Songs and stories
November 28th, 2008 — For sale by owner, Music and lyrics
It’s been a while since I talked about my instrumental album, “Wordlessly,” and even longer since I’ve posted some audio from it to this site.
You can listen to five songs from the album here:
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Get more information on my store page or go buy it now in iTunes.
November 24th, 2008 — Odds and ends
I had submitted this photo of a billboard on U.S. 30 between Fort Wayne and Columbia City to The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks.
It was posted today. I am “honored.”
November 24th, 2008 — Friends and family
November 21st, 2008 — Motion and sound
This is for you, Tim Bushong: A crazy six-piece harmonica orchestra.
Addendum: Tim says in the comments that this is a medley of tunes by Raymond Scott, whose music became most well-known to my generation by its use in Warner Bros. cartoons.
In fact, this piece is actually the entire “Powerhouse” song, which was composed with two seemingly unrelated themes: the slower “assembly line” theme in the middle and the faster “chase” theme at the beginning and end.Thanks for the tip, Tim!
November 21st, 2008 — Friends and family, History and heritage
This is Mary’s grandmother, Rosina Maltese Guglielmo, as a young girl.
Go to our Flickr page for more historic photos, or better yet, see them as a slideshow.
November 20th, 2008 — Motion and sound
Funny and convicting at the same time. HT: Andrew Sikora
November 15th, 2008 — History and heritage
I’ve been scanning in some more of Mary’s family photos. I’ll keep adding information as we can either remember it or track it down.
The man on the right is Dominick Maltese, Mary’s great uncle. The man on the left is unidentified, but most likely a colleague. Dominick was a police officer and an FBI agent, and did a lot of undercover work.
Hope you enjoy these great old photos! At that page, you can even subscribe to the photos in this set with an RSS reader, if you like.
Also: This photo is the back of the above photo, which was actually a post card.
Another also: You can view all of the heritage photos in a slideshow here.
November 11th, 2008 — Story and design
Since I can’t find this PDF on The News-Sentinel’s site, I thought I’d post it here.
This map of Allen County shows how each precinct went in the general election. The darker the blue, the higher the advantage for Barack Obama. The darker the red, the higher the advantage for John McCain.
Click the map (or click right here) for the PDF.
