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Career writer </span><b style="color: #2d2d2d;">Alan Roy Scott </b><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-weight: inherit;">(Celine Dion, Sons of Anarchy, Top Gun), will join participants for the first two full days of the October retreat, offering his seasoned perspective on participants works.</span><br />
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Those unable to attend for a full week can sign up to participate October 11-12 for $200.</span><br />
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Each retreat concludes with a song-debuting </span><b style="color: #2d2d2d;">"Idyllwild Songwriters Festival" </b><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-weight: inherit;">set, wherein participants share selected co-writes from the week. Each of them joins in with Brett's stellar line-up of songwriters and seasoned recording artists featured throughout the day. It all happens at the fully outdoor, free entry, family-and-dog-friendly October 16th event.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/_compresseds/e1f4fffd-7fbc-d959-4e14-578941883889.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="518" height="640" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d7a136cb07aa743312d7f64b4/_compresseds/e1f4fffd-7fbc-d959-4e14-578941883889.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-weight: inherit;">Donations from the festival go to support the Idyllwild Help Center, which provides essential supplies and services to those most in need in the local community.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-weight: inherit;">While he's here from Europe, </span><span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><b>Brett is also playing one solo Southern California concert</b></span></span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-weight: inherit;">, October 9th at Jeweled Universe, 1017 Mission Bl, B, in South Pasadena 91030; </span><a href="http://jeweleduniverse.com" style="color: #2d2d2d; font-weight: inherit;">jeweleduniverse.com</a></span><br /><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span><br /><br /><i><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Back:</span></b></i><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /> San Pedro's Grand Annex<br /> & Warner Grand</span><span style="color: #2d2d2d;"> </span></span></b></i><br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b><span style="font-weight: inherit;">The Grand Annex Fall Season reflects the artistic excellence that you love, and the commitment to the San Pedro community that you expect. Come share the moments—together, in-person, once again—that inspire us all.</span></span></span></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnDividerBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnDividerBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-width: 100%; padding: 8px 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 1px solid rgb(34, 34, 34); min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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You'll hear the big hits with big arrangements, from California's only 12 piece Elvis Tribute.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #694bd8; border-radius: 4px; width: 452px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">HUBBY JENKINS<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Friday, October 8 / 8pm</strong></span></span><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18.8px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Banjoist, bones player, guitarist and a former member of the Grammy-nominated Carolina Chocolate Drops, Jenkins brings his amazing musicianship and vast knowledge of African American folk music history to the stage. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=737ed28d4d&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; 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border-radius: 4px; width: 452px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=dd6b152b2b&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Buy Now">Buy Now</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="Bakithi Kumalo" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c/images/91128883-30ab-b855-0726-b190d5e8f9c6.jpg" style="border-radius: 0%; border: 4px none rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 800px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 264px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.8px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kala Koa Entertainment presents:</em><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />BAKITHI KUMALO<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saturday, October 9 / 8pm</strong></span></span><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18.8px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Known internationally for shaping Paul Simon’s “Graceland” into a modern masterpiece, this 5-time Grammy winning bassist takes us on a musical journey from South Africa to the U.S. Kumalo has also played with Herbie Hancock, Josh Groban, Susan Tedeschi and many more. </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kala Koa Entertainment presents:</em><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />PEPPINO D'AGOSTINO<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sunday, October 10 / 8pm</strong></span></span><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18.8px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Listed as one of the 50 superheroes of acoustic guitar by Guitar Player Magazine, D’Agostino plays classical, Brazilian and jazz. He has toured with legends Leo Kotke, Tommy Emmanuel and Sergio Assad and his CD, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Every Step of The Way, </em>won a Bronze medal for<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Best Acoustic Album of All Time</em> by Acoustic Guitar’s People’s Choice Awards.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #694bd8; border-radius: 4px; width: 452px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=f6a0c5e633&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Buy Now">Buy Now</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnCaptionBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnCaptionBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnCaptionRightContentInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 264px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_mcnCaptionRightImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=6bba32d8a5&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="Rose's Pawn Shop" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c/images/706ef98c-d6c8-49e7-5083-5e58e6c85fe7.jpg" style="border-radius: 0%; border: 4px none rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 850px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 264px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.8px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ROSE'S PAWN SHOP<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Friday, October 22 / 8pm</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Modern alt-rock inspired by old style Americana with an arsenal of guitars, banjo, upright bass, fiddle and drums. A little like Mumford & Sons or Old Crow Medicine Show, Grammy-nominated Rose’s Pawn Shop plays some of the best lyric-driven rock since The Band emerged from Bob Dylan’s basement. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=e0d430e562&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Opener: Herman Dune</em></a></strong></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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padding: 0px 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 264px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="right" class="x_mcnCaptionRightImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=02eb5670b4&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="Bob Malone" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c/images/e65602b6-4527-0949-b6b0-c7b39a926404.jpg" style="border-radius: 0%; border: 4px none rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 800px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 264px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.8px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">BOB MALONE<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saturday, October 29 / 8pm</strong></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Known for his high-energy piano rock concerts, Malone has worked with Ringo Starr and many others. He is featured on <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Grinch (2018) </em>soundtrack and is a long-time member of John Fogerty’s touring band. At the Annex with full band. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Includes Halloween festivities, costumes encouraged!</em></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #694bd8; border-radius: 4px; width: 452px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">LAURENCE JUBER<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saturday, November 13 / 8pm</strong></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">GRAMMY winning guitar player at the front lines of the fingerstyle genre - and known internationally for his collaborations with Paul McCartney and as a lead guitarist for Wings. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pre-concert wine tasting at 7:00-7:45pm, free to members. </em></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">MARTHA REDBONE<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sunday, November 14 / 8pm</strong></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Native and African American singer-songwriter and Independent Music Award winner delivers her powerful Harlan County, Kentucky mix of folk, roots, blues and traditional Native American music. At the Annex with her trio.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="left" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #694bd8; border-radius: 4px; width: 452px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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width: 264px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnCaptionRightImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c/images/2841c0c7-2569-8615-cfa8-bd117cd27f38.jpg" style="border-radius: 0%; border: 4px none rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 376px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 264px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 18.8px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Encore Theatre Group presents:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />BEAUTY AND THE BEAST <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saturday, October 9, 2021 @ 7pm Sunday, October 10, 2021 @ 2pm</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Featuring Encore's talented young performers, this enchanting production of the classic tale, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Beauty and the Beast</em> will be a family outing to remember. Directed by actor and director Renee O’Connor.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="right" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #694bd8; border-radius: 4px; width: 452px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=3125b136bb&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Buy Now">Buy Now</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnCaptionBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnCaptionBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnCaptionTopContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 470px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.8px; padding: 0px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="564"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Adopt a Seat at the Warner Grand Theatre!</span></h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18.8px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Help Grand Vision restore the art deco ceiling and wall paintings in the main lobby of the Warner Grand Theatre. When you <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=3d74c2ca05&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">adopt a seat</strong></a>, you'll receive a brass plaque inscribed with the name of your choice! It's a great way to be a part of the Theatre or remember a loved one. Click the image to hear the Al & Karen's story.</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnCaptionTopImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px 9px 0px;" valign="top"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=1f69bc58b8&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c/images/b024dd8f-b10d-ec2b-af37-ee4df6966ec5.png" style="border-radius: 0%; border: 4px none rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 1920px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="564" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #6d7a2c; border-radius: 4px; width: 452px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; padding: 18px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://grandvision.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf27997b16b3847857b65c60c&id=e76a142780&e=7f7de71eee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.92px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Adopt a Seat">Adopt a Seat</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">MORE...</span></i></b><br />
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Warner Grand performances <br /><a href="https://www.grandvision.org/warner-grand/events.asp">
https://www.grandvision.org/warner-grand/events.asp</a><br />
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Grand Annex performances<br /><a href="https://www.grandvision.org/grand-annex/events.asp">
https://www.grandvision.org/grand-annex/events.asp</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Moira Smiley to perform at L.A.'s Ford Amphitheatre Oct 14</span></i></b><br />
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S</span><span style="font-size: medium;">o she's not the headliner. As far as we are concerned she is. And the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, across the canyon from the Hollywood Bowl? Oh, yeah, marvelous venue.</span><br />
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This is "a groundbreaking project that, as its name suggests, merges improvisation and jazz rhythms with the orchestration and instrumentation of a traditional chamber ensemble."<br />
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Billed as "Billy Childs Jazz-Chamber Ensemble, featuring special guest Dianne Reeves," it's produced in partnership with Angel City Jazz.<br />
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A night with five-time Grammy-winning pianist and composer Billy Childs, plus special guest Dianne Reeves and quite a lineup.<br />
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Thursday, Oct 14, 2021 - 8 PM<br />
Gate at 6:30 PM, Concert at 8 PM<br />
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*** Masks are required for this concert. Click tix link to learn about the Ford's safety practices.</span><br />
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Artists:<br />
Jazz Chamber Ensemble<br /><b>
Billy Childs</b>, piano<br />
Larry Koonse, guitar<br />
Carol Robbins, harp<br />
Daniel Rotem, saxophone<br />
Dan Chmielinski, bass<br />
Christian Euman, drums<br />
Sara Andon, flute<br />
Dianne Reeves, special guest<br /><b>
Moira Smiley</b>, vocals<br />
The Lyris Quartet<br />
Alyssa Park, violin<br />
Shalini Vijayan, violin<br />
Luke Maurer, viola<br />
Timothy Loo, cello<br />
Alexander Gedeon, poetry recitation<br />
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Tix <a href="https://www.theford.com/events/performances/1317/2021-10-14/billy-childs-jazz-chamber-ensemble-featuring-special-guest-dianne-reeves" target="_blank">here</a></span><br />
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Moira's<br /> must-see </span></b></i><i style="font-family: sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Video</span></b></i><br />
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The official music video for "Sing About It" from the album "In Our Voices" by <b>Moira Smiley & VOCO</b> has now been selected by <b><i>EIGHT FILM FESTIVALS</i></b>. Moira says, "<b>Christine Banna</b> did a brilliant job with this video and deserves every ounce of recognition. Have you seen it yet?"<br /><br />
It has remarkable animation and intricately layered vocals with a "world music feel, backed by body percussion. <br />
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Click <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpDk1xfV40A&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">here</a> to watch</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/492/492735/images/173ca11c1c3cdf6ee8dace312daaf2ab45e92367.png/25ed2f6961b9b36e6359ea21dce843ad2614a792.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="800" height="358" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/492/492735/images/173ca11c1c3cdf6ee8dace312daaf2ab45e92367.png/25ed2f6961b9b36e6359ea21dce843ad2614a792.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Television...</span><br />
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Truth behind the musical, "Newsies" </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">-- and the power of workers --</span></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"> good TV, September 27 & 28</span></b></span><br />
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I</span><span style="font-size: medium;">t's still staged as a musical historical drama. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">In July 2022, a traveling production arrives in Southern California at the Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Center for a multi-night run in the Fred Kavli Theater (get tix now)</span><span style="font-size: medium;">; that follows its opening stand in Ft. Worth, TX.</span><br />
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Many have seen the 1992 musical feature film version of "Newsies" produced by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by choreographer Kenny Ortega in his film directing debut.</span><br />
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Then there's the PBS "American Experience" documentary. In "Citizen Hearst," the story of the young newsies and their labor-vs.-mogul revolt is </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">the</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> central theme.</span><br />
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It airs in two parts, Monday & Tuesday, September 27 & 28.</span><br />
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The true-life drama of 120 years ago could not be more relevant to our time:</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
• a war started by a lie </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
• in which the media was culpable</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
• </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">war</span><span style="font-size: medium;">-profiteering corporate moguls building fortunes </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">• growing wealth disparity</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">• empire-building using America's military for corporatist control of overseas lands and resources<br />
• those at the bottom of the economic heap getting stuck with the bills.<br />
<br />Watch it for the history and the reminder that ordinary people can change things. As anthropologist Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”<br />
