Volume 15 — Issue 21

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Tuesday-Saturday 11-4pm
Shop Local on Saturday, November 28th
Small Business Saturday is an American shopping holiday
held on the Saturday after US Thanksgiving during one of
the busiest shopping periods of the year. In an age of global
markets and capitalism, it’s far too easy for small businesses
to struggle and fail, even if they have superior products
and services. We have the power to change this, and Small
Business Saturday encourages people everywhere to shop
with small businesses for just one day, and to change the world
a little bit.
First observed on November 27, 2010, it is a counterpart to
Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which feature big box retail and
e-commerce stores respectively. By contrast, Small Business Saturday
encourages holiday shoppers to patronize brick and mortar businesses that are small and local.
Small Business Saturday is a registered trademark of American Express corporation.
In 2010 the holiday was conceived and promoted by American Express via a nationwide
radio and television advertising campaign. That year Amex bought advertising inventory on
Facebook, which it in turn gave to its small merchant account holders, and also gave rebates to
new customers to promote the event.
The day became official in 2011. From Washington D.C. to Washington State, Governors,
Mayors, Senators, and President Obama, all voiced their support for Small Business Saturday.
American Express publicized the initiative using social media, advertising, and public relations.
Local politicians and many small business groups in the United States issued proclamations
concerning the campaign which generated more than one million Facebook “like” registrations
and nearly 30,000 tweets under the Twitter hashtags #smallbusinesssaturday (which had existed
since early 2010) and #smallbizsaturday.
Even though American Express was the fire under this initiative cash is the best way to
shop. The less cards are used means there are less fees to the business, but however you pay the
idea is to shop in our local stores, eat at the restaurants and patronize any small business so they
can compete against the malls, big box stores and online shopping to stay operating.
HOLIDAY PARTIES!
Looking for a fun, fresh, and local place to
throw your holiday party? Look no further!
Let Chef Michael impress your guests
with delicious food while you enjoy one of
our 35 Ohio Wines! Pairings is currently
taking reservations, contact
[email protected] for more details.
CHEF MICHAEL'S
HOLIDAY FEAST
Friday, Dec. 18 • 5:30-7:30
Stressed out over all your holiday
cooking? Take a night off and let
Chef Michael Lorah prepare a
delicious four course meal paired
with your favorite Ohio wines.
Tickets are limited to the first 14
people and are $65.00 which
includes the food as well as the
wine. This event will sell out so
call ahead to reserve your spot!
Reception period begins at 5:30.
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was designed around
creating and marketing
new events along
State Route 534;
The City of Geneva,
Geneva Township,
Geneva-on-the-Lake &
Harpersfield Township.
Connect 534
is working hard to promote
local businesses and
involve the community in
new and revitalized events
and programs.
The Daffodil
Project
We are offering
residents on the
534 Corridor
FREE DAFFODIL BULBS!
Local scout troops, 4-H clubs
and volunteers will be
planting the bulbs on
Saturdays in November.
Call 1-800-227-6972 to get your
FREE BULBS.
Businesses along 534 may
purchase at Wholesale pricing,
and will need to plant themselves.
[email protected]
Check our
website for
more information!
www.connect534.com
or contact: Sarah Bals
email:[email protected]
(440)466-0019
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NOVEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 2, 2015 • VOLUME 15 • ISSUE 21
We would like to thank all of our sponsors and
encourage our readers to patronize the fine
businesses appearing in the North Coast VOICE.
Publisher
Carol Stouder
Editor
Sage Satori
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Trenda Jones
Staff Writers
Sage Satori • Cat Lilly • Snarp Farkle • Don Perry
Patrick Podpadec • Helen Marketti
Westside Steve
•CONTENTS
CONTENTS•
WHAT ABOUT JAZZ
Jazz Events
COOKING WITH WINE
Holiday Recipes
BLUESVILLE
Blues News
DVD REVIEW
Steve Hackett
ON THE BEAT
Fun Stuff to See and Do
CONCERT REVIEW
Collin Hay
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11
13
15
KICKIN’ IT
Tony Rio
MIND BODY BOOKS
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MIND BODY SPIRIT
23
STAY IN TUNE
25
Gratitude and Thanks
Angels Among Us
A Perspective from a luthier’s workshop
MOVIE REVIEWS
West Side Steve reviews LOVE THE COOPERS and THE PEANUTS MOVIE
SNARP FARKLE
Blaah-blaah-blaah!
Contributing Writers
Chad Felton • Joel Ayapana • Patti Ann Dooms
Pete Roche • Tom Todd • Donniella Winchell
Trenda Jones • Alan Cliffe
Photographer
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Circulation
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DON PERRY
By Don Perry
TIS THE SEASON!
Every year, just before the holidays, I like to bring to your
attention the long list of holiday events and shows that take place
in Cleveland’s beautiful, historic
Playhouse Square, a tradition I intend
to continue. In this issue however, I
wanted to feature 2 shows and venues
which are just a short drive from the
Lake Erie shoreline.
Peter White Christmas: The
Tangier - Sunday, Nov. 29th 6 & 8
pm
Born in Luton, a small town
north of London in 1954, Peter White
studied several instruments during
his childhood, including clarinet and
piano. Peter got his first guitar at age
nine and played his first professional gig when he was 19 years old.
In 1975 he was invited to join Al Stewart, as a keyboardist, for a tour
of England, Scotland, and the U.S. In addition to opening for artists
like Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joel and Queen, White worked in the studio
with Stewart, in the making of “Year of the Cat”, which became a
huge hit for Al Stewart in 1976. The tour and the album marked the
beginning of a twenty-year collaboration between White and Stewart.
During that period, the two musicians co-wrote numerous songs,
including Stewarts 1978 hit, Time Passages
White launched his solo recording career with the release of his
first album in 1990, which included several unused songs that he had
written for Al Stewart, and it became a favorite among contemporary
jazz radio stations. Fueled by the success of his first holiday album,
Songs of the Season, released in 1997, Peter established the first
“Peter White Christmas” Tour in 2003. The show has been an annual
event ever since and includes special guests playing music from both
of White’s holiday albums, as well as standards.
This year’s show will feature Mindi Abair - sax and vocals and
Rick Braun – trumpet, and will take place in the beautiful, intimate
cabaret setting of one of Akron’s oldest music showplaces, The
Tangier, which was opened by Akron resident Ed George Sr. in 1948.
The venue then offered live cabaret shows featuring well-known
performers, as well as gourmet food and luxurious event facilities,
much as it still does.
When you visit The Tangier, you’ll find the walls adorned with
photos of some of the many performers who have
graced the cabaret stage, including the likes of
Tina Turner, Jerry Lee Lewis, James Brown and
the Righteous Brothers.
Visit www.thetangier.com for ticket and seating
information.
“Jingle Bell Swing”: Helen
Welch - W.D. Packard Music
Hall, Friday Dec 11 th
Born and raised in Norwich, England, Helen
Welch made her television debut at age 3 on the
popular children’s program Romper Room. She
began studying the flute at age 11 and soon displayed abundant
musical aptitude. While still in high school, Helen earned a teaching
diploma at the London College of Music
and began teaching flute at the same school
she attended.
Helen is well-known throughout the
United Kingdom for her musical theatre
roles and 1-woman shows. She has
held starring roles in a string of popular
musicals including Hello Dolly, Barnum,
42nd Street, Oliver Twist, Calamity Jane,
Show Boat, and Carousel.
With her late song-writing partner Tim
Freebairn, Helen created and developed
a 1-woman cabaret show entitled First
Ladies of Song-- a celebration of the
world’s legendary vocal divas. First Ladies ignited a connection
among audiences and went on to be performed throughout England.
While working (and skiing) in the French Alps. Helen met her
future husband Doug (a Clevelander) and the two wed and moved
to Northeastern Ohio in 2003, where Helen began appearing in
venues throughout the area. Her unique talents for choosing songs
that stand the test of time and making them her own, and her ability
to intimately engage her audience, quickly earned her a large and
devoted following.
Helen now appears in the region’s most celebrated entertainment
establishments including Severance Hall, Cleveland’s Playhouse
Square Center, Akron Civic Theatre and Blossom Music Center,
headlining with world-class musical organizations such as The
Cleveland Orchestra, and The Akron Symphony.
W.D. Packard Music Hall
Born in Warren, Ohio, William Doud Packard (November 3,
1861 – November 11, 1923) co-founded there, (with his brother
James Ward Packard) the Packard Motor Car Company and Packard
Electric Company. The first Packard automobile was produced in
Warren in 1899, the company then relocated to Detroit in 1903 and
produced automobiles until 1958.
An enthusiast of Marching and Concert Bands, W.D. Packard, in
his 1920 will, penned provisions to ensure music would continue to
command attention in Warren, Ohio. Concurrent with the opening
of the music hall in 1955, Packard’s dreams were
realized with the organization and premier concerts
of the W. D. Concert Band.
In addition to the regular orchestra appearances,
the venue now hosts national and regional acts year
round. For example, this month’s appearance of
Buddy Guy and 2 sold out Joe Walsh shows this past
summer.
Visit www.packardmusichall.com for ticket
information.
Sat. Nov. 21st
"Jingle Bell Weekend"
Art Show
& Wine Tasting
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THURSDAY: Pasta Bar!
FRIDAY: AUCE Fish Fry
Cole Slaw & French Fries $7.99
SATURDAY: Prime Rib Night $14.99
SUNDAY: Homestyle Specials are Back!
Cranberries are spiced with herbs, sweetened with honey, and cooked in wine to make a
savory sauce good with vegetables and meats.
2 small onions, diced
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 package (12 ounces) fresh or frozen cranberries
2-1/2 cups water
2 cups dry red wine
2/3 cup honey
2 vegetable bouillon cubes
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
4 whole bay leaves
5 drops Worcestershire sauce
Dash rosemary
Dash ground red pepper
Cook and stir onions and garlic in oil in a large saucepan over medium heat until onions
are softened. Add cranberries, water, wine, honey, bouillon, thyme, bay leaves, Worcestershire
sauce, rosemary, and red pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer about 1 hour
or until mixture reduces by half, stirring frequently. Remove and discard bay leaves.
Puree sauce in blender or food processor or press through sieve. (The sauce will be the
consistency of a thick gravy.)
Serve with poultry, lamb or pork. Also wonderful over dressing or sweet potatoes. This
sauce freezes well.
Turkey Tetrazzini with Spaghetti Squash Recipe
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518 Gore Rd. • Conneaut
440-593-5976
Include a stop at our winery
for a relaxing glass of
wine during your
holiday travels.
Pick up our
wine for
your holiday
table!
Taking
reservations
for
Fall
B&B
Hot Tub
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Open10am-6pm Mon-Thurs
1 (3-1/2-pounds) spaghetti squash
3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
3 Tablespoons flour
3 cups canned chicken or vegetable stock
1 bay leaf
3 cups diced cooked turkey
1/2 cup heavy cream or half-and-half
1 Tablespoon dry red wine
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Fresh lemon juice to taste
Freshly grated nutmeg to taste
2 Tablespoons fresh bread crumbs
Bake the spaghetti squash, pricked with a knife, on a baking sheet in a preheated 400
degree F. oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until it is tender and let it cool. Halve the squash
lengthwise, remove the seeds and center strings, and with a fork scrape the flesh from the skin
into a buttered 13- by 9-inch baking dish. Season the squash with salt and pepper.
In a saucepan melt the butter, stir in the flour, and cook the roux over moderately low heat,
stirring, for 3 minutes.
