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Before I get into the update today and the news about the push for concert tickets, I wanna share this with you. A friend and colleague sent this to me and... well, I think it's been a while since I was sighing with sympathy and laughing at the same time. This poor man. It's so, so sad I couldn't help but laugh. Go figure.

It's the very definition of Schadenfreude.

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Moving on! OKAY!!!! The ticket rush is on!

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Hey guys... On Saturday I'm flying outta here.

I'll be down in The Turks & Caicos Islands, playing music in the sun and re-charging my batteries for a whole lotta fun stuff as soon as I get back.

WOULDN'T IT BE SOMETHING if I got back to New York at the end of next week and had to report to you guys that the concert on March 3rd was sold out? We'll see what happens. When I checked earlier this week, there were plenty of tickets left. I mean, about half the tickets were gone... but there were about 75 left. So if you think you wanna grab a friend or a bunch and hang with us that night, you can get tickets. (And this gig is "general admission". So you sit wherever you want in this beautiful little theater.)

So listen, I kinda hope that's the case.

I hope if you're reading this right now and you're even thinkin' about sharing a night of music and laughs with all of us on Saturday night, March 3rd, I hope you don't put it off and get sold outta this one. If you wanna come, grab tickets this week or next. When I get back I'll let you guys know how it went and how many tickets are left.

Cool?

You can call the box office today...

212-864-5400

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Or if you want to, you can just go right ahead and reserve seats online.

CLICK ON THE BANNER FOR TICKETS

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The Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Broadway @ 95th Street

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OKAY NEXT!!!

(THIS IS A CHANGE!!! THE DATE FOR THE FIRST PILOT HAS BEEN MOVED!!!)

It's all set. We'll be shooting the first 2 pilots for the new internet web-series "THERE" on Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday March 14.

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"THERE" is gonna be a weekly series... a LIVE, interactive show that anyone in the world can watch anywhere in the country or anywhere in the world. The focus will be on musicians, actors and comedians who are living the life of an artist here in NYC -- y'know, like the song says, "If you can make it THERE..."

The cool thing about it being LIVE is that you'll be able to watch the show sitting in front of your computer and text the show, or send email message or tweet in real time. It'll be like you're a part of the studio audience wherever you are. THERE will have it;s own website, where you can check out where all the artists are performing, as well as all kinds of really cool tips and fun shit about visiting New York, making the move here, stuff like that. We'll have a page where you can send video of your band or music or stand-up set for people to see, and even ways to decided who might get a free trip to town to appear on the show live and in person. It's being produced and directed by my pal, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love.

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Back to the fun... for newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

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I wanna try to get a few more moments from the December concert edited down to be ready for you guys to watch on Youtube and here at the site. Maybe this week I can work on the audio tracks and we'll have 'em here at the site. Some really fun shit. So keep checking back.

Here are a few we've already completed.

Click to watch the videos

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THE NEWS and some POSSIBILITIES

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Besides the gig in the first week of March, we've got sooooo many really cool ideas and plans for 2012. Like this one possibility as explained by Broadway legend Tony Walton and his wife.

Click to watch the video

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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 ☮

Welcome to everyone checking in from across the country and different parts of the world.

I'll get back to the fun tomorrow.

I promise.

If you wanna find out about the next concert, and stuff about music and laughs, or you're looking for fun...

STOP reading right now and hit THE ARCHIVE. Go browse any other daily updates.

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Here in NYC, there's a little debate going on. But I have a feeling that most of what I'm hearing said in the media and by politicians on both sides of the debate are missing the core issue.

I have something I need to say today... and I know that the knee-jerk reaction for many people will be to send me an angry email. I hope not. But if you feel strongly that you wanna try to rip me a new one, then go ahead. Have at it!!!! I'll make it easy...

EMAIL ME HERE

I may post your responses here on this site down the road. Be sure to sign your name.

But I'm gonna say this because I feel pretty strongly that it needs to be said.

I hope I'm not alone, but I'm so, so torn about the idea about a parade for service people to celebrate the end of the Iraq war. (Which was never a war but an illegal invasion and occupation.) I am so ecstatically happy that many of our men and women in the armed services are home. I am. So happy they are not in Iraq. (Even though many are now in Afghanistan, fighting and dying for... I honestly don't know what.) But I bristle every time I hear some politician or pundit declare that a parade will express our "gratitude" for their service in Iraq. GRATITUDE FOR WHAT!? These poor men and women NEVER should have been there. They certainly weren't fighting to "defend our freedom". They don't deserve gratitude... they deserve a parade as a long-overdue and profound apology.

What were they fighting and sacrificing and dying for? Someone tell me.

Throw them a parade for their service... throw a parade to show them how enormously sorry we are to have allowed that to happen. Show them in the streets of this city how ashamed we are as a nation, that our fear allowed us to follow blindly the machinations of deluded and arrogant elected leaders. But we must NOT in any way legitimize that nightmare in Iraq! In a post 9-11 world, that invasion was the single most colossally stupid, historically ignorant, pointless, criminal action which resulted in the deaths of thousands more Americans than were killed in the mass-murder of September 11 -- and in the death and horrible injury to hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians... men, women and innocent children.

Undeniably. Unarguably. Beyond debate.

For what? Please tell me.

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I hear right-wing Republicans and Democratic politicians alike say over and over again that "Iraq was a mistake"... as if they are noble and wise to make a statement like that.

A mistake? A fucking mistake!?

You really want to throw a parade to confirm that our men and women died for a mistake? Maybe nearly 5,000 Americans died for the single most important reason...

So that we wake up and NEVER let it happen again.

Throw them a parade for that.

Maybe our vets and service people deserve a parade every day just for serving their country for whatever reason. Maybe many of them deserve a parade just for signing up. Go ahead. Throw them a parade for that.

But not to celebrate the end of that nightmare in Iraq.

Like I said... I'm truly, truly torn. Tough call.

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Back tomorrow.

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Guys, in just 4 days I'm heading to The Caribbean to play music in the Sun for a week. I just wrote a brand new song to open the gig down there. But I was talkin' about it with a good friend and I think it's a song that will work really well on "The Hill" in Central Park in a few months.

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But I'll also be going to The Turks and Caicos Islands to unwind, empty my head, do a little personal and spiritual inventory, clear out some of the clutter, slow down... and re-charge my batteries.

Because when I get back we've got some VERY cool things goin' on.

Gonna hit the ground running.

