Howzit goin' this week.

You good?

I'm havin' a good time. I recently had a funny idea for a new song, and when that happens I'm usually gonna have a good time with it.... even if, by the time it's all done, it sucks. For me it's all about the possibility. It's all about the joy in the work and not necessarily the result. (Although, it's always nice to be right.)

So we'll see what happens.

Oh listen... the president had an incredibly awkward moment with the Queen this week. I'm tellin' you... all that protocol and stuff is mostly for the birds when it comes to "royalty". (Didn't we have a revolution about all that royalty-crap?)

I had my own awkward moment with that woman a couple years ago... so I can empathize.

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Hey, here's the new banner for the 2011 Photo Gallery. I'm just gonna keep adding to it as the Summer "outdoor" season goes on. If this 20th year is like the previous 19 that I've been singing in Central Park, by the time we get to "The Something'th Annual Year End Concert" in December the gallery oughta be quite a collection of smiles and moments.

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BTW -- the "year end concert is booked for Saturday night, December 10th. I know it's early, but I wanted to let you know if you're one of those people who travel down from Buffalo, or in from Pennsylvania, or Maryland, or Germany just for this gig.

And as always, if you're lookin' for a whole bunch of photos to see what it is we do out in Central Park every year... if you're new here and you need a little catchin' up... for any newcomers, you can check out this little Photo Gallery from last summer's outdoor season... in Central Park and down on Pier 45 in the Village.

Click to visit last year's gallery

You can always hit THE ARCHIVE and catch up with what's been going on.

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Oh, yeah... and listen, I really let loose on "institutionalized" or "organized" religion in Monday's Update. I know it's a touchy subject for a lot of people. So, just like I always say when I'm about to sing "The Religion Song"... if any of you are offended by this kind of thing... um... uh... um...

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...I don't care.

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Moving on.

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Oh, Oh, Oh! Yesterday I think we found our director for the new project. As soon as I meet with her again, and I introduce her to George, and maybe set up a meeting with her and Tony Walton... I'm gonna introduce you guys to her. I've been holding off booking the next work session until I had an idea if this wonderful woman was on board for the ride. It looks like she is. So I'll let you guys know when you can reserve a seat at that thing if ou wanna be a part of this development process. (The last 2 work sessions filled up in about 4 hours!)

In a nutshell, we're putting together something that we hope is headed for Broadway or... Jupiter... or... I don't know. But it's gonna be done someplace. Broadway legend, TONY WALTON, a man who has more Tony Awards and Academy Awards than I have socks, is behind it 100%... so now it's just about getting the right team together and working it. I'll be inviting all of you to another one of those small, unplugged work sessions very soon, so keep checking back. The last 2 filled up in a matter of hours.

Here's a little 10-minute video from Tony and his wife... explaining the project.

Click to watch the video

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And here's a link to visit if YOU wanna be a real part of this process.

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VIDEO TIME

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WATCH THESE VIDEOS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY -- and then shoot me an email to tell me if you think they might become a part of the story.

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Click to watch the very first LIVE performance of this song.

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I'm really enjoying all of your comments about the newest songs, so keep 'em comin'! This was the LIVE debut of this next song in December here in NYC.

CAN'T YOU SEE?

Click to watch the video:

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HIT THIS LINK TO EMAIL YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS

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THE (entire) DECEMBER CONCERT

For you guys again today... the entire concert... "The Something'th Annual Year End Concert" is here for you to watch. Go make a pot of coffee. Pour yourself some tea or a nice glass of wine and sit back and watch this thing. Plug in some headphones or some earbuds if you feel like it. You can actually jump around and watch different parts o the show.

We had such a great time again this year in that theater!

(The audio got a little funky during Teresa Reynolds' Christmas song... but I'm do everything I can to fix that sooner than later. Check back.)

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Here are a couple of different fun galleries to check out.

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HAVE FUN TODAY!!!!!! (And be cool to each other, okay?)

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Thanks for everything.

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Peace ☮