Volume 12 — Issue 18

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October 10 - 24, 2012
Dear Readers,
When I was four years old I stepped
foot onto the stage for the very first time. I
had a bright yellow cardboard sun around
my face that repeatedly fell onto my
shoulders. I sang “You Are My Sunshine”
at The Gong Show, a local talent contest
held at Geneva High School Auditorium.
It was a mock-up of the famous TV show
from the 1970’s with the guy in the gorilla
suit that would drag less-than-pleasurable
performers off the stage. I won 2nd place.
Not a gorilla in sight; most likely just
because I was cute, but I’d like to believe
it was because I was just born to be a
performer. That was 1978. It’s now 34
years later in 2012 and I just celebrated my
20th year Geneva High School Reunion.
Seeing so many familiar faces that played
as ghosts in my head for many years
became a nostalgic trip through the halls of
the old GHS facilities on Sherman Street,
and it reminded me of where my musical
and entertainment journey began.
As a kid my mom encouraged my
talent and always had big dreams for me.
One of those dreams being that I would
one day perform on the main stage at
the Grape Jamboree with the GHS show
choir, The Geneva’s Image. To some of
you, that may not be anything special,
but to her it was. In high school it was an
honor to be selected as one of The “GI’s”.
It meant that you were a part of an elite
group of performers. It meant that you
were talented and special. If the GI’s were
a football team, they would be the starting
quarterbacks, not the bench warmers. It
was her dream for me to be a “GI”, and
when I was a fifteen year old GHS choir
member it became a dream of my own; a
dream that would ultimately come true as
I got into position on that main stage in
the center of town at the Grape Jamboree,
a proud member of the Geneva’s Image
Show Choir. I performed my heart out that
day, and every performance since, not only
for me, but for my mom.
But this story isn’t just about me
October 10 - 24, 2012
and my dreams and accomplishments, it’s
about the dreams of today’s youth at GHS;
dreams
that are
quite sadly
under
attack.
Last
year the
school had
cut the entire
Junior High
Vocal Program.
Instead of our
7th and 8th graders
learning
how to sing and
perform,
they are sitting in
a study hall
void of music, void of
doing something they love. This marks the
second year at GHS without a Junior High
Choir. What’s even more troubling to me
is the fact that The Geneva’s Image is next
on the chopping block. To me, and to many
others, it’s a crime to rob our youth of such
wonderful life lessons and experiences.
The most important lessons I learned at
Geneva High School were taught by GHS
Vocal Director Gerald Kujala, who created
the “GI’s” during his many years at the
school; lessons which have stuck with me
these past 20 years. Today’s director is
Michelle Mather; a former “GI” member
and Kujala student. In fact, I believe it
was my senior class that voted her into the
group. She is a talented, hardworking, and
motivated teacher/director who has been
silenced of her ability to cultivate the joy
of music in our junior high youth, and that
is nothing less than absurd.
This is a community which has
always thrived on the arts. Our very
culture in Geneva is engulfed in music
and entertainment. We have our very own
Entertainment magazine! This little town
is a condensed mecca of talent, and to see
what may seem as a tiny ripple in the antimusic/anti-arts pond will someday turn
into a bigger more ferocious wave that will
cripple the future of arts and entertainment
in this community. Some may not see the
potential damage this may cause to our
youth and the future of our community,
but I do. Some may not realize what the
value of the arts is to our
youth and to our community, but
I do. Some may sit back and allow
the arts to be taken away from our youth
and this community, but I will not. And on
Friday, October 26th at 7pm, when those
front doors open and the curtain is drawn
back on the stage of the new Geneva High
School Auditorium, I will prove to you
the importance of the Vocal Department
at Geneva High School, and the impact
it that has on the culture of this beautiful
community which I have called my
hometown for over 38 years.
In closing, I personally and humbly
invite each and every reader, Geneva
resident or not, to take a stand with us
on that night. Let you voice be heard and
help support the Arts in our schools. Your
contribution may just make someone’s
dream come true. Now, who can put a price
on that?
Yours in most sincerity,
Robert G. Covert III
Call GHS (440) 466-4831 c/o Vocal
Director Michelle Mather for Presale
Tix, or first come/first serve at the door.
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5 .................................. Around Town
6 ....................................... Wine 101
9 ....................................... Bluesville
11 ................................... Epic Eats
12 ..................... What’s on the Shelf
13 ....................... What About Jazz?
14 ................................. CD Review
15 ................ Dinner Theater Review
16 ........................ Brewin the Brew
19 .........................Michael Schenker
20 ................................ New on DVD
22 .................................. On the Beat
23 ......... Music Review - Ethan Legere
24 ................................. Stay in Tune
25 .............................Just for Laughs
26 ............................. Movie Reviews
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30 ................................ Snarp Farkle
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Editor
Sage Satori
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Staff Writers
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Patrick Podpadec • Helen Marketti
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Contributing Writers
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Larry Jennings • Pete Roche
Tom Todd • Donniella Winchell
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October 10 - 24, 2012
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Chardon Brewworks Begins Operation as a
Tasting Room
The BrewWorks began taking advantage
of new Ohio liquor law which allows the
brewery to operate a tastingroom. This new law
allows a brewery to operate with one license at
half the cost rather than the two licenses that
were previously required to serve their beer
on the brewery premises by the glass. This
licensing allows The BrewWorks and other
Ohio breweries to operate much the same as
an Ohio winery where their product is the only
alcoholic beverage served on the premises.
To mark this significant event, Chardon
BrewWorks & Eatery increased the number
of taps of its beer from six to twelve. From
six of these taps will pour the BrewWorks
staples Pride of Geauga Maple Porter, Donna
Do Ya Wanna Hefeweizen, Working Man
Pale Ale, Golden Spike American Pale Ale,
Ironworker India Pale Ale and Muzzy Cream
Ale. The other six taps will feature rotating
Stouts, Imperials, Fruit Beers, Seasonals and a
Brewers’ Tap where the brewers will be able to
indulge themselves with whatever they feel like
throwing in the brewpot!
Chardon BrewWorks & Eatery, the
first brewery in Geauga County, Ohio, since
Prohibition (www.chardonbrewworks.com)
established in March of 2010, is Northeast
Ohio’s premier nano-brewery. The BrewWorks
brews in very small batches allowing for
indulgence and experimentation with many
beer styles and flavors. The BrewWorks
features a full menu of gastropub fare to
be paired with the beer. A schedule of live
programming including Suds ‘n Science Night,
a book club and live music is featured in the 75
seat establishment.
2012. Admission is $3.00, children under 12 are
free. Parking on site is also free. A portion of
proceeds will be donated to Drink Local. Drink
Tap. A local non-profit that works in NEO
communities to educate people about our local
water sources and also helps orphans in Uganda
gain access to clean drinking water.
Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show Supports
Charities
In less than a year after its inception the
Avant-Garde Art & Craft Shows have supported
local charities including: The North East Ohio
Make-a-Wish Foundation, Cleveland’s Project
Night Night, the Cleveland Animal Protective
League, Akron’s Stewart’s Caring Place, and
Lakewood’s Drink Local. Drink Tap. The show
has also continued its mission of supporting
local arts, crafts, and charities in other regions
of Ohio, spreading recently to Columbus, Ohio
this past summer.
The next upcoming NEO event is being
held in Westlake on October 14th at LaCentre.
If you’re interested in seeing what exactly
will be for sale at the fall west side show,
each of the vendors is showcased in spotlight
profiles on the organization’s web site www.
avantgardeshow.com. Here you will find
photographs of work that will be for sale, and
the stories of what inspires them to create. After
that, head on over to the Avant-Garde Art &
Craft Show (Rebecca Adele Events) Facebook
page for even more colorful pictures and to
view the discussion surrounding upcoming
shows.
The 2012 West Side Fall Avant-Garde
Art & Craft Show will be held at LaCentre25777 Detroit Rd., Westlake, OH 44145 from
11:00am-6:00pm, on Sunday, October 14th,
You can enjoy complete spaghetti and
meatball dinner on Saturday, October
20th from 4 to 7pm at St. John’s Lutheran
Church at 811 South Broadway and your
complete donation of $6 per meal will be
used to purchase food items for the Pantry.
This year the Pantry has not seen a decline in
clients’ use of the facility during the summer
months as it has during past years. The
Pantry wants to sincerely thank those who
have brought food from their gardens to us
for without their tomatoes, squash, beans, and
other produce the Pantry would have given
out far less food! The Geneva Pantry averages
200 families per month and the months of July
and August each had 26 families who have
never been in before stop in for help. The need
continues to grow here in our area; you can
help!
Tickets for the dinner will be sold at
the door or stopping into the Food Pantry
and speaking to Valerie on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays between the hours
of 12:30 and 2:30. The dinners are priced
reasonably at only $6 for everyone except
those under 4 who are free. You can call the
Food Pantry at 440 466 3048 from 12:30 to
2:30 pm if you have any questions or would
like to donate items.
October 10 - 24, 2012
Geneva celebrates October with Ghoulfest!
1st ANNUAL SCAVENGER HUNT Sponsored
by Styling on Broadway Starts October 1st.
The Photographed places are all located in the
downtown area. The contest runs from October
1-20. For photos and participation form visit
genevaohio.com All completed forms are to be
dropped off at Styling on Broadway 152 South
Broadway Geneva. This is open to anyone of
any age; we are only asking that you bring a
non-perishable item so that we can donate it
to the local food pantry. The winner will be
announced during Ghoulfest on October 27.
GHOULFEST HALLOWEEN DECORATED
HOUSE CONTEST
Sponsored by Marys Diner. Do you decorate
the outside of your house for Halloween?
Registration Deadline: October 17th,
5:00PM Participation form at genevaohio.com
GLOW IN THE DARK ADULT WIFFLE
BALL
Sponsored By: Grand Valley Soap
October 26th at 6:30PM at the Pairings
Property-Park & Eagle Street.FMI or to register
call the Geneva Rec Center at (440) 466-9139
or email genevarec@genevaohio.org There is
a lot of fun to be had on October 27 so be sure
to check genevaohio.com for a list of Ghoulfest
events.
How can you help the Geneva Food Pantry?
By eating spaghetti!
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Pairings, Ohio’s Wine and Culinary
Experience at the Jamboree
Pairings, the planned wine and culinary
center hosted vineyard and winery tours,
offered cooking classes and engaged Geneva
Grape Jamboree attendees as they parked cars
on the field which will be home to the oneof-a-kind-in-North-America, wine and food
destination.
A highlight of the weekend were the
cooking demonstrations conducted by Amy
Ryan of A+ Food Services whose culinary
credits include a professional certification
from the Loretta Pagginni Cooking School
in Chesterland and as an instructor at Viking
Kitchen Cooking School in Legacy Village.
She shared several recipes. Her
apple-cranberry chutney would be a perfect
complement to a pork loin roast, especially if
it were to be served with a great Ohio Pinot
Noir, Chambourcin or Cabernet Franc [either
the Rose or the Red version.]
Apple Cranberry Chutney
Makes 4 cups
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup diced Spanish onion, ½ a large onion
3 garlic cloves minced
2 cups cranberries, chopped coarsely
2 large Golden Delicious apples, peeled,
cored, and cut into 3/8 inch cubes. (about 2
¼ cups)
Prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place.Music by
Lost Sheep Band! Enter if you dare!!
Thurs, Oct 11: Ethan Legeré
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Fri, Oct 12: The Relay
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2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored,
and cut into 3/8 inch cubes. (about 2 ¼ cups)
1 cup light brown sugar
¼ cup golden raisins
¼ teaspoon all spice
¼ cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
Salt for seasoning
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes* (optional)
1. Heat oil in medium saucepan over mediumhigh heat, about 2 minutes. Add onion with
a pinch of salt and cook until softened and
beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add
garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30
seconds *(add red pepper flakes with garlic if
using). Add remaining ingredients and cook,
stirring often until mixture releases moisture
and is boiling, 4 minutes.
