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 Read More …
Category: Current Events
Skafish speaks on current news events
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
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …