Trombone Shorty is blowing up.  The onetime child prodigy (he started playing at age three, was a bandleader at age six and was touring the world with Lenny Kravitz at 18) is now 24, and he's everywhere.  Maybe you saw him on stage with The Dave Matthews Band at the "NFL Opening Kickoff 2010."   Or maybe you've seen him on HBO's hit show "Treme."  Perhaps you caught him and his band, Orleans Avenue, on Letterman a few months back. If you have yet to experience Trombone Shorty and his unique brand of "supafunkrock," despair not – you'll have plenty more opportunities, beginning with his show Friday night at Harlow's.  He agreed to take a few minutes out of his very busy schedule to speak

I adore food, I love to travel, and it is my dream to write for a living. As you might imagine, writer, chef, Travel Channel star and bon vivant Anthony Bourdain is an idol of mine. When I saw the erstwhile chef of Les Halles Brasserie and current host of "No Reservations" would be making an appearance at the Memorial Auditorium in September, I called up my liaison at The Sacramento Press and begged her to let me cover the event. A couple days later I got a note in my inbox: "Lindol, they're happy to have you cover the event on the condition that you don't mind doing a preview, and interviewing Mr. Bourdain." I've never said "yes" with more enthusiasm. A few days after that, I got a