Click to hear episode #109 (time = 43:01, size = 59.1 mb) I always appreciate time with a songwriter, learning about how they got into music, and finding out what influences them to keep going. (Hopefully you do, too, since […]
Video: Highway 17 Revisited
I don’t know the exact date, but this summer (if we get summer…if it ever stops raining), it’ll make ten years that I’ve been writing songs. I only know this because the second song I wrote was fairly date-stamped to […]
Jansen Music Open Mic – This Thursday
One of the best things about living in a small town is the stealthy events that often pop up. (And with luck and perseverance, those little events tend to build and become popular.) I’ve been running an Open Mic Night […]
Songs and Stories #108: Catching Up with Colin Gilmore
Click to hear episode #108 (time = 24:05, size = 11.1 mb) My favorite “Songs and Stories” episodes are always re-visits with folks who appeared on this show previously. Colin Gilmore was one of my first guests, back in 2007 […]
Songs and Stories #107: Backstage with Megan Slankard
Click to hear episode #107 (time = 28:11, size = 23.0 mb) File this one that ever-expanding file of “artists I’ve almost met”. Bay area songwriter Megan Slankard and I have lots of musical friends in common, and we’ve almost […]
“Tink”
This blog is REALLY supposed to be about music, podcasts, and the occasional plug to where I’m playing. Still, tossing out pics of whatever AFRP dogs we’re fostering seems to be getting them adopted quicker, so why not? As a […]
Nala Goes Home
It’s been a good year for fostering dogs. I’ve almost lost count how many we’ve actually helped find homes through Animal Friends Rescue Project. (Six maybe, counting “Belle”, the golden retriever who found a home at my pal Diane’s place […]
Politics and Cell Phones
I always say, “none of my songs are political. I just write about every day stuff.” My friend Judy called me on this recently and said, “lots of your songs are political. You just don’t think you’re obvious about it.” […]