Last night I had an amazing dream; I was a friend of Elvis Costello. As friends are apt to do, he was allowing me to indulge myself and take advantage of our relationship. My evening dreamscape was an outdoor amphitheater surrounded in a warm mist and soft white light on the edge of a placid [...]
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Some people make cookies to share with friends and family for the holidays. Some bake cakes and pies. Some craft homemade greeting cards. The more ambitious might knit sweaters. Lindsay Erin and Paul Ezekiel of Erin & The Project fire up the video camera and give us all a beautiful Christmas song, We Three Kings. [...]
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On this last Sunday morning before Christmas Day 2011, I sit at our dining room table with my computer, sipping a cup of coffee, noshing on a bit of breakfast, and catching up on some work. Outside, the sky is gray overcast; the mix of deciduous trees across the street clinging to the last leafs [...]
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Back in 1982, I fell in love with my first Australian rock band, INXS. Their third album, Shabooh Shabah, was the band’s first international release and it blew me away. The album vinyl took a serious beating through relentless spins and from being hand carried to every party far-and-wide to share with all who would [...]
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