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[friday] Local Music from Howard, Tipton, Miami, Cass, Carrol and Clinton Counties. If you would like your band or group posted sent an MP3, jpg of cover, and contact info to tim.bath@kokomotribune.com

MUSIC: BarlowGirl

Click Here for Never Alone by BarlowGirl

September 26, 2006 11:22 am

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MUSIC: Mike Milligan and Steam Shovel

Click Here for Home to Kokomo by Mike Milligan and Steam Shovel

May 05, 2006 11:11 pm

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MUSIC: BnC

Click Here for Keeper of the Gate by Brothers in Christ

May 12, 2006 09:27 pm

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MUSIC: Rogers Ritual

Click Here for No Way Out by Rogers Ritual

May 12, 2006 09:55 pm

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MUSIC: Webster Street

Click Here for Garage Sale by Webster Street

May 04, 2006 10:25 pm

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MUSIC: Andrew Rosborough

Click Here for Exstacy by Andrew Rosborough

May 05, 2006 12:11 am

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MUSIC: Pete Flores

Click Here for Eternally Yours by Pete Flores

May 05, 2006 12:30 am

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Honoring Casey and Sean Brubaker in song

It was 1 a.m., but Paul Stout couldn’t sleep.
His thoughts were almost as tumultuous as the storm brewing outside when he began to jot down a few lines.
“Why is it some, live to be 80/While others, can’t make it to 16? Why is love, sometimes, dark and hazy/While other times it just seems to gleam?” he wrote.
He was writing about best friend Jeff Brubaker’s sons, Casey and Sean.
The boys, and Casey’s girlfriend, Amie Sordelet, were killed in a car wreck on July 4, 2003.
Casey and Amie were 16. Sean was only 14.
While many people will spend today celebrating Independence Day, Stout and Brubaker will be thinking about Casey and Sean.
“Jeff’s my best friend,” Stout said. “We both worked second shift [at Chrysler.] ... Me being his best friend, I went through it with him.”
On the fifth anniversary of the deaths, Stout will honor the boys at the Haynes Apperson Festival today when he performs the song “Storms.”
The country singer from Kokomo will perform at 1 p.m. today on the main stage.
“It’ll be rough to hear him sing it,” Brubaker said. “At the same time, it’s a remembrance they’re still here with me.”
“Even after five years, it’s still extremely tough. Casey would be 21. Sean would have graduated from Northwestern this year.
“I always imagined maybe Casey would be out of school, possibly starting a family. Casey was interested in computer engineering or computer graphics. Sean would have graduated from Northwestern this year and hopefully be going on to college.”
While time has allowed Jeff Brubaker to move forward, he constantly suffers from the loss of his two children.
He doesn’t look at the Fourth of July as a day for celebration.
“On the Fourth of July, I go to the accident site. Once a year, I leave flowers there and leave flowers at the cemetery. I visit the cemetery pretty often. I only drive down that road once a year,” Brubaker said.
The teens were killed on 200 North near 600 West after Casey lost control of his Ford Escort.
Brubaker has a third son, Drake, now 16.
“He just got his license. I am very protective of him now.”
Brubaker said his sons have taught him a great deal. He used to give his oldest a hard time for piercing his eye brow, ears and lips.
Sean followed suit.
“I was totally against it,” Brubaker said. “‘What are people going to think?’ I asked Casey. The story I tell and the reason I’ve gotten mine done is what he taught me — that it doesn’t matter what a person’s appearance looks like, it’s what’s on the inside.”
Brubaker has two piercings in his eyebrow for Casey and Sean.
“I still carry these piercings, and I always will.”
Brubaker misses his sons’ sense of humor most.
Today, he’ll be reminiscing about his sons as he listens to Stout sing.
“Even though we go through things that are hard or things we don’t understand, there is something we can look forward to, we can get through any storm that comes along,” Stout said.
The lyrics to his song hold true to that thought, “Oh the storms/ That bring the night/ Also take us back into the light.”

July 04, 2008 12:16 am

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POLL: Do you think author J.K. Rowling will kill off Harry in the end?

Each week, [friday] will pose a question to you, the loyal readers. We want to know what you think about everything from pop culture to local events. The next week, we’ll publish the results of last week’s poll as well as a new question for you to ponder.

July 12, 2007 01:29 pm

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