What is a Metro Gnome?

Clearly, a metro gnome is a small creature who sometimes travels by Parisian subway, but that’s not important right now.

What is important right now is that I’m experimenting with my latest LM product, ie; a podcast, with two imaginary people exclaiming about our coinology stuff, which I extracted from a 2012 blog on this very site. You can read it for yourself — it’s the basis for the podcast, which is in the nature of an experiment to see if the podcast format is going to work for us. Continue reading

Let’s Workshop That!

Gateway to the Worlds of Light, available as a signed print.

Songwriting as a Mirror to the Soul

That’s our next workshop. Songwriting is a powerful tool for self-knowledge, and that’s what we’re going to explore at our next workshop, how to use songwriting to reveal the inner nature and the Higher Self.

Keep in mind that the workshop will run exactly the same, no matter what title we choose for it — this title is only a general hint, for the purpose of informing people about the workshop and giving a brief explanation of its content and focus. Continue reading

Where’d the Music Go???

 

Miniature Christmas Ornaments are shipping now.

You may have noticed that the music is notably absent today. There’s a couple of reasons for that.

The first is, I reached this month’s limit on my pro account in Hedra. I’m not sure what that means just yet, but tonight I’m not doing music. I’ve increased the amount they can charge me, but it’s quite a financial hit to me. Well, I’ll discuss this issue at our morning meeting. Continue reading

UFOs in the Air

Karamazov Brothers lead our juggling workshop, 1980.

On a long enough timeline, every empire, every masterpiece, and every legacy eventually becomes dust, forgotten or transformed into something else. Yet, here we are, waking up every day, striving, building, creating, and loving. It’s like we’re programmed to care, even when the ultimate futility is staring us right in the face. Continue reading

Testing — One, Two, Three

Mickey Dolenze in headdress by ej gold, RCA studios, 1967.

Here it is Thursday morning — that’s Thor’s Day morning in the old talk, and I’m working away — some would say “hacking away” at my songs and their animations, meaning the singing heads with which I’m pairing the songs.

Well, anyway, there we were, putting songs and performers together, and it suddenly occurred to me that I’m back on the job I had when I was 24 years old, working in the A&R departments of RCA, Columbia Records, Decca Records and a few smaller companies.

What is A&R, you ask, and I’m glad you asked that question. It means “Artists and Repertoire”, meaning put the songs together with the hit-makers, meaning the video talent that’s putting the song on the charts. Continue reading

Free Will, Anyone???

As we continue exploring the deeper nature of existence, I’d like to share a perspective that’s both challenging and deeply illuminating. Imagine a lifetime as a four-dimensional “worm,” a unique path permanently embedded in the fabric of the universe. This trajectory—stretching from birth to death—exists above the ordinary flow of time, etched into the timeless structure of reality. Continue reading