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Then remember what historian Ariel Durant famously observed: "History does not repeat. But it does rhyme."<br /></span><br /><div align="center" class="x_img-container x_center x_autowidth x_big" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://links.americanexperience.wgbh.org/u/click?_t=d580955bad7c4746b6352c3f5498d530&_m=a94fcf4fbd974bf39ecce0191510a118&_e=6QMbMRvz-NsqzQjUK-1tm2TPEqsrZb63eVq17-UlNxl5zocTc650cnROSfbmjLBtEQcx6FYRBDRBfi9wI1jMJx0d7WyOIzPnVWP6iKfad2_6bpAcdljFLtQMRrpnvfhQVrUgZ58wAtqN_VS0nrL0pZRIgC5dURK42ZN4pZ3al6tYRyVjpC-DAVXenDxFfe4YsLC1yE9t_F2_JsmgJm10zrkUeWIJaxjxmCkTrr8r5CftglMTPfPcF6BQkDoiDu9_BW3iRUyT0TFHhzNu6omlMQSvjzv6WadBglxhOM5M2POfVEvBeyO5wwYqGLKthp0I30_mufvyPkK3RSuyJQl_jwkhTiJfosFc-J_DPz3yLjMWPWl44Lps2cWJUfnRzPnZvowxMhoNZf8GjMDc-unWFRI_e676I34Fh_zFFFgZhps1l__KjvNYuvWmIhahs-gBOYofadxbAdYyD7q4vzw4I-IA_pIPuUrkhGBoF7p6KrE%3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="-1" target="_blank"><img align="center" alt="Some of Newark, New Jersey’s newsboys captured by photographer Lewis Hine" border="0" class="x_center x_autowidth" data-imagetype="External" src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/669d5713-9b6a-46bb-bd7e-c542cff6dd6a/d580955bad7c4746b6352c3f5498d530/hearst-new-jersey-newsies.jpg__1000x649_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;" title="Some of Newark, New Jersey’s newsboys captured by photographer Lewis Hine" width="600" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 20px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_txtTinyMce-wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photo: Lewis Hine. Library of Congress</span></p></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 25px 20px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_txtTinyMce-wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When the Newsies Took on William Randolph Hearst</span></strong></p></div></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_txtTinyMce-wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Throughout 1898, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://links.americanexperience.wgbh.org/u/click?_t=d580955bad7c4746b6352c3f5498d530&_m=a94fcf4fbd974bf39ecce0191510a118&_e=6QMbMRvz-NsqzQjUK-1tm2TPEqsrZb63eVq17-UlNxl5zocTc650cnROSfbmjLBtEQcx6FYRBDRBfi9wI1jMJ1RCin9UwOFSj4q2IzYTO25mc8gHr9KKgk0jxSkKRgDOtFAaSncQ7iOjQ_EhGjVeVY-s57rGypYnM_OFS5A23mDOISkiIsOb3JaJkAL4jmhOzoIUfcdTpbhw41BEcVogP7hto_WzbqlvdvgvaQMJ8yWUZ52xm37ryjQRZcBfsM4eg07WmEnzLVF9i0TYScDdSPkkTGbiqf1TlDpg0F2mUdMGPrexT6MwJ4WSGb5-C-xkaLCJkXDJZ4XzKTVx2NyM2Mpwp2_hR2Rms1_1ngsZOLhFW5M3RwRFFUW1KAVNG6vkqGf-WXOXBfWEq2rOkKljghQWSeey-XEcX8OSMwhZ74UOOQNFNdADCJfy7djtl5Xr" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #bb0a0f; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">William Randolph Hearst</strong></a> and <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://links.americanexperience.wgbh.org/u/click?_t=d580955bad7c4746b6352c3f5498d530&_m=a94fcf4fbd974bf39ecce0191510a118&_e=6QMbMRvz-NsqzQjUK-1tm2TPEqsrZb63eVq17-UlNxl5zocTc650cnROSfbmjLBtEQcx6FYRBDRBfi9wI1jMJ_0JeAYb0H0Kj0AFg3owfe1jJB9LC5c491BKKav5NIvCZFjI85RzuhKHPWU-qjFb2X8TfYWfMZf63bQLvnMbsNaHeciklAZ7xV8lu_KPKqDRcNPQMQEVupZE872qvbSppy6oNlIl1xFGu5fVBXrYw08TDPoBUygklzz5ZCByJXszuLKqdtF3Dk5RgGYPjq8HL34qij8zxdV8_Q2Gf_SP5XZhg8aRdoT-97p35d8auggxvliHPIy0jxalP_Fhrz7rYIZdzaini_ENnbQQRUmmh9-DVQ2GP1cer9QHqqgdYqzx7HG5wkBzJSTMmCRRNTZYHhhUxAWYdwirnzjWUO32a90kbs4tjAU9dV5aIlb0uRq3" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #bb0a0f; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Joseph Pulitzer</strong></a> competed to dominate coverage of the Spanish-American War. For all of their ruthless competition with each other, one thing they agreed on was raising their newspapers’ wholesale prices; the extravagant expense of wartime coverage caused Hearst's <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">New York Journal </em>and Pulitzer's <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">The</em> <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">World</em> immense financial strain. The impact of the price hike immediately trickled down to their “newsies.” </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Both newspapers relied on legions of young resellers, typically between ages 11 and 15, to get their publications into the hands of customers. Initially the young distributors had no complaints about the price increase, which raised the cost of newspapers to them from 50 to 60 cents per hundred papers. Public interest in the war fueled purchases, and the newsies were assured a profit. But when the war officially concluded in August 1898, neither Pulitzer nor Hearst conceded the 10-cent increase.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A full year later overall circulation was down from wartime highs, and the newsies found themselves eating the cost of unsold editions. Come summer 1899, the boys decided they had had enough.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The documentary explores how, for two weeks in the summer of 1899, a union strike organized by the newsies crippled the country's most powerful publisher <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://links.americanexperience.wgbh.org/u/click?_t=d580955bad7c4746b6352c3f5498d530&_m=a94fcf4fbd974bf39ecce0191510a118&_e=6QMbMRvz-NsqzQjUK-1tm2TPEqsrZb63eVq17-UlNxl5zocTc650cnROSfbmjLBtEQcx6FYRBDRBfi9wI1jMJx0d7WyOIzPnVWP6iKfad2_6bpAcdljFLtQMRrpnvfhQVrUgZ58wAtqN_VS0nrL0pZRIgC5dURK42ZN4pZ3al6tYRyVjpC-DAVXenDxFfe4YsLC1yE9t_F2_JsmgJm10zrkUeWIJaxjxmCkTrr8r5CftglMTPfPcF6BQkDoiDu9_sClXKjQ5PWfqF6crCrhDus5xqQ_OPnlKgCOxRQXIBSmVZsSVlxdKlmNEdZvKihJ-kiNdDbGwe2W93o1048qJqgdFzcrsWL1e6r87N92zntzC7DNstLtJ2SEHSyL77x2rkWlPZZevHwi-FXbqWYhqWTKz0qQ0HgjTREcY1z3B-Ml5AGHHPXLHIm5pOGqwwukwrCpZ5Abqob9ikWG-4nF-j2Gy5jYfhE15wfBppW9a198%3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; 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padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span>IAMA (International AcoustIc Music Awards) promotes excellence in Acoustic Music </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Performance</span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> and Artistry. Acoustic artists in various genres can gain exciting radio and web exposure through this competition. Win a Top Award of $11,000 (</span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black;">US</span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">) worth of Prizes.</span></span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/60523/file-26139750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/60523/file-26139750.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Entrants come from all over the world: Australia, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Germany, USA, South Africa, etc. Judging is based on excellence in music performance, songwriting/composition/song choice, music production and originality/artistry. You can enter in a number of categories such as: Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Group, Folk, Alternative, Open, etc.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />IAMA is sponsored by: Zagar Guitars, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, Airplay Access, Aspri Reverb, Sirius XM Radio, Acoustic Café Radio Show, Bandzoogle, Paige Capo, Make Music Matter, Kari Estrin Management & Consulting, and more.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; 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font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.songwriting.net/e3t/Btc/F3+113/bnMQ04/VVy20c4XNpBMW21H7gw38lGD7W3QbRmh4xNkglN6rgBpG3lLB3V1-WJV7CgFRRW7KJ12S13h789W7ncH6l38bcGdMYdrKVldhmMW8LHmpf3HpmCkW4nhy-88bMrXLW63DL5w8nv7-lW5th0Z029SRK6W5NVqLm5YMCHVW29v3_k95TfdDW24ymcm1lJtjkW3SzK0l884Y5yN1rdCg8yqZnsW2MpdlK2_B3xCW2hnZRx858PV2VkR1wm8XhJ7rW5cT4J_3nzGsrW73s_zv6rxJRRW3xwG4v6Q5XLpW52_MlM8yLXwlVbQyz_2wssrf3b1T1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border-bottom: none; 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font-size: xx-large;">The Broad Stage: Safety & a Survey</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;">T</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">he Broad Stage in Santa Monica is among the most notable greater-L.A.-area venues that has returned to presenting live performances after the 18 month pandemic hiatus. It is a state-of-the-art facility offering music -- from concerts and recitals to fully-produced musicals -- as well as a rich array of live theatre.</span><br />
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They tell us, "To ensure the health, safety and well-being of our patrons, staff and artists, The Broad Stage is requiring guests to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and to wear masks at all times. This policy applies to all performances, whether indoors or outdoors. </span><br />
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"With guidance from Santa Monica College, we are working to make sure we are fully in compliance with up-to-date protocols. We are also requiring full vaccination for all staff, artists and volunteers who work onsite. </span><br />
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"If you are not yet ready to return to live shows, indoors or outdoors, we will be offering additional digital content this Fall, including new REVEAL episodes from the creative teams of the newly commissioned Yemandja and Universal Child Care. Stay tuned for details at a later time.</span><br />
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"We are extremely grateful for your patience as we navigate still unfamiliar territory together...</span><br />
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"For any questions about this policy, please contact Patron Services at <a href="mailto:patronservices@thebroadstage.org">patronservices@thebroadstage.org</a> or 310-434-3200."</span><br />
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The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Full schedule:<br /><a href="http://thebroadstage.org">
thebroadstage.org</a></span></p><p>=</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">INTERACTIVE</span></b> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For the next few days, you can still take their survey about the arts, entertainment and The Broad Stage. <br />
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As their thank you, you'll have the opportunity to win a $150 VISA gift card.<br />
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The folks at the Broad Stage say, "We look forward to hearing your opinions! We absolutely read every response, and your input will help shape our direction into the future."<br />
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TAKE THE ARTS SURVEY AT:</span></b><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">W</span><span style="font-size: medium;">e would have said Jupiter, since it's where all that crazy noise comes from that you hear between AM radio stations. But we'll play along.</span><br />
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"Okay, Lissa, What planet can you download music from?"</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Lissa: "NepTUNE!"</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Yeah, well, she hooks us every time with something. Once you've heard her play, you know why.</span><br />
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She just published a tremendously helpful guide to buying your music. Like most of what she puts out for consumption, it deserves an appreciative audience. So here it is:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"A number of folks have thoughtfully asked about the best method to purchase music, and directly benefit an artist. I am grateful to all of you who are thinking about this, and in answer I thought I'd share a Top Five list for your enjoyment. (OK, for my enjoyment- I love lists 😂).</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"5. Anyone who wants to support an artist ANY way that they can (even if it’s just forwarding an email or youtube video to a friend to spread the news about new music) is VERRRRY appreciated. I’m a BIG fan of anyone who is a music fan. 😊</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"4. Streaming services pay VERY small micro amounts per play (like frequently $.0001) but they’re not all the same. Spotify is one of the worst, Apple music is a little better, Pandora is better than either of them, and </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://lissafiddle.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04d87f0b3ea81e0a1282f5abe&id=029029936b&e=bd0e40f5ae" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> wins hands down at giving the biggest percentage back to the artist. Still, every little bit counts, and plays do add up over time so if you’re a music streamer, stream a LOT and tell all your friends.🎧</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"3. Downloading from any of the various music stores will give the artist more in their pocket than streaming. And like streaming, it has the added benefit of having smaller production cost, since the artist doesn’t have to pay for an actual physical product or shipping. Again, </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://lissafiddle.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04d87f0b3ea81e0a1282f5abe&id=12967b6383&e=bd0e40f5ae" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> is my favorite music downloading company.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"2. Purchasing CDs and merch directly from an artist’s web site, or from them in person at a show, is a REALLLY GREAT way to support them financially and make sure that they’re able to keep making music. Some artists do offer downloads on their web sites (I have that set up for my newer releases, like </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://lissafiddle.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04d87f0b3ea81e0a1282f5abe&id=5fbf3f86c3&e=bd0e40f5ae" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bedlam Blues</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://lissafiddle.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04d87f0b3ea81e0a1282f5abe&id=4d4a5be733&e=bd0e40f5ae" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Labor On</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">, or the </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://lissafiddle.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04d87f0b3ea81e0a1282f5abe&id=1f758ab723&e=bd0e40f5ae" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Learning By Ear video series</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">), but honestly every single musician I know has an attic full of boxes of CDs, so purchasing any of those discs is a huge help as well. 💿</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"1. And finally number one! Many artists have been able to gain more control over the subscription based/ streaming economy by having Patreon accounts, where fans can subscribe for monthly content. I don’t have a Patreon yet, but staying on a musicians email list and subscribing to whatever they send your way is a REALLY great way to support them. So, congratulations, you're already WAY ahead of the game my dear email list subscribers!!! This is the best possible support a musician can have because it allows for direct artist to fan connections, and I love to stay connected to you! ❤️</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;">"And now a musical treat! I created a </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://lissafiddle.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04d87f0b3ea81e0a1282f5abe&id=e3456393d4&e=bd0e40f5ae" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">B</a><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://lissafiddle.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04d87f0b3ea81e0a1282f5abe&id=36b2a204d6&e=bd0e40f5ae" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">icycle Music</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> and a </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://lissafiddle.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04d87f0b3ea81e0a1282f5abe&id=5eadd31dcf&e=bd0e40f5ae" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #007c89; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Goddesses of Song(writing)</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica;"> playlist based on your suggestions last month, so enjoy! Let me know if I have forgotten any of your favorite tracks."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Check out Lissa's CDs, </i></b>tour dates, sense of humor, musical genius, life in New England, and more, at:</span></p>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.lissafiddle.com">www.lissafiddle.com</a><br />
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(And yes, you'll hear more from her in The Guide.)</span><p><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Musical "Goldilocks & the Three Bears" opens November 20 at Theatre West</b></span></i><br />
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T</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">he award-winning Storybook Theatre -- a professional company operating under a contract with the stage union Actors Equity -- has, for many years, been presenting its trademark non-scary musicals at Theatre West. They are ideal for children and their families.</span><br />
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This marks the troupe's return after the pandemic. The musical for children and their families will be presented with plenty of audience participation. The interactive audience children help Goldilocks in her comical forest adventure with the three bears, as she learns that bears can be people, too.</span><br />
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Birthday parties and school field trips are cheerfully accommodated.</span><br />
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Book by Scott Martin. Lyrics by Rob Meurer and Scott Martin. Music by Richard Berent. Directed by Lloyd J. Schwartz. Produced by Barbara Mallory Schwartz. A Storybook Theatre production.</span><br />
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At Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Bl, Los Angeles. This is near Universal City, North Hollywood and Studio City. Parking available in a lot across the street ($5 fee).</span><br />
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Runs Nov 20, 2021 through June 4, 2022, Saturdays at 1 pm. Dark on Christmas Day.</span><br />
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ADMISSION: All seats $15.</span><br />
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Reservations / Information: 818-761-2203</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
Online tix: </span><a href="http://www.theatrewest.org" style="font-size: large;">www.theatrewest.org</a></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><i>And now for something completely different...</i><br />
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The Ziggens</span></b><br />
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Influential So Cal "CowPunkSurfabilly" band </span><b style="font-size: large;">THE ZIGGENS</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> are releasing "Oregon," their first record in 19 Years, on September 24th.</span><br />
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A 19-track album after 19 years of -- what? Cult-follower obscurity? Not so fast. Check out these review raves:</span><br />
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• “Oregon” exemplifies the band’s eccentric blend of country, punk, surf and ballads." ~ Long Beach Press-Telegram</span><br />
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• "These tracks will keep you glued to your seat (or Air Pods) to see what comes next." ~ OC Music News</span><br />
