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It’s Sunday morning. I started it early at Starbuck’s with the New York Times, then returned to my apartment to pick up my bike to take into the shop. Instead, I picked up my guitar and wrote this little piece of optimism: “Being There.” Capo second fret, 4/4 time, maybe 110 bpm, kinda’ percussive-like… ADADADEm(GA)…

Another Saturday. I ran, hit the diner (two eggs over easy, ham, home fries, English muffin, orange juice), then walked to the East side, where I picked up a big bottle of Aramis (aren’t you glad you’re privy to such details?) and a coupla’ new clothing type items. Then walked to Times Square where I…

58 years ago today, Allied Forces descended on the eastern coast of France and hurled themselves into a relentless barage of Nazi fire. Thanks to their courageous effort — perservering despite their fears — I’m here tonight, free and grateful. I’m grateful, also, for all of you who’ve emailed me in the past few days,…

New York is sweltering. 56th Street is strewn with debris. The breeze smells of garbage. Summer is here, and the A.C.’s cranked. I must confess to you little musical or creative activity. Every night, walking home from Times Square, I pledge to myself time to play some guitar, to write some songs. But by the…

Another weekend at the beach, this one, much more painful… We began loaded our bikes into the truck Friday night just as the monumental thunderstorm that had been threatening the City all day exploded on Midtown. Soaked, rain still falling, we headed out of the Lincoln Tunnel only to find the Turnpike closed. After detouring…

A turkey burger deluxe with swiss and a fruit salad was just delivered from Olympic Flame diner, so I’ll be brief. After work, I went down to Tribeca to drop “Crash Site” master tapes with Duke. He’s converting the tracks to .aif files so that Kevin can remix “Summer’s Gone” in ProTools. So the remix…