Daily Archives: July 7, 2015


Slovene drummer and percussionist Marjan Stanić
It was a pleasant weekday late afternoon in early June at the Washington Square Park in New York City. Chess players were engaged in their game close by, as we were sitting on wooden benches, shaded by the green canopy of trees full of birds. People of all types and colors were passing by. And of course, there were always dogs and squirrels running around. “Look! What’s that?” says the ever observant Marjan Stanić, pointing at someone’s carrying case. “Mhm, perhaps, it’s a violin,” I offered. “The shape is very interesting”, he ponders. “Maybe there are two inside.” Then he […]

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