2. Reduce the heat to low, cover and
simmer for the next 20-25 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Once apples have become
tender remove from heat and allow cooling to
room temperature. Keeps in the refrigerator
for up to 2 weeks and is served at room
temperature.
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October 10 - 24, 2012
Red Onion And Red Wine Soup With
Tomatoes, Thyme, and Croutons
The stock
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme or about 3 branches
of fresh thyme
8 bushy sprigs of parsley
3 bay leaves
3-4 cloves garlic, peeled
1/2 teas. salt
8 cups water
Put all the ingredients in a pot and bring
to a boil, turn heat to a simmer and cook for
about 25 minutes. Pour the liquid through a
sieve lined with unbleached coffee filter, paper
towels or cheesecloth.
The soup
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 pounds of red onion, peeled and cut in half
and then cut into thin slices
4 cloves of garlic, coarsely chopped or run
through a press
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1 pound fresh tomatoes, peeled and seeded, or
2 cups canned whole tomatoes, juice reserved
1/2 teaspoon salt
the stock
1 cup full-bodied red wine
pepper
Baguette makes excellent croutons
Fresh thyme leaves for garnish
Warm the olive oil in a big soup pot and
add the onions. Cook on low heat, stirring for
about 25 to 30 minutes until they’re soft.
While the onions are cooking, pound
the garlic in a mortar with the coarse salt (or
smash it with a fork in a bowl). Peel, seed,
and chop the fresh tomatoes. If using canned
tomatoes, remove the seeds before chopping.
Strain the juice and reserve for the soup.
When the onions are soft, stir in the garlic,
tomatoes, the 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 cup of
the reserved tomato juice and 1 cup of the
stock Cover the pot and cook over medium
heat for 15 minutes. Then remove the cover,
raise the heat and add the cup of wine. Cook
until reduced by half.
Pour the remaining stock into the onions,
bring to a boil, then simmer for 25 minutes,
partially cover. Adjust for salt and add pepper
to taste. Serve garnished with fresh thyme and
topped with your favorite croutons.
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
A popular construction in 18th century
Connecticut, the early settlers of the
Connecticut Western Reserve brought this
unique and charming architecture with them
from New England. The northeast Ohio
countryside was at one time dotted with
hundreds of covered bridges. Today, fewer
than 50 of these bridges exist, with the largest
concentration being in Ashtabula County.
Ashtabula County has seventeen
admirable examples of original, restored, and
replicas of 19th century covered bridges in an
assortment of constructions. All of the bridges
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bridges each autumn with the Covered Bridge
Festival, held the 2nd full weekend of October
each year. Tour 17 covered bridges then attend
the festival held at the Ashtabula County
Fairgrounds. Enjoy crafts, entertainment,
farmers market, quilt show, contests,
souvenirs, antique engines, cars and tractors,
a parade, children’s activities, and good food.
A full schedule of events is listed on their
website and highlights of the event are listed
to the right.
The Covered Bridge office is open year
round. Free driving tour map is available upon
request. Step on tour guide service available
for motor couches. For more information:
Covered Bridge Festival, 25 West Jefferson
Street, Jefferson, Ohio 44047 - Phone 440576-3769. www.coveredbridgefestival.org
e-mail: bridgefest@suite224.net
9:00 AMGates Open
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Pancake Breakfast by the Ashtabula
Kiwanis in the Expo Center
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Children’s
Rides & Games by Lisko
11:00 AM - Parade Arrives at the
Fairgrounds
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Maidens IV
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - Karate Demo by
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM - Chain Saw
Carving Demonstration
1:00 PM - Registration for Buckeye
Pedal Tractor Pulls – All Ages
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
First Round
– Teen Idol – Opening Act Kory Adams
2:00 PM Corn Hole Tournament
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Buckeye Pedal
Tractor Pulls
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Kory Adams
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Second Round Teen Idol
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Sunday, October 14
9:00 AM - Gates Open
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10:00 PM - 11:00 AM - Maidens IV
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - Karate Demo by
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sings with a range and smoothness of delivery
that are exquisitely evocative.” He is a triple
threat, as a fantastic singer, writer, and blues
harmonica player. This is truly a rare chance
to see this fine artist in rare small club settings
in the U.S. backed by Blue Lunch and its big
horn section.
By Cat Lilly
Cleveland Blues Society
Memphis Challenge
An exciting time was had by all at
the fourth annual Cleveland Blues Society
Memphis Challenge. The event was held at the
Bohemian National Hall on Saturday, October
6th, and showcased the talents of seven bands,
and five solo duo acts!
These were the 2012 Cleveland Blues
Society Memphis Challenge Challengers:
Solo/Duo Category - Damian Knapp, Dan
Holt Duo, Bob Frank, Tim Matson, Skip
Werke & BC.
Band Category - Dry Spell, Head First, KC
Harmon and The Unique Blues Band, The
Juke Hounds, Memphis Cradle, Ray Fuller
And The Bluesrockers, Rogues Hollow.
Congratulations go out to the winners: Bob
Frank for the Solo/Duo Category and KC
Harmon and the Unique Blues Band for the
Band Category!
Audience members enjoyed some of the
best live blues talent the Cleveland area has
to offer while partaking in food and drink, a
Chinese raffle, and most of all, a chance for us
to do what we love to do, mingle with other
people who love the blues!
Afterwards, some kept the vibe going
by attending the Kelly Richey Band show at
the Winchester Music Hall and Tavern. The
Winchester has long been a supporter of live
blues; in fact, they were the chosen venue for
the Oct 8th Blues Society monthly meeting
jam with The Bluecasters as the hosts.
The Blues Society is very proud of the
support and response they received from the
bands who participated, the sponsors and the
volunteers, and the fans who attended!
www.clevelandblues.org
Blue Lunch
Blues fans out here in the far eastern
corner of the state will have a chance to
see Bob Frank, fresh from his win at the
Blues Challenge, perform with his band,
Blue Lunch, at the Harpersfield Winery
(presumably indoors) on Saturday, October 20
for a 7:30 show in the cozy tasting room with
the fireplace crackling. As always, delicious
food and award winning wines are available to
purchase.
SPECIAL SHOWS-BLUE
LUNCH WITH TAD
ROBINSON
Showtime for the opening show at
the Main Street Café in Medina is Saturday
October 13 at 8:30pm. Reservations may be
made by calling 330-722-2729.
On Saturday, October 13 -8:30 pm at
the Main Street Cafe in Medina, and Sunday,
October 14, 7 pm, at the internationally
renowned Nighttown in Cleveland Heights,
Severn Records recording artist Tad Robinson
will be making two rare Northeast Ohio
appearances featuring none other than Blue
Lunch as his backing band.
Tad has been nominated for
seven Blues Music Awards.
He tours Europe regularly
and has headlined blues, jazz,
and soul festivals throughout
North America and Europe.
In fact, he is sandwiching his
appearance with Blue Lunch
in between a Finnish tour
that he just completed, and
a Norwegian tour after his
mini-tour with Blue Lunch.
Showtime for the feature show at
Nighttown is 7PM on Sunday, October 14.
Tim Longfellow, on organ, will be joining
Blue Lunch and Tad for the Nighttown show,
making it even more memorable! Reservations
can be made by calling Nighttown at: 216-
About Tad, Downbeat
Magazine has said,
“Robinson places near the top
of the list of the finest living
singers of soul blues.” Mojo
Magazine stated, “Robinson
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minstrel shows, resurrecting the work of his
heroes, who include Jelly Roll Morton, Lonnie
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Though his iconic guise of white fedora,
jacket and sunglasses has been thoroughly
satirized (anybody remember the “Leon
Redbone workout” Far Side cartoon?), it’s
easy to overlook what a genuinely gifted
artist he remains – a role he inevitably tries to
downplay.
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followed by fifteen female featured acts on
two different stages, in the piano/wine bar and
in the music hall for upwards of eight hours.
By attending this event, you are supporting
a thriving music scene in Cleveland as well
as your pledge of support for the Barbara A.
Leslie Patient Care Fund at Cleveland Clinic
Taussig Cancer Center to help patients with
immediate financial needs.
This ALL-DAY concert event features
the usual suspects and a few additions who
will add their talents to a worthy cause.
Featured performers include: Robin Stone,
Alexis Antes, Tracy Marie, Rachel Brown,
Becky Boyd, Ki Allen, Jane Dough, Joy
Parrish, Emily Keener, Jackie Warren, Corissa
Bragg, Diana Chittester, Anitakeys, Saam
Cabbott, The Womack Family Band, Pepper
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Lounge is located at 11609 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH, 44102) Ticket price: $12.00
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Brothers Lounge, Sun Oct 28, 2012
2:00 pm
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By Chef C.T. Basil
Now that our weather is changing, the
trees are turning into a kaleidoscope of colors,
the fields are turning from lush green to golden
resources and the nights are getting cooler,
this tends to bring out the hearty side of the
Chef. I am a full sized guy and I like full sized
flavors! Bay leafs are a great addition to any
slow cooked, comforting goodness. They are
a must in any stew or hearty soup for their
palate comforting qualities.
Stews are a critical part of my life and
I like ones that have a deep rich flavor that
can only be achieved by the slow reduction
of a good, dry red wine. We are blessed to
live in Ohio’s wine country where there are a
lot to choose from. The Basil always likes to
encourage his fellow culinary adventurers to
find the wines they like and cook with them!
I like my notebook, as I try different things, I
jot down notes and then later organize them
onto my computer. At least this is the Chefs
intention but sometimes the notes turn into
ancient Sumerian and the Basil is left there
scratching his head like what the flux capacitor
was I thinking!
I will be honest, I have some of my
greatest ideas when I have had a few drinks.
I have also solved world hunger, the deficit
and many other worldly problems plaguing
our society. The problem was I didn’t have my
notebook with me to jot my ideas down. Or
when I do have my trusty paper with me and
remember to get my Nobel Peace prize idea
down on paper, the next day it sounds like a
script from a Bevis and Butt-head episode.
The wines of Ohio are great but can be a
little expensive to cook with and almost every
place I have cooked at has always used the
box wines. The box wine is a trade secret that
I hope doesn’t get a hit put out for my head.
If you are going to cook a lot with wines, the
box is the way to go. Like I said earlier in the
article, play around until you find what you
like. Food is like a piece of clay just waiting
to be sculpted by your hands. Everything that
you can imagine is real. Pablo Picasso spoke
these words and they are true. With a little
wine and some technique, so much is possible
in the culinary world all we have to do is
dream it up. Cook forever Chef C.T. Basil!
COQ AU VIN
1 Pound of bacon cut into ½ inch
pieces
1-5pound chicken quartered
½ to 1 cup buttermilk
1-cup flower
1-teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
24 white pearl onions
20 fingerling potatoes
12 cremini mushrooms, quartered
1 medium red onion ¼ inch dice
3 stalks celery ¼ inch dice
1 large carrot ¼ inch dice
5 cloves garlic chopped
3 tablespoons of tomato paste
2 cups low sodium chicken broth
2 bottles red wine (I like merlot)
5 sprigs fresh thyme
1 large bay leaf
Sauté bacon until crisp and the fat has
rendered in a thick-bottomed pot then remove
the bacon and save it for later. While the
bacon is cooking combine the salt, pepper
and flour, dip chicken in buttermilk and then
the flour mixture. After bacon is removed,
brown both sides of the chicken in the fat and
set aside. In the same pan sauté red onion,
mushrooms, carrots, garlic and celery until
the onions are almost translucent, about 6-8
minutes over medium heat. Then add the pearl
onions and continue to sauté for another 5-6
minutes. Add the tomato paste and sauté until
the paste turns a deep brick red, be careful not
to burn it. Remove the pot from the heat and
quickly add red wine to de-glaze the bottom
of pan. By removing the pan, you reduce the
risk of flair up from the alcohol. If it does
catch fire, be calm, the flames will go away
once the alcohol has burned off. Add chicken,
bacon, chicken broth, thyme and bay leaf and
cook on low heat for 1 hour. Add potatoes and
cook for another hour. As the wine cooks over
time, the flavor changes dramatically. The first
few times you cook this, try the sauce every
20 minutes and watch the flavors change as it
is very interesting. The sauce should be thick
and the chicken fall off the bone tender. If
the sauce is too thin, reduce more, or if sauce
looks as if it is drying out, add some water and
make sure chicken is tender.
