the man from saturn
When Sun Ra died every obituary I read wrote about his given name and how he pretended to be from Saturn. None of them understood what he was about or […]
June 2017
What The Students Hear
There’s a million people trying to fit through a small opening, that’s how it is. If you still want to try and fit through that small opening be my guest, […]
same
The back stages of lower level performance places have broken chairs missing light bulbs graffiti doorless toilet stalls. The back stages […]
Voyager 1 & 2
There was an idea to treat outer space like the ocean it is and in 1977 they launched spaceships Voyager 1 & 2 replete with messages in a bottle ostensibly […]
the guidance counsellor’s office
I reviewed your history and would like to call your attention to some facts you start laughing if people take serious things you don’t think serious and you’re don’t mind taking the […]
Singing is Believing
Been in recording sessions where the producer (or the engineer) seems ambivalent towards the singer and inattentive to listening for the emotional content (isn’t that the singer’s job description?). With […]
memories of vienna
I worked on a film and they required me to sign a clause that stipulated I could not say anything negative about them – ever. This became weirder by the […]
Moment with Cleave 30 years ago
Cleave: Why do you play the solo from our big hit song different every night? Bob: Because I like the challenge, I like not knowing what I’m going to do. […]
the cn tower ledge
For a certain type of musician whatever they can do isn’t good enough. New people to piano have difficulty playing hands together. One forgets how real a complication that is […]
Invisible Door
It’s like the music business is a machine with an invisible door and people try to locate the knob. They go to school hoping someone can tell them where that handle […]