I know that time is not passing faster. We would have heard about that right? I mean some physicist would have published a paper announcing the discovery that time was speeding up, right? …
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment today. This is such sad news to me. I was so hoping she would find her way back and start creating more of her terrific music. I loved her voice and her songs so much. My niece called me and gave me the news. She said she could relate to Amy because the love affairs she spoke of were like hers: fucked up, undefined. She said she never experienced love like - say the kind Adele writes about. Amy spoke to a generation. My niece said that …
Doing the Happy Dance!
Mushiness alert: this post contains expressions of such happiness and gratitude that they may make you puke. But I'm just too happy to give a damn! …
Something is stirring…
I'm getting ready to get ready for my gig du jour, which happens to be a fundraiser for a wonderful Chicago creative institution: Chicago Dramatists. Their Blue Moon gala will be a smaller event than, say, the one we did last weekend which had close to a thousand guests or the one last month that had a $1250 ticket price! Hiring a big band like mine for their event is a big deal - a change of pace for them and I am honored that they think we will help raise the level of their event. We will …
Life is Good, mostly
... especially if I focus on certain things like my upcoming appearance in Tony Fitzpatrick's play "Stations Lost" at Steppenwolf Garage or the recent string of great gigs we've been rocking lately or the recent flurry of social events I've managed to leave my diva cave to attend. Life is shit if I focus on my mountain of debt, my weight and my aching knees. But why even go there? I've decided to accentuate the positive for my own sanity's sake! …