You won’t be able to watch Big Ron Hunter pick a three-chord blues line without a smile spreading across your face. And when he starts frammin’, an old saying for the type of rhythm opposite of picking, be prepared for an all-out cheese. Ron’s father taught him to play the blues when he was just a boy. “My daddy used to tell me, ‘Quit frammin’ and pick!,” he said. Thankfully, Ron didn’t listen. The local blues musician that trained under the legendary Guitar Gabriel gravitates to another sound, one that is uniquely his. He describes it as “red-bank, squirrel-scratchin’ blues,” a rhythm he grew up with and one he lives with even now. “I can still hear it going on out in my backyard,” he said. Ron’s most recent record, The Great Unknown, was released in 2009 through the Music Maker label. He’s traveled to Europe, and played in Paris, France, Luxembourg, and Belgium with other Music Maker artists. Recently cutting loose his day job, he now plays music full time.

What do you like about reading skirt!?: “I’m a picture person and I like seeing all the familiar faces.”

Peter Godinez and Keith Gunther are the hosts of VC’s local radio show KKZZ’s Guy's Nite Out. They describe their show as a gathering for all men to discuss how and why men should live better every day. Peter and Keith feel that men need to play catch up with the women in their community and their show’s weekly focus is working on just that.

Keith shares that, “While it's been widely noted that women have innate skills that help them thrive in an organization—communication, multitasking, collaboration—what's less well-known is how this extends to global competition. From the classroom to the boardroom, American men are losing ground. To some extent it's the inevitable result of greater competition from women—as barriers have fallen, women have achieved according to their potential.

"I like reading skirt! because it helps us in presenting our show’s mission of No Man Left Behind.”

What do you like about wearing a skirt? “I like wearing a skirt because it is part of the globalization of our society.”

What do you like about skirt! magazine? “skirt! allows me to take a few pages from the female playbook: less hierarchy, more networking; less aggression, more consensus.”

For John of Ventura, wearing a skirt—specifically a kilt with his clan’s colors—is an everyday occurrence. Past President of the New House of Gordon USA Clan Society, Games Chief John and his wife, Nellie, are the force behind the success of the Seaside Highland Games each October.