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Shadow-Dancing.  Yes, we are a funny species. We like to wrestle and dance with shadows.  Sometimes we get lost in the world of shadows. Som...

At the lake front yesterday.  The sun was setting in the west, and I was looking east at the vast and dangerous body of water called Lake Mi...

Yes, just like "Piggy" in "Lord of the Flies," I have "ass-mar."  I've had it since about 13 years old or ...

Recently watched "Cross-Fire Hurricane," an HBO documentary about the Stones.  It's kind of a visual snapshot of some of the ...

I love doing this Holiday show.  We've participated 5 or 6 years in a row.  It's always lots of fun.  And it's for a good cause:...

Although my last name has a distinctly "Germanic" flavor, the German influence in my blood-line was always discounted in my family...

Yesterday we saw "Argo" the latest movie from master filmmaker... Ben Affleck .  Yes, really, I just put "master filmmaker,...

Thinking of bringing this song to our band... one of the great tracks from Van Morrison's 1968 album "Astral Weeks" , which is...

Lots to be thankful for today.  It's kind of cool to have a day dedicated to thankfulness.  There are very few traditions I follow.  But...

The kitchen.  Great acoustics.  Good lighting.  Many, many sessions spent in the kitchen with my acoustic guitar and a little digital record...

Yesterday I wrote about Gillian Welch and David Rawlings here ...  there are the good times, the bad times, and then just time... This son...

We went to the Music Box Theatre in Chicago yesterday afternoon.  We saw Leos Carax's new movie "Holy Motors."  Don't wa...

There are those who benefit from the "status quo." And those who suffer. And that's where the conflict,  and the trouble begin...

BTW - the quote "We all fall down," comes from Tony Scott's movie "Domino," a film loosely based on Domino Harvey...

People have sex.  They have sex with other people.  People not their husbands or wives.  It happens.  All the time.  So sometimes "the ...

My photography teacher many years ago said: "The camera always lies."  I think this is true.  One snap tries to capture a mom...

We signed a new lease on our apartment.  We asked for a new refrigerator.  And it arrived yesterday.  Big, shiny, white, roomy.  It just ...

I was reading about The Stone Roses and their original manager Gareth Evans.  Evans is kind of a larger than life character in the mold of A...

You have to be able to process the good news.  Just like you need to process the bad news.  And there's always good news and bad news to...

Our band whitewolfsonicprincess played at the Underground Wonder Bar last night.  It was an amazingly transcendent experience.  We played ...