monday songs

love stories is, fittingly, a love story. after four lonely solo albums, i invited my son cormac to join me on this one. he produced the album and performed on most of the tracks. the result is my most fun and accessible work to date—a collection of 12 musical short stories exploring the arc of intimacy in four parts: innocence, ignorance, ambivalence, and contact.

side one features bright, power-pop energy, thanks to cormac’s clever arrangements and sharp instincts. side two then shifts into a more classic monday mongs tone, creating a deep and varied reading experience.

i’m super proud of this father-son collaboration. enjoy!

i wanted to get some music out after the death of my brother. like him, life, death, both, neither is funny, warm, eclectic, political, deep, and, at times, challenging.

for gary liotta.

i released a new album, falling down, on inauguration day (phew!!). it is currently rolling out to all major streaming sites.

as i did with up, up, and away, i’ve taken past monday songs and created a continuous musical experience, “the broken road to open wide.” it’s a meditation on love and surrender, a soundtrack to the uncertain journey from loss to acceptance.

since some platforms and devices insert space between songs, i’ve created a single continuous track below to give the full experience.

i hope to have more to share in the coming weeks and months.

it’s nice to be back.

i made this video for elizabeth warren, my choice for president since the debacle in 2016.

“electability” is a code word for “men are only comfortable voting for a man.” if you need proof of misogyny in this country, just point at most men’s inability to see that warren is the only candidate with a resume that includes the kind of work that will be necessary in cleaning up after trump. Continue reading ““20/20 vision (let there be light)””

i completed this video in early 2019, but never posted it on monday songs, as far as i can recall. this was one of the more intensive edits that i’ve done for a video, but the results made the work well worth it.

Continue reading ““trump: explained” (feb. 2019)”

i released this video for trump’s inauguration, the song was done some weeks earlier. i’m no nostrodamus, but my predictions were proven to be right on the money. the video doesn’t do much visually, but the bridge section makes it worth a full view, including early positivity about 2020. Continue reading ““king con” (jan. 2017)”

i released this video during my billie burke estate phase in anticipation of the 2006 midterms. i believe the bad faith of the GOP these past fourteen years have more than justified the tone of this video.

happy birthday martin luther king!