Add the broth in a stream, whisking vigorously until the mixture is smooth. Add the bay leaf
and salt and pepper to taste and simmer the sauce for 20 minutes. Stir in the turkey, the cream,
and the Madeira wine, bring the liquid to a boil, and simmer the mixture for 5 minutes. Add 1/3
cup of the Parmesan cheese, the lemon juice, and nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste. Discard
the bay leaf.
Spoon the turkey mixture over the spaghetti squash and sprinkle it with the remaining
Parmesan and bread crumbs. Bake the dish in a preheated 350 degree F. oven for 25 to 30
minutes, or until the sauce is bubbling and the top is golden.
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
later on Friday & Saturday • Closed Sunday
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By Cat Lilly
News from the Cleveland Blues Society
The CBS Election for Officers and Board positions was held on November 9th, 2015 at
CEBAR’S Euclid Tavern
AND THE ELECTION RESULTS ARE:
Office Of President:
JOHN ADAMS
Office Of Vice-President:
- TO BE DETERMINED Office Of Secretary:
REBECCA FRANCEN
Office Of Treasurer:
ELAINE DeSTEPHANO
At-large Board Member:
ROBERT DICKOW
MICHAEL “HONEYCOMB” HENIGHAN
MIKE KORMOS
SUSANNE MAYER
LINDA WEISS
TV for four decades, and is now back to thrill new generations of blues aficionados. Even more
remarkable yet, on that July evening in 1974, Soundstage was born.
Soundstage: Blues Summit In Chicago, 1974 captures Muddy Waters along with his
contemporaries Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor, Junior Wells and Pinetop Perkins. From the next
generation of blues lovers and performers, Mike Bloomfield, Buddy Miles, Johnny Winter, Dr.
John, Nick Gravenites are also featured - all artists who were on their way to becoming legends
themselves. The result: a truly historic session that not only presented some of the greatest blues
classics ever written, but a never-to-be-forgotten tribute to a remarkable artist.
This auspicious Muddy Waters tribute became the first-ever presentation of the public
television show. This DVD is a definite “must have” for any old-school Chicago blues fan.
Soundstage, created by Ken Ehrlich - who produced
the show for half a decade - was destined to become
one of the most admired performance-based series
ever televised.
Track Listing:
Blow Wind Blow (Muddy Waters)
Long Distance Call (Muddy Waters)
Messin With The Kid (Nick Gravenites & Junior
Wells)
Stop Breaking Down (Junior Wells)
Mannish Boy (Muddy Waters)
Wang Dang Doodle (Willie Dixon & Koko Taylor)
Walking Through The Park (Johnny Winter)
Hootchie Kootchie Man (Muddy Waters & Willie
Dixon)
Sugar Sweet (Dr. John)
Got My Mojo Workin (Muddy Waters)
December’s monthly jam will be a fund-raiser for the Memphis Challenge winners, Blues
Chronicles and the Park Brothers, to help finance their trip to Memphis. It will be held on
Monday, December 13, at Wilbert’s Food and Music, 812 Huron Road East, Cleveland 44115.
Muddy Waters and Friends
Soundstage: Blues Summit Chicago 1974
DVD
In July of 1974, over forty years ago, a group of Chicago- based blues artists, who had
already achieved legendary status, gathered together with some of their younger blues brethren
from all over the country to pay tribute to the man most responsible for bringing blues from the
Mississippi Delta upriver to Chicago - Muddy Waters. This historic session hasn’t been seen on
Blues Hands by Joseph A. Rosen
Through images of hands, this
book conveys the strength, beauty,
diversity, depth, and power of the
blues, the root of all American music.
It features photographs from Joseph A.
Rosen’s 30-plus years of adventure in
blues and music photography.
Included are such noted music
personalities as B.B. King, Gary
Clark, Jr., Buddy Guy, Al Green,
Willie King, Susan Tedeschi, Derek
Trucks, The Blind Boys of Alabama,
James Brown. The book holds
rich treasures for lovers of music,
photography, and the human form.
One need not be deeply versed in
the blues to appreciate the beauty,
strength, and diversity of those who
make it. With powerful imagery, as well as anecdotes and biographical information, Blues
Hands tells a story of human experience. Size: 9 1/8″ x 8 1/8″ | 88 color & b/w photos | 128 pp
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ETTA BRITT
Etta Does Delbert - Brittunes
“Holds the listener in its musical vortex until
the CD ends”- Blues Music Magazine
“She sings her ass off!” - Delbert McClinton
Who doesn’t like Delbert McClinton’s
work? Clever lyrics bordering on being
wiseass at times, an engaging beat, and great
harp playing. Etta Britt, a C&W singer turned
R&B, has always been a fan of Delbert’s
and on his 2014 Sandy Beaches cruise, she
wanted to record a CD for his cruisers. This
CD is the result.
Britt has a sultry voice that is just perfect for Delbert’s work. She performs 11 of his songs
with Delbert backing her vocals on several of them. Her backing band includes her husband Bob
Britt on guitars, former and current members of Delbert’s band – Kevin McKendree on keys,
Steve McKay on bass, Dana Robbins on saxophone, and Lynn Mackey on drums. The band is
completed with backup singers that include Scat Springs, George Pendergrass, Bob Britt, and
Regina, Ann and Alfreda McCrary.
Delbert gives her kudos by stating, “Singing with Etta makes me feel like I’m 50 again.
She sings her ass off!” This is proven on the song, “You Better Move On” in which Delbert
duets with her. One of the best songs on the CD is “Lie No Better,” with the great tag line:
“if you can’t lie no better than that, you might as well tell the truth!” The listener is drawn in
immediately with the opening cut, “Somebody To Love You” with Bob Britt’s proficient guitar
and Delbert’s seasoned rhythm section which holds the listener in its musical vortex until the
CD ends. Britt says that the selections on the CD are some her favorite Delbert McClinton songs
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Century of the Blues
4 CD Set
Discerning students will know that ‘The
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form at the very dawning of the 20th Century.
Indeed it was sometime in 1903 that the
legendary Father of The Blues W.C. Handy was
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platform was the infamous “lean, loose jointed
negro”, as Handy described him, nonchalantly
“plunking a guitar while I slept. As he played, he
pressed a knife against the strings; the effect was
unforgettable”. It was Handy himself who would
soon after christen the sound ‘the blues’. While
this collection does not pretend to feature that
never-to-be-identified slide pioneer, it nevertheless attempts a comprehensive round-up of the
country blues legends whose names and legacies are certainly not lost on the railway stations and
cotton plantations of the Mississippi Delta. Some have become household names, like Robert
Johnson, earning gold discs and Grammy awards 50 years after his mysterious death.
But even the less heralded artists here, like Blind Joe Reynolds and King Solomon Hill,
have each become cult heroes for a generation of rock stars,
academics and blues lovers. 4 CDs containing 100 tracks in total, this collection begins in the
spiritual home and birthplace of blues folklore, the Mississippi Delta, with disc one dedicated
to the early development of the form in that territory. From there, as the music spread across
the south through Louisiana, Texas and the East Coast, disc two collects together the pivotal
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to the often under-valued blues divas from all regions who contributed so much to the style but
who are often now forgotten. Finally, our predominantly country blues journey will end with the
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along with Muddy Waters helped to
establish the electric blues style that
laid the foundations for rock music in
subsequent decades. With his imposing
physical presence and loud, almost
fearsome voice, he was a powerful
and impressive performer, who wrote
and popularised songs which have become classic standards of the genre, like “Spoonful”,
“Smokestack Lightning”, “Killing Floor” and “Red Rooster”, which became fixtures in the
repertoire of bands like The Rolling Stones, who very much championed his cause and widened
his reputation in the latter years of his career. This collection brings together both sides of all
the singles he released through the RPM and Chess labels during the first hugely important
decade of his career, along with bonus tracks comprising recordings made at sessions during this
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of the blues and R&B scene during the 1950s
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brought his distinctive style of electric blues to
mainstream audiences, but also because in the
process he inspired many aspiring talents on
both sides of the Atlantic, notably The Rolling
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versions of various Jimmy Reed R&B hits.
He came to prominence in the early ‘50s
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memorable classics, which have been much covered over the years, such as “Ain’t That Loving
You Baby”, “Honest I Do”, “Little Rain”, “Baby What You Want Me To Do” and “Bright
Lights, Big City”, all of which are included in this great value 54-track 2-CD collection, which
comprised every A and B side he released from his debut in 1953.
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By Pete Roche
STEVE HACKETT:
THE MAN, THE MUSIC
It’s been a splendid couple years for
Genesis fans.
Although the progressive rock legends
went their separate ways following
a successful 2007-08 reunion
tour featuring Phil Collins, Mike
Rutherford, and Tony Banks, there’s
been a slew of updated and remastered
material seeping from the archives—
and a wealth of new material by
individual members.
Former singer Peter Gabriel is busy
recording his first studio album in
years, and drummer Phil Collins will
release upgrades of his classic solo
albums this fall. Mike Rutherford
just finished touring with his other
band, The Mechanics, and keyboardist
Tony Banks recently issued the careerspanning box set A Chord Too Far.
Atlantic / Rhino dropped R-Kive—a
three-disc Genesis compendium—last
year, and the BBC documentary /
DVD smash Genesis: A Sum of The
Parts chronicled the group’s musical
history, from envelope-pushing
quintet fresh out of boarding school to
acclaimed pop rock trio.
By most accounts (including his own), guitarist Steve Hackett got short shrift in that
otherwise-lauded biopic, with his contributions to six masterful ‘70s releases reduced to mere
minutes of discussion in deference to extended bits on Gabriel and Collins, and their solo
triumphs.
Now Hackett is finally receiving his due, courtesy his very own video retrospective.
Filmed by Big Beak Productions honcho Matt Groom (whose Edifying label reissued the
guitarist’s classical albums Bay of Kings and Momentum) over the last five or six years, Steve
Hackett: The Man, The Music takes fans on decades-long journey through Hackett’s remarkable
musical career with—and without—Genesis.
Eschewing traditional narrators and voiceovers in favor of extensive, exclusive, and intimate
chats with Hackett himself, the two-hour study plants viewers in parlors and green rooms (and a
retired country star’s tour bus) opposite the guitar icon for fascinating tales, amusing anecdotes,
and insightful reflections on his early days, Genesis fame, and ongoing solo trajectory.
With an occasional timid head-scratch (or tug on the ear), Hackett recalls his boyhood in the
concrete rubble of postwar England, and of taking up guitar as an artistically-inclined teenager
turned on by The Beatles, John Mayall…and Schubert. He recounts cutting his teeth in nascent
bands Sarabande and Quiet World, his session work as an in-demand hired gun, and his nerveracking, three-tiered audition with Genesis (following their response to his infamous Melody
Maker advert).
Hackett doesn’t simply talk about epic Genesis albums like Foxtrot, Selling England By the
Pound, and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: He breaks out his guitars for Groom’s cameras
and blazes through incendiary passages from “Firth of Fifth” and nylon string classics bits like
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Bach’s “Bourree in E Minor,” divulges his stylistic secrets (tapping and tremolo bar use), and
inventories his toy box (volume pedals, sustain, etc.) for the home audience.
Witty producer-arranger Roger King joins Hackett in the control room(s) to reflect on
Steve’s solo albums, his songwriting process, and their recording tricks—all of which evolved
along with available technology (reel-to-reel tapes to digital files).
“I was up for parole, but no one else would have me,” King jokes over the partnership.
