A musical confession, outside of Bach, i listen to this type of music when writing….and it affects my costumes! Never write without a good costume on! Art is empathy!

Listening to The late great Tom Petty and brother Bob Dylan today as I was writing. Kept me rocking and lyrical! (Bit of REM and Flat Duo Jets, and the DB’s on the side, and touch of Ramones at the very end, and when i tired, Fugazi, into the Replacements-still one of my favorite bands ever- instead of coffee!)

Oh yes, at the end of the afternoon, a bit of Buddy Holly, whose grave i visited as a kid, and whose records still feel pure to me; and Chuck Berry who i got to see in Richmond once, and always respected that he drove himself to his own gigs (as i try to still!)-those two, for honesty’s sake.

I think it’s effecting my look! Good honest combo though on an afternoon of writing. Maybe I’ll go jazz tonight, or motown, and find a velvet smoking jacket. Music contains worlds.

Music is a ladder, as someone said. It’s also the atmosphere we live in, and each song implies an outfit! Each artist for me, requires a costume change, at the very least, to honor.