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Christmas, 1980

I’m going home now. So, until December 26th, have a safe and happy holidays. Christmas, 1980 Christmas day the snow is drifting, light is growing dim I’m in the backseat, I am listening, I am buckled in On the backstreets no one whispers, no one makes a sound Over rivers choked and frozen through the…
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Meet Andrew Wagner

My cousin Andrew released his debut solo CD today, “Horse Year.” The kid who remixed “Summer’s Gone” for the “Summer’s Gone EP.” It’s very Chris Isaak meets Tom Waits meets Wilco. Very cool. So there’s another Wagner on the web at www.andywagner.net. Do check him out.
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My “Corners of the Sky”

Well, I was being a little ambitious last week when I said I was going into the studio to demo. What with the holidays and all, Kev and I were hard pressed to find a time that worked for both of us. So it’s gonna’ have to wait until early next year. None the less,…
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The Year In Rock ’02

It’s Sunday. I’m at work. Which kinda’ blows, except that I’m working on me.com. I just finished my “Year In Rock” piece. Sometimes I think this whole website blog thing — for that matter, this whole rock-n-roll thing — is more about figuring things out, like, outside of my head, as much as it’s about,…
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Glass Half Full

Here’s some good news for you, dear reader, you who’ve (aptly and hilariously) characterized recent postings as (for example) “a little ‘glass half empty-ish’ or as possessing an “underlying vibe of frustration.” I’m going into the studio next week to demo my new songs. Why the sudden action, you ask? Well, firstly, see below. Secondly,…
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Spelunking

I woke up around 8:45, and lay in bed a while. Outside, the sky was crisp blue. Traffic was stirring. And I could hear the birds in my AC unit chirping about. There was a 15K in Central Park that, if I hustled, I could make. But I was out late, dehydrated, and unmotivated. Plus,…
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