The Ghost in You

Inside you the time moves, and she don't fade.

Last night, I'm walking home from the radio show along Lexington Avenue with three of my guests, Eric, Alex and Marie. We're talking, we're laughing, enjoying the glow from the show. As we hit 96th Street a crosstown bus flies by going west and Marie takes off with her arm waving like it's a religious revival and Eric and Alex are close behind. I'm left on the corner alone, I smile to myself and keep walking.

The radio show was in the past, but my mind didn't know that. My four spontaneous guests, Marcia St. Clair, Marie Sicari, Alex DeSuze & Eric Vetter kept the spirit of "let's see what happens next?" going strong with exceptional support from Betty Eng when my laptop and music took an unexpected swim and sunk deep below the sea down to Davey Jones Locker and we improvised.

I didn't get a chance to play "The Ghost in You," by the Psych Furs last night before the accident, but I hummed it all the way home.

The ghost in you, she don't fade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMmA8PsTvPA

Thank you, folks, for a great next to last radio show.

Mia Berman, thank you for my amazing red striped socks from Oz that turned my dungarees into knickers. Smooch!

Please come down next Tuesday for the final Yorkville show, it will be a house party. My scheduled guests are John Lewis and Mary Crowley & Matt Knapp. I assure you others will join us to say goodbye.

hugs, Tommy

Why I Quit My Day Job ~ First November Bike Ride

I love to do chores on my bike. Today, I pedaled to Astor Place to meet two of my guests on tomorrow's Yorkville: Stoops to Nuts radio show ~ Stefanie Demas & Stacey Kahn. Stef, Stacey & Marie Sicari will join me Tuesday night at Giovanna's Restaurant on Lexington Avenue & 100th Street live @ 9m on the Centanni Broadcasting Network. We're talking writing, storytelling, improvisation. Here's the link for live show & the archive:

http://www.centannibroadcasting.com/

http://www.centannibroadcasting.com/id56.html

Here are our guests bios:

Marie Sicari, MD ~ native lover of New York City, it's food, art, history and eccentricity. As a first generation American of European heritage, I have the spirit of a wanderer with a penchant for world travel and adventure. I've delved back into my childhood love of the arts. I consider myself a re-born creative, liberating my true voice through spontaneous painting and writing, song, improvisational theater and laughter. I am a dermatopathologist, New York City trained.

Stefanie Demas graduated Magna cum Laude from Skidmore College in 2009, with a major in English and a membership in Phi Beta Kappa. While at Skidmore, she was editor in chief of Folio, Journal of Arts and Letters, for two years. She received the English Department Distinguished Work of Fiction Award (2009), the Denise Marcil Prize for Fiction Writing (2008), and the Joseph C. Palamountain Jr. Prose Award (2008). Her work has appeared in NY Press, and Hunger Mountain and she currently writes forlemondrop.com.

Stacey Kahn is a graduate of Skidmore College and currently an MFA student in nonfiction at Sarah Lawrence. She's been published in Epiphany magazine, among other publications. She is the assistant editor at Epiphany and is a contributor to the music site Play Me. She is currently obsessed with Rice Kripsy treats and the band Pavement. Stacey Kahn is not a descendant of Genghis Khan.

This song was playing when I passed a tree on the river exploding with color and releasing it's leaves like a slot machine paying off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMmA8PsTvPA