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• "The Ziggens never broke up, but they haven't released new music in 19 years... until now. 'Rev It Up' finds the band channelling the instrumental surf rock of bands like The Ventures and The Sandals, and there's a little hot rod rock in the mix too. It's a sound that never goes out of style, it feels like classic California, and The Ziggens do it with vigor." ~ Brooklynvegan</span><br />
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The band just released "Macon," the second single off this 19-tracks-after-19-years album. Titled "Oregon," the album marks their 30 year anniversary as a band.</span><br />
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Now wait a minute, you say. Isn't Macon a city in Georgia? What's that got to do with Oregon? Good question. Can't be the US Navy's long-lost Hindenburg-like airship of the 1920's, USS <i>Macon</i>, because that crashed off Big Sur, California.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/2530/0063/original/ziggensOregon3000.jpg?1623701182" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/2530/0063/original/ziggensOregon3000.jpg?1623701182" width="640" /></a></p><div><i>Album cover art: A Tennessee T-shirt on the beach in Oregon, and fingers positioned for an impending nose-pick? A track on "Oregon" titled "Macon." Consistent with the idiosyncratic aberrations.</i></div><div><br /></div><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Somewhere in obscure references, somebody described The Ziggens as, </span><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">"A rockin’ surf-punk band that also plays beautiful ballads.”</i><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Has there ever been a band described like that?</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Harmony singing, laughter, and pure high volume fun are among descriptions of their live show. Hailing from Surf City CA, it makes sense that their music gravitated toward reverb-drenched surf vibes -- but those ballads and tight harmonies set them apart from the other fish in the sea of music.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">By now you realize our enthusiasm for </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bruce Forman'</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">s band </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Cowpunk"</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"> has nothing to do with this outfit. Waaay different.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">While always skirting around the edges of the underground, the band's legion of fans has included some music luminary oddballs, like </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bradley Nowell</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">, who signed them to the Skunk Records label, covered their track "Big Salty Tears," and for years enlisted them to tour as </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sublime</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">'s opening act. And there was the late </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">Josh Fischel</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"> of </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bargain Music</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">. And a young </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">Travis Barker</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">, who was often seen up front at the band's early shows.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Give 'em a prize for fortitude. They've maintained their original lineup and continued to tour throughout their 30 year existence. Meanwhile, they've also worked on various side projects that only eclectic garage rock peeps have heard of. Oh, and there is Ziggens frontman </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bert Susanka</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">'s children's music act, </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jelly of the Month Club</b><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">If it seems strange to reconcile the idea of "Oregon" with surf music -- the water being bone-chilling cold up there -- it's consistent with all the incongruities present here. Check 'em out. When the album drops, you'll find ways to hear it. You might like 'em.</span><br /><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Massive Wildfires & Climate Change: not just California</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://nvlupin.blob.core.windows.net/images/van/TSM/TSMEJ/1/80961/images/caldor2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="250" src="https://nvlupin.blob.core.windows.net/images/van/TSM/TSMEJ/1/80961/images/caldor2.jpg" width="250" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Photo: The Caldor Fire burns in Echo Lake on August 30, 2021, in the Eldorado National Forest, California. (Aude Guerrucci / Redux, via EarthJustice)</i></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;">S</span><span style="font-size: medium;">o many massive California wildfires the past two years. If history is a guide, the 2021 season has yet to peak. Just one giant, the Dixie Fire, burned a million acres in California.</span><br />
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Yet California isn't the worst example. Canada's 2021 fires? Twice the US total. And in just part of Siberia -- the Sakha Republic -- fiery destruction / greenhouse gas conversion / of ancient forests is unprecedented since the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.</span><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Set your screen so you can pay attention to the right-hand side.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/X7Thx/fallback.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="800" height="404" src="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/X7Thx/fallback.png" width="483" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">The widespread wildfires that stretched across the Northern Hemisphere this summer set records for their carbon dioxide emissions, particularly in Siberia, according to data released Tuesday, Andrew writes.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">Why it matters: </span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">The severe fire season in Siberia is tied in part to unusually warm conditions with low soil moisture, which studies have linked to human-caused climate change.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">How it works: </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">The wildfire season across the boreal forests of the Far North typically stretches from May to October.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">During the June through August period, wildfires in the Sakha region of northeastern Siberia emitted enough carbon dioxide to rival the annual emissions from Germany in 2019, according to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and data from The Rhodium Group.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">August set a monthly record for wildfire emissions coming from the Northern Hemisphere, and Siberian emissions were more than twice the total from the June through August timeframe last year, CAMS' satellite data shows.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">Threat level:</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif"> As the climate warms due to human emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel burning, extreme wildfire years are expected to become more common and burn in ecosystems where they were previously uncommon.If fires burn intensely in regions with permanently frozen soil known as permafrost, it could free up currently frozen organic matter locked away for centuries or longer, emitting carbon dioxide and methane.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">What we're watching: </span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">Wildfire season is not over yet in the western U.S. </span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">Southern California, for example, tends to see its worst wildfire weather days in October into November.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">This summer's California wildfires, dominated by the nearly 1 million-acre Dixie Fire, already sent twice the amount of CO2 into the air compared to 2020, also a severe wildfire season.</span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif"><i><u>Before you feel hopeless, consider this</u>:</i> </span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">$5 billion. That's how much a suite of philanthropies just pledged for a big global conservation effort. See (link below) "Private Funders of the New ‘Protecting Our Planet Challenge’ Announce $5 Billion Commitment to Protect and Conserve 30% of Planet by 2030," subtitled, "Announcement Marks Largest-Ever Private Funding Commitment To Biodiversity Conservation – Aimed at Tackling Earth’s Climate, Extinction and Health Crises." </span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">Here are some excerpts: </span><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">"Nine organizations have joined together to pledge $5 billion over the next 10 years to support the creation, expansion, management and monitoring of protected and conserved areas of land, inland water and sea, working with Indigenous Peoples, local communities, civil society and governments... This commitment to ensure 30 percent of the planet is protected and preserved in the most important places for biodiversity by 2030 is being made jointly... [and] marks the largest private funding commitment ever to biodiversity conservation. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif">"[It] will fund efforts... by strengthening and expanding protected areas and support to Indigenous Guardianship of traditional territory. Founding organizations: Arcadia, Bezos Earth Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Nia Tero, Rainforest Trust, Re:wild, Wyss Foundation, and the Rob and Melani Walton Foundation." <a href="https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/16685/Private-Funders-of-the-New-Protecting-Our-Planet-Challenge-Announce-5-Billion-Commitment-to-Protect-and-Conserve-30-of-Planet-by-2030.aspx" target="_blank">Full story</a> from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We have been talking about wildfires in the northern, arboreal, conifer forests until we got to this part. You probably noticed this cooperative initiative is aimed at rain forests, which grow in the tropics. But it is all one Earth, one ocean of air in a circulating, ever-hotter atmosphere being changed by constant human-caused infusions of greenhouse gases.<br />
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So it serves to remind us that every action, everywhere, makes a difference. Particularly when only half the Amazon rain forest of the 1950s survives today, due primarily to (1) slash-and-burn, short-term yield agriculture, (2) exploitive harvest of exotic hardwood trees, (3) destructive strip mining, and (4) leveling everything living to plant modern monoculture palm oil or soybean plantations. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Thus, whether it is reckless exploitation in the rain forests or runaway wildfires due to climate-change-driven drought, an irreversible result is the same: biodiversity is collapsing and the entire Earth keeps getting hotter.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/editor-2021-09-07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="267" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/editor-2021-09-07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Photo: In the Amazon rain forest, fires are deliberately started. Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Citigroup continue to finance deforestation for soy plantations.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Proof:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">• Forest & Finance, Data Deep Dive: soybean traders ADM, Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus between 2015 and 2019: <a href="https://forestsandfinance.org/data/">https://forestsandfinance.org/data/</a><br />
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• Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits highest annual level in a decade<br />
The Guardian, 20 August 2021: <br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/20/brazil-amazon-deforestation-report-bolsonaro-climate">
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/20/brazil-amazon-deforestation-report-bolsonaro-climate</a><br />
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• (pdf, in French) Soja & deforestation: stop financial actors' complicity<br />
Report from Reclaim Finance, Canopée, SumOfUs, Mighty Earth, October 2020: <br /><a href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/558331?t=19&akid=94450%2E12265938%2Elr_81M">
https://act.sumofus.org/go/558331?t=19&akid=94450%2E12265938%2Elr_81M</a><br />
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• Feeding the European appetite for soy<br />
Rainforest Foundation Norway, November 2020: <br /><a href="https://historier.regnskog.no/feeding-the-european-appetite-for-soy/index.html?_ga=2.191727274.1080812544.1610560792-565971578.1588683920">
https://historier.regnskog.no/feeding-the-european-appetite-for-soy/index.html?_ga=2.191727274.1080812544.1610560792-565971578.1588683920</a><br />
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• Banks urged to combat deforestation and halt biodiversity crisis<br />
The Independent, 12 January 2021: <br /><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/banks-deforestation-soy-cattle-timber-b1785600.html">
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/banks-deforestation-soy-cattle-timber-b1785600.html</a></span></div>___</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ready to take a stand against those who want to destroy our planet for profit?</span></i></b><br />
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■ Add your name to demand that Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup stop financing destruction of our precious forests: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="https://actions.sumofus.org/a/stop-bankrolling-deforestation/">
https://actions.sumofus.org/a/stop-bankrolling-deforestation/</a><br />___<br style="font-family: sans-serif;" /><span face="sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">(Bulk of info herein, except rainforest section, is from Axios, "The carbon toll of summer blazes" in "Axios Generate," Sep 22, 2021)</span></span></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b>Parting note...</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><i>Life in 2021</i></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://odaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MOTD-9_21_21-Conan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="400" height="363" src="https://odaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MOTD-9_21_21-Conan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">●○■□■</span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The special section, <i>"</i></span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Mark Humphreys: in memoriam,"</i> is</span></b><b style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> at the end of this edition, just AFTER the closing boilerplate.</span></b><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe;">●○■□■</span></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Resources / Navigation / Contacting us / finding </i></b></span><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">what you want in current, recent, or archived Guide editions</i></b></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span></span></p><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><a href="http://www.acousticmusic.net/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.acousticmusic.net</a> </span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Or at</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0776de; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;">www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com</span></span></a></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">On mobile devices, click "view web edition</u>" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all re9cent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything last year, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; 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vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^></span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">♪ </span>The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a virtual version of hittin' </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">the road for the festival circuit or a concert tour.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; 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font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Special section, <i>"</i></span></b><b style="font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Mark Humphreys: in </i></span></b></span></i></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>memoriam"</i> </span></b></span></i></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-style: inherit;">FIRST</b><span style="font-style: inherit;">, we repeat the short section from this edition's opening.</span><br />
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THEN</b><span style="font-style: inherit;">, we present </span><u style="font-style: inherit;">expressions from artists</u><span style="font-style: inherit;"> shared on social media, and </span><u style="font-style: inherit;">Paul Zollo's tribute from "American Songwriter" magazine</u><span style="font-style: inherit;">.</span><br /><span style="font-style: inherit;">
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From the opening...</span></i></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">M</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">ark Humphreys was a singularity -- a talented singer-songwriter who gave-up extensive touring to found an indie record label -- Trough Records -- to benefit struggling singer-songwriters. </span><br />
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Sure, leaving the road meant he could finally use his education and myriad other skills and talents to gain an executive suite office (not in show biz) and the hefty compensation that came with it. It meant moving out of his little L.A. apartment and getting married, living in a big house with Melissa, the love of his life. </span><br />
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But he always made time -- priority time -- to craft, cajole, encourage, motivate, and provide a needed kick-in-the-ass to the artists on the Trough Records label. And there were the delightful parties at his enormous house to celebrate new releases, or just to delight in wonderful songs.</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The world lost him last week. We learned of Mark's sudden passing in a message from singer-songwriter / actor Phil Ward -- a Trough Records artist -- who is doing summerstock theatre in Michigan. Quickly, a trail of messages literally went around the globe, seeking details of what happened and of pending memorial and funeral arrangements.</span><br />
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Mark was lost to an apparent heart attack. It was not covid. But covid has and is delaying everything related to all memorial gatherings and funerals. We will report arrangements when we learn of them. </span><br />
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Mark's widow is, of course, processing the shock.</span><br />