BEEF BURGUNDY
1-pound bacon
18 red pearl onions
1 pound baby carrots
4 cloves garlic diced
1 stalk celery diced
1-pint button mushrooms quartered
1-tablespoon butter
2-½ pound roast cut into 1-inch cubes
3 tablespoons flour
14 oz low sodium beef stock
2 ½ cups dry red wine
Render bacon fat in a 4 qt Dutch
oven
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with
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good ol’ mashed potatoes. Bon appetite!!
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Review By Pete Roche
Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young autobiography
Success is hard to measure, Neil Young
discovers while evaluating his forty-plus year
career in the new autobiography, Waging
Heavy Peace (available now from Blue Rider
Press / Penguin Group). Having lots of
money only makes you rich—not necessarily
successful.
“These days, it’s all about closure,”
the Canadian songsmith concludes. “I am
thankful for all the tings I’ve been able to try.”
Renowned as much for his solo albums
(Harvest, Zuma, On the Beach, Ragged Glory,
etc.) as for his collaborations with Crosby,
Stills & Nash (Déjà Vu), Neil Percival Young
found his voice (and honed his guitar chops)
playing roots-rock with Buffalo Springfield in
the mid-1960s. A string of early hits like “Old
Man,” “Heart of Gold,” and “Cinnamon Girl”
propelled him to fame; Young’s profile with
CSN was so high it became untenable to stay
with the super-group.
Written in 2011, while Young recovered
from a broken toe, these non-linear entries
reveal the man behind the songs (“Down
by the River,” “Ohio”) that helped define a
generation. As memoirs go, Waging Heavy
Peace is anything but conventional. But then
Young was never an average rock and roller.
The 500-book reads more like a haphazardlycompiled journal of deep thoughts,
recollections, and persuasive essays than a
chronological diary or life story where events
are laid out sequentially. It’s disconcerting at
first, but readers will get accustomed to the
way Young seesaws between past and present
and reflects on how they impact the now of his
existence. He’ll share how he’s feeling today,
then jump into a discussion about the merits
of clean energy. Then a bit about recording in
1978, followed by snippet from boyhood, and
so on.
Young’s narrative thread is passion, not
time, and love is rarely an A-to-B continuum.
“I’m trying to find myself again
and reconnect with the values I had in the
beginning,” he writes.
We learn of his time with nascent bands
The Squires and The Mynah Birds (featuring
“Superfreak” funk artist Rick James) and his
sojourn to California at the height of flower
power in 1966. Young recounts gigging with
Stills in Buffalo Springfield, and how they
named themselves after a steamroller. He
chalks up the group’s brevity to immaturity
and drugs: “We were too young.”
Young believes his early relationship with
actress Carrie Snodgress failed for the same
reasons. The superstar admits he was too
drug-addled and self-centered to reciprocate in
a healthy adult relationship, or to help raise a
son with cerebral palsy. But Young found his
footing in the Seventies—both musically and
personally—after starting a family with Pegi
12
Morton. Unbelievably, the rocker’s second
son, Ben Young, also had C.P., which posed
unique parental challenges at home and on the
road.
The singer is irrepressibly fascinated by
cool cars, big guitars, and model trains—all of
which he collects like a curator. Indeed, the
book begins with Young toying with his model
railroad in a building constructed specifically
to placate his Lionel addiction. He also has
special facilities for his hot rods—Feelgood’s
Garage and Aloha. Young spends several
chapters gushing over various automobiles
he’s owned—including a 1949 Cadillac
convertible, 1954 Corvette, 1957 Jensen 541,
and a 1978 Eldorado.
“I’m a material guy,” he concedes.
Paragraphs describing Young’s lavish
homes in California and Hawaii almost read
like braggadocio: You’ll never have it this
good. But one guesses the author wasn’t
aware of his tone at the time. He’s merely
coasting streams of consciousness (like on
his paddleboard, perhaps) recalling special
moments in those residences is as eloquent a
prose as he can muster. Young explains his
attachment to things serves as a means for
remembrance; the possessions trigger pleasant
thoughts of good friends and old times.
The giddy guitarist becomes as flustered
as any middle-aged father by a visit to Costco,
where he mistakenly goes in the out door.
Later, on the same shopping trip, Young
ponders a box of his albums for sale at a
second-hand shop. He buys a Clive Cussler
novel at a bookstore; Nils Lofgren turned him
on to the nautical adventure writer.
Young admits he’s just as flawed
in body, mind, and character as the rest
of us—maybe even more. He suffered
from both diabetes and polio as a boy
and—after a couple seizures and torturous
pneumoencephalogram—was diagnosed with
epilepsy. He developed tinnitus from his years
of high volume feedback with his band, Crazy
Horse. Then there’s the 2005 aneurysm; Young
recalls how he nearly bled to death outside a
New York hotel when a surgical incision in his
femoral artery ruptured.
Combine Young’s many physical
ailments with the myriad chemicals he
indulged over the years, and you’re left
wondering how the “Godfather of Grunge”
ever made it this far.
Chronic back problems threatened to
permanently hunch the two-time Rock and
Roll Hall of Famer, but a laminectomy and
custom brace straightened him out. Changing
footwear also helped.
“These new leather boots kick ass!”
he notes, with the enthusiasm of a child on
Christmas.
Taking up after his author father—who
banged away on an old Underwood typewriter
in the attic of their Omemee, Ontario, home—
Young began jotting his thoughts at the behest
of his physician, Dr. Rock, in late 2010. He
describes the literary exercise as “a great
chemical experiment” because it’s the
first major project he’d undertaken since
quitting blunts and booze.
“I’ve never done anything straight until
now,” realizes the singer. “What a
quandary.”
The sixty-eight chapters are devoted
to three areas: Personal history, music
business, and deep thoughts. We get a
sense of Young’s childhood in Canada
and bold move to the States, but his
prose is more romantic and ruminative
in nature than factual or date-specific.
The man’s love of family and
friends is palpable. Young treasures
his wife and kids. He’s more blessed
than annoyed by his sons’ frail
conditions because they taught him
discipline, patience, and strength.
He has fond memories of working
(and partying) with producer David
Briggs, steel guitarist Ben Keith,
Crazy Horse member Danny Whitten,
and filmmaker Larry Johnson—
all deceased now—and returns to them
periodically in his verses.
Young’s humility and work ethic keep
him grounded. The text reveals a meditative
pagan whose muses include the sun and water.
Young refers to the forest as his “beautiful
church,” and still writes and records around
the lunar cycle. One anecdote finds his golden
doodle preventing him from “trespassing” in
the woods, another confides that his wife’s
yappy little dog Nini is his “new guru.”
Young’s activism is also apparent. He
tells of cofounding Farm Aid with Willie
Nelson and John Mellencamp in the mid1980s, and of performing annually at the
Bridge School Benefit arranged by his wife
and her friends. During sound check for Farm
Aid 26, Young ordered his stage monitors
turned off so he could play to the natural echo:
“It was like the gates of heaven opened.”
Young’s got double the moxie of most
65-year olds, and the book portrays him both
saddened and excited that there are “too many
things to finish.” Pending projects include a
throwback automobile called the Lincvolt that
will run on electric power, and Pono (formerly
PureTone)—a high-resolution digital audio
format Young hopes will replace the lousy
files offered on Rhapsody and Spotify. He
marvels at the quick distribution afforded by
the computer age but is very concerned by the
promulgation of low-quality Mp3s.
When asked if he was declaring war on
iTunes, Young responded, “No—I’m waging
heavy peace.”
He also wants to dust off and re-master
the movies he’s produced or appeared in
under his Shaken Films banner, including
an apocalyptic comedy he shot in 1980 with
new-wavers Devo entitled Human Highway.
He dreams of restoring the “Green Board”
mixing console used by the Beach Boys on Pet
Sounds.
Some of the best bits are Young’s
small revelations and mundane musings. He
bemoans losing his favorite traveling RV,
“Pocahontas,” in a fire. He remembers almost
being deported after getting caught driving
without a license, and how he finally “bought”
a green card for $5,000. Young became
wary of press after two “dickhead” reporters
misconstrued his comments about President
Reagan as an all-out endorsement.
He looks back on life with Buffalo
Springfield in his Laurel Canyon cabin home
(the landlady was a shaman) and how “For
What It’s Worth” captured the zeitgeist of ‘60s
counter culture. We learn how Neil acquired
his prized “Old Black” 1952 Gibson Les
Paul guitar (in a trade with Jim Messina) and
modified it with new pickups and a tremolo
bar, and how he plays through vintage tweed
amps that go to twelve (“Screw you, Spinal
Tap!” he jokes). Young expresses appreciation
for his friendship with alterative rockers Pearl
Jam and Sonic Youth, but laments his inability
to reach Kurt Cobain by letter or phone prior
to the Nirvana singer’s death in 1994. It
haunted him that Cobain’s suicide note quoted
his Rust Never Sleeps track, “My, My, Hey,
Hey (Out of the Blue):”
“It’s better to burn out than to fade away.”
Waging Heavy Peace features nearly
fifty black and white images from throughout
Young’s life. Scattered throughout the tome
rather than collected in a middle section, these
include set lists, studio logs, a photo of Neil
fishing as a boy, Young jamming with Joni
Mitchell, family portraits, the original lyrics
to “Cinnamon Girl”—and Young’s father’s
spaghetti recipe.
It’s a radically reactionary read.
October 10 - 24, 2012
By Don Perry
You may have noticed that the
ttemperatures have been dropping lately, but
ddon’t think for a minute that the jazz scene is
ccooling off as well. As a matter of fact, it is
hhot as ever.
There are two “Must See” young
ssaxophonists who have shows coming up
iin the area this month. These gifted artists
aare creating new music that is pushing the
bboundaries of long standing jazz traditions
aand infusing youthful, energetic blood into the
aart form that is capturing listeners of all ages.
and has captured the attention of some of
the city’s most respected jazzmen, not only
with his improvisational skills, but also with
his thoughtful, challenging compositional
arrangements. His works often feature
challenging, jagged rhythms, which inspire
soulful, intelligent improvisations, showcasing
each member of the group.
Come to Playhouse Square to see for
yourself, one of the hottest young artists in
Cleveland today. Visit www.playhousesquare.
org for show time and ticket information.
Saturday, October 27th 7:30 pm
“CLEVELAND JAZZ REVOLUTION –
A SHOWCASE OF NEW
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MUSIC”: featuring
Sunday, October 28th 7:30 pm
BOBBY SELVAGGIO
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very distinctive
mark on the
Cleveland jazz
scene.
In addition to
saxophone, Bobby
plays alto clarinet
and flute and is the
Assistant Director
of Jazz Studies
at Kent State
University. He is
the bandleader of
multiple projects,
composing and
arranging their
original pieces as well as performing them.
He is also currently writing a book on Jazz
Improvisation.
Selvaggio returned to Cleveland after
living in New York City for 4 years, where
he received his Masters Degree in Jazz
Performance from the Manhattan School
of Music. While working on his degree,
he was also busy gigging all over the city,
performing at such world-renowned venues
as the Vanguard and Birdland. Since returning
with his family to Cleveland, Bobby has been
very active composing and recording original
pieces. He currently has 6 CDs to his credit
October 10 - 24, 2012
ERIC DARIUS
Tangier, 532 W. Market, Akron
Hailing from a musical
family, born and raised in Tampa,
where he still resides, Eric
Darius realized his calling for
music at the age of 9, when he
first heard a saxophonist play at
his church. At
age 11, after
playing for
only one year,
Darius was
chosen to be a
part of a youth
jazz ensemble,
and had the rare
opportunity to perform at the
prestigious Montreux Jazz
Festival, in Switzerland. He
credits the availability of
school music programs for
his early success and hopes
that he can somehow help to
insure that these programs
will continue to be available
to America’s youth.
He started
experimenting with writing, at the age of 13,
citing Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock as
two of his biggest compositional influences.
Eric admired their ability to write music
that could not be continually defined by, or
categorized within one specific genre.
The highest praise that Duke Ellington
bestowed upon music that he loved, was the
phrase” beyond category”. One of Eric’s
goals is to expand upon this concept and fuse
all of the musical styles that have inspired him
along the way, Jazz, R&B, Pop, Reggae, Hiphop, Rock and Gospel, to create music that is
youthful, energetic and forward-thinking.
Another of his intentions is to capture the
energy of his live performances in the music
that he records. “I want people to be able to
close their eyes and feel like we are playing
right in front of them” exclaims Darius.
Having shared the stage with such names as
Prince, Carlos Santana, Wynton Marsalis and
George Benson, Darius is certainly no stranger
to dynamic live performance.
Anything but your typical “smooth jazz
guy”, Darius states, “Contemporary jazz is the
genre that has embraced my music, but I see
myself as a musician first. I play every style
of music. As I continue to evolve and grow
musically, it’s
the journey
to explore
new things
that keeps me
excited and
hungry to do
what I do”.
Eric
Darius
released
his latest
album On a
Mission, on
the Shanachie
Entertainment
label in the
summer of 2010. Danny Weiss, VP of Jazz
A&R for Shanachie explains, “If you think
of jazz as a wonderful tree whose trunk is
its great tradition and whose branches are
the never ending innovations of its young
disciples, then Eric Darius is the newest
branch of that tree. He can swing like the
masters and funk like a hip-hopper; truly the
blossoming of tomorrow’s jazz.
Spend an evening at the Tangier with this
exceptional young artist and experience his
unique blend of musical styles. Check out
www.thetangier.com.
Don
Perry
Sweetest Day
October 20th
6-9 pm
Martini's
Restaurant & Lounge
for reservations call,
440-964-2800
For full schedule, check website
DonPerrySaxman.com
www.facevaluemusic.com
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Sat. Oct. 27
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CD REVIEW
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Review of Bob Dylan’s newest
release Tempest
When did Abraham break his father’s
idols? I think it was last Tuesday.
Bob Dylan spoke those words around
1985, in an interview in which he also spoke
of staying a part of what does not change.
In his way, he’s done that, but he does not
repeat himself; there are surprises in each
new album, each new song, pretty much each
new line. There is a song on Tempest, his new
album, that announces itself with that classic
Muddy Waters “I’m a Man” riff—ka CHIIING
a ching. Cha chik. Cha chik. The song is called
“Early Roman Kings.” Said kings, in Dylan’s
telling, are to be feared, but maybe emulated
as well; they can destroy you but they know
how to shake things on down. I can’t think of
anyone but Dylan who would combine that
riff with those kings. Nor would anyone else
inform us that they wear sharkskin suits.
That riff...there are sounds that simply
don’t become dated, at least not in Dylan’s
hands. Dylan’s attunement with such sounds,
his understanding of how records were made
at places such as Chess and Sun Records, is
one reason why his work as producer of his
own records is no small factor in his late-
14
career renaissance, now
fifteen to twenty years on
from its beginnings. I’m
tempted to say that, by now,
some of those sounds can
carry cultural resonances
comparable to those carried
by allusions to GrecoRoman culture or the Old
Testament. Six decades, two
or three millennia—what’s
the difference? This stuff is
in our DNA. At least, it’s in
Dylan’s, and in that of his
audience.
Tempest begins with a neo-Hank
Williams instrumental intro to the opening
track, “Duquesne Whistle.” Donnie Herron’s
steel guitar, echoing both country records from
the fifties and a steam whistle, tells us a train
song is coming. Then drums and upright bass
kick off the song proper, sounding solid and
lively, and Dylan sings of many things which
that Duquesne whistle might portend. Listen
to it, he says; it’s blowing like his woman’s on
board, although there’s one he wakes up with
every morning. I guess they may or not be
the same woman. That whistle’s blowing like
the sky’s going to blow apart; it might sweep
his whole world away; it might kill him dead,
but it’s “blowing like she’s blowing right on
time.” There is a lyrical quotation from Bill
Monroe, pertaining to a call from what sounds
like a celestial voice. Dylan’s voice is ragged
but it’s also compelling
and strong, and he sounds
as if he’s ready for any and
all of what that whistle is
telling him. The song ends
somewhere near where
Williams and Monroe
meet Scotty Moore, on a
rockabillyish guitar solo
from Charlie Sexton.
The slow-dance
number here, “Soon
After Midnight,” comes
unexpectedly early. It’s as
if we’re at a high school
concert of the kind young
Robert Allen Zimmerman
used to play with his early bands, and the
principal, having heard enough fast and
furious sounds after a number or two, and
probably fearing a riot, has told the band to
bag the rock ‘n’ roll stuff. So they do, even
though it’s closer to eight than to midnight,
and the singer rhymes honey and money to
close-dancing sounds. But the band, whose
singer is now a generation older than the
principal, doesn’t really have any intention of
playing harmless music. In between the moon
and June stuff, the singer sings of dragging a
rival’s lifeless body through the mud.
Throughout this album, there are a
number of such references. We hear about
looting and plunder, paying in blood, and
burying one’s enemies. Those enemies might
be found in a place such as Scarlet Town,
where the intertwined rose and briar have
long grown from the graves of Sweet William
and Barbara Allen. The town seems to have
fallen on hard times. And distinguishing
enemy from friend, or from oneself, might
be no easier than untangling the rose and the
briar. The good and the evil live side by side,
and your enemies might be the kind you fight
with morphine and gin. This place has little
mercy. The song has a slow, bleak beauty akin
to that of “Ain’t Talkin’,” from 2007, driven
as it is by mostly acoustic instrumentation,
a lonesome violin adding to the spooky
atmospherics. But “Ain’t Talkin’” was about
a lone traveler on a mission. Scarlet Town is
a densely populated place where the singer
was born and has remained, or to which he
has returned; one where a vain and unpleasant
human culture glorifies itself but the end is
near. Still, one does what one can to appreciate
what should be appreciated. Toward the end
of the song’s seven minutes, the singer tells us
that “While we smile, all heaven descends,”
and “all things are beautiful in their time.”
Unexpected thoughts in the context of this
song, maybe, but not really out of place.
The knot formed by the rose and the briar is
inconceivable without both love and tragically
early death.
As it is in Scarlet Town, so it is with
the landscape of this album as a whole. Love
and hate exist at once, as do past and present,
good and evil, life and death. They all collide,
and sometimes collude. The singer in “Pay in
Blood” says that the more he dies, the more
he lives. Somehow I don’t doubt it. Electric
wire, cross-handle swords and Sophoclean
funeral torches coexist in “Tin Angel.” This is
another long and somber ballad, with a further
echo of the Barbara Allen story toward its end.
The song is a kind of retelling of all those old
songs about the master’s lady hitting the road
with a Gypsy, or Gypsies, and the master’s
subsequent pursuit. But unlike those songs,
this one has a certain dark inevitability about
it, well conveyed by the relentless martial beat
of Tony Garnier’s upright bass. The ending is
more Matty Groves, or Hamlet, than Gypsy
Davy.
“Narrow Way” is a down-and-dirty
blues-rock number that will probably sound
great in concert. The singer speaks of a
bleeding wound in the soul of a town, dating
back to the War of 1812. He’s got a history
with the woman he’s addressing. The damage
they’ve done each other might not go back
two centuries, although—who knows—it just
might. But there is a longing for redemption
here, or reconciliation at least. The verbal
hook, which sounds like an ultimatum at first,
might really be something gentler than that.
This is a song of the knife and the arrow, but
the singer would rather bury his head in the
woman’s chest than pierce it.
That chest would be soft and warm,
I expect. Speaking of warmth, the warmth
in Dylan’s voice in the track that follows
is exceptional, at least for this album. His
singing here sounds something like it did on
“Brownsville Girl,” one of his better songs
from the eighties. It’s got a sort of friendly/
sly, teasing tone one might use with a lover
with whom one has a certain history, perhaps
including a breakup or divorce—you’ve got
her number, but she’s got yours too, and you
might as well enjoy each other. It sounds to
me as if the “long and wasted years” of the
song’s title are the ones they spent apart.
In the majestic, stately title track,
someone conceives of the Titanic as “sailing
into tomorrow, to a golden age foretold.”
To conceive of the twentieth century in
this way—well, WTF. But this would have
been before the ship went down, and before
a confused young man shot and killed
the Archduke in Sarajevo, and before the
immensely bloody century that followed.
Partway through that century, a time of
repeatedly dashed hopes—the Titanic was just
a beginning—another confused young man
shot and killed a friend of Dylan’s named John
Lennon, to whom he pays tribute here. Dylan
is a product of that bloody century, although
he comes as close to timelessness as any
artist I can think of. He doesn’t seem to have
mellowed much. That, in my opinion, is just
fine. It’s not every artist who puts out a major
album at seventy-one. As a record store owner
I once knew would say, there ain’t a miss on
here.
Tempest was released on Sept 11, 2012 on CD,
Vinyl, and a deluxe limited edition.
October 10 - 24, 2012
Open thru the end of October
for the Halloween Crawl
on weekends!
By Sage Satori
Be a guest to a fine five course meal as
the talented cast engages the audience and
share some of the most beloved poems and
stories from the master of macabre, Edgar
Allen Poe. A bone chilling presentation of
“The Fall of the House of
Usher” and the reciting of the
timeless classic, “The Raven”,
will thrill Poe fans as well as
keep all others gripped in the
performance.
“The Fall of the House
of Usher” shows Poe’s ability
to create an emotional tone in
his work, specifically feelings
of fear, doom, and guilt. None
of those emotions are apparent
as guests enter through the
creaking door. In fact the
Usher children and their father
seem almost cheery as greeters
and one would never suspect
the horrendous events that are
about to unfold.
The House of Usher,
October 10 - 24, 2012
itself doubly referring both to the
actual structure and the family,
plays a significant role in the
story. The narrator introduces
this to the guests
who are there to
celebrate the 25th
Anniversary of Gordon and
Lenora Usher. The house is
presented with a humanized
description: its windows are
described as “eye-like” and the
fissure that develops in its side
is symbolic of the decay of the
Usher family and the house.
Lenora has a somewhat
unspoken and twisted
relationship with the very
unlikeable patriarch of the
family, Arthur Usher. This
relationship upsets her husband
Gordon and in turn begins the
tragic twist of events as the
guests (audience) who have
gathered for the festivities
watch the madness. Edgar
Poe, a friend of Roderick’s, is also there and
becomes an unwelcomed guest and leaves
before the horror begins. (Very lucky for him!)
Brook Hall did a superb job in writing the
“back story” which merges Poe’s “Fall of the
House of Usher” and other Poe musings with
the stage and the dining experience.
Mayhem ensues as each course of the
meal is served. The menu for the evening
(eventually served by the very convincing
walking dead) is as follows.
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By Ron Emser
A skeleton walks into a bar...
But first a word from ME! I’ve had a
few inquiries about the origin of Beer
Joints R US. BJRU didn’t start as a cool,
luxury motor coach taking admirers of
fine malted products to purveyors of such
products. Nope! It actually had its start as a
neighborhood, poker run sort of thing. For
a number of years we got together some
east side taverns and commenced with the
festivities. Visit all the taverns on the ticket,
get stamped, come to the “wrap-up” party,
pick your hand and maybe win a couple
bucks, while contributing a nice check to
local charities.