The first thing is the first concert of 2012! I get back to New York City on Sunday, February 19... and then it's just 2 short weeks until we all get to hang together on Saturday night, March 3. This one is gonna be very cool. I just checked.... and even though this thing is 3 weeks away, almost half the tickets are gone. (Don't worry. This gig is general admission, so whoever gets there a little early that night gets whatever seats they want in the house!) But to make sure you don't get sold outta this one, you might wanna get tickets this week or next week.

Were you at the concert in December?

At that one I shared the stage with some of the most wonderful, open-hearted, generous, talented artists in this town or anywhere. I'm such a lucky man that I get to work with these people. You guys filled that 500-seat venue with so much warmth and fun that the night turned into one of the most special nights I've ever had in a theater.

But a lot of you have been asking for a good ol' night with just me and guitar and a bunch of songs and stories. So that's what's gonna happen on March 3. Just me and my guitar...

Click for larger image

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Okay, and maybe one or two guest artists to help out with some of the songs. (I can't resist!)

Why don't you call the box office today and make sure you have your tickets. Here's the number.

212-864-5400

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Or if you want to, you can just go right ahead and reserve seats online.

CLICK ON THE BANNER FOR TICKETS

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There are always a handful of newcomers checking in for various reasons here in NYC or from across the country and different parts of the world... whether it's because of YouTube, or Facebook, or one of the projects we're workin' on... or because they've spent an afternoon with us out in Central Park when the weather is warm.

For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

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OKAY NEXT!!!

(THIS IS A CHANGE!!! THE DATE FOR THE FIRST PILOT HAS BEEN MOVED!!!)

It's all set. We'll be shooting the first 2 pilots for the new internet web-series "THERE" on Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday March 14.

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.

"THERE" is gonna be a weekly series... a LIVE, interactive show that anyone in the world can watch anywhere in the country or anywhere in the world. The focus will be on musicians, actors and comedians who are living the life of an artist here in NYC -- y'know, like the song says, "If you can make it THERE..."

The cool thing about it being LIVE is that you'll be able to watch the show sitting in front of your computer and text the show, or send email message or tweet in real time. It'll be like you're a part of the studio audience wherever you are. THERE will have it;s own website, where you can check out where all the artists are performing, as well as all kinds of really cool tips and fun shit about visiting New York, making the move here, stuff like that. We'll have a page where you can send video of your band or music or stand-up set for people to see, and even ways to decided who might get a free trip to town to appear on the show live and in person. It's being produced and directed by my pal, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love.

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I wanna try to get a few more moments from the December concert edited down to be ready for you guys to watch on Youtube and here at the site. Maybe this week I can work on the audio tracks and we'll have 'em here at the site. Some really fun shit. So keep checking back.

Here are a few we've already completed.

Click to watch the videos

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THE NEWS and some POSSIBILITIES

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Besides the gig in the first week of March, we've got sooooo many really cool ideas and plans for 2012. Like this one possibility as explained by Broadway legend Tony Walton and his wife.

Click to watch the video

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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 ☮

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THE GIANTS WIN!!!!!!!

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That game was a really well-played game. The New England Patriots have no reason to hang their heads. Almost no penalties. NO personal fouls. 1 turnover. A really well-played, really tight game.

But the best team won.

Because... they won.

Again.

There was a time when The Super Bowl for all it's hype, turned out to be the most boring game of the year. I mean... back in the late-eighties, I actually fell asleep during the Bears/Patriots game. Look at some of the scores from back then:

1990 - - - - San Francisco 55, Denver 10
1989 - - - - San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16
1988 - - - - Washington 42, Denver 10
1987 - - - - N.Y. Giants 39, Denver 20
1986 - - - - Chicago 46, New England 10
1985 - - - - San Francisco 38, Miami 16
1984 - - - - L.A. Raiders 38, Washington 9

But, in the age of "league parity" those days are gone. That was another exciting, really well-played game. 21-17

Damn! Down to the last play of the game... to the last tick of the clock.

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Now... MADONNA at halftime.

Even if I was a gay man and a lifelong fan... that was the most over-produced, ridiculously bad, incredibly boring waste of time and money I've seen in a long time. Spectacular set. An amazing technical feat. And the worst 15 minutes of music I think I've ever seen at a Superbowl. (And that's sayin' something!)

It's a shame. She's a talented woman. But... man! That just sucked!!!

But watched the game with two really good friends and had a blast! Then walking home, up Broadway, high-fiving strangers for 30 blocks. Just a very cool night in New York City.

*Although I hafta say... The Super Bowl is really just an event that takes up a little time before I start counting down to opening day in Central Park...

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...and opening day at Yankee Stadium!

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BUT BEFORE ANY OF THAT -- WE'RE GONNA GET TOGETHER!

Were you at the concert last December? Did you have a good time? Are you jonesin' fior another night of music and laughs... just makin' it up as we go along? Feel like hangin' out again in a roomful of sweet people, just kickin' around songs and stories and that "it's just us" feeling?

It's a little less than 4 weeks away. Saturday night, March 3.

Tell you what... it's Monday. Why don't you call the box office today and make sure you have your tickets. Here's the number.

212-864-5400

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Or if you want to, you can just go right ahead and reserve seats online.

CLICK ON THE BANNER FOR TICKETS

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There are always a handful of newcomers checking in for various reasons here in NYC or from across the country and different parts of the world... whether it's because of YouTube, or Facebook, or one of the projects we're workin' on... or because they've spent an afternoon with us out in Central Park when the weather is warm.

For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

.

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OKAY NEXT!!!

(THIS IS A CHANGE!!! THE DATE FOR THE FIRST PILOT HAS BEEN MOVED!!!)

It's all set. We'll be shooting the first 2 pilots for the new internet web-series "THERE" on Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday March 14.

.

.

"THERE" is gonna be a weekly series... a LIVE, interactive show that anyone in the world can watch anywhere in the country or anywhere in the world. The focus will be on musicians, actors and comedians who are living the life of an artist here in NYC -- y'know, like the song says, "If you can make it THERE..."

The cool thing about it being LIVE is that you'll be able to watch the show sitting in front of your computer and text the show, or send email message or tweet in real time. It'll be like you're a part of the studio audience wherever you are. THERE will have it;s own website, where you can check out where all the artists are performing, as well as all kinds of really cool tips and fun shit about visiting New York, making the move here, stuff like that. We'll have a page where you can send video of your band or music or stand-up set for people to see, and even ways to decided who might get a free trip to town to appear on the show live and in person. It's being produced and directed by my pal, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love.

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I wanna try to get a few more moments from the December concert edited down to be ready for you guys to watch on Youtube and here at the site. Maybe this week I can work on the audio tracks and we'll have 'em here at the site. Some really fun shit. So keep checking back.

