(To enlarge any photo, just click it) I’m writing to you from the snow covered house of my parents overlooking the beautiful Cottage Grove Lake in central Oregon. It is awesome here! After picking me up, …
Anyone notice….?
Gas is cheaper, but most airlines are still charging for the first checked bag. This is kind of like a “punish the musician” fee…or maybe a musician tax? I’m off to Denver, CO (Lamont School of …
Vlat!
Many of you are familiar with my dear friend, the wonderful trombonist and composer, Michael Vlatkovich. I had a chance to surprise him while he was on tour in Portland, Oregon last week. Trying to sneak …
Interview in the local paper…
After a farewell show Saturday, Ventura’s new-music wizard is leaving for San Diego By Karen LindellThursday, May 24, 2007 Ventura County Star “The stranger’s nose was no more heard of” is an obscure quotation from Laurence …
Kirk Silsbee Interview
The last days of Ventura’s secret mayorLocal avant-garde impresario Jeff Kaiser bids the county adieu ~ By KIRK SILSBEE ~ Though no one is making much of it, an era is coming to an end. For …
Farewell Ventura Gig
Some friends are helping me with a send-off gig at Ventura City Hall, May 26…(Private music students please note: my last teaching day is June 29) For those of you that don’t know, I’m leaving to …
pfMENTUM
Links: About pfMENTUM/Artists pfMENTUM Recordings: CDs, LPs, DVDs archival information pfMENTUM Cover Art Archive pfMENTUM Selected ReviewspfMENTUM: Dedicated to creative music—and the musicians that make it. pfMENTUM (pronounced, pee-eff-mehn-tuhm) began in 1995 as a newsletter associated …