I spent the day doing nothing. (Oh, I’m sorry – maybe that should have been a tweet?) I’m feeling these days that blogs are as dead as Flash, but recently I saw a tweet heralding the decline of Twitter. All things must pass, I guess. But in the throes of my nothing-doing today, I spent [...]
When I was growing up, I often heard the maxim that “nobody can forget where they were when they learned that JFK had been shot.” I was on Twitter when I learned that Michael Jackson had passed. Not quite sure, but I think I was at work in Cambridge. When you’re in Twitterspace, do your [...]
Dear Dad, I keep meaning to write to you. Sorry it’s been so long. Anyway, whatever, as they say. I woke up yesterday thinking about a question I meant to ask you when I was in kindergarten or first grade. The question, as I remember it, is this: When you’re looking at a blank piece [...]
I was devastated to learn this week that my pal, colleague, confidante and mentor Laurel Bowman passed away. Wait a minute – weren’t we supposed to grow old together and sit around the Old Ad Folks Home and talk about how kids know nothing anymore and how it was back in the day? Weren’t we [...]
Normally, I’m not one of those bloggers that post a lot of video, but I’m still savoring the recent Zappa tribute on WZBC that I did with James and Matt. Along the way, the conversation turned briefly to the famed Zappa-on-bicycle bit, so here it is – as long as it stays posted on YouTube. [...]
Here’s what my day was like yesterday: Viv and I hop out of bed around 5:45 am-ish. Viv hops in her car and heads west to get her boys and bring them home, ahead of the massive snowstorm bearing down on New England. I prepare my things carefully, grab my laptop and bass guitar, and [...]