Pay to play. If you've never heard this term, you've never been in a band in Southern California. What this refers to is clubs that actually charge a band to play, rather than pay them.   more »

This is one of the "classic" earthShine songs.   more »

There have been a few events in my life where I almost came out looking really cool. I've called them "Mark is Almost Cool Stories".   more »

Last night I visited a world where imagination equals creation.   more »

I know New Years was 3 weeks ago. Bite me.    more »

Epic dreams (or Great dreams) are so huge, so compelling, and so vivid that you cannot ignore them. The details of such dreams remain with you for years, as if your dreamt it last night. These dreams possess much beauty and contain many archetypal symbology. When you wake up from such a dream, you feel that you have discovered something profound or amazing about yourself or about the world. It feels like a life-changing experience.   more »

Here is revisited a song I wrote with Kelley Mitchell back in the 3-five-7 days which is currently being resurrected by earthShine   more »