Last year we made the cover of the
Plain Dealer’s Friday magazine as the result
of the Poker Run. Many of the participating
bars were pleased with that. A website was
created, and as they say, “The rest was
history”. But wait... there’s more!
How to expand our horizons? Well, as
many of us are indeed
enthusiasts to the
many micros
and craft beers
available
in N. E.
Ohio,
it was
unrealistic
to expect our
neighborhood bar to
bring all these great brews
to us, so, “If the mountain
will not come to Muhammad, then
Muhammad must go to the mountain.”
So, that’s where the luxury motor
coach comes in.
This week’s reviews include;
Bells’ “This One Goes to 11 Ale”
This 11% beer has quite a kick.
It has a grapefruit and piney
hops presence with spice and
caramel malt. The taste is bitter
with a little spice and a warming
finish. Palate is slick and warming
with a chalky finish. With it being
11% it goes down nicely!
Great Lakes “Nosferatu “
This has been referred to as “Burning
River” Pale Ale’s “Big Brother”. It pours
a slightly hazy red with a very thick head.
There’s an aroma of spicy, piney hops and
also a little chocolate and cinnamon, plenty
of malt backs up the hops with a coffee,
light chocolate and caramel. A moderate
bitterness is noticeable at the finish. A great
fall beer with an 8% A.B.V.
Rogue’s “Dead Guy Ale”
This Oregon brew is in the bock style, but
Rogue switches things up by using their
proprietary Pac Man ale yeast strain rather
than lager yeast. The nose is strongly
reminiscent or suggestive of sweet caramel
and bready malt, balanced by an aggressive
pine and citrus hop note. These aromas
translate over the flavor as well.
Well, those are my picks this week.
We have a couple micro trips coming up.
On Nov. 3rd, 101 Bottles of Kent, has a
luxury motor coach visiting Willoughby
Brewing Co., Market Garden Brewery,
(West 25 St., Cleve.), Fat Heads Brewery,
(North Olmsted) and Brew Kettle
(Strongsville). On Nov. 11th, The Merry
Arts Pub & Grille (Lakewood) is hosting a
trip to the Nano Bar (West 25 St., Cleve.),
Lizardville (Rocky River), Buckeye Beer
Engine, (Lakewood) and Fat Heads, (North
Olmsted).
If none of these are in your
neighborhood, we could fix that. Contact
me; RON@BJRU.net and we could
customize a trip for you and your friends.
We also do wineries and concert packages.
Okay, where were we? Oh yeah...A
skeleton walks into a bar and says “Give
me a beer and a mop.”
Have a great Halloween!
October 10 - 24, 2012
~Continued from Page 15
On arrival: Philadelphia Four: 4-Layer Dip
& Home Made Tortilla Chips
Edgar’s Garden Salad: Baby greens, with
apples, pears, walnuts, dried cranberries, in
a gourmet Mango Chardonnay vinaigrette
dressing.
Soup: Richmond Poe-Boy Soup - Seafood
white chili with shrimp & Bay Scallops.
Entrée: Choice of one of the following
THREE Feasts:
“The Pit & the Pendulum” - BBQ Pork Ribs
Or “Black Raven”: Marinated Grilled Chicken
with Paul Prudhomme’s Baltimore Seasoning
Or Vegetable Lasagna
Sides: Roasted Red potatoes & Mint Peas
Dessert: “Tell Tale Heart” Homemade
Chocolate fudge brownie with Red Lava
White Chocolate Center.
As the final fall approaches and Poe
returns,
Gordon &
Lenora’s son,
Roderick
Usher, who,
like many Poe
characters,
suffers from
an unnamed
disease which
has escalated.
Madeline is
sick as well
and cannot
be seen.
The illness
manifests
physically
but is based
in Roderick’s
mental or even
moral state.
He is sick, it
is suggested,
because
he expects to
be sick based
on his family’s history of illness. Roderick’s
disease causes hyperactive senses and the
anxiety is clearly maddening. Indeed this was
a star performance by Michael Riffe with
astonishingly convincing intensity.
Each of the actors participated in the
serving of the meal with the same authenticity
and enthusiasm as they brought to the stage.
Although there was very little humor and
music, as most of the previous presentations
were filled with, it was no less enjoyable and
engaging.
Cast:
Mr. Pym - the valet - Tristan Kujanpaa
Annabelle - the maid - Kara Laughard
Lenora Usher - the mother - Maureen
Brickman
Gordon Usher - the father - Brook Hall
Arthur Usher - the grandfather - Mark
Pendleton
Roderick Usher - the brother - Michael Riffe
Madeline Usher - the sister - Sarah Cantrell
Edgar Allen Poe - the narrator - Robert
Bernstein
Please see the inside back cover of this
magazine for dates and ticket information.
The menu based on the foods from the era
of the final home of Poe, Baltimore, and the
various cities in which he wrote and lived:
Philadelphia, New York City and Richmond.
There are several opportunities
throughout the evening to choose from the
extensive and themed drink menu. Some of
the options are: Pendulum Blood Orange
Cosmo, Rue Morgue Fizz, Baltimore Harbor
Cream, or a Zombie of course. Pumpkin Ale,
Hop Devil, and Dead Guy Ale are among the
beer choices.
Lenora’s circumstance at this
point in the story prompts her to
recite the poem “Dream within a
Dream”.
Here is an excerpt:
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand
How few! Yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep- while I weep!
This is an outstanding moment
in the spotlight for Maureen
Brickman as Lenora.
October 10 - 24, 2012
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October 10 - 24, 2012
Michael Schenker Plays Cleveland
th
October 25
By Rick Ray
In 1972 at the ripe old age of seventeen
years old, Michael Schenker recorded his
first album with the Scorpions. They went on
tour opening for the band UFO and Michael
Schenker was offered the position of ‘lead
guitarist’ in UFO, and with the blessing of the
rest of the guys in the Scorpions, Michael took
the gig.
Michael wrote the music for most of
UFO’s major label (Chrysalis Records) debut
album ‘Phenomenon’. Despite having a series
of successful albums and tours, Schenker
finally left UFO soon after the last show
of their US tour in Palo Alto, California,
in October 1978; during this tour, the band
recorded their seminal live album ‘Strangers
in the Night’, which was released after he left
the band.
He then returned to the Scorpions for a
short time for an album, ‘Love Drive’, and
a tour. Then in 1979 Michael formed the
Michael Schenker Group. This band has had
some big names come through it over time
such as; Derek St. Holmes from Ted Nugent’s
band, Don Airey who replaced Jon Lord in
Deep Purple, Carmen Appice who is from
Vanilla Fudge and Ted Nugent, Cozy Powell
from Rainbow, Emerson, Lake & Powell and
Black Sabbath, Ted McKenna and Chris Glen,
both from the Sensational Alex Harvey Band,
Chris Slade from Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
and the list keeps going. I just wanted to point
out the fact that these big names all want to
play with this exceptional guitarist.
Michael’s early influences were Jeff Beck,
Leslie West, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.
He took those influences and turned them into
a phenomenal style of playing. His lead work
is very melodic, great compositions that could
stand on their own
but are within
a song. He also has
the ability to burn on
the fret board when
inspired.
Michael’s latest
album ‘Temple Of
Rock’ is a work
of intensity. The
Temple of Rock
is within me, says
Michael, where I
create, since I was
introduced to the
amazing invention
of the distorted
Guitar which is
for me the most
enjoyable and the
best possible way
to express myself.
The Rock Guitar
Sound that I fell
in love with is
what I have nurtured and
treasured all of my life. Combined with the
infinite spring from within and the amazing
musicians around me I keep expressing an
ongoing development of my art. With ‘Temple
of Rock’, I am entering a new stage of my
life, a new level of existence, enjoying life
more than ever, reaping the joy of all sorts of
developments from the past.
The Rick Ray Band has been lucky
enough to have opened for Michael three
times now. We get to do it again, this time
at Peabody’s, Thursday,
October 25th, 2012. The
last time we opened for
him was a Monday night.
The venue was packed.
Not just with people from
northern Ohio. I talked
with people from Detroit,
New York, Pittsburgh,
Columbus and Cincinnati,
pretty crazy for a Monday
night. It turned out to be
the perfect concert. The
Michael Schenker Group
was on fire that night as I’m
sure they will be 10/25 as
well.
Michael’s a great guy.
His English has been getting
better and better over the
years. He’s originally from
Germany. At some of the
gigs he has come out and
spent a lot of time with the
audiences. He’s had an unbelievable past and
his future looks and sounds great also. So, if
you’re a fan of the Scorpions, UFO, Michael
Schenker or the electric guitar, get down to
Peabody’s on the 25th and see one of the all
time great guitar players!
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It wasn’t always easy for Brian Wilson to
keep those “Good Vibrations” happenin’.
The man who architected the Beach
Boys’ most memorable hits (and hidden gems)
is once again the subject of a meticulously
researched biopic in Brian Wilson: Songwriter
1969 – 1982.
Note those years. The follow-to the
exhaustive 2010 documentary Brian
Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969, this sequel
DVD covers Wilson’s less celebrated, post
“California Girls” work, when the oncebrilliant composer became an apathetic
recluse. This is the era Steven Page was
referring to when he sang, “I’m lyin’ in
bed just like Brian Wilson did” on the 1994
Barenaked Ladies hit about the legendary
musician—a period fraught with profound
personal difficulties and career missteps.
Quick, can you name a bona fide Beach
Boys hit from the 1970’s?
There weren’t many. Certainly none
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is given close scrutiny here, as is the Beach
Boys’ fight for relevance in changing musical
climes. We’re walked through the masterful
Pet Sounds, tiptoed behind the scenes of the
aborted Smile album, and guided through
each subsequent release with input from the
people closest to Brian at the time: Promoter
Fred Vail, “Wrecking Crew” drummer Hal
Blaine, studio engineer Earl Mackey, mixer
Stephen Delper, and
friends Mark Volman
(of The Turtles) and
Danny Hutton (Three
Dog Night). There’s
also insightful
commentary
from writers and
musicologists like
Peter Ames Carlin
and Dominic Priore.
Professor Phillip
Lambert (New York
Department of Fine
Arts) discusses the
musical significance
of classics (“Til I
Die,” “Do It Again”)
and obscurities (“This
Whole World”). He
even taps out some
of the more peculiar
chord progressions on
piano, just in case you weren’t already aware
of Wilson’s compositional prowess.
Wilson quit traveling with the Beach
Boys in 1965 after a panic attack on an
airplane. He decided to concentrate on writing
material at home while his brothers continued
globetrotting, with Bruce Johnston (who
is also interviewed) filling in on bass. The
arrangement work for a while; Wilson had
most of Pet Sounds ready for vocal overdubs
when the band returned.
Inspired by The Beatles’ move from
pop songs to longer, more sophisticated
(and experimental) musical passages (a la
Rubber Soul), Wilson employed producer Phil
Spector’s legendary rhythm and string sections
to score the music he’d been hearing in his
mind. Pet Sounds is universally praised now,
with songs like “Caroline, No,” “Sloop John
B,” and “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” considered as
good (if not better) as anything by Lennon /
McCartney—but the hit-hungry executives at
Capitol Records didn’t understand Wilson’s
new approach.
“It’s as great as pop
music gets,” says Melody
Maker scribe Barney
Hoskyns.
Undaunted by the
album’s lukewarm reception
in the U.S., Wilson cobbled
together various other bits
into the single Capitol
wanted—“Good Vibrations.”
The psychedelic, there
min-infused chestnut
placated Wilson’s bosses
and intrigued listeners, but
the song’s author was tired
of being made to feel like
he had to top himself, and
that each new record had to
outsell the last.
Smile found Wilson
at a creative plateau. In
hindsight, his sandbox piano
(and insistence that everyone
wear fireman helmets in the
studio) could be regarded as early signs of
Brian’s mental regression, but the songsmith’s
eccentricities weren’t so alarming at the time.
