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Let the music move you…

Chris Epting — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:47:59 +0000

I wanted to let you know that I've started a new blog here at beliefnet.net - The Rock and Roll Road Trip - which is where you can now follow me. Thanks for continuing the ride.......

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Back from the Arctic…

Chris Epting — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:28:09 +0000

Charlie and I made it back from the Actic and it was more spectacular than we imagined it would be. I've already written an article about it... "Maybe it was the deep isolation in a blue and white ice world; maybe it was the spectacular nature or a combination of both. Whatever it was, I could not wait to visit the land of the "midnight sun" with Quark this year, and this trip has left me reeling, just as the last one did. We flew from Oslo to Longyearbyen, a small town on the...

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A Def Leppard glimpse…

Chris Epting — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:43:22 +0000

Something special - recently I sat down at the home of Phil Collen from Def Leppard - he shared some of the new live album that's coming out this week, "Mirrorball" - which includes three new studio tracks as well. More to follow once the album is released, but here's a glimpse of our visit... ...

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Herb Alpert & Lani Hall – A Match Made in Musical Heaven

Chris Epting — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:43:04 +0000

From an article I wrote recently… “It's not often that you get to speak with a musical legend as lasting and impactful as Herb Alpert. Given that he will be performing May 20 in our backyard at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, I thought you might enjoy this. The numbers alone are staggering. One hundred million albums sold. Eight Grammys. Recipient of Grammy...

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Graduation and Growing Up

Chris Epting — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:39:03 +0000

Many of you are preparing for graduations this time of the year - we have two. Our daughter is moving from middle school to high school and our son is graduating from high school. My newspaper column this week talks about all of this, with a poem I wrote for grads, and also for parents. But there's something else I wanted to share. When our son was about one, he started climbing up...

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Confucius says…

Chris Epting — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:52:17 +0000

I took this photo this morning and attached what felt like an appropriate thought - from one of my favorite philosophers... "I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there."Confucius, The Confucian...

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Still Sailing – review of Christopher Cross’s “Doctor Faith”

Chris Epting — Mon, 09 May 2011 22:17:39 +0000

Thirty years ago, it was seemingly everywhere; the earnest, feathery voice of a soft-spoken Texas balladeer – Christopher Cross. The charts back then featured a galaxy of stars and soon-to-be-legends; Blondie, Queen, Elton John, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. But Cross’s thoughtful, simple, self-titled debut made its mark – big time. In 1981, he took home five Grammys. Since then, there's also been an Oscar, a Golden Globe, not to mention about nine million worldwide album...

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Marilyn Monroe Mystery…

Chris Epting — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:16:56 +0000

A piece I've been working on for a couple of weeks just broke on AOL News. There's just something about her - it's strange - that pulls many of us in... In any event, here you go... ...

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Dodger Stadium – A Metaphor For Life

Chris Epting — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:58:39 +0000

We all know what happened at Dodger Stadium last week - the tragic beating of a Giants fan in the parking lot after the game. Dodger owner Frank McCourt called it a "random act" (as opposed to the calculated attack that it was) and the Dodgers are now in full PR press mode - holding press conferences with the mayor and letting it be known to every single person entering the stadium that this sort of violence will not be tolerated. As if it were more than about the 5% of the fans that cause...

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