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Singer-songwriter Robert Morgan Fisher shared some of the comments that have appeared on social media, and he made certain we received the excellent tribute piece by Paul Zollo that appears on the "American Songwriter" magazine site.</span></i></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></i></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Those very personal remembrances (including ours) and Paul Zollo's published tribute </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">appear JUST BELOW</span></b><span style="font-weight: inherit;">.</span><br />
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We have lost so many in this past year. So many whose like we shall never see again: Nanci Griffith. John Prine. Charlie Daniels. And now Mark Humphreys. </span><br />
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They leave us thoughts, melodies and memories that play in our heads and remind us of sun-drenched days, nights beneath stage lights, gentle breezes felt as the crowds hushed in excited anticipation at festivals -- and the exuberant magic of the first note as they began to play. Indeed, artists do leave us the legacy of their art. For those who truly knew them, their personalities, their challenges, their humanity, it's not enough. But we do have their images in our own book of life. And even a single mental photograph, whether sharp or blurry, is a shared bit of their soul.</span></span></i><br /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">
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Thank you for communicating with Melissa and forwarding messages to and from her. I shall mail her a card that is hopelessly inadequate, but a sincere effort. I do hope the offered dates for funeral/memorial availability do not crowd their 20th anniversary.<br />
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The news certainly stunned me. As I wrote to Phil Ward upon first learning the awful news from him, I had been thinking of Mark just a few days earlier, and thinking I should write him to say hello, ask about life during covid, and if Trough had released anything.<br />
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Y'know, way back when I had the radio show and coaxed Mark to come in and play live-on-air every couple months, he and I would always grin about his "one condition for doing that." It was, of course, that we talk about the stable of Trough artists, promote their gigs, and spin their tracks while he was there. <br />
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His point was that he was no longer touring, but the others were. It occasioned the shared grin because I played tracks by all the Trough artists anyway -- including his CDs. And, in utter defiance of big labels and pressurized charts, several "listener favorites" came from that airplay.<br />
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I never could reconcile Mark's political conservatism with his generous service to others, his impulse to look to the needs of others. Like his countless hours crafting, forging, honing not-ready-for-prime-time musical compositions into first-class recorded productions. I got him to tell many compelling stories on air, but he was too humble to say much at all about his penchant for doing that. I do recall Andrew Lorand once thoroughly embarrassed Mark by telling listeners how critical "The Chairman's" role was to the aspirations of others.<br />
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I know we all have splendid memories to cherish and hopefully to share. Since I am not on Facebook, may I ask that you copy and send a few that appear there? Beyond my own fond wish to read them, I would like to have the thoughts of others when enough info is here to write a proper obit for his life in music.<br />
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This is a tough year. The "1 in every 500 Americans dead of covid," just confirmed today. And I have lost old friends this year, not to covid, in North Dakota, Arizona, and just last week, Virginia.<br />
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In addition, my mom died a year ago February, and we are still awaiting word from Arlington Nat'l Cemetery regarding when her ashes can be interred with my dad's. So I have an idea what Melissa is experiencing with that one aspect of being left waiting.<br />
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I hope when it is safe that we can have a musical gathering in tribute to Mark. He had favorite songs by so many artists, so many in the Southern Cal music community, on and off Trough. Each one surely knows what "their" special song is. It would make quite a tuneful evening, with multiple boxes of crying tissues. Time it right and Brett would be here. <br />
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Meantime, write when you can, and take care.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>
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Memories of Mark Humphreys in<br />
collected social media expressions <br />
(courtesy of Robert Morgan Fisher)</b></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><h2 id="x_x_x_jsc_c_2j9" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/melissa.a.humphreys?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVy0RORms5frszZ8lve0t_eVn-n1w0jIm_RbAAXKbV4NmWN7taLhzf8cgSM_mUdD4q4uDEdVDUE_Bxz6hTJDnXfkNrTe6SNVQ0rqh_y6EOkoILiK7UxzZSHNZaTJySsMCo&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Melissa Ann Morgan Humphreys</strong></a></span></h2><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/melissa.a.humphreys/posts/10159097338618429?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVy0RORms5frszZ8lve0t_eVn-n1w0jIm_RbAAXKbV4NmWN7taLhzf8cgSM_mUdD4q4uDEdVDUE_Bxz6hTJDnXfkNrTe6SNVQ0rqh_y6EOkoILiK7UxzZSHNZaTJySsMCo&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Septembter 1gs0i at 3a:s4nduco3 cPMeud</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> ·</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Facebook Family-</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Not sure how to say this but we lost <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/mark.humphreys.980?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVy0RORms5frszZ8lve0t_eVn-n1w0jIm_RbAAXKbV4NmWN7taLhzf8cgSM_mUdD4q4uDEdVDUE_Bxz6hTJDnXfkNrTe6SNVQ0rqh_y6EOkoILiK7UxzZSHNZaTJySsMCo&__tn__=-%5dK-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark Humphreys</span></a> this morning. Don’t know what it was but suspected heart attack. He was in this car in the driveway and I was walking Siren. We got back and I saw him sitting up with his left leg out of the car and his foot on the driveway. The drivers side door was open. He was unresponsive. I called 911 and started CPR. Paramedics arrrived and worked on him for 30 minutes. But he was not coming back. I’m sorry I could not let each of you know individually. And I will let you know the arrangements when they are made.<span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> I ask that you keep and your highest thoughts because he is my everything and I am lost.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please understand if you contact me I may not be able to get back with you right away. I am grateful for all of you. And tell those you love how much you love them. 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box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sepftcembeorct 1mp1o nafimatsiS 1e1:36 AatM</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> ·</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thoughts from Joe, about <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/mark.humphreys.980?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZWIs9obQZ4Mcve6Rdg4N7_4LwE_e6WCg5NEZ7TwAcTwkaqjF8_OqmWnm0ljy-hwLr5aQFElKXtoFPoXvi3PxzKbPxMThdc8EsgfyJ22P2Qz4pQF4W8Cf9zFz4ur8B_dVHI&__tn__=-%5dK-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark Humphreys</span></a> :</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I have known Mark since I was in junior high, and he was a very important part of my life for the next formative fifteen years, mostly playing music together. As the little brother to Rob, I was inspired by Rob, Vincent, and Mark. They are the reason I began and continue to play music. Although he probably had no idea, Mark also inspired me to go into theater as well. To borrow from Vincent’s comments, “very” is the perfect word to describe Mark. He pursued everything with an intensity and passion – whether it was solving the Daily Jumble, writing songs for a new album, or rooting for his beloved Dodgers. Mark always seemed to be out in front of everyone else – a true leader. He got things done. He inspired others to follow and often helped them along. I feel so privileged to have had him as a friend. He has done so much for me (and for all of us). Some of my fondest memories were recording and performing with Mark. He could be relentless when recording a new album. I will never forget hearing him utter the following after recording a track: “Let’s try it one more time” or, if in a hurry, “We’ll lose it in the mix.” Or, as Mike mentioned, recording all the drum tracks for an album in two days.And as an amazingly prolific songwriter, he always had plenty of songs to record. I am eternally grateful to him for allowing me to be a part of his music, truly some of the best experiences of my life. And what a legacy of wonderful songs he has left for all of us. And never quite satisfied, he began remastering his earlier recordings. He also unselfishly recorded and produced for so many others, always taking the enormous time and energy to make sure everything was just right. Mark was entertaining, inspiring, and a true force of nature. I will miss him so much but will never forget what he meant to me and so many others.</p></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; break-after: avoid; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f3763; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/robertmorganfisher?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZWKX35qx1D1RdtuwSoB_KzxfMymBu0IEmnyJD_kcLzNGpK_qapFcK03TiVHw3LrggQRPlKTKXfOzZq2p4GcdVIp7sjsToK1lF9JdQypm2HK6g&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y0.g-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Robert Morgan Fisher</a><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/mark.humphreys.980?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZWKX35qx1D1RdtuwSoB_KzxfMymBu0IEmnyJD_kcLzNGpK_qapFcK03TiVHw3LrggQRPlKTKXfOzZq2p4GcdVIp7sjsToK1lF9JdQypm2HK6g&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y0.g-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Mark Humphreys</a></span></span><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f3763; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></h3><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/mark.humphreys.980/posts/5065652793450244?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZWKX35qx1D1RdtuwSoB_KzxfMymBu0IEmnyJD_kcLzNGpK_qapFcK03TiVHw3LrggQRPlKTKXfOzZq2p4GcdVIp7sjsToK1lF9JdQypm2HK6g&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-y0.g-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SeptembeSrcm 1m0c at 1l1r:18Si PM</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> ·</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark & I touched base frequently. He sent me every CD he ever put out. They'd always arrive very neatly wrapped like a gift. For several years he's been sending me CDs of ancient stuff he recorded—like 10 albums. Each one would have a note: "BE AFRAID—BE VERY AFRAID!" I loved those CDs. I'd listen to them while I wrote. They ranged from Garage Band to slick Rock to New Wave to Folk. I'd send my reviews to him, citing fave tracks. I called him Troff he called me Imp (for Imperative Records, my imitation label) like we were fellow moguls. We shared a deep abiding friendship going back decades. He brought out the best in himself and his artists, produced albums from people like Rod Smear and Dave Morrison who we feared might never record. When Mark toured years ago, he kept a diary that he e-mailed to me every day. <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/melissa.a.humphreys?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZWKX35qx1D1RdtuwSoB_KzxfMymBu0IEmnyJD_kcLzNGpK_qapFcK03TiVHw3LrggQRPlKTKXfOzZq2p4GcdVIp7sjsToK1lF9JdQypm2HK6g&__tn__=-%5dK-y0.g-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Melissa Ann Morgan Humphreys</span></a> was the love of his life, his North Star. He knew what was important. I'm gonna miss him more than words could ever say.</p></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><h2 id="x_x_x_jsc_c_261" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/sandy.dobbins?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUdBou-C2WqcWPRo-witLZHpQbiFwdxOeB9ohl718f4kD3h16moH_GgXmH0SIYCjSLLW9UQ2CsP7SCXLHwj6r9ecSJintpp0KxZRWvqjrdRjB_j3jIsZ5fMgS2y655ygog&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sandy Dobbins</strong></a></span></h2><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/mark.humphreys.980" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SgepotSemcbpmher 1f1dfor oat r9:csfs5u5ee AM</span></a></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> ·</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I will be forever grateful to Mark for introducing me to the music of Tom Waits. This is the first song <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://www.facebook.com/mark.humphreys.980?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUdBou-C2WqcWPRo-witLZHpQbiFwdxOeB9ohl718f4kD3h16moH_GgXmH0SIYCjSLLW9UQ2CsP7SCXLHwj6r9ecSJintpp0KxZRWvqjrdRjB_j3jIsZ5fMgS2y655ygog&__tn__=-%5dK-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark Humphreys</span></a> ever played to me of Tom's, in Mark's Marathon Ave. apartment. The record was playing when we came in, and I asked who it was. He started it over and I literally had to sit down. It was breathtaking and I was overwhelmed. Thanks, Mark.</p></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">___ ___ ___ </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">The Tribute from "American Songwriter" magazine, by Paul Zollo:</span></b><br />
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(This is originally published at:</span><br /><a href="https://americansongwriter.com/in-loving-memory-of-a-great-songwriter-champion-and-true-friend-mark-humphreys/" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit;">
https://americansongwriter.com/in-loving-memory-of-a-great-songwriter-champion-and-true-friend-mark-humphreys/</a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit;">)</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><header class="entry-header" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="g1-meta g1-meta-m entry-meta entry-meta-m" style="align-items: center; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; 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background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="entry-meta-label" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BY</span> <a href="https://americansongwriter.com/members/paul-zollo/profile/home/" rel="author" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Zollo"><span itemprop="name" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PAUL ZOLLO</span></a></span><time class="entry-date" datetime="2021-09-15T14:19:14-05:00" itemprop="datePublished" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;" title="September 15, 2021, 2:19 pm">9 DAYS AGO</time></span><span class="entry-stats entry-stats-m" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><div class="ameri-kargo" id="ameri-708436649" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="div-gpt-ad-1613760023762-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div><h2 class="has-text-align-center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: var(--g1-itxt-color); font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.125; margin: 3rem 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 19.74px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Angeleno Songwriting Champions, Part I.</em></h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-9004111230959316 lazyloaded" data-expand="600" data-sizes="(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px" data-src="https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?resize=1024,332" data-srcset="https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=3157 3157w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=768 768w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1536 1536w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=620 620w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=407 407w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=813 813w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=608 608w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=833 833w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1260 1260w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=148 148w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=296 296w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1324 1324w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1986 1986w" height="1024" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px" src="https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?resize=1024,332" srcset="https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=3157 3157w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=768 768w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1536 1536w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=620 620w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=407 407w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=813 813w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=608 608w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=833 833w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1260 1260w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=148 148w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=296 296w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1324 1324w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-Mark-Humphreys-xrop-1.jpg?w=1986 1986w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.175s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" width="3157" /><figcaption style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: var(--g1-mtxt-color); font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 10.34px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark Humphreys</em></span></figcaption></figure><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">More deep sorrow has descended over the Angeleno songwriting community. Mark Humphreys, a beloved friend, songwriter, producer, and champion to so many songwriters and musicians, has died.<em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></em></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When it came to better angels here in the angel city, there weren’t many better than him. He was the best of us.<br /><br />Among human attributes, among the greatest is a true generosity of spirit. It comes from knowing that the authentic joy of giving far surpasses that of receiving. Albert Pike, an author and judge in Lincoln’s time, said, “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”<br /><br />Mark understood this innately, and it was at the core of who he was. As anyone knew him can affirm, he was that rare guy who genuinely cared about other people, and went the extra distance so that they knew it. He had more than good intentions; he carried through. He didn’t make promises he didn’t keep. His greatest happiness came from the happiness of others.