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Wait, there are women Rush Fans? Yes. [Video]

  By Robert Reid | September 7, 2015 - 2:21 pm | Places, RO-Rock Music, USA, Video
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Kindly watch this short video: Everything you know about fans of Rush is probably wrong. That sort of bore out recently when I attended RushCon, a “Star Trek convention for Rush fans,” and found out it’s NOT only guys miming drum fills in 18-minute … Read on →

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Oklahoma’s Last Stop [Article]

  By Robert Reid | August 31, 2015 - 5:32 pm | Articles, Oklahoma, Places, RO-Travel, RO-Underdogs, USA
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I grew up in Oklahoma, which means I grew up flipping through the pages of Oklahoma Today magazine. I have a feature in its latest issue on the Oklahoma Panhandle, a dream trip I took with my 76-year-old uncle last fall. It’s one of my … Read on →

St Lucia Postcard Series: Want one?

  By Robert Reid | May 4, 2015 - 4:33 pm | Places
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This week I’m going to St Lucia to track down a clarinet tutor. And I’ll be packing my stunning new clarinet, a sky blue/gold woodwind named “Jeff” (see right). While I’m at it, I want to publish an “article” by postcard. I’ll do … Read on →

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Me & the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon

  By Robert Reid | April 30, 2015 - 1:27 pm | Places, Vietnam
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Writers are never supposed to begin stories with bird’s-eye views from an airplane. But no arrival in my travel life has compared with my approach to Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport in 1995. It was my first trip to Asia, … Read on →

Preview: NYC’s (New) Whitney Museum

  By Robert Reid | April 24, 2015 - 3:41 pm | New York City, Uncategorized, USA
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Manhattan has always been top-heavy, museum-wise. To see one, at least the big guys, you got to go uptown. The Whitney Museum of American Art – in a bizarre cubed building on an unsuspecting street of the Upper East Side – always felt … Read on →

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#ChatDiaries (Week 1): Vomiting in Canada & Mexico

  By Robert Reid | February 13, 2015 - 1:41 pm | Canada, Mexico, Places, Snacks & Wars, Travel Tips
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            A couple years ago I made a song with four bass parts called “CAN I HAVE A #CHAT?” — about a travel hopeful, surrounded by lush woods and waterfalls, but feeling SO ALONE. And only wanting a … Read on →

Tagged #chatdiaries, #chats
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