John Relph: Things I Want You To Know

Show on June 20, 2012

20 Jun 2012 21:00:00 EDT

I will be attending the 2012 National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Festival in Weiser, Idaho. More music than a normal human being can stand.

Show on June 4, 2012

04 Jun 2012 05:00:00 EDT

Newgrass Effect with Tom Gray will play on the long-running T.V. show Communicating Today on Channel 10, Fairfax Cable. The show will be broadcast later in the week: Wednesday at 8:30pm, Friday at 6:30am and Sunday at 3:30 pm.

Show on May 19, 2012

19 May 2012 19:00:00 EDT

Newgrass Effect with Tom Gray will be performing more psychedelic underground bluegrass hits at Tiffany Tavern in Alexandria, Virginia. It has been confirmed with Betty Jo Bialosky (but everybody knew her as Nancy).

Show on May 12, 2012

12 May 2012 12:00:00 EDT

All instrumental wedding music with Scott Morgan. Private party.

Show on April 13, 2012

13 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EDT

I will be spending my father's birthday playing bluegrass with Newgrass Effect with Tom Gray, at Tiffany Tavern in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. I think it's a great way to spend a Friday the 13th. Are you feeling lucky?

Dirty River: Graveyard Train @ CDBaby

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:40:48 +0000

Graveyard Train, the debut album by Dirty River, is now available for purchase at CDBaby. Download it or have the physical media shipped to you so you can hold it in your hot little hands.

Flying Dog features Dirty River in Artomatic promo

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:28:49 EDT

Dirty River is featured in the short film “Flying Dog Sponsors Artomatic in Washington D.C.” (otherwise known as “Artomatic 2008 + Flying Dog = AWESOME”). The promo film contains part of Dirty River's performance of “California Cottonfields” from the Cabaret Stage at Artomatic 2008 from Saturday, May 17, 2008. How cool is that?

June 16-21: National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:45:04 EDT

2008 National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Festival, Weiser, Idaho. All day, all night. Be there.

Finding My Religion: Monk's Best Friend

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:12:33 -0400

Snapping, snarling, growling, jumping, sulking or just plain sad and scared -- if this describes your dog's behavior, it may be time to send Rover on a religious retreat.

By DAVID IAN MILLER

Fitness: A Healthy Mix of Rest and Motion

Fri, 4 May 2007 13:31:34 -0400

New findings suggest that for at least one workout a week it pays to alternate between short bursts of high-intensity exercise with easy-does-it recovery.

By PETER JARET

Sex Will Make You Go Blind

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:34:56 EDT

Sex Will Make You Go Blind
Single? Under 30? You are in grave danger. Your government says so. Please, stop laughing

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Don't Impeach Bush. Commit Him.

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:10:00 EDT

Opinion: Ted Rall. "A maniacal messianic prepares to fulfill his destiny".

The 'American Inquisition'

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:10:00 EDT

Opinion: James Reston Jr.

Paranoia gripped Spanish society as the Inquisition coincided with a Christian war against the Muslims of southern Spain. Clandestine trials, secret prisons, rampant eavesdropping, torture, desecration of Islam's holy books, and gruesome public executions created an atmosphere of pervasive terror. Suspects were assumed to be guilty, with no recourse to a defense, to a jury, or to a legitimate court.

In the chaos now roiling the Western world, does any of this sound familiar?

Sleep Disorder? Wake Up and Smell the Savanna

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EDT

You would think the country is in the grip of an insomnia epidemic given the rising popularity of sleep drugs. Over the last five years, the use of hypnotics has increased by an astonishing 60 percent, according to IMS Health, a research company.

Is the state of sleep in America really that bad?

How Islamic inventors changed the world

Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:25:00 EDT

From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we take for granted in daily life. As a new exhibition opens, Paul Vallely nominates 20 of the most influential - and identifies the men of genius behind them

For Trader Joe's, a New York Taste Test

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EDT

The food chain has become tremendously popular among Americans who like to be entertained and educated by what they eat, as well as nourished by it.

The Many Directions of Time

Sun, 5 Feb 2006 07:50:55 EST

“Imagine that ‘the arrow of time’ in the Universe, like gravity on Earth, is pretty much the same everywhere, yet also different everywhere relative to everywhere else. That means that the ‘arrow of time’ points in different directions in spacetime depending on where you are, so time has a geometry just like space has a geometry. The novel idea that there are an infinite number of time dimensions in the Universe revolutionizes gravitational theory and much of modern science with it. A number of outstanding scientific mysteries are definitively solved . . .”

Time Management

Mon, 2 Jan 2006 13:09:00 GMT

So much stuff, in several places & areas, is waiting that it is tempting to walk away.

Q. What to do when there is so much stuff to do that nothing is possible?

From "It Was Legal" To "I Am Lazy": The George Bush Domestic Spy Story

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:28:00 EST

“Another day, yet another new and wholly different explanation from the Bush administration about its illegal domestic spying operation.”

CoMando Sessions Volume III

20 Dec 2005 11:23:00 EST

John Relph performs “Nancy's Waltz” on the CoMando Sessions Volume III CD. The CD is now available at a reduced price.

“. . . just like John Relph's great performance of ‘Going Places’ at the left coast mando gathering this fast waltz is an unusual and excellent composition. John's playing is excellent. . .” Mike Stangeland