On stage and in print, Béla Fleck consistently comes across as genuine, friendly, and down to earth. I'd love to meet him someday - I almost feel like I know enough about 5-string banjo that I'd be able to have a meaningful conversation with the guy beyond the usual fan-stammering.
It's 9:49 PM, Eastern Standard Time. Not a lot going on... a Monty Python marathon on BBC America.
It's a long time since New Year's Eve was an Occasion. Growing up, I remember a few things:

Santa Frails
Originally uploaded by Usonian.
I've seen this image a couple of places on the web. I found the color version at bluegrassbanjo.org, linked without an illustrator credit... so I don't know who to attribute this to.

zinjammies1
Originally uploaded by Kimhotep.
The new Google Blogger Web Comments plugin for FireFox is pretty slick, but I can already see the potential for interesting kinds of astroturfing and web search result spam.
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