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Okay, I'm back.

I felt very strongly that I had to say what I said briefly and so inadequately in THIS UPDATE. But... I'll do the rest of my work in a song.

(breath)

Well okay, I'm watching the satellite imagery. I'm looking at the radar.

I know that The National Weather Service is saying that the weather's shaky for the next couple of days... but I have a feeling that we just might get us a day of music on Saturday. So I'm looking forward to heading out to "The Hill" with my guitar and hangin' with you guys.

Hope I see you out there!

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Now, I sent out an email blast yesterday letting you guys know that the tickets went on sale for "The Something'th Annual Year End Concert". I know there are an awful lotta people who travel to New York for that show, some from other states and other countries. But many of you just can't make it to New York City for the gig.

I just got word from our resident "Evil Genius" and webmaster, James Marino, that we're gonna stream the show LIVE here at the website. So wherever you are in the world, you'll be able to be part of this traditional event. And if you're here in NYC and lucky enough to be in the house with us, you can tell your friends and family across the country and around the world top share the night with you.

Very cool.

Start gathering the people you wanna bring to the gig this year and grab the best seats before anyone else!

Or just call the box office directly:

212-501-3330

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OKAY -- BACK TO TODAY!!!

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TODAY'S "MAGIC NUMBER" to win the AL EAST Title is down to -- Nope it's over !!!

Well, this was a new temporary feature... that was here verytemporarily. This was about the magic number for The Yankees to win the AL East Title. (Not just make the playoffs. They clinched a playoff spot yesterday by winning the first game.) If you're not a real baseball fan and you have NO idea what this number thing is, there is a pretty good explanation in THIS UPDATE.

This is a really wild, wild ending to a wild season. Right now, RED SOX FANS are in the unusual position of having to root for The Yankees to keep playing great baseball against The Rays, or The Red Sox might not even make it into the post season. 'Cause if the Red Sox continue their late-season collapse... it won't matter what the Yankees and Rays do.

But here in The Big Apple we hafta say... ah, who the f*ck cares? The Bombers won 2 yesterday and so they clinched both a playoff spot AND the Division title in one day. Hope they just keep winning tough games and make it back to The Word Series. The magic number to clinch the division in the middle of the day was represented by "The Captain". Not a number that has been retired yet, but most definitely will be one day....

Derek Jeter

When Boston lost last night... the "magic number" was #1

Billy Martin

By the time the second Yankee game was over late last night, they had clinched the division title for 2011.

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(Hey listen... it's all in "The Toy Department" of Life. But it's fun.)

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NOW! A FEW VIDEOS ABOUT SOME MORE REALLY COOL STUFF!

Here's a little video from last year's year-end concert. Give you an idea of the kinda fun we have in that room every year.

Click to watch

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I also wanna jump start myself, my enthusiasm, and everybody's awareness about just a couple of really fun and exciting projects on the horizon. FIRST -- this is the new Broadway project. I'm gonna talk about this a little bit more tomorrow as well. I really feel that it's time to take the whole feeling we get in Central Park to a much larger audience. I'm just about to enter a new place where this little "Broadway" piece will really begin to come together. Now I'm just in the "dating" process... to find the right producers to make it a reality... and the right director/co-writer/co-creator to bring this thing to life.

Seriously. This is getting exciting. But then again.... it's what I do. This is the kind of stuff that makes me live.

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.

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

Click to watch the video

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THERE

I guess if you've been coming around here at all, you know that Emmy Award-winning filmmaker/director Dean Love has been kicking around an idea that is just kickin'! Well, his web-series / TV project that I've been telling you about over the past few months has launched it's funding campaign.

Click here to watch the video

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And then click here to visit the launch website to be a part of all of this. At the site you can see all the cool shit you get for joining this effort.

VISIT THE "THERE" LAUNCH SITE

I'll be telling you guys a lot more about it over the next few weeks.

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I updated this year's photo gallery. It just keeps growing. (Maybe you're in there!!!)

Click to visit the gallery

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AND HERE'S A REALLY FUN GALLERY FROM LAST SUMMER!!!

Click to visit last year's gallery

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If you're new you can always go back and browse through THE ARCHIVE as far back as you wanna go. I mean... thanks to my friend, my webmaster, and resident evil genius James Marino, you can historically go back through this website all the way back through the Bush years right up until the present. It's really kinda freaky how much content is here on this site.... cartoons, free songs, Photoshop images. Very cool.

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

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Y'know, honestly -- what a very cool thing it is I get to do with my Life and my music. I'm so, so grateful to every single one of you who are reading this right now... every single person who's ever hung out with me even once in that park. It means so much to me to know that there are people who "get" what my music and my stories have to say to the world. It reminds me... I guess, it reminds all of us that we're not alone and that there are others who "get it".

Are you new here to this website? Now, you might be one of the people who's checking in here for the first time. (There are always a bunch of newcomers here at the site, especially in the Summer season. Bookmark it every day and check back. I'm gonna start bring more video to this page again very soon.)

GIMME A SHOUT HERE!

(Actually, gimme a shout for any reason at all!)

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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 ☮