Thoughts
In the Confession Box with E.W. Harris
Confession Box Songs: Week 4 Last night Steve Goulding asked the very fair question, “The Confession Box? Is it small and judgmental?”, “Does it at least smell of…
Read MoreMurder, Music, Football
“What’s so funny about peace, love and understanding?” – Elvis Costello June 15th, 2016 She said. He said. C & T, incessant on the radio. The FBI investigates the shooter.…
Read MoreA Walk in the Park
Band rehearsal photo by Dennis Cronin, also in the band and in the room. A Walk in the Park Thursday, May 26th, 2016 Prospect Park yesterday. A saxophone player practicing…
Read MoreFlorence and the Machine, James Connolly and Michael Stipe
Thursday May 12th, 2016 – Midtown Rooftop Proposal Dispatches from ExpensiveTownUSA Brazil’s president has been impeached. I saw two dead baby birds on my 8 minute walk to the train.…
Read MoreInterview with Minds in Music/Royal College Of Psychiatrists
Here’s an interview I did with Dr. John Tully for the latest Minds in Music blog on the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ website. John’s an old friend, a psychiatrist and…
Read MorePictures and Words – Dublin and Dundalk
Myself and Brendan Behan by the Royal Canal. Dublin 2016 April 5th, 2016 Dublin draped in flags. Dublin remembers 1916. Dublin in the sunshine in the Spring. Bobby Sands’ quote…
Read MoreZen and the Art of Not Punching An Auld Fella in the Face
Good Friday, March 25th 2016 On the bus to Oxford. Great couple of days with Richard Young. The blue skies have reappeared. Nick Cave in my headphones, “ We call…
Read MoreLeeds, Sheffield and onward to Cambridge
Leeds, March 22nd 2016 I woke up in my hotel room turned on the TV. BBC World News. Explosions at Metro stations in Brussels. Two more explosions at the airport.…
Read More“From Hell, Hull, and Halifax, Good Lord, deliver us”
Monday March 21st, 2016, Nondescript Hotel Room, Leeds French and Belgian leaders speak of Saleh Abdessalem arrest. Obama visits Cuba. Cameron under attack for British budget. Connolly typing in hotel…
Read MorePhilomena, St. Patrick and Pele
St. Philomena, St. Patrick and Pele March 17th, 2016, Bishop Auckland My grandmother Philomena had ten children. She was a kind and gentle and beautiful woman. Today is her anniversary.…
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