Hey, Mr. Spaceman – The Musical

I decided to finally record the John Glenn parody song I posted lyrics for the other day. Here's the YouTube blurbĀ as background: Honoring astronaut John Glenn's passing: in 1998 there was some controversy on sending John Glenn on the space shuttle at 77 in an expensive mission instead of other qualified candidates. I wrote this... Continue Reading →

Hey, Mr. Spaceman

So back in 1998 when there was some controversy about sending John Glenn up again at his age and in an expensive mission, I wrote this parody to David Bowie's "Space Oddity." Thanks for bookending the inspiration, 2016. Now quit it. I thought he was great even if Shepard beat him up, he took the... Continue Reading →

Glass Jigsaw Puzzles and Hamilton

My daughter and I were lucky enough to catch "Hamilton" on Broadway during our recent trip (with the original cast save the first king and one fantastic understudy!), and I will talk about that more in another post. This is a nice HDR picture of the set (stage left) from my Note 4. Amazed that... Continue Reading →

Quite A “Rush”

So I just watched "August Rush" which I got from Netflix months ago and somehow didn't get to. I really enjoyed it, and if you want to write music, like music, or are interested in the different ways it comes into form, you might appreciate this story. It's not about every way art happens, but... Continue Reading →

Virtually Damn You, Windows 10, Okay Fine

You know the Windows 10 upgrade gave you a bad day when you are typing these searches into Google: recover unallocated partition windows 10 win 10 deleted my partition windows 10 set partition to unallocated space where are my itunes files and torrents and videos and family pictures!!!!! And other stuff I don't even remember... Continue Reading →

Inspiration Prog-Rocks?

I took this photo over the holidays late last year, which spawned a tongue-in-cheek post on Facebook: If I ever do a vinyl double-LP prog-rock record, I have the cover photo. (from the Luminarias at Desert Botanical Garden). I was just experimenting with long-exposures that night, and while waiting for my family I decided I... Continue Reading →

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