Show Do Tell: A Reading Series & Art Review

Have I been too much of a cynical Yankees fan? Does it have to do with a 'Boomer mentality' that I subconsciously adopted?

Checking back-in with another Yankee-Centric episode!

The MLB All Star Game is a pretty flawed endeavor, even for a hardcore fan.

I’m launching a new podcast of bite-sized fragments of my life based upon the in-the-moment musings in my head. If you take the ride with me at any point, thanks for listening!

I’m launching a new podcast of bite-sized fragments of my life based upon the in-the-moment musings in my head. If you take the ride with me at any point, thanks for listening!

I’m launching a new podcast of bite-sized fragments of my life based upon the in-the-moment musings in my head. If you take the ride with me at any point, thanks for listening!

I’m launching a new podcast of bite-sized fragments of my life based upon the in-the-moment musings in my head. If you take the ride with me at any point, thanks for listening!

Paralyzed At the crosswalk sign And it’s telling me to move In this Balkanized Corporate paradise Consciousness is a fool On my way To a date With the anxious apparatus To plead my case And amend my mistake Of writing that ending Tragic Do you have an empty feeling? Can you play the part of hope? Was their dream worth believing? When you already had a coat? Satisfied By a momentary high After sign...

Last night, They handed out awards To the sell-out whores God, I wish I were one of them At fading light, We wandered past stores With plywood front-doors And products we had to pretend Season of loss Season of tears Season where seasons Of the past truly recede Season of fury Season of doubt Season of quantifying What we can no longer Live without Last year, The unlucky and unsaved Were dropped i...

My body wakes at dawn Always obeys the first alarm I do what I’m told these days Automize to eliminate the doubt Rehearse the purpose they can't live without This is the kind of gig that pays Nobody’s in charge or wants the job We can’t elect a new god While still hauling biblical names World War pain They teach us to be sane When I train my sights on you It’s me being free World War pain What’s y...

I Get to Live The sun hits my head And the depth of the rainbow Seems aligned in my eyes With the head of my shadow It is a summer afternoon And I have a handful of time To walk into stores And buy what is needed In the name of the hunger Which must be defeated I could have more The lenses of my sunglasses shine I hold my wife’s hand While we move through the darkness My accounts are in order But...

A touch of the tragic May be conducive to magic But it’s a rock in the shoe Of ordinary life Never wanted it to happen Our branch bent before snapping Saw reality as an anomaly As our little tree struggled in the strife Upon the polished bar-slab Rests an old head who can’t pay his tab While his pocket chimes, a music box The last gift from his wife Well, life may be short I may be numb My country...

What to say Another day Not crashing On the highway To surmise The compromise They’re idea Is somehow mine Salaried saint Ambition quaint Lift the mask Before we faint AM alarm The Knicks held on Against future Kings The worker trods I saw such lovely Colors In your Pictures Wondering If you escaped This shade of gray We earn money For the teenager’s Forgiveness Wondering If you drank the rain Wit...

My Inner-life’s centered Like a good conspiracy My back was turned overlong Toward some memory Where I was who they wanted to be Faded photograph Wrapped in a robe outside The church I wrote these words Corporate daddy Told me their worth It was dignified work Contaminated future bats Hanging in a cave But drink up your idealism And think positive thoughts Today Cause someone will Pay Riding out t...

A life in a mirror Of someone’s design With a fleeting interest In my own mind New, improved rules Assimilated inside Genuflect and pray Before your mobile device There’s a new boss in town Polarized from the other guy Queens is quiet tonight I hate when bands make me wait For something I’ve already seen With survival less guaranteed It matters less what it all means Falling through the seasons Of...

Well, it isn’t much to boast about Jump the fare Get choked out Our fine metropolis Can be… inelegant Harder to say Without being paid What they take out of me Monday through Friday The bureaucratic arm Can be negligent But one bat of your eyes And baby, I’m sold Out of the lie The teleprompter told Anyone can shout from a rooftop And pretend they are omniscient You keep me singing You keep me san...

Life in the empire /The sentries sing at sunrise/ Their Gods are deader / Than the look in their eyes / And I am tethered / To the awaited surprise / The turn in the narrative / The truth in the lies / Where all will make sense / Be at last contextualized / We’re alone in our own reality / Where no one may hide Life in the empire / Culture is a transparent bag / Accusing you of having / Things you...

Got a word of advice? I’m having the same problem twice Holy places in my mind protect against time But they don’t make my answers right Always the same town At dawn, lamp-lit puddles on the ground An old library on the corner Where the mayor’s daughter Ensures all lost souls are found A fantasy of possibility An antidote to urbanity With enough room to maneuver I would be so much truer To process...

Paralyzed At the crosswalk sign And it’s telling me to move In this Balkanized Corporate paradise Consciousness is a fool On my way To a date With the anxious apparatus To plead my case And amend my mistake Of writing that ending Tragic Do you have an empty feeling? Can you play the part of hope? Was their dream worth believing? When you already had a coat? Satisfied By a momentary high After sign...

Never lied to you Never told the truth Only ever suggested Never made it a job I was far too enthralled To make the connection With one wrinkled face Staring at my lonely place onstage As I hit the right inflection Between desperate and alone Delusional and in the zone Untaught living your lesson Dualistic identity Off-key and heavenly Like a frail body undressing Will you remember my name? Will y...

You say Your heart wants things But its really your brain And you say This lyric don’t mean nothing It only rhymes with rain And I long For this song to heal To be a beacon upon Your sea of distress Its too late for the truth to be beautiful In a story about neglect Chorus: If you feel homesick Even when you’re home That means in a crowded room You are totally alone Can you find a way out of your...

You lost your mind in the rain You kicked the taxi You said we’re absolutely over And you’d never forgive me We never carried umbrellas Your angel wings clapped my head I walked alone to Washington Square Where pigeons pecked crumbs of bread We started when folk was hot Everyone with a beard had a deal We met at Treehouse You did the robot to Electric Feel You could hit the high notes I wrote a no...

Never lied to you Never told the truth Only ever suggested Never made it a job I was far too enthralled To make the connection With one wrinkled face Staring at my lonely place onstage As I hit the right inflection Between desperate and alone Delusional and in the zone Untaught living your lesson Dualistic identity Off-key and heavenly Like a frail body undressing Will you remember my name? Will y...

First songwriting collaboration between me and my wife!

The night is like a curtain Outside my window It is indifferent to me I’ve worked my entire life To be a winner But losing has a thing for me While my pen wonders when I’ll quit her Only if your words stop singing to me Chorus: It’s a losing battle In a proxy war Toy soldiers lined up On the killing floor Someone dies for their reason Another adjusts the score Take me to our bedroom Beyond this lo...