NewsMarch 05

Marc Douglas Berardo

News

March 2005

Rachel Bissex, 48, of Burlington VT died Feb. 20, 2005. She was the beloved wife of Stephen Goldberg, loving mother of Emma Goldberg, Matthew Cosgrove and Jonas Goldberg, and sister of Karl, Walter, Donald and Paul Bissex. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 1:30 p.m. in The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington VT, 152 Pearl Street. A full obituary will follow. In lieu of flowers, a scholarship fund is being established for her children.

www.Rachelbissex.com

Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
1937 -2005
Mahalo.

I will be performing as a finalist for the second year in the prestigious Plowshares Song Contest. This is one of those nationally recognized song honors that make me feel like a real dandy when hobnobing with the folk and song crowd.The showcase night will take place in Phoenixville, PA on March 12. The show will be headlined by the great Cliff Eberhardt
(one of my songwriting/ guitar heroes) and will include some very fine talent. The songs that were selected: JUST ONE and THE RUM DIARY are both from my CD " As You Make Your Way." (Once again, high fives to Prof. Dick Neal and Pete Szymanski for thier work on the CD.) It is a very nice feeling when songs that you made up, get recognized and singled out. I thank you for your support and encouragement.

We have begun work on a brand new CD of original songs. I will be working with a new record company and fancy management. All of these people get to their appointments on time, make keen obsevations in a concise and thoughtful manner, and for the most part, conduct themselves like grownups. This will be new for me, this particular brand of "music business."
The late Frank Zappa once observed: "Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." The good Doctor Hunter S. Thompson points out that: "The Music Business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.There is also a negative side."

I look forward to working with my new business "partners." More on all of this later.

Here are some CDs I like and listen to in my high powered Saturn touring car: