Archive for May 7th, 2009

Local Rhythms – Twitter for music? I’m in.

May 7, 2009

I’ve come around to Twitter.
For the longest time, it just seemed frivolous.  So you’re stuck in the airport, or navigating the Starbucks latte line.  Who cares?
Then I learned how to use blip.fm to Tweet music to my peeps.
For the uninitiated, a tweet is Twitter’s hybrid of a Facebook status update and [...]

At 90, Pete Seeger isn’t slowing down

May 7, 2009

As a beaming Pete Seeger bounded across the star-studded Madison Square Garden stage midway through his 90th birthday celebration Sunday night, Thom Wolke looked on in amazement.
“Man,” he thought, “I’d like this much energy when I turn 50!”
Wolke watched from backstage as Guy Davis, the blues man he’s managed for [...]