Lyrics vs. technology, take 2
I needed something to rhyme with "on my own," or possibly "alone." Hmmm. How about "waiting by the phone"?Not bad, not bad.Oh, wait. Nobody waits by the phone anymore. Cell phones have destroyed that...
View ArticleStuck
I'm theoretically excited about the song I'm writing at the moment. It taps into a mood most songs don't explore, which means I have have a chance to do something new. Newish, anyway.Unfortunately, I'm...
View ArticleRevenge of the Christmas music
I may have mentionedinpassing that I don't like Christmas music. There are a few Christmas carols I enjoy, but most of the genre does nothing for me, and every year a goodly number of grocery stores...
View ArticleScenes from a songwriting session, Jan. 18, 2014
Nope. "Ubiquitous entropy" doesn't even come close to scanning.I wonder if later, I could write some other song where it does. The phrase would totally work in 6/8 time!
View ArticleAnother late application
For this year's Tucson Folk Festival, the organizers did something new and generous: they waived the application fee for performers. The only catch was that you had to apply by December 31. After that...
View ArticleDiscovering the Dunwells
I didn't want to go grocery shopping tonight. It was the end of a long day, and I wanted to relax, and if I couldn't relax, I wanted to get back to work, try to keep from falling behind. Unfortunately,...
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April updates
Oh man. It's been two and a half months since I posted anything here. Oops.In my defense, there's been a lot going on. Ron the Drummer and I are flying to Nashville on Wednesday to record a few songs....
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Back from Nashville
Wow. We're home.What a trip.We had good times and great opportunities. What we didn't have was secure Internet access, which meant that I couldn't blog events as they occurred. So I went old school. I...
View ArticleThe Nashville mystique
Yeah, there's thirteen hundred and fifty-twoGuitar cases in NashvilleAnd any one that unpacks his guitar could playTwice as better than I will—Lovin Spoonful, "Nashville Cats"Wednesday, April 23,...
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Which way did we go?
Thursday and Friday, April 24–April 25Nashville is a good place to lose yourself.I don't mean metaphorically, like forgetting your troubles amidst the enchanting sights and sounds, or surrendering your...
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Coming home to the Tucson Folk Festival
We played in the Tucson Folk Festival today, so I'm going to interrupt my ramblings about our week in Nashville to talk about that.The theme for this year's Folk Fest: hot. It was in the mid-90s when...
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ME Awareness Day: Free Karina Hansen
I've mentioned before that under normal circumstances, I have little use for "awareness" campaigns as they pertain to diseases. My being aware of illness X does nothing for people who suffer from it....
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RCA Studio B
Hey, I promised you more posts about Nashville, didn't I. Sorry for the delay. I was waiting on some pics, and then came ME Awareness Day, and ... Well, at any rate, the Nashville tales resume here....
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Real time
Another Nashville entry!Thursday, April 24Here's another shot of the amazing Steinway grand at RCA Studio B and the person who was lucky enough to get to play it. (Me! That's me!)Did you notice that...
View ArticleA long-distance dedication to Casey Kasem
We saw this one coming. Before his death today at the age of 82, Casey Kasem had been suffering from Parkinson's disease and dementia. His family battled over whether heroic measures would be taken to...
View ArticleYou win again, Mr. Sun ...
I've lived in Tucson, Arizona, for more than half my life now, and there are certain things I'm still not used to.Like, today we had an outdoor gig and I got a little sunburned.In October.Oh well. If...
View ArticleWith a little help from Joe Cocker
Maybe a decade ago, my roommate informed me that Cinder Bridge should quit playing "Layla." His reason? I sounded nothing like Eric Clapton.It's true. I don't. Not even a little bit. And ...?"You know...
View ArticleFolk Fest, here we come ...
Hi! Nice to see you again. It's been a while, huh. Between everything and everything else, I keep forgetting that this blog exists.But I didn't pop back in to talk about how much I suck at blogging....
View ArticleBarry + Garry
Awww, belated congratulations to Barry Manilow. Last year he married his manager, Garry Kief.The article I linked to says that people started speculating on Manilow's marital status several months ago,...
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ME/CFS Awareness Day: Big data
"I really enjoy working on problems that others think are unsolvable."—Ronald W. DavisAnother year, another ME/CFS Awareness Day, and we STILL don't have a cure. What's up with that?(If you have no...
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