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Jan 22 2007

Another Rock Tavern benefit, another great lineup

I played my second event, this time in Garden City, Long Island, to benefit the rebuilding of the UU Rock Tavern/Sanctuary Coffeehouse, which was destroyed in a recent fire. Kudos to organizers Joanne Melosh and Michael Sansonia for producing a…

Jan 1 2007

Bruce on the Radio

Happy New Year! May your 2007 be healthy, peaceful, fulfilling and everything you truly want it to be in your heart of hearts.
I took an end of year vacation in my old haunts in the Western Massachusetts Berkshire…

Dec 15 2006

Toni Blackman and Rene Collins Show

Yesterday I backed up both hip hop ambassador Toni Blackman and folk-rockin’ old friend Rene Collins on my previously under-romanced electric guitar. The eve brought out the Good in Brooklyn, NY’s The Good Coffeehouse and I had a ball playing…

Dec 13 2006

Bruce on the Tube (and LCD)

I forgot how freezing-cold studio TV production houses are usually kept until this past Tuesday! It had been a few years since my last experience. The first cold snap has just hit New York and I’m feeling it. Veteran “…

Nov 12 2006

Rockin’ for Rock Tavern

I played at a benefit concert for New York Hudson Valley’s Rock Tavern Unitarian Universalist Congregation, the home of The Sanctuary Coffeehouse, among other things. It burned to a crisp recently.
The show, organized by Tom Boyd and…

Oct 31 2006

Up Up and Away!

The Prayer for Peace Balloon launch was a hoot. After a surprisingly fascinating dinner-presentation from the folks at Hand Papermaking magazine -- including one inspired speaker who hushed the room by exploring the variations of sounds made by different fibered…

Oct 23 2006

The Peace Balloon launch this weekend

I'm so excited I can hardly contain it: The "Prayer for Peace (1 Love)" hot air balloon launch is happening on Saturday. (See also the October 11 blog entry.) Let's put in a good word for dry weather, as long…

Oct 12 2006

When is news not News?

When it's a Blog. And it's up, as of today! So, yes, it is still "News" -- and it's now interactive. "Welcome to the Blog. May you use it with ease and in good health." (Sacred Geeklander Blessing)

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Oct 12 2006

Eleven reasons to join the Email List

1-6 • Early notice of, for example, these last six News items in your inbox. (OK, so maybe that’s pushing it for six reasons –- after all, they all went out in one “occasional” newsletter.)

7 • Exclusive merchandise offers…

Oct 10 2006

Bruce Markow