Skafish NPR Interview With Live Piano Performance

When my first holiday jazz album, “Tidings Of Comfort And Joy – A Jazz Piano Trio Christmas” was first released in 2006, I was interviewed on the Chicago National Public Radio show Eight-Forty-Eight with host Steve Edwards to discuss the record. On the show, I also played live piano versions of three of my album [...]

Video of Skafish on WJOB Radio Posted!

Hey, I told everyone that I was appearing on WJOB radio on Thursday, December 8, 2011, and now, the interview is posted in its entirety on You Tube. Here’s the video!  — Skafish

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Skafish on the Radio

OK, I’m not going to move in next door  — well, at least not yet! But, I am going to be live on local radio. I will be a guest on WJOB1230 AM talk radio, on the show “Flying Around The Sun,” hosted by Mark Mybeck and Phil Rapchak. The show is broadcast on Thursday [...]

And the winners are…

Sarah Andrews of Evanston Illinois, and Bob Pittenger of Warsaw Indiana are the two winners of the Other People’s Rejection Letters free giveaway book contest. Thanks to everyone who participated as it’s been a lot of fun! FYI, I’ve got another exciting Skafish giveaway contest coming up in just a few days. — Jim Skafish

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Mick Jagger tells Larry King it’s just luck

I have always liked Mick Jagger both as a songwriter and a front-man. He’s my kind of performer because he takes charge and dominates the audience like an alpha-male lion tamer, just as a great entertainer must, especially in the context of the huge arena concert where so many things can go awry. As a [...]

Even Bono Can’t Get a Break

I remember my band and I being on the same bill with U-2 at an outdoor concert in Dublin, Ireland in late July, 1980. I recall it so vividly because it was held at an ancient castle which was stunningly beautiful, and there were approximately 35, 000 people there — a huge audience for us, [...]

The death of Michael Jackson and the short attention span entertainment history

With Michael Jackson’s death, we see how the attention span of pop culture regarding entertainment “history” is just centered in the ever fleeting moment of what is considered (and how I hate this word) “relevant” at the time. What’s considered “relevant” is what those who are talking about “history” can relate to. That usually pertains [...]

Still, there’s No Liberation Here

At around Midnight a few days ago on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009, I happened to notice a news story on CNN about an 11 year old boy named Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover from Massachusetts, who had been taunted, bullied and harassed daily for almost one year straight because he was perceived as gay.  Days before he [...]