RIP Allen Woody – a woolly mammoth of a man

“It’s hard to imagine a better American musical ambassador than Alan Paul. After spent crafting words, he found himself in a situation where words didn’t work anymore and was able to transcend them and make a deeper emotional connection…
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Rebecca Blumenstein – feminist icon

"There’s this feeling that women can’t do it all, and I would like to humbly submit that I disagree." -Rebecca Blumenstein, Wall Street Journal Deputy Managing Editor I'm sure you know this, but Rebecca is also my wife. I stumbled…

How music saved my life – again.

"I hit the city and I ost my band. I know that some of you don't understand..." -Neil Young It was really disorienting to return from Beijing and suddenly be stripped of everything I had so loved about my life in China, probably the band…

A Labor Day roundup of corruption in sports

The NCAA is so far gone that it needs to be blown up,says the Washington Post's John Feinstein. "The NCAA needs to go away, the same way all corrupt organizations must eventually go away. The Berlin Wall fell, and so did the Soviet Union.…

Hiking Electric Pass, Aspen CO – with original music

What a great hike this was... original music is "Come to the Edge," from Woodie Alan's Beijing Blues CD. Listen to Woodie's mournful, beautiful lap steel slide playing. This is the last song on Beijing Blues, and I like it more than I r…