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2018

Wrapping up January, prepping for February—silent film music from Toronto to Topeka; also...losing a teacher, gaining a pupiloriginal ↗
2 Feb 2018

2017

Two more screenings for 2017—but first...accolades from an unexpected sourceoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2017
Thoughts on 10 years of silent film musicoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2017
California, here I come—to do music for a show at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museumoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2017
'Nosferatu' on Tuesday, Oct. 31 nearing sell-out status at Red River Theatres in Concord, N.H.original ↗
31 Oct 2017
Wilton Town Hall Theatre screening update: change of plans for today's silent showoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2017
'Jekyll & Hyde' at Leavitt on Saturday, 10/28: highlighted by Barrymore's transformationoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2017
Coming up next: 'The Man Who Laughs' on Wednesday, 10/25 at the Regent Theatreoriginal ↗
23 Oct 2017
The annual pre-Halloween marathon continues, but with Charlie Chaplin detour this weekendoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2017
'Der Golem' (1920): a terrifying film today, but not for the reasons its makers intendedoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2017
If it's October, it must be... time for a 'Nosferatu' screening!original ↗
10 Oct 2017
'Storm Over Asia' (1928): no weather report, but a terrific Soviet-era film from Pudovkinoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2017
Celebrating the Celebration: Thoughts on thefinal Buster Keaton Celebration in Iola, Kansasoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2017
Rounding up a few loose ends prior to the Buster Keaton Celebration in Iola, Kansasoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2017
This week, four screenings in four states: silent film with live music in NH, MA, VT, CToriginal ↗
11 Sept 2017
It's elementary! Doing music for original silent 'Sherlock Holmes' (1916) on Sunday, Sept. 10original ↗
6 Sept 2017
New friends, old films: Report from this year's Western NY Film Expo/Movie Memorabilia Showoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2017
We're off to see the Wizard—and also Gloria Swanson, Buster Keaton, and the futureoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2017
August: Returning to a heavy schedule of improvisation in darkened theatresoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2017
Sunday, 7/30 in Wilton, N.H.: a double feature starring legendary stuntman Yakima Canuttoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2017
How I survived Mother Nature's Car Wash, plus waking up with Dixieland's 'Late Risers'original ↗
10 Jul 2017
Dinosaurs and Dixieland! 'Lost World' tonight, then 'Safety Last' with live band on Sunday, 7/9original ↗
6 Jul 2017
Tonight (Thursday, 6/8) in Ogunquit, Maine: W.C. Fields is 'Running Wild' with live musicoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2017
Amazing poster from Aeronaut Brewing Co., plus reunited with a mislaid brass belloriginal ↗
5 Jun 2017
We're off to see the Wizard, but...not the one with Judy Garland in itoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2017
Accompanying Gloria Swanson in 'Zaza' (1923)—Kino Lorber's Blu-ray reissue gets good marksoriginal ↗
31 May 2017
Announcing three silent film accompaniment projects for the summer of 2017original ↗
26 May 2017
Tonight: Opening night at Leavitt Theatre for 2017 summer silent film seriesoriginal ↗
25 May 2017
See Lou Costello as Delores Del Rio's stunt double and other surprises in 'The Trail of '98'original ↗
21 May 2017
Up in Mascoma Valley, it's 'Comedy Tonight': a Buster Keaton double feature with live musicoriginal ↗
19 May 2017
Notes from 'Greed' at the Somerville Theatre, then 'Speedway' on Thursday in Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
16 May 2017
Back for another season in Brandon, starting tonight with early 'Our Gang' comediesoriginal ↗
13 May 2017
Tonight only: Take flight with 'Wings' at Webster (N.H.) Public Library/Town Halloriginal ↗
12 May 2017
From the big city (Boston) to small town New England: Four days, four shows, three statesoriginal ↗
10 May 2017
Notes from an April hiatus, and things to come: specifically, a lot more actual composingoriginal ↗
2 May 2017
Is smaller better? Find out with Buster Keaton at a local N.H. Grange Hall on Friday, April 28original ↗
27 Apr 2017
Join Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan for 'The Kid' on Saturday, 4/22 in Ludlow, Vtoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2017
If you like zebras, you're in luck! DeMille's 'King of Kings' on Thursday, 4/13 in Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
12 Apr 2017
Keaton's 'Steamboat Bill Jr.' launches new silent series at Capitol Theatre, plus 'The Wind' on Sunday, April 9 at Somerville Theatreoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2017
This weekend: Buster Keaton's 'Cameraman' in the country, then 'Peter Pan' in the cityoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2017
Oliver Hardy plays the Tin Man, and other reasons to see the silent 'Wizard of Oz' (1925)original ↗
25 Mar 2017
This Friday: Airborne thrills, spills, and chills in double feature of vintage aviation dramas!original ↗
23 Mar 2017
Coming up: 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' on Wednesday, March 22 at Rogers Centeroriginal ↗
20 Mar 2017
Weekend update: Buster Keaton in a church, then Lon Chaney's 'Phantom' in a Grange Halloriginal ↗
17 Mar 2017
This Thursday: Gloria Swanson in a silent film that accidentally created a new art formoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2017
Post V-Day program: 'The Clinging Vine' (1926)on Thursday, 2/16 at Flying Monkey, Plymouthoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2017
This week: making my London debut plus Buster Keaton on 2/12 for Valentine's Day and a story of sheet music and '7th Heaven'original ↗
6 Feb 2017
This weekend: pot luck and Raymond Griffith in Campton NH, then '7th Heaven' in Wilton NHoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2017
Coming on Tuesday. Jan. 31: Buster Keaton in 'Seven Chances' at Phillips Exeter Academyoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2017
'Way Down East' on Sunday, Jan. 29 at Wilton (N.H.) Town Hall Theatreoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2017
Next: 'The Winning of Barbara Worth' (1926) on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at Rogers Centeroriginal ↗
25 Jan 2017
Last warning—er, notice: N.H. Philharmonic to play my 'Kilimanjaro Suite' Sunday, 1/22original ↗
20 Jan 2017
I can date my interest in vintage cinema thanks to one man: Mr. Oliver Norvell Hardyoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2017
Two recording projects in the works: 'Homecoming' (1928) for ReelClassicsDVD, and 'Zaza' (1923) for Kino-Lorberoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2017
'Peter Pan' (1924) on Thursday, 1/12 at Flying Monkey; also, Sunday's 'Metropolis' sell-outoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2017
After illness, returning to the keyboard with 'Metropolis' at Aeronaut Brewery on 1/8original ↗
8 Jan 2017

