Archive for the ‘Friends’ Category

My beloved husband, Russell Bassman

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

It's 4 in the morning ... I'm really sorry, I can't sleep. My beloved husband Russell Bassman, died yesterday, friday morning, at 11 am.  He had an extremely sudden and unexpected heart attack at home.  I don't think he ever knew what happened, and he never regained consciousness.  It was very ...

Something That Doesn’t Suck

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

This article, by Keith. Excerpt:  If you’re sitting in a studio, trying to record a guitar part, and you botch up take 7 and say “that sucked”, that’s fine. But if you swing the word “sucks” around like a machine gun to wipe out entire songs, albums, and artists who actually put ...

Visit from Santa

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

I heard him ease our back screen door open, and fiddle with the doorknob. Then the screen door closed and I heard him quickly shuffling back down the back stairwell. I stood still in my kitchen, holding my breath, and finally dashed into the living room to hiss ...