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More Sarah Harmer. I checked her website, She’s no spring chicken. I find that encouraging. Of course, she’s Canadian. That’s not so encouraging. :) She’s performing in Brooklyn next Friday. I’ll be in L.A. But you should go. I wrote a piece on “Minority Report” for work tonight. It ought to go onto the site…
View Post Anticipation 101
I’m painting again. Four panel hearts. I thought for a minute there that I was in a blue period: I painted eight panels every shade, from sky to cobalt to robin’s egg. But then I painted what I thought would be a yellowish canvas, but what, with just a dab of red, became a fierce,…
View Post Ambitious, But Completely Doable
Spent some time on the Upper East with Kevin tonight planning the “Summer’s Gone Tour.” The objective is to release the “Summer’s Gone” CD single after Labor Day (remixed, album, and acoustic versions of “Summer’s Gone,” either “Maybe, Maggie” or “Dear Elizabeth,” plus at least one new cover and one new song), then hit roughly…
View Post We’re Going To Make It After All
This was in my email inbox tonight… “I came across your website randomly searching for an MP3 of Here Comes Your Man. Your version is brilliant! I think it’d be stellar if you could squeeze in a stop at Cat’s Cradle in Carborro, NC. It’s right in the center of UNC at Chapel Hill and…
View Post Planning The Summer’s Gone Tour
Can you smell it? There’s optimism in the air! MM Artist Management head honcho Kevin Medina is 110% on the tour management job. We’re looking at booking the “Summer’s Gone Tour” the third week in September (right on the cusp of the last week of summer and the first week of fall!) from Boston, Massachussettes,…
View Post Deep & Simple Songs
Some of my co-workers, by virtue of working for a television network, are entitled to vote on the Emmy Awards (the TV equivilent of the Grammys or Oscars). So they’re deluged with VHS tapes and DVDs “for their consideration.” Jen Vinyard, a writer for MTV News, shares her DVDs with me ‘cuz she knows I’m…
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