aie aie aie. so many interesting things to talk about….where do we start? if you are a new reader to my blog, hello. if you want to see what i actually do (i’m mostly a musician, not just a random free-verse blogger), here’s a song i just released and the video that goes with it…. Read more »

warning: hateful commenters trying to hack the blog by mimicking regular benevloent users’ names. please proceed with caution and respect. given the amount of controversy surrounding this blog, i wrote about the act of writing of the poem HERE if you’d like to read it. you don’t know how it felt to be in the womb… Read more »

PLEASE NOTE: this is part 2. part 1 – my own photo gallery of this VS that, “look for the helpers 1775-2013” – is HERE (warning: contains graphic images). yesterday was supposed to be a day of at-home-in-boston email catch-up, calls with agents, and finally breaking ground on sorting out what songs i’m going to play… Read more »

i’m in boston. i’m fine. i was across the river when it happened. i’ll post a longer blog later today. [Update 3:30PM EST: Part 2 is HERE ] for now….. connect the dots. 6 am: the revolutionary war re-enactment in my hometown: lexington, massachusetts. 16 miles from boston. i went every year as a child . ……………………… (revolutionary reenactment photos by Joanne Rathe… Read more »

April 8th, 2013 7:39PM: We had a lot of people requesting a download for the song, and…why not?You can now download it for free+donation if you’d like at Bandcamp . i wrote this 3 days ago, at bard college. it came to me in the morning, while i was still in bed, and i was lucky,… Read more »

hola comrades….. it’s wonderful to watch the tour dates getting waved around and the shows selling – tickets in the UK are flying especially fast, hooray. if you missed the tour announcement, it’s HERE . i’ve been in a really strange purgatory this week…it’s been wonderful to be away from real life, even though it’s sort… Read more »

HOLA COMRADES!!!!!!!! this blog is a long one…..there’s a shit-ton to say because WE’RE GOING BACK ON THE ROAD. i know there are a lot of links of exciting things to go and check out, but just open ‘em in another tab while you get through this. it’s hard but necessary to shoot ALL OF… Read more »

Cross-posted from my tumblr waking up alone the infinite possibilities of the entire cosmos flood into my head before i open my eyes every particle collides and every life-form borns and dies waking up alone the day is endless and untainted and has more hours than a year waking up alone i think that i might finally… Read more »

i need to tell you what happened on thursday. when i canceled my spring tour because of anthony being sick, my management team asked me: “are you going to go to South by Southwest?” (aka SXSW) spoiler alert: i did. if you don’t know what SXSW is…it’s the international summit of musicians and music business… Read more »

TAMPA/SARASOTA, FLORIDA !!!! NINJA ACTION, SUNDAY MARCH 17th! 2pm, Ringling College of Art and Design FREE and ALL AGES!!!!!! RSVP HERE on facebook (if you’re on facebook) spread the word (even if you’re not on facebook) ANYTHING GOES, YO! …random whatever in effect motherfuckers. backstory: neil and i flew down here from SXSW madness to visit… Read more »

IF if if you’re at SXSW or in Austin, Texas, i am HERE. this blog is a list of shit i’m doing….some events require a SXSW badge (which are indeed expensive) and some do not. don’t buy a SXSW badge just to see me: just come to one of the other gigs. i’m going to… Read more »

hola comrades! if you somehow missed it on the internetz, my TED talk is finally UP. i delivered it in a fit of zen-nerves on wednesday morning and they rushed to post it on friday morning. it’s already past 1,000,000 views between the TED site and YouTube. holy FUCK. here it is on the TED… Read more »