hangin’ sam
When he was young, Sam played punk rock. Three chords, although on certain nights he reduced this to two because the third seemed entitled. He struck the guitar as if […]
A blinking biped in the age old tradition of song and dance.
When he was young, Sam played punk rock. Three chords, although on certain nights he reduced this to two because the third seemed entitled. He struck the guitar as if […]
There was a musician who wanted to become better. He knew what this required. He would have to stop returning to the things his hands already knew. Familiar music gave […]
In certain praying mantis relationships, the female is approached by the male, who has evidently received no briefing whatsoever. He climbs onto her with romance in his heart and perhaps […]
Eli could perform before two thousand people without fear, but he could not board an airplane without becoming certain that gravity had finally noticed him. This was inconvenient because he […]
I met with a consultant about Meta ads. Lorenzo. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, because the internet enjoys arranging marriages between people who never met before. I have been looking […]
I was watching a video by Nobuo Kubota which came along with my latest Vtape newsletter. It was brilliant. No surprise. I watched him perform in Toronto when I was […]
I was invited to read from my book. The person introducing me praised an old song I had written about lawyer Douglas Christie, and from the shape of the praise […]
When I wanted to play music festivals, friend Sam Larkin wrote reviews of my playing as though it had appeared in newspapers important enough to have foreign correspondents and columns […]
I learned about Bob Woodson through Glenn Loury’s YouTube channel, which I discovered during these PhD years. The timing created an unintended comparison. On one screen the university assigned texts, […]
Got the M1. Thanks all you musicians or artists in the know that pestered me to join your cult. It may take some weeks before I complete the transferring of […]