Dong Bang Junior

Watching all the reality shows for young talent is my favorite pastime. To see some former competitors succeed in the big time is a thrilling thing for me. You’d think they were my children. Most of my male family members can’t see past the sport marketing of football and basketball or whatever season is in [...]

To me science and technology are the children of art. I argue that all things that are invented or created are a further expression of an inherent artistic expression. Take the newly developed scope mount by Global Defense Initiatives, Inc. They certainly required highly skilled designers, hence artists, to give us this tool to minimize [...]

My wife and I were fortunate enough to be invited to a magnificent performance of Strauss and Mozart this last spring in Victoria. Not only did we revel in the music, but the icing on the cake was a visit to the incomparable Butchart Gardens. This could possibly be my favorite place on Earth. Then [...]

It takes about seven or eight seconds to determine the level of entertainment you are about to witness when you go to any venue. Whether it be ballet or opera or even a pop concert, you can tell by the quality of the lighting and sound and set structure if your experience will turn out [...]

I guess my persona has the potential to seem a bit stuffy. People sometimes interpret my love of calssical music to be a trait of a snob. I know that I am not, but there certainly are times that anyone with an iota of a sense of taste must speak his piece. I have a [...]

My wife and I were invited to an intimate concert in the downtown area of Portland. We weren’t sure we wanted to deal with the weather this time of the year in the northwest. The trip would be about 150 miles and we wern’t very familiar with the artists that were performing. Well, we wound [...]

My entire family could be considered eccentric when it comes to our off-the-wall captivation by the performing arts. We’d rather have a top row seat at a performance of the Nutcracker than a fifty yardline seat at the Superbowl. So when my sister’s son said that his interest was in inventing the world’s largest industrial [...]

I’m sitting in the second row from the stage apron at a local concert hall. I am in my element and in super anticipation of a new singing sensation about to perform an incredible aria. All of a sudden, I hear something like a motor testing coming from behind the slowly opening drapes. There it [...]

In my eyes, just about everything is an art form. My wife has a flair for beautifying even the most desperate eyesores. Three years ago we joined some friends for a fabulous Chopin concert. Afterwards we went to their condo for cocktails. I was sort of set back by the condition of the place. My [...]

I hear you are struggling to raise the funds for your first stage production. Welcome to the arts. Until you make a name for yourself in the world of performace, you will remain a medicant. For this reason, it gives me great joy to let you in on the best kept financial secret since the [...]