Cathedrals
This is a song from the new show This Clement World All but the Chorus lyrics have been cut from the show at present, but they make a nice poem I think. WE ARE INVOLUNTARY STEWARDS OF THE EARTH TRAPPED...
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when you open your eyes you will see me I will be standing on the far edge of a field, barefoot wearing jeans and a t-shirt my arms raised in supplication to a Lord I no longer believe in, my toes...
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Here are some notes I’ve been making during research for This Clement World, mostly while reading The World Without Us, a fantastic & disturbing book by Alan Weisman: ADAPTABILITY IS KEY TO...
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TREE HOUSE VISION
Recently I created my very first ever “vision board” which means I put images of what I want in my life on a big board, in the hope those things might become manifest. Since brainwaves are actual,...
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A LIVING DOCUMENTARY
While in the final stretch of completing This Clement World, I have begun making notes toward a totally new piece that has arisen (partly) in reaction to the stress induced by focusing on the climate...
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Marfa, Texas
Marfa, Texas is one of the strangest places I’ve ever visited. It is located in the middle of the desert in West Texas, over a three hour drive from the nearest airport, and has a population equivalent...
View ArticleSPIRIT OF INSURRECTION
When I was perhaps nineteen years of age, I completed a summer course of study in Amsterdam, through the Experimental Theater Wing of NYU. During the time I was there, I saw one of the best...
View ArticleFEAR AS FUEL PART 1
STAGE FRIGHT Tuesday November 20th 2012: tonight is our first performance of This Clement World here in Lyon, France and I am downright terrified. The general terror of performing anything at all in...
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THIS PARTICULAR CHALLENGE With this new work, there are several additional layers of anxiety on top of the baseline stage fright: first, there’s the fear of judgement, criticism, and misunderstanding...
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SOURCES OF STRENGTH Two particular, peculiar sources of strength are helping me walk through the layered, potentially suffocating blanket of fears surrounding the making of This Clement World. The...
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Inspired by Jonathan Coulton and in the spirit of Creative Commons, I made a resolution to post something online each week of the year 2013 – a new, previously unreleased song and or video, free of...
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One a These Days (this is the Thing I originally posted on Facebook the 2nd week of January, while this site was still suspended) This is a brand new song from a brand new work in progress titled A...
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All the Wrong People are Famous This is a song I wrote a long time ago, as an homage to Elliot Smith, inspired by one of his songs; I’m posting it this week because it was requested by a fan. If YOU...
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Start Here This is a song from “LOVE is gonna be my weapon and YOU are gonna be my first victim” – an album of 12 love songs that I’ve been wanting to record for at least 7 years. Rather than continue...
View ArticleSPIRIT OF INSURRECTION
When I was perhaps nineteen years of age, I completed a summer course of study in Amsterdam, through the Experimental Theater Wing of NYU. During the time I was there, I saw one of the best...
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This Land This is a song from my new work This Clement World, premiering next week at St. Ann’s Warehouse! (shows February 5-17, get your tickets today, click here ) The recording is from a live...
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Shine On This is a song from my new work This Clement World, performing this week and next at St. Ann’s Warehouse! (shows February 5-17, get your tickets today!) The recording is from a live concert...
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100 More This is a song from my new work This Clement World, now in its final week of premiere performances at St. Ann’s Warehouse! (shows through February 17th, get your tickets today) The recording...
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I Will Hear It This is a song from “LOVE is gonna be my weapon and YOU are gonna be my first victim” – an album of 12 love songs that I’ve been wanting to record for at least 7 years. Rather than...
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Beyond the Beyond This is a song I wrote many years ago for a Big Dance Theater show called Another Telepathic Thing, based on a short story by Mark Twain called The Mysterious Stranger, in which a...
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