I think it was Derek Webb who said we singer-songwriters are the blue collar workers of the artist world. Maybe that’s why I’m so uncomfortable on tour buses with any other kind. Or maybe I’m just too insecure to hang out with real singers with real voices and real records sales. Whatever the reason, I… 
Archive for 2009
Gloria! Begins
They’re Not Dolls. They’re Figurines.
It’s my first day at home and already I miss Shane’s studio. The smell of incense. Dim lights. Rolling Stones in the bathroom. Spending the day marveling at Shane, Steven, Chris and Ken making my pretty downright OK music a whole heckuva lot better.
And then there were the dolls figurines. Lots of ‘em.
The Monkees. The… 
Sloth Before Gluttony
Before the turkey and the ham and the gravy and the rolls and the broccoli casserole and the apple pies and the ice cream we give thanks by gathering the in-laws and the many children and sitting around together. Gluttony takes a lot out of us so today a little preparatory rest.
First, some resting on… 
Cleaning Up After Ida
Some footage from El Salvador, taken just a few days after Hurricane Ida hit. My apologies to the people there for just now posting it and asking you to help them out. Please do.
Gracias.
First up, a tour of one home destroyed by Ida. (Thanks to Keely for letting me take her camera through barbed wire,… 


