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Hooray For Hollywood
When I was a child I thought there was a land of make-believe where the people in the fairy tales lived. When I got older I thought that just was the foolishness of childhood. Now that I’m older, I realize the land of make-believe does exist. I went there last week. The City of Angels Read more
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Chatting With Mic
After the world premiere of Celeste Friedman’s wonderful film Love and Karma last weekend at the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles, I was invited to discuss my music (and other things) with the delightful Mic Diaz. Read more
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Collecting
When I was a boy I collected stamps. It seemed a harmless enough hobby. I would buy bags of used stamps at the local farmers’ market and, after soaking them to remove the envelope fragments to which they were attached, I would affix a stamp hinge to the back of each and add them to Read more
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She Would Be You
If I were to build a womanfrom my dreamsshe would be youBut we both know that dreams aren’t realeven when they do come trueDreams don’t have to obey lawslike gravityor the tick of timeThere’s no law I wouldn’t breakif loving you became a crimeLove is not an empty wordan empty thoughtan empty dreamLove is an Read more
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The Big 3-0
His mother turned 30 on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland. He turns 30 today in Hawaii. His father (me) has no memory of turning 30, so I assume it was a good party. Thirty is a nice round number, a mile marker on the road of life. Since he was born, our planet has circled Read more
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Gone Too Fast
Somebody wrote “have fun” on a brick wallAnd I’m trying. Then the garbage can said “keep smiling”So I’m smiling. I keep smiling.Every time I go to workI feel like it’s the lastWhen I look in the mirrorI am staring at the pastWhen the good things endIt always seems they’re gone too fast Read more
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