1. new chapter

    So I’ve got some news. Ten years ago, before we finished recording Waking Hour, when I had yet to play my first open mic, I went to a talk that changed my life. Strangely, it had nothing to do with music, and in a way nothing the speaker said was extraordinary. There were slides about [...]

    March 30, 2010Categories: general25 comments
  2. intake

    Spring has alighted on New York City, calendar be damned, and over a weekend at that—cloudless blue above, coatless swarms in the streets below. I’m sitting with the window open. Went for a run yesterday, along the East River and across the Brooklyn Bridge, then caught the F train back to my neighborhood. Stopped by [...]

    March 8, 2010Categories: general6 comments
  3. Cayamo: the best gig ever

    It’s now been a week since I stepped off the Norwegian Dawn. I’ve put my winter coat back on, traded flip-flops for boots, and the floor’s stopped tilting gently underfoot. But I’m still there on the ship. If I try hard enough, if I’m lucky, I might be there for the rest of my life. [...]

    March 4, 2010Categories: general4 comments