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I may have dreamt the whole thing. I’m not really sure. Oh wait, there’s photographic evidence. Ok, so it’s true. I was in Palm Beach, Florida, this weekend. Yes, it was mostly-sunny and 80° the entire time. And yes, I left my laptop, Blackberry, and guitar at home, and no, I didn’t listen to my…

I’m going off the grid. I just finished watching “The Island” a second-rate, Michael Bay sci-fi flick. In the film, Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson discover that they’re clones created as insurance policies for their real-life doppelgangers. So they break free of their faux-Utopia and, you know, live happily ever after on a boat in…

A funny thing happened on the way to retirement. I’ve been thinking about retiring from music. Not completely. I expect I’ll continue recording and releasing albums (though I think I’ll rely more heavily on digital distribution), but I’m not sure how much more I want to perform and tour. Fact is, I’m a media executive.…

For the first time in three weeks, my throat isn’t sore. I was gonna drag ass into the office yesterday morning on account of the fact that I have this coming Monday off (I’m going to West Palm for the weekend!) and I felt guilty missing a full day of work. But as I was…

Sherbert is the poor man’s sorbet. When I got sick as a kid, ginger ale and orange juice was one of my favorite remedies. Spaghetios with Meatballs was another. But rainbow sherbert was the best. It’s all in my belly at the moment. I told the guys the entire time I was on the road,…

Every gig is more unusual than the last. Last Saturday found me making good on my bargain in Waterloo, Iowa. This Saturday found doing it again in Westford, Massachusetts. And then some. You’ll recall that I solicited patrons for the making of “Heartland.” Three of those contributors merited a live performance at the location of…