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I Never Knew Your Name
When I say I never knew your name, I am not talking about the one your parents gave you. I am talking about the one you gave yourself. You know the one I mean, the one that bubbled to the surface of your life on a hot summer night, like this one, when you were… Read more
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The Thing in Me
The thing in me that your long look kindled, that grew and blossomed under the soft light of an all-forgiving sun will not wither will not die but also will not grow again The thing in me that made me feel like something new has turned around to look at me from the other side… Read more
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Bands of Co-Conspirators
I have been making music for over 40 years and have had the good fortune in that time to have worked with some insanely talented people. In my college dorm, in my wife’s office, even in my parents’ basement, I found musicians, singers, and songwriters who astounded and challenged me. It is impossible to say how… Read more
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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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