Everettsville

 

I’ve finished 4 new songs, which I plan to post here for free download as soon as I get a chance to record some good, solid demos.

 

It’ll probably take at least a few more weeks as I’m still getting…

 

The other night when I was in the mood to listen to something live, I turned to two of the most enjoyable live recordings I’ve ever heard in any style of music; Donny Hathaway Live (1972) and Junior Wells Live…

 

“They” say that the famous, legendary, iconic (and oddly triangular) diner seen in Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks painting was a real-life restaurant that existed on the corner of Greenwich Avenue & 7^th Avenue in New York City in the 1940s…

 

Last night I took out an old favorite; Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde. It’s a glorious, unrefined, masterful, poetic mess of an album. I’ve been in love with this record since about 5 years after I first bought it…

 

It’s been 2-and-a-half years since I’ve written a song. I don’t mind admitting to that because the truth is that I haven’t actually tried to write a song in all that time. First I was busy finishing up The Last…

 

A 52-year-old drive-in burger joint, a landmark of mid-20^th Century Southern California teen cruising culture, in all its space age glass and neon Googie-style glory, gets a new lease on life after suffering years of neglect and the blows…

 

It’s already been a few days, but I can’t let the passing of J.D. Salinger go by without some kind of comment from my little corner of the internet about his signature work.

 

 

 

Catcher in the Rye was just about…

Show I’ll be playing a solo set in New York on October 29th. The show is at Googie’s Lounge (Living Room upstairs) on Ludlow Street. Video In the meantime, I’m working on a video for Silver Moon Motel , shooting…

 

Tonight I listened to Side Two of The Eagles-Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975. I don’t know what came over me. I don’t even like The Eagles that much, but I was flipping through my little collection of LPs (my big collection…

 

When I was in high school, a favorite hangout for me and my friends was the Bob’s Big Boy on Encinitas Boulevard. Encinitas didn’t have coffeehouses in the 80s and Bob’s was a place where you could go at night…