Jessika Brust
Close to You, Part V
Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. The concert pianist dutifully greeted his audience at the...
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Jessika Brust
- Mar 25, 2020
- 12 min
Close to You, Part IV
Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. I hauled both 50 pound suitcases, my fiddle, and a backpack around the Sydney...
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Jessika Brust
- Mar 3, 2020
- 5 min
First Audition in Philly
"Locker room talk" was the latest hot topic in the news, to a reeling nation that had no idea what horrors and embarrassments were in...
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Jessika Brust
- Feb 1, 2020
- 6 min
Close to You, Part III
Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Withdrawal from anti-depressants or not, my concert pianist was always passionate about enjoying the...
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Jessika Brust
- Jan 10, 2020
- 5 min
The Real Tragedy of La Boheme
(Image is from Baz Luhrmann's Broadway production of La Boheme from 2002, I do not own any rights.) As the main stream world decorates,...
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Jessika Brust
- Oct 28, 2019
- 9 min
Close to You, Part II
Click here for Part I. Oysters on the half shell were a mutual obsession of ours, and according to my concert pianist, the best in the...
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Jessika Brust
- May 14, 2019
- 5 min
Just Lifehouse and Me...
...and all of the people, with nothing to do, nothing to lose... I was a kid of the '90's, yet completely missed being part of the MTV...
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Jessika Brust
- Apr 27, 2019
- 11 min
Close to You, Part I
Going to Australia while suffering the trauma of a decimated career (read that saga here) was not the condition I wanted to be in, to be...
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Jessika Brust
- Feb 12, 2019
- 14 min
Have It All, Lose It All Part VIII
Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. Click for Part V. Click for Part VI. Click for Part VII....
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Jessika Brust
- Jan 29, 2019
- 14 min
Have It All, Lose It All, Part VII
Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. Click for Part V. Click for Part VI. One more voyage until I...
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Jessika Brust
- Oct 13, 2018
- 12 min
Amy Williams, Network Television Producer
I've been cheated by you since I don't know when... Another voyage, another new set of passengers, another opening formal night...
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Jessika Brust
- Oct 6, 2018
- 7 min
The Butterfly and the Personal Trainer
It was pitch black in my cabin on the second deck, well below the water line on our tiny ship. I was sound asleep, when SUDDENLY THERE...
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Jessika Brust
- Aug 31, 2018
- 9 min
The Murderer/Composer
I got an email from my college voice teacher one afternoon -- she was wondering if she could refer me to a local composer, as he was...
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Jessika Brust
- Jun 22, 2018
- 4 min
Welcome to the Industry...
**adult language and content** "The Entertainer" ringtone sang out from my LG flip phone in July of 2007, as I finished up my summer jobs...
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Jessika Brust
- May 31, 2018
- 5 min
Poverty in Asia
We docked in Bangkok, Thailand, and eagerly rushed to the shuttle bus that would take us downtown -- away from the protests that were...
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Jessika Brust
- May 12, 2018
- 15 min
Have It All, Lose It All, Part VI
Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. Click for Part V. I returned to my cabin after rehearsal, to...
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Jessika Brust
- Apr 14, 2018
- 11 min
Tire Tracks
"I've signed you up a new student for Thursday morning," my boss Bart phoned me. "He's an adult, he seems a little bit...off...but...
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Jessika Brust
- Mar 21, 2018
- 4 min
The Honor Code of Singapore
Singapore has two cruise ship terminals. The old one is connected to a shopping mall, is in a more centralized location, has better...
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Jessika Brust
- Feb 27, 2018
- 13 min
Have It All, Lose It All, Part V
Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. The show "Maestro" was finally put to rest. No more...
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Jessika Brust
- Jan 22, 2018
- 17 min
Merry Christmas, Mr. Jenkins!
Upon losing my job during what was easily the worst year of my life, (read that story here), I had decided the best way to move forward...
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