I grew up in a politically split household, but in the opposite way from a lot of others: Dad was a liberal Democrat and Mom was a conservative Republican. My brothers and I all followed Dad’s lead and after many years, Mom joined us too. She was born and raised in Massachusetts at aContinue reading “Election Day 2016”
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Happy 90th Birthday Chuck Berry
Last Licks
There’s no way around it – 2016 is a shitty year for music fans. So far we’ve lost Prince, Merle Haggard, David Bowie, Keith Emerson, Glenn Frey, Paul Kantner, and Maurice White. And it’s not even May yet. It got me thinking about the final recordings that artists make and what it says about theContinue reading “Last Licks”
Watching The Wheels – Mike’s Musical Monday
…I just had to let it go. It seems fitting that since I launched this blog with one of John Lennon’s tracks from Double Fantasy, I’ll kick off the second year with another. I recently lost my job (where did it go? I just had it) and feel no urge to find another one. SometimesContinue reading “Watching The Wheels – Mike’s Musical Monday”
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 IContinue reading “Julia”
