I wrote my third song about New York yesterday, but its the first one that says “New York City” in the lyrics, and the first happy song about the place. Days that I finish songs are feel good days. I usually record songs as soon as I can because they leave my short attention span [...] Continue Reading »
I Heart New York
0"the subway gets me down…town"
3“To live intensely is one of the basic human desires and an artistic necessity.” –Michael Kimmelman I just started reading The Accidental Masterpiece by Kimmelman so plan on hearing all about it. I’m just in the introduction and I’m already wild about it. This quote resonates with me because lately I’ve wondered if I might [...] Continue Reading »
i'm big in europe…and online
0(from ashley) Levon told me a story about a co-worker who had somehow heard of our blog but didn’t realize that he was the Levon behind the screen. To which he responded, “Yeah, I’m kinda of a big deal online.” I think this is fabulous and hilarious and so today I started working out [...] Continue Reading »
Will you take room, Mr. President?
3I’ve seen a handful of celebrities already in New York and have for the most part played it cool. Today I waited on former president Jimmy Carter at Starbucks and at the risk of being lame, I’ve run home to my blog to share. On the way home I saw legendary jazz organist Dr. Lonnie [...] Continue Reading »
like bonny and clyde
3Ashley met me at Starbucks with a change of clothes at 6:30 and we walked the rest of the night away, from the Upper East Side at 85th and Lex down to the East Village and Soho, back to Union Square, and then trained it back to Harlem where we walked our usual route home [...] Continue Reading »
bypassing supermarkets and the agricultural-industrial complex
0(from ashley) In Knoxville, we had a lovely community garden and a whole neighborhood of earth-loving, community-minded friends (www.oldnorthknoxville.org). Lindsay is one of these friends, and knowing the shock that my new habitat would bring she decided to get me a CSA (community supported agriculture) membership for my birthday. It is an incredibly thoughtful gift [...] Continue Reading »
1 2 3. its saturday night, so go act like it
0(from ashley) Everyone hustles here and we are quickly finding that in order to survive we have to hustle as well. This week has been filled to the brim with painting, sewing, planning, figuring, music charting, piano playing, and coffee making. Being a Saturday, I’ve tried to take a day to rest. Yet I keep [...] Continue Reading »
happy birthday dad
0(from Ashley)
make that a quad
0(from Levon) Last night was a showcase at Crash Mansion in SoHo and then saying good bye to the band for a while. Brent is headed to PA, OH, and VA for some accoustic shows over the next week or so and we reconvene after that to play some dates scattered across the [...] Continue Reading »
hey, I'm in a band
1When I signed off here last Wednesday it was on a very dismal note and it was a very dismal day. Thursday I auditioned for the band I mentioned and had a day to learn 12 songs before we played the Living Room in SoHo on Friday night, shot a documentary about Brooklyn in [...] Continue Reading »