WALKIN’ BLUES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQqE6q_9MoQ MONDAY MORNIN’ BLUES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yONYHeh94c QUEEN OF SPADES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_t16grbvyc&t=9s
The One
DELTA BLUES, ACCOMPANIED BY STOSH MACHEK
HONEY WHATS WRONG WITH YOU? with Stosh Machek STAGOLEE with Stosh Machek SLIDIN’ DELTA with Stosh Machek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlN0SuW0TjA MAKE ME A PALLET with Stosh Machek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGIq4X0xQ5Y Art District, supported by Stosh Machek and James Slade
SOAPS
So, you know…I’m kinda pissed…and you’ll never imagine why. I’m binging MAD ABOUT YOU, now midway thru Season 3. I’m appreciating just how fucking brilliant the sitcom pairing of Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt truly was. I laugh out loud A LOT. Not so much at witty lines but at human behavior, at which they… Continue reading SOAPS
RUSS
I’ve lost a friend of many years. In truth, Russell passed on December 20th but I only received certainty today. I’ve been trying to call him for weeks and had premonitions but shrugged them off. Despite his many ailments, Russell was incredibly hardy…and stubborn. His phone would ring and ring; he’d never had an answering… Continue reading RUSS
INKA DINKA DOO
Machu Picchu I generally write about my life experiences AFTER they’ve taken place…but something seems different about my journey to Peru tomorrow night. There has been an uncommon unanimity of response from friends with whom I’ve shared my intentions. Evidently this trip resonates with many; it is an adventure, a faint hope that “some day….”… Continue reading INKA DINKA DOO
THE BEATLES WERE A PART OF OUR LIVES
George Harrison is dead, and at 58, he was the youngest Beatle. Somehow that resonates more profoundly than John’s death at the hands of John David Chapman years ago. Rock stars, stars of all types seem destined to die before their time; lives lived in the brightness of media scrutiny and subject to the whimsy… Continue reading THE BEATLES WERE A PART OF OUR LIVES
DOWN UNDER THOUGHTS II
DOWN UNDER THOUGHTS II That last evening, as I walked along the main drag, laden with take-home booty of duty-free rum and souvenirs for friends and family, a young Asian teenager approached from behind and asked, “Are you an actor?” I’d been largely unrecognized since arriving, bearded, far from prime time markets, and told him… Continue reading DOWN UNDER THOUGHTS II
DOWN UNDER THOUGHTS I
DOWN UNDER THOUGHTS I can still remember the fragrance of gardenia blossoms in a resort garden I’d always stop and smell, en route to the ocean – redolent, nostalgic, decadent…and was welcomed to Australia by the sight of verdant Jacarandas, indigo harbingers of the onset of summer there and a welcome reminder of home. The… Continue reading DOWN UNDER THOUGHTS I
HiStory
HiStory Clearly ALL our passing events constitute American history. But most able to both walk and talk appreciate that our present reality will endure for decades, if not centuries to come. Much like JFK/ Nixon/ Clinton/ 911/ Obama, the next 48 hours will define the direction of both American politics and America itself. This is… Continue reading HiStory
MAHALIA AND PTSD
It’s why I do it. Advocacy. It’s why my own trauma is kept alive and raw. I don’t get to pack it away, hide out… heal? As if I could… Cause countless other souls, without my media presence LIVE daily with THEIR pain. And they may not have found counseling or meds or understanding. A… Continue reading MAHALIA AND PTSD