Rough times? Yeah... in a way.

But, okay... you're all invited to the party.

What party?

Um... I don't know yet. But, when there's a party, you're all invited.

'Cause I hafta say thanks again. Thanks for another great summer in Central Park. Thanks for diggin' my music. Thanks for listening to "I Love the Company" and makin' it more and more popular around the internet.

And, I hafta say "Thanks" because, believe it or not, I've been going through a pretty rough patch in some very personal ways. But, y'know? I love my life, and I love all that I get to do around here. I've got another really, really fun show on "I Love the Company" today.

You can hear the show right now. (ILTC is a 24-minute internet show or podcast) Just turn on your speakers and click on this logo.

Today's very special musical guest is a regular on ILTC: George Wurzbach

(As always, click on the photo to visit the artist's website, find out about him, where he's playing and how to get more of his music.)

"I Love the Company" ends with one of George's great tunes.... a really beautiful thought. Also, I'm playing a whole lot of your phone calls and they're a shitload of fun. And, after yesterday's "Wednesday Wake-Up Call" feel free to call in with any comments or opinions you have, okay? Here's the number again if you wanna leave a message for me.

646-224-8162

Oh yeah... and use that number if you have anything to say about the SPECIAL EXTRA BONUS EDITION OF "THE WEDNESDAY WAKE-UP CALL". It's 24 minutes long and it's specifically about the signing of the Military Commissions Act , and why I feel so strongly about the things I wrote in the song "Where's the Voice". If you care, if you give a shit... click on this link to listen or download it for later. It's a special segment called...

For People Who Actually Give a Shit

(Gonna be interesting to see the numbers on how many people check it out.)

AHHHHHH!!!

A party!

Okay... YEAH!

Here we go! If you're in or around New York, or plan to be during the first week of December, you can get tickets right now for my annual "Year-End Concert" at Merkin Concert Hall on Wednesday, December 6th.

You can either call the box office directly:

212-501-3330

Or, get your seats online by clicking on this link. I'm tellin' you, that gig is so much fun every year. This year, it's gonna be great again. I'm already lookin' forward to hangin' out with you guys. Gonna have some wonderful guests on stage with me. Try not miss it. Get a bunch of friends together and make a night of it!

Okay... FREE STUFF! Here are 2 new FREE downloads. I'd really like to hear from you about both of them. YEAH! One of these is the song that has rocketted around the internet over the past week or so. Okay, okay... so, it's a parody. But, I hadda get it out fast. Blame webmaster James Marino for this one! (Well, and ex-Congressman Mark Foley) This came about during a diner-run on Broadway a few weeks ago!

"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Pages"

The other is a song about one of the greatest engines of human conflict ever devised, click on this photo to get the song! It's "The Religion Song" and it's brand new. I played it in Central Park this summer, and it's getting some reaction around the internet. People are emailing and calling in from all over about this one.

Click on the photo for the mp3.

Okay, before I get outta here I'm gonna ask you all to check out the MySpace page. And, when you do I'd like you to sign up as a friend. I'm very new on the damned thing. But, I'm really exploring the whole MySpace thing to see if it's gonna be fun and worth the effort.

Let me know what you think, okay?

Here's the link:

If you've been comin' around for a while, thanks for always showing up... here and in the park. And if you're brand new here, take a look around. There's a lot of cool stuff on this site. And, you can go back and listen through a whole bunch of the previous Podcasts. Actually... you can go back and listen to all of them if you have the time.

You can also email me about anything you want by clicking on that "Contact" button over there. I can't answer all the email I get these days. But I promise I read every single one.

Thanks again.