We get the lowdown on Hackett’s 1975 solo debut Voyage of the Acolyte (with input from
Hackett, Collins, and Banks), behind-the-scenes summaries of follow-ups Please Don’t Touch
and Spectral Mornings, and the how-to hokum of post-millennium efforts Out of The Tunnel’s
Mouth, Beyond the Shrouded Horizon, and brand new Wolflight. Steve reveals his reasons
for reworking his old music for the Genesis Revisited projects, and shares his delight with the
overwhelming positive response to those albums and live shows.
Select chapters are given to Hackett’s love of classical music, and to his exploration of
the genre on discs like A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Tribute. At one point he busts out an
acoustic guitar on a davenport and proceeds to demonstrate the sweep-picking and “raking”
techniques employed by flamenco guitarists, unfurling the fingers of his right hand to fan over
the strings while his left hand repositions itself up and down the neck.
Hackett takes us inside the short-lived (but commercially successful) GTR collaboration
(with Yes guitarist Steve Howe), and bemoans how corporate interests soured that group’s
creative impulses. We also visit with Yes bassist Chris Squire, who teamed with Hackett on the
holiday-themed Swiss Choir and the overlooked (but excellent) “Squackett” one-off Life Within
a Day. It’s a bittersweet cameo, however: Squire passed away in June from leukemia (Hackett
dedicates the DVD to his friend’s memory).
Still, it’s wonderful watching the affable, still-healthy bassist yuck it up with Steve at
the kitchen table (it was Squire’s wife who dreamed up “Squackett” as a name for dinner
reservations). Both he and Hackett confirm that their time recording together felt quite natural
and spontaneous, and one can’t help but wonder what another album or two from the duo
might’ve yielded.
Other interviewees include bandmates Gary O’Toole (drums), Rob Townsend (sax), and
Amanda Lehmann (guitar). Wisecracking, Guinness-sipping bassist Nick Beggs is a gas, and
flautist / brother John Hackett proves a key witness to some wild late night sessions in frigid
temps. Porcupine Tree front man Steven Wilson also chimes in, as does Hackett’s mum—and
wife (and business manager), Jo.
“She’s fantastic,” beams Steve.
The movie also gives Hackett a chance to self-actualize and reassess his growth as a person
as well as a musician. He remembers hiding behind geeky glasses and thick moustache because
of stage fright, and how Gabriel’s costumed theatrics helped take the focus off the players. He
reflects on the delicate balance between an entertainer’s life on the road and life and home, and
how his domestic situation always seemed to run low despite the Genesis highs. Steve laments
that his first marriage crumbled, but concedes neither he nor his German bride were committed
to each other or the lifestyle.
“It’s extraordinary how people do things out of tradition,” Hackett says. “It was a case of
‘Oh, I’m 22 now; I ought to get married and settle down.’”
The film lacks archival Genesis footage, relying instead on still photos of Hackett with his
ex-colleagues (along with flyers and album sleeves) for 70s-related visuals. Fans looking for
rare clips of Gabriel, Collins, et al will come away disappointed, but those committed to the
Hackett perspective won’t mind (it’s all been done before anyway). Some of the interviews
drone on a little long, but the carefree shooting style bolsters the personal appeal, whereas
capping or over-editing the clips might’ve made them seem perfunctory. Here, Groom makes us
feel welcome.
The DVD arrives at a busy time for Hackett, who will hit the United States again next month
for the Acolyte to Wolflight tour. The guitarist also just put out a fifteen-disc collection of his
Charisma recordings entitled Premonitions.
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Crafts, Corks, & Christmas Holiday Craft Show at Grand River Cellars
Grand River Cellars Winery & Restaurant will host
their third annual holiday craft show on Sunday, December
6th from Noon-7 p.m. The show is free to patrons and there
will be drink specials offered throughout the day. The show
itself is strictly juried ensuring that shoppers will have a
large selection of unique items that are perfect for that hard
to buy for person on your Christmas list. The restaurant will
also be open during the day and there’s live entertainment
from 4-7 p.m. For more information call 440-298-9838 or
www.grandrivercellars.com
Holiday Events at Jefferson Depot Village
November 30: Free Williamsburg Wreath Class at
Jefferson Depot
Village, 147 E. Jefferson St., Jefferson, Ohio at 7:00 p.m.
Please
bring a pruner.
December 5: Romp on down to the fragrantly
decorated 19th Century
Jefferson Depot Village Saturday, for a FREE “Oldfashioned Williamsburg
Christmas Celebration. Festivities begin at 3:00 p.m. amidst twinkling
ly and enjoy sleigh bell
candle lights and Williamsburg finery. Bring the family
ament for the
wagon rides, ice sculpture, early games, make an ornament
d piano and pot-belly
community Christmas tree, sing carols ‘round the old
stoves, break a candy-filled piñata. Children must bee accompanied by an
adult.
You’ll think you are in Colonial Williamsburg ass you start the
“Candlelight Walk” thru the historic Depot Village from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Visit the 1872 L.S. & M.S. Railroad Station, enter the gingerbread house
contest, listen to “Carols & Scripture” in the 1848 Church in the Wildwood
urch Barn. Warm your
at 4:30 p.m., see the live nativity in the 1849 Church
rs you in the 1888
heart with woissol and cookies when the butler ushers
Victorian House. It’s free and you’re invited, compliments of Jefferson
Depot members. Free parking is available on E. Walnut Street.
(Donations appreciated for restoration of the 1860 Library/Welcome Center)
www.jeffersondepotvillage.org
Conversations in the Lobby offered at Lodge
Coffee, vinyl, comedy short subjects and beach glass are among the topics that will be
explored during the Conversations in the Lobby series at The Lodge and Conference Center at
Geneva-on-the-Lake.
Conversations in the Lobby is an adult continuing education program that introduces
participants to new ideas, local history and trends through Ashtabula County experts in their
field. It is open to both guests and non-guests of the lakefront lodge located at the intersection
of routes 531 and 534, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio
All events this year will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Upcoming topics in the 2015-16 schedule are:
The Gift of Water, Dec. 5. Learn about how a source of clean water can transform a village.
Jack Hopkins of Austinburg Township, who raises money for wells and agriculture in Liberia
and other third-world countries, will be the presenter. Cost is $10 per person and includes
refreshments.
The Lure of Coffee, Jan. 9, 2016. Two Ashtabula County coffee roasters, Elrona from
Conneaut and Harbor Perk from Ashtabula, will share their roasting and brewing knowledge
with participants. Learn about the seasonal availability of coffees, brewing techniques and
the roasting process. Sample different types of coffees from the vendors. $10 fee includes all
coffee tasting and samples.
Vinyl Party, Feb. 6. The phonograph record is making a comeback in a digital age. Find
out why records have become popular with millennials and the equipment that’s available to
play and even transfer your vinyl collection to digital formats. Bring your favorite record and
share the music, or bring your collection to sell and trade with other record collectors. There
will be swap meet and vinyl party following the presentation by B-Side Music of Ashtabula.
Snacks will be provided and a party menu of food from the Lodge will be offered. $10 fee
includes program and snacks.
Beach Glass, March 5. A local beach glass artist and the coordinator of this year’s Beach
Glass Festival will talk about the origins of beach glass, where to find it and what to do with it.
Learn basic jewelry making techniques and shop for beach glass items. $5 fee includes coffee
and a snack.
April Fools with the King of Funny, April 2. A 16mm film program featuring the work
of Hal Roach Studios. Learn about the Roach film studio, the comedians who made it great
and the hobby of film collecting. There will be two hours of short subjects from the Our Gang
(Little Rascals), Laurel and Hardy and Charles Chase series of the 1930s. This program will
be presented using actual vintage prints projected with a film projector rather than digital film
projection. No charge for the programs; snacks available from The Lodge menu.
Scenic Rivers Pilgrimage, May 1. Ashtabula County has three scenic rivers that are home
to a variety of plant life and birds. This year’s pilgrimage will focus on the Grand River, a State
Sce and Wild River. The program will start with an overview of the river and its watershed at
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Lodge, followed by a “pilgrimage” to the Nature Conservancy’s Grand River Campus for
hikes and additional programming. $10 fee.
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make you feel like a kid again. Nostalgic toys, educational games, letterpress cards, bookthemed tchotchkes, holiday ornaments, local artist and world-wide fair trade crafts will all be
represented, and there may be a few books in the mix. Please come and share in the seasonal
magic.
Larchmere Holiday Stroll
Friday, November 27, 2015, 10:00AM—5:00PM
Saturday, November 28, 2015, 10:00AM—5:00PM
Sunday, November 29, 2015, 12:00PM—4:00PM
Established in 1971, the Larchmere Holiday Stroll is a holiday tradition of old-world shopping
pleasures: cider and cookies, arts and antiques, classy clothing and hair design, author visits,
and charity fundraising amidst the holiday bustle. Fingerstyle guitar maestro Brian Henke
will play at Loganberry on Friday and Saturday, 12-2pm, and visiting authors will help you
find the perfect reads for people on your gift list. Traversing Larchmere’s 10-block stretch of
independent stores will be facilitated by a horse-drawn wagon 12-4pm on Friday and Saturday,
so bring the whole family to enjoy our neighborhood charm. Happy Holidays!
Folknet Open Mic
Thursday, December 3, 2015, 7:00PM
First Thursdays of the month.
Mallory SanMarco of Folknet will be the emcee of this
all-acoustic open mic. 15 minute slots are available for
interested musicians, but you don’t have to play to enjoy
the tunes! Come hear what’s going on in the neighborhood,
and to relax a bit while sampling our homegrown talent.
All are welcome.
Loganberry Books is located at 13015 Larchmere Boulevard Shaker Heights, Ohio 44120
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Balkun Brothers and The Rick Ray Band at Wilberts
Balkun Brothers is an American blues-rock band hailing from Hartford, CT. Originally formed
in 2010 by brothers Nick and Steve Balkun. Mixing traditional styles of delta and electric blues,
with heavy modern rock and funk grooves, the Balkun Brothers are crafting a unique sound
and style all their own. The trio is fusing the past with the present and pushing the sonic bounds
of blues into the future. Though the band’s sound is deeply rooted in blues tradition, Balkun
Brothers draw from a vast range of influences. The band’s live shows and in-studio recordings
seamlessly transition between blues, rock, funk, jam, psychedelia and everything in-between.
Currently, the band consists of founding members Steve Balkun (guitar/vocals), Nick “The
Hammer” Balkun (drums/percussion/vocals) and Caleb “Dr. Jiggles” Battersby (bass/vocals).
Gaining followers with their gritty hard-rockin’ swagger, Balkun Brothers are becoming known
for their explosive live shows and are quickly evolving into one of New England’s premier
blues-rock acts. Spectacular torch-bearers for rockin’ American blues, the band brings a raw,
soulful and energetic personality that is a fresh sound for blues and rock ’n roll.
Balkun Brothers was voted the ’Best Blues Band In Connecticut’ two years in a row, in 2013
and 2014, by CT.com and the Connecticut Music Awards. The band was nominated in three
categories in 2013 and five categories in 2014 at the Connecticut Music Awards (a CTMA
record). The group also won the 2014 Connecticut Blues Society Band Challenge.
The band is currently on tour in America and will be stopping in downtown Cleveland at
Wilbert’s, 812 Huron Rd. E. on Friday, December 11th, 2015. Wilbert’s is a great venue for
concerts and it is a “sit down” facility with a great menu. The Rick Ray Band will be opening
for the Balkun Brothers and giving the audience a taste of their upcoming album of psychedelic
progressive hard rock fusion. This will be Rick Ray’s 33rd release. The concert starts at 9pm.
