Micheal Jackson died!? Holy shit!!!

I remember a long long time ago back before I was playing music or singing....(professionally anyway),I would listen2music in my older sister's room. We listened2John Denver,Crosbey Stills Nash&Young, endless Beatle records&being catholic in the 70's Godspell.... ;) But I remember hearing Rockin Robin by the Jackson5.... I remember being amazed that a little kid could sing like that. I figured he was my age though I was off by 8years(old record)&it sounded like an audio trick,like a better chipmonk record or something... What I didn't know,nor anyone4that matter was that if he didn't sing so well,he was gonna get his ass kicked,or at least let his whole family down....lotta pressure for a5year old. All I thought was,"make him sing that again!" In this way I feel we were all defacto accomplices to the most public case of child abuse in history. If he'd sang terribly, Mabey someone might've noticed. Talent does that....makes people blind or distracted or
accepting of things that are wrong. One could say that such is the nature of show business&at least he was having fun. I'm sure he was at some points. But when this is happening so young,how can one decide what fun is,or have any perspective on anything. It seems to me that on some level,we all kind of knew this as we'd watch him grow up singing his ass off...As he got weirder, we'd say to ourselves in secret,"if I had all that money I'd be weird2" like he was being weird4us. Then as he got really weird,it seemed in the mass opinion(at least2my recollection) that we were saying,"oh that makes sense, I always knew he wasn't right. No one can sing that well without some terrible consequence" which made us feel better about our selves in a way. It did seem in fact that his amazing talent was the thing that kept him lonely&in retrospect,I think it looks as though he couldn't satisfy the man in the mirror&there is (at least4me) a cautionary tale here. No
matter how well U sing or dance,U can't escape Ur self&that's why we seek approval from others or numb up with substance,or starve our selves....or isolate. I want2say I knew he was a good man,but again as is true of all I'm stating in this here blog,that is conjecture. Truth is we didn't know&never will know this man, only shades of him as reflected in his talent. We just loved2watch him sing&dance.... It's a very American story... His inspiration is without question,but regardless of what he did,said or thought in the depths of his soul,his innocence was not consequence free. No one's is. That is why it sucks2grow up&that is also why we have2.... Life has consequence no matter how beautifull the dream. I'm talking tough,but I dream2as do U.... But we fail at staying innocent&grow from that faliure. I'm someone who's managed2stay more a child than most. But in this area,MJ had reached a success at peter panishness that will never be surpassed...not
even by the pan himself...&it is sad&at the same time an amazing achievement of the human will.... I never thought I'd care so much,but a bonafide legend has passed,&it is this legend that we're facinated with. And it's the legend.... That will grow&never die no matter how many jokes are told or details whispered. That's a legend with power.... Prayers to his family of course....&perhaps one more for us2 grow old&2 successfully love our selves over our legend....

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Niagara Falls

Loving the falls.

Our thoughts and wishes go out to Brooklyn Bob Sheehan.

We miss you Bobby.

Well hey there!!

The sun threatens through the rumble of summer thunder2rouse me in2a hello&long overdue.... U see I've been twittering&it has made me unfaithful2 U oh my blog! I know U've been watching my twitter progress from here,&that still didn't stop me...it only turned me on. Made it even hotter! But tweeting is like spontanious,thoughtless one 'nite stands.... It was always better with U baby U know it's true!!....I missed U... I was thinking of U the whole time...& besides,I've missed all the excessive adjectives!..... U know U've missed me too.....yeah U did...no one can thumb it to U like I can....oooooh yeah,like that honeybear?..... U know mabey later we could get twitter up here&the three of us could..... Kidding Kidding.....it's way too soon2talk about... Let's just let that breath like a fine chablis.... ;) So I do blog on this,the day anologue television dies! Spent it on Hulu....ah these are wonderous times indeed as modern technology streams at the
speed of light...&freezes...&crashes because of2many users&I gotta see Steven Colbert's newly balded head4 fortyfive minutes as he televises on my laptop from then very former palace of Saddam Hussien's which I peed in&from which I groped my first NFL cheerleader on film while sitting upon the dead dictator's throne....truly wonderous times...&golden memories.... But today has meaning much deeper than even the memory of that glorious adventure or the technological milestone to which the date actually pertains.... It is in fact Bob Sheehan's birth day,the 10th anniversery of his last(he'd have been 41...). And oh I think of our many adventures&the earliest are always the most potent. But I cannot help but imagine the many amazing adventures that were coming2him that he missed... If U knew this man U would know how amazing,how brilliant those adventures would be....&I should know,I've had a few. One must factor in the magical lite that emminated from this
man. My friend. One of the best friends I'll ever have. Ever.... We all have a friend like that,but I with all the objectivity I can muster,none were as majical....&I should know,I'm a little majical my damn self....but not like Bobby... Never a soul as big or as enabling of possibility as Brooklyn Bob Sheehan!! So raise a glass2day&play "mountains win again"4Bobby... Happy birthday brother! I love U!!
For our part to those of us left down here who aren't Saddam Hussien or Bob Sheehan(but somewhere in the middle...)I can report that the band is touring again as always in this it's 22nd year... The gigs're good&U all are so fucking supportive. We've got a few suprises left for U&we'll get in2 those as the summer wares on....2day is West Hampton,a stretch of highway,&a well deserved toast to remembered friends....(I should mention Jay Bennett who recently passed&I've been toasting ever since. He was a genius with a big heart. Damn he&Bobby would've loved each other.... Someday we'll make that record...but not just yet)... I am a lonely pirate a plundering the high seas... The rum may dull the pain.
But it's adventure that truly frees! Avast!!!

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Hey all. Check out this movie that BT did some soundtrack work for.

http://thecovemovie.com/release-dates

I NEED MORE COWBELL!!!

Hey everyone. It's my birthday!!!