The City Never Sleeps

Originally published in Seattle Weekly I went to New York this week to see the fabulous new play Hello Failure by Seattle’s own Kristen Kosmas at P.S. 122, and to take care of some business, get into some trouble, and check… » More inside

The Dark Side

Originally published in Seattle Weekly I had dinner with Alan Parsons the other night. That’s right, Alan Parsons, of the Alan Parsons Project. I’m not kidding. You may know him better as the man who recorded Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side… » More inside

Lunar Eclipses

Originally published in Seattle Weekly I was holed up in my little home studio last Thursday working on writing some songs for the next Long Winters record when I got a text message from a friend telling me to check out… » More inside

Gibson Custom Shop Tour 2007

I was down in Nashville a couple of weeks ago and was lucky enough to get a tour of the Custom Shop from the world-famous Steve Christmas. I’m no expert on guitar-making, but I was surprised by the things I… » More inside

Spain is Pretty Great

We crossed into Spain through Andorra, the tiny country high up in the Pyrenees mountains. At the top of the pass our little van chugged to a crawl- pissing off a few Porsche drivers- high enough to look down on… » More inside

American Werewolves in Wolverhampton

2/17/07 We’re four hairy Americans in a van with German license plates, so I suppose that could account in part for the crude reception from other drivers on the English roads. I’m trying to give them the benefit of the… » More inside