David Bowie Wants Ideas

I grew up just down river from Ann Magnuson, one half of Bongwater. They informed the world of David’s needs in this wonderful song. In between leaving Pixar and starting back to grad school, I connected with then-former… Read More

Oh the things you’ll find…

I’m cleaning up a bunch of archived files. While I was in grad school, after Pixar, I did a little bit of consulting to make ends meet. One of the more fun things that I did was write… Read More

Highland Aire

I just finished a row. It’s about 99% humidity this morning, which, to credit Chris Wedge, reminds me of having just rowed inside someone’s mouth. Chris and I used to ride our bikes together when we were at… Read More

History of Jazz Drumming

Mel Lewis’ epic interviews with Loren Schoenberg on the history of drumming in jazz. A good while back, Jim Rupp lent me a bunch of CDs. He said “you’ll like these” and he was right. For years, I… Read More