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Here’s the Real World of a rock star: I take an empty cab home from the East Village through the rainy New York City streets; I hump my amp, two guitars and suitcase full of cables and CDs up four flights of stairs; now I’m wolfing down generic instant oatmeal. It’s 1:27 a.m. Tonight was…

It’s raining outside, epic rain, Ray Bradbury science fiction rain. The National Weather Service says it will taper off, but there’s no sign of that. It is Spring, evidenced by the yellow daffodils blooming near the Boat Basin, and by the red and purple crocusses sprouting along the horse path in Central Park. I ran…

After a punishing day at MTV News, I’m done with dinner and half way through “October Sky,” a film about a boy who sees Sputnik soar over his West Virginia coal town and dreams of building rockets. He goes on to escape the small town, and work for NASA. Very “Summer’s Gone.” It’s already wedged…

Spent my Saint Patrick’s Day mountain biking and hiking with my friend/bassist Jeff Domanski where he grew up in Sugarloaf, New York. We rode all afternoon, hiked Sugarloaf Mountain, then grabbed a beer and a burger at The Trading Post, a greasy spoon just north of the Bear Mountain bridge over the Hudson River. I…

Benjamin Wagner Deluxe, Limited Liabilty Partnership, spent 6 times more money in 2001 than it earned. (Can I interest you in buying a CD?) Ouch. So I’m sittin’ here in my living room listening to John Mayer, my current singer/songwriter fave, fresh from getting my taxes together. It’s a March ritual: I spread all of…

I just came in from an afternoon walk through Midtown Manhattan — it’s insane out there! I’m always strapped to my computer or in meetings, so actually seeing this city during prime time is always shocking. I took my Rickenbacker into 30th Street Guitars for a quick repair so that it’ll be a 100% for…