It is 4 a.m. New Year’s Day.
A new year? Well, that’s what they tell us. Somehow even in my advancing age, I feel more tied to the school year. Those last weeks of summer actually feel more like…
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whipping these into shape!
working the setlist for Cherry Cola's
Minor Obsessions
My latest obsession is open E minor guitar tuning. How did this happen?
I just went on a recent excursion through some Gallon Drunk listening. I discovered some reissue albums that they had out a few years ago on…
Read moreThe First Time
I remember the first time I saw someone write a song. I’d written stories and poems and just, stuff, since I was a kid. Writing words was something that I just did.
I already knew that sometimes the words…
Read moresearching for something...
There's this thing that happens to me periodically- I remember something that I wrote years ago- like, 25 or even more years ago.
I decide I NEED to read it because I have a sense that it was good, or…Read more
I decide I NEED to read it because I have a sense that it was good, or…Read more
Christmas in January?
January 20th and my Christmas present to myself finally arrives...
looking forward to trying out this mic from Advanced Audio Microphones- the only Canadian mic company I ever heard of.
Hope this sounds as good as it looks!
looking forward to trying out this mic from Advanced Audio Microphones- the only Canadian mic company I ever heard of.
Hope this sounds as good as it looks!
Sunday Sessions
working out a new song on Sunday- as you do...
a sort of slow loping number called Born to Misery
a sort of slow loping number called Born to Misery
One More Time with Feeling- gripping and full of sorrow
Just got back from the Nick Cave movie - It was gripping, full of sorrow, and beautiful.
If you're a fan you need to see it. I'll be thinking about it for days.
They've added extra showings through the weekend…Read more
If you're a fan you need to see it. I'll be thinking about it for days.
They've added extra showings through the weekend…Read more
What's summer for, anyway?
Summer, as an adult anyway, is about grabbing what fun you can. Ideally we'd all have that June to August period off with nothing to do like when I was a kid.
I kind of wish I could sign myself…Read more
I kind of wish I could sign myself…Read more
Freezing Sheep...
So here’s a new one. I’m working on a new song, a slow atmospheric dirge.
I’ve got the headphones on and fall asleep with the thing on a loop.
Vivid dreams occur…
I’m in a 50s Land…
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