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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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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.…