<br /><br />In this business of music, climbing over one’s friends – or anyone in the way – to reach the top is an old tradition. Mark did the very opposite. He built a foundation on which he could launch a real songwriting career, on which he invited many artists to join him, and, with his help, ascend. It was called Trough Records.<br /><br />Trough was conceived as a collective record company, in which the artists could own their own work. Of course, this is the absolute antithesis of the American music business practices of exploiting and profiting off of musicians and songwriters. Enriching one’s self thoroughly is the priority, and is not as easily done when sharing the profits with the creative folks. Besides – the thinking went and still goes – it will only make them fat and lazy, and songwriters need to stay hungry to write good songs.<br /><br />Mark, being both a serious songwriter and a good businessman, didn’t subscribe to that thinking. Songwriters, he knew, were hungry enough. More than enough. Hungry for the essentials of life. But also hungry to be heard. Hungry to get their songs recorded and out in the world.<br /><br />So instead of pushing people out of his way, he pushed them to write more songs, to record. And to not give up. He knew as long as an artist never stops, that he is unstoppable.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He didn’t view the music business as a necessary competition of triumph and defeat, and knew that thinking is detrimental to the spirit of a songwriter in every way. Before he created Trough, he devoted himself fully to being a serious songwriter and touring musician for years, and made many albums. He was one of the first guys who put all the pieces together on his own, and somehow figured out how to be an indie artist, and not go under.<br /><br />But that generosity of spirit was there from the start. As soon as he figured it out – how to make albums, promote them, get them to radio, and even tour – he wanted to share this knowledge with others. He never seemed to care about lifting himself beyond everyone else. Mark wanted to lift up others, always, and he did.<br /><br /><br />He also was unique in his innate ability to get along with just about everyone. The differences that divide people – religion, politics, age, gender, etc. – were secondary to him. Musicians make music out of noise, and bring harmony to the world. The triumph is in the doing, as he knew. The real reward came in realizing the work to the fullness of one’s vision, and not settling. It wasn’t about looking to others for judgment of one’s song. Others might love it or not. But it started always with the artist.</p><h2 class="has-text-align-center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: var(--g1-itxt-color); font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.125; margin: 3rem 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 19.74px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“My life has been blessed beyond anything I could have possibly hoped for.”</em></h2><h2 class="has-text-align-center" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: var(--g1-itxt-color); font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.125; margin: 3rem 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 19.74px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">– Mark Humphreys</em></h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-9004111230958384 lazyloaded" data-expand="600" data-sizes="(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px" data-src="https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?resize=853,1024" data-srcset="https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=640 640w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=768 768w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=853 853w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=620 620w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=407 407w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=813 813w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=608 608w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=833 833w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=40 40w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=80 80w" height="1200" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px" src="https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?resize=853,1024" srcset="https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=640 640w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=768 768w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=853 853w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=620 620w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=407 407w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=813 813w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=608 608w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=833 833w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=40 40w, https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-mark-humphreys-1.jpg?w=80 80w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.175s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" width="1000" /><figcaption style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: var(--g1-mtxt-color); font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 10.34px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark Humphreys</em></span></figcaption></figure><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He was a gentle, warm-hearted guy, and if he was judgmental, only expressed it with tenderness. He was more excited about the good work an artist does than any bad behavior. He knew humans were only human, after all, even musicians. He had no problem forgiving anyone for attitudes or actions others found unforgivable. When certain artists would be vilified and shunned by others for their politics, or some other reason, he wasn’t the type to ever be persuaded by groupthink; he was repelled by it. Loyalty, like other old-fashioned values discarded or forgotten long ago, mattered to him. Anyone who became uninvited in this community, and made to feel like an outsider, was someone he’d go out of his way to comfort. Many people never understood or appreciated why he did this. But those he championed when they needed it the most understood. And never forgot.<br /><br />He was a truly benevolent man in this way, even when benevolence went out of fashion. Fashion, and what was considered hip or right for one moment, he knew was fleeting and fluid. It was the timeless aspects of life that mattered more. Being good to each other. Being loyal. Being true. True to one’s self, and true to the world.<br /><br />In this way he was an analog man in a digital age. Even when the entire world got digitized, he remained proudly analog, literally and symbolically. He recorded at his home studio on his trusty analog TASCAM 388, making his own albums there and the albums of countless artists. And they sounded great.<br /></p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="lazyloaded" data-expand="600" data-src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/314275_302061.jpeg" src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/314275_302061.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.175s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="" /><figcaption style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: var(--g1-mtxt-color); font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 10.34px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark’s trusty analog TASCAM 388 on which he recorded, engineered and also produced albums for a host of great artists, including: Dave Morrison, Phil Ward, Rod Sphere, Tim Tedrow & John-Michael Kaye, Tim Tedrow & Terry Vreeland, David Piper, Piper-Grey, Sandy Armstrong, Rob Dobbins, Richard Humphreys, The Moriartys, Motel Six, Radio Dogs, and Tin Can Alley.</em></span></figcaption></figure><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark created and launched Trough Records to release his own music at first. But almost immediately recognized that having the label established, and a system in place that worked affordably through all the stages of making an album, that it could be used to help others. As soon as he created the perfect vessel, ensured it was sea-worthy and set sail, he welcomed others aboard.<br /><br />So many great songwriters, artists, duos, bands and more who didn’t fit easily into the shifting musical trends of the day and found themselves denied access, forever outside the walls of the kingdom, were given a home by Mark, and a way in. Over the years he gave a home to a vast swath of artists, including this writer.</p><div class="wp-block-image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figure class="aligncenter is-resized" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: table; margin: 0px auto 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="lazyloaded" data-expand="600" data-src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_1440,w_720,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/800247_14388.jpeg" height="284" loading="lazy" src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_1440,w_720,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/800247_14388.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.175s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="" width="284" /><figcaption style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; caption-side: bottom; color: var(--g1-mtxt-color); display: table-caption; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 10.34px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Piper-Grey: David Piper & Earl Grey</em></span></figcaption></figure></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But I was a late-comer to Trough. Before me came many great, singular artists championed by Mark Humphreys. These include Rod Sphere, Dave Morrison, Tom Ianello, Andrew Lorand and Puppets of Castro (featuring Darryl Purpose), Phil Ward, Tim Tedrow & Terry Vreeland, Tim Tedrow & John-Michael Kaye, Lisa Johnson, Piper-Grey, David Piper, Earl Grey, Brett Perkins, The Moriartys, and Motel Six.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figure class="aligncenter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: table; margin: 0px auto 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="lazyloaded" data-expand="600" data-src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_1440,w_720,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/543347_481127.jpeg" src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_1440,w_720,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/543347_481127.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.175s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="" /><figcaption style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; caption-side: bottom; color: var(--g1-mtxt-color); display: table-caption; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 10.34px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dave Morrison</em></span></figcaption></figure></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All of these artists and groups were passionately engaged, as was Mark, in the old world romance of writing serious songs – songs from their hearts and souls, and making records of them. Their songs were no longer considered commercial by the industry, which moved far from the singer-songwriters and their heart & soul songs towards music designed for the Hit Parade. And popular songwriting changed.<br /><br />But he wasn’t diminished by this change. He was empowered. Trough was a home for all those abandoned by the industry yet still staying true to the mission: writing great songs.<br /><br />When their albums were completed – always as momentous to the songwriter/artist as completing the Sistine Chapel was for Michelangelo, if not way more – he understood how it felt better than anyone.<br /><br />He’d help do that thing most songwriters do poorly, or not at all – promote their work. He was someone who had been in the trenches for years, doing the work, and he understood all of it, especially the hard parts. Though he was much better at championing himself than most artists, he also recognized that it wasn’t easy for most, and impossible for some.<br /><br /></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figure class="aligncenter is-resized" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: table; margin: 0px auto 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="lazyloaded" data-expand="600" data-src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_1440,w_720,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/84058_159250.jpeg" height="292" loading="lazy" src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_1440,w_720,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/84058_159250.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.175s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="" width="292" /><figcaption style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; caption-side: bottom; color: var(--g1-mtxt-color); display: table-caption; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 10.34px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rod Sphere</em></span></figcaption></figure></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As a gifted and passionate songwriter himself, he embraced the fullness of the art with all his being. He wrote about the truth, both the truth of the world and his personal truth. Often he wrote about happiness. That one can find true joy, even in this world. He’d celebrate his own good fortune to be alive, to have a job which pays him, an office on the 33rd floor, and a woman he loves always in his heart:<br /><br />“<em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And I’m king of the world</em>!” he proclaimed with unabashed delight in his song “Mexican Sunrise,” one of my personal favorites. It’s the one Mark Humphreys song I recorded, and which I am proud is included on a tribute album created for him – thankfully, while he was still with us, which is the best time – called <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Mark Humphreys Experience: Just About Everybody Sings Mark Humphreys</em>. It’s on Trough Records.<br /></p><div class="ameri-e9ae8930956a588f1508e7eb30aec9af ameri-middle-content-mobile" id="ameri-e9ae8930956a588f1508e7eb30aec9af" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ameri-middle-content-mobile" id="ameri-337831267" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="div-gpt-ad-1611338438455-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div><div class="ameri-108e33d15bbff3ef18b9edcd9d0bebe0 ameri-middle-content-desktop" id="ameri-108e33d15bbff3ef18b9edcd9d0bebe0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><figure class="wp-block-image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Humphreys-Experience-Various-Artists/dp/B074QVQ1PT" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: #d44f49; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="lazyloaded" data-expand="600" data-src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81LZtxccZ5L._SL1500_.jpg" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81LZtxccZ5L._SL1500_.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.175s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a><figcaption style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: var(--g1-mtxt-color); font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 10.34px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Humphreys-Experience-Various-Artists/dp/B074QVQ1PT" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Mark Humphreys Experience</em>,</a></span><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 10.34px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Humphreys-Experience-Various-Artists/dp/B074QVQ1PT" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">The 2017 tribute album to Mark made by his friends and label-mates.</a></span></figcaption></figure><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark always seemed like a happy guy. Although, as I didn’t know for years, he had a major drinking problem, which he kicked long ago. And he knew misery well, he said. But he kicked that too.<br /><br />And never did he seem happier in life than after meeting and marrying his true love, Melissa Morgan. They created a warm and beautiful home, which seemed like his dream come true. The first song he wrote for Melissa was called “Home.”<br /><br />He was the producer and co-host/engineer of her great true crime/murder podcast <a href="https://justthetipsters.libsyn.com/" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: #d44f49; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Just the Tip-Sters.</a> He engineered it all, and served as her on-air sidekick, her Ed McMahon/Robin Givens. But she was the star, which is how he wanted it. He was in his element, and delighted in letting the world know how brilliant his wife was, and helping her star shine.<br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He was one of those singular people who understood innately that even the most seemingly confident performers and artists among us needed some affirmation. I had the great privilege and fun of performing in many Trough Records shows. Always he seemed tuned in to others, and never neurotic, burdened or bitter about life, or needy for attention.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Instead, he’d set up a great concert to feature others, and afterwards would make a point of shining his bright positivity into the after-the-show backstage realm where all performers are hoping for a good review.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yet he wasn’t false or phony. He told you how he really felt, and if there was anything he felt was a misstep, he wouldn’t gloss over it. Because of that, one knew any praise was real. And from him, it meant a lot. He’d deliver it with his robust joy, reveling in his discovery of new aspects of our music or performances he hadn’t seen before, or which had improved a lot. His tone was not one of an elder letting you know you had finally improved, but a friend – a brother in arms – thrilled for you that you did such great work. He always seemed genuinely happy for the happiness of others.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I spent a long time making my album, <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Universal Cure</em> for Trough. Longer than <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sgt. Pepper</em> took The Beatles. He was always patient. He understood.<br /><br />One of my favorite memories after it was finally complete, and sent him a copy was a receiving his excited phone call about it.<em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></em><br /><br />“Zollo,” he said excitedly, “you are no folkie – you’re a <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">rocker</em>!”<br /><br /></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figure class="aligncenter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: table; margin: 0px auto 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="lazyloaded" data-expand="600" data-src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/693948_606246.jpeg" src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/693948_606246.