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Back home in NYC, back home to the MTV, back home to the cold, real world. Been workin’ a bunch, a sleepin’ a lot. Feel like I’m just starting to get my energy back. Ran this morning. The river’s jammed with ice — far cry from the desert. I keep flashing back to California, seeing…

Left Palm Springs around 3:30pm PT yesterday afternoon. It was 80 degrees outside. Drove to Santa Monica where we walked on the beach as the sunset — 65 degrees. Boarded American Airlines Flight 152 (after a Grey Goose martini — three olives — and two Xanax) at 10:35pm PT. 63 degrees. Touched down at Newark…

Saw Kathy Griffin — she of “Suddenly Susan” and “Celebrity Mole” — last night at the Laugh Factory on Sunset. Was whisked straight to the VIP balcony courtesy of my UTA agent buddy James (whose wedding you may recall I attended in Kauai). Ran into a NY Producer friend. And tripped over a live mic…

Sitting on the balcony of The Mondrian last night looking out over Los Angeles, I found myself still debating the place. It really is the epitome of style over substance. It’s the town that gave us Hustler Magazine, bull testicle eating celebrities, and “Howard the Duck.” And yet, there, ten stories above the candlelit pool,…

I’m in Los Angeles with a fist full of new songs… Sunset to Melrose to La Cieniga… funny how every thoroughfare in Los Angeles seems to have have a life of its own. Like Madison Avenue or Houston Street, they have a hue, a vibe, connotations. From afar — that is, growing up and looking…

Kevin and I worked in the studio from about 7pm to 1am, demoing ten new songs while consuming a six pack of Saporo and two Dominos pizzas. Hanging out and catching up with Kevin is always fun. We’ve actually done a ton of stuff together over the years — a Christmas single (David Gray’s “Babylon”…