Deniz Tek: Renaissance Man
Deniz Tek is ambidextrously inclined, as the right and left hemispheres of his brain control completely different enterprises: medicine…
The National’s claim on my ‘medium-sized American heart’
When I mention The National, I get a lot of blank stares. I’m constantly surprised that the band isn’t…
Trey Owens
Trey Owens came into my life as he did so many others: a chance encounter followed by a run-in…
The Musical Soul of Billings
^Ron Schuster, accepting the Freeman Lacy Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2012 Magic City Music Awards. Ron Schuster could…
Sarah Morris
A Sarah Morris painting seems lifted from a familiar drive, where expanses of highway open across hundred of miles,…
A Retrospective of Music Culture in Billings, Montana
As I drop down Interstate 90 into the river valley that holds the “Magic City,” I swear: I won’t…
Suk Byung Park: Warrior Spirit
Courtesy. Humility. Integrity. Perseverance. Self-control. Indomitable spirit. Words to live by in the self defense world, said Master Suk…
The passing loss of lonely
There seems to be no ice cream as sweet, no cocktail as strong, no Mexican wrestling-themed restaurant as kitschy…
Carol Spielman
The walls of Carol Spielman’s childhood bedroom weren’t plastered with posters of teen heartthrobs and movie stars. Instead, she…
Cursive’s Tim Kasher finds Montana a peaceful retreat
Originally published in Noise and Color There’s stillness in Montana that is like no other. Here the expansive country…