February 29th, 2008
Well, folks and fellow Chicagoans, we have made it to yet another weekend. I am planning on continuing to enjoy my Sad Salamanders CD and relaxing as much as possible. I am also somewhat looking forward to the warmer weather that is predicted for this weekend. I may actually be looking forward to the thunderstorms […]
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February 28th, 2008
If you have been keeping an eye on this blog, you will see that the Sad Salamanders sensation has started to grow. Ok, well, I had one of the guys responsible for the group leave a comment and then a fan leave another comment. Granted, the fan, for all I know, could be a relative […]
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February 27th, 2008
It is Wednesday and there is a fresh coating of snow on the groun here in the Windy City. Of course, there is more predicted Thursday into Friday. It is a sad and long and miserable winter when the weather reports have to go along with the reports of what is going on in and […]
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February 26th, 2008
Of course, a couple of days ago the movie stars all got together and congratulated themselves for a fine year in movies. The best music went to the song “Falling Slowly” from the movie “Once.” It’s a fine song, I have to say and I was hoping it would win over the five thousand songs […]
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February 25th, 2008
It was my original intent to hunt down some video somewhere of the Sad Salamanders performing live. Apparently such an animal does not, as yet, exist. Guys, you need to get on that. Start posting to YouTube or something, wouldja? I spent the whole weekend grooving to your awesome CD “Cigarettes and Fishnets” and wanted […]
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February 23rd, 2008
A while back I wrote about a jazz group that had written me after finding the website. They are a group that calls themselves “The Sad Salamanders.” While their promotional stuff sounded great, that’s what promotional stuff is supposed to sound like. One of their members, Scooter Pietsch, said he would be glad to send […]
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February 22nd, 2008
I kind of feel bad talking about the Chicago weather all of the time on this blog. This is a blog about jazz and blues, not a blog about weather. I happen to be obsessed with weather (NO!, you must be saying, REALLY?) and I spend much of my time checking on weather, but that […]
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February 21st, 2008
If there is one way to get yourself mentioned in this particular blog, you just need to start sending me something. It doesn’t even have to be fancy. Just making my job easier by e-mailing me something so I don’t have to spend time researching topics is enough to make me grateful. Does that make […]
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February 20th, 2008
It is amazing the sheer number of new releases that come out in the jazz genre. You wouldn’t think so. Why? Well, according to so many, jazz is not a popular genre and, therefore, somehow not relevant. Needless to say, I disagree.
A great place to look for the latest releases in jazz, throughout the year, […]
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February 19th, 2008
Ouch. That’s all I have to say about this morning. For those of you who are not in the Chicago area, you may not know that we have had one of the most brutal winters in almost thirty years. It has been unbelievably cold followed by one big snow storm after another. Normally, I love […]
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