Bassist Dan Pliskow sent me this funny gig story a couple of weeks ago, and I thought that readers would get a kick out of it: In 2001 I got a call to work a quartet job at Greenfield Village thatmeant playing seven days a week from noon to 3 PM. Part of the Gig...
I am a big fan of gig stories from classical musicians (you can read my own stories here). I had an e-mail sent to me a little while back letting me know about bassist Justin Locke and his book of classical music gig stories titled Real Men Don’t Rehearse....
There was a very cute cat post from Gizmodo recently. The author’s cat (shown below) Anya is really into this thing. Anya looks a lot like my cat Dan, and they seem to share the same curiosity about strange mechanical things.Here’s a video of Anya versus...
Double bassist Jacque Harper recently sent me a link to Stuff On My Cat, one of the greatest cat websites out there. I’ve loved looking at this website for a long time. Non-cat lovers may not realize that when a cat is sleepy, they often become totally...
Not bass-related, not music-related, not even cat-related….but it is still a whole lot of fun. Check out this video. If you haven’t seen Ask a Ninja before, you’re in for a treat. If you have, you’ll really love this one.
