Jun 283 minBeamsSunday 6/28/20 Try to have more than laser-focus. If a laser were looking on, and could cogitate, impel the laser to think, "Shit, I gues...
Jun 283 minA portion of one half of a text conversationSunday 6/28/20 As the title says. *** Exactly. Dead correct. They were born with a silver spoon, they have no life experience, no clue how...
Jun 283 minAbbey Road long medley raw notesSunday 6/28/20 Shaved, chugged some coffee, finished a feature, wrote some letters, all this morning (7 AM at the moment), and now high-t...
Jun 276 minWalking a different walkSaturday 6/27/20 * Someone sent me a note that meant a lot to me titled "I believe you will win," in which they said, "You’ll win the fig...
Jun 273 minWalking the walk 2: "Green Glass Door", short story excerptSaturday 6/27/20 First section of one of the new ones--an aforementioned major one. It is not yet 7 on this Saturday morning. Much has be...
Jun 274 minWalking the walk 1: Excerpt from upcoming Charlie Parker featureSaturday 6/27/20 Artists who innovate have a glorious tendency to shock when we first enter their remit. The show is not for show, let us...
Jun 265 minMake the hillFriday 6/26/20 Another day of largely sitting at the desk--the third such day in a row. I did get out for a quick three mile walk, but I w...
Jun 2615 minStephanie Merry of The Washington PostFriday 6/26/20 As anyone who who knows my writing is aware, whether they read my formal material or this blog or both, that work is alway...
Jun 249 minBreather Wednesday 6/24/20 Sounds strange to say I am having a quick breather from writing by writing more, but in some ways this is not writing t...
Jun 233 minFeature excerpt Tuesday 6/23/20 I've written a 2000 word feature today on The Twilight Zone episode, "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street." Excerpt here...
Jun 233 min"Hot Road Tar (In the Rain)", short story excerptTuesday 6/23/20 In seventh grade for science we were asked to write down our favorite smell. I said hot road tar. Then I thought some mor...
Jun 237 minJuneTuesday 6/23/20 * I could have and should have done better on that podcast yesterday. I didn't get into the BBC versions of "There's a Pl...
Jun 222 minOne edition of the Week Game ends, another beginsMonday 6/22/20 I am normally not comfortable writing about the past week, because when I do so I feel fat, useless, lazy, someone focused...
Jun 224 minPre-sound notesMonday 6/22/20 Okay, let's bang out the Beatles stuff. Think we should start with "There's a Place." Some notes/thoughts for what we ough...
Jun 216 minA Father's Day storySunday 6/21/20 Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon Street run next to each other, and they do so over quite a distance. Either one will take y...
Jun 196 minNightmaresFriday 6/19/20 Yesterday I woke up at 2:30 in the morning. I could not fall back asleep until five, then got up forty-five minutes later....
Jun 183 min"Slung Stack", short story excerptThursday 6/18/20 We kept it light on Saturday mornings. Those were the home-and-hearth times for our family, especially in summer, especi...
Jun 186 minSome thoughts on Rayshard Brooks and forceThursday 6/18/20 I just watched the Rayshard Brooks footage. I don't normally watch things like this. I never do. People post videos all ...
Jun 175 minRadio thoughts, podcast thoughts, Beatles writings thoughts Wednesday 6/17/20 Ran six miles yesterday. Took me up to fifty miles on foot since Saturday. Here is the Songs of Note podcast I was inte...
Jun 164 min2 kool 2 be 4 gotten (hey hey)Tuesday 6/16/20 Taping an episode of the Songs of Note podcast in a bit on Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks," which will also mean some ...