The 2nd Annual VetsAid 2018 rolled into the Pacific Northwest with a stop at the newly refurbished Tacoma Dome. Legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist Joe Walsh of The James Gang and The Eagles founded the VetsAid Charity and nonprofit organization […]
“See Concerts. Save Animals.” This is the slogan for Woodland Park Zoo’s summer concert series in Seattle, and they couldn’t have hosted a more appropriate twin bill than Deer Tick and Trampled By Turtles on Wednesday night. (Disclaimer: If you’re […]
It’s hard to pick a favorite James McMurtry lyric, and not for lack of quality. One could opt for the produndity of “We Can’t Make It Here,” the solemnity of “Gulf Road,” the dizzyingly detailed landscape of “Choctaw Bingo,” or the entirety […]
I stopped listening to the Eagles, one of my favorite bands in the early and mid-70s, when Hotel California came out. Maybe it was the loss of Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner and the addition of Joe Walsh—whom I had […]
My wife’s words rang through my head, at times louder than the music: “Damn those stigmas.” As parents of a child who has mental health issues, one of our largest fears is that she will use drugs and alcohol to […]
Roots can dig deep and spread wide, but first they need solid ground. Luckily, the old marshes of Boston – with their old English name, the fens – have been steadily filled in since the 1600s, so that only a […]
