Hey, People!Ireland is fecking amazing. It’s strange when you are on a trip. I feel like so much has happened since I’ve last written. Like I’ve had an entire life here in a week. I guess the last time I ...
Read More →Dispatches
Go For the Ice Cream.
Hey, People!Back in Ireland. I seem to like it here. I feel like I’ve been here a lot lately. Usually for work/vacation. This is the first time I’ve come here just for time off. I’ve never really ...
Read More →Felt Good After.
I think I got It, People!I’d like to thank everyone who came out to the REDCAT last Weds for my special tapings. We did it. It wasn’t looking great for me after that first show but we got it with the ...
Read More →The Bay.
Hey, People!You good? Scary here. I guess it’s kind of scary most places these days. It's fire scary here. Windy and fiery. I drove up to San Francisco on Friday. I just felt like driving. In my mind I ...
Read More →The History of Country.
Hey, Ya’llHow goes it? I’m good. I think. I’ve been deep in Ken Burns's ‘Country Music’ and what an amazing treat it is. I mean, I have a lot of country records. I’ve always liked the music. It wasn’t ...
Read More →He's Eating.
Hello, Friends!I’m not sure if there are still tickets left for my special tapings at REDCAT on Oct. 30. It’s a fairly intimate space but there are two shows that night, 7pm and 10pm. If there are tickets ...
Read More →Happening.
People!Everybody relatively ok? I am. Edgy. Eating. Itchy on the inside. But okay.I’m trying to see the events in my life as more than just part of a process or the past or just some shit that happened. ...
Read More →The Ritual.
Motor City, People!Let’s get some dates out of the way here. I will be playing Los Angeles at DynastyTypewriter on October 5th and 6th. This is a small venue so you should get tickets if you ...
Read More →Space Travel.
People!No nicotine for two weeks! Yup.Good morning. How was the weekend? Hope it was fine. Good, even. Mine was pretty good. I did the work. The big work.Friday morning, I flew up to Vancouver. I love it ...
Read More →I'm Wired.
Lit up, People! I’m doing it. I’m in it. I have been off nicotine for a week. I know, I know. I’ve been here before. It’s always exciting though. Manic. Crazy. Wild eyed. Withdrawal from ...
Read More →Expansive.
Wow, Folks.How’s it going? I’m off. A little fragmented and jagged. The road. Lack of exercise. The world is on fire. Unhealthy food. Unnecessary troll battles. It all adds up.I did get some kind of ...
Read More →Overly Familiar.
Another Monday, Folks. Don’t be upset. It’s good that they keep coming. Both for you personally and the world. I hope you all had a good or not bad weekend. I think I had some fun. It’s ...
Read More →A Navigator.
Sad days, People.I really hope you all are taking care of yourselves and your minds.It’s quite enough that that world is on fire and our culture is imploding on a day to day basis without a beautiful ...
Read More →How to Work.
Hey, Folks.Very grim days.It really feels like the seams are all ripping as the evil and the angry push through and find ways to destroy any sense of security or safety we may have once we leave our ...
Read More →It Takes Awhile.
Good morning, People.I’m sitting in the Montreal airport two hours too early watching the sun come up listening to Wynton Marsalis’ first album. I really had no idea. I’m trying to wrap my brain around ...
Read More →Waiting.
Opening weekend, Folks!I hope you’re surviving our steady shift into authoritarianism and the relentless heat of climate change.I know you may be tired of hearing me talk about it but I guess this is the ...
Read More →Airports.
Hey, People!How’s it going? I’m doing okay. Busy as fuck. Tonight in Chicago, I'll be at two screenings of ‘Sword of Trust’ at the Music Box theater, doing a Q&A with Joe Swanberg after the movie. ...
Read More →A Shaker.
Earthquakes, People!Will it ever stop?Just when the news keeps getting worse the Earth decides to rattle and shake. A reminder. We are small and vulnerable and kind of meaningless. I guess we need to be ...
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