A few weeks ago when I saw that Sonny Rollins would perform at the Orange County Performing Arts Center I got pretty pumped about it. I mentioned as much to my friend Jessie there and she passed it up the chain. To my amazement they said he’d be open to an interview to preview the show. I wasn’t amazed that the great folks at OCPAC would do that. I was surprised that Rollins would bother. It’s not like the guy needs the publicity. I mean, he’s Sonny freakin’ Rollins, OK? And if you don’t know who I’m talking about then you’re probably not that much into jazz, but take my word for it. They don’t call him the Saxophone Colossus for nothing. He’s a true luminary and his name deserves the same exaltation as Bird and Coltrane.

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I must give my friend Brian Robin credit for inspiring my feature on the Golf Channel last week. Brian, as you might recall from my earlier blogs on my debut as a golfer, handled PR for the tournament. He was helping me brainstorm some ideas Thursday evening for news features and mentioned the Golf Channel. My eyes just lit up. I knew that was a winner. The only question was could we pull it off Friday.

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Came in to work this morning and while waiting for my computer to boot up I checked my voicemail and was met with this nastygram:

Paul Anderson I assume. Hey, I looked at the front page of the pilot yesterday and saw a picture of you and Paul Hahn there. I’m surprised he didn’t call security when you showed up. You’ve got to have a little more respect for the game. You showed up looking like a fugitive from a goodwill store, obviously more comfortable in a trailer park than on a golf course. But, geez guy, this is an important event for the community and you’re just not the man. Too bad.

I assume he was talking about this column.

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