My sister Abby writes for the New York Times, she wrote an article about the BP oil spill that’s in today’s paper.  You should check it out:   http://nyti.ms/9CBNtl

If you don’t know Alex Chilton by name you likely know at least some of his work, and would probably do well to know more. He died yesterday in New Orleans while thousands of indie kids were descending upon Austin owing the life of their band to him et al in some way or another […]

Two important things I’ve realized in the last few days:
1.  I’m not really into cold weather.  Nothing against people who are, I’m just not.  Became aware of it when my mom moved from Southern California to Northwest Colorado.  My childhood friend Dan lived right near my mom in Steamboat Springs, married a girl from Steamboat.  […]

From Vulture Magazine:  “Was Record Store Day a Success?”
By: Matthew Perpetua
Record Store Day, an annual event designed to stimulate interest in brick-and-mortar independent music retailers, came and went this weekend, and though it’s impossible to know if the initiative will actually have any long-term benefit for the mom-and-pop shops in question, abundant anecdotal evidence suggests […]

Happy New Year folks!!
First of all, I want to send huge thanks to everyone who came out for the Tuesdays at the Hotel shows in Hollywood in November and December. Really can’t express how good it felt to be back there with so many old and new friends. To those who drove a […]

Hey Folks . . .
Just wanted to let you know that I’m going to put out a new album in November called “BIRD.“.
Some of the songs are already spinning on Radio Free Hollywood — KCRW that is, ushered spaceward by Nic Harcourt and Ariana Morgenstern, five star generals of of the airwaves in the blood-pumping […]

The weekend after I got home from last summer’s tour with Jim Bianco I smashed the big knuckle of my left index finger when a bungy cord interacted poorly with a pile of wood that I was trying to pull out of the back of my car. My father-in-law thought it was hilarious, but […]

Two things:
1. My friends Ben and Amy are getting married today. We weren’t able to go, but just wanted to wish the love, life and luck . . . you know, the good stuff. Much love from us to you on your big day. And, on a completely different vibe . […]

Left North Carolina on June 30th . . . 12 hours to Long Island New York to meet Jim Bianco at his dad’s house in Long Beach.  Swam in the Atlantic Ocean.  Played Brooklyn and DC, then visited our friends Al and Holly (who we’ll get back to in a minute) at Al’s folks’ place […]

Went online the other night after the show and read some of the original reviews of some of my favorite records.  Super cool.  Interesting to read bad reviews of records (ie Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon”) that have since become classics . . . even more the lukewarm reviews about “Astral Weeks” (Van Morrison), “Exile in […]

I’ve decided that I’m not a particularly good journal writer unless I’m really inspired by something cool happening – and when something cool happens I usually want to enjoy it rather than worrying about writing it down.
So, though I pledge to do my best on the journal entry thing . . . I think most […]