There's no end to the variations of instruments for me to lust after, apparently: The Ithaca String Workshop's 6-string "Artist" ACOUSTIC violin, with their Violect pickup - a mere $6K! Ljova's got one, and is having a naming contest ...

What in the horror world is this? -- Why, it's a picture of my brand new baby. I'm anxious to denounce any rumors that its immaculate conception belongs to my wife, or J-Lo. But what should we call it? That, my friends, is up to you - see below, and thank you! This new baby is a 6-stringed acoustic instrument, made by the excellent Eric Aceto of Ithaca, NY. On its belly, it carries the...

What in the horror world is this? -- Why, it's a picture of my brand new baby. I'm anxious to denounce any rumors that its immaculate conception belongs to my wife, or J-Lo. But what should we call it? That, my friends, is up to you - see below, and thank you! This new baby is a 6-stringed acoustic instrument, made by the excellent Eric Aceto of Ithaca, NY. On its belly, it carries the...

What in the horror world is this? -- Why, it's a picture of my brand new baby. I'm anxious to denounce any rumors that its immaculate conception belongs to my wife, or J-Lo. But what should we call it? That, my friends, is up to you - see below, and thank you! This new baby is a 6-stringed acoustic instrument, made by the excellent Eric Aceto of Ithaca, NY. On its belly, it carries the...

What in the horror world is this? -- Why, it's a picture of my brand new baby. I'm anxious to denounce any rumors that its immaculate conception belongs to my wife, or J-Lo. But what should we call it? That, my friends, is up to you - see below, and thank you! This new baby is a 6-stringed acoustic instrument, made by the excellent Eric Aceto of Ithaca, NY. On its belly, it carries the...

Check out two wonderful portraits of me and  thesoupasonic  by the Brooklyn-based photographer Bill Wadman . Bill is working on a series of portraits, one each day, for the entire year of 2007.  You can participate in the project, too - it was really fun!  My picture HERE - taken during the snow storm on Wednesday, March 8th.  I'd title it "She could kill with a smile..." :) And...

While unpacking and sifting through thesoupasonic 's and mine CD collection after our move back to NY, I was thinking how out of this formidable wealth of musical expession, only three recordings have in some sense withstood the test of time for me. These recordings are like good old friends - I never get tired of them, they comfort me, whisk me away from any troubles and gently caress...

It's always fun when law and music overlap in my life... Sometimes that happens when past fans become future colleagues (you know who you are), or contracts and license agreements begin to make more sense, or songs about lawyers strike my funny bone (my favorite of the genre is " My Attorney Bernie, " immortalized by the great Blossom Dearie). And most recently, something I learned in...

After a prolonged unjustified hiatus, I'm back to blogging... Why? Mostly as a platform for reacting to the myriad of experiences in my life, and a way to share recent discoveries in music, film, readings, etc etc etc. I've also discovered that I love reading other people's personal blogs - somehow daily activities of complete strangers or casual acquaintances are often more inexorably fascinating...