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.175s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="" /><figcaption style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; caption-side: bottom; color: var(--g1-mtxt-color); display: table-caption; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 10.34px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark in 1999 performing in Hickory, North Carolina</em></span></figcaption></figure></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Politically, Mark was always on his own turf, and proudly. His politics were not liberal, or conservative, but some kind of hybrid of each enriched by another of those rare old-world attributes mostly extinct in these modern times: independent thinking. He was a deep thinker, a compassionate soul, but also an unusually grounded, realistic one. And though it is easier in Los Angeles to be phony, and falsely feign left-wing Liberal attitudes so as not to ruffle feathers, he didn’t do that. He preferred, when possible, leaving the feathers of friends unruffled when he could. He had no need to denigrate others ever to prove his point. He recognized that doing so was pointless. More to the point for him was not to create more division in our world.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When social media created a forum for politics to be pronounced, leading to debate, animosity and worse, it created a real division in our community. Tolerance was in short supply, even among the old hippies and Liberals who used to ascribe to such thinking.<br /><br />Mark wouldn’t have any of it. At his parties everyone was invited, those on the Right, the Left. Even the undecided, if there were any. Nobody was excluded. It didn’t make everyone comfortable, and many barely acknowledged those on the other side.<br /><br />But Mark was Mark, and warmly welcomed all with his gentle, ecumenical spirit of inclusion. It wasn’t something he needed to lecture about. He simply lived what he believed in. Which was brave, beautiful and essentially who Mark Humphreys was and how he will be remembered. He was a happy man who reveled always in the happiness of others.<br /><br />So to lose Mark of all people is especially painful and sad, as without him it won’t be the same. Who else can come to this world with his calm, joy, warmth, wisdom, and rare ability to get along with everyone? Who else easily delights in celebrating others more than himself ?<br /><br />For all of us blessed by his friendship, and enriched by his big heart and generosity of spirit, we will keep those gifts always. For that we are forever grateful.<br /><br />So long for now, old friend. And thank you.</p><div class="wp-block-image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16.92px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figure class="aligncenter is-resized" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: table; margin: 0px auto 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="lazyloaded" data-expand="600" data-src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/206467_369102.jpeg" height="458" loading="lazy" src="https://user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto/1261439/206467_369102.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.175s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="" width="458" /><figcaption style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; caption-side: bottom; color: var(--g1-mtxt-color); display: table-caption; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-size: 10.34px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark Humphreys</span></em></figcaption></figure></div></div></div></div></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^></span></div><p><br /></p></div><br>
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When we published this special section, a memorial service / gathering had not yet been scheduled. Here is that information:<br>
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"Mark Humphreys Celebration of Life" is Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 1 PM<br>
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It is followed by a reception for his friends. <br>
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Location:<br>
Eternal Valley Memorial Park<br>
23287 Sierra Hwy, Newhall, CA 91321<br>
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<br>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171789632682503752.post-76568152564855315552021-09-10T23:50:00.000-07:002021-09-10T23:50:31.683-07:00Maritime Festival: tall ships, sea chanteys, new memories -- and a time for remembrance. Sep 10 edition, 2021<p>. </p><p>. </p><p>The delightful Ocean Institute at Dana Point hosts the 37th annual event that always was, until recently, the <b>Tall Ships Festival</b>. The seagoing sailing vessels are returning and welcome you aboard. With so much more on hand, it's now the <b>Maritime Festival</b>, and we have all the details for you.</p><p>One crazy fun idea is a double-header. Only an hour inland from Dana Point -- via the "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" of Route 74 to Perris -- you can <b>ride the trolleys this weekend</b>. They are authentic, original "Red Cars" of the Pacific Electric, and their smaller "Yellow Car" cousins of the long-gone Los Angeles Railway. We have a link.</p><p>Finally, we offer <b>remembrances of September 11th</b>, twenty years ago. Some, most, or all are stories you don't know. At the time, shock and horror united America in a way that seems impossible now. Of course, no one knew that 9/11 would usher-in an era of endless wars predicated on lies that went woefully unexamined by a media reveling in "embedded" deployments with the invading troops -- but that's another story.</p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://oceaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/OI_TallShipsFest-25-of-25-400x284.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="400" height="454" src="https://oceaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/OI_TallShipsFest-25-of-25-400x284.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h1 class="x_null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: 40px; line-height: 56.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This weekend!</span></span></span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 56.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's the annual gathering of tall ships -- seagoing sailing vessels harkening to the great age of sail -- and it's happening at the Ocean Institute, at the 37th annual Maritime Festival. There's living history, tours of the vessels, sea chanteys, and the institute's living exhibits of sea creatures. We've been many times and it's lots of fun.</span></h1><h1 class="x_null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 56.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">___<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span face="open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 40px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 50px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CANNON BATTLES</span></span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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While on board, learn about maritime history and experience the thrill of a mock cannon battle at sea.</span></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Enjoy blasting cannons, towering rigging, bustling decks, and the magnificence of a canvas full of wind during a cannon battle! Work with the crew hauling up sail or simply sit back and enjoy the spectacular demonstration of skill, knowledge, and survival.</span></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; 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max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">TALES OF THE TALL SHIPS:</strong></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">Pick </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">YOUR</strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"> ship below and join in for a fun filled evening of </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">Cannon Battles</strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"> aboard a historic tall ship</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Limited amount of tickets still available</strong></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageGroupBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">AMERICA</em></span></strong></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 300px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Type of Ship: </strong>Gaf Rigged Schooner<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Length Overall: </strong>139 Feet<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Home Po</strong></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">rt: </strong>San Diego (Next Level Sailing)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fun Fact: </strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">America</em> is the world’s most famous racing yacht. Now a replica of the 139-foot yacht that won the historic Royal Yacht Squadron’s 100 Guinea Cup race in 1851.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The original America put yachting on the map. It is why the most famous trophy in sailing is called The America’s Cup. In 1851, a boat named ‘AMERICA’ won the ‘Royal Yacht Squadrons’ 100 Guinea Cup given to the winner of a race around the Isle of Wight.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 300px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; 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The keel was laid in 1969 in South Bristol, Maine at the Harvey Gamage Shipyard, and she was launched March 27, 1971 to unprecedented fanfare with attendance surpassing 10,000. The vessel was then brought to Chula Vista in 2013 and purchased by the South Bay Front Sailing Association (SBFSA) where she currently calls home.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 300px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; 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max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Tickets still available for Sunday</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #dd2929; border-radius: 18px; width: 472px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ocean-institute.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf&id=22be0f7698&e=522408d9ff" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Bill of Rights Tickets">Bill of Rights Tickets</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">CURLEW</em></span></strong></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 300px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Type of Ship: </strong>Schooner<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Length Overall: </strong>82 Feet<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Home Port: </strong>Dana Point (Curlew Charters)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fun Fact: </strong>A 1926 John Alden Designed Schooner, Curlew has a rich and varied history, which continues to unfold. Recognized in 2009 as a Historic Vessel by the City of Dana Point, CA, Curlew is a remarkable relic of the golden age of wooden boat construction, sailing and racing.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 300px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Tickets still available for Saturday & Sunday</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #dd2929; border-radius: 18px; width: 472px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ocean-institute.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf&id=4f6138477c&e=522408d9ff" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Curlew Tickets">Curlew Tickets</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">AMERICAN PRIDE</em></span></strong></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 300px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Type of Ship: </strong>Schooner<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Length Overall: </strong>105 Feet<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Home Port: </strong>Los Angeles (LA Maritime Institute)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fun Fact: </strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">American Pride </em>was originally built in 1941 as a two-masted eastern rigged trawler, a fishing vessel. Christened as the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Virginia, </em>she was built in 1941 at Muller Boat Works Inc. located in Brooklyn, New York as a two-masted eastern rigged trawler. In 1986 American Pride was converted to a three masted schooner at the Wallace Yard in Thomaston, Maine.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 300px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><img data-imagetype="External" height="202" src="https://mcusercontent.com/432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf/images/4d1318ef-f81f-5383-5b12-b002c4ee283b.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 202px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 250px;" width="250" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Tickets still available for Saturday & Sunday</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #dd2929; border-radius: 18px; width: 472px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ocean-institute.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf&id=78c013ed35&e=522408d9ff" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="American Pride Tickets">American Pride Tickets</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">EXY JOHNSON</em></strong></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 300px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Type of Ship: </strong>Brigantine<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Length Overall: </strong>110 Feet<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Home Port: </strong>Los Angeles (LA Maritime Institute)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fun Fact: </strong>Names after famed American author, lecturer, adventure, and sail training pioneer. Throughout her life she completed many sailing feats including sailing around the world seven times while training younger sailors. Exy Johnson and sister ship Irving Johnson where launched in 2002 and have been a staple of LA Harbor.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 300px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; 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color: black;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Escort Cruise:</em></strong></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">R/V SEA EXPLORER </em></strong></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; 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On board our Research Vessel Sea Explorer is the best place to take photos and get a up-close view of all of the action at sea.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 300px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Type of Ship: </strong>Research Vessel<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Length Overall: </strong>65 Feet<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Home Port: </strong>Dana Point, CA (Ocean Institute<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fun Fact: </strong>Sea Explorer is an educational floating lab equipped with underwater cameras, an acoustic hydrophone, onboard computers, video microscopes, touch tanks, and a viewing aquarium. A bowsprit over the water provides any passenger with a breathtaking view of dolphins, whales, and sea lions.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 300px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; 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Explore the new Chambers Artifact Gallery, home to a variety of marine life artifacts. Learn about the history of whaling during the scrimshaw activity -- you even get to take home your very own sailor’s art. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Can you dig it? Learn the proper techniques of an archeological dig for artifacts or see if you can strike it rich by staking your claim at a gold panning station. The "At Sea Learning Center," home to the resident eels, schooling fish, and many other marine life animals, will include lessons on Morse code and how to send a telegram. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Next, stop by the Sahm Marine Education Center and experience a Discovery touch tank featuring intertidal animals including Sea Star, Sea Urchins, Sea Cucumbers, and more. There's also the Shark touch tank, with Horn Sharks, Rays, and Shovel Nose Guitarfish. Learn what their skin feels life, adaptations to habitats, importance in ecosystems, diet, and make your own shark hat to blend into their habitat.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Looking for more? Partake in a Sea Monster Scavenger Hunt to learn the myths of the Ocean, what’s true and what’s false, and the animals that inspired these stories. You might even find a Mermaid! Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about life as a sailor during the Ship Tours and A Sailor’s Life Tours. </span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Scheduled Events: included in General Admission Ticket </span></strong></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ship Tours – Every 15 minutes </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10:30 am – Sailor Life Experience </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">11:30 am – Sailor Life Experience </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">12:30 pm – Sailor Life Experience </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1:00 pm – Mermaid Story Time </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3:30pm – Sailor Life Experience </span></p><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You won’t want to miss out on this fun filled day! </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Membership tickets:</strong> Are you an OI Sea Star Member? Your Membership includes four complimentary General Admission tickets the the festival. </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To claim your tickets enter this code at checkout FEST{member id}.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(ex: FEST101101011) at checkout.</span></p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #949494; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">On Saturday September 11th</strong></span></h4><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ocean Institute will be offering FREE Festival General Admission to First Responders, Active Service Members, and Veterans. Must present identification at festival check-in</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Use code: MFService at checkout</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(code valid for 1 adult ticket per reservation for Saturday September 11th Festival General Admission Ticket)</span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="background-color: white; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="General Admission Tickets">General Admission Tickets</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-size: 22px; line-height: 31.02px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">Mermaid Swim Shows</span></h3><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Almost sold out!</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">September 11th - 12th<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saturday and Sunday<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />11:00am, 3:00pm</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnImageBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf/_compresseds/dfb6bb17-3272-0edb-bac8-cfd452c64fcb.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 3651px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="456.84000000000003" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Join our friends from Sheroes Entertainment as they dazzle with an amazing mermaid swim show. Join the show and get your own mermaid craft. An experience you and your family will not want to miss. Festival General Admission included with this ticket.