Favorite childhood memory: roller-skating
in Central Park listening to "Golden Lady" by Stevie Wonder (remember
boom boxes?)and wading barefoot in the Boat Lake (yikes!)
Previous jobs:
Actress, singer, travel writer, copywriter, yoga instructor, student, waitress,
housecleaner, shipping agent, real estate agent, producer, director, voiceover
for hire, NPR Announcer, Scientific study subject ($600 was a lot of money in
those days) Favorite Job: Hosting the Local Music Cafe. It gives me a chance to
shut-up and listen to amazing talent.
Favorite musical artist: Stevie Wonder
and The New Radicals
Favorite new musical artist: Alexi Murdoch and Ozomatli
Favorite contemporary book: "Me Talk Pretty Someday" by David
Sedaris
Favorite "Read this and I'll kill you" book: My sister's
7th grade diary
Favorite quote: "Not to criticize" - Danish Physicist
Niels Bohr
Favorite movie: This is Spinal Tap (epic) is neck and neck with
an Australian Film called The Castle (pure charm)
People I admire most:
President Jimmy Carter (I think he may be a saint in Politics and a hell of a
carpenter) and my daughters August and Wyndham (everyday they blow me away)
Favorite
animal: Armadillo. Crazy little head, lots of armor soft in the middle and completely
indifferent to danger
Brush with greatness: Playing Buddy Guy's guitar with
his arms around me during a concert in Connecticut
Brushes with death: In
1970 my sisters and I fell into a sewer in Detroit; Last year I crashed my car
going 48 miles an hour around a curve to avoid a squirrel (not my favorite animal).
The first person on the scene was Joe Keenan (he pulled over). I told him that
if I'm actually still alive right now would he come on the Local Music cafe?
Most
embarrassing moment: In 1970 my sisters and I fell into a sewer in Detroit
My
life long dream: To photograph parallel universes
What makes me truly happy:
Music… the ocean… hearing
my daughters laugh… my husband's
mouth… the color orange… giving something back
Why Martha's Vineyard:
I'm a natural city girl and a Pisces and this is a great place to be a fish out
of water. Also The phrase " go on
in, it's never locked" is used
at least once a week here and I haven't seen a cockroach in years.
Listeners,
thank you for caring enough to read this. The rhythm pulls us together. So, what
about you? e-mail Alison
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