Monthly Archives: September 2014

It’s all about the science (oversharing #5): attention must be paid, and often stood at.

All right, people – this is so crucial that it warrants ending a sentence with a PREPOSITION (see above). Part 1 – Attention must be paid As a former sociology major, I have always been keenly interested in why people … Continue reading

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Cake!

Yesterday was the autumnal equinox, and also my son’s 9th birthday. The sun shone directly over the equator, meaning that the ENTIRE GLOBE received 12 hours of sunshine. In other words: my entrancing, wildly imaginative, relentlessly creative Mose has a … Continue reading

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Just Getting Good – fun on set

We’re getting ready for my new solo album & concert film Just Getting Good, and had a blast shooting the video for the Kickstarter campaign as you can see in this picture. We launch the Kickstarter in two weeks. In … Continue reading

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NAMT Festival excitement

In exactly one month, we’ll be back in New York for the NAMT Festival of New Musicals with BEAUTIFUL POISON, which we’re writing with the brilliant Duane Poole. Sadly, this presentation isn’t open to the public, but we mention it because this … Continue reading

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Wifely pride

THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS, which Brendan co-composed and orchestrated, just got a rave review in the LA Times. Now that everybody knows about it, the shows are selling out. Go see this excruciatingly funny, wonderfully unsettling, wacky musical before it closes … Continue reading

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It’s all about the science (oversharing #4): I haven’t wept in days.

I’m starting to feel a hell of a lot better. Haven’t yet returned to the doc for followup, but I can tell my optimism is back; it’s a lot easier to smile; I haven’t wept in days (except at a … Continue reading

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Cat’s in the cradle…

Spent the day busy and productive and focused on work. Mose doesn’t start school until next Monday, so he was in the house with us. I didn’t have a lot of time to hang with him, and in fact got … Continue reading

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It’s all about the science (oversharing #3): chemistry and sleep and cleavage

The past week has been incredibly eye-opening – and by that I mean illuminating and brain-expanding as well as full of insomnia. Everything is okay again, but here’s what’s been going on. Have you ever read Stephen King’s “Thinner”? In … Continue reading

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