taught by ghosts
There is an app my nieces and daughter and Magali all get a kick out of; I watched them play with at Christmas. Superimposes red lipstick on photos of faces […]
Bob Wiseman
super dave
One time we played on Super Dave Osbourne. I didn’t know he was a joker in the Andy Kaufman tradition. I was surprised when years later I realized who he […]
hannah and the universal laws
Watched two films eerily similar in a way I can’t prove but so it is. One, a documentary about Estonia and their fight to detach themselves from the Soviet Union. […]
the unexpected long road
Amazed how often running with little sleep can go on but then again seen so many trees or plants parched that were fine as long as eventually they drink. There […]
i want you to make love not war, i know you’ve heard it before
That part of the story where Hades tricks Orpheus by giving him control is perfect. One might argue there is no trick, he was just given the power to be […]
E flat
When me and Don and Hugh and Wayne made that record with Edie Brickell in the rehearsals and writing we would make a groove and it would feel good and […]
at the enigma cafe
Missed my calling. Could have always been a reggae keyboard player. My older brother Ronnie taught me how to play the 2 and the 4 and the clavinet parts and […]
Q and accomplished
Q the time traveling trickster from Star Trek and Deep Space 9, Voyager etc. went back in time, and popped into Lenny Breau’s apartment who was nodding off at the […]
al
david’s birthday today. he died more than 10 years ago but i like remembering how proud he seemed when i wrote a song about him. in 2004 touring western canada […]
intuition
because whenever one has more or less mastered something with their instrument, it’s executed by the body without needing much of the head, like when you really know it you […]