A student lies to my face. I badly want to tell her how stupid is this lie. The system of academia is a chess game and she has so many […]

The best part of baking a sweet potato is when it sweats. You know it is done, little sweet droplets, aroma fills kitchen. The best part of my new song […]

Now that I have been teaching at colleges off and on for ten years it’s a fact that not everyone shows up on time and there higher ups have no […]

A student asked me what I thought of the 1980s. I didn’t know how to answer her. I said when you are in your twenties, and wherever one is in […]

The first performances started today. Twenty year old woman from the Punjab stayed after class to tell me after hearing the first four students perform, she realizes she has no […]

What to do about Buffy St. Marie. I assign certain films in my songwriting and music business classes and I love the film Rumble: The Indians That Rocked The World. […]

Some of the comments I plan on addressing since the survey was returned by the new students, “I’m confused by the lack of infrastructure for supporting artists, specifically independent artists. […]

Read a review for Moon Unit’s book about being Frank Zappa’s daughter. Sounds amazing. I put a hold on it at the library. One day i hope the course I […]

It occurs to me considering the new class is comprised of 100 people that I should break up the material differently. Instead of exploring ten records I think we will […]

A month after their sold out Danforth Music Hall show, a fan of the band Kükamongus recognized the lead guitarist buying pot at a new outlet in the Kensington Market […]