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #dd2929; border-radius: 18px; width: 472px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ocean-institute.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf&id=913620ebdf&e=522408d9ff" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Mermaid Swim Show Tickets">Mermaid Swim Show Tickets</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-size: 22px; line-height: 31.02px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">Cap'n Jack's Pirate School</span></h3><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Almost sold out!</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">September 11th - 12th<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saturday and Sunday<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />2:00pm</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnImageBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf/images/881cef5a-4e7f-aeeb-5af0-716906fcd63c.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 810px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="456.84000000000003" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“School” is back in session: Cap’n Jack’s School for Lil’ Scallywags has some new lesson plans for his pirates-in-training! Suitable for ages 8-12 years old.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnButtonBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnButtonContentContainer" style="background-color: #dd2929; border-radius: 18px; width: 472px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td align="center" class="x_mcnButtonContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;" valign="middle"><a class="x_mcnButton" data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://ocean-institute.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf&id=9da46d90ae&e=522408d9ff" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.04px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Pirate School Tickets">Pirate School Tickets</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-size: 22px; line-height: 31.02px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">SAILOR'S CAMP</span></h3><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">September 11th - 12th<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saturday and Sunday<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />10:00am - 5:00pm</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnImageBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf/images/dbb594fe-e572-02d0-c76c-4ac12845d544.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 2542px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="456.84000000000003" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Learn from historic re-enactors, including blacksmiths, pirates, and more. Enjoy live music from Los Rios Rock School as well as the Kamala Brothers and enjoy a cold beer in the beer garden.</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No ticket purchase necessary.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-size: 22px; line-height: 31.02px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Peddler's Village</span></h3><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">September 11th - 12th<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saturday and Sunday<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />10:00am - 5:00pm</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnImageBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf/images/8fd18c91-4be4-e908-7fcf-78caf8803088.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 2172px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="445.56" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shop the fare of local craftsmen at the Peddler’s Village, featuring<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />a variety of vendors</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No ticket purchase necessary.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-size: 22px; line-height: 31.02px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Seafarer's Landing</span></h3><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">September 11th - 12th<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Saturday and Sunday<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />10:00am - 5:00pm</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnImageBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnImageContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="x_mcnImage" data-imagetype="External" src="https://mcusercontent.com/432dd3ac42cff3c119f9e2acf/_compresseds/3efa993e-6aa8-e5cc-90dc-683b67a92e83.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 3872px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="473.76" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.56px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Enjoy grub from a variety of local food trucks featuring different types of food from all over the world.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Food Trucks: </strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Tres Compas Mexican Grill<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />LA Lockdown BBQ<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The Deli Doctor NY Deli on Wheels</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No ticket purchase necessary.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 40px; line-height: 56.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PARKING:</span></span></span></h1><h3 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 31.02px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ocean Institute is happy to provide free parking and shuttles to all guests.</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 31.02px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </h3><h3 class="x_null" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 31.02px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PARKING & SHUTTLE SCHEDULE</span></span></strong></span></h3><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FRIDAY</span></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3 p.m.-10 p.m.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Strands Vista Park: Selva Rd. Right past PCH. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SATURDAY AND SUNDAY</span></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7 a.m.–10:30 p.m.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Strands Vista Park: Selva Rd. Right past PCH. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*If you are doing Mermaid Breakfast or Cannon Battle, be sure to park at Strands Vista Park</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""open sans", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9 a.m.–6 p.m. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Dana Point</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">, </span><span class="x_region" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">CA</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"> </span><span class="x_postal-code" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">92629 -- but you cannot park there for the Festival.</span></span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Make it an improbably unique day</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">A</span>s we told you in the intro, you can do a double-header. <span face="sans-serif">Only an hour inland from Dana Point -- via the "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" of Route 74 to Perris -- you can ride the trolleys this weekend. They are authentic, original "Red Cars" of the Pacific Electric, and their smaller "Yellow Car" cousins of the long-gone Los Angeles Railway. Here is a <a href="https://socalrailway.org" target="_blank">link</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.WsBUuEcAu59ynTFDYAohiQHaDZ%26pid%3DApi&f=1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="474" height="218" src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.WsBUuEcAu59ynTFDYAohiQHaDZ%26pid%3DApi&f=1" width="478" /></a></div><br /><p>Located in Perris, it was know for decades as the Orange Empire Railway Museum -- OERM that used to be "Orm." Now it's the Southern California Railway Museum -- SCRM that's already "Scram," so if you scram outta the Maritime Festival, you can go ride the trolleys.</p><p>Address is 2201 South "A" St, Perris, CA 92570-9318<br />
Phone, 951-943-3020</p><p>Take the winding mountain road Hwy 74 over the hills from Dana Point. It's just an hour drive. Yep, the ocean is that close to the baking heat of Perris. </p><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">■□■●○</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">■□</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">●○■□■</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Twenty years ago: remembrances, reconciliations, loss, longing, and meaning unfound</span></b><br />
<br /><br /></p><p>9/11 -- 2001. All at once, the dream of "2001: a Space Odyssey" was gone. Robbed. Stolen.</p><p>
We were not there when the towers fell. But we were there as "the pile" was meticulously picked apart, and those doing the solemn work faced exhaustion, unspeakable depression, and -- we would find out later -- breathed so much toxic dust that ruined health and early death have claimed many of them.<br />
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We bring you tales of that fateful day from a variety of people and places. Much or all of this you have not seen before.<br />
<br />
We start with the story told by a prominent editorial cartoonist.<br /></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: impact, "arial black", Helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 3.5em; line-height: 0.9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://cagle.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af34a554a2c04a101baad71f4&id=4ec7dd1fec&e=72d6fe9c42" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #384875; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">20TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11</a></h1><p><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">By Daryl Cagle - Sep 09, 2021 08:03 pm</em><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 approaching this Saturday, the cartoonists have been drawing on the subject. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Twenty years ago I was the president of the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">National Cartoonists Society</em> (NCS) and I had put together my first convention for the group at the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">World Trade Center Marriott</em>. I made multiple trips there to organize the event, which was the biggest ever for the NCS. My wife and kids got to know the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">World Trade Center</em>, and many of the staffers there. Here’s the convention theme art by Jack Davis.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" data-imagetype="External" src="http://darylcagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/image.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 452px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We were honoring Charles M. Schulz with a lifetime achievement award (that Snoopy is flying off with) marking the 50th anniversary of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Peanuts</em>. Shortly before the convention, Schulz passed away, turning the convention into a memorial event, and we did a tribute on the newspapers comics pages, with almost all of the cartoonists drawing Schulz/<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Peanuts</em> comic strip tributes on the day of our <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Reuben Awards</em> at the convention. Schulz’s now-defunct syndicate, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">United Features Syndicate</em>, sponsored a lovely, big, boozy Sunday Brunch, celebrating <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Peanuts</em> and Schulz, for over 630 of us at <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Windows on the World</em>, the restaurant near the top of the North Tower that had a sweeping view.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m still haunted by the memory of all the people I worked with on the Sunday brunch, who didn’t make it out of the towers alive. Most of the people at the Marriott got out in time, before the hotel was crushed. To see all of this happen so soon after my convention in 2000 is still troubling for me and for my family who loved the World Trade Center. <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://cagle.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af34a554a2c04a101baad71f4&id=c65d9d08ac&e=72d6fe9c42" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #384875; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read all about about my World Trade Center NCS convention experience here.</strong></em></a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I have posted some of my recent 9/11 anniversary favorites below.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This one is by <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://cagle.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af34a554a2c04a101baad71f4&id=ccd10f0f39&e=72d6fe9c42" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #384875; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">John Darkow</strong></em></a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.56px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" data-imagetype="External" src="http://darylcagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/Darkow.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 452px;" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1rem !important; max-width: 58rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: calc(100% - 4rem); word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://www.cagle.com/author/patrick-chappatte/" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #e22658; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none !important; transition: all 0.15s linear 0s; word-break: break-word;"><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Patrick Chappatte</span></em></a><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-654289" height="500" loading="lazy" src="https://darylcagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/Chappatte.jpg" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; font-size: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 4rem auto; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: middle; word-break: break-word;" width="750" /></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1rem !important; max-width: 58rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: calc(100% - 4rem); word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1rem !important; max-width: 58rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: calc(100% - 4rem); word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://www.cagle.com/author/dave-granlund/" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #e22658; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none !important; transition: all 0.15s linear 0s; word-break: break-word;"><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Dave Granlund</span></em></a><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" /><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-654291" height="576" loading="lazy" src="https://darylcagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/Granlund.jpg" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; font-size: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 4rem auto; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: middle; word-break: break-word;" width="750" /></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1rem !important; max-width: 58rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: calc(100% - 4rem); word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1rem !important; max-width: 58rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: calc(100% - 4rem); word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://www.cagle.com/author/jeff-koterba/" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #e22658; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none !important; transition: all 0.15s linear 0s; word-break: break-word;"><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Jeff Koterba</span></em></a><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-654292" height="511" loading="lazy" src="https://darylcagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/Koterba.jpg" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; font-size: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 4rem auto; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: middle; word-break: break-word;" width="750" /></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1rem !important; max-width: 58rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: calc(100% - 4rem); word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1rem !important; max-width: 58rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: calc(100% - 4rem); word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://www.cagle.com/author/ingrid-rice/" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #e22658; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none !important; transition: all 0.15s linear 0s; word-break: break-word;"><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Ingrid Rice</span></em></a><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-654294" height="522" loading="lazy" src="https://darylcagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/Rice.jpg" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; font-size: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 4rem auto; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: middle; word-break: break-word;" width="750" /></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1rem !important; max-width: 58rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: calc(100% - 4rem); word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1rem !important; max-width: 58rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; width: calc(100% - 4rem); word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://www.cagle.com/author/chris-weyant/" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #e22658; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none !important; transition: all 0.15s linear 0s; word-break: break-word;"><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Chris Weyant</span></em></a><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-654295" height="531" loading="lazy" src="https://darylcagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/Weyant.jpg" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; font-size: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 4rem auto; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; vertical-align: middle; word-break: break-word;" width="750" /></p><p>Daryl Cagle asks, "<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Want to get EVERY new CagleCartoon from our 62 syndicated newspaper editorial cartoonists, in your email box every day? 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See all the cartoons before the newspapers print them and never miss a cartoon!"