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In the age of the Tivo, MP3s, and iTunes, CDs, DVDs, and books are the ultimate albatross. For a New Yorker with exactly one closet and two shelves, they’re literally the elephant in the room. Perodically, at some point, they have to be thinned. Especially when a move is on the horizon. And so it…

I lead a double life. In addition posting here on The Daily Journal, I write periodically (primarily when there’s news) on my blog about my brother, Christofer, and my documentary-in-progress, “Mister Rogers & Me.” And so, because I don’t have time right now to riff fully on my currently most pondered thesis (the rise and…

I said it on November 7, 2000, September 11, 2001, and on March 20, 2003, and I’ll say it again (and again and again). The Bush Administration is the most dangerously inept group of politicians in the history of this country. I’ve been clear from the outset that I don’t think the guy’s smart, or…

I hung out with Dean Wareham and Lou Reed last night. Backstage at The Mercury Lounge was quiet. It was late. My eyes were half-mast; I had a few beers in me, and I was tired. I don’t know how I got there with them, or what exactly was going on. We were just sitting…

It seemed like a good idea at the time. When my buddy, former Dough and current Buckeye front man, singer/songwriter Chris Abad, announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend Megan Watkins, I responded with cool enthusiasm by raising my post-rehearsal forty ouncer and toasting them both. When he told me he wanted me to perform at…

Every once and a while, I look around and think (a la David Byrne in “Once In A Lifetime”), “How did I get here?” Last night’s unusual location was Sirius Satellite Radio’s Studio 12, thirty-six floors above Rockefeller Center. The studio was thoroughly modern, dimly lit, and wrapped in glass. I was wearing headphones, seated…