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Top Ten Singles Of 2007
Kids pride themselves on what adults in the music business call “discovery.” Discovery, of course, is just corporate speak for being the first kid in your high school to listen to Siouxsie & The Banshees, or The Cure, or REM. Or at least thinking you’re the first. When I was in high school, this was…
Read MoreWhat It Feels Like
My second blog post ever, written on November 21, 2000, began thusly: “Just ate an entire Entenmann’s Sweet Potato Pie. Happy Thanksgiving!” In fact, that post was part of what I called my “Studio Journal” during the making of my 2001 CD, “Crash Site.” I didn’t begin the Daily Journal in earnest until February 7,…
Read MoreYou Miss Too Much These Days If You Stop To Think
What a beautiful way to start a strange day. It began at the Dolby screening room on the corner of 55th Street and Sixth Avenue (there behind the big LOVE statue) where 3ality Digital, National Geographic Films and Murphy PR were screening “U23D.” The 90-minute concert film (which dispenses with the behind-the-scenes and verite elements…
Read MoreKeepin’ My Flavor Fresh
Much as I loathe to admit it, I am a man of simple rituals. Seven o’clock most mornings find me stirring to the sound of my Blackberry’s daily alarm. Though its report is a low, soothing, Zen-like chime, it never fails to annoy me that it’s clear across the apartment and thus impossible to snooze…
Read MoreA Thousand Steps, Part IV
Sometimes last minute plans are the best kind. I got an email from a buddy of mine around four o’clock Friday afternoon. Kevin was catching a late train and wondered if I wanted to grab a beer in the neighborhood. Beer? I met Kevin in Spanish class on the first or second day of my…
Read MoreRight Around Christmastime, Part II
I think most would agree that the holidays can be something of a pain in the ass. First there’s the hazy shades of winter; the gloomy, short, cold days. Then there’s the whole gift thing. I love giving, but there’s a lot of Madison Avenue fueled pressure to get it right and really dazzle recipients.…
Read MoreMerry Christmas Baby
Five strands of 100 count clear indoor/outdoor mini lights. Twenty-five white baloons. Nine glittering snowflakes. And a beer. In just fourteen hours or so I’ll pick up the first run of “A Family Holiday” CDs. A few hours later, the first of twelve performances will take the stage at The Delancey. It’s been a long…
Read More“A Family Holiday” Benefit
Turn And Face The Strange
‘Oh jeez,’ I thought. ‘Here come the trust falls.’ The air was warm and unmoving. The conference room was ringed with tables and executives, all of whom stood and partnered off as directed. “Take a good, hard look at one another,” the facilitator said, “And then turn around.” I studied my colleague, a one-time studio…
Read MoreSweetness
Chris sat in the deep cushioned lime green and silver armchair like a teenage king on an outsized thrown. He’d already tugged his brand-new official Chicago Bears #34 jersey over his brown-striped, long sleeve polo. Partnered with his knee-patched Toughskin, constituted an envied look by the adolescent court scattered about the living room. Sean Wells…
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