I was reminded this morning as I went out to shop at our local market that the year is winding down. How did I know? Because there was a lonely trombonist standing outside the door playing a dirge-like version of “O […]
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You should know that this first paragraph was written after I wrote what follows below. So that you don’t scratch your head and wonder what the hell I may be thinking about posting this on a website devoted to the […]
Hand-painted and Directed by Zachary Johnson, this is an animation using 3,454 oil on paper paintings of NYC at night. “Waiting” is from the debut album Love We Are We Love by THE SEA THE SEA / theseathesea.com
On the cell phone video, shot in Minneapolis and seen by over five million people in just five days, you first get a glimpse of the woman holding up the sign projected on a huge screen behind the drummer. It […]
Books. I have a weakness. While sometimes I can nurse one for a week or two, at other times I devour them by the handful as if they were M&Ms. Or baby carrots … in tribute to a healthier lifestyle. […]
Lots of live music, a few highs and a couple of rough spots defined this past week. Before I get on topic, I want to mention a book I found at the local library, where ink and paper still give me […]
It’s been a pretty busy week here, what with all the pickin’ going on out in the orchard and preparations being made for my very first trip to Brooklyn, the ancestral homeland of Woody Allen, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, and Ernie […]
A little bit of news to kick it off this week: it appears that eighty year old Leonard Cohen is going to pass for the moment on touring in support of his latest album, but as a nice marketing gesture […]
While last week I struggled a bit with my post-operative pain-reduction opiate-derived haze, the last few days have found me up, walking, talking, thinking, moving, rehabbin’, writing, interviewing, plotting, scheming, making music, listening to lots of it, and sitting up […]
I heard last night that Paul Revere had passed on at 76. Made a note to check on his website this morning, and maybe watch a video or two. Just a small personal tribute to an American footnote to the 1960s, […]
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