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on February 15, 2012 -
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Henry Picard – The Hershey Hurricane by Seamus McGee

Until I read this book, I had no idea who Henry Picard was. The book isn’t very long, but it opened my eyes to the impact this man had on the game of golf. If it wasn’t for Tim Ryan, author of Henry Picard – The Hersey Hurricane I might never have had the chance to read it. My good friend John Graham also did a review of it on his blog… so the book is getting some serious attention. But I met Tim on Twitter, and he sent me a copy of the book. I was so impressed I wanted [...]

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on January 6, 2012 -
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Artist Interview: 1-on-1 with BellJar

My good friend Mary Baker introduced me to this band. I hadn’t heard the name, and was confused with the name at first. Then I met the band, and it all made sense. I bet you would never guess where the name comes from. I was immediately impressed with their personalities, and how professional they handled themselves both on and off stage. The first time I saw them perform was at the Chatham Tap in Fishers, Indiana and even though the sound [...]

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on November 8, 2011 -
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Artist Interview: 1-on-1 with Terra Naomi

Oh man, does this lady have a good voice. Good doesn’t even do it justice. This woman has an AMAZING voice. I was surfing around the other day on Google+ and I saw a video that my friend Peg Fitzpatrick shared. It was of Terra, singing. But the funny thing about me finding this video on Google+ was that this video was a video about Google+… random, I know. But Terra has a ton of connections on Google+ and she decided to write a song about [...]

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on July 9, 2011 -
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Artist Interview: 1-on-1 with ΔNGELO

A voice like this doesn’t come around very often. That is why I was SO excited when I was first introduced to ΔNGELO. There are several other artists out there with the same name, but NO ONE uses the Δ, which I find both artistic and unique. That just adds to my feeling about this talented performer. I actually asked him about the asked him about the Δ in the interview. ΔNGELO has a new single out called Terrible Heart. The story of that single [...]

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on June 20, 2011 -
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Locke Becomes the First Independently Published Author to Join the Kindle Million Club

Amazon announced that John Locke has become the eighth author to sell over 1 million Kindle books, becoming the newest member of the “Kindle Million Club,” and the first independently published author to receive this distinction. As of yesterday, John Locke has sold 1,010,370 Kindle books using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). Kindle Direct Publishing is a fast and easy way for publishers and authors to start selling to Kindle customers worldwide via [...]

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on May 15, 2011 -
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Artist Interview: 1-on-1 with Marcie

Last year at Electric Zoo I met a ton of great people. Standing in the media tent I met and hung out with Chuckie, Markus Schulz, Boys Noize… tons of artists. I also had the opportunity to meet Marcie. We connected, and have stayed in touch via email over the last few months. I didn’t realize how good she was at first. It actually took me finally sitting down to listen to her podcast Behind the Lyric. (It’s really good, by the way. Make sure you check it out. You won’t be [...]

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on May 14, 2011 -
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Spotlight Indy 2011 Presented by the Indianapolis Performing Arts Community

When Ricky described it to me, he told me that there were about twenty or so acts, but each act only got a few minutes for their performance. My reply was “so you never get bored!” It sounded like a great idea, and I was not disappointed. Spotlight Indy 2011 included a variety of local performing artists from the Indianapolis area, everything from theatre groups to orchestras to dance groups and more. Asia LaBouche of the “Ladies of [...]

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on April 22, 2011 -
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20 Performing Arts Organizations Take the Stage

All proceeds from Spotlight 2011 benefit the Indiana AIDS Fund, which provides grants to agencies and programs across the state to educate and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and serve those living with the disease. Every performer, technician and stagehand is donating his or her time and talent, including the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees of Local 30 and the American Federal of Musician’s – Local #3, so that nearly 90 cents of every [...]

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on March 12, 2011 -
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Artist Interview: 1-on-1 with Protest For Pluto

Good rock and roll is hard to come by. When I first heard these guys, I just knew I had to meet them. Not only do they produce some incredible tunes, with great lyrics to match, they also are doing it for the right reason. If you just look at them, you would never think that God is a major influence for them. Not sure I would classify their music as Christian rock, but it’s close. Just look at a band like Outer Sanctum. Those guys are just about as hard as this [...]

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on March 1, 2011 -
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The Children’s Museum & Nicholas Owens Dance Company join the line-up for Spotlight 2011

On Monday, May 2nd, the performing arts community will come together to stage one night of music, dance, theater and singing performances. This is the only time in 2011 this eclectic line-up of performers will all be on one Indianapolis stage. Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University will host Randy Deer and Wayne Zink present Spotlight 2011, which includes a vignette from the Power of Children at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and [...]

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