100 favorites, new and old. Das Schnitzel macht dich glücklich!
LINK (100 mp3s, 438MB).

Previously: Scrap Happy 2011, Scrap Happy 2010, Scrap Happy 2009, Scrap Happy 2008

They Disappear (December)
Lull the Solemn Night (September)
Arrangements for Polkastra (June)
Flip the Switch (July)
The Loudest Voice (July)
Where are You Now (March)
Flopitopitot (February)

Publication & recording of Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano
Publication of Flopitopitot
Publication of White, Those That Stayed Still

Ko Lanta, Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand
Brooklyn, NY *
Bronxville, NY
East Northport, NY *
Lincoln, NH *
Manhattan, NY *
San Francisco, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Ocean Beach, NY
Tuckahoe, NY *
Manchester, UK
Metaxata, GR
Athens, GR
Iraklio, GR
Chania, GR
Paleachora, GR
Chora Sfakia, GR
Pigadia, GR *
Diafani, GR
Rhodes Town, GR
Marmaris, TK
Pamukkale, TK
Goreme, TK
Konya, TK
Antalya, TK
Olympos, TK
Istanbul, TK
Montreal, QC
Oslo, NO

Flopitopitot published by Hayo Music

Hayo Music | HY15.017.0

I am San Francisco Choral Artists' 2012 Composer Not-in-Residence. I will write three new works which they will perform throughout their 2011-2012 season

White, Those that Stayed Still published by earthsongs

earthsongs | S-358

Here's a lovely profile of my student JP Redmond in The Bronxville-Eastchester Patch. LINK

Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano recorded by Noah Getz & Andrew Simspson on Still Life (Albany).

Albany Records | TROY1276

Union Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn

Is it arts awareness? Is it a spell checking error? Who cares! It's great! Spotted at Concordia College, New York:

Alpha by author (including children's books).

Dan Brown: Angels & Demons
Andre Agassi: Open: An Autobiography
Woody Allen: Without Feathers
Woody Allen: Side Effects
Dan Brown: The Lost Symbol
Charles Burns: Black Hole
Dave Cullen: Columbine
Roald Dahl: Kiss Kiss
Roald Dahl: George's Marvelous Medicine
Jonathan Safran Foer Eating Animals
Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  
Charles Mingus: Beneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by Mingus  
Alan Moore: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1  
Alan Moore: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2  
Joshua Prager: The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World
Matthew Reinhart & Robert Sabuda: Encyclopedia Mythologica: Fairies and Magical Creatures
Borat Sagdiyev: BORAT: Touristic Guidings to Minor Nation of U.S. and A. and Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
David Sedaris: Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
David Sedaris: When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Charles Seife: Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Lemony Snicket: The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6)  
Lemony Snicket: The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events #5)
Lemony Snicket: The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events #8)
Lemony Snicket: The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events # 9)
Lemony Snicket: The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events #7)
Sarah Vowell: Radio On: A Listener's Diary
Andrew Zimbalist: Baseball And Billions: A Probing Look Inside The Big Business Of Our National Pastime  

I keep lists.

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My Year in Cities 2010

Brooklyn, NY *
East Northport, NY *
Cleveland, OH
Toronto, ON
Bronxville, NY
Manhattan, NY
Lincoln, NH *
Peterborough, NH
Greenport, NY
Bangkok, Thailand *
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Chiang Kong, Thailand
Pakbeng, Laos
Luang Prabang, Laos
Vang Vieng, Laos
Vientiane, Laos
Phuket, Thailand
Ko Phi Phi, Thailand
Ko Lanta, Thailand

One or more nights spent in each place. Cities marked with * represent non-consecutive nights. Previously: Year in Cities 2003-2009

A year of compositions, musical theater pieces & arrangements...

Arrangements and orchestrations for Polygraph Lounge (January)
Kiss the Stars Goodnight (February)
Guru (February)
More Dappled Than Color (March)
Zephyr (June)
Members Only (July)
Get Real (July)
Arrangement of Songs of Stephen Foster (October)
Christmas Every Day (October)
Be Music, Night (November)

Hey! It's music. 100 mp3 music of. Let's shuffle. LINK (397MB).

Previously: Scrap Happy 2010, Scrap Happy 2009, Scrap Happy 2008