Call 216-902-4663 for ticket info and resevations.
House of Blues Concert Announcements
Pandora’s Box – The Ultimate Aerosmith Tribute
Support: Cowboy- A Tribute to Kid Rock
Friday, Dec. 11 @ House of Blues
General Admission Tickets: $12 On Sale Now
Pandora’s Box – The Ultimate Aerosmith Tribute. What really stands out about
this amazing tribute to Aerosmith is that it sounds so authentic and has such a powerful
energy onstage. It’s no wonder though when you dig a little deeper into this brotherhood
of musicians. All of these guys, (while spending time in other bands) have known each and
played together for many years. Most notably, guitarist Troy McLawhorn is still a current
member of the internationally known band Evanescence but when he’s not on tour, he
chooses to play guitar in Pandora’s Box. Seeing and hearing Nathan Utz and Steve Taylor
onstage is like time traveling back to the 70’s or 80’s and standing near the front row of a
sold out Aerosmith show!
Cowboy performs the KID ROCK hits people want to hear with the energy, passion,
musical ability and showmanship one would expect at a KID ROCK concert. Our shows include
classic hits such as “ALl Summer Long,” “Cowboy,” “American Badass”, “Picture”, “Only God
Knows Why”, and tunes from some of Kid’s heroes like Hank Williams and Bob Segar.
For more info visit Pandora’s Box on Facebook.
Warren Haynes and The Ashes & Dust Band
Friday, February 26 –House of Blues
General Admission Tickets:
$27.50 on Sale Now
Grammy Award winning
artist Warren Haynes has been
recognized as a cornerstone of the
American music landscape and
revered as one of the finest guitar
players in the world. Throughout
his prolific career as part of three
of the greatest live groups in rock
history – Allman Brothers Band,
Gov’t Mule, and the Dead – his
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Colin Hay, former Men at
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Troubadour
We’ve covered Colin Hay several times over the last
few years, going out of our way to laud the efforts he’s
taken to remodel himself but after witnessing Hay in
concert again last night at Trinity Cathedral in downtown
Cleveland we realized we only half right. Because Hay’s
always been a string-strumming bard at heart—a spiritual
pilgrim with fascinating stories to tell and the musical
skills needed to deliver them. If he ever underwent a
makeover, it was to indulge a bit o’ plugged-in ‘80s pop
rock with Ron Strykert, Greg Ham and the boys.
Musically informed by his adopted Australian home,
Hay was the principal songwriter behind the smash Men
at Work albums Business as Usual (1981) and Cargo
(1983). That first album yielded a #1 hit; the follow-up
spawned a pair of Top Ten singles.
But the bloom was off the rose by ’85—by which time
Men at Work had already lost its rhythm section of Jerry Speiser (drums) and John Rees (bass).
Strykert absconded next, leaving Hay and Ham to clean up the mess after 1986’s overlooked Two
Hearts.
So Colin struck out alone, issuing a string of impressive solo albums in the ‘90s (Looking
for Jack, Wayfaring Sons, Peaks & Valleys, Topanga). He also relocated to California, where
he stripped back his songwriting to the bare necessities of voice and guitar on Transcendental
Highway (1998), Going Somewhere (2000) and Company of Strangers (2002). Sometimes he’d
poach players from wife Cecilia Noel’s Latino band, the Wild Clams, if he was feeling musically
mischievous.
But it’s no exaggeration to say Colin’s been rebuilding his audience over the last two
decades, having returned to the clubs ‘n’ pubs circuit to find his feet again after a rough patch
of hard living. He’s delighted audiences numbering from 20 to 20,000 with his infectious tunes
and wicked wit, and continues to spend a majority of each calendar year on the road in support
of such acclaimed discs as American Sunshine (2009) and Gathering Mercury (2011). You may
have spotted his cameos on Scrubs or heard him sing on TV’s Modern Family (or in art house
films like Garden State).
Fresh off a summer tour with Barenaked Ladies and Violent Femmes, Hay is now hitting the
East Coast behind his latest Compass Records release, Next Year People. The Thursday night
gig at Trinity was both Colin’s first on the current tour and the church’s first of the season; the
Euclid Avenue landmark began hosting concerts last year with Cleveland-based promoters The
Elevation Group, who helped lasso Howard Jones, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Bruce Hornsby, and
March Cohn for its initial run of “Cathedral Concerts.”
We wondered if the sacred surrounds would pressure Hay into sanitizing his between-song
banter: The guy’s funny as hell, but he tends toward the colorful language more often heard on
Alaskan trawlers than within historic houses of worship.
We needn’t have worried. Colin cleaned it up a bit, taking a careful glance over his shoulder
for lightning bolts whenever he did drop an S-word or F-bomb. It helped that a curtain backdrop
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(used for video projections of waterfalls and prairies)
concealed the divine altar from view, and at times it was easy
to forget our environs.
“I’m glad you’re here and it’s not just me and the Lord,”
greeted Colin early on. “Because I have some explaining to
do!”
Hay made his confession anyway—both within the
confines of his stirring, introspective songs, and with a
batch of gut-busting recollections and anecdotes. Over the
course of the 100-minute performance, he dished on waning
superstardom, alcoholism and recovery, his departed mum
and dad, his friendship with Ham (“I miss him dreadfully”),
and his career upswing.
“I like making new records,” he said. “I’m optimistic like
that.”
The set featuring offerings from several “new” records—
but Hay also dusted off a few old gems (the elegant “Beautiful World” and oceangoing “Wayfaring Sons”) and Men at Work staples, too (“Who
Can It Be Now?”). Using only his rich baritone and his deft fingerpicking (on two or three Australian-made Maton guitars), Colin effectively
performed mass hypnosis on the 500-strong crowd.
He was wielding a sparkly-sounding 12-string mandolin on tearjerker “Dear Father,” wistful childhood valentine “Maggie,” and mortality
meditation “A Simple Song.” He said kids seem to take to the new “Mr. Grogan” (about an elderly shop keep)—perhaps because it features a
labradoodle in its lyric (and the protagonist’s apartment).
Hay’s only vocal flub came during that track: He lost himself between verses, laughed beside himself, and saved face without a break in
strumming. Oddly enough, the line he couldn’t recall was “makes a mental note.”
An unplugged (but still reggae-fused) “Down Under” followed, with the song’s original MTV video clip flickering on the scrim. “Scattered in
the Sand” was in homage to Hay’s mother, who offered unconditional love—even when she saw him choke a guy in a TV movie.
“He probably deserved it,” said Isabella Hay of her son’s victim.
“If I Had Been a Better Man” spoke of regret and loss, while “I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You” addressed heartache…and healing.
“That song is from an album that didn’t go platinum,” Hay reflected. “I think it only went mahogany status.”
Other mid-song chat covered zombies, human evolution, prostate health and hybrid cars, and obscure ‘60s bands (like Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky,
Mick and Tich). “Did You Just Take the Long Way Home” gave folks a taste of Colin’s new record, while “Waiting for My Real Life to Begin”
brought diehards back to 2001. And just when you thought the pre-Halloween high jinks were over, Hay broke into Cargo chart-buster “Overkill”
(with a funny play on the ghosts described in the refrain) and said his goodbyes with “Next Year People” (a fitting anthem for Cleveland sports
fans).
If you missed Colin’s Cathedral show, you can catch him in the act on the recent DVD Live at the Corner. He’s also got a new biopic—
Waiting for My Real Life—making the rounds at Melbourne film fests; hopefully that’ll make its way to disc soon as well.
Local singer / songwriter Diana Chittester opened with a half-dozen tunes from the albums Soul and Finding My Way Home. Like Hay, she
went solo and semi-unplugged on “The Great Unknown” and “Take It Back.”
But this was no kumbaya: Like Michael Hedges and Ani DiFranco, Chittester is a master guitarist who employs open and alternate tunings—
and provides her own percussion by rapping on the body of her instrument. She’s supported Kim Richey and Jennifer Batten (amongst others),
and counts The Winchester, House of Blues, Beachland Ballroom, and Cain Park on her list of been-there, done-that venues.
Chittester is as easy on the eyes as the ears, too: With her striking cover girl good looks, the self-described preacher’s daughter enthralled with
“Storyteller” (which she sent out to her older sister) and bluegrass punk entry “Secret.”
But the real showstopper was Chittester’s rendition of Lindsey Buckingham’s (Fleetwood Mac) “Big Love,” which allowed her to stretch both
her voice and her fingers. She also bounded across the altar, hefting her Takamine skyward, digits dancing across the strings beneath her capo.
“I’ve got new sparkly high-tops,” she beamed. “I feel like I can do anything!”
On this occasion, it was enough to turn everyone’s heads and prime them for the “Prison Time” auteur—and Diana did just that, her warm-up
set something of an unexpected treat for ticket-holders.
She’ll be cranking it up again November 19th at the Crossroads restaurant at House of Blues.
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Tony Rio returns to Jewels Dance Hall Nov 27 & 28
How many modern country
singers can say they got their start as
a saxophone player for elderly folks
in retirement homes? That is exactly
how Tony Rio’s road to country
music and putting on amazing live
performances began.
Even at an early age, he was
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coming from a family where no
one played music, he knew right
away that it was his calling. So, the
sax was his first instrument and a
much older generation was his first
audience.
Playing saxophone in retirement homes was not, however, the path that Tony wanted
to take. So he learned to play drums and eventually put together a country band called
Relentless. As the band grew in popularity, Tony needed to be out front. He is an entertainer in
every sense of the word and lives for rush that comes from being in front of a crowd.
Fast forward and Tony Rio has become one of the most sought after entertainers! Tony
began writing songs and recording music for his fans that were his own style and sold thousands
of copies at all his live shows! With his style and Songs Tony then caught the attention of Dan
Mitchell, producer, song writer in Nashville, Tennessee. His unique vocals, song writing and
selection brought Dan to help produce Tony’s 1st Nashville recording artist credit in the largest
studio in Nashville titled Dance.
While on the road the past few years, Tony has built his brand through his compelling lyrics
and dynamic live show – a combination that attracted a strong underground band of believers
who shared Tony’s passion for life and music; pretty soon his following had taken on a life of
its own.
Life is Short, says Tony Rio, do what you love, and share it with others!! Do something and
make it great!!
So do yourself a favor…listen to Tony’s music on YouTube and downloads or better yet,
catch one of his live shows at Jewels Dance Hall! Both Friday and Saturday shows begin at
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Randy Houser Sets His Sights on Akron for Headlining Tour
The We Went Tour featuring Frankie Ballard and Craig Campbell will come to AKRON
CIVIC THEATRE on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18
With his inimitably “rich, purling baritone” (The Washington Post) Randy Houser has
earned a reputation as “one of Nashville’s best voices around” (American Songwriter), but those
who have experienced his show for themselves know that Houser’s true strength is in his live
performance. The chart-topping singer/songwriter and his band have logged thousands of miles
on the road, and this fall they will set out for Houser’s We Went Tour, playing arenas across the
country accompanied by hit makers Frankie Ballard and Craig Campbell.
“We’ve had a blast touring with Luke [Bryan] this summer, and it’s been an incredible
opportunity to play to some people we might not have played to before,” said Houser. “We’re
really looking forward to building our show this fall, playing the arenas and getting to play
some new music. Craig and Frankie are both great performers, and we’re ready to get out there
and show people what we’re all about!”
