Tiomkin and Miss Ella are generally pleased that my day-job, and all the people I work with, have been sent home to telework. In all honesty, they’re not interested in the other people, but they’re thrilled that the order included me. Crunchies can be had for the asking, freshly marinated …
Art for Art’s Sake Press is based in scenic, downtown Olympia. We have majestic views of the Olympic Mountains from our harbor, and — when the cloud-cover cooperates — equally grand views of Mount Rainier. Overlooking downtown is our splendid Capitol building with it freshly scrubbed dome. At water’s edge, …
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones notwithstanding, Timothy was no particular fan of the banjo’s intrusion into jazz. In his view, it was best relegated to jazz’s Cajun cousin, zydeco — which he quite liked, make no mistake. It had (in his view) no place in New Orleans’ jazz palaces like …
Well, I suppose the one example of Russia’s most famous musical export here at the SunHouse would indeed sing… if I knew the first thing about tuning one, or playing one once tuned. The balalaika in question is one of the last items from Timothy’s music closet to find a …
