Lotsa people visiting this site from across the country and around the world. But, it's a rainy day here in New York City. If you're in NYC, and rainy days and Mondays actually DO get you down... there is a kickin' songwriter's circle happenin' tonight at 7:00 at The Red Lion on Bleecker Street in the Village. If you're not doin' anything, seriously! Grab a few friends and head down there! Music cranks up at 7:00!

Okay...

There will be a new podcast here a little later today! (I'm playing some of your phone calls again!) And, hopefully I will have some new dates for the next concerts at the brand new H.I. New York Performance Hall on the upper West side of Manhattan.

Now... right now, yeah. Rainin' on the Big Apple.

BUT!

Keep your fingers crossed for good weather this coming Saturday. (MAY 3) Because the first of the Special Events Permits came through and we're all gonna head out to "The Hill" to do what we love to do out there in Central Park together.

Y'know?

I say how lucky I am all the time. But, it's really been hitting me in the heart lately.

You can't believe how grateful I am to be called "That Guitar Man from Central Park". And, it's really all because of you. Y'know? It's you guys who visit this website regularly, who reach out and let me know if a song I've written has touched you in some way, who've let me know it's a worthwhile thing to do with a life - to write songs and head out to the park - to strap my guitar onto my shoulder and hang with you in the middle of the greatest city in the world - share some music, some thoughts, some laughs.

Sometimes I get a little squirrely.

Y'know? I guess a certain level of ego or discontentment rises up inside me. I begin to doubt my work. I question my purpose as an artist. I wonder if I'm destined somehow to wallow in poverty and relative professional obscurity for a lifetime. I get weary

But, then... Ha! I realize that's absolute bullshit.

I'm the luckiest man alive.

This is gonna be another typically amazing summer.

What I'm trying to say... again... is THANKS.

Okay!

Listen, I'm in a really "present and alive" mood right now. I wanna give you guys some FREE downloads of a couple of songs I'm working on. Y'know... works-in-progress. AND, a couple of the more socially-minded or socially conscious songs I've done recently. (Click on the link and they're yours, okay?

Crazy on the Same Day (re-mastered) - Tom Cruise Scares Me (A recent version)

JesusLand - Bill O'Reilly: The Legend of the Big Giant Head

And, the newest new one....

Click on the image.

Hey!!! I was thinking. One of these days really soon I'm gonna roll out a "Best Of" gallery of all the political cartoons and photoshop images from this site over the past few years. (I've had a lot of fun doing them.)

Check back for that.

Oh yeah... (Ha! Still time to help out with the 2008 Permit Fund if you feel like it!)

You can use the PayPal button on the right
of this page... over there under the "Weather".

Oh yeah! And check back for the new concert dates! We're planning a number of really cool musical events over at H.I. New York Performance Hall, as well. In fact, early this week I'll be announcing the next date for he next BIG concert event we'll do in that brand new venue. It might even be an outdoor event in their block-long backyard! (More about that really soon.)

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H.I New York Performance Hall - Amsterdam Ave @ 103rd Street

IF YOU'RE NEW AROUND HERE... go ahead and click on this link to hit the "Archive" page". there's a lot of cool stuff on this site. (Photoshop images, political cartoons, FREE songs to download. A whole bunch of podcasts to catch up on.)

Knock yourself out.

HERE'S THE MOST RECENT EPISODE OF THE ORIGINAL PODCAST:

"I Love the Company" (Show #364)

I'm playing a song requested by a listener... a song by a fellow-artist ad friend who will certainly be a guest artist joining me on stage at H.I. New York Performance Hall.

Just click on the logo, plug in your headphones, jam in your earbuds or turn on your speakers and listen. (You can always subscribe to the show and get it automatically by hitting that itunes button over there.)

SHOW 364

Cool? My musical guest on ILTC: Karlus Trapp (Click on his photo to visit his website, find out more about him, where he's playing, and how to get his music.)

AND NOW... the brand new installment of the sister-podcast, the more politically-minded and socially conscious sister podcast called "Where's the Voice". Today, we'll play a couple of tracks of music and go with last week's noise from Bill Clinton to General Petraeus. And once again, I'm gonna play SOME OF YOUR PHONE COMMENTS!!!

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Click on the logo, plug in your headphones, jam in your earbuds or turn on your speakers and listen. (You can always subscribe to the show and get it automatically by hitting that itunes button over there.)

CLICK ON THE LOGO



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After you listen to both podcasts, I'm gonna ask you one more time to call with absolutely anything you wanna say. Use this phone number for you to call to be a part of all this... right here. Use it to chime in and leave a message for either podcast, a comment, a request, an opinion, or just say "Hey" and let me know where in the country or the world your listening.

646-224-8162

If you're new around here and wanna catch upo on previous episodes of any of the podcasts, just hit the "Archive" button over there. ALL of the shows are still here someplace!

Okay, I'm outta here - got a lot of work to do!

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Thanks for everything.