Huckleberry checking out the new kitchen floor at “The Sedge Wedge” Last November, after a year of tumult where at one point I was living in spartan hotel room with three dogs in the Adirondacks, we finally settled into our new home in Syracuse.Traveling, and being responsible for a menagerie of two aging Shih…
Old St. Lou Wedding Band Perk: THE TROUGH Back in 1987, I was playing for the first time in my life in a commercial cover / wedding / party band with Gary Frenay and…
Dreaming and then making those dreams real are sometimes the exclusive province of the young. Its not like I haven’t stopped trying in my middle age, but I do tend to pick my spots more carefully these days. I can still throw a well aimed pebble in the pond, but I try and weigh carefully…
I AM THE HUMAN MEAT (A Lake Boy Tale) HALLOWEEN 1975 My adolescent rebellion was in full flower by the age of fifteen. I had become the antithesis of all that surrounded me:Re-invented as an anarchist and junior Anti-Christ in training. Who knows how one gets to this point? Nature? Nurture? Raging Hormones? All I…
EXPLORING CREATIVE PROCESSES Part 9: The Celery Was As Green As An Invader From Mars (Integrating Core Marketing Concepts To Fuel Creative Content) Citizen Kane is considered by many to be “The Greatest Film Ever Made”. The Hollywood film community and Studio System effectively killed it immediately after its release in 1941. It was too…
I love the heat. When I experienced my first New Orleans summer, it was literally breathtaking. You’d walk out of your air conditioned environment, walk out your door, and BAM! Immediately your sun glasses fog up, and you’re temporarily blinded. Clothes become drenched in sweat in what seems to be seconds. The air is so…