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• Back in training 2013: Preparing for my first 10K May 4, 2013
  This week, I signed up for the Trenton (N.J.) 10K, which is held in conjunction with the Trenton Half Marathon. The race takes place Saturday, November 9, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. It will be yet another in a series of runs I’ve done this year that take place near or in a ballpark, as the [...]
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• Midge Ure at World Cafe Live in Philly, 1-10-2013 January 11, 2013
  Midge Ure  - “Vienna” (World Cafe Live, Philly – 1/10/2013 Thanks to my wife for allowing me to get a night to myself, I was able to go down to Philly to see the legendary Midge Ure, backed by Los Angeles-based band Right the Stars (who also served as opening act), perform at World Cafe Live [...]
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• Revisiting my musical past…”How I Want to Embrace You” January 7, 2013
  I’ve gone ahead and updated another song from my old band days in the late 1980s/early 1990s. But this is a bit different because I didn’t write the music for “How I Want to Embrace You”…that was composed by my longtime friend/former bandmate/singer-songwriter Christian Beach. I only wrote the lyrics and I seem to recall [...]
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• My attempt at a Christmas song November 23, 2012
  As an amateur songwriter*, I’ve always wanted to write a Christmas song. And since Christmas songs are usually filled with clichés and my songs seem to always have their fair share of them, I probably should have been able to write one prior to last year. Anyway, “It’s Christmas Time Again” was originally written and [...]
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