Here are a few we've already completed.

Click to watch the videos

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THE NEWS and some POSSIBILITIES

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Besides the gig in the first week of March, we've got sooooo many really cool ideas and plans for 2012. Like this one possibility as explained by Broadway legend Tony Walton and his wife.

Click to watch the video

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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 ☮

Hey guys! Y'know... I write songs and I sing them for people. When I do a concert, nearly the entire night is original music. We've got another night together coming up on March 3. And thanks to the generosity and enthusiasm of a couple of friends and colleagues of mine, I'm currently working hard to put together at least 2 music books containing over 40 of the songs I've written, so that other artists can perform them. It's really kinda cool. I love writing songs.

But at the last concert in December, one of the most amazing moments for me came when I switched up the lyrics to a cover song and then launched into a classic hook. Here's the video...

Click to watch.

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Cool?

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Okay now -- somebody told me that there is some kinda sporting event going on today... a football game or something. I guess I'll probably look through the TV listings and see what they're talking about. S'posed to be some kinda big deal.

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GO GIANTS!

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The Giants v The Patriots

Of course the matchup I would rrreeeeeaaallllyyy wanna see is The Midgets versus The Traitors. But I guess this'll hafta do for now. Whatever you're doing today, I hope you have fun.

(And I hope Big Blue puts a few more grass stains on Tom Brady's uniform like last time they met in the Super Bowl. That would make me smile.)

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HEY! As of today we are now less than 4 weeks away from the first concert on 2012! We'll all be getting together for a night of music and laughs at The Leonard Nimoy Thalia on Saturday night, March 3.

Honestly, I haven't gotten down to the theater yet or called the box office like I promised, to give you an update about how many tickets are left. I'm sure there are still plenty... the gig is a month away. And this event is general admission, so there really ain't a bad seat in the house and it doesn't matter when you grab your tickets. But I'll try to let you know this week.

Just to be sure, you might wanna get tickets this week. If you call the box office or stop by The Thalia on Broadway @ 95th Street you can reserve seats in person. Or you can get them online. I wanted this gig to be a whole lot more intimate than the big YEAR END concert. There are only 150 seats in this theater, as opposed to the 500 at Merkin Hall. So if you're thinkin' about calling a few friends and makin' a fun night of it, you might wanna do that before the gig gets closer.

Gonna be cool.

Why such a small venue?

There's a good reason for that. This gig is gonna be a bit different than anything I've done in a in a long while. This is gonna be a completely solo, acoustic night of songs and stories. I'm gonna hang with you guys for an intimate theater and we'll just see where it goes. I think I'll play a whole bunch of songs I haven't played in a long time, and a few brand new songs nobody's ever heard before.

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Saturday Night, March 3
7:30

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CLICK ON THE BANNER FOR TICKETS

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Or call the box office directly if you'd rather speak to a human being.

212-864-5400

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There are always a handful of newcomers checking in for various reasons here in NYC or from across the country and different parts of the world... whether it's because of YouTube, or Facebook, or one of the projects we're workin' on... or because they've spent an afternoon with us out in Central Park when the weather is warm.

For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

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.

I wanna try to get a few more moments from the December concert edited down to be ready for you guys to watch on Youtube and here at the site. Maybe this week I can work on the audio tracks and we'll have 'em here at the site. Some really fun shit. So keep checking back.

Here are a few we've already completed.

Click to watch the videos

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.

.

****************************************************************************

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THE NEWS and some POSSIBILITIES

.

Besides the gig in the first week of March, we've got sooooo many really cool ideas and plans for 2012. Like this one possibility as explained by Broadway legend Tony Walton and his wife.

Click to watch the video

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****************************************************************************

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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?)

.

Thanks for everything.

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Peace ☮

Today... February 4th is WORLD CANCER DAY.

I put together a little "short film" for today. It's further down the page. Please share it on Facebook, email it to your friends, pass it on.

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But first I wanna say again... man! I love music. I love my work. I love this town. I love you guys and I miss hangin' with you once a week.

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I really do feel like I'm about the luckiest man alive. (I actually hope we all get to feel that way most of the time.)

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Thanks for showing up here every day. Won't be long before I get to put my guitar on my shoulder and hang with you again.... MARCH 3. (More about that a little further down the page.)

Hope you've been enjoying the updates for the past few days. I spent part of the day yesterday working on a new song I want to bring with me to The Turks & Caicos Islands next week. That gig is gonna be an amazing amount of fun, and it always rolls around at exactly the right time of year for me!

But today is WORLD CANCER DAY... when we take a moment to reflect on how that illness has touched all of our lives. And we might take a moment to think how we can comfort each other and care for each other in light of the fact that we all must live with it as part of our human existence for now. So, yesterday I also spent a good part of the day putting together a little "short film" (less than 3 minutes) about one of the most outrageous but illustrative political events I've seen in the midst of soooooo many outrageous and illustrative moments.

It's 2:57 long.

If the words and the priorities and the arrogant, unfeeling attitude of this man and people like him affect you like they did me.... please pass it on. Share it on your Facebook pages. Send the link to friends and family. Ask people to check out this website.

Here it is.

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Okay, back to the smiles.

My pal, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love is out in Ohio this week. But as soon as he gets back to town I'm gonna ask him if he's got more video edited down from the December concert. I wanna start sharing more of those moments with you guys... especially the people in different parts of the country and different parts of the world who couldn't be there or didn't watch it streamed LIVE that night because of the time differences.

But very soon, I'll let you guys know how you can be part of the studio audience for Dean's new musical web-series called... "THERE", which will be a kind of edgy, hip, variety show, talk show kinda thing.

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In fact, maybe I'll do it this way.

Maybe I'll announce the process for obtaining studio audience tickets at the next "indoor" gig I'm doing at The Leonard Nimoy Thalia on March 3. If you wanna grab tickets for this concert, they are on sale already. If you call the box office or stop by The Thalia on Broadway @ 95th Street you can reserve seats this week. Or you can get them online. I wanted this gig to be a whole lot more intimate than the big YEAR END concert. There are only 150 seats in this theater, so if you're thinkin' about calling a few friends and makin' a fun night of it, you might wanna do that before the gig gets closer.

Gonna be cool. I'm gonna stop by the box office later this week to see how the tickets sales are going. So, I'll let you guys know.

Why such a small venue?

