The Blog Interviews

As you walk the long hall to the loos at The Raven Cafe, you will pass a small room on the left with sound baffles, mikes and assorted electronic gear. Look like a miniature radio studio? Well, that's just what it is -- the home of Coyote Radio and The Prescott Arts Beat Podcast/Broadcast.

You'll find plenty of interesting local interviews at the web site: musicians, artists, photographers, rodeo folk -- and now, bloggers! And, vanity of vanities, I am the first up. When CR/PAB's Andrew convened the first meet-up for local bloggers, he took time out to interview us all. Now the results are starting to show up. Do take a listen -- and keep checking back; three more will be posted this week.

Other Notes: Folks looking to retire in a Victorian era gold mining town may rightly feel that Prescott has expanded beyond its charm. I just came across the perfect solution for such persons: KiwiWriter down in New Zealand posted about the Australian town of Clune, Victoria, whose 860 residents are trying to revive a place chock-a-block full of wonderful, empty old Victorian houses. Their plan is to lure a bunch of booksellers to set up shop and promote Clune as a booktown. If you ask me, what they need to do is drop the word in a couple of California Baby Boomers' ears and let word-of mouth do the rest! (Not forgetting that there are two wineries in or near town --and assuming the prices are right, of course.)