Thanks to Jim Pugh (Jim Pugh) and Aaron Lington for their input to this happy story: sfcv.org/articles/featu…

1/2 Alarmed about the critical condition of Palestinian prisoners Kayed Fasfous and Miqdad Qawasmeh, who, among others, have been on hunger strike for over 100 days to protest their administrative detention and some of whom have been hospitalized.

California coast delivers! The last week’s dump of rain meets the ocean in Half Moon Bay & a bright blue sky to wrap up the year. Happy 2022!

Have you tested positive for CARING?

My latest #newsletter - "A new year, a new class offering. Check out my newest virtual music class: Scaling the Song Cycle" mailchi.mp/d96f97765764/a…

I remember when you were working on this, John.

NOW (Tues eve).@ Bird and Beckett: Craig Handy, Sylvia Cuenca, Essiet Essiet. Don't miss it!

A quick John Adams "Harmonielehre" + London Symphony Orchestra + Sir Simon Rattle Appreciation Thread, featuring a.) the violist who is using her Final Fantasy folder for this concert... 1/4

Groundhog Day wickedgoodwords.wordpress.com/2022/02/02/gro…

Bjork Emphasizes Ecology in Her Cornucopia Tour disq.us/t/4518v9r

This happened in San Francisco

Ornette Coleman: Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums album review @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/genesis-of-gen…

Mom's Day: took co-parent Louise Whitlock to a Russian bakery and a Polish deli, after starting her morning with Italian chocolates.

The BOX! Is now officially available. Not stuck in a crate on a container ship on the high seas, but actually ready to ship. (No pun) . Very proud of my longtime association with Nonesuch Records Yikes, that a lot of 16th notes...

You've got a couple of weeks of marvelous music left at Music at Menlo, these are two of the folks behind the festival, both wonderful talkers: sfcv.org/articles/featu…

Cuckoo wickedgoodwords.wordpress.com/2022/07/30/cuc…

“It’s all over. . . “ wickedgoodwords.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/its…

: The colon: will it block my wording? wickedgoodwords.wordpress.com/2022/10/20/the…

Combo colonoscopy and endoscopy this morning were nowhere near as horrific as many made it out to be. Thanks to Dr. Daniel Conlin and the Golden Gate Endoscopy Center and my lifelyft, Louise Whitlock.

What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas. Apparently it’s going to Washington.