Isn’t the Light OK?

This is a hell of a birth­day present to get from a “page-a-day” Onion cal­en­dar.
The cal­en­dar entry for May 15th, the 33rd anniver­sary of my birth:
Life­long Love Affair With Music Ends At Age 35

If you’ll allow it, I’d like to indulge in a lit­tle cross­ing of the streams.
First, the New York Times mag­a­zine arti­cle on “Artist 2.0.” — the web-enabled rev­o­lu­tion of musi­cians like Jonathan Coul­ton or The Hold Steady. It’s a really intrigu­ing arti­cle, which spends a lot of time con­cen­trat­ing on Coulton’s inter­net suc­cess. His situation […]

A life­time ago, when I lived on my own in Worces­ter, I had no vehi­cle. I started out with one, but when it came time to renew my reg­is­tra­tion, I didn’t have the money to fix it so it would pass inspec­tion. I ended up sell­ing it to a local junk­yard for about $100. From […]

Once again, it’s time to show a lit­tle link-love to those who’ve used my music in their pod­casts. Check out the early April editions of:

Larry Winfield’s Sun­down Lounge, who played “aprilzero,” and
Joe’s Pod­cast — Chris­t­ian edi­tion who played “Make My Heart Your Home”

Check them out, and be sure to tell them I sent you.
(begin shame­less self-promotion)
And, if you […]

And the LOL­cat craze con­tin­ues. This time, Stephen Granades gives us “LOLTrek.”
Brilliant.