This past Monday night, my wife and I went to the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pa., for Conan O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television" tour. I love Conan O'Brien and never got the chance to see a taping of his show when he was based in New York and figured if there … Continue reading A night with Coco!
With my May 22 wedding date fast approaching and spare time at a minimum these days, I decided to take advantage of some personal time yesterday and spent a couple of hours with my keyboard and MacBook to see if I could get the creative juices flowing again. I am a big fan of the … Continue reading Why I could never be a real songwriter…
Here is a short video of my first time ever doing karaoke...this took place at the Hotel Jonas in Jonas, Pa., on April 16, 2010 -- the first night of my bachelor party weekend, which included a whitewater rafting trip near Jim Thorpe, Pa. This bar just happened to be down the road from the … Continue reading I sing Todd Rundgren’s “I Saw the Light”
Wow! It's been a long time between posts here on the ol' blog, but I'm taking the time to put a quick one up here to talk about yet another personal Ben Folds live show experience for me. This time, Alison and I went to see Ben Folds perform solo -- just "Ben Folds and … Continue reading Ben Folds w/ Kate Miller-Heidke @ Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ, 4/9/10
OK...most baseball fans are aware of the reportedly impending trade of Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay to the Philadelphia Phillies and the reported companion trade (right now, this does not appear to be a 3-team deal) of Phillies ace Cliff Lee to Seattle. While I love Lee and appreciate what he did for the … Continue reading If reports are true, Phillies are making huge mistake
A few days ago, I was looking at a recent issue of Sports Illustrated that featured photographs from a current exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles called "SPORT: Iooss & Leifer," looking at more than 40 years of sports photography from the two legendary SI photographers. Now, I became familiar with … Continue reading The things Twitter can do
Back in November 2007, more than a year into my relationship with my now-fiancee, Alison, I had recorded an early, instrumental version of a song for her. I had worked out some lyrics for the choruses and the first verse, but that was it. Because Elvis Costello wrote the ultimate song called "Alison" -- a … Continue reading New song: “Alliel”
You might recall that a couple of months ago, I entered a "best piano/keyboard performance" contest on a web site called TalentTrove.com. I came in second place by one or two votes, mostly because the rules said one date was the final day of voting while the voting system itself was set to end 2 … Continue reading Revisiting my musical past: “Don’t Lose The Groove”
It has been a few days since the Philadelphia Eagles -- defying all sanity and logic -- signed disgraced NFL quarterback, illegal drug user, alleged STD transmitter and, oh yes, dogfighting kingpin Michael Vick (aka Ron Mexico). Upon learning of the signing during the Eagles' preseason opener against New England, I immediately flipped the TV … Continue reading The Philadelphia Eagles are dead to me
Right on the heels of the post I did on Passion Pit the other day, I would like to share with you another artist to watch. I first heard of Winter Gloves when I happened to catch the track "Invisible" from their "about a girl" CD on XM Radio's The Verge channel. It was the … Continue reading Artist to Watch: Winter Gloves
Tandem With The Random 