

Transatlantic Antiviral & Wedding Songs
Bob Goldberg, accordionist, composer, CEO of the Brooklyn Academy of Noise, and member of NYC's definitive [summer] campy "post-modern...


#iorestoacasa
"I'm staying at home." The weather is great, the wisteria over the door is about to burst forth, and I am well. I step outside this...


Italy Update
Living as an expat, returning to the US just a month or two each year, do I risk being forgotten? Have to start from scratch when I move...


Auf Wiedersehen 2019 / Ciao 2020
Happenstance Theater (Mark Jaster, Alex Vernon, Sarah Olmsted Thomas, Sabrina Mandell, and Gwen Grastorf) in Moxie; A Happenstance...


New Single Drops Today!
I have a new single! "Keep on Your Side of the Road" is a spare, rhythm guitar-driven, indie rock track–a whole other ball of wax from my...


Trio Album Now Available as CD!
Despite what people say about CDs, I keep getting requests for them at gigs, so, always happy to oblige, while I was in the States last...


Happenstance Theater
Happenstance Theater's Pantheon. at Baltimore Theater Project. photo: Glenn Ricci An extremely rewarding month of working with...


Drafted by Happenstance Into the Family Business
Discussing family biz with brother Mark Jaster and sister-in-law Sabrina Mandell. My older brother, the actor Mark Jaster, has...
Last Night at the Stadtgarten
Stadtgarten, Köln. Kyle Crane, a drummer I once worked with, is on tour with Neko Case and kindly got us comps for tonight’s concert. We...





















