The Musician
whose violin haunts these rounded hills with a thread of sound? which spins through aspen lays grief in sloughs weaves through bent grass to enter my cabin like a violent sunrise
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Sophia Fontaine’s final trip to England didn’t go as planned. Not to put too fine a point on it, the country was not her cup of tea, and it had nothing to do with that disastrous Tosca at Covent Garden in ’99 when she’d tripped over Scarpio’s outstretched leg and fell, face first, onto the stage, breaking her nose. She remembered all too well, while nursing her aching nose and even more severely bruised psyche, how the sun seldom came out from behind rain-soaked clouds. London was always damp and cold — the houses and hotels vastly under heated — and everything was horribly...
Read MoreThe Snare Drum is My Genesis, Part 1
in my beginning is my end before i knew the drums i felt the creek’s funky beat— heard the sublime range harp & Wild West whistle the soundtrack of wood thump wire click & real thunder in my book of music self i could not embrace the parlor piano nor my father’s proficient clarinet. i chose the way of the rebel rancher’s daughter my first drum teacher was my mother who could kick my ass on the snare—rip out whip-crack flams, five-stroke rolls, & ratamacue stagings, not unlike a fearless firm halter snap against the chaos of animal...
Read MoreDecades of Rock and Roll on the High Seas
Neil Young said “Rock and Roll is here to stay.” Indeed it is, and the Decades of Rock and Roll Cruise, setting sail from Ft. Lauderdale on February 1, 2014, is proof positive. A nine-day eight-night cruise packed full of music, Decades of Rock and Roll is bound for St. Maarten, St. Kitts, San Juan, and Royal Caribbean’s private island Labadee, with plenty of time for both island fun and music on the high seas. Rocking the Caribbean since 2006, the Decades of Rock and Roll Cruise is popular across the board with all ages. From Boomers to Generation X, grandparents to...
Read MoreWild Violet Featured Works: Week of Aug. 12 (Otakon Tribute)
A member of the press in traditional Japanese dress at Otakon As many people who know me are aware, I am a staffer at Otakon, currently working in Press Relations. Otakon is a membership based convention sponsored by Otakorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based, 501(c)3 educational non-profit whose mission is to promote the appreciation of Asian culture, primarily through its media and entertainment. Otakon was this past weekend! In honor of that, here are this week’s selections: In Richard Luftig’s short story, “Amaya,” a pregnant Japanese woman tries to connect...
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