Thanks to Ivey Cone at Fuki Cafe for shooting and editing the video embedded below. It was shot during May 2016 in Chico, California. It demonstrates a minor foible, from among many, I encounter on tour. Perhaps a blooper reel…

On 10 August 2016 I was interviewed by Paul Roland for KBOO radio in Portland, Oregon. You can listen here.

I'm copying below, verbatim, an essay I posted 16 May 2010. I've added a few introductory words and an embedded song. The photographs do not appear in this version, with my apologies. This website has switched servers a couple times…

Thanks to Ivey Cone for shooting and editing the video embedded below. I am embarking on a tour of Cascadia in a few days.   On 3 August 2016 I was interviewed by Paul Roland for KBOO in Portland, Oregon.…

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” ~ Carl Sagan   No mainstream scientist could talk about near-term human extinction and remain supported in his or her job. Therefore, none do. None go the distance in connecting the dots…

"He was simply unable to let things be foggy. Since they always are, this kept him pretty active." ~ Robert Oppenheimer, regarding Enrico Fermi   Fermi's paradox, named after Enrico Fermi, refers to the contradiction between the lack of evidence…

I'm copying below, verbatim, an essay I posted 2 February 2012. I was hopeful then. I'm over it now. I'm added a few introductory words and an embedded song. “No matter how many toys we amass we leave them behind…