Well, June is here... June 1st.

Kind of a bittersweet day for me. I'm gonna spend today in a quiet place. A good place. I feel so wonderful about so many things. And, a deep sadness about some things. Ah, well...

Life.

Anyway... HEY!

SO, after all these years, this is "Deep Throat"!

Coupla things... first of all, he looked sexier in the movie. Oh, wait a min... um... never mind.

(I'm sure many of you have NO idea what I'm talking about!

Anyway, there seems to be a trend. Y'know, we often never know how each event in our lives affects another. Life is such a mystery that makes complete sense under the surface, but the connections are rarely apparent. That goes for world events, as well. I mean... who would have thought that a silly, stupid story out of Georgia would have had the impact that it's had. I'm sooo pleased that while CNN and MSNBC and Fox (agggh) were ignoring the reality of our war in Iraq, they went to such great lengths to cover a story as important as the "Runaway Bride". At the time, I admit I couldn't see what the professional journalists in the American television news media saw. But, y'know... that's why they're so rightfully impressed with themselves. I mean, who would have known that Jennifer Wilbanks would have affected history like she has? This morning, I saw W. Mark Felt on CNN...

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I was kinda surprised.

So, yeah, like I said... this summer, I'm going for the look, too.

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Man! Just gotta get me one of those striped towels. EVERYBODY who's anybody is gonna be wearing them this season! Anyway, listen... the weather is lookin' great for the weekend. I hope I see you all in Central Park on Saturday. But, I've got a question...

HOW MANY OF YOU LIVE IN BROOKLYN?

I know by the stats on the website that an awful lotta you live across the bridge. Well... this week...

I'm coming to Brooklyn! FRIDAY NIGHT! (Yeah, I'm leaving my zip code.)

THIS FRIDAY NIGHT I'm gonna do a night of music at:

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

Doesn't this look like a cool place
to hang and do a concert?

It's general seating (first come first serve) and all the tickets are $10. (But, there's no advance sales. 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. If you live in Brooklyn, get some friends together and hang out. The doors open at 7:30. the concert starts at 8:00. 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 on Friday. I think it's gonna be a special night...

...in Brooklyn.

I wanna welcome everyone who is new at this website, and all the peoplee reading this in different parts of the country and around the world. 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 this idea, or if you have any odeas of your own.

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 New York this week. Maybe I'll see you in Brooklyn this Friday night! Hope I see you in the park all summer.

Thanks for everything.