Checking in from the helm of the Starship Casual, where we’re working on a whole bunch of stuff. There may be a “mute”-ny afoot and/or a David Bowie…
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Writing with John Cale, misadventures in band booking, my fabled (fake) snapping turtle
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White Wooden Cross (demo)Watch now (4 min) | Born, partly, from a Bob Dylan collaboration that almost was
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I’ve been working on my book that’s coming out this fall, and it made me think of this song I’ve always loved by the Violent Femmes. Down below there’s…
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February 2023

Hello, everybody, I’m back on dry land, checking in from the beaches of Lake Michigan. Continue below for two demos of “You Are Not Alone” from Mavis…
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I wanted to try something off of A Ghost is Born because it was mentioned in TWIW. So down below, behind the paywall, is my stab at recreating “Less…
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All Tomorrow's Parties (The Velvet Underground cover)
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Maybe you noticed, or maybe you were so entertained by my Chit-Chats you forgot to care? But a while back, Rememories took a backseat here on Starship…
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January 2023

I love Television. I love Tom Verlaine. A lot of people rightfully think of him mostly for his guitar playing, but I can’t think of a song better than…
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If you haven’t heard it already, Elyse Weinberg's song “Houses” is an amazing song that a lot of people have been covering lately, even though it was…
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Chit-Chat Check-In #58: Cruel Country! + “Tonight’s the Day (Sun Soup)” & "Base of My Skull (anon lyrics)"Watch now (2 min) | “Tonight’s the Day (Sun Soup)” Continue below for the early iPhone demo of “Base of my Skull”, which turned into “Bird Without a…
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A night that needs to be memorialized on the ol’ Substack. Enjoy these photos and tunes from Carol’s Pub in Chicago, plus bonus Chit-Chat with Thee…
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