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I have always felt a debt of gratitude to Randy Newman, showing me that the “I” in a song does not have to be the songwriter, naked beneath a single […]

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I am seriously close to breaking down and buying an older Mac to replace my ancient Mac. This means I will finally move closer to the year 2026, although I […]

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This is how the headliner becomes a policeman. You walk toward the stagewearing the invisible badgeof contractual responsibility. You become Officer No Encore,Sergeant That’s Enough,Chief Inspector We Discussed This. You […]

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In a couple of weeks, I’ll be playing in Dorchester and Stratford. The Dorchester show is also connected to a television production reminiscent of Channel 13, which makes the whole […]

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The Jews are ancient enough to have negotiated a private arrangement with time. According to the Hebrew calendar, it is now he year 5787, which means history is older than […]

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She said “Yorkton” in the careful tone people use when reminding you of something from that other century when telephones stayed home. But right away I remembered. I played Yorkton […]

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After the Sudbury show, while I was standing beside the merchandise table trying to remember whether I had just sold someone a book or merely signed one they already owned, […]

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You agree to standin the light. They agree to sitin the dark. Alreadythere is something suspiciousabout the arrangement. You bring them songsmade from the remainsof former versions of yourself: the […]

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Saw a video of Oscar Peterson and Herbie Hancock both describing the first time they heard Art Tatum. Herbie Hancock said he found himself wondering if it wasn’t too late […]