I’m with the band

I think the first time I used the phrase “I’m with the band” — apart from in junior high when I played flute in an actual band — was in high school when I somehow became attached to a band called Flight. In case you can’t tell from the photo below, it was the 1980s….

Dreams can come true

I went to see The Castaways at Urban Coffee Lounge in Kirkland tonight. It’s a ukulele band that does cover songs from the ’80s. I’ll give you a minute while you read that sentence again. They’re fabulous. You wouldn’t think a bunch of ukuleles and some drums could sound so cool, but they do. The…