Bill was a fixture on Seattle radio 107.7 the End in the 90s and KJET in the 80s. He has brought his alternative sensibility to Vashon Island.

Bill Wood, a retired Hollywood screenwriter, is host of The Jazz Guy

“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.”

Bubber Miley, a trumpeter with Duke Ellington, originated that phrase while explaining to Ellington why customers weren’t dancing.

Then along came James Brown who found a whole new way to get people up and dancing…funk music.

Brian Brown was a thirty-year veteran of Time Magazine in New York where he worked as a writer and editor.  He began the Brown Briefly with the philosophy that “less is more, more or less”.

Brian Brown was a thirty-year veteran of Time Magazine in New York where he worked as a writer and editor. He began the Brown Briefly with the philosophy that “less is more, more or less”. Since his death in 2020, his VoV team of “Brieflies” have attempted to live up to his level of humor and insightful observations of current affairs – local, national, and international.

Bruce Haulman is a host on the Brown Briefly and is an historian who has taught film history and Pacific Northwest history. He  is on the Board of the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association, Friends of Mukai, and Voice of Vashon.