2016

I knew him as 'Commissioner Gordon'...But Neil Hamiton was a silent-era leading manoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2016
Thoughts for 2017: I'm right about where I wanted to be when I was 18 years oldoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2016
A silent film comedy program on Christmas Day, plus a Kilimanjaro orchestral score updateoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2016
A quiet time for silent film music—but Garbo on the big screen this week at Flying Monkeyoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2016
Playing at a theater that doesn't yet exist: Join me Thurs., 12/1 for the Park's Annual Meetingoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2016
Sunday 11/27, Wilton (N.H.) Town Hall Theatre Burn off holiday calories with group laughteroriginal ↗
25 Nov 2016
'Wings' on Friday, Nov. 4 at the Aviation Museum of N.H.: This time, it's personaloriginal ↗
1 Nov 2016
Wrapping up a silent film Halloween......or are the scariest days yet to come?original ↗
31 Oct 2016
'Phantom' in Wilton, N.H. on Sunday, 10/30: Plus traffic jams, Peruvian food, aspect ratiosoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2016
Too much Phantom still a good thing: Three screenings, three Sundays in a roworiginal ↗
22 Oct 2016
Mid-autumn mini-tour: silent film music in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusettsoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2016
For whom the dingy bell tolls: 'Cat and Canary' tonight at Red River Theatres in Concord, N.H.original ↗
14 Oct 2016
Silent space travel epic 'Woman in the Moon' on Thursday, 10/13 at Flying Monkeyoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2016
Halloween: The busiest time of the year for spooks and silent film accompanistsoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2016
Today: Music for 'Zorro' in 35mm at the Somerville—but how much of this is Batman?original ↗
2 Oct 2016
Being mistaken for a priest, plus Harold Lloyd's 'The Freshman' on 9/22 in Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
19 Sept 2016
To Buffalo and Boston and back again: The first-ever Western N.Y. Movie Expo and moreoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2016
This Saturday: Valentino's 'Son of the Sheik' with live music at Brandon (Vt.) Town Halloriginal ↗
26 Aug 2016
Coming up: A double dose of Rudolph Valentino — plus composing, scoring a piece for orchestraoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2016
Tonight: scoring 'Metropolis' in Ludlow, Vt., plus thoughts about Valentino's "Sheik" filmsoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2016
Next up at the Somerville Theatre: 'Stella Maris' in 35mm on Sunday, Aug. 14original ↗
14 Aug 2016
Come visit our "silent film laboratory" held monthly at Manchester's City Libraryoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2016
Summertime double-header: Hitchcock's 'The Ring,' then Fairbanks in 'Thief of Bagdad'original ↗
24 Jul 2016
'Christmas in July' plus Mary Pickford feature tonight (7/21) at Ogunquit's Leavitt Theatreoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2016
Help restore MGM's 'Bardelys the Magnificent' at Red River in Concord, N.H. on Friday, 7/15original ↗
15 Jul 2016
'Spite Marriage' (1929), Keaton's last silent,on Thursday, July 14 in Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
13 Jul 2016
Godfrey Daniels—W.C. Fields a humanitarian? But that's what we found out last Sundayoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2016
Hosting W.C. Fields' granddaughter for show at Somerville Theatre on Sunday, July 10original ↗
8 Jul 2016
Set sail for a sea of laughter with Harold Lloyd on Thursday, July 7 at the Leavitt Theatreoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2016
Encore screening of Keaton's 'The General' on Friday, July 1 at Red River Theatresoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2016
Back to the piano bench: four days, four shows, three states, and one foreign country...original ↗
24 Jun 2016
Turning Mount Kilimanjaro into music—with help from the N.H. Philharmonicoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2016
This weekend, it's Mozart and Beethoven...I mean, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keatonoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2016
Great movie, unfortunate title: 'The Winning of Barbara Worth' on Thursday, June 9original ↗
6 Jun 2016
Next up: 'Flesh and the Devil' in 35mm on Sunday, June 5 at Somerville Theatreoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2016
This week at Ogunquit's Leavitt Theatre: Step into the ring with Buster Keatonoriginal ↗
31 May 2016
In this corner—a summer of the 'sweet science' of boxing on the silent screen in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
27 May 2016
Finding a brass band with wings while en route to the Library of Congress Packard Campusoriginal ↗
24 May 2016
Accompanying 'The Square Deal Man' at ... wait, where is this place again?original ↗
11 May 2016
Off to the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, then it's back for 10 screenings in 11 daysoriginal ↗
5 May 2016
Harold Lloyd in Wilton (N.H.) on Sunday, May 1; plus, all about my recent car break-in in Bostonoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2016
A quick message to whoever it was who broke into my car in Boston todayoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2016
Chico at the piano: 'I can't think of the finish!' Groucho: 'Funny, I can't think of anything but!original ↗
20 Apr 2016
'Metropolis' at Aeronaut Brewing Co. show SOLD OUT on Sunday, April 17original ↗
16 Apr 2016
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