

Me and Pianos
I've mentioned before how pianos, being kind of big and heavy and hard to move from place to place–that if I'd foreseen I would evolve to...


Bamboozled
Always on the lookout for fresh words and phrases, I keep a collection in my journals; a list entitled "Titles;" and sometimes one of the...


Keyboard In the Toilet
In the area of self-representation, it appears vital to apply polish for a nice, glossy finish. I, on the lo-fi fringe, get mesmerized by...


A Few Thank Yous
I'd like to take a minute to thank some people who will never read this. Like my family's friends the Harveys, who gave us the little...


New Song (Lyrics)
I'll get video up soon I hope, guitar & vocals, before too long. In the meantime, think of it as a poem.
High Hopes and Low Expectations
Getting musically re-established in a new place feels, oddly, a little like dating. I’m coming from some long-term, if not monogamous,...


Meine Deutsche Akkordeon Saga
Exhibit A, my vintage Italian Frontalini I had to decide which instruments to bring to Düsseldorf, and which to leave for Summer gigs...


Have Yourself A Melancholy Christmas!
I just re-released the single “Poor Little Jesus,” which I recorded in 2012 for a New Hampshire Christmas compilation album entitled...


German Lesson
Arturo Castro Nagueros, the excellent featured artist at last night's Zakk Barabasch open stage in Düsseldorf. www.arturoguitar.com. I’m...
Songwriting: Lyrics Expiration Date?
mom says don’t forget / a good education is one thing you’d have forever / besides that tattoo hand me my cigarettes / she says / you’ve...