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A Soon As One Becomes A Drummer, One Acts Like A Drummer
I rehearsed with Cockfight — the noisy rock band that I drum for — last night. Seems that as soon as one becomes a drummer, one acts like a drummer. I had three beers over the course of rehearsal, then dragged the band out to Wee Molly’s, a dive just south of Madison Square Garden…
Read MoreWandering New York
So it’s a new year. And it’s off to a great start. I was off work for nearly two weeks (as you could probably tell by the lack of journal updates), and in addition to going home to suburban Philadelphia and running in Valley Forge National Park (one of my vacation passtimes), I spent a…
Read MoreWhite Christmas
It was New York City’s first white Christmas in 30 years. And it was one of my favorites in a long, long time… The lyrics below are from a song I wrote and recorded a few years ago for a Christmas single. Better heads prevailed, and I left it off the single (which included my…
Read MoreChristmas, 1980
I’m going home now. So, until December 26th, have a safe and happy holidays. Christmas, 1980 Christmas day the snow is drifting, light is growing dim I’m in the backseat, I am listening, I am buckled in On the backstreets no one whispers, no one makes a sound Over rivers choked and frozen through the…
Read MoreMeet Andrew Wagner
My cousin Andrew released his debut solo CD today, “Horse Year.” The kid who remixed “Summer’s Gone” for the “Summer’s Gone EP.” It’s very Chris Isaak meets Tom Waits meets Wilco. Very cool. So there’s another Wagner on the web at www.andywagner.net. Do check him out.
Read MoreMy “Corners of the Sky”
Well, I was being a little ambitious last week when I said I was going into the studio to demo. What with the holidays and all, Kev and I were hard pressed to find a time that worked for both of us. So it’s gonna’ have to wait until early next year. None the less,…
Read MoreThe Year In Rock ’02
It’s Sunday. I’m at work. Which kinda’ blows, except that I’m working on me.com. I just finished my “Year In Rock” piece. Sometimes I think this whole website blog thing — for that matter, this whole rock-n-roll thing — is more about figuring things out, like, outside of my head, as much as it’s about,…
Read MoreGlass Half Full
Here’s some good news for you, dear reader, you who’ve (aptly and hilariously) characterized recent postings as (for example) “a little ‘glass half empty-ish’ or as possessing an “underlying vibe of frustration.” I’m going into the studio next week to demo my new songs. Why the sudden action, you ask? Well, firstly, see below. Secondly,…
Read MoreAimee Mann At The Beacon Theater
Any weekend that begins with an Aimee Mann show and ends with “Adaptation” can’t be all bad. Even if it is, like, 4 degrees outside. Aimee’s show was amazing. It was the first time I’ve been in the Beacon Theater, which is odd as it’s just a few blocks from my apartment. It’s a beautiful…
Read MoreSpelunking
I woke up around 8:45, and lay in bed a while. Outside, the sky was crisp blue. Traffic was stirring. And I could hear the birds in my AC unit chirping about. There was a 15K in Central Park that, if I hustled, I could make. But I was out late, dehydrated, and unmotivated. Plus,…
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