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Becky
Jun 254 min read
Hankypants - Still With Us
I'm told New York Times obituary writers pre-game assignments, writing the life stories of celebrities and other well-known folks far in...
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Becky
Sep 2, 20232 min read
Good Dog.
My friend Hilary had to say goodbye to her beloved friend, Star. Star, a Bernese Mountain Dog, was a purebred canine supermodel: She had...
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Becky
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Secret Agent, Mannnnnnnn
I had a conversation with a booking agent this afternoon. Many of you have asked if we plan to play this winter and the answer is... we...
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Becky
Apr 12, 20214 min read
Okay, Boomer: You're Hired
(Or why we should be) There's plenty of generational bias out there. Millennials are entitled. Gen X? Sarcastic. Gen Zs have a (weird)...
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Becky
Feb 16, 20215 min read
Rabbit Holing
John and I were out making a Valentine's Day delivery, when we noticed a sign in the neighborhood and made a U-turn. It directed us to a...
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Becky
Dec 29, 20202 min read
2020: Thanks... Now Go Away
Ah, 2020. The year none of us—except maybe science fiction writers and former President Barack Obama and the CDC—ever saw heading our...
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Becky
Aug 16, 20204 min read
What I Learned on my Summer Vacation: Part 2
With both of us unemployed (for awhile), and with COVID-19 infection rates climbing across much of the United States, a 2020 summer...
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Becky
Jul 11, 20204 min read
What I Learned on my Summer Vacation: Pandemic Pontificating - Part 1
On April 8, 2020, my manager Slacked me, saying we needed to touch base. This wasn't uncommon: she lives and works in Portland, Oregon...
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Becky
Jun 19, 20203 min read
Who do we want to be?
Today, with America potentially hitting ctrl/alt/delete on our social sacred cows, maybe it's time we start over by thinking carefully about
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Becky
May 11, 20204 min read
From Betty Wright to the Apocalypse
When I discovered popular music, I was an 11 year old suffering from chronic bronchitis and resting at my grandmother's house. A...
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Becky
Apr 14, 20204 min read
Thou Shalt Not Covid Thy Neighbor's Wife
(clickbait headline doesn't reflect blog - I just thought it was funny) (this is not a musical post, either) My parents were WWII...
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Becky
Dec 31, 20192 min read
Roaring into the Twenties
To our old and new friends -- including dancing wait staff, boogying booking buddies and amused family members -- I want to thank you all...
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Becky
Aug 11, 20192 min read
How about some good news?
Between tweets, shootings and news about people behaving really, really badly, I just don't want to know anything, anymore. So let's talk...
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Becky
Jun 23, 20192 min read
Another farewell
I love the word "windfall." It sounds like its definition. An online dictionary defines it as "a piece of unexpected good fortune." As...
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Becky
May 7, 20191 min read
Farewell, Armand
Today, we salute Armand. A few years back, our friends Dawna and Colleen started bringing Armand to our gigs. The three of them came out...
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Becky
Feb 6, 20192 min read
"Of a certain age..."
What the hell. One minute you are wearing shoulder pads, tight jeans, stiletto heels and fingerless, crocheted gloves, and the next you...
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Becky
Mar 10, 20183 min read
Band Business
It's a unique business, this band stuff. The stew of creating and selling art, with co-workers side by side, often leaves me feeling a...
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Becky
Nov 23, 20172 min read
Farewell, David Cassidy
I was a card-carrying member of the David Cassidy fan club. After sending off a few dollars in the mail, a tiny, red wallet card...
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Becky
Jan 28, 20172 min read
Music Soothes the Savage... Me
Last night, before our gig, my friend Dawna showed up. Dawna comes to so many of our performances. She dances and sings along, bringing...
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Becky
Jul 23, 20161 min read
Playing a 90th Birthday Bardy
When we were asked to play a surprise 90th birthday party this summer, we weren't sure what to expect. We shouldn't have worried. Well...
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