Where I went to college, at Middlebury, in Vermont, they had what was known as the 4-1-4 system. What that meant was the first semester ended before Christmas, not typical when most schools required five classes and finals were AFTER Christmas, the spring semester started in the middle of February, and in the middle, for […]

I was standing in line for the bathroom and the sixtysomething guy in front of me told me to turn my Blackberry off, to leave my work at the office. I was at Carnegie Hall for the teacher awards for the foundation Felice runs. Before the event there was a dinner at the Trattoria across […]

We stopped by at the restaurant so Felice could say hello to Michael.  Dominick Dunne was in the corner, everybody was wearing a suit, and I wondered if I had it wrong, if I’d been stuck on the shore like Allen Ginsberg in the eighties, his appearance and style befitting the fifties.  I’ve got the […]

Hi Bob, I play in the band Jets Overhead…reading your letter was totally unexpected so thank you for the compliments. I’m a subscriber and got it first hand, but a busy week in Austin means I’m only getting the chance to write and say hi now. You are right that we made an album without […]