It freaked me right out. Lisa implored me to come for the BBQ last night, but I didn’t want to miss couples therapy in the morning, especially after being out of the country, there was a lot to cover. But this also meant I couldn’t leave L.A. until just before noon, which meant I’d hit […]

We’re here for a hundredth birthday concert for Henry Mancini. L’Aquila is somewhere between one and two hours from Rome, depending on the traffic. It’s in the Apennine mountains. (You remember them from elementary school, right? Well, I remembered they were in Italy, but I couldn’t have picked them out on a map, nor did […]

“How are musicians supposed to survive on $0.00173 per stream?”:  “The Guardian”: https://shorturl.at/mCIJ6 This is what I hate about America, it’s all about self-interest, people believe they’re entitled to a living, and the truth is irrelevant. Mr. Krukowski was in the band Galaxie 500. Their albums were released by Rough Trade. Assuming the label gave […]

You don’t make fun of someone’s height, name or physical disability. I went to high school. You probably did too. There were bullies. Who seemed to pick on you for no reason. And they had a coterie of cronies who if they didn’t cheer them on, stayed silent in mute acknowledgement of their behavior. But […]