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Twisting My Stomach Into Knots
“This is about who I am, what I’m worth, and what it all means,” I say. “Oh,” she replies. “Is that all?” I’m looking out the window of the 2, somewhere between Bergen and 79th Streets. Abbi and I have just spent a drizzly afternoon touring Brooklyn neighborhoods with my buddy Ron Lieber. A fifteen…
Read MoreHigh Fidelity
In the age of the Tivo, MP3s, and iTunes, CDs, DVDs, and books are the ultimate albatross. For a New Yorker with exactly one closet and two shelves, they’re literally the elephant in the room. Perodically, at some point, they have to be thinned. Especially when a move is on the horizon. And so it…
Read MoreAnd Suddenly We’re In Love With Everything
I lead a double life. In addition posting here on The Daily Journal, I write periodically (primarily when there’s news) on my blog about my brother, Christofer, and my documentary-in-progress, “Mister Rogers & Me.” And so, because I don’t have time right now to riff fully on my currently most pondered thesis (the rise and…
Read MoreSchlock & Awe
I said it on November 7, 2000, September 11, 2001, and on March 20, 2003, and I’ll say it again (and again and again). The Bush Administration is the most dangerously inept group of politicians in the history of this country. I’ve been clear from the outset that I don’t think the guy’s smart, or…
Read MoreFlicker
I hung out with Dean Wareham and Lou Reed last night. Backstage at The Mercury Lounge was quiet. It was late. My eyes were half-mast; I had a few beers in me, and I was tired. I don’t know how I got there with them, or what exactly was going on. We were just sitting…
Read MoreYou’ve Got Nothing To Do Today But Smile
It seemed like a good idea at the time. When my buddy, former Dough and current Buckeye front man, singer/songwriter Chris Abad, announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend Megan Watkins, I responded with cool enthusiasm by raising my post-rehearsal forty ouncer and toasting them both. When he told me he wanted me to perform at…
Read MoreSame As It Ever Was (Water Flowing Underground)
Every once and a while, I look around and think (a la David Byrne in “Once In A Lifetime”), “How did I get here?” Last night’s unusual location was Sirius Satellite Radio’s Studio 12, thirty-six floors above Rockefeller Center. The studio was thoroughly modern, dimly lit, and wrapped in glass. I was wearing headphones, seated…
Read MoreWhose Torture?
‘Is the pink tie going to match?’ ‘Will there be a music stand? Will I remember the chords? Am I going to Los Angeles next month? I haven’t run in two weeks. I’m so fat. My head aches. I think I have seasonal affective disorder. Will Tommy book my live recording at Rockwood? Should Walker…
Read MoreIn The Air Tonight
The wind was howling like a freight train this morning. Stepping out of the subway, I was surpised to see mini-tornadoes of rain-soaked confetti swirling around Times Square. I raised my collar, ducked my head, and walked into the storm. New York City first celebrated the new year’s arrival in 1907 with the descension of…
Read MoreThe Christmas Miracle Spider
The 2007 Buick Rendezvous is where comfort, capability, and capacity meet. With seating for seven, it is the ideal vehicle for a family vacation. Christmas Eve 2007 found me in a silver and black Rendezvous pointed towards Beaufort, South Carolina. My 6’0″ frame was packed into the rear, fold-up seat. My grandparents would have refered…
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