Dispatches from ExpensiveTownUSA
Overheard in Brooklyn
“I mean, who the fuck drugs a therapy dog?” – Overheard in Brooklyn A reasonable question from the woman walking behind me to her phone. Who the fuck? Who…
Read MoreCome on Tour with Me
JFK International Airport, Terminal 4 – Saturday, November 4th, 7:22am I’m sitting in a brightly lit cafe. Trying to pry my eyes open with a watery coffee. I am putting…
Read MoreTwo Tales of a City
Monday, October 9th, Skillman Avenue, Queens There was an altercation on the bus between a passenger who wouldn’t pay, but was allowed to board anyway and then continued to…
Read MoreIt’s Good to be Back in Your Town
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 – Brooklyn I’m back in Brooklyn. The sun is shining. Hector is yelling across the street to someone on the other side. Out of laziness more…
Read MoreMan’s Inhumanity to Man as Exemplified by the 7am Car Horn Melt Down
September 8th, Brooklyn One week to album release. The album countdown is well and truly on. ‘Dream Your Way Out of This One’ will be available worldwide…
Read MoreThank you – That was fun!
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Monday June 12th, 8am. Air quality warning from 10am. What precisely are you supposed to do during an air quality warning? Take a deep breath…
Read MoreFour bands, a ferry and a fort.
June 9th, 2017 “The Dog that didn’t bark“. “A pig’s breakfast”. The BBC are all over the animal metaphors this morning. Any news? Lordy. The DUP? Lordy, is right. …
Read MoreA Singer in a Bookshop.
June 2nd, 2017 Yesterday I wanted to post a bunch of expletives. I still do. You know things are truly awful when the tabloids display a greater grasp of science…
Read MoreThe Things People Tell Us.
The things people tell us. The things people don’t tell us. 11 years old Patrick took his cousin’s dog for a walk. Too loose on a faraway leash, the…
Read MoreEaster Rambling
“All your crying don’t do no good, Come on up the the house, Come down off the cross, We can use the wood, You gotta come on up to the house.…
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