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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…

The schedule of an aspiring rock star: 8am: Woke up, drank coffee, played guitar. 9pm: Walked to work. 10pm: Meeting. 11pm: Meeting. 12pm: Ate sandwich at desk. Called Club Iota (D.C.), left message. Wrote, printed, sent two letters to two A&R types. Emailed a management firm. 1-6pm: MTVNews.com-type work was punctuated by Photoshopping and printing…

Six months ago this morning, the sky was crisp blue, freshly scrubbed from an overnight thunderstorm. As I dried myself from a shower, I heard the first report on WNYC-AM: a plane had hit the World Trade Center. It was an eyewitness account from a janitor at the radio station who had seen the entire…

Just in from rehearsal — exhausted. But psyched and confident for tomorrow. One rehearsal, and the band is back in fine form. The new one, “Golden Wings,” has gone from just a few chords on my acoustic to a fairly epic number. We’re opening with it, so get there on time. Paul’s playing an arpegiated…

I ran the Brooklyn Half Marathon yesterday morning in 1:51:17 after three weeks on my ass. Everything hurts today. But it was a beautiful morning in Brooklyn, and a great run. The race started on the Coney Island boardwalk as the sun was breaking through a heavy fog, then turned onto Ocean Parkway and into…