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My brother is a quote machine. “I haven’t had a three dollar beers since college!” After last night’s $6 room service Iron City bottles, I understand and appreciate his enthusiasm. We’re at Doubleday’s on Sixth Street in downtown Pittsburgh, our third bar of the night. Every one of ’em have been absolutely throbbing with Steeler…

My eyes were half-closed and choked with sleep this morning as I stepped into the darkened bathroom. The backyard was framed by the window pane, it’s slender birch trees pale white against the bruised purple sky. They stood like hungry ghosts against the waning night sky, their shoulders wrapped in a veil of pink and…

How quickly things change. Abbi called me Friday night to tell me her flight from Monteray, Mexico, had landed just as my train to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pulled out of Penn Station. As I was queueing for a cab at 30th Street Station, she called to informed me that her granmother was in the hospital. Moments…

I didn’t know The Olds could lose their shit like this! I’m in Philly with my pals, The Nadas. I snuck out of work early, hopped on Amtrak, and then cabbed over to World Cafe where the guys just opened up for The Subdudes. The Subdudes are a talented-enough New Orleans-based quintet. They sound something…

Please forgive me. I have neither the time, nor the wherewithal to sufficiently characterize Chris, Tony and my Lifebeat: Hearts & Voices performance last night at the Robert Mapplethorp Residence (a residential treatment facility for New Yorkers living with AIDS) except to tell you that it was uncomfortable, insightful, and inspirational in nearly equal measure.…

Chris Abad and I were walking home from rehearsal Monday night when we said in near-unison, “I just want to release one great record.” I post about my music career less and less here, largely because I have less and less of a music career. I knew full well this was going to be something…