Snow Day

First to catch up: Annie closed the 16th, so I’ve been clear of it for a week and a half. As soon as we were out I went into one of my sleep-disorder-fueled fugues of  insomnia and random catatonia. But I’m feeling much better now /John Astin voice. But I miss seeing everyone. So the [...]

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Thanksgiving Fail

…was supposed to be my “catch up on NaNoWriMo” day, but due to having had my nose rubbed in the pathetic reality of my family situation today I have not felt at all like doing anything in the slightest bit creative. It’s amazing how fragile that impulse is, for me I think more than most [...]

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New Music Rampage

…not writing or recording, sadly, but rather buying and listening. So far this week I’ve picked up Michael Torke: One Michael Torke: Six David Lang: Elevated David Lang: Are You Experienced? John Adams: Complete Piano Music (one of those American Classics CDs) So Percussion: Amid The Noise and, courtesy Mike Ranelli, who gave me a [...]

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In which it’s suddenly May

So, a month has passed since my last blog post. More than a month, actually. Most of that month was spent at Olney Theater Center, playing the very well received run of Triumph Of Love. I always have a great time playing there: the people are fantastic, always a great ‘green room hang.’ Plus, it’s nice to have [...]

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No more Camelot.

So, not only did the run of Camelot at Olney Theater Center end Sunday night, but also the Democrats lost Ted Kennedy’s seat in the Senate. Which probably spells the end of health care reform… …on a day where I’m sick because of the very long weekend: 5 shows and a recording session (for Dancing [...]

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Welcome to the year we send Roy Scheider to Jupiter…

…except he’s dead so we can’t. I’m still deep in show land, playing Camelot at Olney Theater. I’m sitting in the green room right now as some of the cast and crew read and others do a puzzle. It’s a quiet ‘hang out between shows’ kind of afternoon. I actually have resolutions for this year: I’m going [...]

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Snowed in

it started last night, during Camelot. Got out at 10:45, safely arrived at home in spite of the fact that about half the people on the roads were in full-on panic mode and going fifteen miles an hour with their blinkers on (seriously, folks: if you’re that ill-prepared to operate a motor vehicle in those conditions, you [...]

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Goings on

Well, it’s been a while. I’m getting geared up to play the trombone book at Olney Theater’s production of “Camelot”, with my good friend Chris as musical director. Always fun, and I have a couple other friends (including one from way back in my MC days, Meredith the harpster) in the pit. So that’s basically [...]

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The show is almost over, and so is this beard.

Peter Pan closes tomorrow. I’m sad. Not only will I miss the paycheck, it’s a great group of people. And it’s close to my house so it’s not nearly the hike most of my gigs are. I’ve been saying all week that if we could take Monday off and come back with the same cast, [...]

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CDs are in!!

Got my "Wandering Signal" CDs from the printer and they look fantastic! I will be sending some to CDBaby on monday, so the webstore for it should be up soon. I’ll plaster the link everywhere when it is. In other CD news, I’ve been listening obsessively to Lisa Hannigan’s CD, "Sea Sew", and the new Grayceon [...]

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