The Boarders: Taverna Nights

11 years ago

This was the mid-1990s in Portland, Maine, and we were the Boarders.

The Boarders, All Keyed Up

11 years ago

Late in the 1860s novel Little Women, heroine Jo March, dreading her friend Laurie’s budding romantic feelings for her, tells…

Cowlix All Over

11 years ago

A prepositional exploration of the Two Big Years of the Cowlix, 1992-94.

“Merry Christmas!” He Bellowed

11 years ago

In which I ditch mainstream American Christmas music for my Christmas Greeting Tapes and, accordion in hand, turn to Europe.

Cowlix, Coming and Going

11 years ago

In which the Cowlix lose and gain and lose drummers, and have many gigs and almost none. And the Fashion…

The Cowlix: New Basement, No Bass-ment

11 years ago

In November 1989, just about eight years after we first met him, bassist Steve Chapman left our band. Or he…

An Old Friend I Happened to See

11 years ago

We tend to think of country music as a product of the South and the West, but really, the name…

Fashion Jungle: Audio out — Video in

11 years ago

http://youtu.be/0JAzfJ8iKHU Above: The Fashion Jungle rehearses "Don't Sell the Condo" in Steve's basement, early 1988. Videographer: Gretchen Schaefer. They say…

Fashion Jungle: Veterans’ Club

12 years ago

Bad, pesky words! Go directly to popular tunes! "It's all the more baffling that a band with so many high-quality…

1986

12 years ago

https://youtu.be/0RY8UL9qlfY Famous music critic on local television wires, 1986!   In March 1986, I interviewed Alana MacDonald of the trio…

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