May 9th, 2025. Riding the Dark Horse.
Life is a lot of managing expectations. Maybe that’s contrary to Dreaming Big, but any kid who grows up in Love with science fiction quickly realizes there’s caps on their
March 19th, 2025. Ketchup and downturn.
Last night a friend visiting from Louisiana got pretty verbose in his praise of me. Not just for my music but for my perseverance as it comes to community and
February 10th, 2025. Thou shalt not covet…
What a birthday. What a world. What a show. I basked in it for a couple of hours and came home to an email complaining that the NEXT show hadn’t
December 4th, 2024. Updates.
This week I went through the incredibly humbling task of slowly and painstakingly updating, correcting and pruning our mailing list. It’s a long story. You don’t have to tell. Honestly,
November 16th, 2024. Short Shrift.
With the tenseness running up to the election and the spectacular letdown afterwards, I fear I gave short shrift to the highs and lows and birthdays and shows over the
September 27th, 2024. everything hurts.
I’m fortunate in that I’ve only rarely been genuinely injured. I’ve never been hospitalized. My experiences with trauma have all been rather focused with pointy objects, or blunt and brutal
September 7th, 2024. Time to be Writing Again.
I think a lot about communities. About the ones I engender, the ones I engage with, the ones I’ve been ostracized from, the ones I have contempt for. Whether it’s
May 19th, 2024. A Hard Weekend of Shows.
Spectacular weekend of shows. Hard weekend of shows. Last Saturday our show in Frederick got rained out, and with my incredible 20/20 hindsight I now see that was a good
March 9th, 2024. Dune.
The below is to be read with the following caveats: Dune. Arrakis. Desert planet. A fictional world so embedded in our culture that Microsoft Word’s spellcheck accepts it. I think
November 12th, 2023. Earned.
I’ve heard that there’s thing called “Life balance”. That somewhere, somehow, you reach a point where you’re not bored and listless, but you’re also not overworked and insane. Sunday mornings