Hey!!!

Thanks to all of you who helped this winter with the permit fund over there on the right! Guess what! We're all set!!! I just went down to the NYPD and picked up the second round of permits for playing music in Central Park this summer. (The first few Sound Device Permits) Damn! We're sooooo official these days!

Anyway... yeah... very cool!

Now, two things! We need for this Spring weather to hang out. (Lookin' kinda cold and rainy for this weekend.) But, then...

WE NEED THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO TAKE DOWN THE FENCE AROUND "THE HILL".

Soon, I hope! I'm starting to wonder who's behind the fence... "Fencegate" we'll call it. (More about that in a minute.)

BUT, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REALLY COOL THINGS GOIN' ON TODAY!

First... there is a new installment of "I Love the Company"!

On today's show, I'm introducing you all to our new reporter and White House correspondent, the beautiful and talented Victoria Addison. She actually went down to D.C. today to sit in on one of the last press breifings that will be given by Scott McClellan... the man I affectionately call the "pasty-faced twinkie". (That's only because he's a morally bankrupt, documented liar and the public face of everything that has gone wrong in America today! Other than that, I'm sure he's a peach.)

Y'see, I was amazed at the comments made by Dick Cheney on Meet the Press... about me and my music a few weeks ago. I had a feeling that Joe Wilson and I might have a lot in common. So, I asked Victoria to find out if the Bush administration was responsible for putting the fence up around "The Hill" to keep me from playing. Click on this logo to listen to the show and see what she found out.

And, today's musical guest is a guy who not only writes beautiful love songs, but is also pee-in-your-pants funny. A good friend and helluva a talent named Ray Jessel.

(Oh, if you need to catch up a little, just click on this image to hear what Dick Cheney said about me and the songs that I write. It'll give you a little insight to how "Fencegate" got where it is today. (Wait... wait... "Fence-gate"? That almost makes sense!)

Cheney talks about "I Love the Company"

Anyway, what else?

OH, YEAH!

I really would love it if you would all come on May 1st to help me celebrate the 14 years I have been "That Guitar Man from Central Park".

I've been playing out in Central Park for a looooong time. I'm a really lucky man. I would love it if you would help me take a look back over the past 14 years, help me celebrate them.... and, help me kick off the 15th years of music.

I mean... seriously.

14 years.... we've been through a lot. We were together out there on September 16th, 2001. Remember? We've seen a lot, really good times and tough times. And, every nice weekend we've been together, singing and laughing... sometimes crying together.

So, I'm doing a special ONE-TIME gig at...

We'll call it... um... I don't know...

THE ANNIVERSARY/SUMMER KICKOFF/LOOK-BACK/GET-THE-HELL-STARTED-AGAIN GIG

(You're not gonna wanna miss this thing. It's in two weeks!!! It's really not that big a place, so make reservations soon, okay?)

I mean... wouldn't it be somethin' if this is the last summer I'm playing music in Central Park!? Y'never know. I wanna treat every day like it's something really special... because it is. And, I would really like to share that feeling with you.

Here's the number: (212) 581-3080

If you feel like coming to help me commemorate all the wonderful summers we've shared together (sniff) there are lots of tickets still available. It's a little more swanky than most of the places I've played. But, what the hell! Get a little dressed up if you feel like it! I'll probably hafta wear a shirt. (No shoes!) Dinner or drinks and a look back at all the music that's come my way in Central Park is gonna be a helluva a one-time event. Treat yourself nice. Bring a date. Bring a friend. Come by yourself! Get tickets now and make a night of it. It's an early gig for a Monday night and that's cool, too. Show up, look around and hang with all the same faces you see in Central Park in the summertime!

Anyway... it's on MAY 1 at 7:00 (That's a monday night.)

To make reservations, call that number or just visit the Birdland site.

Okay, gotta go.

Seriously, I would really like to hear from you. Register in the new version of the "Forum" (message board) and chime in about "I Love the Comapny". Let me know what music you wanna hear, what you think you'd like to hear discussed on the show. If you have any guests you'd like to hear, let me know that, too.

Okay, I gotta get to work. If you wanna email me about anything, just hit the "Contact" button over there. I can't answer all the email I get. But, I promise I eventually read every single one.

See you soon, I hope.

Thanks again.