“Mine was not to ask why,” says Blaine.
“It was all in fun. It was his piano in his
sandbox in his house. I didn’t care, as long as
we were making records and getting wealthy
from it all.”
But vocalist Mike Love fiercely opposed
the nature of Brian’s new work with outsider
lyricist Van Dyke Parks. Love—who’d sang
lead on many of the Beach Boys’ early girl
and car-centric chart-toppers—felt Wilson was
straying too far from the good-time aesthetic
audiences expected of the band. He wanted
to stick to the formula, indifferent to his
cousin’s ambition. Brian relented, shelved the
Smile tapes, and withdrew from the outside
world. Whether Wilson’s isolation was more
a product of his degenerative emotional state
or a conscious effort to ward off further stress,
failure, and heartbreak remains anyone’s
guess.
People were less educated about
addiction and depression in those days,
observes Hoskyns. Instead of being sent to a
rehab facility (which became chic ten years
later) most rock stars were left to “flounder.”
Wilson felt constant pressure to reconcile
the band’s early triumphs with his own
changing impulses, yet he refused to simply
cough up hit singles on demand. It’s likely
his mental illness allowed him to overlook
the fact that his brothers weren’t the only one
relying on his magic: the band’s extended
families, their employees, and other associates
also depended on him to deliver.
Sadly, Brian was the one guy who didn’t
want Brian to deliver, notes Wilson biographer
Peter Ames Carlin.
“He got tired of hearing ‘Brian, You
gotta, you gotta, you gotta,’” suspects music
historian Domenic Priore.
“You can’t just turn it on like a faucet.”
But the band was under contract—parts
of which stipulated that Brian author a certain
amount of Beach Boys material on all Capitol
releases. Made desperate by Brian’s lethargy,
the guys repurposed music from plundered
Smile tapes to strengthen Smiley Smile and
Friends. Carl became the band’s de facto
leader, and was instrumental in guiding
the group, acting as conduit between his
homebody older sibling and the band.
But one journalist quips that 20/20’s
cover of “I Can Hear Music” was just “Carl
emulating Brian emulating Phil Spector,” and
that Brian couldn’t have cared less that the
Beach Boys were no longer an innovative hitmaking machine.
The nostalgic, drum-gated “Do It
Again” charted in ’68—but didn’t really
offer a map for the band’s future. Although
they’d swapped their striped shirts and white
slacks for long hair and hippie beards, the
Beach Boys were still regarded by many as an
“establishment” act, and each new album only
lent credence to arguments that the Wilson
camp was out of touch in the Summer of
Love. The counter-culture youth movement
craved music that was either spaced out (Pink
Floyd), confrontational (Led Zeppelin), or
maybe both (Jimi Hendrix Experience).
The Beach Boys were neither.
Even on their best days, they’d become
“first among equals” in a market now
populated with skillful, topical tunesmiths
like Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor,
Jackson Browne, and Joni Mitchell. But the
film’s commentators are quick to point out
the diamonds scattered amongst the group’s
later, oft-maligned efforts. To provide Capitol
with the group’s last single, Brian reworked an
oldie co-written with his boorish father (and
ex-manager), Murray Wilson. “Break Away”
failed to generate interest—but lived up to its
title in distancing the Beach Boys from their
longtime label.
1970’s Sunflower showed a band
poised for a comeback—even Brian was
enthusiastic—but the LP underperformed.
One critic surmises that “Add Some Music To
Your Day” was “too nice, like saccharine” for
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college students hardened by the atrocities of
the Vietnam War and Civil Rights Movement.
Another points out that buried songs like
Brian’s “This Whole World” (also from
Sunflower) did speak to the ideals embraced
by the hippie movement, but poor marketing
(or manipulation by Love) caused such
substantive pieces to be ignored in favor of
sweeter, safer material.
“[‘This Whole World’} is a good song
by any standard, in any period,” says Professor
Lambert, who demonstrates the song’s
seemingly incongruent chords on piano.
Anticipating renewed acceptance, the
Beach Boys were instead faced with their
biggest commercial flop.
“That record caused a lot of headscratching and finger-pointing,” laments Fred
Vail. “There was a lot of doubt about the
future.”
Manager Jack Riley orchestrated a Beach
Boys revival in 1970 with key shows at Big
Sur, The Whiskey a Go-Go, and Carnegie
Hall—but Brian wasn’t interested. After
scoring a spoken word album with poet pal
Stephen Kalinich, the overweight, drugged
recluse walled up in his Bel-Air home, and
the few contributions he did make to 1971’s
Surf’s Up revealed his inner anguish more
transparently than ever. The dark-butbeautiful “’Til I Die” saw the once happy-golucky bassist likening himself to a cork adrift
on a raging sea.
“I lost my way,” reads the plaintive lyric.
That album’s other masterwork, “Surf’s
Up,” had been teased years earlier on a 1967
television special. Now Wilson revisited
Parks’ verses with chilling results; one friend
theorizes Brian feared redoing the song
because of its origins in the stigmatized Smile
sessions.
The DVD’s second act is devoted to
the Beach Boys’ continued strides to reinvent
themselves. Carl and The Passions-So
Tough! had them grinding out some old
time rock and roll. For 1972’s Holland,
they relocated to the Netherlands with new
members Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar—
with Brian making a reluctant appearance
several weeks into recording. But rather
than reignite their leader’s creativity, the
sessions only exacerbated his despair and
lack of confidence, which in turn triggered
defense mechanisms like self-preservation.
Wilson’s sole Holland offering was multipart
suite “Mount Vernon and Fairway,” which
was deemed so left-field it was relegated
to a companion disc. It wasn’t until Brian
dusted off the soulful “Sail On, Sailor” that
Reprise would even consider releasing the
schizophrenic LP.
The band enjoyed a brief resurgence with
the strategic marketing of the live album In
Concert and hits collection Endless Summer,
which sold over three million copies. Buoyed
by the rekindled interest, the Beach Boys
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embarked on a well-attended tour in support
of the compilation.
When it came time to hit the studio again,
Love—perhaps feeling vindicated—renewed
the argument that the band’s future lay in the
past. Consequently, 15 Big Ones featured
Wilson-reworked oldies like “Rock and Roll
Music,” “Blueberry Hill,” and “Chapel of
Love.” The album fared well enough for
the guys to coax the bloated, chain-smoking
Wilson on the road with them, but “Brian’s
Back!” was little more than a promotional
tagline. Even outsiders could tell the man was
a shadow of his former self—childish, naïve,
and docile. David Felton ran a Rolling Stone
cover story about Wilson’s effort to reengage
society, coached by “attention whore”
psychologist Eugene Landy.
Hired by Brian’s wife, the already
controversial therapist kept Wilson from
the fast food and pharmaceuticals that were
exacerbating his mental illness. “People like
that—sometimes they need to be parented
all over again,” one friend puts it. Landy
encouraged him to exercise—even if that
just meant getting out of bed—and suggested
he begin writing new songs about anything
that struck his fancy, no matter how trivial.
Resulting pieces like “Use Your Own
Comb” and “Don’t Use My Toothpaste”
were earmarked for a solo LP that never saw
light of day (Adult Child). But synthesizerproduced curiosities like “Solar System”
and “Johnny Carson” became the foundation
for 1977’s divisive Beach Boys Love You,
which, depending on what camp you fell in,
was either cause for celebration that Wilson
was working at all—or conclusive proof he’d
finally gone off the deep end.
The film doesn’t delve too far into
Landy’s moral turpitude (the psychologist was
attached to Brian through the mid 80s) but
mentions Wilson’s regression without him,
circa 1978-80, when Marilyn Wilson fired the
doctor for upping his fees. The love-guided
MIU Album is dismissed by the journalists
appearing here as “bland,” while the Johnstonhelmed L.A. Light is deemed a conscious, sad
attempt to be commercial.
If you’re not completely drained after
two and a half hours, you can peruse the bonus
features, where Professor Lambert explains
how the Beach Boys modeled “Do It Again”
after their old surf music. In vignette “Out
of Bed” we’re given oral accounts of what
Wilson was like when he wasn’t recording (or
sleeping). Vail discusses the abandoned 1970
Cows Come Home to Pasture album “Brian
Goes Country.”
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Ethnic diversity in Cleveland will be
celebrated with music and dancing
at the Rock Hall October 14
This fall season the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
is pleased to once again host the
World Festival, an annual event
that celebrates ethnic diversity
in greater Cleveland. The World
Festival will take place in the Rock
Hall’s Main Lobby on Sunday,
October 14th from Noon to 4 p.m.
The event is FREE, however paid
admission is necessary to tour the
Rock Hall’s exhibits. The Rock
Hall’s Community Festivals are sponsored by
KeyBank.
The greater Cleveland area is a rich
mosaic of ethnic groups, each with their own
traditions and musical legacies. This colorful
festival with participants in their native
costumes celebrates each culture through song
and dance.
Performers at this year’s World Festival
include:
· Mahima Venkatesh – Indian Folk Dance
· Moises Borges – Brazilian Jazz
· Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Dancers
– Greek Folk Music and Dancing
· The Vernon Jones Blues Cartel –
Blues Band
· Wind and Sand Dance Company –
Middle Eastern Dance
· Aretha Willis – Belly Dance
· Calvin Wilson – Reggae Artist
· Women in the Spirit – R&B Group
Terry Macklin Entertainment will
emcee the event and provide fun for the entire
family with interactive dancing, as well.
Local vendors will also offer international
flavor with a diverse assortment of products,
including arts and crafts, to the event.
As part of an ongoing community
festival series at the Rock Hall, the World
Festival offers the opportunity for Cleveland’s
diverse communities to become more familiar
with the Museum and the variety of music
genres and cultures it celebrates. For more
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27, 28, 2012 its sixteenth annual Halloween
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Ethan Legere – Whispers
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Every once in a while, a very special
musician with amazing talents beyond
our imagination will rise out of nowhere
and instantly freeze a crowd. That has
been the continuous reactions when Ethan
Légere enters the stage and performs. At
21, Legere displays an exceptional level
of maturity and wisdom in his playing and
singing, as well as his stage presence, far
ahead of his years. Now you can capture
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WHISPERS (Abydos Records).
The ep holds 5 tracks by Legere
performing solo on his acoustic guitar.
WHISPERS demonstrates the moving
spiritual side of his soul coming out in his
music. Self taught on the guitar, Légere
didn’t waste any time learning as he
listened to heavy weights like John Mayer,
Jason Mraz, and Dave Matthews. These
influences clearly come out when you hear
these cuts. His impressive picking style
strikes right on the opening of Whispers in
the Window, one of the first songs he wrote.
Légere’s lyrics are strong and
spiritually gripping which compliment his
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soul wisdom that comes through in his
performance.” A music video is in the
works and set to be released in November.
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circuit at various Open Mics in the regions,
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By Luthier Patrick Podpadec
I’m glad to be writing this article. It
is long overdue. I have mention this repair
in the past but it is now finally coming to
fruition. About a year ago my good friend and
website designer, Mr. Chad Ely (chadely.com)
introduced a repair to me that he has wanted
to do to one of his guitars since the late 80’s.
There is a product out from Fernandes Guitars
that revolutionizes the way guitar players
can play their instruments. This product is
known as the “Sustainer”. Powered by a
9-Volt battery, the interaction of the bridge
humbucker pickup, the Sustainer Circuit
Board, and the neck Sustainer Driver pickup,
projects magnetic pulses that continuously
vibrate the strings of the guitar, the same
way an amplifier would at extreme volumes,
yet totally controlled! The result is infinite
sustain and/or feedback using sparkly clean
or loud distorted settings without the need
for excessive volume or extra outboard gear!
