probably think this post is about you
Listening to an interview with drummer Andy Newmark, talking about the recording session fifty years ago, on You’re So Vain by Carly Simon. Richard Perry, the producer, replaced him with […]
Bob Wiseman
earlier AI
I played a piece I wrote at the Mendelson Joe memorial in April and it was videotaped. Good thing I didn’t realize that because recordings often are a distraction. When […]
and i am saying it
People sometimes imagine life is a dream. But I am real – aren’t I? Sort of like discussions of God. I used to balk. How could one doubt something invented […]
mihaly
Listening to an interview with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the man Chris Cavanagh recommended to me about creativity. He says one of the surprises when they began mapping data on more than […]
cage
In the documentary about John Cage, he identifies with Zen’s philosophy. For his own peace of mind, he practised a disinclination towards mind. At one point explaining how a near […]
arm wrestle
My daughter lying in bed but before drifting off insists on another arm wrestle. She grits her teeth, even uses both hands, then requests a head start. It easy for […]
music camp
The twelve year old son of the conductor went to music camp. At the end of the session every kid won an award. His was the inspirational camper award. At […]
what have they in common?
happiness is a warm gun del vikings most bacharach the 70s Joni records he’s so fine
grant rejection
“Your application aroused more than ordinary interest, the talent which is marked, was not a matter for dispute but rather the nature of the project,”. The rejection letter sent to […]
some kind of druid dude
The mind is like a place where a radio station always is on, an inescapable station, often annoying. The same ads cannot be stopped, they play ten trillion times. Eventually, […]