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It’s the summer time and making posts ain’t easy06.28.09

So I hope that everyone out there is having a great start to their summer!
As you may all ready have known, I have not been posting that much on this site. Well to tell you the truth, I’ve been working in the backyard gardening! Yes gardening! And let’s not forget the odd family adventure!
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The Cole Porter Movie called De-Lovely06.10.09

Cole Porter was a genius composer. I’ve played some of his tunes as a kid and as I have grown as a musician, I now have a better feel for how great this man really was.
At work the other day, I got into a conversation with a patient. We were talking about different styles of [...]



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Was Jimi Hendrix murdered my his manager?06.01.09

We all seem to, in today’s modern society, gravitate to the tabloid stories. I for one, try my best to ignore this form of journalism, but it does make one wonder about this particular story. I realize I’m adding to it’s buzz on-line, but this story caused me to react to this type hype that [...]



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Buffalo Auditorium’s last stand05.30.09

The Buffalo Auditorium was just a beautiful building. They are demolishing it and making it into a parking lot! As in Joni Mitchel’s song, They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. The pictures says it all.
Some many unforgettable events were held there. I know you just have to ask Chris Noto about it [...]



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Keith Emerson cancels remaining tour dates05.11.09

It just came to my attention that the Keith Emerson Band has had to cancel their remaining tour, due to the physical deterioration of Keith Emerson’s right hand. My good friend Chris Noto, bassist with CounterPoint, put this notice up on his facebook account. This really is a tragic musical loss to all the dedicated [...]



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