Parades, Mermaids, Strip Bars, And Tootsie Rolls

I’ve never been much of a parade person. Not even as a kid was I moved to stand sidelined watching tractors, fire trucks, flat bed trailers made to look like scenes from movies, and local politicians throwing candy at kids while said kids clamored on small town main street for the candy they typically tossed […]

Weird Al, Wendy Carlos, and a Prison Town

It’s Percussion Ensemble season here. Nearly every weekend in the months of February and March are spent traveling to different high schools so we can watch our 17-year old perform with the Warsaw Percussion Ensemble. This year their show is horror-themed and called “Eternal Nightmare”. They start out with an eerie rendition of Bananarama’s “Cruel […]