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by Mike Power

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  • The Mistress of Disguises

    Two years ago I wrote a play called Digging Up John Barrymore. At one point I considered a musical version and wrote a few songs for it. This one is called The Mistress of Disguise and here’s the relevant passage from the play (Barrymore’s deathbed scene) that leads into the song: Steve Izant and Julia Read more

  • Images from a Medieval Festival

    Last Sunday, in Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Park, about 60,000 people gathered from the 30th Annual Medieval Festival. If you’ve never been and it looks like something you’d enjoy, you should check it out next year. It’s always held at the beginning of Autumn and it always starts with a parade. The parade doesn’t always have Read more

  • Julia

    In 2012, I met a woman named Julia and was inspired to learn this song. Julia’s a common enough name but one that I hadn’t come across much in my life. Earlier in 2012 my first full-length stage play Digging Up John Barrymore, was produced by the good people at Dreamcatcher Entertainment. The name I Read more

  • Let It Down

    George Harrison’s son Dhani (and friends) with a killer version of George’s “Let It Down” from All Things Must Pass on Conan O’Brien’s show last night.   https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/n8m7oYvY90Q&source=uds Though you sit in another chair, I can feel you hereLooking like I don’t care, but I do, I doHiding it all behind anything I seeShould someone Read more

  • Images From A Climate March

    You never know what you might see at a climate march.   You’re bound to see hordes of people. The estimate I heard was 310,000. A lot of them, like me, are taking pictures of each other. You’re bound to see something like this – a mock-up of warhead. What you might not always see Read more

  • Baby, I’m Falling Apart

    Is it time for another self-pitying song already? Time really does fly when you’re having fun. Loudon Wainwright the third is one of my favorite songwriters and one who knows a thing or two about self-pity. If you don’t know the man’s work, you owe it to yourself to check it out. Here’s a snippet Read more