Rainy Days and Mondays

Pinkwater, Daniel Manus, and Jill Pinkwater. Rainy Morning. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1998.

"Hanging around, nothing to do but frown . . ."

or maybe sing a sad song into my laptop computer:

Girl drummers

The Carpenters were one of the few New Haven bands to ever make it big.

I have always admired how Karen Carpenter could drum and sing at the same time. In spite of taking lessons at a ridiculously young age, (see below) I just don't have the coordination. If I concentrate REALLY hard, I can almost play the cowbell.

me, circa 1968

And speaking of girl drummers . . .


Check out the new Parson Red Heads album, Owl and Timber. (My brother produced it!) I think it's their trippiest album yet. Lots of soothing Grateful Dead-like harmonies.