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No updates all week!

I've been slammin' busy with a bunch of stuff and had a little "personal weather" earlier in the week.

It's all Good now.

So, welcome to the website, another update, another bunch of news and another idea.

First up... keep your fingers crossed that the weather allows us another typically amazing Saturday afternoon in Central Park in a couple of days!

AND... let's hope the weather holds up for my good friend and colleague, Christine Lavin, who's heading to Central Park for a very different reason on Sunday. She's been asked to be a part of a "Bake Sale for Obama" as part of the "Hungry for Change" idea. (I'll let you know more about that as it gets closer. But, right now I think it's gonna be on Sunday, near The Delacorte Theater around 10 or 11 am.)

You guys who are regulars around here know that I am a "possibility-junkie".

Well, I have another idea that might become a really cool NYC experience if everyone is up for it and will support it.

'm thinking about putting together an outdoor music festival/picnicright here on the Upper West Side of Manhattan sometime in July.

Is that something you guys would be up for?

I mean, I'd see if I could put together a lineup of wonderful singer/songwriters and make it a day-long party on the back property of the H.I. New York Performance Hall.

So many of you have already come to the indoor concerts in the new music hall. But, can you imagine a "picnic on the block-long, back lawn on a beautiful Saturday afternoon or Sunday afternoon?

I'm thinking... music on the block-long back yard lawn. A bunch of musicians who wanna show up and jam. A chance for all of you to actually meet some of the same people you hang out with all summer. A real weekend party with great live music.

Y'think?

If you guys tell me you'd be up for it and could bring friends, then I'll start setting it up! I'm thinkin' you could bring come of your own picnic if you want. Maybe even... everyone could cook up or bring a little somethin' extra to share with the people around you. Might be really cool

Sound good?

(Oh man! I'm such a possibility-junkie!) Check back in the next few days and I'll let you know what's up.

Very cool.

Okay... gonna bring you all some more video and some free music downloads this week. But for right now, here's a re-post of something from last week.

Gotta switch gears just a little bit.

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Because while this country has been watching "American Idol" and "The Hulk"... and those in our "news media" have been turning poor Tim Russert into Edward R. Murrow all week, 17 more American service men have already been killed in the war in Iraq just this month. (I send my heartfelt condolences to Mr. Russert's family, loved ones, colleagues and friends. But, a little perspective, please.)

Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the deaths of around 3,000 people.

To date, George W. Bush and those who voted for him are responsible for the deaths of 4,101 Americans and countless, countless.... upwards of 100,000 Iraqi civilian deaths. (Men, women and children.)

I've said this often... art is very often a tool. It's most often a "mirror" to help reflect the world around us. But sometimes, it's also a "hammer" that helps shape the world around us.

You young guns out there! You singer/songwriters under 30 years old!

Here's a free download for you.

WHERE'S THE VOICE

(And, if you're NOT a songwriter, but happen to know any songwriters who might wanna hear this song's message, pass it along to them today, okay? Then have them send me their tracks. I'm thinking about a new project.)

It'll be fun!

Hey! Y'know... I'm the guy who wrote "Crazy on the Same Day" - "The Perfect Girl for Me" - "Singin' in Central Park"

... and lots of other songs that'll hopefully make you smile. I'm more excited than ever to be a "possibility-junkie".

Okay, HERE'S TODAY'S VIDEO I PROMISED.

Besides writing songs and giving you guys some free downloads here at the site, I wanna also make it a little bit easier for all of us to "pay attention". (Everybody's lives are so busy!) So, I wanna do something a little different this summer.

And that includes this!!!

I'm gonna see if I can start posting some things that you might be interested in seeing. (PLEASE take a few minutes each day to pay attention, okay?) I'm also looking forward to receiving your email-reactions to this kinda thing. I'll post some of your replies and comments here at the site like we did in the early days of thatguitarman.com

Y'see... I say this all the time. I work out of my home. I update this website from here. I write songs at home. I produce concerts and events from here. But, that means I get to watch a lot of CSPAN. Y'know? The real thing.

BUT, this comment was actually from a cable "news" show. (It's in 2 parts)

Click on images to watch videos

Then... let me know what you think and how you feel.

Cool?

Hope I see you out there in Central Park this coming Saturday!

Thanks for everything.