Houser has received rave reviews while on the Kick The Dust Up Tour with Bryan, playing
to arenas and stadiums across the country. During his performance at Nashville’s Nissan
Stadium, the Boston Globe touted that “the big-voiced and big-hearted Houser is always a
treat, but he pulled off one of the most intimate moments seen at the stadium level” and praised
him for “reminding everyone in attendance that all you need is a good song and a heartfelt
performance to create a powerful and enduring musical moment.”
Fans can expect a little bit of everything on the We Went Tour, as Houser draws from a deep
catalogue of songs, from fan favorites like “Boots On” and “Whistlin’ Dixie” to smash hits
such as “How Country Feels,” “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight” and “Like A Cowboy.” He will also
perform new music from his forthcoming Stoney Creek Records album, including his current
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single, “We Went.” With skilled guitar-slinger Frankie Ballard -- who has two No. 1 hits of his
own with “Helluva Life” and “Sunshine & Whiskey” and a Top 5-and-climbing single on the
charts with “Young & Crazy” -- and the energetic Craig Campbell (“Outta My Head,” “Keep
Them Kisses Comin’”) rounding out the bill, the We Went Tour will launch in full force in midNovember.
About Randy Houser
With an inimitable voice the New York Times describes as “wholly different, thicker and more
throbbing, a caldron bubbling over,” Randy Houser racked up three consecutive No. 1 hits
and more than four million in singles sales to date with his Stoney Creek Records album,
How Country Feels. He topped the charts with the title track, “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight”
and “Goodnight Kiss” (also his first No. 1 as a songwriter) and earned critical acclaim for his
powerful delivery of the Top 5 smash, “Like A Cowboy.” Houser’s new single, “We Went,”
is available at country radio and digital retailers now, with a new album forthcoming. He is
currently touring with Luke Bryan on the Kick The Dust Up Tour and will launch his headlining
We Went Tour this fall. For more information, visit www.RandyHouser.com
Akron Civic Center Akron, Oh Tickets are on sale now and are $49.50, $39.50 and $29.50
and can be purchased by calling the Akron Civic box office at 330-253-2488 or online at www.
akroncivic.com or www.ticketmaster.com or 1- 800-745-3000.
Lynn goes “Full Circle” with new music
Loretta Lynn will release her first album of new material in more than 10 years in late
March, Sony Legacy announced today.
“Full Circle” will be out on March 4, 2016. Produced by her daughter, Patsy Lynn Russell,
and John Carter Cash, and recorded at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tenn., “Full
Circle” takes listeners on a journey through Lynn’s musical story, from the Appalachian folk
songs and gospel music she learned as a child, to new interpretations of her classic hits and
country standards, to songs newly-written for the project.
This is Lynn’s first disc since “Van Lear Rose,” her 2004 collaboration with Jack White,
which won two Grammys, including Best Country Album of the Year
On the upcoming release, Lynn, 83, duets with Willie Nelson on “Lay Me Down.”
“Everything It Takes,” features guest vocals from Elvis Costello; “Whispering Sea,” a new
version of the first song Lynn ever wrote; and soulful new renditions of some of Lynn’s classic
tunes, including rousing renditions of “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven” and “Fist City” are
included.
The album also traditional Appalachian songs from Lynn’s childhood such as “Black Jack
David” and “I Never Will Marry.”
Fans will also have an opportunity to watch a new documentary about Lynn’s life,
“American Masters - Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl,” which premieres nationwide Friday,
March 4, 2016 on PBS
Travelin’ McCourys add member
The Travelin’ McCourys added Cody Kilby as the band’s guitarist, the group announced
today.
Kilby, a veteran of the national bluegrass scene since appearing on the IBMA Awards
Show in 1993 as a member of the Bluegrass Youth All-Stars, was the guitarist on the Travelin’
McCourys debut appearance at the Wintergrass festival.
Since then, a distinguished and varied group of guests have toured with the McCourys,
including bluegrass players Jeff White and Ronnie Bowman to Keller Williams, The Infamous
Stringdusters’ Andy Falco, and String Cheese Incident’s Billy Nershi, with Kilby enjoying the
role of most frequent.
Kilby spent 14 years as a member of Ricky Skaggs’ Kentucky Thunder and as a studio
player, including on Beck’s Grammy winner, “Morning Phase.”
The band is comprised of Ron McCoury (mandolin) and Rob McCoury (banjo), Del
McCoury Band colleagues Jason Carter (fiddle) and Alan Bartram (bass). “I guess we had our
‘a-ha’ moment at DelFest this year,” said Ron McCoury. “We were on stage Saturday night, and
it was like a light bulb went on. With Cody, we really have the perfect combination. Don’t get
me wrong, we enjoy featuring guests and still plan to collaborate at times, but from now on,
Cody will be involved in all of those shows. He is a great player, and fits perfectly with what we
do - straddling the fence between traditional and progressive. No matter what we throw at him,
he can handle it.”
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Amazing Line-up of Holiday Concerts
LOST SHEEP BAND
The Music Box Supper Club is pleased to announce an amazingly diverse line-up of
Holiday Concerts this holiday season. Featuring a wide range of musical styles, from a
Creole Christmas to a Polka Brunch with Santa, the Music Box has something for everyone.
The Music Box is especially proud to be presenting Daniel Reichard’s Under The
Mistletoe on December 23rd. Daniel Reichard is a Cleveland native and original star
of Broadway’s JERSEY BOYS. He will make his hometown solo debut in a holiday concert that has become an annual favorite in New York
City. This evening of songs and stories will feature popular Christmas standards and sacred classics, including “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot
Like Christmas,” “What Child Is This,” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Backed by a full band, Reichard will celebrate “the most
wonderful time of the year” for this special one-night only engagement. Reichard has played leading roles on New York City’s most prestigious
stages, and currently tours with the accomplished singing group, The Midtown Men.
Sat, December 5, 1pm: Ohio City Singers. Seasonal cheer from this all-star group of musicians. Christopher Allen: Acoustic and
electric guitar, vocals, Doug McKean, Austin “Candy Cane” Charanghat, Don “Dingle” Dixon, Brent Kirby, Tom Prebish, Matt Sobol, Nick “The
Clobberer” Stipanovich, and Kelly Wright. The Ohio City Singers were formed at a Christmas party many years ago. A collection of musicians
and friends, drinking eggnog, sharing holiday stories, singing Christmas carols. But these carols weren’t the same old songs you hear filtering out
from the malls at Christmas time. These songs were their own stories of candle bags and snowflakes, celebrating the holidays with family and
friends. The OCS has a big year in store for 2015, with a new single “Baby Don’t You Know It’s Christmas” out now on iTunes. Family-friendly
show, featuring a lunch menu and a kids menu too. Tickets are $12 advance, $15 day of show. www.Ohiocitysingers.com
Coats for Kids will be there accepting donations of new or like new winter coats at the event.
Sun, December 6, 7pm. A Creole Christmas w/ Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys. Special guests, local favorites
Mo’ Mojo. Celebrate the season, Louisiana-style! Wear your dancing shoes, and come hungry for Cleveland’s finest gumbo. Tickets are $18
advance, $20 day of show. www.jefferybroussard.com
Sat. Nov. 21
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7 - 11
Fri. Nov. 27
Redhawk Grille
8 - 12
Sat. Dec. 5
Redhawk Grille
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Sat, December 12, 12pm Polka Brunch with Santa
Chardon Polka Brunch with Santa – Get your day drink on! Special appearance by the
Cleveland Krampus! Photo Booth with Santa!
The Chardon Polka Band is nationally known in the polka circuit, traveling to Oktoberfests
and polka events across the country. The group is unique in the polka world because of their
youthful ages — most of the members are in their twenties — and rock and roll attitude. While
their hip take on the genre has been labeled “punk polka,” the band still knows how to please the
most staunch and avid of old school polka fans.
Lucky 7 cocktail is patron’s choice of hot chocolate or a holiday craft cocktail. A menu of egg
dishes, hot sandwiches, and kids favorites will be available. Kids 8 and under are free.
$7 admission includes the cocktail of the day or a hot chocolate!
Sun, December 13, 7pm Over the Rhine. Ohio’s folk favorites bring inspiration and
imagination to holiday songs. Tickets are $30 advance, $35 day of show
Wed, December 23, 7:30pm Daniel Reichard’s Under The
Mistletoe. Cleveland native and original star of Broadway’s Jersey Boys in a highly
anticipated homecoming show! Tickets range from $30 to $50.
Sat, December 26, 8pm Carlos Jones & The PLUS Band Annual Holiday
Revival show w/ Gato’s Gullah Gumbo. Bringing the message of peace, love, unity, higher
consciousness and the joy of the reggae vibration. Tickets are $10 advance, $12 day of show
Thu, December 31, 9pm New Year’s Eve in the Supper Club with FM
Project, Ohio’s premiere Steely Dan tribute band. Tickets are $50 and include a $30 food and
beverage voucher, champagne toast, party favors, and concert.
Thu, December 31, 9pm New Year’s Eve in the Concert Hall with
Honeybucket and Hocking River String Band. Tickets range from $20 to $35, with
a limited number of $20 tickets available through Nov 30. Admission includes champagne toast,
party favors, concert, and After Party with DJ Terkelerkel until 2:30am.
For an easy at-a-glance of all our holiday concerts, www.musicboxcle.com/holidays
The Music Box Supper Club is located at 1148 Main Avenue Cleveland, OH 44113
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Spectre 007
We had so much difficulty resetting the time on our watch (for Daylight Saving)
this weekend that we had to download the manual for our Timex Marathon.
James Bond has considerably more trouble setting the alarm on his Omega in
Spectre, the 24th official entry in EON Productions’ 50 year old 007 franchise.
Needless to say, the results of Bond’s tinkering are more explosive than ours.
Lowest in Town!
Daniel Craig wows in his fourth turn as Ian Fleming’s iconic spy (and second
under director Sam Mendes), tying Pierce Brosnan’s cinematic run whilst honing
his own iteration of the Walther PPK-toting womanizer.
Now an embattled, fortysomething agent, 007 is caught up trying to uncover a
sinister organization whose Orwellian surveillance practices promise untold power
for its legion of ring-bearing pit bosses. But Bond has no idea how deeply entrenched the villains are, nor can he imagine how much personal
history he shares with shadowy figurehead Franz Oberhauser (Christopher Waltz).
The action-packed investigation reopens a few old wounds: A cryptic, posthumous message from Bond’s previous employer (Judi Dench)
sets him after a notorious Mexican assassin, whose lovely wife (Monica Bellucci) reluctantly clues Bond in on the overarching conspiracy which
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has (until now) eluded him. Bond also catches up with Quantum fugitive Mr. White (Jasper Christensen), and plays bodyguard to beautiful
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psychologist Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), who looks smashing in evening wear—and proves handier with weapons than she lets on.
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“I think we’ll skip hand-to-hand combat,” deadpans a duly impressed 007.
Dr. Swann has a lot of daddy issues. So does Oberhauser, whose thugs pursue her and Bond through Austria, Italy, and Morocco, prompting a
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climactic showdown in (and pulse-pounding escape from) a desert stronghold whose lavish architecture (and meteoric origins) harkens to the bad
guy haunts and hangouts of classic 007 entries.
The prologue finds James on the job in Mexico, where Day of the Dead revelry frustrates his search for crooks planning to blow up a stadium.
