July 7, 2014
Tags: As Time Goes By, camp songs, Casablanca, Clementine, folk songs, Oh dear what can the matter be?, The OK Chorale
About 15 years ago there was a massive controversy in The OK Chorale involving a camp song called “The Titanic.” Something similar has come up and again it involves camp songs. Who would have thought that camp songs– camp songs!—would exercise so many people? I have finally realized that what most people call camp songs are Read the Rest…
April 7, 2013
Tags: Ballard, Ballard Writer's Collective, camp songs, Egan's Jam House, Hogan's Heroes, The OK Chorale
The Ballard Writer’s Collective took over Egan’s Jam House last Tuesday night to showcase the considerable literary talent that lurks in unassuming little Ballard. (For those of you unfamiliar with the Puget Sound area, Ballard began life as a Norwegian fishing village but was subsequently swallowed by Seattle. It lives on as a distinctive neighborhood Read the Rest…