New song alert! When he was a kid he’d lie on his back in the sand just above the tideline where it dropped away to the bay, listening to the murmur of his grandparents talking by the firepit, watching the … Continue reading
Special FeatureFeelin’ post-literate? Listen to the audio version of today’s commentary — or download the mp3 to take with you on the road. As always, you can stream the music, as well. (More download options below.) Ah… The big kiss … Continue reading
Somehow I got suckered into moderating the sleepily congenial songwriting forum at Harmony Central, the web’s largest musician’s bulletin board. My primary role there is to police the forum for cell phone and running shoe spam and make sure people … Continue reading
Raise a glass to the bosses! Toiling away in their chrome steel towers, a secretary on the lap and a Cubano going out in the ashtray, they pull the levers that make you and me dance. A hundred years or … Continue reading
How did I live so long? Ah, well, the one thing we can be sure of is that it once and for all disproves any positive correlation between virtue and longevity. Not that I’m that old. But I’m definitely well … Continue reading
