Archive for December 2005
Less Suck, More Rock
I am walking home from the gym. I am still sweating. My muscles are warm. My vision is clear. I am holding a vente mild in my left hand, and a brown bag with an egg sandwich and orange juice in my right. Counting Crows’ “Time And Time Again” is playing on my iPod. It…
Read MoreThis Little Light
The last Broadway show my mother, brother and I attended together was Tony Kushner’s “Angels In America” in 1994. Chris and I were living in Saratoga Springs at the time. My white Chevy Celebrity stalled out on I-87 near Suffern en route to the city. On the cab ride down, a fellow passenger (bourbon on…
Read MoreBlue Christmas At The End Of The World
What a strange, strange night. I’ve been meaning to record a few Christmas songs for ya’ll for a few weeks. But I haven’t really been home for a few weeks. And when I have been home, I was neither in the mood to play music, nor in the Christmas spirit. But the transit strike (which…
Read MoreThe Scientist
The last time I walked from Times Square to 80th & Columbus, my mother was lecturing me the entire way. The time was last fall. The occasion was my appearance in The New York Times. My mother was not pleased. Nor, for that matter, was my father. (Or, for the record, me.) With my mistakes…
Read MorePhotograph
I may have dreamt the whole thing. I’m not really sure. Oh wait, there’s photographic evidence. Ok, so it’s true. I was in Palm Beach, Florida, this weekend. Yes, it was mostly-sunny and 80° the entire time. And yes, I left my laptop, Blackberry, and guitar at home, and no, I didn’t listen to my…
Read MoreMilk & Honey
I’m going off the grid. I just finished watching “The Island” a second-rate, Michael Bay sci-fi flick. In the film, Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson discover that they’re clones created as insurance policies for their real-life doppelgangers. So they break free of their faux-Utopia and, you know, live happily ever after on a boat in…
Read MoreBack In The Arms Of A Good Friend
A funny thing happened on the way to retirement. I’ve been thinking about retiring from music. Not completely. I expect I’ll continue recording and releasing albums (though I think I’ll rely more heavily on digital distribution), but I’m not sure how much more I want to perform and tour. Fact is, I’m a media executive.…
Read MoreI Was Thinking I Could Clean Up For Christmas
For the first time in three weeks, my throat isn’t sore. I was gonna drag ass into the office yesterday morning on account of the fact that I have this coming Monday off (I’m going to West Palm for the weekend!) and I felt guilty missing a full day of work. But as I was…
Read MoreOut Of Office
Sherbert is the poor man’s sorbet. When I got sick as a kid, ginger ale and orange juice was one of my favorite remedies. Spaghetios with Meatballs was another. But rainbow sherbert was the best. It’s all in my belly at the moment. I told the guys the entire time I was on the road,…
Read MoreOriginal Of The Species
Every gig is more unusual than the last. Last Saturday found me making good on my bargain in Waterloo, Iowa. This Saturday found doing it again in Westford, Massachusetts. And then some. You’ll recall that I solicited patrons for the making of “Heartland.” Three of those contributors merited a live performance at the location of…
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