the idea that everyone is
By the time he wrote 600 songs he started to feel confident but not arrogant. Not like Sheila who shushed people at the open stage insinuating they were missing her […]
ticket
My brother-in-law’s girlfriend left her car with us while they are in Europe and I parked it on Roncesvalles while picking up something for Esmé’s teacher. I returned and saw […]
last open stage
Stephanie started playing an old song on the piano, from her first record. It was originally done on guitar but like everything else post covid she was trying it on […]
next
The research proposal was approved. That feels good. The criticism I received at first hurt and I just wanted to quit and walk away but got my head around the […]
lit review
now the literature review. i don’t know. there are a bunch of books and i read them. so? some of them were amazing. some of them make me wish i […]
faves
Final touches on research proposal. Half the time I resent having to put the work I know musically into words but half the time it is also stimulating. Reading about […]
blank frank
Once in awhile Frank wondered if he himself might be an illusion but when he looked in the mirror – there he was. He played the harmonica, played it backwards, […]
babel
In the last class a student suggested we write a song together as a group. I sort of rolled my eyes on the inside but said ok let’s try. Then […]
the telephone company is not your friend
There was an idea in the Gurdjieff books that everything turns into the opposite direction of how it originally faced. Over time I notice resonant examples. Comes to mind today […]
temps
Went to see Ain’t Too Proud To Beg. I was disappointed. I love Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin. The play was a cartoon. I would have been impressed […]