The fistfight on a helicopter zooming over Zocalo is both breath-taking and gravity-defying (a la Blue Thunder), but its “resolution” lands Bond
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in hot water with the new M (Ralph Fiennes). Suspended for yet another “international incident” that makes newspapers and C-SPAN, Bond goes
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rogue to identify and infiltrate the terrorist network no one else believes exists.
No one, that is, save trusty confidante Eve Moneypenney (Naomi Harris) and computer-savvy quartermaster Q (Ben Whishaw), who both do
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more than they bargained for at Bond’s behest. They’re worried they’ll have to update their resumes, what with the destruction of MI6 headquarters
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(in Skyfall) and impending mothballing of Her Majesty’s Secret Service by a new, camera-happy counterintelligence cooperative.
“We’re the future,” CSN’s Max “C” Denbigh (Andrew Scott) tells M. “You’re not.”
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Loyal Q surreptitiously keeps tabs on Bond by tracking his “smart blood” injection as M struggles against CSN’s bogus bureaucracy.
Meanwhile, Bond kicks over the stones leading to Spectre, Madeleine at his side—and husky henchman Mr. Hinx (Dave Bautista) hot on their
heels. Fresh off Guardians of the Galaxy, the WWE star makes the best Bond heavy since Richard Kiel.
Speaking of Jaws: 007’s harrowing train fight with Hinx pays homage to the railroad melee
between Sean Connery and Robert Shaw in From Russian With Love—and contains a funny
reference to Shaw’s prickly character in a certain shark movie (watch for the kegs).
Spectre boasts other callbacks for Bond aficionados too, not the least of which come in the
vehicular variety: Bond races a tricked-out Jaguar C-X75 along the banks of the Tiber, and later
gets reacquainted with an Aston Martin DB-10 (with a familiar license plate). Listen up for dry
martini orders, be on the lookout for the porcelain British bulldog M gifted to 007 at the end of
Skyfall, and brace yourself for the return of a particular white Persian cat…and its disfigured
owner.
The gun barrel opening is back, too, along with another arsty-fartsy title sequence with
scantily-clad dancers writhing in Spectre’s sprawling tentacles. Sam Smith (“Stay With Me”)
sings the theme this time out, but his “Writing’s On the Wall” lacks the gritty machismo of Chris
Cornell’s “You Know My Name” and dramatic majesty of Adele’s “Skyfall.”
No matter. Thomas Newman’s score is frenetic and engaging, and borrows liberally from
the Bond best-of canon. Ample audiovisual throwbacks are present to placate those who’ve
been following the series since Dr. No (1962), and Mendes (and his writers) craftily ties
the adversaries (Le Chiffre, Green, Silva) from other Craig-era films into a unified criminal
collective with only one pernicious puppet master.
Spectre feels like vintage Bond, but it plants one boot firmly in the future. Blue-eyed Craig
is mesmeric as the focused, seasoned secret agent on the lam, and Academy Award-winner Waltz
(Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained) unsettling as his soft-spoken but sadistic foe.
“You’re a kite in a hurricane, Mr. Bond,” Oberhauser hisses.
Seydoux is sensual yet strong as 007’s romantic interest, Whishaw charming as Bond’s go-to
gadget guy, and Scott (Moriarty from BBC’s Sherlock) delightfully disdainful as a Machiavellian
desk weasel who vexes M while Bond targets the head of the snake. Once CSN’s “Nine Eyes”
initiative goes online, there’s no going back—and all the data collected will stream directly into
enemy hands.
The set pieces are memorable—especially the gambit in the Austrian Alps, Bond’s quick
getaway after crashing Spectre’s consortium in Rome, and a bone-rattling torture session in
a dentist’s chair). Cinematographer Hoyte Van Hotyema’s aerial shots and landscapes are
stunning, too—as is his knack for using light (or the lack thereof, as on eyes and faces) to create
mood.
If Spectre isn’t the best Bond yet, it’s captivatingly close. Magnificent, Mr. Mendes—and
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virtuosic artistry has led to thousands of unforgettable performances and millions of album and
track sales.
Despite all of the ground that Haynes has covered on his musical journey, the impressive
thing is that he still has many miles to explore. On his newest solo album Ashes and Dust, he
puts forth one of his most gorgeous, musically rich and personal albums to date. It is endlessly
exciting to see one of the most brilliant minds in modern music shine an entirely new light
on the depths of his creativity. Ashes and Dust, only the third studio album Haynes has ever
released under his own name, is a masterful work of art and a particularly important statement
for Haynes. The songs are immediately and clearly different from his usual style – encompassing
beautiful acoustic arrangements, a rootsy/Americana soundscape and honeyed vocals that cut
straight through to the soul. Although many of these songs are brand new, some of the tunes
that make up this album have been dear to Warren for years. In some cases he has been carrying
them around for 20 or 30 years, waiting for the right time to record them.
“I’ve been writing songs all my life from a more folky, singer-songwriter, even Celtic
direction,” he says. “For a while, I’ve been compiling songs that didn’t necessarily fit in with
Gov’t Mule or the Allman Brothers or even my last solo album. So this record was really a
chance to bring a lot of that music to fruition. It’s really given me the opportunity to take a lot of
songs I love, that didn’t have a home, and build a home for them.”
For More Information Visit: www.warrenhaynes.net
Rusted Root
January 7 –House of Blues
General Admission Tickets: $20 on Sale Friday, November 20 at 10am
Rusted Root is an American band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania known for their unique
fusion of acoustic, rock, world and other styles of music, with a strong percussion section that
draws from African, Latin American, and Native American influences. Their lyrical content
varies but often talks about Christianity and Judaism. Rusted Root has sold more than three
million albums worldwide.
The band achieved fame in 1994 with its platinum-selling album When I Woke, which included
hit single “Send Me On My Way.” The song has been featured prominently in many films and
commercials.
For More Information Visit: www.rustedroot.com
Lake Street Dive
March 14 –House of Blues
General Admission Tickets: $25 on Sale Thursday, November 19 at 10am
In Association with the Beachland Ballroom
Lake Street Dive is an indie pop
band that was founded in 2004 in
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Musings for an Attitude of Gratitude at Thanksgiving time
And throughout the year
THE GRATITUDE DIARIES
In this inspiring memoir backed by pioneering research,
Janice Kaplan spends a year living gratefully and gains
a fresh outlook that transforms her marriage, family life,
work, health, and every day experience.
On New Year’s Eve, journalist and former Parade editor
in chief Janice Kaplan makes a promise to be grateful and
look on the bright side of whatever happens. She realizes that
how she feels over the next months will have less to do with
the events that occur than her own attitude and perspective.
Getting advice at every turn from psychologists, academics,
doctors, and philosophers she brings readers on a smart and
witty journey to discover the value of appreciating what you
have.
Relying on both amusing personal experiences and
extensive research, Kaplan explores how gratitude can
transform every aspect of life including marriage and friendship, money and ambition, and
health and fitness. She learns how appreciating your spouse changes the neurons of your brain
and why saying thanks helps CEOs succeed. Through extensive interviews with experts and
lively conversations with real people including celebrities like Matt Damon, Daniel Craig,
and Jerry Seinfeld, Kaplan discovers the role of gratitude in everything from our sense of
fulfillment to our children’s happiness.
With warmth, humor, and appealing insight, Janice’s journey will empower readers to think
positively and start living their own best year ever.
GRATITUDE
“My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved
and been loved. I have been given much and I have given
something in return. Above all, I have been a sentient
being, a thinking animal on this beautiful planet, and that
in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.”
—Oliver Sacks
No writer has succeeded in capturing the medical and
human drama of illness as honestly and as eloquently as
Oliver Sacks.
During the last few months of his life, he wrote a set
of essays in which he movingly explored his feelings about
completing a life and coming to terms with his own death.
“It is the fate of every human being,” Sacks writes, “to
be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.”
Together, these four essays form an ode to the uniqueness of each human being and to
gratitude for the gift of life.
Oliver Sacks was born in 1933 in London and was educated at Queen’s College, Oxford.
He completed his medical training at San Francisco’s Mount Zion Hospital and at UCLA before
moving to New York, where he soon encountered the patients whom he would write about in
his book Awakenings.
Dr. Sacks spent almost fifty years working as a neurologist and wrote many books,
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including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and Hallucinations, about
the strange neurological predicaments and conditions of his patients. The New York
Times referred to him as “the poet laureate of medicine,” and over the years he received many
awards, including honors from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation,
the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Royal College of Physicians. His
memoir, On the Move, was published shortly before his death in August 2015.
For more information, please visit www.oliversacks.com.
GRATITUDE & TRUST
Paul Williams is an alcoholic.
Tracey Jackson is not.
But together, these two close friends have
written Gratitude and Trust, a book designed to apply the
principles of the recovery movement to the countless people
who are not addicts but nevertheless need effective help with
their difficulties and pain.
Williams, the award-winning songwriter, actor, and
performer, has embraced a traditional alcoholism recovery
plan for more than two decades of sobriety. Jackson, a wellknown TV and film writer—and veteran of many years
of traditional therapy—has never been a drunk or a drug
abuser, but she realized that many of the tenets of Williams’s
program could apply to her. In Gratitude and Trust, Williams
and Jackson ask: What happens to those who struggle with vexing problems yet are not fullblown addicts? Are there any lessons to be learned from the foundational and time-tested
principles of the recovery movement?
Whether you’re tethered to your phone or you turn to food for comfort; whether you’re a
perfectionist and can’t let things go or are too afraid to fail to even try; whether you can find
intimacy only on the Internet or you’ve been involved in a string of nasty relationships—the
first step toward feeling better about yourself and your life is the realization that you are what’s
standing in your way. Williams and Jackson have designed a new, positive program, based on
a half-dozen new affirmations, that can help conquer your vices, address personal dysfunction,
and start to brighten the darkest moods.Gratitude and Trust is an essential, inspirational, and
uplifting guide to identifying and changing maladaptive behaviors in order to uncover your most
productive, healthiest self.
THANKFUL
Thankful, by bestselling and award-winning children’s
author Eileen Spinelli, combines charming rhymes and
whimsical illustrations to convey the importance of being
thankful for everyday blessings. Like the gardener thankful
for every green sprout, and the fireman, for putting the fire
out, readers are encouraged to be thankful for the many
blessings they find in their lives. Spinelli exhibits her
endearing storytelling with this engaging poem, reminding
children how blessed and special they are. Meant to be read
aloud, this heartwarming picture book will be a treasured
keepsake for parents and children alike.
Celebrations
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Life is meant to
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ANGELS AMONG US……
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers:
for thereby some have entertained angels
unawares.” ~~ Hebrews 13:2
Saturday, Dec. 5th
CHRISTMAS MAGIC
What does this mean? I don’t know about
you, but I have been feeling the presence of the
angels very strongly of late. They are so present,
that it is easy to take their presence for granted…
to not even notice…how partnered we are. How
protected we are. How loved we are. Every
moment. Every day.
Personally—and I openly admit this—I allow
my life to become so busy with busy-ness….that
I have to deliberately and very specifically shut
my mind down except to ask the angels to reveal
themselves. My life at times, feels burdensome
rather than joyful, but then I remember…..Hey,
what is this “burdensome” thing? We were
created to experience the fullness of life, in all of
its joyous abundance. Wake up, wake up, wake
up!! So…..the angels gently remind me. It is
always gentle, and I am always grateful….which
of course makes their presence more and more apparent as each day passes.
