Thunderstorm

I woke to the flash of lightning, then lay there waiting on the thunder. The alarm clock read just 5:06, but I couldn’t go back to sleep; there was too much on my mind. I thought about work (as — it seems — always). I thought about Chris and my show tonight. I needed to…

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Mi Cajones

Ryan calls it a “cajon.” The rest of us call it “the box.” Chris and I first spotted young Ryan Vaughn bangin’ on the box at Rockwood Music Hall a few years ago. It wasn’t just the box that impressed, though, it was his use of percussion. I had recently seen Aimee Mann perform, and…

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