A Year of Songs

There's a doomed beauty in knowing you're about to make what you'll probably look back on as the mistake of

As a wide-eyed youth, I was always a sucker for songs like "Teen Angel," "Running Bear" or the Everly Brothers'

How many of us have the kind of memories we thought we'd have, growing up? I remember the day I

There are lies. There are damnable lies. And there are pretty lies you want to live inside forever. You want

You know you're lonely when you find yourself doing lonely things like hitching half the length of California

When I think of rich people I've known, I always forget about Howard Hughes. Well, I didn't know him, personally,

Loyalty... I wanted to write about the wary, sadder-but-wiser loyalty of a prisoner for his favorite guard...

Ah... memory. Frail sibling of the dream, grandchild of illusion. Don't ask me how I ended up doing this twice

[New, improved recording version links below, 2006-07-21] He watched himself... just to see how far he'd go. And, when it

I must have prodigal angels on my mind. Last night I saw For Heaven's Sake, one of those 40's