There's a good reason for that. This gig is gonna be a bit different than anything I've done in a in a long while. This is gonna be a completely solo, acoustic night of songs and stories. I'm gonna hang with you guys for an intimate theater and we'll just see where it goes. I think I'll play a whole bunch of songs I haven't played in a long time, and a few brand new songs nobody's ever heard before.

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Saturday Night, March 3
7:30

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CLICK ON THE BANNER FOR TICKETS

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Or call the box office directly if you'd rather speak to a human being.

212-864-5400

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There are always a handful of newcomers checking in for various reasons here in NYC or from across the country and different parts of the world... whether it's because of YouTube, or Facebook, or one of the projects we're workin' on... or because they've spent an afternoon with us out in Central Park when the weather is warm.

For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

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OKAY! MUSIC VIDEO TIME!

I wanna try to get a few more moments from the December concert edited down to be ready for you guys to watch on Youtube and here at the site. Maybe this week I can work on the audio tracks and we'll have 'em here at the site. Some really fun shit. So keep checking back.

Here are a few we've already completed.

Click to watch the videos

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.

.

.

****************************************************************************

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THE NEWS and some POSSIBILITIES

.

Besides the gig in the first week of March, we've got sooooo many really cool ideas and plans for 2012. Like this one possibility as explained by Broadway legend Tony Walton and his wife.

Click to watch the video

.
****************************************************************************

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

.

.

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

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Thanks for everything.

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Peace ☮

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I often ask questions here, and I love getting replies from all across the country and different parts of the world. Today's question is pretty straightforward and I will supply you guys with my own answer, which I think is also pretty straightforward.

But first... got a couple of things comin' up that I think you're gonna wanna be a part of if you plan to be in or around New York City in the month of March.

The first thing is the very first concert of 2012. It's a whole lot different than the big year end gig we just had in December, because an awful lot of you have been asking me to do a solo gig in a smaller and more intimate venue. So that's what I'm gonna do. Of course, I asked at least one special guest to share the stage with me for a few songs. It's gonna be a special night... I can feel it already.

Like I said, though, it's in a smaller venue. So, maybe you wanna grab tickets today or this weekend.

You can call the box office any day this week.

212-864-5400

Or you can reserve tickets online right now.

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OKAY! TODAY'S QUESTION

It's about "Dickishness"

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Before I get to the rest of the update... I'm gonna go ahead and ask today's question. Just when you think you've seen it all, just when you think things can't get any more absurd in this country, just when you think American politics couldn't get any more embarrassing...

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Q: Just how much pompous, self-deluded, "DICK-ISH-NESS" can you fit on one stage at one time?

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CLICK FOR THE ANSWER

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THEN EMAIL ME IF YOU AGREE OR IF YOU HAD A DIFFERENT ANSWER

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OKAY NEXT!!!

(THIS IS A CHANGE!!! THE DATE FOR THE FIRST PILOT HAS BEEN MOVED!!!)

It's all set. We'll be shooting the first 2 pilots for the new internet web-series "THERE" on Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday March 14.

.

.

"THERE" is gonna be a weekly series... a LIVE, interactive show that anyone in the world can watch anywhere in the country or anywhere in the world. The focus will be on musicians, actors and comedians who are living the life of an artist here in NYC -- y'know, like the song says, "If you can make it THERE..."

The cool thing about it being LIVE is that you'll be able to watch the show sitting in front of your computer and text the show, or send email message or tweet in real time. It'll be like you're a part of the studio audience wherever you are. THERE will have it;s own website, where you can check out where all the artists are performing, as well as all kinds of really cool tips and fun shit about visiting New York, making the move here, stuff like that. We'll have a page where you can send video of your band or music or stand-up set for people to see, and even ways to decided who might get a free trip to town to appear on the show live and in person. It's being produced and directed by my pal, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love.

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*********************************************************************

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.

Back to the fun... for newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

.

I wanna try to get a few more moments from the December concert edited down to be ready for you guys to watch on Youtube and here at the site. Maybe this week I can work on the audio tracks and we'll have 'em here at the site. Some really fun shit. So keep checking back.

Here are a few we've already completed.

Click to watch the videos

.

.

.

.

.

****************************************************************************

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THE NEWS and some POSSIBILITIES

.

Besides the gig in the first week of March, we've got sooooo many really cool ideas and plans for 2012. Like this one possibility as explained by Broadway legend Tony Walton and his wife.

Click to watch the video

.
****************************************************************************

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.

.

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

.

.

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

.

Thanks for everything.

.

Peace ☮

Well...

IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY! And today is the day that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow in Pennsylvania... forecasting another 6 weeks of winter... um... right after... uh... well, as soon as winter begins, I guess.

But me?

In 10 days I'm planning to look for my shadow on the soft white sand of the Turks and Caicos Islands. So, I think I'll be leaving this website in the capable hands of the webmaster and resident "Evil Genius", my pal James Marino.

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But between now and then I'll have some announcements about the upcoming concert at the Thalia on March 3, and about Dean Love's new web-series "THERE".

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Well...

IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY! And today is the day that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow in Pennsylvania... forecasting another 6 weeks of winter... um... right after... uh... well, as soon as winter begins, I guess.

But me?

In 10 days I'm planning to look for my shadow on the soft white sand of the Turks and Caicos Islands. So, I think I'll be leaving this website in the capable hands of the webmaster and resident "Evil Genius", my pal James Marino.

.

.

But between now and then I'll have some announcements about the upcoming concert at the Thalia on March 3, and about Dean Love's new web-series "THERE".

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Well...

IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY! And today is the day that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow in Pennsylvania... forecasting another 6 weeks of winter... um... right after... uh... well, as soon as winter begins, I guess.

But me?

In 10 days I'm planning to look for my shadow on the soft white sand of the Turks and Caicos Islands. So, I think I'll be leaving this website in the capable hands of the webmaster and resident "Evil Genius", my pal James Marino.

.

.

But between now and then I'll have some announcements about the upcoming concert at the Thalia on March 3, and about Dean Love's new web-series "THERE".

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That was just a nod to that fun movie a bunch of years ago!

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OKAY!

If you had a good time at the December concert, DON'T GET SOLD OUTTA THIS NEXT ONE! This is gonna be a little different. And there aren't as many seats as the big year-end concert because people have been asking me to do a smaller, solo acoustic gig in a more intimate venue. So this one is gonna be at The Leonard Nimoy Thalia on Broadway @ 95th Street, and there are only about 150 seats. I know the tickets already went on sale, but I haven't checked the box office to see how many are still available. The gig is still 4 weeks away, but you might wanna think about calling a few friends now and grabbing tickets of you wanna come to this one. It's gonna be a really special little night. I can feel it already.

