instant nu state
#11 is known as Blue Poles despite the fact that Jackson Pollock titled it #11. He changed to a numbering method so people wouldn’t bring preconceived ideas to it. The […]
War
fairy tales
Some people think that great musicians are different than non musicians. It is genetics or mystical or nature but no, they’re just taxi drivers. Like you parachuted into Lithuania and […]
third man out
A musician with a great relationship to his instrument also had an alcohol problem. His weekly residency at The Hideout attracted a good sized audience but before the show ended […]
the leader song
The King ran an ad in Kijiji seeking a songwriter to glorify his greatness. Three responses came in. The first played slide guitar and wrote a catchy chorus not unlike […]
how to get out of an impossible jail
There was an impossible jail situation where the jailers placed gps trackers inside the bodies of the prisoner. Unless there was a way to remove the tracker, it would be […]
harrison bergeron
the thing that so amazing about improvising well, or about listening to good improvisers, is their capacity to remain there. to be in the space of heightened creativity without stopping […]
years without grass
Bumped into a friend while outside walking, talked about the current zombie apocalypse while keeping 6 feet between us. I annoyed her because I was cheery but I wasn’t trying […]
for my next trick
the mind works through conversation with itself sometimes with imaginary characters like the creator of the universe, like as if you are talking with god. my friend explained her embrace […]
ads
Keep wanting to make time to for new songs and then it slips away between various other homework, housework, production work. jot the ideas for another day. the ghost of […]
elevator music
The first school I went to was a Jewish school. I went from kindergarten until grade seven then told my parents I wanted to change to public school. Years later […]