Spring Skunkfest 2013… What’s it all about? I am a newbie to the Skunk way of having a great weekend. This will be my first one and I can’t wait to hear, eat and drink it all in today and tomorrow. The fêtemen will be in attendance because live music is really important to the [...]
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Videos make all the difference in the world when it comes to music. Not music videos in the old sense of the choreographed marketing mayhems – I’m talking the kind of videos that show the talent of the musicians and the ones that give you a glimpse of their personality. These are few and far [...]
View PostHow many times in your life do you get to meet a group of girls that might be the next big thing? Well, the answer is quite simple – rarely. Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza played their first South Carolina show last night at The Handlebar. SHEL is their band’s name, but these young women [...]
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I felt like I was back in Cub Scouts… The idea was Davey’s, egged on by his brother Matt, and they had me all excited about the idea. Davey had been shooting the moon and the International Space Station through his telescope at home using an adapter he bought for this camera. Wonder what it [...]
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It was very cool to have the entire main theater at the Peace Center empty except for the four of us. Being able to hear such a superb performer as Anthony play a bit of Copland from his March show with the Chamber Orchestra was brilliant. The video Matt Morgan put together is incredible. Three [...]
View Post2013… Every new year reminds me of the Herman’s Hermits line “second verse, same as the first”. But it might be a tad different this year. ”Why”, you may ask? Well, I am about to tell you. Here are my predictions for this year: 1) Psi/Psy, or whatever his name is, will become the symbol [...]
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Shocking! Holy Newsprint, Batman! ‘Tis true, Superman’s normal/everyday self is leaving his job at the Daily Planet. Not that this is relevant in today’s world of interweb-ness, but from a cultural standpoint – this is big! When I was a child in the ’60s, Superman and Clark Kent were part of my black & white [...]
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“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.” - Nathaniel Hawthorne October is going to be a stellar month for everything fête. A new issue of the magazine is on the way and it holds a few cool [...]
View PostThere are no pictures, no videos and one link in this rant. For some reason the anti-tech view pushes this story for me. If there is something in here worth spreading your interest farther into the internet – then that one link can be found at the end of this tale. Konig Pilsner, oh pilsner [...]
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What if everyone in Greenville could read Fête? I am sure they won’t, but what if they could? How would you accomplish a feat that no one else in the local publishing community has ever done? The answer is simple and the question is rather a silly one. Of course it will never happen. The [...]
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