Grammy winners and grandmas shared VIP status during Appleton's Mile of Music, a four-day festival that celebrated both music and the Midwest, elevated new talent and encouraged Nashville's stars to feel like one of us. Molly and I saw 29 bands in four days; we sang along with old friends, discovered new favorites and expanded [...]
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Tips from a not-so-starving artist (A guest post from Katherine)
I first started budgeting when I was five-years-old, courtesy of a heavy metal lockbox hidden under my bed -- a tad dramatic perhaps, since the safe held 12 two dollar bills and a Barnes and Noble gift card, but it was my start. I have always loved math and budgeting, possibly because I knew early on I wanted [...]
Please celebrate them home
We're having a little music festival here in Appleton, Wisconsin. Maybe you've heard. Mile of Music, featuring over 100 artists performing in 40 venues over four days, opens August 8 and includes a wide range of musical genre from all over the country. Best of all, it offers a chance for some of Appleton's biggest [...]
Baby I’m amazed at the way you pulled me out of time
The temperature, which hovered in the high 90s Tuesday night, had nothing to do with our three-generational swoon. The racing hearts? The weak knees? The goofy gazes? Blame them all on Sir Paul McCartney, who held all 45,000 of us (including my mother, my sister Kathy, Molly and me) in his gifted, frenetic hands during [...]
Saturday night’s alright (for fighting stage fright)
We wandered into a music and poetry slam Saturday night, a couple of trendy hipsters out on the town. Packing some choice quotes from his favorite philosopher, Yogi Berra, on a folded piece of typing paper, Vince immediately made his way to a corner chair. Similarly armed with a blog post print out, I joined [...]