Hey guys...

Yes, it's a beautiful day here in New York City.

But... sorry.

The Permit Office over at The Parks Department didn't issue us the Special Events Permit I applied for this weekend. So I won't be seeing you guys until at least next week. (Ha! I still haven't received the paperwork for September yet... so I honestly don't know what the f*ck is goin' on.)

But, check back, okay?

Remember...

Just don't let it ruin your day, or throw you off center, or piss you off too much. Some things in Life just suck. It's what we do with our own lives and the choices we make that matter.

I'm just so sorry I couldn't hang with you guys today. Hope you made it a great day anyway.

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I've been "That Guitar Man from Central Park" for 19 years now... so I really do feel like the luckiest man alive. (I would hope we all feel that way about our lives.)

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Now hey! Onto the music and things that really matter.

I have a new (unexpected) song for you today.

I never know what's gonna jump the line. This song just wanted to be written and I happened to be in the room. (It's a little further down the page.)

Seriously, if you haven't checked this site in a while or you're new around here, you really might wanna check out the ARCHIVE and look back through some of the recent updates.

This week, here at the site I posted a whole bunch of photos from last Saturday in Central Park.

Click on each photo for larger image.
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I added a bunch more to this year's photo gallery.

Click to visit this year's gallery

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Now generally, this site is about Life, and Love, and Laughter and above all... music.

But last week I wrote 2 updates that address this genuinely embarrassing circumstance about that cultural center which is planned to be built in downtown Manhattan. I had a lunch meeting with a brilliant songwriter and good friend of mine named George Wurzbach, and as we were discussing the matter, I was using words like "insane" and "fear-driven" and "narrow-minded" and "shallow". But he used the word "embarrassing" and he's right. As an American citizen and as a sentient human being.... the opposition to the that cultural center being built on Park Place is... embarrassing.

You might wanna check out my original thoughts by hitting this link. I received an awful lot of email in response to both updates. Most of the people who dig my music are people who just "get it".

But the written word didn't seem enough for me as an artist. So in the last couple of days, I buried myself "in the cave" and wrote a new song.

You can watch it by clicking on this image.

CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO

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We had us an amazing weekend a few days ago.

That's another reason to browse The Archive.
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Right now and for anyone who's new at the site, the newest song that's makin' the rounds on the internet is my new song about the upcoming final installments of the Harry Potter series of movies. It's a song about the character, Hermione Granger.

Here... click on the image to check out the song and watch the video.

Click to watch the video

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Now one more thing about that song!

IT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD!!!

I'm serious!

Now you can download the song itself, and walk around with it in your ipod or mp3 player and sing it to yourself on the bus, in the subway, in the car... while you're on facebook.

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Okay, here are a couple of different galleries.

Here...

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

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I'll be back tomorrow with another update.

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Thanks for everything.

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PEACE