movie lessons
Ever use movies to teach any of your lessons? I do. They’re a great way for students to learn natural phrases and improve listening. I’ve used movies like “The Firm”, “Catch Me If You Can” and “Mrs....
View Article2012 republicans
Well as you may well know, 2012 is a U.S. presidential election year. The front running republican candidate so far is Mitt Romney. I hope you’ve been following the really stupid things he’s been...
View ArticleLive Party #16
Well it’s that time again. Time for another one of my live music performances. Stevie is back by popular demand to sing and entertain with his rendition of Elvis Presley music. The set organization...
View ArticleOverlapping Music Genres
With many of today's music genre's overlapping borders, it is very often hard to describe one genre from another. Some country sounds like rock and some rock sounds like pop. Ever wonder which genre...
View ArticlePrince
Well hello again. I’m surprising myself by writing for 2 consecutive nights. Well I just want to tell you about the documentary I watched last night on Music Air. For those of you who have cable TV ( I...
View Articlethe Blue Flame
Last Sunday nite I went to Minami Azabu to check out a club called “Blue Flame” as a possible place to do another “Elvis” gig. I wasn’t expecting it but it was jam session nite. Well I was rather...
View ArticleBrooke Shields
What do you know about Brooke Shields in 1980? Well I’ll tell you what I know. She was 15 years old. And she was the subject of controversy in the U.S. because of Calvin Klein. As you may well...
View ArticleJennifer Rice
Do you know Jennifer Rice? Maybe not. Not many people know of her but she’s quite famous in the Olympic world. She’s an Australian swimmer who won 3 medals in the 2008 Olympics. She’ll be competing in...
View ArticleBlue Flame 2
It was another hoppin’ night at the Blue Flame last night for the July Jam session. Only 2 drummers so I got to do a lot of jammin’. The other drummer was a bas ass mother fucker. He was soooo good....
View ArticleA Wiseman wild night
Hello all I'd like to tell you about the wild night the freetalk Friday night group had last Friday. Acrually I was not there but chris (our teacher from UK) was. He told meabout it so now I'm telliing...
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