Batty

The boys in The Gilded Bats have been a busy bunch. Firstly, Nobert Sarsfield, crooner and sawer, did and interview with Garry Harrison, an essential Illinois fiddler and field recorder, that was published in The Old-Time Herald (Volume 11, Number 8, for those of you counting...), and a portion of the interview is available to view online. Go ahead and purchase it if you'd like to read the interview in full.

Bill Bryant, strummer and crooner, was chosen, along with his writing partner, Becky Peterson, as a finalist for the 2008 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship. They were flown to Los Angeles ("wow... the big city!...) to attend the awards ceremony. Word has it that Bill started a fight when the attendant at the free bar informed him that there was no moonshine available. Possums were tossed.

Finally, Andrew Epstein, frailer and crooner, is in Sudan, working on his doctorate and conducting research on youth, displacement, and education in Sudan. Andrew is a very smart, passionate man, and we hope that he will continue, when not playing banjo, to make the earth a hell of a lot better than it currently is. His amazing blog is called The Transubstantiator, and it's full of stories, pictures, and even poetry about his doings in Sudan. Read it immediately.