I have been making music as a writer, composer, producer, and performer since my teenage years, so I am well aware of the power of just three chords. Songwriter Harlan Howard once said “All you need to write a country song is three chords and the truth.” Just substitue “country” with “punk,” or a myriad [...]

Here’s a haiku I tweeted last week while I was on vacation in Arizona, now with a photo to illustrate. Rented SUV A tourist in my hometown Concrete Blonde CD

I got really good feedback about my NIME project in class tonight that will help me develop my Mumbo Jumbo Maracas piece.  In thinking about how I want everything to fit together, I am strongly leaning towards making my performance an ensemble piece.  I definitely want to keep both the maracas and the gibberish speech [...]

Today in my Show and Tell Studio class with Nancy Hechinger, we went through some creative exercises to help develop our communications skills and the ability to respond quickly to challenges.  Our first task was to write a love poem in five minutes.  I am usually a tortured writer who takes hours to write short [...]

Alleyways in the City of Saint Francis Hide Victorian houses Charming California dreaming Or warehouse walls Covered in human excrement Hipsters or homeless Smoking the dregs of humanity Oh California California You finally spread Your golden legs of Sunshine Before I leave you Again