Ashley: I’m thinking about storage problems and solutions. We need to identify problem areas and make a plan to address them. The entryway, music area, tools, linens, food. Levon: Well what first? Ashley: I think the music area and tools. Levon: What if we just address this area right here (motioning a halo over his [...] Continue Reading »
help, I need a duffel for my backpacks and tools to build my toolshed
6good organ tone can save the shortcomings in life
2The Mr. J’s sign came down yesterday and two fresh coats of white covered over the tuxedo man stencil. Passersby stopped momentarily to mourn his memory and a Murray institution of fine formal wear and limousine service is history. What exists now is a blank slate of fine office space where your good neighbor State Farm [...] Continue Reading »
you can call me dad
0learning to float, a detail I just finished tracking “You can call me Dad,” which is the song I wrote and played for you a little while back. It was the day we saw the first ultrasound. The studio keeps growing. Yesterday a friend said I needed to borrow his Apogee One preamp/condensor mic [...] Continue Reading »
standing by peaceful waters
4(by Levon who is listening to John Prine, Standing by Peaceful Waters) Tomorrow and a day until we are no longer nomadic couch dwellers. Our lease will be up and Knoxville will be home again. Ashley said yesterday something like, “remember how New York drove me crazy because I never had my space for an [...] Continue Reading »
the clampits on the move
1(Levon) Yesterday, on about the fifth try of the week, and second try of the day, I made peace with what you can fit in an Isuzu Rodeo and what you can’t. As I crammed t shirts, towels, and records into every pocket of air, my initial thought was that everything was going to spill on 137th street upon opening the [...] Continue Reading »
adding some structure and the new plan
3(from Levon) The past two weeks of self/un employment has made me realize I need some structure. No longer do I have a boss, a place to go where I feel at work, and any responsibility to anyone besides us. So freakin awesome. But not reality. If I get up and play the piano for [...] Continue Reading »