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The ACC Tournament is the best sporting event in the country
from the Washington Post This can be proved by objective evidence: 100% of the people in my survey agreed. And so do all these people. I’m sitting here enjoying a very close game between North Carolina...
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Rhododendron at last
Since moving to Cincinnati we’ve made occasional efforts to replicate some of the kinds of Southern plantings we were used to (azalea and dogwood in SC, rhododendron and mountain laurel in the NC...
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Absolutely the best graphic ever about the South
just about the most amazing graph ever I recently saw a LinkedIn discussion about how to define the South. Think there’s no such thing? Think again. This graph from the ASARB in 2002, available from...
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William Henry Glasson Wheeler, RIP
This is what happens when you scan a half-tone, alas An old high school friend of mine died last week after a battle with lung cancer. We had drifted apart after our college years and I hadn’t seen him...
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Getting ready for the Wayne Henderson Music Festival
Grayson-Highlands State Park, near Mouth of Wilson, VA. My li’l sister Jean is Secretary of the Festival Committee. “Always the 3rd Saturday in June, rain or shine.” Wayne is a celebrated old-time...
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WHQR hires new station manager after 19-month vacancy
Update 8/12/10: John Kiesewetter’s blog in the Cincinnati Enquirer also has a story about my move. From today’s Star-News Online, Wilmington, NC: “Wilmington’s public radio station finally has a new...
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Sacred Harp at Piccolo Spoleto
I’m at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. Today I’ll be attending the pretty-much all-day Sacred Harp singing at Piccolo Spoleto. SCETV Radio interviewed me for their opening show of “Spoleto...
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My weekend at Spoleto
I realized that after an enjoyable weekend at the Spoleto Festival, I would normally post something on this blog. Instead I worked on material for the WHQR website and for use on air. So here’s a link...
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Surrendering to my inner geek, part 2
Another geek alert: Last time I wrote about digitizing LPs. Here’s my newest techno toy: the Zoom H2 digital recorder. I used this on a recent trip to Virginia for the Wayne Henderson Music Festival...
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My home town makes the N.Y. Times
The Peachoid Li’l Gaffney, SC, my home town, has unexpectedly found itself in the thick of the Republican primaries. Opponents of Mitt Romney are focusing on the closure of a photo scrapbook factory in...
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