A hint to the impatient: we have to remember that on the angelic plane, there is no time as we
know it, so when we ask for their presence, their revelations….we have to be patient. Frankly,
the best thing is to ask and then forget about it. At some moment….and often when we least
expect it, there they are, in all their shining glory!!
I have so many “for instances”, and because I just can’t help myself, I will share them. Little
ones. Huge ones. It’s all the same to the angels. All we have to do is ask.
Recently, I saw a meme on Facebook which stated, “Where you see sparkles, know that
angels are present.” Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love all that is sparkly…and
oh, how I do love to share. My children now open their birthday cards over a bag, because they
know as well as the signature contained, they are going to have a lapful of sparkles. It’s how I
tell them I love them…and I learned it from the best—the angels. They let me know they love
me, but delivering sparkles right to my feet.
Yesterday morning, after asking the angels to reveal themselves before I fell asleep the night
before, I was walking my dogs. There had been a frost early in the a.m., and it was melting. I
have noticed that all of the maple leaves in the area are curled up and dry on the ground…but
the oak leaves? Now they’re something else. The oak leaves are perfectly flat. So yesterday, as
I rounded the curve on our walk, I looked down and saw—I’m not kidding you—BLINDING,
sparkling, diamond-studded oak leaves. They truly looked like something I’d have found at Pat
Catan’s or Joanne’s Craft stores! I had to lean over and touch them to see if someone had laid
crystal oak leaves along the path. They were amazing!! Even the dogs saw them, and came to a
dead stop (which my dogs NEVER do on a walk), as thought to give reverence. I pulled out my
phone to take a picture, but just couldn’t capture them; they just looked like wet leaves. I thought
(or maybe heard), “This is just for you Patti, because you asked.”
As I was walking out of a store yesterday (11/11), I looked down and there was a dime and a
very shiny penny. Eleven cents. Now….most of my friends who enjoy dancing with the angels
as much as I do, understand that 11, whether on a clock, a calendar, or wherever it happens to
show up at any given moment, represents angelic presence. So….there was yet another sweet
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and subtle gift from the angels. I thought to myself, as a numerologist, it would have been cool
if I found that eleven cents on 11/11 at 11:11, but alas….that seemed to be pushing it. I looked
at the clock and it read 11:45. Add the digits, as any smart numerologist might. It comes out to
11.
I know what you’re thinking. Big deal. Coincidence. Vivid imagination….but I could fill
volumes with angel experiences that, as Scripture says, we are unaware of. There are truly earth
angels among us…”Look for the helpers”. Don’t even let me start on the white feathers……..
coming out of nowhere…..at the most crucial of times…..I’m not starting on them because I’d
rather go somewhere else.
All of this leads up to something perhaps a little more meaningful. It is to me, and that is the
angels are ready, willing, and able to provide us with answers anytime, anywhere….and this is
where I’ve chosen to put my head on the chopping block. It’s easy, because these things don’t
come from the head; they are heart-based, so here we go……
I’ve given no thought whatsoever to the remainder of this article. I’ve only decided to shut my
mind down, open my heart to angelic wisdom, and have asked them to allow me to channel their
wisdom. They have suggested I do this in a question and answer format:
So Angels, please help me understand the role of illness in today’s world. I don’t get it.
“You are all created in the image and likeness of the Divine, but you have forgotten. Your heart
has closed, and been replaced by the human error of the mind. You have detached from your
relationship with us, and with divinity, and “fallen” by believing in the illusion created by those
in power to manipulate and control and profit through your illnesses. Fear not, loved ones,
for All Is Well, and you know this. It is difficult for you to perceive truth from your vantage
point. It is as though you are trying to perceive all of the Milky Way, from your position inside
it on Planet Earth. People are beginning to remember. People are once again beginning to
understand. We are among you….teaching you, guiding you, protecting you. Trust.”
Thank you, Angels. Can you explain relationships to me? So many seem to be struggling
in their relationships.
“Once again, you are created in the image and likeness of divinity….and in trying to
remember that about yourselves, you have forgotten it in your perception of others. Each
person you have relationship with, is a mirror image of yourself. They are a gift to you from the
Divine that you may see your own error in judgment, and correct them. We will not call them
flaws. As beloved of the divine, you are not flawed; you have merely forgotten. Yet, when you
drop the ego’s need to separate yourself from each other, you often relate all too well to other’s
actions and feelings. Stop judging them. They are you, and you are them. A piece of you is
in each other, and the purpose of relationship is for YOU to recognize YOURSELF—not for
purposes of judging, but for purposes of growing. Ask us. We are always here to help.”
Oh wow….This is so cool…..I could write a book, but I am already way beyond my allotted
1000 words. Maybe this could be a serial article? Maybe people could ask send their questions
to the NorthCoast Voice, to be answered by the angels? What do you think, North Coast Voice?
So ok….one more question….as soon as it comes to me. If it makes this article too long, I guess
we’ll have to edit. But for now, I feel there is another question to be answered today, though for
the life of me, I can’t think of one. Give me a sec……
Well…..hmmmmm…..there seems to be no question, but the angels still have something to
say:
“ Dear Ones, you are many, but we are more. There are several of us around each and every
one of you. We however, are not permitted to interfere or intrude upon your lives (that whole
free will thing that didn’t go as well as the Creator might have planned). We are here for you
nonetheless. We are present, willing, and if we had human feelings beyond compassion, we
might say we are ‘desperate’ to do your bidding—to serve you, to assist you. All you have to do
is ask. It’s all you ever had to do. We are the presence of love within your life. You reach out
to us through your own love. This is the point of our ‘blending’, so to speak. Our contact and
communication is made possible through love. Remember us, reach out to us, and know that all
you have to do is ask. All Is Well.”
* Patricia Ann Dooms, known in some circles as “the Mentor from Mentor”, is a certified
holistic lifestyle mentor, practicing a variety of energy healing modalities which she has
combined into her FeatherTouch 4-Directional Wellness Program. To learn more about all
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If You Can Dream It,
I Can Build It.
So I know that the “cannabis” issue is a hot debate here in Ohio
and I certainly don’t want to ruffle any feathers either way but , I
do want to explain my position as a luthier, a woodworker, a weekend
artist and all around nice guy (just ask me) .
I have been building and making cool little novelty items from
wood for nearly 25 yrs. Ranging from small carvings, to signs,
dollhouses, furniture, and other miniature replica pieces. About 15
yrs ago or more I, with the
help of my wife’s’ ingenious
visions created a very cool little
wooden guitar that functions as
a smoking pipe. It is built to the
highest standards possible to
be able to be affordable to the
masses. I take great pride in my
work and believe that I put a
smile on many of the faces that
have encountered this cute little
novelty pipe. Unfortunately,
although it was intended for use
as a tobacco pipe :), I have had
a difficult time trying to market
the product in this state for
many years. It’s very difficult
to sell a tobacco pipe to people
who do not smoke tobacco.
Even though things have been
recently “loosening” up a bit,
I felt it was time to try and market my invention somewhere I would
have a better chance of survival. So off to Denver I go.....
As you may already know, I just recently returned from Colorado
after attending one of the largest Counter Culture Trade shows held
anywhere in the US. To be a bit more precise it was a trade show
designed to accommodate the growing number of Tobacco/ Head
shops dealers all over the United States.
Over 500 distributors, manufactures, vendors, and phenomenal
artisans from every imaginable walk of life, were demonstrating their
wares for what seems to be an explosive industry fueled by the onset
of the new marijuana reforms popping up all over the country.
The sheer amount of new technologies, designs, and new
entrepreneurship that are popping up daily is stunning to behold.
New products are being produced and “old mouse traps” are being
reinvented. The level of artistry that is being brought to the fore front
is breathtaking. Just when you think that you have seen everything that
could be seen in the way of Vaporizers some new company is building
another style with more bells and whistles and side board accessories.
The glass blowing industry is creating some of the new Picasso’s
of our age. New techniques are being discovered and the talent that
is emerging is truly inspiring. It was quite refreshing to visit and
share some of my woodworker skills with other artists. The industry
is constantly expanding and with amount of revenue that is being
generated for the economy of Colorado I don’t see the train slowing
down anytime soon.
There are 30,000 people reportedly moving into the state of
Colorado every month. The real estate business is booming. There
are jobs being created from housing construction to transportation
sales and repairs, to bars, restaurants and entertainment. The list
goes on and on. The people of Colorado seem to be handling there
new fame and fortune with style and grace and everyone seems to
be settling into expanding economy very nicely. The laws that have
been adopted in each community have been very well planned out and
are strictly adhered to. The dispensaries are well fortified and are not
open past 7:00 in the evening.
There are also areas in
Colorado that have not embraced
the new State recreational
reforms and banned the use
of cannabis in certain areas.
Many towns don’t want the
added growth that seems to
follow the industry. It is their
choice . Those choices are
being respected and accepted
for their values as well as the
reforms seem to respect the
values of those who wish to use
it responsibly and medicinally.
From this writers’ point of view
it seems as though Colorado’s
economy is booming in an
otherwise struggling economy
here in the eastern half of the
U.S.
I wish that people could see some of the economic differences that
have occurred in Colorado in the past 2 years from taking a chance in
believing that we as responsible humans that are capable of governing
ourselves with some respectable reforms of things that actually help
some people medicinally. When you make something illegal then
everyone wants it and there is no way to stop it because there is no
governing laws to control it. Once you legalize it, as we have with
alcohol, you can create laws and enforce them so the people can have
control of the outcome. I believe this cannabis issue is something that
the people of Ohio could easily make the right and proper reforms for
so that it could benefit all of the state (not just 10 entrepreneurs), its
economy, its medical patients, possibly even reduce the money that
we have to pay in taxes to support the ridiculous incarcerations of
our prison system. By no means, am I trying to say “let out all drug
offenders”, but it wouldn’t hurt to take a look at some of the lesser
infractions.
I apologize if I offended anyone with my views on this subject
and I hope that I have not jeopardized my position as a contributing
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LOVE THE
COOPERS
Lions Gate | PG13 | 105 min
Well you know the old saying,
there’s nothing new under the
Sun, and that is doubly true for
dysfunctional family Christmas
movies. Oh it doesn’t really
have to be Christmas, it might be
Thanksgiving, Easter, a wedding,
a funeral any number of social
gatherings but they all pretty much
share an outline.
So here’s the setup. Almost
invariably there are two or three or
four family members simultaneously
on their way home from different
points of the city or the globe. Each
member, or couple involved in the rendezvous has their own special
brand of neurosis. One, or all of the group, has some kind of a
grudge against another or all of them. Someone is either divorced or
about to be or recently, widowed. You will often find a bratty kid, a
crazy old person and a family pet. Almost all of the action will take
place within the family home with a possible short variation to a
police station or hospital or bar.
And true to the blue print the cast here, while certainly boasting
a few bright spots, is not exactly what you would call star-studded.
Don’t get me wrong, I love John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Diane
Keaton and Marisa Tomei but probably even these four are residents
of the outskirts of the A list.
Here’s a quick rundown of the situations that will converge for
the prerequisite resolution at the end of LOVE THE COOPERS.
Afflicted with empty nest syndrome, mom (Keaton) and dad
(Goodman) are beginning to question their decades long relationship
and seriously considering separation.
Mom’s sister (Tomei) has spent her life
with some sort of sibling animosity buried
deep inside which causes her to act out even in
middle age.
Grandpa (Arkin) is a retired teacher who eats
everyday at the local diner regardless of the bad
food. Why? He has taken a fancy to a lonely and
ungrounded waitress to whom he acts as a friend
and mentor.
