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Any weekend that begins with an Aimee Mann show and ends with “Adaptation” can’t be all bad. Even if it is, like, 4 degrees outside. Aimee’s show was amazing. It was the first time I’ve been in the Beacon Theater, which is odd as it’s just a few blocks from my apartment. It’s a beautiful…

Just wanted to check in before stepping out. Entertainment Tonight is on here in the office. The lead stories are “Michael Jackson: Crazy” and “Whitney Houston: Wasted.” So maybe success isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. (I kid, of course.) Been thinking a lot about growing up, growing older, letting go of the rocknroll…

Ok. So I got an interesting email yesterday, and it begs for a response. I owe it to those of you playing along at home. And somehow I feel like I owe it to myself. To explain, that is. Or to try and understand for myself. So here goes. I’ve gotten this sort of email…

Monday was the world’s longest day. Plane landed early. As expected, I dropped my bags and immediately went running. It was a clear and beautiful morning, some 25 degrees colder than Sunday morning in L.A. I wrote a chorus in my head while I was running, and finished the song as soon as I got…

I’m on JetBlue Flight 126 en route from Long Beach, CA, to New York City. The monitor on the seat back says that we’re cruising at 603 miles per hour some 32,000 feet over Ohio. The plane is dark. The young family next to me is fast asleep. The Xanax has worn off, so I’m…

On the way out of last night’s Cockfight rehearsal, we saw a garbage man kick a rat. Killed it right there on the the spot. Anyway, we basically played the same song for two hours, a two and a half minute big rock song called “Tony.” It actually sounds ok. We remind me of The…