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It is hard to quantify beauty
Beauty is hard to quantify I wouldn’t want to if I could It would take away all the joy and mystery and grace and other things not found in words or numbers Read more
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Coming Full Circle in NYC
Thirty five years ago, I moved to New York City, into a friend’s apartment at 4 Saint Mark’s Place. On September 22, I will be performing a show at the Kraine Theater, four blocks away from that first apartment. I’ll be playing songs that I wrote during the years I lived in Greenwich Village, songs I wrote… Read more
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Conservatives and Liberals and Soccer and Religion
We live in societies that have lost the ability to clearly communicate across the divides we have created for ourselves. Or so I thought yesterday. Today, laid up with a bum back, I got to watch the American soccer team’s celebration in my home town, and I heard one of its captains, Megan Rapinoe, say… Read more
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On summer evenings, after rain
Across the drops of streetlights faces shine and fade with time and other forces of destruction and deterioration Blankets that we pull across our sore and frozen memories that cry out so pathetically for comfort and for warmth The hour has already passed for final judgments falling down for making up excuses that not even… Read more
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This is no time for saluting flags…
Happy Independence Day. Please enjoy responsibly, with these timely words and timeless music from Lou Reed. This is no time for celebration This is no time for shaking hands This is no time for backslapping This is no time for marching bands This is no time for optimism This is no time for endless thought… Read more
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One night only…
Please note that this post will remain at the top of my blog until the show. Scroll down for more recent posts. For one night only – Sunday, September 22 – you (yes, you) can experience a show that is a little different from other shows you’ve seen. I hope you will come to the… Read more
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