Taking my A to Z theme The Music-Fan Connection in literal terms: GIVING fans the chance to come on stage and perform with the band. GREEN DAY GIVES GUITAR, GRATIS Three years ago, I took my teenage niece to see Green Day and was pretty wowed by their level of fan interaction. It’s pretty […]
The Other F Word
You should’ve seen how high my eleven year old daughter’s eyebrows shot up when I mentioned I was blogging on The Other F Word. “There’s another one? Tellmetellmetellme!” The Other F Word is not just a word, it’s a film. And its subjects are versed in every profanity on the planet…as evidenced in their live […]
D is for… DrumsForCures and Dio
Music heals. I’m changing directions a bit on my A to Z journey through the Music-Fan Connection to focus on something that impacts us all: cancer and the quest for its cure. From the biggest, hottest celebrity musician to the unknown hopeful kid banging on pots and pans, from the oldest fan down to the […]
C is for… Cruises – Boats that Rock!
Yesterday we took to the skies, today we hit the high seas with another interesting mode of bridging the Music-Fan Connection, which is my theme for this year’s A to Z Challenge. There’s a new fleet in town. Bands are taking over boats. Music is hitting more than just the airwaves these days – it’s […]
B is for… Bruce Air
A Dane, a Brit and an American walk into an airport. Sounds like the beginnings of a great joke, right? What if I told you they were all looking for Flight #666? That’s not the punchline, it’s the true story of three lucky guys I know who have boarded the friendly skies via Bruce Air, […]
The A to Z Music-Fan Connection: A is for… Auctions
Kicking off the A to Z Challenge and my Music-Fan Connection theme with…rock up on the auction block: music auctions! What do you think of when you hear the word ‘auction’? Do you think of stern-faced muckety-mucks silently holding up signs on sticks at Sotheby’s, or maybe one of those fast-talking, tongue-twisting auctioneers? How about […]
Blogging from A to Z Challenge
The Blogging Gods must be crazy – I’m attempting the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge once again! Why, you ask? Or, as one of my friends reacted, “Noooooooooooooooo!” Writers, when you ask them why they write, say they cannot NOT write. I think author Sara Gruen recently said it the best: “The only […]
C-O-F-F-E-E
As part of L’Aussie Writer’s APPRECIATING THE ZEALOTRY Challenge, I am re-posting one of my favorites from the April A-Z Challenge. Pour yourself a cup, sit back and enjoy! 38 seconds. That’s the time it takes from pushing the button on my Keurig to taking my first morning sip. I know this because I […]