It allows the player the ability to sustain
a note forever. By hitting a switch on the
FSK- 401 model, the pitch of the ringing
note(s) will rise to the 5th natural harmonic
within seconds. By hitting the switch again
and putting it into the mix mode, it blends
the natural and harmonic mode to harmonize
indefinitely every ringing note creating a
harmonized feedback effect. To find out more
details on how it exactly works it would be
best to check out the sites web page at www.
fernandesguitars.com/sustainer/sustainer.html
Chad and his team of professionals have
helped me numerous times with many of my
media problems, so to have the opportunity
to pay back my gratitude by installing this
“Sustainer Kit” into one of his guitars is an
honor. We have also decided that it would
make a great video to share with all you music
lovers out there; Chad is also a wiz at most
any and all video formats so his editing skills
are going to come in very handy with all of
that. We were able to post ‘The Sustainer
Installation, Part 1” on my website www.
liamguitars.com which we linked to my face
book page. This is the first video in what is
planned to be an ever expanding series of
guitar repair videos. I have seen many repair
videos myself on YouTube and I hope that I
can bring a new and interesting take to those
that have already been done and of course to
the ones that haven’t.
The guitar that was picked for this
project is a late 70’s Gibson Victory. This
isn’t one of Gibson Flagship models like the
Les Paul or the “335”, but it is certainly not
due to the construction. It has all of the right
things going for it to be classified as a high
end guitar. It has a solid neck thru body joint
with a bound ebony fingerboard. It had a
neck humbucker, a bridge humbucker with
a single coil in the middle position. With a
5-way selector switch, a simple volume and
tone control mounted on a pickguard similar
to the way a Fender Strat is. I believe it was
Gibson’s answer to the Fender guitar market.
Sometime in its existence it was fitted with
a “Kahler” tremolo bridge and a locking nut.
The plan is to remove the locking nut unit and
replace it by upgrading to a fine set of Sperzel
locking tuners.
The new Sustainer system that will be
installed requires a bit of modification to the
guitar. It has a fairly large circuit board that
requires a larger area of the body to be routed
out in order to facilitate the extra switches
involved. It also needed a battery box installed
to power the magnetic pickup that is the heart
of the sustainer system. As the video will
show, I had to enlarge the pickguard to cover
the larger routed cavity and to have something
for the switches to be mounted to. It involves
me reproducing a bit larger replica of the
original. It also will have a different pickup
configuration so that is another reason for its
replacement. I was lucky to already have the
pickguard material on hand from a project a
few years ago. Making the new pickguard is
a pretty straight forward procedure. All I had
to do was double stick tape the original to
the new blank and rout it out with a laminate
bit. The same type you would use for making
a counter top. It’s just a straight bit with a
guide bearing laid up flush to the cutting
edge. I just drilled out all of the other smaller
holes with the proper size drill bits and then
turned it over and used a chamfer bit to put
a nice bevel look to all of the edges to finish
it off. The next step is to assemble all of the
hardware (switches, volume and tone pots,
pickups, circuit board for sustainer, etc.) to
the pickguard and temporarily mount it to
make sure that everything will fit properly and
that the wiring will not be pinched up inside
the newly routed cavity.
The nice thing about the Fernandes
Sustainer system is that all of the hard
wiring has already been done. It comes fully
assembled and all there is to do is to ground
the system to the instrument. Having said
this there may be a few soldering joints that
may need to be unsoldered and refitted and
soldered up again. It will depend on how
or what you’re going to install the system
into. In this case I will need to add a little
length to the positive and negative wire
leading to the battery box. I will also have
to remove the output jack so that I can bring
it through the hole that is already drilled in
the side of the guitar. Neither one of these
tasks is complicated and will be a very easy
modification. At this point I have not wired
it up yet, but I don’t foresee any problems
occurring. I have been documenting the
process on video and it’s posted on my
website. Just go to liamguitars.com and click
on the “community” page.
Again I would like to Thank Chad Ely
for the opportunity do this very interesting
repair and guiding me through the video
process. So please stay in tune for the next
issue where I will show the finished project
Thanks Again !
Patrick from Liam Guitars/ Wood-n-Strings
October 10 - 24, 2012
JUST FOR LAUGHS
By Steve Guy
Hip Hop Hooray
It was just under a month ago that I
packed a suitcase for a weekend stay and
got into my Jeep Grand Cherokee and
headed south. My destination was simply
to Columbus. Now, I want you to take a
look at my picture before you read the next
sentence………Take a good look………..
No reading ahead……….I went to Columbus
as the representative for the vodka company
I work for and attended the Ohio Hip Hop
Awards and Conference. Folks, this is the
story all about how my life….well, you know
the rest.
I arrived actually on a Saturday morning
and headed into the lobby where I sought out
a woman by the name of Embrace. When she
came over to greet me embrace is exactly what
she did. No, not the over the top kind, just the
kind where someone is so overly excited to
meet you that it makes you feel like you’re
worth something. Ultimately I introduced
Embrace to the vodka and the very next day
she blamed me for a wild night out.
After being embraced, I set up the
things I needed to and then got to watch the
conference take place. It was a day full of
showcasing talent and offering panels that
were educational to people involved in Hip
Hop. Even I felt like I was being enlightened
and I have no business being involved in Hip
Hop, but I sure as heck wanted to be after that!
One of the panels even included Steve Lobell;
which you may not recognize his name, but
how about the acts he’s been responsible
for such as RUN DMC and Bone-Thugz-NHarmony.
The conference is also where I enjoyed
myself simply with my own amusement. First,
there was a guy who looked like Ja Rule, but
aged by 15 years, so basically he looked like
Ja Rule today. Then someone mentioned that
this would definitely be a day worth taking
notes (and it was). Unfortunately, in a room
full of youngsters I saw about 5 out of 100
kids taking notes. Next came the moment
when music started. It turns out there was a
conference out in the hallway for insurance
salespeople. When I walked outside I could
see the immediate look of concern on their
October 10 - 24, 2012
faces, similar to the way they looked when
similar people first found out Obama might
legitimately be the President.
There was one experience on this day that
I absolutely abhorred though and that would
be being surrounded by skinny jeans and boy’s
sagging skinny jeans. Call me old fashioned,
but I just don’t understand the sagging thing.
Call me even more old fashioned, but I
don’t get the skinny jean thing. Call me old
fashioned one more time, but what the hell
are these kids doing sagging skinny jeans? It
seems to me that most people I come across
who are involved or trying to be involved in
Hip Hop (and it’s quite a few) are looking to
be perceived as “hard” or “badass”. In my
day, badasses in Hip Hop didn’t go around
wearing pants that were so tight you can see
whether or not someone will be diagnosed
with testicular cancer ten years down the road.
Not to mention, and I say this all the time, but
if you’re actually able to sag jeans that are
supposed to be so tight they are practically
painted on, you’re probably too skinny and
should eat a few cheeseburgers.
So that was Saturday, but the big award
show was actually on Sunday. The venue it
was held at was huge and the whole place
was just awesome. The exciting part for me
was that I was able to actually present a few
awards! I know what you’re thinking and I’m
pretty sure so was everyone there, “What’s
this white boy all dressed up in a suit doing
on stage?” In fact, I can’t tell you how many
times I was asked if I was Secret Service or
part of the Men In Black. At least I know I
looked good though, right? I walked across
the stage carrying a cardboard cutout of the
vodka brand. Prior to my shining moment
there was a group of performances. Each
performer ended up bringing approximately
30-40 people onstage. It was ridiculous to
everyone not onstage, especially to the good
folks who were running the show, so I felt the
need to take a stand in my own sarcastic way
for those people. I introduced myself and said,
“For those who are wondering, I was picked
to present tonight because they just did a poll
right before this and I raised my hand when
they asked who hasn’t been onstage yet.”
I ended up being thanked by multiple
people for making the joke and I made all
sorts of new friends that weekend. The rest of
the night went as planned as I slammed drink
after drink until we arrived back at the hotel.
If you’re looking for some sort of romance to
end this story, you won’t find it. I will simply
state that the entertainment world of Ohio is
doing some remarkable things and this opened
my eyes to just one. So on a bit of a serious
note, keep your eyes peeled folks, there are
many great things happening right here in
our backyard, pay attention and support your
fellow Ohioans!
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The
Master
Weinstein R 150 min
I have been eagerly awaiting this film for
a long time. I think Paul Thomas Anderson
is an eccentric genius (BOOGIE NIGHTS,
MAGNOLIA) and that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix are two of the best
actors in the business.
I also find the subject matter, a quasireligious movement, cults, and the like to be
especially intriguing. I also expect some psycho sexual spiritual symbolism from Anderson
and that was most certainly delivered.
At the end of World War 2 the mentally
imbalanced and alcoholic Freddie Quell
(Phoenix) is set adrift to make his way in the
world. After a booze-induced fit of rage he
will find himself a stowaway on the yacht
of Lancaster Dodd (Hoffman) a self-styled
prophet who has created an entire philosophy
of past lives and the never ending human
soul. Despite the drifters obvious dangerous
personality flaws Dodd will accept him with
open arms as one of, if not the most, important
of his apostles.
As this movement, called The Cause
moves forward and expands Freddie becomes
its most zealous supporter often attacking and
beating anyone who dare disagree with the
master.
You understand that Freddie cannot
control his desires or restrain himself and in
the end that will make it impossible to co-exist
with Dodd’s plan. Is the comparison becoming a little clearer now?
Because of the post-war setting and other
similarities to Scientology some have assumed
that THE MASTER was based on the life and
experiences of L Ron Hubbard. While I’m
positive Hubbard’s work was an inspiration of
sorts, it seems more likely, at least to me, that
it’s more of a riff on Christianity and God and
Lucifer in particular.
Upon realizing that Freddie isn’t able to
conform to the strict boundaries of the masters
teaching he’s cast out of The Cause and told
that in the afterlife when the two meet again
he and Dodd will be mortal enemies.
I thought the subject and allegory were brilliant. The acting as good as it can be. The look
is top rate.
I could have gone with an A+ but for
some odd reason the film itself just wasn’t
as gripping as I’d
hoped. It did seem a
bit long and slow at
times.
Still it’s an
important film and
I’d like to hear
your thoughts.
B+
Looper
Sony R 118 min
Okay so I
guessed wrong.
When I saw the
trailers for LOOPER
I thought it would
be some sort of a rip
off from MINORITY
REPORT that starred
Tom Cruise a few
years back.
Sure they’re both sort of based on traveling back and forth through time in order to kill
somebody but that’s about where the similarity
ends. Actually that’s almost the same hook as
we heard in THE ADVENTURES OF NICK
DANGER From the Firesign Theater (for the
trivia buffs).
Anyway, time travel isn’t possible today
but it is a few decades into the future. Unfortunately when everyone found out just how
much havoc that would create it immediately
became severely illegal.
That poses a problem for the bad guys
of the future. For some cock and bull reason
they can’t dispose of a dead body there. Yeah
it sounded fishy to me too. What they can do is
tie up the guy they want snuffed, ship him to a
pre-disclosed spot here in the present and have
a hit man shoot him and get rid of the corpse.
Attached to the victim will be payment and
silver or gold bullion. The guys who do the
killing are called loopers. Get it?
Well now there’s big trouble in the future.
Some criminally evil overlord out there wants
to kill all the loopers so he can, well, commit
more evil deeds I guess.
Bruce Willis is one of the loopers that
lives in the future. He’s being sent back to be
killed by Joe (Joseph Gordon Levitt) who is
actually himself 30 years prior.
Well, Joe Willis outsmarts and evades Joe
Gordon Levitt and sets of on his own mission.
That mission? To find and execute that futuristic evil doer here in our time and thereby
cleanse the world to come of his misdeeds.
Does that sound a bit convoluted to you?
Well, it is but you realize it is science fiction.
The plot gets more and more complicated as
other loopers are set to kill Joe Willis and Joe
Gordon Levitt and any kid that was born on
that particular date.
There’s quite a bit more but I’ll not spoil
the surprise for you.
It’s a stretch of the imagination but you’ll like
it.
