Category Archives: Tales from My Life

#Blazing into the #newyear…wait… do I really have to blaze?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

I’ve been slow to update my site recently. I posted nearly 160 blog entries last year–a number that surprised me. In December of 2011, however, I didn’t post much. Here’s what’s been on my mind. My father-in-law. He’s been with … Continue reading →

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A Little Torme…

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Once, years ago, when I was the director of production at the Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH, Mel Torme came to sing.  I joked for weeks about the upcoming show. Just another has-been, I said. Another crooner subjected to touring … Continue reading →

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Allen Ginsberg and Me

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

A few days ago, I read the illustrated version of “Howl,” the classic American poem and cornerstone of all things Beat. Although I liked the way the illustrations slowed the poem down and made me read each line more slowly … Continue reading →

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A John Prine Story

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

A few days ago, I published a post about Tom Waits, a story that my friend Bob told me and that had transmogrified in my head/memory/imagination to be something other than what it once was. I was thinking about it, … Continue reading →

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