“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days.”
2025-06-12
RIP Brian Wilson
Last year, as a songwriting exercise, I wrote a song from the perspective of Brian Wilson’s dad, Murry Wilson, in an alternative timeline where he never stopped making music, and even had the courage to apologize to Brian for all of the pain he had caused. (I’ll link to the demo in my profile)
It was emotional to read through Wikipedia and learn about Brian Wilson’s childhood (finding out that we both love the Four Freshman) and reflect on his relationship with his dad, and then try to “become” his dad and write a song that imagined him paying attention to Brian and his interests, and even asking for forgiveness from his son.
Love and mercy, that’s what we all need tonight.
Rest easy, Brian Wilson.
Thank you for everything.
2024-08-31
- Summer just about over here in Tokyo
- It’s a big birthday week here, and there are two new mixes:
- WORKIN’ ON A DREAM, for Adrian
- Switchin’ in the Kitchen, for Dave
- Been in the studio with Max recording drums for some upcoming Hatsukoi Four releases
- Woke up to a lovely video birthday card from friends all around the world. It was a great reminder that I need to stay in touch with all of the great people that I know. Love to everyone.
2024-07-18
- Hot summer days here in Tokyo
- Good time to be a Phish fan — new album, Fallon, Tiny Desk, interviews, interviews, interviews, and summer tour starts tomorrow
- Big changes happening at honyaku.org, system rebuild still underway using Xano and WeWeb
- New birthday mix up for my good pal, Max “Says” Serota — go have a listen to ROMP 42 - So I Says To The Guy
2024-05-03
- It is Golden Week here in Japan, headed to Aomori
- We’ve pivoted with the honyaku.org system and are now building on Xano and WeWeb
- Working on building out a Projects page here for detailing my tour management and event planning experience
2024-04-23
- Finally building out the Songs and Mixes pages
- Jekyll making more sense, slowly building out custom includes and pages
- Rehearsing for advantage Lucy shows in Tokyo this summer
2024-04-09
- Moving this site from Notion/Super back to GitHhub/Jekyll
- Doing a refresher on data normalization and database structures
- Prepping to rebuild the honyaku.org translator portal using Xano and Wized v2
- In the middle of month number three of a big sonwriting binge with my Hatsukoi Four bandmates Jake and Koby
- want to start adding more to songs soon
- Reassessing my record collection and developing digital listening rituals
2023-12-15
- Prepping to rebuild the honyaku.org translator portal using Wized v2
- Enjoying a nice new mix, It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
- Reading Harmony by Jiro Asada
- Mixing songs for Hatsukoi Four to be released in 2024
- Reassessing my record collection and developing digital listening rituals