You can call the box office any day this week.

212-864-5400

Or you can reserve tickets online right now.

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OKAY NEXT!!!

(THIS IS A CHANGE!!! THE DATE FOR THE FIRST PILOT HAS BEEN MOVED!!!)

It's all set. We'll be shooting the first 2 pilots for the new internet web-series "THERE" on Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday March 14.

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"THERE" is gonna be a weekly series... a LIVE, interactive show that anyone in the world can watch anywhere in the country or anywhere in the world. The focus will be on musicians, actors and comedians who are living the life of an artist here in NYC -- y'know, like the song says, "If you can make it THERE..."

The cool thing about it being LIVE is that you'll be able to watch the show sitting in front of your computer and text the show, or send email message or tweet in real time. It'll be like you're a part of the studio audience wherever you are. THERE will have it;s own website, where you can check out where all the artists are performing, as well as all kinds of really cool tips and fun shit about visiting New York, making the move here, stuff like that. We'll have a page where you can send video of your band or music or stand-up set for people to see, and even ways to decided who might get a free trip to town to appear on the show live and in person. It's being produced and directed by my pal, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love.

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Back to the bizarre reality show that has become as boring and repetitious as anything else on TV... the race for the Republican nomination for president.

Click for larger image. Sometimes if I don't pick up my guitar...
I pick up a pencil.)

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Ah, I'm sure these clowns will be giving me lots of material in the coming weeks and months.

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Back to the fun... for newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

.

I wanna try to get a few more moments from the December concert edited down to be ready for you guys to watch on Youtube and here at the site. Maybe this week I can work on the audio tracks and we'll have 'em here at the site. Some really fun shit. So keep checking back.

Here are a few we've already completed.

Click to watch the videos

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THE NEWS and some POSSIBILITIES

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Besides the gig in the first week of March, we've got sooooo many really cool ideas and plans for 2012. Like this one possibility as explained by Broadway legend Tony Walton and his wife.

Click to watch the video

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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 ☮

YOU CAN GET TICKETS FOR THE CONCERT ON MARCH 3 TODAY! (A little further down the page.)

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But I wanna start off today with... just a thought. Looks like the Republican Party is gonna field a candidate for president at the end of the year who will be named either Mitt or Newt... probably "Mitt".

Mitt?

We've got a Barack in the White House now. And it got me thinking about the first names of some of the presidents we've had in our brief history as a nation. Damn! Sure we started with a George and had our share of John and James.... more James than any other. But I think it's kinda weird to look at the first names of the people we've elected over the centuries. What are the odds that we wouldn't see a Daniel, or a Robert, or a David, Steven or Peter before we saw...

...a Millard.

Or how about these? We've elected a...

Ulysses
Woodrow
Calvin
Rutherford
Lyndon
Grover...

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Grover? Really?

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I don't know... this is just the way my brain works I guess. I just notice these things sometimes. HAVE YOU EVER KNOW ANYONE NAMED NEWT, OR MITT OR MILLARD OR GROVER?

EMAIL ME HERE

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Hope as a nation enough of us can put aside blind party loyalty and have the good sense to stick with a Barack for another 4 years rather than elect a vacant, phony man of wealth and privilege like this guy... Mitt.

We'll see. Moving on.

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And it goes on.

Hey guys, thanks for an amazing run so far as "That Guitar Man from Central Park". Who knows where we go from here... there are a lot of really cool things comin' up. I've got so many good, good people in my life who inspire me and nudge me in different directions with my work and my music. It might have just happened again, just yesterday... one of those little shifts in direction that can change everything. We'll see. But damn! What an amazing thing we're gonna get to do as soon as the weather gets warm in a few months.

Last Summer we saw the end of "The Sunset Concert Series" in The Village... which was absolutely cool with me. Time for new stuff. Just one more mysterious and amazing way something fun can enter the world for the rest of us.

CLICK TO WATCH

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And to the people in Central Park and the people who hung with me during those sunset concerts downtown last year... THANK YOU!

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I really do feel like I'm about the luckiest man alive. (I actually hope we all get to feel that way most of the time.)

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Now... my pal, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love is out in Ohio this week. But as soon as he gets back to town I'm gonna ask him if he's got more video edited down from the December concert. I wanna start sharing more of those moments with you guys... especially the people in different parts of the country and different parts of the world who couldn't be there or didn't watch it streamed LIVE that night because of the time differences.

But very soon, I'll let you guys know how you can be part of the studio audience for Dean's new musical web-series called... "THERE", which will be a kind of edgy, hip, variety show, talk show kinda thing.

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In fact, maybe I'll do it this way.

Maybe I'll announce the process for obtaining studio audience tickets at the next "indoor" gig I'm doing at The Leonard Nimoy Thalia on March 3. If you wanna grab tickets for this concert, they are on sale already. If you call the box office or stop by The Thalia on Broadway @ 95th Street you can reserve seats this week. Or you can get them online. I wanted this gig to be a whole lot more intimate than the big YEAR END concert. There are only 150 seats in this theater, so if you're thinkin' about calling a few friends and makin' a fun night of it, you might wanna do that before the gig gets closer.

Gonna be cool. I'm gonna stop by the box office later this week to see how the tickets sales are going. So, I'll let you guys know.

Why such a small venue?

There's a good reason for that. This gig is gonna be a bit different than anything I've done in a in a long while. This is gonna be a completely solo, acoustic night of songs and stories. I'm gonna hang with you guys for an intimate theater and we'll just see where it goes. I think I'll play a whole bunch of songs I haven't played in a long time, and a few brand new songs nobody's ever heard before.

.

Saturday Night, March 3
7:30

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CLICK ON THE BANNER FOR TICKETS

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Or call the box office directly if you'd rather speak to a human being.

212-864-5400

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There are always a handful of newcomers checking in for various reasons here in NYC or from across the country and different parts of the world... whether it's because of YouTube, or Facebook, or one of the projects we're workin' on... or because they've spent an afternoon with us out in Central Park when the weather is warm.

For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

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*************************************************************************

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.

I wanna try to get a few more moments from the December concert edited down to be ready for you guys to watch on Youtube and here at the site. Maybe this week I can work on the audio tracks and we'll have 'em here at the site. Some really fun shit. So keep checking back.

Here are a few we've already completed.

Click to watch the videos

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.

****************************************************************************

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THE NEWS and some POSSIBILITIES

.

Besides the gig in the first week of March, we've got sooooo many really cool ideas and plans for 2012. Like this one possibility as explained by Broadway legend Tony Walton and his wife.

