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• The will to reconnect

  January 13, 2010 in Music Business, Uncategorized, mobile tech

  It doesn’t seem right to have the purchase of a new device be the reason for me to return to a long form blog post here on PIBC. I’d hoped it would be a return to art, music or poetry; still, an opportunity to share my thoughts about this needs to go beyond the restraints [...]

• In the hands of a master

  April 9, 2009 in Music, Uncategorized

  I have read many accounts of musicians and non-musicians over the years of the moment when their paradigm was shifted, their mind blown, the door opened by hear a particular song or artist. Some of these are typical while others are more obscure. The Beatles, Coltrane, Hank Williams, Miles Davis, Hendrix… they all end up [...]

• mastering the 20 minute mile

  January 12, 2009 in Poetry

  1/12/09
  Learning the detail of the suburban winter
  Zipped up steps start slow and stooped
  The crime scene, deflated corpses of holiday saints on the lawn,
  Waiting for a breath of hot air to revive them, early resurrection
  Each squirrel runs a confused fast track
  The local paper’s attempt at survival
  Creates plastic covered headline only obstacles
  For the giants tails to avoid
  Micro [...]

• Life in the Slow Lane

  December 18, 2008 in Life

  I’m not really sure if or why I want to write about my current recovery here. Perhaps as a way to update my friends and followers or maybe to help inform people about the process, either as a deterrent for bad habits or as positive motivation for others having to keep moving forward. A good [...]

• How to respond to a wake up call, take 1

  December 12, 2008 in Life, Road

  Hi everybody,
  Been procrastinating about writing this post for some reason. Maybe I was waiting for some insight or witty tag line to help me tie it all together. I have been running hard now for a little over 17 months or, if you want to be technical, maybe a while longer than that. My experience [...]