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The Memory Of Running
I think I’m remembering how to do this whole thing. How could I not be excited to get outside into this sunny day? I popped straight out of bed and in an unprecedented display of winter running enthusiasm, got right into my tights and fleece. I stretched in a warm, wide sunbeam illuminating the corner…
Read MoreMy Happy Ending
Two outta’ three ain’t bad. It was an ambitious Friday night, especially for an impoverished (well, money’s tight anyway) recluse. Once again, I’d inked three events into the weekly minder: an old friend’s rock show, an old friend’s country show, and an old friend’s going away party. I blew the budget, but I almost made…
Read MoreCaring Is Creepy
I was due to participate in three seperate events tonight. Instead, I am home drinking beer and watching “Garden State.” It’s been in my queue for a few weeks. But I kept shuffling the order of my deliveries. I wasn’t ready for it. Even when the postman finally delivered it, I put it off. I…
Read MoreAngel Of The Silences
I’ve been thinking alot about angels. Before Christmas, it was Gabriel. I’m not sure why. Maybe the Lamb song. Maybe the guy I met on tour. I said, “I’ve been trying to write a song about Gabriel, you know, the angel.” And he goes, “Archangel, dude.” Seems to be an angel is to perform a…
Read MoreBeat Your Heart Out
The year’s pretty much sucked it so far. I raced home from the Bahamas on New Year’s Eve only to fall asleep watching (how embarassing) “I, Robot.” I slept clear through the countdown and all the accompanying ballyhoo. Which might have been for the best, except that as a result, there’s no symbolic demarcation for…
Read MoreThis Is Really Happening
I totally lied. On my last post, way back in 2004, I pledged “no more looking back; only looking forward.” But on account of it being New Year’s Day, remaining off the grid due to my cell phone’s travels through the labyrinth of Delta baggage, and spending the balance of the afternoon editing the music…
Read MoreThis’ll Be My Year
I am off to Eleuthera in a few hours. I return late New Year’s Eve in time for the NYRRC Midnight Run. This is my last post of the year. Because I have a tendency to occupy all of my time with activities, I am taking only a pair of trunks, shorts, running clothes, my…
Read MoreHome For The Holidays
I gotta’ admit: Christmas got tolerable on my second martini. It all started out well enough. After waking at the crack of dawn, recording and blogging a bit, I walked to Starbucks which is apparently, and thankfully, organizationally non-denominational. I sat in my big red chair with a viente mild (with a dash of nutmeg…
Read MoreLet Your Heart Be Light
I woke up well over an our ago. I couldn’t sleep, which was annoying. But when I opened my eyes, I received the best Christmas gift ever. I always woke before dawn on Christmas morning when I was a kid. I was far too excited to sleep. I would kick around in my footsies until…
Read MoreShotgun Down The Avalanche
It is Christmas Eve. The moon is full. The Upper West Side is silent. I am at my desk in my rooftop recording studio. There are a few lights on in the surrounding apartments. But mostly, all is dark. I am bathed in candle light. The room is warm. I am alone. And I am…
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