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Bass & Pencil

I practice my bass guitar everyday. I've owned my Guild B-301 now for 35 years. I've written so many songs on it. I learned to pluck the strings on it. My true companion. The Pencil is a close friend of mine too. When I was a kid I loved drawing COLOR BY NUMBERS. There would be a picture with figures on them. Inside it figure would be a number. I would match the number on the paper with the same number on the pencil and draw. That's how I approach landscapes & still life. Art & music.

In The Red

                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         

Slow Bones

I was moving slow out there this morning. I've run 7 miles 2 days in a row and I'm still recovering from my 15K race last Sunday. Talk about leaving it on the road. Without doubt that was one of my best races I've ever run. It's the first time I've done a personal best at a given distance since the New York City Marathon in 2010. I think the cross training with the bicycle really helps out. It's nice enough today to go for a bike ride. Hmmm

Jacques Le Rock

Here are the lyrics to my song Jacques Le Rock

JACQUES LE ROCK

Jacques Le Rock
Merci boucoup
Jacques Le Rock
We all thank you

Elting Space was your place
Putting down the Poughkeepsie Sound
Dressed in black a colorful soul
Now that's what we call Jacques & Roll

Jacques Le Rock
Merci boucoup
Jacques Le Rock
We all thank you

Agitpop and Mercury Rev
Cellophane and The Dover Boys too
They all seemed to hate each other
When in fact they all loved you

Jacques Le Rock
Merci boucoup
Jacques Le Rock
We all thank you

Your name it rythms with a leader in France
Your music makes us sing and dance
Everybody talk about Jacques Music
Jacques The Monkey
Jacques & Roll

Jacques Le Rock
Merci boucoup
Jacques Le Rock
We all thank you

Merci boucoup

My 15K Race

Last Sunday I ran in a 15K race in Central Park, New York City. I finished in a time of 1:07:51. It was the fastest I ever ran that distance. It was my hope that I could finish under 70 minutes and I did a couple of minutes better than that. I really trained for the race. It was important to me to run at my best. Today I went out and did what I call a RECOVERY RUN. It was the first time I was running since the race and I was sore. I left my speed in Central Park and that's good. I don't have another scheduled race until May yet I'll continue to train. Keep on truckin' babe!

Jacques

My friend Jacques Cohen passed away over the weekend. He was a music producer and created what I call the MID-HUDSON or POUGHKEEPSIE SOUND. Jacques recorded many bands the Poughkeepsie area. I met him back in the early 1990's. I was in a band called Cellophane and we shared a loft called The Elting Space. It was located on the Main Mall in Poughkeepsie. My band would practice there and Jacques would use it as a recording studio. He recorded Cellophane once and it was a version of The Minutemen's song MORE JOY. It appears on The Minutemen Tribute album that was recorded in the mid 1990's. Jacques was the one person who worked with everyone in our music scene. The last time I saw him was back in October at a party in Poughkeepsie. He had an aneurysm a couple of weeks ago and never recovered. He was only in his mid 40's. Thank you for the great music and friendship Jacques. I will put the lyrics to a song I wrote about him on my blog soon. It's called JACQUES LE ROCK.