After a few years of playing in this band, I finally played a gig where people actually understood what the hell we were laying on them. The Street Beat Brass Band played a surprise 50th birthday party in Montclair, NJ last night. We started at one home, went out in the snow and had a…
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As women left Montclair, N.J., for marches in Washington and New York, family routines were radically altered, and many fathers had to meet weekend demands alone. http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/nyregion/womens-march-montclair-nj.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share Is this another “bumbling dad” piece? This is The Onion right? Kids need both parents. I’ve been saying this for years. When I learned about…
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I did a recording session for a colleague of mind that I’ve known for quite some time in NJ today. It was a lot of fun being creative again. So much of the stuff I have been doing recently requires a lot less creativity and more of the skill of being a team player and/or…
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This sums up everything. Permanent maintenance makes absolutely NO sense in our modern society. NONE! Nathan Webb I don’t live in NJ, but I know the terror of “spousal maintenance” and how it can destroy lives. My ex wife became a professional alimony collector at the age of 32, at my expense. How is it…
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