Writing

hello wordpress users, here's a somewhat shameless plug

Hello to all of you coming in from the link at VanillaMist, the site run by Patricia. She created the Wordpress template 'connnections', upon which this…

on piano, sufjan stevens <i>flint</i>, and sara groves

Thanks to the kind generosity of the parents of my friend and long-time music partner Josh Schnable, my family has a piano. They gave it to us for the…

Tortoise ponderings

Is it just me, or is the drum part from Tortoise's "Seneca" one of the absolute best drum tracks ever? So raw, so funky, so noisy and restrained and…

Josh Garrels: a new favorite

Thanks to my friend Josue at shameless, I got turned on to a new artist who has quickly become a new favorite: Josh Garrels. Thanks to his generosity, you…