The L.A. Times has an article about USC’s Thornton School of Music’s announcement of a new bachelor of music degree in pop music performance.
The thrust of the new program, which is overseen by associate dean Chris Sampson, is to provide a place for instrumentalists or vocalists whose passion is popular music — be it [...]

Nat Hentoff has a nice one over at The Wall Street Journal about a group of second graders that have been dubbed “kids for Coltrane”.
Christine Passarella teaches at the Holliswood School, P.S. 178 in Jamaica Estates, Queens and has some progressive methods.
“I have worked on wonderful projects on artful thinking with the Metropolitan Museum of [...]

That’s right, you see it with your own eyes-Double Digits-The Big One-Ohhhhh.
What started out as just a wee Friday Night Cage Match/Fondue Party/Evolving Conversation/Dancing About Architecture has evolved, grown, and matured.
I think a celebration is in order. Perhaps, I will grab a ceremonial Dr. Pepper on my way home from the Key Largo gig.
On to [...]