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April 2026 Edition
Yup. Couple days late.

​Went out of town and chose not to bring my laptop. Old buddies Brian and Anne was getting married. We go way back. Brian and I first met at a Langhorn Slim show at Tonic in NYC. We hit it off and he invited me to appear on his Emmy winning show, ‘Art Or Something Like It.’ Over the years which included moves for him and Anne to Cali and me to North Cackalacky, we have kept in touch and continued to collab. Few pics from the trip in the side bar. Followed by several links. First being that original appearance on AOSLI and then the second a video for ‘Room In Her Heart.’ Which was the “single” from my last full length, ‘Salavatella.’
 
Good times. Yessir. And who knows what more we’ll collab on. Possible we’ll do something together with ‘SUNNYLAND.’ And speaking of still working thru that latest song sketch. Working title now is ‘Life Ain’t Fair.’ Traveling and being occupied means I get less work done. Less time for my mind to wander. Regardless I take my notepad with me. Scribbled down half a thought the other day while waiting for the lady friend to finish getting ready but otherwise not much progress.
 
And then I’m away again for the holiday weekend. So, no studio days this week. Have time for just this update and a little work on the mockup for a special marker for my Folk Art buddy Clyde Jone’s Salisbury Street Mural. Arts council hooked me up with an updated logo and QR. Just waiting on the town of PBO to deliver on a request for a hi-rez file of their logo to work up the final design.
 
Uhm, let’s see. Think last month I related that I got snubbed again for the Larson Grant. Applied this month for two other opportunities. Went at em kind of loosey goosey. But yeah, put in for a Creative Capital grant and a Kleban Award. With the Kleban I applied for both lyrics and book. Fingers crossed. Be nice though seems that “emerging” for these folks is equated with being young. And though as far as where I am in my musical theatre career, I qualify as “emerging.” At almost 63. I ain’t young. Oh well. Still gotta try.
 
Uhm, what else? Might be it. Least that’s all that’s coming to me other than one other thing cool about the trip for my buddy Brian’s wedding is that we got to visit the Poe house. As in Edgar Allan Poe. Was way cool. Picked up a collection of poems and tales. Odd that when I thought to revisit some of my favorite Southern Gothic writers that I didn’t dig back into any Poe. Am now. So, there ya go.

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Til next year!
Cheers!
XOBF
Few pics from trip for my buddy Brian's wedding. Night before at Draftcade I playing 720. Used to skate more than die but hey it was fun. Drank in honor of another on of my artful friend,s a Sly Clyde. And just check out the eye ball cakes! we had a lemon one. So yummy. 
Might be I've shared this before but hey on account of me going to Brian and Anne's wedding lemme share this again. Back on the front end of mine and Brian's creative journey I appeared on his emmy winning show, 'Art Or Something Like it.'   Several other artists featured first. My segment is last. Good fun and a great memory.
And here ya go. One of mine and Brian's more recent collabs. Video fro 'Room In Her Heart.' Filmed mostly in the Palm Desert. I play a forelore wanderer. Looking for that "room in her heart." Brian did an amazing job directing, filming and editing. Hope you all dig it. 
Okay so here are the demos that got recorded after our staged reading back in February 2025. Recorded at Good Luck Studios they feature several of the actors who participated in the reading. Not perfect but it'll give you a better idea of what I'm shooting for sonically. 
Wanna do a deeper dive musically?
Here's the SoundCloud Playlist where I have parked a selection of early sketches for SUNNYLAND.