There’s the rebellious daughter (Olivia
Wilde) who has a bad attitude and a chip on
her shoulder for some reason. While stuck
at the airport she convinces a straight arrow
serviceman she needs to come home for
Christmas dinner and pretend to be her fiancé
just to shut the folks up.
The son is something of a nebbish, lonely and
lost after losing his wife to divorce and his silly job to automation.
The grandson, a chip off the
old block, frightened to the core
of approaching the girl on which
he has his first crush.
Add to that mix a crazy old
aunt on furlough from the old
folk’s home, a kid brother and
the family dog, Rags, voiced
by Steve Martin, who acts as
the narrator for this less than
impressive family romp. By
the way if you get a kick out of
watching a dog snatch morsels
from the dinner table, kitchen
and people’s plates you are in
luck. They repeat this gag about
every 8 minutes.
The entire bland bowl of stew
sits on the holiday table right
between darker humor cookies and the hijinks of a Griswold Christmas
gravy.
You probably won’t have a great deal of empathy with any of
the dysfunctional characters but probably won’t really hate anyone
either. Personally I kind of hoped grandpa would hook up with the
waitress but I guess the producers felt that an 80 year old man and a
20-something girl would creep the audience out. Instead it only bored
us.
C+
THE PEANUTS MOV IE
20th Century Fox | G | 97 min
So, I’m assuming that some of our readers have small children or
possibly grandchildren right? I’m not talking about 14 year olds, or
10 year olds, but little kids; little
kids that you don’t want to take
to a movie with dirty language,
or fart jokes, or people getting
smacked in the nuts right? (All of
which are unfortunately featured
in the Chipmunks trailer.) None
of that pg 17, or PG, but good old
fashioned G.
If that’s what you are looking
for I have the perfect movie for the
occasion.
With the Christmas shopping
season upon us grandma might
want to take the kids to a movie
while the folks go shopping and
a perfect place to take the little
buggers is to THE PEANUTS MOVIE. I have a couple of reasons for that, first of all who
doesn’t love Charlie Brown and all of Charles Schultz’ cartoon family? I know we all grew up
reading that strip. I know, it was never really that funny but we just liked it. Probably because it
rings a bell from our childhood and does what it sets out to do without any hint of vulgarity.
It’s a very simple story
as well, as simple as the
famous comic strip. You know
sometimes it pisses me off if
producers try to twist up the
basics of any classic storyline
be they mystery novels,
superheroes, or in this case the
funny papers. THE PEANUTS
MOVIE is exactly what it should
be. A perfect Charlie Brown
dilemma in a film chock full of
other smaller Charlie Brown
dilemmas. Yes, he will struggle with that kite, yes he will pay his nickel to Lucy for psychiatric
help while Schroeder plays his piano and avoids her advances, yes, Snoopy will daydream
about the Red Baron, yes Pigpen is still dirty.
And the main thread winding around this familiar bunch of plot devices is Charlie’s undying
love for the little red haired girl.
The story is about the time she moves across the street from our hero and he makes it his life
goal to win her heart despite a complete dearth of encouragement from the crab mistress, Lucy.
No matter how he tries to excel at something somehow failure overtakes him at every turn
yet his honesty and good nature shine through and eventually... Well I don’t want to spoil the
ending.
Let me warn you, this is not hilarious or action packed, nor does it contain innuendos to
pique the grown-ups interest. It is a sweet and endearing little story with life lessons that would
be good for any little one.
The animation looks just like the characters, the voices sound like what we’ve heard in the
Halloween and Christmas specials and the spirit of the story is exactly what Charles Schultz
and now his son demand.
Here’s how I chose my grade. In the very back row were what seems to be a grandmother, a
daughter, and a couple very small children. The smallest one, not much more than a baby, was
crying so grandma took him out to the kiddie’s room for the duration. The theater required her
to present her ticket stub to be reimbursed but somehow she’s lost it. I slipped her mine (don’t
tell the authorities) and asked the little girl, Celia, who is maybe 2 or 3 years old, what she
thought of the movie and she gave me a great big smile and said “I loved it!”
I then asked her which part she loved the most and without a seconds hesitation she said,
“Everything!”
So there you have it folks, an expert opinion for a change.
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It’s always a good idea to keep
conversation at any holiday dinner table
neutral and pleasant and for that to
happen it may take some preplanning.
Everyone knows to stay away from
politics, religion, the horrors on
the news, sometimes sports, health
problems, and topics that only include two or three of the people at the table while the others
have no idea who or what the subject is about. If you’ve ever sat through a conversation with
just a couple of people at opposite ends of a large table talking for 15 minutes about pretty much
anything that is impossible to join in on then you know what I mean.
Most of the ideas that follow would be best for adults but likely not unsuitable for children,
(depending on what’s on your bucket list). Bucket list? Yes, everyone can come up with
something, or many things that they want to do before the vehicle they’re occupying expires.
The topic can go around the table in some kind of order or at random, but each idea leads to at
least a little conversation and sometimes laughs. It’s thought provoking, fun, and it’s not likely
anyone will be offended.
Depending on the difference in ages at your dinner, talking about favorite cartoons as a
child may or may not work, but it’s a topic that brings back fond memories and usually some
laughs. Of course if there are fans of the crossover cartoons spanning the last decade or so, such
as Family Guy, Simpsons, Southpark etc. then that leaves room for a broader age range and a
whole other bowl of amusement.
How about this question; you are in an airplane, a helicopter, or even controlling a drone,
(age group and imagination dependant), and you can fly over anything in the world, what do you
want to see and why? Some with a great imagination can take this ball and run a long way, so to
be fair perhaps the destinations a person chooses should be limited to 2 and nobody is allowed to
say “everything”.
If all or any of these become part of your table conversation it should take you most of
the way through dinner without anyone being bored, upset, or offended. Cheers to wonderful
holiday conversation!
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Tom Todd’s Turkey Tips on Thanksgiving
Yes, dear friends, Thanksgiving can be tricky. You need
some wise advice from a seasoned professional to get yourself
safely through the turkey trials and tribulations, and onto that
homestretch leading up to Christmas!
So here are Tom Todd’s tips on how to survive Thanksgiving:
1. Find a new friend, who just moved into a new home.
They’re always ready and willing to host Thanksgiving in
order to show off their new pad! Let them do all the actual
work!
2. Stow a couple of baggies and some aluminum foil deep
in
your pockets, to sneak some of the better foods home for
later
consumption. (Hint: Don’t forget about it! From my experience, come January, it tends to start
smelling pretty horrific!)
3. Be prepared! You may have to sit through 9 solid hours of football (they do THREE games
now!). Or, if the women get into one of their ‘moods,’ you may not be allowed to watch any
football, or any TV at all, or, worse yet, you may have to sit through a “Hallmark Christmas
Special.”
4. Get there early, and go around and steal batteries from everyone’s GameBoys, IPods,
IPhones, etc. Nothing is worse than trying to converse with a bunch of people with their noses
stuck in their electronic thingamabobs. Make them actually have to talk, using their own lips
and vocal cords. You’ll be amazed at the dumb things they say! (The next day, you can sell the
batteries to desperate shoppers at the mall!)
5. Be very prepared! Stow these necessary survival items in the trunk of your car: No-doz pills,
antacids, a Jenga game, a football, and lots of booze! NOW you’re ready to enjoy Thanksgiving,
just like the Pilgrims did at Fraggle Rock!
Whooz Playin’
Please note that the First Class Band
and Whooz Playin’ band has been
condensed to just Whooz Playin’
Fri. Nov. 20 • 8-11PM
Rider's Inn • Painesville
Wed. Nov. 25 • 9-Midnight
Capps Eatery • Leroy
Whooz Playin' Quartet
Fri. Dec. 4 8 7:30-10:30PM
Bonedaddy’s Saloon
Len, Tina & Mike Trio
Sat. Dec. 5 • 8-11PM
Severino's Pizza • Eastlake
Jon & Len Duo
To Book: 440-796-3057
WWW.WHOOZPLAYIN.COM
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Old Mill Winery
‘Acoustic Thursday Night’
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Manners Tree Farm
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Ferrante’s Winery
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Debonne Vineyards
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for more information & pictures
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BLAAH-BLAAH-BLAAH!
When someone tells me that they are in
my debt, my first thoughts are… “Well get the
hell out of there, it is forbidden to be in any
part of me in any manner!” – Snarp Farkle
As I have said before, not everyone see’s
Thanksgiving as a time to be thankful! It’s
really a shame, I’m not kidding either! So I
dug deep to find something that anyone can
be thankful for no matter what kind of life
they live, or what stupid hideous things that
have happened since last Thanksgiving, and I
found one thing that fit’s the order, the perfect
solution!
Everyone can be thankful that they are
not a Dung Beetle! Many dung beetles are
noted for rolling dung (poop) into spherical
balls, which are used as a food source and/
or brooding chambers. Which means they not
only eat poop they roll their babies in poop
and feed poop to them as well! Other dung
beetles bury the poop wherever they find it. A
third group neither rolls nor buries poop, they
just simply live in poop.
Or if you’d rather have something a little
more pleasant to be thankful for, be thankful
for cleavage! I appreciate a well displayed
cleavage and think I’m a pretty good judge
of cleavage of all sizes! Proper cleavage
appreciation isn’t imagining you’re seeing the
whole set of boob enchiladas; it’s more of how
it’s presented, sort of like judging bunnies at a
fair! Well sort of, I mean cleavage makes you
think of something soft and cute like bunnies
but I really wouldn’t want to see any furry
(Answers on Page 28)
~ Rick Ray
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cleavage that would be just wrong… really
really wrong, like man cleavage wrong! And
if you try to show me your hairy man cleavage
I will not hesitate to set them on fire!
Now I have been chastised for
commenting on a woman’s cleavage before,
which is really baffling! I mean if cleavage
wasn’t meant to be seen then why do women
show it? And if I see it I may comment on
it depending on my mood but if I offend you
by commenting on your cleavage then you’d
better hide it from me is all I can say! You
see, I figure that women don’t care about
cleavage because they all have boobs and they
use those things to intimidate us by flashing
them around and then not letting us near them.
I’ll bet no other creature on earth protects
boobs like a woman does!
Except for those women with the
elongated chin slappers that you see on
National Geographic documentaries, they
don’t care if you stare at them while they hop
and dance around giving themselves a bloody
nose!
So this Thanksgiving if you can’t find
anything else to be thankful for, be thankful
that you’re not eating poop, rolling your
babies in poop, feeding them poop, burying
poop or living in poop, and not having a set of
those hairy elongated chin slapper man boobs
being exposed to you from across the table
this Thanksgiving!
~Snarp
www.snarpfarkle.com
Please join us for an extended vacation or just spend a
weekend in the northeastern most portion of the state!
Santa is Coming to Conneaut!!
Sponsored by the Conneaut Board of Tourism
The First Three Saturdays in December
December 5, December 12, December 19
4:30 to 7:00 pm
Lakeview Park • 340 Erie Street • Conneaut
See the wonderful Holiday Greeting Cards displayed in the
park, visit with Santa and enjoy a horse-drawn
carriage ride in a Central Park carriage!
Enjoy this free holiday event with friends & family!
CHILDREN OF ALL AGES WELCOME!
TREATS and SPECIAL TOKEN FOR EVERY CHILD
Be sure to bring your camera!
Visit us at www.visitconneautohio.com
440-593-2402
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