Click to watch the video

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****************************************************************************

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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?)

.

Thanks for everything.

.

Peace ☮

Welcome to the website.

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Getting a bunch of emails from people wondering what's up with the lack of updates this weekend. Been experiencing a little writer's block... not regarding the website. I mean, that's not really "writing". So maybe it's a little more than "writer's block". Maybe it's a general Creative block. I've been trying to write a song for a specific reason, but every time I put the guitar in my lap... nuthin'. I mean... nuthin'. So maybe it's a little funk, a little drought.

Droughts happen.

They can be unsettling. They feel uncomfortable for an artist. They can be a little scary. But, they're necessary I guess. They must be necessary for some mysterious reason or we wouldn't go through them. And sometimes they feel like they're never gonna end.

But they do.

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Oh listen, before I go any further I wanna share this video which was sent to me from the artist who did that fun "Happy New Year Video" at the end of 2011... Rhe Deville. She emailed this to me and it made me smile so I thought I'd pass it on. I know a little something about playing outdoors. I've had my share of bee stings during a love song. And I've probably swallowed more than my share of bugs over 20 years! And I've had a half dozen butterflies land on the neck on my guitar and strap during a song. But this one hasn't come my way... yet. Be patient. It's a fun little bluegrass tune and the banjo and guitar work are smokin'. But...

...get to the 1:30 mark.

CLICK TO WATCH

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HEY LISTEN!

If you wanna grab tickets for the next "indoor" gig, they are on sale already. If you call the box office or stop by The Leonard Nimoy Thalia on Broadway @ 95th Street you can reserve seats this week. Or you can get them online. I wanted this gig to be a whole lot more intimate than the big YEAR END concert. There are only 150 seats in The Thalia so if you're thinkin' about calling a few friends and makin' a fun night of it, you might wanna do that before the gig gets closer.

Gonna be cool. I'm gonna stop by the box office later this week to see how the tickets sales are going. So, I'll let you guys know.

Why such a small venue?

There's a good reason for that. This gig is gonna be a bit different than anything I've done in a in a long while. This is gonna be a completely solo, acoustic night of songs and stories. I'm gonna hang with you guys for an intimate theater and we'll just see where it goes. I think I'll play a whole bunch of songs I haven't played in a long time, and a few brand new songs nobody's ever heard before.

.

Saturday Night, March 3
7:30

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CLICK ON THE BANNER FOR TICKETS

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Or call the box office directly if you'd rather speak to a human being.

212-864-5400

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Y'know... I mention Dean Love a lot in these updates. He's producing a webseries which will be a kind of edgy, hip, variety show, talk show kinda thing called...

...and he's asked me to host it. The studio audience will get to watch the shoot for FREE. So I'll let you know when the dates for all of that are set. (It's lookin' like mid-March.) Then we'll figure out a way that YOU can reserve a spot in the studio audience. It's gonna be fun.

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There are always a handful of newcomers checking in for various reasons here in NYC or from across the country and different parts of the world... whether it's because of YouTube, or Facebook, or one of the projects we're workin' on... or because they've spent an afternoon with us out in Central Park when the weather is warm.

For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

.

*************************************************************************

.

.

I wanna try to get a few more moments from the December concert edited down to be ready for you guys to watch on Youtube and here at the site. Maybe this week I can work on the audio tracks and we'll have 'em here at the site. Some really fun shit. So keep checking back.

Here are a few we've already completed.

Click to watch the videos

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.

.

.

.

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THE NEWS and some POSSIBILITIES

.

Besides the gig in the first week of March, we've got sooooo many really cool ideas and plans for 2012. Like this one possibility as explained by Broadway legend Tony Walton and his wife.

Click to watch the video

.
****************************************************************************

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.

.

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

.

.

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

.

Thanks for everything.

.

Peace ☮

WE'VE GOT A FEW OF THE DATES SET!

Jumping around a little... it looks like I'll be back in Central Park the first weekend in May. So yeah... we're 4 months away from hangin' out at "The Hill" for another Summer season.

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But before that, we'll all get together for our next "indoor" concert on Saturday night March 3!

Seriously... if you had a good time at the December concert, DON'T GET SOLD OUTTA THIS ONE! This is gonna be a little different. And there aren't as many seats as the big year-end concert because people have been asking me to do a smaller, solo acoustic gig in a more intimate venue. So this one is gonna be at The Leonard Nimoy Thalia on Broadway @ 95th Street, and there are only about 150 seats. I know the tickets already went on sale, but I haven't checked the box office to see how many are still available. The gig is still 5 weeks away, but you might wanna think about calling a few friends now and grabbing tickets of you wanna come to this one. It's gonna be a really special little night. I can feel it already.

You can call the box office any day this week.

212-864-5400

Or you can reserve tickets online right now.

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OKAY NEXT!!!

(And this is exciting.)

It's all set. We'll be shooting the first 2 pilots for the new internet web-series "THERE" on Monday, March 12 and Wednesday March 14.

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"THERE" is gonna be a weekly series... a LIVE, interactive show that anyone in the world can watch anywhere in the country or anywhere in the world. The focus will be on musicians, actors and comedians who are living the life of an artist here in NYC -- y'know, like the song says, "If you can make it THERE..."

The cool thing about it being LIVE is that you'll be able to watch the show sitting in front of your computer and text the show, or send email message or tweet in real time. It'll be like you're a part of the studio audience wherever you are. THERE will have it;s own website, where you can check out where all the artists are performing, as well as all kinds of really cool tips and fun shit about visiting New York, making the move here, stuff like that. We'll have a page where you can send video of your band or music or stand-up set for people to see, and even ways to decided who might get a free trip to town to appear on the show live and in person. It's being produced and directed by my pal, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love.

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*********************************************************************

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Back to the bizarre reality show that has become as boring and repetitious as anything else on TV... the race for the Republican nomination for president.

Click for larger image. Sometimes if I don't pick up my guitar...
I pick up a pencil.)

.

Ah, I'm sure these clowns will be giving me lots of material in the coming weeks and months.

.

Back to the fun... for newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

.

I wanna try to get a few more moments from the December concert edited down to be ready for you guys to watch on Youtube and here at the site. Maybe this week I can work on the audio tracks and we'll have 'em here at the site. Some really fun shit. So keep checking back.

Here are a few we've already completed.

Click to watch the videos

.

.

.

.

.

****************************************************************************

.

THE NEWS and some POSSIBILITIES

.

Besides the gig in the first week of March, we've got sooooo many really cool ideas and plans for 2012. Like this one possibility as explained by Broadway legend Tony Walton and his wife.

