Welcome to everyone reading this in different parts of the country and different parts of the world. Here in New York City... well okay, the weather was far from perfect yesterday. I mean, it was hot and muggy and the rain was threatening most of the day. But, it held off and we got another afternoon of music and laughs in Central Park.

And even though the crowd was smaller, it really turned out to be an amazing day at that!

I'll try to spend today getting some video from yesterday up on this site for tomorrow. Y'see... something pretty damned cool happened in Central Park while we were hangin' out together. (No, I'm not just talkin' about the surprise appearance by the NYU men's swim team... although that was pretty freaky, too.)

No, I'll save it for the video.

Oh! But! I guess if you've been coming around here lately, you know we've been having a lot of fun around the choice of Sarah Palin to be John McCain's vice presidential running mate. (You can download the new song a little further down the page, and then pass it all around the internet.)

But, Y'know? It's been forcing me to do deeper research on this candidate than I usually do. And, y'know?

I'm surprised nobody's come up with this little fact about Sarah Palin's past. Sit right back and I'll tell you this tale.

Did you know that she was one of 5 passengers who set sail that day for 3-hour tour?

I'll bet you didn't know that.

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Okay... FREE download time!!! In case you missed your chance to download this song for FREE and endit around to as many people as you can...

I'm already workin' on a NEW song! It's based on some email exchanges I've had with several people over the past few days... and generated by this song!

"DON'T KNOW PALIN"

Music: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow
New Lyrics: David Ippolito, Lisa Regal

Performed by David Ippolito and Angie McKnight (With a special appearance by Miss Christine Lavin)

Click on the image to download the song.

Y'know when I was down at Chris Lavin's apartment laying down the voice over parts, she suggested that a whole bunch of people might wanna start playing this on the radio... college radio stations, Air America and the like. (Air America has aired my tune "JesusLand" several times so I'm thinking she had a good point.) So, here's an FCC-friendly version for public airplay. I bleeped out one word - - (gasp!!!)

Whew!

Okay, here's the version for the rest of us.

And for you podcasters and bloggers who aren't encumbered by censorship.

I rrreeeeeaaallllly want you guys to download this for yourselves, but then pass it on to several friends around the country, especially in those "swing states". (C'mon... this is New York. I know at least half of you have relatives in Florida!)

Okay...

Gotta get to work on that video.

See you back here tomorrow. Make sure to check in!

Thanks for everything.