B
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End Of Watch
Open Road R 109 min
There are an awful lot cop movies out
there. Because of that it’s relatively easy to get
lost among the crowd but hopefully
END
OF WATCH
won’t suffer that particular fate. That’s not to
say that this is a watershed moment in police
drama history but it is something different
than most. This one seems to have taken
elements of a few different styles
In particular a pseudo-documentary
and action film all the while adding
in elements of reality TV.
I’m sure you are all familiar
with the television series COPS
which documents the cases and exploit of everyday police officers.
In this manner END OF WATCH
chronicles not only the cases of two
L A cops in one of the city’s most
dangerous neighborhoods but also the
human interaction that they go through
on a daily basis.
Officers Taylor and Zayala (Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena) are more than
just partners. They share a deep human bond
brought about only by the hours upon hours in
a cruiser together but in the situations of life
and death where each man relies on the other
for survival. Taylor has spent most of his life
searching for the ideal mate while his partner
Zayala is a happily married family man.
Among the individual episodes there is
a main theme that concerns a gang lord and
his blood feud with the officers. I think you’d
rather see that play out for yourselves.
South Central is nothing like the peaceful
suburbs we know and love, and as such END
OF WATCH is gritty violent add extremely
vulgar.
But it is well acted and gripping.
Just leave the kids home.
B
October 10 - 24, 2012
Frankenweenie
Buena Vista PG 80 min
Well Halloween is right around the
corner. That means we can expect a slew of
second rate horror movies. Usually, though,
among that heap of Cinematic Deadwood you
can find one or two that shine
through.
Tim Burton’s entry is touted as a
light and heartwarming animation
entitled FRANKENWEENIE.
Unfortunately it’s not very
light and it’s not very heart warming. Oh, it has the trademark Burton creepy animation, but it’s all
in black and while you expect it to
turn into full color at any moment
but it never does. Neither does
the story. The first thing you will
notice is a striking similarity to
Stephen King’s PET SEMATERY
and Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN. Young
Victor is a loner who’s more interested in
science then baseball.
When
his best, and
possibly only,
friend Sparky the dog is killed Victor rigs
up an experiment and amazingly brings the
pup back to life! Unfortunately it’s not long
before other students steal this idea as they
compete in the upcoming science fair. What I
thought it would turn out to be a morality play
turns more in to a slapdash action monster
film. You never really empathize with anyone
but Sparky the dog. There isn’t a life affirming message as it plods through a scant 80
minutes. While I respect Burton’s ability to
put together a striking show I’ve often been at
odds with his lack of charismatic characters.
I was more disappointed that Disney let
this one out of the laboratory.
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Crook & Chase lead the list of country
radio personnel going into the 2013 Country
Radio Hall of Fame, the CRS Board of
Directors announced Wednesday.
Gaylon Christie is the Radio category
inductee, and Dr. Don Carpenter, Crook
& Chase, Eddie Edwards and Bill “Dex”
Poindexter are the On-Air category inductees.
The Country Radio Hall of Fame is dedicated
to the recognition of those individuals who
have made significant contributions to the
radio industry over a 20-year period, 15 of
which must be in the country format.
“Induction into the Country Radio Hall of
Fame signifies a lifetime of excellence and
achievement, and this year’s class of inductees
personifies those qualities at the highest level,”
said CRS Hall of Fame Committee Chairman
Charlie Morgan.
Christie is a Holland, Texas, native with a
50-year history in the country radio business.
His career began as a teen DJ at a Temple,
Texas, radio station and included stints as
a station manager, executive manager and
long-time owner of a country station serving
the Fort Hood area. In 2000, Christie sold the
station, but continued as a DJ at KUSJ until
2004.
Born in Tulsa, Okla., Carpenter left his
career as a veterinarian more than 30 years
ago for a career in country radio. His first job
came at KFSB in Joplin, Mo., with stops in
Tampa, Des Moines and Pittsburgh before
landing at Detroit’s WOW-FM, which would
later become WYCD. In addition to hosting
his “Dr. Don Morning Show,” Carpenter has
written “The Dr. Don Prepsheet” for almost
20 years.
“Crook & Chase Radio” launched in
1987 with the nationally syndicated “Crook
& Chase Minutes,” hosted by Lorianne
Crook and Charlie Chase. In 1989, the pair
was chosen to host TNN’s weekly 4-hour
“Nashville Record Review,” which aired
nationally and internationally in Japan, the
United Kingdom and parts of Europe. Now in
their 25th consecutive year on national radio,
Crook & Chase continue to host “Crook &
Chase Countdown,” which can be heard on
more than 225 radio stations in the U.S. and
overseas.
Edwards’ radio career began in 1971
and includes work as an on-air personality
in 11 different cities, including Nashville,
Los Angeles and New Orleans. Edwards has
served as a DJ at New Orleans’ WNOE for
nearly 20 years. He has received the “DJ of
the Year” award from the CMA, ACM and the
Gavin Report and played harmonica on stage
for acts including Brad Paisley, Vince Gill,
Sawyer Brown and Gary Allan.
A native of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Pondexter began his career in high school, but
has been part of the US-101 afternoon show
since 1994. One of the original hosts of “The
Dave & Dex Show,” Poindexter currently
co-hosts the station’s “The Dex & Mo Show”
with Melissa Turner. They were honored
with the CMA’s Radio Personality of the
Year Award in 2010, marking his third time
receiving the honor.
The class of 2013 will be officially
inducted at a dinner ceremony on Tuesday,
Feb. 26, 2013 at the Nashville Convention
Center. The Country Radio Hall of Fame
dinner and induction ceremony unofficially
kicks off Country Radio Seminar each year.
CRS 2013 is held Feb. 27-March 1, 2013.
Aldean, LBT Lead Charts
Jason Aldean stayed atop the Billboard
Country Songs chart for the week ending Oct.
13 with Take a Little Ride, while Little Big
Town topped the albums side with “Tornado.”
On the song chart, newcomers Dustin Lynch
and Jana Kramer were two-three with
Cowboys And Angels and Why Ya Wanna.
Carrie Underwood was fourth with Blown
Away. Hunter Hayes’ Wanted was fifth. Lee
Brice climbed from ninth to sixth with Hard
To Love, and Jake Owen also was up three,
to eighth, with The One That Got Away.
Luke Bryan was at 10 with Kiss Tomorrow
Goodbye, up 3.
Eric Church was 13 with Creepin’ and
Greg Bates 14 with Did It For the Girl. Both
moved up three spots. Justin Moore’s Til My
Last Day and Kip Moore’s Beer Money were
15 and 16, both up 4. Florida Georgia Line
continued its upward climb with I>Cruise at
19, up 3. Kenny Chesney was 20th, up 4, with
El Cerrito Place.
Taylor Swift’s latest country single is
going back down the charts. We Are Never
Ever Getting Back Together slid from 21 to
15. Randy Houser’s How Country Feels was
up 4 to 22. Darius Rucker also jumped 4, to
28, with True Believers.
On the album chart, Jake Owen’s
“Endless Summer” EP debuted in second.
Underwood was third with “Blown Away,”
up three. Bryan was fourth with “tailgates &
tanlines.” Hunter Hayes went from ninth to
fifth with his self-titled debut. The late Waylon
Jennings debuted at 14 with “Goin’ Down
Rockin’: The Last Recordings.”
Owen’s “Barefoot Blue Jean Night”
jumped from 29 to 21. Florida Georgia Line
moved from 32 to 27 with “It’z Just What
We Do.” “Icon: George Strait” was at 34, up
8. Johnny Cash’s “The Greatest The Number
Ones” was up 4 to 38. “Carry Me Back” from
Old Crow Medicine Show went from 44 to 39.
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Old Crow
Medicine Show again was first with “Carry
Me Back.” Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky
Thunder debuted in second with “Music To
My Ears.” Trampled By Turtles was third with
“Stars And Satellites and Jerry Douglas fourth
with “Traveler.” “The Gospel Side of Dailey
& Vincent” was fifth.
On the overall top 200, LBT was 9th,
Owen 19th, Underwood 27th, Bryan 28th and
Hayes 33rd.
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To Be Or Not To Be!
Some people go to great lengths to
avoid getting lost in my deep cavernous mind,
and I’ve heard a lot of excuses why someone
hasn’t read my article!
Excuses like, “I just forgot!” or “I
couldn’t find a copy of the Voice”, or “I
was too busy, my cousins brother-in-law’s
grandmothers niece’s son’s girlfriend’s
mother’s dog had a potato chip bag lodged
in its throat and needed mouth to mouth so I
had to try!”, but dying wasn’t a reason… until
now that is.
Now I know what life is all about, no
really, and for those of you who still don’t
know this, NOBODY is getting out alive!
Since my last article I’ve lost one of
my biggest fans and most loyal readers…
Mumsie! Well I didn’t actually lose her,
like a wallet or car keys, Mumsie passed on,
crossed over, moved along, quit breathing,
she just up and died!!!
THAT… is just NOT… COOL!
~ Rick Ray
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And to be quite honest with you, after
burying Mumsie I was seriously thinking
about not continuing to write this article, how
do you find the ability to be funny and witty
after watching your mother die and placing
her in the ground?
Well, I had to decide whether I still have
it in me to continue writing as Snarp S. Farkle
and to carry on delighting you and tickling
your cranial grey matter with all my wit and
wisdom!
Mumsie would
get very upset if I
didn’t bring her a
copy of the latest
issue of the Voice
Magazine so she
could read my article!
Before she ended up in the
Geezer Patch she
would cut out each
and every article and
save them in a folder
which she so proudly
would bring out to
show her guests her son’s achievement in life!
Wow heh heh I bet that raised a few
eyebrows!
She always looked forward to the
next article almost salivating like having
withdrawals or something, but would always
look over her glasses at me squinting a little
while hesitating to take the magazine from
my hand, telling me that I had better not have
written about her in this one! Heh heh heh!
Midway through reading most of my
articles she would drop the magazine in her
lap and look at me, roll her eyes up and shake
her head then continue reading, which would
mean I got at least a 3 star rating so far!
I knew I got a 5 star rating if she repeated
the rolling of the eyes and shaking of her head
a couple more times, then when she finished
reading would close her eyes, put her hand up
to her forehead and shake her head and ask me
“Where do you get this stuff?” or “Your just
like your father!” Ha ha ha BAM got a good
one!
Now Pops, he’s a crazy old coot and
heavy on the old! He either pretends to read
my article, or he reads it and forgets what he
just read and puts the magazine down without
any expression at all!
So I’ll say “Pops did you read it?” and
he’ll say “What?”, and I’ll say “my article
Pops, did you read it?”, “I don’t know!” he’ll
say with a disturbed voice! “Pops you’ve been
staring at it for 30 minutes how could you not
read it?” Then he’ll say “What” and I’ll say
“Geez Pops, my article, did you read it?” then
he’ll say “I don’t know!” Then I’ll point to
the article “This, Pops, is my article.” He’ll
say “Yes I know that!” “Well did you read
it or not?” then he’ll say “I don’t think so!”
and we start all over again!
To be or not to be Snarp S. Farkle would
mean becoming a mere mortal, to
be n-n-n-n-n-n-n-normal, even
human… hmmm to be or not to
be… BE!
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Saturday, October 13th, Artifex
Sunday, October 14th, Esto Jazz
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Fri., Oct. 19th, Four Kings & a Queen
Saturday, Oct. 20th, Miles Beyond
Sun., October 21st, Stan Miller-Jazz
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Friday, October 26th, Light of Day
Sat., Oct. 27th, Andy’s Last Band
6JGYKPGT[YKNNDGFGEQTCVGFHQTVJKUHGUVKXGGXGPKPICPFNKXGOWUKEYKNNDGMGGRKPI Sunday, Oct. 28th, Larry Smith Jazz
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Music plays Friday & Saturday from
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7:30-10:30 p.m.
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& Sundays from 4-7.
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October 10 - 24, 2012

Volume 12 — Issue 18

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