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April 25, 2011
Songwriters come to promote National Songwriting Festival

Buzz Cason and Dickey Lee are not well known, but they have influenced many artists, including the Beatles, Pearl Jam, U2, George Strait, Kenny Rogers and Reba McEntire.

Buzz Cason and Dickey Lee are not well known, but they have influenced many artists, including the Beatles, Pearl Jam, U2, George Strait, Kenny Rogers and Reba McEntire.

Cason and Lee, who were inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame for the work they did with these artists, will perform Tuesday night at the Powerhouse to promote the National Songwriting Festival.

April 7, 2011
In no particular order: great rock covers

When done right, covers aren’t really covers at all. They are interpretations.

When done right, covers aren’t really covers at all. They are interpretations.

February 3, 2011
Art is Hard

American writer Kurt Vonnegut was known to say that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. He was often asked if he knew of any artists that were able to pull that off.

American writer Kurt Vonnegut was known to say that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. He was often asked if he knew of any artists that were able to pull that off.

“The Beatles did,” Vonnegut would say.

October 24, 2010
The world has gone Gaga

Walk the streets of any city on any given day of the week and you will hear conversations about news, politics, weather, and entertainment, the four main staples of our culture.

Walk the streets of any city on any given day of the week and you will hear conversations about news, politics, weather, and entertainment, the four main staples of our culture.

Lately, the entertainment category of conversation has been falling back to one person: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga.

Everyone, young and old, knows who she is.

She is known for her crazy wardrobes at concerts and in public.

She is known for her open and controversial views about anything that is asked of her.

July 21, 2010
Who said I have to?

So, who wants to write a column for me?

 

So, who wants to write a column for me?

 

No, really, I don’t feel like it today.

 

June 9, 2010
The Beatles: Barely mediocre

As the first rays of morning sun filtered through the Venetian blinds covering the windows to the French doors of my residence for the next few weeks, I smiled, turned off my alarm on the Blackberry set to play Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer,” and proceeded to engage in my usual morning routine.

 

As the first rays of morning sun filtered through the Venetian blinds covering the windows to the French doors of my residence for the next few weeks, I smiled, turned off my alarm on the Blackberry set to play Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer,” and proceeded to engage in my usual morning routine.