I Will Put a Baby in Chan Marshall

Perhaps this is a completely inappropriate header, considering the subject of this song, but this Cat Power performance of Nude As the News is so powerful I don’t even have time to cry. It’s like she’s tearing out my jugular and eating it, and somehow making me ENJOY it. She hits that first “Jackson, Jesse.” […]

When Addiction to Creativity Becomes Destructive

My name is Christopher and I have a problem. In fact, it got so bad that I left my guitar with a friend to ensure I wouldn’t be tempted to use it for the rest of the week. It seems that two weeks ago, in rehearsing my new song “Blow” I banged up my vocal […]

On Dealing With the Low Points and Alone Points

There are many times in our lives when we find ourselves at an emotional low point. Or perhaps, shall we say, a lonely point. It’s all relative, of course, but you know it when you feel it. A strategy I often deploy is, “keep your feet moving.” My theory is that every low point is […]

Sketches by Aleksey

Thanks to Aleksey Nelipa for these sketches of me performing at All Asia tonight! I especially like how he captured my boot-cut jeans in the second one.

I will never play another open mic as long as I live

I used to think I had stage fright. Now I know: I have open-mic fright. There is something so intimidating about being in a room full of extraordinarily talented people, waiting for hours to play your two songs and then get off the stage in a rush. And when you fuck up, it hurts double, […]

I just don't get Wilco

The media has such a big boner for Wilco. The blogs, the critics, the magazines… They’ve won five Grammies! (Not that this means shit, but still…I’d take a Grammy, well one of the good ones anyway…I might use the “Best Album Notes” as a dog food bowl). I’ve tried and tried to find something to […]

Heidi Montag Sells More Albums Than I Do

According to Soundscan, Heidi Montag’s new album, Superficial, sold only 658 copies in its first week of release. They say that like it’s a bad thing. The girl “bankrupted” herself to finance this album, spending, as she claims, almost $2 million to make it. So, if I have my math right, and you assume most […]

First STETSON sighting captured on video

Thanks to Lillian for the capture. I encourage fans to utilize all that great technology built into their pockets while at my shows. January 13th – Bloc 11 in Somerville, MA.

STETSON moved to the basement

For anybody coming out to see me Tuesday night at Tommy Doyle’s, the “Loft” upstairs has been rented out for a Harvard party, so we’ll be in the basement. I’m not sure how I feel about this but we’ll see. My drummer, Ariel Bernstein, will be joining me on djembe for a few numbers, so […]