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My wife Jules and I are like twins. We’re joined at the hip. We’ve been together so long that it’s as true to say we’ve grown up together as siblings as it is to say we met, fell in love, and became man and wife. Since 1980, we’ve done as many […]

As I add content to the site, there’s going to be a lot of music to share. I’ve added a streaming MP3 player that will open in a new browser window when the link is followed.
It’s the same player I use on the home page, a handy little app called Wimpy MP3.
There’s a persistent […]

When I set up the studio journal on this site last fall, I had high hopes for keeping it up to date and growing. But instead I spent the year immersed in a variety of projects and activities, almost entirely forgoing the writing-about-it part.
Even so, I’ve still wanted to do more with the […]

Shortly after reading Illusions and Das Energi, I found another book that also remains a favorite: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki. For anyone not familiar with Zen, there probably isn’t a more gentle and meaningful introduction than this book.
Helping a reader to find some kind of footing in the paradoxical and […]

The process of people waking up spiritually proceeds as a domino effect, one person’s tumbling realizations setting off another’s, and so on. We all develop introspective curiosity to one degree or another once the growth of our psyche reaches a certain point. I come from a family where discussions of spiritual and psychological […]

There’s nothing like finding a spiritual work that can help you make a vertical change in your awareness.
Too often in such books, it seems the capacity to function as a map to profound realization is obscured by the author’s need to entertain and reinterpret information with the full force of their personality. I’m […]

I’ve got a serious soft spot for vintage music, and I’m not talking about the music of my youth. Much of what trips my trigger these days was made and laid well before my auspicious personal debut. Lately, it’s Jack Fascinato’s 1959 album, Palm Springs Suite. Never heard of Jack? Either […]

I haven’t written much about Touvaroon yet (just this mention), but maybe this will kickstart me. In short, it was a group and album of the same name recorded on a shoestring budget back in 1993/94. The group featured myself on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Julie Anderson on vocals and keyboards, Todd […]

As an independent artist with a new CD release and no intention of touring, I’ve been keen to find exposure alternatives for my work. Late in 2006 I found one called Radio Paradise.
A terrific internet radio station, Radio Paradise plays an eclectic mix of new and old music from major label artists as well […]

After starting this category of posts and thinking back about where I did most of the Self-Inflections drawings, I searched my hard drives and archives for a particular photo of my workspace. It finally turned up, and I thought I’d add it to the accumulating mess here.

Every time I look at that image, I […]

Not here or now
But there and then
By stepping out
You’re in again
Lines across the ever
Never ending
Bound to elsewhen
Somenow be
Where ‘I’ can build
A different ‘me’
Perpetual dissatisfaction pending
Every other needs another
Sides depending on each other
Let’s go home now
Sister, brother
Where we always are
You can’t get any closer
If you travel very far

The drawings were done in a number of […]

I waited there
And unaware
In disconnected state
Was nowhere near
The fabled here
But early and or late
A frightened mind
Is deaf and blind
With futures of the past
I let it go
And now I know
That there is here
At last

Most readers who find this blog will not be familiar with Rain People. Whether you’re reading for curiosity or because you’re interested in other work I’ve done, it’s only fair you should get of taste of everything on the menu.
I’ve uploaded a couple tracks from the album to a streaming player that can be […]

If you have found your way here while searching for information about the Epic/CBS recording artists, Rain People, you’ve hit pay dirt. You are also in a small but beloved group of people.
Although the Rain People never gained wide popularity, the songs on that 1989 release did manage to touch a few people worldwide. […]

So, I’m here, settled in, and everything is really pretty great except for the fact that my internet connection has barely worked at all.  In fact, I’m borrowing a connection from a friend’s room this morning just to post this note.
Customer Service is not to be taken for granted!
In the few moments I have left […]

It’s only fitting that a blog for my time spent as an audio technician on this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing should begin with a test post. Test. Testing. More testing. It’s all part of the fun, and starting Tuesday, June 24th, I’ll be doing what I can to make it […]

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