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Leaving New York Is Easy
Here’s what the rock star does moments before the tour: pays bills. How un-rocknroll. Oh well. There’s room on the cards, and that’s what I need. I’m supposed to pick up my rental car in four minutes, grab my brother, and head south to Philadelphia. I’m on in 8 hours, and would like to squeeze…
Read MoreNew York “Summer’s Gone” Tour Report
It’s 1:28 a.m. I’m running on three hours of sleep (on an airplane), a turkey sanwhich and four Vitamin Waters (in the following order of consumption): Energy, Stress-B, Focus and Balance. I’ve been home from the Mercury Lounge show for about an hour. So I’m all about the balance. And, any minute now, all about…
Read MoreShort, Sweet, And Beautiful
I sat on the beach in Santa Monica last night and watched the sun fall into the Pacific. And hour later, I was on a plane to Las Vegas where I laid over a while, then caught the midnight red eye back to New York. We landed at JFK at 7 a.m., and I was…
Read MoreLast Night I Dreamt
I dreamt last night that I was flying in a military-style silver propeller-powered airplane. I was up front with the pilot. We were flying low, between mountains and over a harbor filled with sailboats. The pilot said to me, “Most of the guys are afraid to fly up front because when the enemy attacks, he…
Read MoreWelcoming Benjamin Wagner
New York City singer/songwriter Benjamin Wagner may be one of the music world’s best kept secrets. Wagner has been writing, performing and recording music for more than 10 years and released his fourth major self-released album, “Crash Site,” in 2001. He is also about to release “Summer’s Gone,” the second single from the album, which…
Read MoreEverything In Its Right Place
Everything in it’s right place. I picked up the “Summer’s Gone” CD singles on my way home from work today. They look gorgeous. I love how the purple in the waves picks up on the purple in the sky on the “Crash Site” LP — they’re connected. I love how the plane that is missing…
Read MoreMaybe This Year…
“I was out on the radio just starting to change / Somewhere out in America it’s starting to rain.” I took the E to Spring Street as the sun fell to the West. Bone tired. I ducked into 121 Varick where the doorman held a 45 pound box of 5000 “Summer’s Gone” postcards. I dragged…
Read MoreFilm Threat: Roman Coppola’s “CQ”
After wrestling with the MTV (the usual vacuous b.s.), the postcard printer (I get to pick up 45 pounds worth of postcard this afternoon), the guitar shop (that still hasn’t received my replacement guitar from Martin), the CD duplication company (won’t be done ’til Tuesday), I needed a Blockbuster Night (I know, I’m so corporate).…
Read MoreStill Standing
Spirits were restless today. The sky was clear , but whipped with gale-force winds. Our building creaked wildly all day long which, coupled with the barrage of crumbling WTC footage and personal interest stories about survivors and victims of September 11th, made for a day I could only characterize as creepy. It reminded me of…
Read MoreThe Hole In The Sky
I do love this city. And I do love summer. But I’m ready for autumn. It’s just stupid hot right now — sticky, sluggish, Africa hot — and coupled with having 4000 things to do and no sleep, it’s soul crushing. The long story short is that I woke up, dropped the CD of for…
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