***Just a quick note before reading this autobiographical slice. This piece came from a bit of a raw place from the past. However, I did try to add some wondrous humor. I truly did. But not everything was funny, so forgive me if I stumbled a bit. It took a long time before the scar …
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Concerted Efforts Part 4: Courting Crimson Kings and Taco Bells
Since the stifling summer is winding down into the cooler bliss of autumn here in charming Wisconsin, I have decided to go back to the cool well of concerts from my never-ending immaturity and my ever-fading youth. After all, given the COVID circumstances out in the world, even the city of Milwaukee decided to conduct their …
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Thrills, Spills, and Holy Hills: A Catholic Adventure!
Since my effervescent spouse mentioned returning to Holy Hill recently, I thought the time was right to drag out this old saw of a fable of a story of a legend! So here it is, the raw and unvarnished truth! As opposed to the truth that is cooked and layered with several coats of varnish, …
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Concerted Efforts Part 2: Fighting Foo and Fleeing Peppers
Is there anything in the world better than getting to see live music? Well, for all intents and purposes, yes. Yes, there is. However, for the sake of being able to use the small slice of bandwidth that I’m allotted, I’m going to say in a printed robot voice that “there is nothing in the world better than …
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Wherefore Art Thou Art?
***Author’s Note: This was originally composed in the dark days of April 2016. Yes, back when we could go anywhere we wanted and only surgeons and loonies wore surgical masks with any regularity. Now that things are opening ever so slightly, perhaps getting out of your germ-prevention bunker and seeing some art would do you …
Concerted Efforts Part 1: The Fifth Best Audience In The World!
With the holidays reasonably in our rearview mirrors and the possibility of summer concert tours mistily ahead of us, I would like to take a moment to halfheartedly exaggerate what I remember about some of the concerts that I have had the good fortune to see in person. Keep in mind that I am aging rapidly, …
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A Full Rich Blather 