Click to watch the video

.
****************************************************************************

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.

.

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

.

.

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

.

Thanks for everything.

.

Peace ☮

Wanna say "Hi" to all of you checking in from different parts of the country and different parts of the world. For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

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Hi fellow New Yorkers!!! And welcome to all of you who are stopping by and checking in from different parts of the country and different parts of the world. I'm guessing you must have spent at least one afternoon with me in Central Park or at one of the concerts here in town. Or maybe we met in Germany, or Mexico, or The Caribbean. However you got here... I'm glad you're here.

Y'know?

I've got another concert coming up here in New York City in the first week of March. And last night I sat in on a meeting with Dean Love and his crew to talk about launching his new internet web-series called "THERE". (We'll be shooting 2 pilots for that project in the second week of March. And the studio audience can watch for free. I'll let you know more about that as it gets closer.)

But before that, I'm gonna head to The Turks and Caicos Islands for a week in February to play music in the Sun for a whole bunch of beautiful people. Really looking forward to it. I mean... rrreeeeeeaaallllyyy looking forward to it.

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OKAY, I'VE BEEN PROMISING SOME NEW VIDEO FROM THE DECEMBER CONCERT FOR A WHILE NOW.

(And it's not here yet!)

So, check these out if you haven't seen them already. And then I will try to have some new video here this week! Check back, okay?

THESE ARE SOME MOMENTS FROM THE CONCERT LAST DECEMBER

Click to watch the videos

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NOW -- THAT NEXT GIG COMIN' UP?...

There are some really fun videos from our last concert at Merkin Concert Hall a little further down the page. And hopefully, I'll have some new video this week. But I hafta tell you about our next night together first.

Y'know? I have one criteria for whether a concert is a success in my heart.

If after a night like the one we had in December, I can get quiet with myself and ask, "Even when there's someone who kinda got dragged to the thing, even when there's someone in the audience who dislikes folk/rock and loves opera, even if there's someone who's social world view are diametrically opposed to mine... if at the end of the night I can feel that every single person in that room was glad they were there -- then the night is a success."

And I felt like that at the last gig.

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The next gig... I'm gonna hang with you guys for an intimate night of songs and storytelling and laughs. We'll just see where it goes. I think I'll play a whole bunch of songs I haven't played in a long time and a few brand new songs nobody's ever heard before.

Saturday Night, March 3
7:30

The Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Broadway @ 95th Street

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We all know what "general admission" means when we're talkin' about a concert. It means the box office just sells unassigned seats. You buy a ticket and that means you're gonna get in the theater. Where you sit depends on when you get there. No big deal.

But general admission is rrreeeeaaallllyyy not a big deal in a sweet little venue like The Leonard Nimoy Thalia. If you've ever been to one of my gigs in that venue, you know what I'm talkin' about. It's a really intimate little theater space. There literally is not a bad seat in the house.

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I'm already lookin' forward to it.

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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?)

.

Thanks for everything.

.

Peace ☮

Had a very cool day on Sunday, shooting a music video for a song I wrote for Teresa Reynolds to sing called "In My Arms this Christmas". We needed to wait for some snow in the park and we got it this weekend. How cool is it that my pal, Dean Love, just happens to be an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who volunteered to do this thing? We'll roll it out for the next holiday season at the end of the year.

A bit closer on the calendar is the next chance we all get to hang together for a night of music and laughs. That'll be on Saturday night, March 3.... a little more than a month away. Can't wait. It's gonna be a whole lot different than the last big concert we did at Merkin Concert Hall. I'm thinkin' this'll probably feel more like what I like to call "the sweet part of the afternoon" when we're hangin' out in Central Park in the Summer. Y'know? That part of the day when we really get into the meaning of some of the songs and the stories.

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HEY LISTEN!

If you wanna grab tickets for that Saturday night gig, they are on sale already. If you call the box office or stop by The Leonard Nimoy Thalia on Broadway @ 95th Street you can reserve seats this week. Or you can get them online.

I wanted this gig to be a whole lot more intimate than the big YEAR END concert. There are only 150 seats in The Thalia so if you're thinkin' about calling a few friends and makin' a fun night of it, you might wanna do that before the gig gets closer.

Gonna be cool.

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And, not for nuthin'... as a Yankees fan I wanna say... 28 days to pitchers and catchers. And then it's until opening day.

But as a Giants fan I wanna say...

That was a great, great game yesterday... played by both The Giants and The 49ers. Both teams played like they deserved to go to the Super Bowl. Seriously, a really well played game and the 49ers have no reason to hang their heads.

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Time to put grass stains all over Tom Brady's ass again in Super Bowl.

THE GIANTS ARE GOIN' TO THE SUPER BOWL... again.

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Y'know... I mentioned Dean Love at the top of this update. He's producing a webseries which will be a kind of edgy, hip, variety show, talk show kinda thing called...

...and he's asked me to host it. The studio audience will get to watch the shoot for FREE. So I'll let you know when the dates for all of that are set. (It's lookin' like mid-March.) Then we'll figure out a way that YOU can reserve a spot in the studio audience. It's gonna be fun.

.

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there are always a handful of newcomers checking in for various reasons here in NYC or from across the country and different parts of the world... whether it's because of YouTube, or Facebook, or one of the projects we're workin' on... or because they've spent an afternoon with us out in Central Park when the weather is warm.

For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

.

.

OUR NEXT NIGHT TOGETHER!

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I'm gonna stop by the box office later this week to see how the tickets sales are going. So, I'll let you guys know. I know we're still about 6 weeks out from the concert, but as opposed to the December concert which was in a 500-seat venue, this next gig is gonna be at The Leonard Nimoy Thalia on Broadway here in New York, which only seats about 150.

Why such a small venue?

There's a good reason for that. This gig is gonna be a bit different than anything I've done in a in a long while. This is gonna be a completely solo, acoustic night of songs and stories. I'm gonna hang with you guys for an intimate theater and we'll just see where it goes. I think I'll play a whole bunch of songs I haven't played in a long time, and a few brand new songs nobody's ever heard before.

.

Saturday Night, March 3
7:30

.

CLICK ON THE BANNER FOR TICKETS

.

Or call the box office directly if you'd rather speak to a human being.

212-864-5400

.

.

*************************************************************************

.

.

I wanna try to get a few more moments from the December concert edited down to be ready for you guys to watch on Youtube and here at the site. Maybe this week I can work on the audio tracks and we'll have 'em here at the site. Some really fun shit. So keep checking back.

Here are a few we've already completed.

