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After making ten or so records over the last (gulp) fifteen years, I can tell you with confidence that this is the best part: just before you hit the studio. The actual process is excruciatingly repetitive, tiresome, and even a little bit boring — punctuated, of course, by life-changing epiphanies. I’m approaching this record differently…

It is Saturday night. I am alone on the fire escape. I am high above 56th Street. I am staring into the brilliant orange setting sun. There is a dry breeze off the river. ‘Into The Mystic’ is on the CD player. And an ice cold Stella Artois is in my right hand. Perfect? Or…

A few hours after my last post, in the early morning hours after July Fourth fireworks, my co-worker and friend was shot. With an AK-47. I got the call Saturday night. “Rahman’s been shot.” “Say that one more time?” Well, he’s going to be fine, excepting his shattered and shredded wrist. The wrist that was…

Singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell tossed off a most eloquent truism in her recent PBS documentary, Joni Mitchell: Woman Of Heart And Mind. “When you finally chase all your demons away,” she said, “your angels tend to fly off too.” I’ve been thinking about that statement alot tonight in relation to a previous post I wrote about…

A few fellow bloggers compiled lists of their ‘Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years’ recently which got me to thinkin’ about my favorites. What follows is a quickie list of my Top 25. It’s imperfectly ordered, heavy on nostalgia, and influenced by recency, but it beats VH1’s. 25- California, Phantom Planet 24- Skyway, The…

July F’in’ First!?! How did that happen? Either way, it finds me well in Hell’s Kitchen, crankin’ Coldplay, drinkin’ Brooklyn Pilsner, and snackin’ on Hungry Herbert’s Oat Bran Pretzels beneath the sliver moon. Either way, it finds me optimistsic. I met Kevin over at Control One Studios last night to share a few beers and…