We passed the solstice yesterday and officially crossed into Summer, when my work obligations shift from five days a week to two, and my cherished free time blossoms. I celebrated last night with The Cure at MSG and am eagerly anticipating Dead & Company tonight at Citi Field. I have seen some other great outdoor shows already this season including Taj Mahal at Prospect Park and Dave Matthews Band at Forest Hills and have another MSG jaunt next week with Tears For Fears before returning in August for a couple of Phish shows. I was thoroughly entertained by Shucked and Fat Ham on Broadway and we rolled en masse to see a Mets game. We hosted our annual Brooklyn Wine Party and Warwick Land Party, both fantastically fun and celebrations with friends and family. The Land featured musical performances by multiple Dad Bands including Land Band blasting through the indie and alt-rock fare of our youth, plus the debut of Great Physics, playing pop hits of our children’s generation including Harry Styles, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Billie Eilish, The Weeknd and Miley Cyrus. Supergood Reality mixed my studio improvisations with projected video of the Land and Beyond.
We leave soon for two weeks in Maine with Taylors and British Bucklands! The next two months will be filled with amazing adventures including Dad’s 75th, Acadia UK, Boston, Bellport, Lake George, The Land and Vermont! And I have arranged a trip to Montana in August to visit my friends and creators of Legacy Bike Park! Summer begins!
Books are wonderful!
Invention of Science, David Wootton
-A fascinating look at the beginning of the scientific method, when humans began using experiments and empirical evidence to analyze the world, confronting the philosophers, priests and common sense in the great search for Truth.
Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf
-Alexander von Humboldt was the most famous scientist in the world at the turn of the 19th century and he traveled extensively in Europe and the Americas, documenting and cataloguing his expeditions through deepest jungles and the highest mountains that anybody at the time had ever climbed with the crude instruments of the day, re-defining botany, geology, geography, meteorology and naturalism.
A World On The Wing, Scott Weidensaul
-Migrating birds make the most astonishing global journeys, and new science and technology provides the documentary details on how they complete this incredible feat.
A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking
-Modern physics has led to some very interesting discoveries and Hawking’s work on Black Holes has contributed greatly to our understanding of the Big Bang and the beginning of Time.
The Hidden Reality, Brian Greene
-Published 23 years after Hawking’s seminal work, it takes us unimaginably further in the possible realms of our existence supported by modern theory and inescapable experimental conclusions. For all we know, we know nothing.
Walden, Henry David Thoreau
Choosing a life of economy and simplicity in the woods, Thoreau examines human existence and the natural world in 1850’s Massachusetts, with harsh commentary on the intrinsic oppression of society and the inspirational freedom of nature.