Jan 28 2007
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…Read more
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…Read more
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…Read more
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 “…Read more
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…Read more
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…Read more
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)
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…
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Oct 10 2006
What's around the bend?
The next month features several more peace directed shows, from backing the Brooklyn Women's Chorus in support of Kenya's Umoja Village to kickin' out the jams at the first Dissident Folk Festival to playing at Brooklyn's renowned Peace Fair (with…Read more
Oct 9 2006
The CD & other cool recording projects
A few days ago I completed and began distributing a demo CD-EP, called Demolicious 4, of interim mixes of “Enough”, Let’s Be Honest”, “Prayer for Peace” and “Shine a Little Light”. Email at info(at)brucemarkow(dot)com to purchase for $8 plus…Read more