Bob Wiseman

Was trying to dream up more ways of students imitating writing. Decided next class we will inspect excerpts of Hunter S. Thompson and Bernadine Evaristo and take them apart. Query […]

At the jam session two guitarists battled it out playing faster and faster during a marathon Caledonia! Caledonia! What Makes Your Big Head So Hard! Eventually, to up the ante […]

When my manager, Don Christensen, went to Midem in 1993, he met a German label and they liked my record, City Of Wood,  and signed me. This resulted in an […]

Watched an interview with Martin Amis where he said as he ages he has less future and more past. Realized it is a very good way to put it. We […]

I saw the documentary about Richter in the 90s. Never forgot it and previously I knew nothing about him. Tonight, I found it again among the online collections in the […]

I started reading the Bell Jar. I always assumed it was poetry but it is a novel, a great one. I did not expect to read first person accounts of […]

I wrote to Danny Goldberg for advice about a course I plan on teaching one day. He has owned record companies and management companies. A significant mover and shaker. He […]

Been playing so much piano this year and transposing many old songs from guitar to piano. I once read Bob Dylan recorded both Highway 61 Revisited and Bringing it Back […]

Another very cool thing about Tina Turner, and I know there are many, she and her crew share vocals with Frank Zappa on Overnight Sensation. Only last year did I […]

I sat for Joe seven times. Recently Karen sent me copies from those sittings, of each image. I have no memory of some of them, like the first or second […]