And if you go chasing rabbits/And you know you’re going to fall January 17, 2010

photo by T.R. Hummer Psychoanalysis: a rabbit that was swallowed by a boa constrictor that just wanted to see what it was like in there. —Karl Kraus

a whole damn song November 23, 2009

One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head. —Billie Holiday

AmeriCamera: The Web Site November 3, 2009

Visit the new web site at http://www.americameraproject.com/

“Each [singer] . . . is as much a part of the tradition of oral epic singing as Homer”: the Purpose of the AmeriCamera Project October 31, 2009

This . . . is about Homer. He is our Singer of Tales. Yet, in a larger sense, he represents all singers of tales from time immemorial and unrecorded to the present. . . . [This] is about those other singers as well. Each of them, even the most mediocre, is as much a part [...]

Your Mileage May Vary October 19, 2009

Here are a few examples of some of the cliches and everyday expressions you will find in The Songwriter’s Journal: • Colder than a Klondike Bar • The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t • Like death warmed over The book contains over 150 cliches and expressions and were narrowed down from [...]