Click to watch the videos

.

.

.

.

.

****************************************************************************

.

THE NEWS and some POSSIBILITIES

.

Besides the gig in the first week of March, we've got sooooo many really cool ideas and plans for 2012. Like this one possibility as explained by Broadway legend Tony Walton and his wife.

Click to watch the video

.
****************************************************************************

.

.

.

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

.

.

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

.

Thanks for everything.

.

Peace ☮

Once again -- Got some really fun concert video further down the page. (If you're new here and wonder what it is I do over the winter, check out the video!)

Wanna start off today with a little "good bye" to Etta James. If you have just a few minutes to listen to a kick-ass song by a woman who sang songs from the soles of here feet out the top of her head. She was the real thing. Damn! She was a good one.

Most people know here for her signature song "At Last". But this is one of my 3 favorite songs she recorded. Always makes me smile. Pop in some headphones, crank up the speakers and let it rip. Have fun.

WET MATCH (Etta James)

It's on her album "The Right Time". Go buy it. The whole album is great! Maybe I'll give you guys one more example of this woman's soul to hear tomorrow.

Woke up jazzed this morning.

I sit back and look at this world with amazement and wonder most days, but some days more than others. The idea of a self-serving windbag like Newt Gingrich winning anything in any state in this country among any demographic of people makes my jaw drop open. But it gives me a sense of purpose and keeps my sense of humor firing.

CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE
(But not if you have a weak stomach.)

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Moving on.

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ONE MORE WIN AND THE GIANTS ARE IN THE SUPER BOWL.

Very cool. You'll find me in front of a TV at 6:30 today. Hope The Giants play with the same kind of intensity that they played with last week, and I hope the officials have a better game than they had last week.

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Rock on!

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Wanna say "Hi" to all of you checking in from different parts of the country and different parts of the world. For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

.

*************************************************************************

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The new webseries being produced by my pal, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love is about to become a reality. It' gonna be a kind of musical, variety, comedy, edgy, irreverend, fun, interactive gig about artists who are living their lives and making art in New York City. Y'know? The place that is referred to in the song about New York made famous by Sinatra... in the line that goes, "If I can, make it...

He's in the process right now of booking a theater on the Upper West side of Manhattan to shoot 2 pilot episodes. There will be a studio audience as we go LIVE to tape for the pilots, and admission will be FREE. Keep checking back and I'll get you the details about how YOU can be in the audience for this new show. It's gonna be a blast.

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THESE ARE SOME MOMENTS FROM THE CONCERT LAST DECEMBER

Click to watch the videos

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****************************************************************************

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For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

.

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

.

.

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

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Thanks for everything.

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Peace ☮

Got some really fun concert video further down the page. (If you're new here and wonder what it is I do over the winter, check out the video!)

Okay... got a little snow here in town. Gonna try to get out to Central Park tomorrow with Teresa Reynolds and Dean Love to shoot some video. Hope the white stuff sticks around a while.

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WELCOME to the website.

Wanna say "Hi" to all of you checking in from different parts of the country and different parts of the world.

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I'm gonna be back just a little later with another update. But for right now, I'll start off with a comment about the big ol' Republican primary election in South Carolina, and then I'll repeat a few things from yesterday's update.

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PROBLEM IN SOUTH CAROLINA

The problem is that it is entirely possible that more than one registered Republican is going to vote for Newt Gingrich to be their candidate for president of the United States of America. Now, as hard as it is to believe that even one person might think that man has enough character to run for office, that one poor person might actually walk into a voting booth a pull a lever for Newt Gingrich... that hypocritical, spiritually bankrupt, phony windbag might actually win the thing tonight! What is going on in this Republican Party? Who are these people? What color is the sky in their world? (And if you're a cogent human being and you call yourself a Republican these days, aren't you just embarrassed?)

On a lighter note... on the internet yesterday I saw 2 photos of a laughing babies... and... well...

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I just hope the kid on the right was born with some integrity.

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Then, email me and let me know how you feel about this election year so far. Let me know if you agree with what I just wrote, or more importantly, let me know if you disagree. I would love to hear a "Reasoned" defense if the ideology and the world these candidates espouse. If somebody comes with an argument that contains an inkling of sense or Truth, I promise I will post that comment here on this website.

EMAIL ME HERE

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Moving onto the Fun!

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The new webseries being produced by my pal, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love is about to become a reality. It' gonna be a kind of musical, variety, comedy, edgy, irreverend, fun, interactive gig about artists who are living their lives and making art in New York City. Y'know? The place that is referred to in the song about New York made famous by Sinatra... in the line that goes, "If I can, make it...

He's in the process right now of booking a theater on the Upper West side of Manhattan to shoot 2 pilot episodes. There will be a studio audience as we go LIVE to tape for the pilots, and admission will be FREE. Keep checking back and I'll get you the details about how YOU can be in the audience for this new show. It's gonna be a blast.

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NOW -- THAT NEXT GIG COMIN' UP?...

There are some really fun videos from our last concert at Merkin Concert Hall a little further down the page. And hopefully, I'll have some new video this week. But I hafta tell you about our next night together first.

Y'know? I have one criteria for whether a concert is a success in my heart.

If after a night like the one we had in December, I can get quiet with myself and ask, "Even when there's someone who kinda got dragged to the thing, even when there's someone in the audience who dislikes folk/rock and loves opera, even if there's someone who's social world view are diametrically opposed to mine... if at the end of the night I can feel that every single person in that room was glad they were there -- then the night is a success."

And I felt like that at the last gig.

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The next gig... I'm gonna hang with you guys for an intimate night of songs and storytelling and laughs. We'll just see where it goes. I think I'll play a whole bunch of songs I haven't played in a long time and a few brand new songs nobody's ever heard before.

Saturday Night, March 3
7:30

The Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Broadway @ 95th Street

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We all know what "general admission" means when we're talkin' about a concert. It means the box office just sells unassigned seats. You buy a ticket and that means you're gonna get in the theater. Where you sit depends on when you get there. No big deal.

But general admission is rrreeeeaaallllyyy not a big deal in a sweet little venue like The Leonard Nimoy Thalia. If you've ever been to one of my gigs in that venue, you know what I'm talkin' about. It's a really intimate little theater space. There literally is not a bad seat in the house.

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I'm already lookin' forward to it.

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For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

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THESE ARE SOME MOMENTS FROM THE CONCERT LAST DECEMBER

Click to watch the videos

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For newcomers, here's a little Photo Gallery from this past Summer. Very cool. Maybe you're in there!

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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 ☮