Hey, welcome to the website.

And congratulations to all you NY JETS fans here in town. And good luck the rest of the way.

I'm tellin' you...

I love being "That Guitar Man from Central Park".

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But, I wanna take a minute today to explain why the updates here on the site have been few and far between to kick off 2010.

There have been 2 things at play here... 2 very human feelings or conditions that I think every artist and every conscious person goes through now and then. I think, if you're regular around here, you know that I follow the "news" pretty closely. (The real news... not things like "balloon boy" or the sexual exploits of a golfer.) And at the same time, you all know that I'm the guy who wrote the song "CRAZY ON THE SAME DAY". So I hope you understand that what I'm about to say is just for today. I know everything passes.

2 things... first, I've been going through a little bit of a drought artistically. Just a little drought. Y'know, I LOVE thinking about the next thing, the next event, the next idea... the next possibility! But, I've been having a difficult time imagining the reality of it and finding the excitement in "the next thing". I'm having a tiny crisis of self-belief lately... when the big questions of self-delusion and grandiosity rear their ugly heads. (Very bad state of affairs for an artist who feels he has something to say and share with the world most of the time.)

And I guess like a lot of Good people I'm also feeling a certain, very real amount of disillusionment and discouragement after believing in and working so hard for something called "The Audacity of Hope". (I guess I was "hoping" for a little more "audacity".)

I'm tired of hearing the voices of the spiritually-vacant, shallow-minded, fear-based right-wing Conservatives in this country getting louder. I'm tired of hearing the Democrats in Congress and in The White House pander, compromise their values and sell-out the people with politics as usual. I'm tired of hearing from insects like Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and NY congressman, Peter King... and horrible, horrible people like the fucking Cheneys.

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(deep breath)

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Okay, so... anyway... listen, I know it's going to pass. It always does. And I wasn't kidding. I really do have an amazing idea that's kind of percolating. And, I have already done some work that might need a little help and a kick in the ass out the door to find it's place in this world. The really good news is that I'm not afflicted by this kind of drought that often. I know other artists who deal with this kind of darkness on a regular basis. I found for myself that just by saying, "I know it will pass" and actually writing it down... (telling on it!) ...and saying it out loud helps.

I also should tell you that... as I'm writing this.... I just received a morning phone call from a dear, sweet friend and one of the greatest "possibility-junkies in modern history.... my friend Sid Bernstein.

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He just chased the clouds away a little bit and reminded me that I wrote this song...

KEEP HOPE ALIVE

ANY OTHER WAY

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And once again...

I just wanna say thanks again for another typically amazing year in 2009. (But, THIS lap around the Sun is gonna be even more amazing... I can quietly feel it deep inside.)

CLICK ON THIS PHOTO TO VISIT
A LITTLE PHOTO GALLERY
FROM SUMMER 2009

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If you're new around here, you might wanna take a little time to browse "The Archive". I realize a lot of you here in New York City, in different parts of the the country and in different parts of the world check in here almost every day and there's usually some kind of new content here.

Almost every day.

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Hey! Here are the links for the 2 new galleries.

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Thanks for showing up.

I didn't forget what I said about letting you guys in on the plans for the next LIVE event here in New York City. That's coming soon, I hope. I think I have a GREAT idea!

See you tomorrow.

PEACE