More poems from a Paris and its homecoming, echoes in the first poem of my wonderful eccentric landlady’s voice, and a seed idea for the song Penumbra. A memory of second grade in the second poem, a moment that blossomed into a whole bizarre chapter of my life later. As always, click the link to […]
Here are more poems from a far-away time - see the above posts for some details. Think Avignon area, late fall, existential woes, and what a great time to write! A wind came up from the South on Halloween.There were things in it we left in Africa all that time ago, crazy white fucks.There were […]
Here’s an intriguing tidbit from one of the festivals we submitted to: Friends, As I am hearing the CD from your promotional pack, I wonder what I could do with such an act as Round Mountain?As much as I enjoy the thought-provoking music, I don’t see where you would fit into our 2009 program of […]
Set 2 of poems from my 2003 France time. I just read/sang through the poems first, and played along with some of it in real time on various instruments on a second track. It was luck that I was more or less in tune with the piano! I was so happy to find this recording […]
In the midst of all these feelings of “maturing” or being ravished by time, I’ve found my roots in an old and welcome feeling from ages gone by - summer of 1990 at Hummingbird Music Camp, and the song “You Might Recall” by Genesis. This underrated track from the era of Abacab (early 80’s) is […]
These are the first two of a selection of poems I wrote in Paris in 2003, thrown to music for a family Christmas album that year. Char dug it up and it sounded pretty good, and we thought we’d share some of it with you. Here is the text - there are about 4 more […]
I’ve been wondering what makes a good lullaby, as I walk the room at night with Emmet. Brenna stumbled on “Oh when the saints”, sung very slowly and without syncopation. That seems to do very well, much as his sister in the past would doze off quickly to “Old McDonald”. My own efforts at originality […]
Happy Big 2009 to you, and this little note is overjoyed to tell of the birth of a little one who’s come to be with us - Emmet Osier Rothschild. He was born at home Dec. 12, in the wee hours after a 75 minute labor. He’s an amazing little guy, doing great and filling […]