Articles
Bob Phillips and Jim Steele / Making Waves
Making Waves: A Demonstration of Kymotropic Inventions sat far too long in my stack of albums to review, mostly because I didn’t know how to tackle it. It is startlingly […]
The Orange Opera
The French philosopher JacquesMaritain once said, “The only artist who does not deserve respect is theone who works to please the public.” Four left turns later Bob Dylanclaimed that “Money […]
Coda
Twenty years of history is rare for any rock band. You see it occasionally among some of the top bands in the world – the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, The Who […]
Dan Nightingale / Wait On the Bridge
Given the state of affairs in the world circa 2007, it’s a real tightrope walk for Christian artists to navigate the line between hope, faith and the black and white […]
600 North
The band 600 North didn’t always go by that name. In a moment of clarity, while practicing at the Huntington home of drummer Blaine Sprinkle a number of years ago, […]
Hillbilly Casino
It’s been four years since Nic Roulette, best known in Fort Wayne as the energetic front man for the Blue Moon Boys, left for Nashville and the opportunity to expand […]
1947 California Cupcake Company
Finding the 1947 California Cupcake Company proved to be just slightly difficult, but only because Starbucks are multiplying like bunnies across Fort Wayne. Once whatzup and the increasingly popular Cupcakes […]
The Poseidon Adventure
While on my way to meet vocalist Jeremy Wysong and guitarist Bob Haddad of The Poseidon Adventure at a coffee shop on a typically dreary and grey winter day I […]
Kevin Hambrick / Football Weather
By now the saga of Kevin Hambrick has become well known around the area: longtime local staple, interesting backstory, intense live performer, wildly prolific songwriter, documentary subject (Paging Rascal Hanks), […]
Land Pirates
Surely no pirate tale would be complete without a mention of robbery on the high seas or the like. Taking liberties (if not prisoners) with the expression “or the like,” […]