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zap

…still buzzing from last night. By the end of Crazy N**ger—and this has happened to me twice now in this piece—I actually forget/forgot how to read clock time. My brain turns to mush, short circuits. Both times I sort of stopped playing at 53:30, when it should end at 53:50. I bring myself back in, but it’s the weirdest thing. The first time I ever did this, I was mad for three days. Last night I had to just smile, thinking of the time Mary Jane Leach, who rescued Eastman’s music from oblivion, told me that strange stuff sometimes happens to her when she’s working with Eastman’s music. The computer shuts down. Emails bounce for no reason. So when I actually misread the ending-time *again* (despite huge warnings I scrawled in giant letters in my score, and after telling the story about the first time it happened like ten times yesterday) I had to figure this was just Eastman saying hello—a little zap from beyond just to let me know who’s still boss. Till next time, man.

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woke up at 4:30 in chicago and (kinda sorta) made 10am rehearsal...

woke up at 4:30 in chicago and (kinda sorta) made 10am rehearsal in new york. someone give me a

daulityThis morning, on my way to the airport, my Lyft driver asked: “Is piano your passion,...

daulity

This morning, on my way to the airport, my Lyft driver asked: “Is piano your passion, or profession?” Of course, I said both, but what an interesting question.

Yesterday, on my way to the library at Northwestern, my Lyft driver asked if I was going there for work. “Sort of,” I said, and he chuckled. After thinking for a couple more seconds, I clarified, “Well, I’m not getting paid, so…”

“But you’re getting rich,” he said.

still life with @boomerangdance (at The Art Institute of...

still life with @boomerangdance (at The Art Institute of Chicago)

the perilous night #tonguetwister

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the perilous night #tonguetwister

obviously “If you wear brown I wear brown. Obviously we walk different; I walk on my tippy-toes.”...

obviously

“If you wear brown I wear brown. Obviously we walk different; I walk on my tippy-toes.”

—one man speaking to another on the A train

studio affirmations (at Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)

studio affirmations (at Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)

in the name of the holocaust - cage#gettingthere...

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in the name of the holocaust - cage

#gettingthere @tenthintervention (at East Village, Manhattan)

cold stonewalking by it tonight, i remember the time fourteen years ago when i applied for a job at...

cold stone

walking by it tonight, i remember the time fourteen years ago when i applied for a job at the cold stone creamery in times square, and when they told me it involved performing, i said absolutely not.