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Returned a bit ago from the Red Willow Band performance at the Washington Pavillion. My main reaction: those of us from the era when they dominated the South Dakota music scene were very damn lucky. Most of the times I saw Red Willow in college was at a bar. By the time the band started […] I recently attended my 30-year high school reunion. (Yes, I’m that effin’ old!) As I listened to a couple classmates blather on about how we should “turn Iraq into a parking lot” because of what “they” did on 9-11 (gee guys, I don’t remember there being any Iraqis on those planes), I started thinking about […] I had the joy of seeing Jackson Browne perform at the Washington Pavilion last night as part of his solo acoustic tour. Unforgettable is an understatement. “These Days” and “Your Bright Baby Blues” were stunningly beautiful. His renditions of previous band-only tunes, such as “Looking East,” revealed much that I never saw or heard in […] Recent travel has not only kept me from the puter for blogging, but to see what’s going on in the world other than the slim slice I get in the local paper. Still, a recent trip back and forth across the state made me once again realize the importance of certain artists to me. While […] Opus, the original king of cartoon penguins, is coming back. Of course, since it’s still running Mary Worth and Gasoline Alley, I imagine the chances of the Argus actually running the new strip are slim to none. And although I can’t wait to see Opus again, I certainly won’t be deserting Sparky, the penguin who […] |
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