Archive for the ‘Storytellers’ Category

Apr 23

Why Is The Album Called “Soundtracks To Life, Love And Drugs”?

Someone asked me why I titled the CD “Soundtrack To Life, Love and Drugs”, in a strangely disapproving manner. I knew what she was really asking, with that sour puss looking face- ‘Why did you name your album after drugs?” First, tell me otherwise, but I believe the “Life” part of title is quite self »

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Dec 26

Storytellers: Molly Ringwald Is Dead

I was sure that I was going to receive hate mail/comments on this song, given that Molly Ringwald has such a dedicated fan base, but this song was never meant to be derogatory. Molly is simply a symbol of an era in which I grew up. This song is about being young and believing that »

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Jan 09

Storytellers: Middle Of The Sun

Middle Of The Sun is really a personal song. I find myself jumping the fence of being a hermit and being a social butterfly all the time. You see this with a lot of entertainers (especially with my comedian friends- those people are dark), where they pull out all the stops doing their performances but »

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Dec 11

Storytellers: Lucky Stars

Writing about the lyrics of Lucky Stars is probably going to be anti-climatic, since it’s really just a playful use of words. You have me applying a number of negative adjectives about love, as if I am talking to Love (as a noun), and then submitting to Love at the end of the song. It »

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Nov 18

Storytellers: Marmalade

The idea came to me when I was in Manhattan (New York). Walking along the sidewalk, I came across a very large billboard in Time Square which said “Every __ seconds a women is beaten”. Just underneath that verbiage was an advertisement for Garth Brooks. Why is Garth Brooks important. Well, there’s the stereotypical coincidence »

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Nov 09

Storytellers: Wine And Cigarettes

As the album title would suggest, all the songs are about life, love and drugs. Believe it or not, Wine And Cigarettes is about drugs…. Basically, I was going out with a women whose sister was Heroin addict at the time. The song is mostly about her, but I watched the addiction affect her family »

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