How you doin'?

Thanks for checkin' in today. I hope you also take a minute to stop in the "Forum" (message board) and say "Hey"... whether you live in New York City, or if you're reading this in another part of the country or another part of the world.

If you live in BROOKLYN... I'm heading over to your part of town tonight.

The Good Coffehouse Music Parlor
53 Prospect Park West
(At 2nd Street in Park Slope)

Looks like a cool place.
Part of the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture

It's general seating (first come first serve) and all the tickets are only $10. (But, there's no advance sale. Just show up.)

I'm gonna do a whole night of music and storytelling. Gonna let you guys in on how and why a lot of my songs were written... some of the stories behind them. Maybe play a few brand new works-in-progress. Oughta be cool. It's always a different and interesting process. If you live in Brooklyn, get some friends together and hang out. The doors open at 7:30. The concert starts at 8:00. The Music Parlor is part of something called the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. You can get directions and all kinds of information HERE. (Good Coffehouse Music Parlor)

But, today, make a few calls and try to plan to come to this gig tonight. I think it's gonna be a special night...

...in Brooklyn.

And, tomorrow... keep your eye on the sky.

I think this front is gonna move through and we're gonna have a great afternoon for music by The Lake in Central Park. But, check back here in the morning, okay? Because... ssshhhh... if the weather sucks tomorrow, I'm gonna head out there on Sunday.

If you're new here and you have a minute, take a look through the "Archives" over there. See what we've been up to around here.

But, if you are a regular here, you may have read about this next thing already. If you have, you can stop reading. But, would you do me a HUGE favor? Would you take a minute.... right now... would you go into the "Forum" (message board) and let me know what you think of the following project, or if you have any ideas of your own for it?

You're aware that I'm jumping in, up to my neck, in an effort to put together a concert to help the innocent, ordinary people who are taking the brunt of the hurt in the war we started in Iraq. Y'know? The most decent and reasonable places in my heart cannot fathom a WAR TIME where politicians bluster and bullshit about parliamentary procedure, the news media covers "unbalanced brides" and Michael Jackson, and military units are often placed in a "defensive" or "don't-get-killed" mode, while the ordinary, civilian men, women and children are out there getting there asses kicked. Y'know? It's like the politicians are holed-up inside a great, fortified castle called the "Green Zone", while the peasants are being slaughtered all around them. (I guess, the peasant-in-me gets pissed off.)

I'm hoping to pull something off in September or October to raise money and get help directly to these people.

This is what I meant before about doing some Good. Y'know, you can have an awful lotta fun, doing really hard work, if you know you're working toward something good. So, in the coming weeks, I'm gonna be asking for help from ordinary people... like... um... you.

Right now, I'm gonna ask you to click on this link and take a few minutes to read what's there, okay? Please?

EVERYTHING YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE CONCERT...

...so far.

Maybe it's time for the rest of us ordinary people in America to do something extraordinary for those people.

Gotta run right now. Look, maybe I'll run into you on the streets of Manhattan this week. Maybe I'll see you in Brooklyn tomorrow night! Hope I see you in the park all summer.

Thanks for everything.