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- Aug 21, 2017
“Moonlighting In Vermont”
If ever there was an “all American” place, it is Vermont. That is not to say it’s the most “all American” or only “all American” place, but it certainly qualifies for the list. Vermont was the home of the great American poet, Robert Frost, and that most American of illustrators, Norman Rockwell. It was the birthplace of two American Presidents, Chester A. Arthur and Calvin Coolidge. Vermont was the inspiration for the jazz classic, “Moonlight In Vermont,” the location for the

- Aug 7, 2017
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today (An appreciation of Sgt. Pepper)
It’s been fifty years since the release of The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” the album many consider the band’s finest achievement. The album was actually released on June 2, 1967 in the United States, so I’m using the “fifty years” tag line a little loosely. Okay, sue me. A belated birthday card is better than no card at all, right? I’ll tell you one thing: the idea that it’s been fifty years since “Sgt. Pepper” hit the record stores blows me away. Where d