</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">___</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a well-organized trove from <b>Brian Stelter </b>and <b>Oliver Darcy</b> via the "Reliable Sources" newsletter... </span></p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Recommended reads marking 20 years since 9/11</strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> Important story from <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Jeff Melnick</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL291dGxvb2svMjAyMS8wOS8xMC9rZXktbGVnYWN5LTkxMS13YXktY29uc3BpcmFjaWVzLXNwcmVhZC1vbmxpbmUv/sa1ebfe97c2" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">about how</a> a "key legacy" of 9/11 is "the way conspiracy theories spread online..." </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">David Byler </strong>and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Kate Woodsome</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL29waW5pb25zLzIwMjEvMDkvMTAvZmFsc2UtdG94aWMtc2VwdC0xMS1jb25zcGlyYWN5LXRoZW9yaWVzLWFyZS1zdGlsbC13aWRlc3ByZWFkLXRvZGF5Lw/s7c22444ace" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">look into</a> the spread of "trutherism" after 9/11: "How does a conspiracy theory take hold? And why, 20 years after the attack, does it endure?" </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">WNYC</strong> reporter<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"> Beth Fertig</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlY3V0LmNvbS8yMDIxLzA5L2ktcmVwb3J0ZWQtb24tOS0xMS1jb25zcGlyYWN5LXRoZW9yaXN0cy1kaXN0b3J0ZWQtbXktd29yZHMuaHRtbA/s8f29fe5d77" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">shares her experience</a> reporting on 9/11 and what it was like when "conspiracy theorists distorted" her words...</p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Dunstan Prial</strong>, who covered the attacks for the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">AP</strong>, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2pyLm9yZy9maXJzdF9wZXJzb24vc2VwdGVtYmVyLTExLTIwMDEtd29ybGQtdHJhZGUucGhw/s52732ac444" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">writes about</a> what it was like from 8:46am to 11:02am... </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Jonathan Chait</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly9ueW1hZy5jb20vaW50ZWxsaWdlbmNlci8yMDIxLzA5LzktMTEtbWFkZS10aGUtbWVkaWEtd2hpdGV3YXNoLWJ1c2gtdnMtZ29yZS5odG1s/s6291b4c41d" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">argues that</a> 9/11 "made the media whitewash what really happened in <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Bush v. Gore</strong>..." </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Charlie Warzel</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93YXJ6ZWwuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tL3AvbGl0dGxlLXVuaXZlcnNlcw/s2d222017e1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">reflects on</a> watching the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Hulu</strong>/<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">NatGeo</strong> 9/11 documentary and how it highlights all the "little universes" that experienced trauma that day... </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Elliot Ackerman</strong>, a former Marine Corps officer, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly9haXJtYWlsLm5ld3MvaXNzdWVzLzIwMjEtOS0xMS9ob3ctc29vbi13ZS1mb3Jnb3QtbmV2ZXItZm9yZ2V0/s10c0c4125e" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">writes about</a> the post-9/11 unity that seems unimaginably elusive today: "While once we pledged to never forget the attacks of 2001, it seems what we forget today, every day, is how not to attack one another..."</p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Laila Lalami</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wOS8xMC9vcGluaW9uLzktMTEtbWVtb3JpYWwuaHRtbA/s0804c02e6f" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">calls for</a> an expansion of the conversation this 9/11 anniversary: "If we are to 'never forget,' then we must remember not just the pain and grief we felt on Sept. 11, but also the aggression and violence that our government unleashed..."</p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Caroline Framke</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly92YXJpZXR5LmNvbS8yMDIxL3R2L29waW5pb24vOS0xMS1hbm5pdmVyc2FyeS10di1jb2x1bW4tMTIzNTA2MDIxNy8/s9e31fef6ac" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">writes about</a> the "rush to produce as much September 11 #content as possible this year" and why she won't be tuning in...</p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Benjamin Svetkey</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhld3JhcC5jb20vaG9sbHl3b29kLXBlbnRhZ29uLXNlY3JldC05LTExLXN1bW1pdC1vbGl2ZXItc3RvbmUtZGljay13b2xmLWRhdmlkLWZpbmNoZXIv/s1ddd225600" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">takes you</a> "inside the Pentagon's secret post-9/11 summit with Hollywood A-listers." </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Ashley Reese</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly9qZXplYmVsLmNvbS9ob3ctZGlzbmV5LWNoYW5uZWwtc29sZC1wYXRyaW90aXNtLXRvLWtpZHMtYWZ0ZXItOS0xMS0xODQ3NTkzMjIy/scd637ada0e" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">writes about</a> "how <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Disney Channel </strong>sold patriotism to kids after 9/11..." </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> >> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Brian Welk</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhld3JhcC5jb20vaG93LTktMTEtY2hhbmdlZC1ob2xseXdvb2QtMjAteWVhcnMtbGF0ZXIv/sfec678a4ae" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">speaks with</a> filmmakers to detail how the attacks "changed <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Hollywood</strong>" forever... </p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">The power of anchors </strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On 9/11/01, "most Americans were guided through the unimaginable by one of three anchors: <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Tom Brokaw</strong> of<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"> NBC News</strong>, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Peter Jennings</strong> of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">ABC News</strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Dan Rather</strong> of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">CBS News</strong>." <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">The AP's David Bauder</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGUvbGlmZXN0eWxlLWFydHMtYW5kLWVudGVydGFpbm1lbnQtN2FkMjZkYWU0MmM0ZWFmOTU4OGIwMTlkYzUxZGUwZTM/s0dfd04587c" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">wrote about the anchor role</a> and spoke with Brokaw and Rather, along with Jennings' widow<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"> Kayce Freed Jennings</strong>, who said "he was born to" lead the coverage that day. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The anchors, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Garrett Graff</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGUvbGlmZXN0eWxlLWFydHMtYW5kLWVudGVydGFpbm1lbnQtN2FkMjZkYWU0MmM0ZWFmOTU4OGIwMTlkYzUxZGUwZTM/s0dfd04587c" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">said</a>, were "the closest thing that America had to national leaders on 9/11. They were the moral authority for the country on that first day," especially with political leaders in bunkers or otherwise out of sight...</span></p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> >> <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Related: </em>Stelter wrote about the scene inside the control rooms years ago for his book <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">"Top of the Morning." </strong><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpdW0uY29tL0BicmlhbnN0ZWx0ZXIvaW5zaWRlLXRoZS1jb250cm9sLXJvb21zLW9uLXNlcHRlbWJlci0xMS0yMDAxLTg5M2EyZjZkY2QwZA/s827de7d147" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">You can read that here</a>. And <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Esquire's Jack Holmes</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZXNxdWlyZS5jb20vbmV3cy1wb2xpdGljcy9hMzc1MDA1NzMvY2JzLW5ld3MtY29udHJvbC1yb29tLTktMTEtZXJpYy1zaGFwaXJvLWludGVydmlldy8/s7f146128bb" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">spoke recently</a> to<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"> CBS News</strong> director <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Eric Shapiro</strong> about what it was like inside the network's control room...<br style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TV coverage plans</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Networks across the board will air special programming Saturday throughout the morning, offering live coverage as the country marks the 20th year since the attacks. </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">NY1</strong>, six veteran journalists who covered the attacks will reflect on their experiences after coverage of the ceremony. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Fox's "The Five"</strong> will air a special episode live from Citi Field before the Mets versus Yankees game. On <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">CNN</strong>, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Jake Tapper </strong>will host a special,<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"> "Shine a Light," </strong>at 7pm. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">MSNBC</strong> will broadcast<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"> "9/11/01: The First Night," </strong>which is a re-air of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">NBC News</strong>' coverage that aired on 9/11, starting at midnight... </span></p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On Sunday, the 54th season premiere of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">"60 Minutes" </strong>will be "dedicated to the heroism of 9/11." CNN will air<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"> "America's Longest War," </strong>also anchored by Tapper, at 9pm. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">"Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11"</strong> will air on MSNBC at 10pm. And the final entry of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Spike Lee's "NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½" </strong>airs on <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">HBO</strong> at 10pm...</span></p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p><strong style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; line-height: inherit;">How local papers are covering the anniversary</strong></p><div align="center" class="x_img-container x_center x_autowidth x_big" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI WestEuropean", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img align="center" border="0" class="x_center x_autowidth" data-imagetype="External" src="https://images.newsletters.cnn.com/images/3dfe4d97843b307b4fa50e553d3f9467/editor_images/210910135349-06-us-local-newspapers-0911-20th-anniversary-restricted-super-169.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;" width="620" /></div><div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 30px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_txtTinyMce-wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Kerry Flynn </strong>writes: </em>"Ahead of Saturday's anniversary, local newspapers are publishing unique stories that capture how their communities are grappling with their tragedy. As <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Tim Cotter</strong>, exec editor of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">The Day</strong> in New London, Conn., told me, 'It's a moment that people will always remember where they were, what they were doing.' </span><strong style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">An Phung </strong><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and I compiled some of </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25uLmNvbS8yMDIxLzA5LzEwL21lZGlhL2xvY2FsLW5ld3MtOS0xMS1jb3ZlcmFnZS9pbmRleC5odG1s/qP3V0bV90ZXJtPTE2MzEzMTkzNzU3MjhkMDUxOGQ1NmY1MDMmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jbm5fUmVsaWFibGUrU291cmNlcystK1NlcHRlbWJlcisxMCUyQysyMDIxJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmYnRfZWU9NXRvemJ6cGFWU0VpMlFLZkJ1ZXNxcVppZjN0dkp0V29sdUZmZlBFJTJGVkhYRFpDMnhwTVNSMXk2JTJCJTJCekZ3ZDhoNiZidF90cz0xNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzMx/s708308b342" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Friday's powerful front pages</a><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">..."</span></span></p></div></div><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Why some 9/11 coverage is lost </strong></span></p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Flynn<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"> </strong>writes:</em> "You can't see some of the original online news coverage of 9/11. Software, specifically the end of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Adobe Flash</strong>, is to blame. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Clare Duffy</strong> and I explored the rise and fall of Flash and how it inspired a wealth of interactive news content that is unfortunately now inaccessible. But some newsrooms have taken it upon themselves to rebuild this old content. For example, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">USA Today</strong> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudXNhdG9kYXkuY29tL2luLWRlcHRoL25ld3MvbmF0aW9uLzIwMjEvMDkvMDUvaG93LXdvcmxkLXRyYWRlLWNlbnRlci1lbGV2YXRvcnMtY3JlYXRlZC1tb3JlLXRyYWdlZHktOS0xMS81NDUzMDkzMDAxLw/s7ce9daf43c" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">republished its 9/11 anniversary content from 2002</a> and that included remaking some Flash graphics. This issue of lost content is a never-ending problem since software is always changing, so the question is will more newsrooms preserve content or let it disappear?"</span></p><p><strong style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; line-height: inherit;">FOR <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">THE RECORD, PART ONE</em></strong></p><div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="x_txtTinyMce-wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> -- Biden has released a video remembering those lost on 9/11... (<a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9QT1RVUy9zdGF0dXMvMTQzNjQ0NDM5MjU4NDI1MzQ0Mg/sb162c14b50" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Twitter</a>)</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> -- <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">WSJ</strong> has published a series of photos "that defined 9/11" and speaks to the photographers and people in them 20 years later... (<a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy9waG90b3MtdGhhdC1kZWZpbmVkLTktMTEtYW5kLXRoZS1wZW9wbGUtaW4tdGhlbTIwLXllYXJzLWxhdGVyLTExNjMxMjQ2NDYx/qP21vZD1ocF9sZWFkX3Bvczc/s8d14df091e" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">WSJ</a>) <br style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> -- Don't miss <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">WaPo Magazine's </strong>big special showing how 9/11 impacted everything from fashion to theater to policing to bigotry to photography... (<a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL21hZ2F6aW5lL2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjEvaG93LTkxMS1jaGFuZ2VkLXR2LWFydC1zcG9ydHMtZWR1Y2F0aW9uLW1vcmUv/s5a74e778a1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">WaPo</a>)<br style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> -- <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">CNN</strong> has published video showing what the network was covering in the moments before the attacks... (<a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.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" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">CNN</a>)</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> -- A big <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">New York Times </strong>investigation has found that the US military's version of events surrounding "the last known missile" fired in the Afghanistan War might not be accurate... </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(<a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wOS8xMC93b3JsZC9hc2lhL3VzLWFpci1zdHJpa2UtZHJvbmUta2FidWwtYWZnaGFuaXN0YW4taXNpcy5odG1s/s8b3f1b51a5" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">NYT</a>)<br style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;" /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> -- </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Shifting to the latest on an</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"> act of domestic terror:</em><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> House lawmakers investigating January 6 say social media companies "are cooperating" with the, but that they still need "much more information..." (</span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="https://e.newsletters.cnn.com/click/EdGllZHRvdGhldHJhY2tzQGhvdG1haWwuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzI4ZDA1MThkNTZmNTAzIiwiY3QiOiJjbm4tMjI1ZmYxOTEwM2U5YTBhMjhlNTlmNTA4NDFlOTI2MzQtMSIsInJkIjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20ifQ/HWkhfQ05OX2lfTmV3c19OREJBTjA5MTEyMDIxNDY3MDMxMSxjbjEsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25uLmNvbS8yMDIxLzA5LzEwL3BvbGl0aWNzL2phbnVhcnktNi1zb2NpYWwtbWVkaWEtY29tcGFuaWVzL2luZGV4Lmh0bWw/qP3V0bV90ZXJtPTE2MzEzMTkzNzU3MjhkMDUxOGQ1NmY1MDMmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jbm5fUmVsaWFibGUrU291cmNlcystK1NlcHRlbWJlcisxMCUyQysyMDIxJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmYnRfZWU9NXRvemJ6cGFWU0VpMlFLZkJ1ZXNxcVppZjN0dkp0V29sdUZmZlBFJTJGVkhYRFpDMnhwTVNSMXk2JTJCJTJCekZ3ZDhoNiZidF90cz0xNjMxMzE5Mzc1NzMx/s5d47c6c190" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aa0000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">CNN</a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">)</span></span></p></div></div><p>___<br />
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W</b></span>e remember all too clearly the multiple funerals each day, for months, as marching corps of bagpipers honored firefighters and police officers killed on 9/11. Thus we close with these lyrics from a traditional American folk song, an old cowboy ballad adapted from a native Irish song:<br />
<br />
"Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly<br />
Play the dead march as you carry me along..."<br />
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~ from "Streets of Laredo," author unknown.</p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;">■□■●○</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;">■□</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;">●○■□■</span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; 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That gives you direct access to click your way to all re9cent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything last year, so far this year, and each previous year.</span></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine? </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation if you sat close to it, instead of inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; 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That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a virtual version of hittin' the road for the festival circuit or a concert tour.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Til we catch ya again on the flip side </i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">in this new world </i></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">of the now somewhat lessened </i></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; 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padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">___</span></div><div style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>- Larry, the editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329420705131672639noreply@blogger.com0