A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. – Emerson

What is change, exactly? I mean, given that time is moving right along, isn’t it impossible for anything to be the…

I’ve experienced a few time ripples in the past couple of weeks, waves of deep history coming around into the current moment in unexpected ways, and as a result, have been thinking quite a bit about the various ways I…

I started playing piano in high school around 1985 or so. I’m not sure what led me to it, but from the very beginning, I felt like sitting at a piano was an opportunity to collaborate, an opportunity to converse…

I love Hipstamatic. It’s a brilliant little app on my phone that acts like an old Polaroid camera. I take a shot, and Hipstamatic applies a bit of processing to it and puts a nice little frame around the image…

Lately I’ve been considering where I’m headed with my music-making existence, and those thoughts led me back to the beginning of my creative life.

I started my “professional” career as a theatrical lighting designer. It’s a fascinating job which takes…

Del Shannon's "Runaway" opened the door to imaginary sounds.

There must have been a well-worn spot on the dashboard of my dad’s Ford Econoline.

In the late-1970s, my antique dealer father and I wandered the back roads of Southern New…

"I worry that the person who thought up Muzak might be thinking up something else."

- Lily Tomlin

Are we, as David Byrne suggested, on a road to nowhere? Perhaps.

Vin Downes and I have been sending our new album…