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No headliners, no stage diving, no problem: Classical could be cool again
Just as I love America but Americans not so much, so it is with music and musicians.
Case in point: went to a Columbus Symphony show Saturday night and the two main dudes never showed up. Neither Tony "Big Fish" Dvorak or Franz "…
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Barbarians at the gates – the rise of affordable recording
A few weeks ago, an acquaintance handed me a CD of his high school aged son's band, apparently with the wildly misguided notion that I have contacts in the music industry. He followed up a week or so later, and I gave it a quick guilty…
// Opinion
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Correy Parks plowed over the fork in the road
The first time I can remember talking to Correy Parks was directly after a #BlackLivesMatter march took over High Street from Goodale Park in route to the Columbus Police Headquarters. The intent of the protest was to deliver a letter…
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Doc Week includes tale of dad who became a dittohead
What would turn a happy, fun-loving dad into an eternal grouch? As far as filmmaker Jen Sanko is concerned, the culprit is Rush Limbaugh.
Sanko makes her case against Limbaugh and other purveyors of right-wing rage…
// Opinion