I had a friend who wrote songs, and I started writing songs to show him up -- but then something clicked and I found myself using songwriting as a catharsis machine. If you toured through Pittsburgh between 2001 and 2008 and you were a singer-songwriter-type, the odds are I opened for you at least once. I spent the last ten or so years working through my feelings about love. Then I found love. Now my angst has started targeting other subjects, and you're gonna start hearing songs from me about that stuff. Please listen to New America, and pre-order the vinyl -- profits will be turned over to the ACLU Foundation!