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for unlawful carnal knowledge.

Thank you, Van Halen. Thank you for naming your album with the acronym of one of my favorite curse words in the English language. I used to be so afraid of using vulgarity…..FUCK THAT. I used to be so worried about people looking down on me condescendingly if I used a curse word…..FUCK THEM. It’sContinue reading “for unlawful carnal knowledge.”

it’s truly all about the music.

There are two types of teenage boys that start playing in rock bands….the guys who do it to impress girls, and the guys who try to act like they didn’t do it to impress girls. I TOTALLY started playing in a band for this reason, and I offer no apologies. In high school we triedContinue reading “it’s truly all about the music.”

L Train.

This nickname was given to me by Jeff Butash, when we worked together at Prudential Investments in 1997. I had all but forgotten about it for 22 years. This spring, I started playing with the Ryan Forrester Band in the DC region, and I decided to bring this nickname back. As this band has someContinue reading “L Train.”

purple.

Prince. Grape soda. Barney. (OK, maybe that’s pushing it.) Purple……I don’t have any bad feelings about purple…..from a music and color point of view, I always hear a Gb Major 7th chord in my head when I think about purple, but I digress….purple is very peaceful and serene, and there’s something truly badass about seeingContinue reading “purple.”

kenny rogers was spot on.

“You gotta know when to hold ’em Know when to fold ’em Know when to walk away And know when to run.” This is the perfect description of how I currently feel about social media. After 10 years of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat, I had enough. I had nearly 2,800 “friends” – people fromContinue reading “kenny rogers was spot on.”

My First Blog Post

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

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