Harry Bolyard has owned the same violin longer than the average person will live - 85 years. He was 10 years old when his dad bought it for him, so that makes this feisty fiddler a 95-year-old. ...more

December 27, 2009

Imagine in the prevailing, miserable economy, catapulting from a job you dread to a dream career - a career! - you scarcely allowed yourself to imagine even during the boom times of the mid-decade. ...more

December 23, 2009

There's nothing like getting humbled by a bunch of 8-year olds. Wharton High senior swimmer Jordan Rees would know. He's been there, done that. Rees didn't really make a splash his first couple of years in the pool. ...more

November 11, 2009

Last year's "Zeitgeist" album - turgid, bleak and monochromatic - was a none too promising proclamation of Smashing Pumpkins' return. ...more

August 21, 2008

CLEARWATER - Last year's "Zeitgeist" album – turgid, bleak and monochromatic – was a none too promising proclamation of Smashing Pumpkins' return. ...more

August 20, 2008