punster
There is a guy on Instagram named Darren Walsh who improvises puns. It’s astounding. He stands in public places, in the UK, and offers puns to walkers by. People try […]
improvising
the clock
The universe is so tightly wound. Everything follows rules as if machine-driven. Planets rotate, flowers bloom, dogs bark, ants scurry and predators eat minnows. Humanity moves through all of it […]
The New Song
I ask the Lyft guy about his car. I always do. It’s a reflex at this point. I know the rough prices, the dealer choreography, the creative interpretations of larceny […]
on the subway
On the subway a guy across from me, big white hair pompadour,exactly like Jim Jarmusch, film-ghost of a downtown dream,and I liked believing it was him,this artist of smoke and […]
dr jekyl
I think about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde often. Folks talk about it like a strange horror story, but it isn’t strange at all. It’s honest. That’s what we are. […]
fusion
Old fusion albums. Listening back, a lot to learn there. Sometimes it’s just meandering, people testing the edges while forgetting about the center. At other times, it’s greatness. Risk becomes […]
cecil, keith & pee wee
Cecil Taylor, Keith Jarrett, and Pee-wee Herman walk into a bar. The bartender says, “What’ll it be?”Cecil Taylor launches into a 45-minute solo order that nobody understands, Keith Jarrett complains […]
the study of consciousness
To wonder about consciousness is to get tangled inside one’s own awareness, to play a kind of Sherlock Holmes with the endless inner dialogue that never pauses, never lets go. […]
can’t unsee
I find it very hard these days to make sense out of what people mean when they say right wing or left wing. Once upon a time, it never seemed […]
insomnia
Sometimes I can’t fall asleep. It’s partly the strange bed, a mattress that feels like someone else’s rhythm, and partly the stress needing to be up early to drive my […]