I hate cliches.  Especially when they’re true.  “Life comes at you fast”.  Overused but true.  “It is what it is”.  Irritating but true.  “Change is the only constant”.  An eye-roller, but true again.  Tired sayings like that have been in…

Get to Roots & Blues this weekend!  I won't waste my time trying to think of a more creative way to say it- just go!  If you've been absent over the past several years and don't know, Lancaster Roots &amp…

All the way to Lancaster? What?! When I first moved to Lititz from Lancaster about 18 years ago I was surprised to hear that phrase over and over again.  All the way to Lancaster? What does that mean? 

People seemed…

In hindsight, I was all worked up over nothing.  But at the time, I was so stressed I didn’t know what to do with myself.  So I ate too much.  Then I didn’t eat enough.  I slept too much.  Then…

This past year was my rookie season in the “record sales” department. The Cat’s Pajamas Old School Jazz Band released an album over the summer, and the Fulginiti Family Band released a holiday single for charity. Both were fun and…

Aren't there enough versions of Jingle Bells already?  We don't think so!  The Fulginiti Family Band is proud to announce the release of our first annual holiday single- Jingle Bells.  This year, all proceeds are going to Music For Everyone…

As humans, we're all born with a few "not-so-adorable" traits that really get on other people’s nerves.  It's ok though.  Hopefully we've all learned to tolerate each other and to get along well for the most part.  But despite our…

George W. Bush was president, Andy Reid & Donavan McNabb were Philly’s inseparable couple, and My Love was Justin Timberlake’s current hit.  It was December 2006, and I was playing a simple brass duo gig, strolling the outlets at Rockvale…

What comes to mind when you think of Halloween music?   Michael Jackson’s Thriller?  The Addams Family theme song?  The 1962 hit single Monster Mash?  How about something from The Nightmare Before Christmas?  All good stuff, but the orchestral composers of…

As a kid growing up in Lancaster, we lived a block or two away from what was known as “Cabbage Hill”.  There was a large population of German-Americans on that hilly section of town, including my mom's extended family.  My…

Several years ago I was playing a gig with my friend Tom Hayden in a band called Back In Motion.  We were between sets and Tom was talking about a successful food drive he had worked on at his day…

This is a big week for The Cat's Pajamas Old School Jazz Band because our new album is finished and our release party is this Thursday night in the An Sibin Speakeasy room at Tellus 360 in Lancaster, Pa.  The…