The Musical Soul of Billings
^Ron Schuster, accepting the Freeman Lacy Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2012 Magic City Music Awards. Ron Schuster could…
Sarah Morris
A Sarah Morris painting seems lifted from a familiar drive, where expanses of highway open across hundred of miles,…
A Retrospective of Music Culture in Billings, Montana
As I drop down Interstate 90 into the river valley that holds the “Magic City,” I swear: I won’t…
Suk Byung Park: Warrior Spirit
Originally published in Magic City Magazine Courtesy. Humility. Integrity. Perseverance. Self-control. Indomitable spirit. Words to live by in the…
Quitting
A piece I wrote while quitting smoking. Read at Montana Slam, February 2012. I’ve been smoking for 15 years. I’ve quit…
The passing loss of lonely
There seems to be no ice cream as sweet, no cocktail as strong, no Mexican wrestling-themed restaurant as kitschy…
Carol Spielman
The walls of Carol Spielman’s childhood bedroom weren’t plastered with posters of teen heartthrobs and movie stars. Instead, she…
Cursive’s Tim Kasher finds Montana a peaceful retreat
Originally published in Noise and Color There’s stillness in Montana that is like no other. Here the expansive country…
Mrs. Big John Bates
Originally published in Noise and Color What happens when you merge one of Vancouver’s most notorious musicians with a…
Clyde Aspevig’s symphony of oils
At first glance, a Clyde Aspevig oil painting appears to be a snapshot from a moment in time—something you’d imagine…