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Above the River, On the Bike, Under the Sun

Finally, a real spring day — high 60s and sunny. I took the bike on the first real ride of the season (errands and laps around the park don’t really count), to Madison Square Park to meet rosefox for lunch … Continue reading

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The Horse’s Mouth

Driving down to Red Hook yesterday (for a workshop on fingerpicked blues with Mamie Minch of the Roulette Sisters, at the fabulous Jalopy Theater And School Of Music) I stopped to take some photos of a strange mural on a … Continue reading

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Barrington Coffee House

Barrington Coffeehouse Originally uploaded by kenf225 Over the weekend I played a show at the Barrington Coffee House, in Barrington, NJ, about a half-hour east of Philadelphia. I was appearing with the Belles Trio, a vocal group including Caroline Cutroneo, … Continue reading

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“The Audacity Of Candor”

Frank Rich hits the nail on the head in his column today comparing Clinton’s Iraq speech with Obama’s speech on race: You have to wonder if her Iraq speech would have been greeted with the same shrug if she had … Continue reading

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Where the Perfection Begins?

I finally watched Barack Obama’s speech on race all the way through, and I have to say I’m tremendously impressed. After so many years of watching Democrats run and hide from anything that might offend anyone — Bill’s endless demoralizing … Continue reading

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Organic Eggs, Inorganic Packaging

Does anyone know why organic eggs are increasingly packaged in these ridiculous plastic containers, that are not only unrecyclable petroleum-based products, not only wasteful (there are three pieces rather than the usual two, with a third inside cover over the … Continue reading

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Jalopy

Geoff and Lynette Originally uploaded by kenf225 I went down last night to Jalopy, a fairly new performance space (I believe it opened last year) on the edge of Red Hook. It’s a vintage instrument store in the front, and … Continue reading

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Sweet, small and crunchy

New Amplifier Originally uploaded by kenf225 And no I’m not talking about something I might have brought back from Hershey, PA, but about an amplifier I bought today. It’s a Fender Champ 600, circa 1955 or so. It’s small — … Continue reading

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