Jun 6-12, 2007
The Music Issue: Burlington Band Chuch Tests its Metal Mettle on the Road; Drummer Boy Brian Johnson Takes a Solo; Sanders on Expanding Health Care and the First Mention of a Possible Presidential Run.
Faux Cabbie?
This past weekend was crazy busy, more of which I’ll get into in the Hackie column of 6/27. Suffice it to say, as Saturday wound…
Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project Concert
[image-x]This was the fifth consecutive year that the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Big Band has performed at this festival and I have witnessed them all….
Waterfront World & Early Evening Club Cruising
[image-x]I bypassed Main Street in Burlington and made my way down to the waterfront via Maple Street and was captivated by the long uninterrupted view…
Food from the Top of the World
Friday nights blow me out of the water. Week in and week out, it’s crazy, man, crazy! On Saturday mornings, I rarely rise before 11,…
Waterfront World & Paradise/Pizzarelli
[image-x]I caught The Skatalites, with original vocalist Doreen Schaffer, at the Waterfront World Tent Saturday night. With younger horns and some classic members doing the…
On Bass/Drum/Bone Part Deux
[image-x]I don’t know where to start. Lou’s review of this concert was so totally, like totally, right on dude. So like, I should like totally…
Musings Continued
[image-x]Before I mention some of the local stuff I’ve seen in the last few days, I thought I would give you a short (hopefully) history…
On Bass/Drum/Bone
[image-x]Bass (Mark Helias)/Drum (Gerry Hemingway)/ Bone (Ray Anderson) has been a working unit for thirty years now, holding up longer than many marriages, and their…
Organic Enforcement
I read this morning that a large dairy farm in California, Case Vander Eyk, lost its USDA organic certification. The 10,000 cow farm didn’t meet…
That’s Life Soup
I love soup. It’s one of my favorite things to cook, and I’ll eat it whether it’s a sub-zero day in December or sweltering July….
Esperanza Spalding Concert
[image-x]I liked this concert, “but” not as much as some people did. She’s a capable singer, but all I heard were elements of Blossom Dearie,…
Canadian Migration
[image-x]Canadian jazzbirds have on occasion been found to migrate south in the spring and summer. This gave the Discover Jazz Festival audience a choice opportunity…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Investigators in California’s Merced County identified Marcus Schulze, 30, and Tasha Silva, 30, as the burglars that took $10,000 worth of items…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Surreal hope” means having faith in a future opportunity that at first appears in an out-of-context situation. Say, for example, that…
Cruising With the Queen City’s Car-Stereo Kings
“I don’t know if nitrous oxide is dangerous,” reflects Steve Carton. “But it’s fucking explosive.” “Right on,” I say, wondering what I’ve gotten myself into….
Scene@: Montpelier Fashion Show
State Street, Montpelier, Saturday, June 2, 12:30 p.m.
The Weather Gets Political
Sanders on expanding health care and the first mention of a possible presidential run.
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VT Balloon and Music Festival [SIV29]
The Marlboro Man cannot hold a candle to the elite group of Air Cowboys that travel around the world flying balloons at various festivals and…
Comments on Miguel Zenon Concert
[image-x]Ah! Beckett has stolen my thunder. Well, that won’t keep me quite for long. This performance is the highlight of the festival for me so…
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Kidney Foundation Pub Crawl [SIV28]
Just where exactly are your kidneys and what on earth do they do? And how can drinking beer help raise money to help the little…
