January 30, 2011

There were 2 posts published on January 30, 2011 (this is page 1 of 1).

Discussing smoking in parks on WPTF

Perry and John in the WPTF studios

I was invited by guest-host Perry Woods to appear on the Bill LuMaye show on WPTF to talk about the proposed smoking restrictions the city of Raleigh is considering for its parks. I spent my lunch hour Thursday chatting about the proposed rule with Perry and his other guest, John Hood from the John Locke Foundation.

I’d never done an in-studio interview before and was a bit nervous at the start but overall I think I sounded credible. It was difficult making my points in-between the huge number of commercial breaks but I enjoyed it more than I expected.

You can listen to my portion of the show here:


MP3 File

Abraham Inc. brings the klezmer funk

C_Rays_Walz, Me, and David_Krakhauer

As I tweeted earlier, it’s almost not fair that it’s still January and tonight I saw the best show I’ll see all year. Abraham Inc. absolutely rocked NCSU’s Stewart Theatre tonight. I had high expectations for this show and damned if Abe Inc. didn’t just live up to them, they blew them out of the water.

After the show, the band stuck around and signed autographs. Impressed with the welcome the band got in Raleigh, keyboardist (and beat maestro) Socalled joked “From now on we’re just going to play in the South!”

If you haven’t heard Abraham Inc.’s crazy mix of hip-hop, klezmer, and funk you’ve got to check them out. I sure hope they play here again soon!