A Dearth of Heroics

2009

December 197
October 121
September 224
August 204
July 252
June 218
May 73
April 38
March
February
January
Goodnight, sweettweets.
Dec 22nd
RT @avidjon: #glee fans… Be jealous http://moby.to/143qfl// gah! I’m incredibly jealous!
Dec 22nd
Oh man!!! Giants are tearing UP the RedSkins!
Dec 22nd
RT @LaToyaLewis: just, shut up.// my favorite tweets of yours.
Dec 22nd
Finally time to smoke a cigar and watch the Giants play.
Dec 22nd
C’mon, Eli! Don’t let ‘em sack you right there!!!
Dec 22nd
Big man on the move. Two rehearsals today, back-to-back. Aeolian Theatre then, ThatsMyCole.
Dec 21st
At the cigar lounge.
Dec 21st
I continue to smoke. A fitting end to a loooong weekend.
Dec 21st
Its a beautiful day in BK.
Dec 20th
RT @alissanichole: ok… so in 2010 i pledge to keep more of my money in my pocket & bank...
Dec 20th
At Aeolian Theater rehearsal.
Dec 20th
NYC is so frickin’ weak on the snow-tip. Gas-station lot isn’t plowed. No way to get to...
Dec 20th
This ol’ Ford Focus she don’t mess around though.
Dec 20th
And parking is like trying to find cover in a battlezone.
Dec 20th
Go to bed early. Wake up early… But I don’t have anything to do til 1. So I feel: weird.
Dec 20th
Trying to muster the energy to go back out… But it ain’t coming.
Dec 20th
Going to bed. I can’t do this anymore!!!
Dec 20th
i don’t see any snow yet. what’s the deal?!
Dec 19th
Snowing. In NY! In december?! Time for me to bump all my #EltonJon through bedstuy.
Dec 19th
Oh. I see it now. Dayum. #snow
Dec 19th
any body out there see #avatar ?
Dec 19th
There’s like five now. And no fire. I ain’t going now where....
Dec 19th
And when they said between 11 and 1. They mean 1015, huh?
Dec 19th
Something pretty great about early saturdays. Gloomy, grey, chill. I’m out here!
Dec 19th
Well. I WAS gonna pull out but two fire trucks just parked in the middle of the road responding to...
Dec 19th
Time to get over to my pop’s place for a carpet-consult.
Dec 19th
Just got up to sing happy birthday to my little sister who turns 23 today. My mother’s crazy...
Dec 19th
Made it. Thank you, Steve.
Dec 19th
RT @revizion: At some point today, I’m going to put food in my mouth. Just not sure when,...
Dec 19th
Just saw a dude who looks exactly like Tony Almeida on the Btrain. #24 I’m obviously ready to...
Dec 19th
There’s a song in here somewhere…
Dec 19th
Also, supposed to eat at the office party. This should be an interesting affair.
Dec 19th
Sitting in *bucks waiting for thw shuttles to take us to the party at: The Lighthouse At Chelsea...
Dec 19th
What is sadder than sitting in starbucks alone on a friday evening? I look really pathetic (and...
Dec 19th
almost time to roll out. hair is undeniably still wet. this is going to be cold and unpleasant.
Dec 18th
(that’s what she said)
Dec 18th
just gonna have to rock the wet hair in this frigidation.
Dec 18th
RT @elonjames: I have/Will give arguments for both Time Travel & Zombie Attack Plans....
Dec 18th
well i got lucky and found my dresscoat. there’s no way for me to wash and dry my hair before...
Dec 18th
Gotta get all gussied up for Sara’s job’s holiday party…
Dec 18th
Headed back to BedStuy now. We go!
Dec 18th
At least I Want To Talk About You is what’s playing in this horrendous Canal St traffic.
Dec 18th
Time to get up and attend the Epyllion production meeting at HERE Arts Center.
Dec 18th
It is. Cold. (Hope I can park close to the homestead!)
Dec 18th
Finally made it to @kylejaster on St. Marks. And we’re headed to rehearsal for Aeolian...
Dec 17th
Getting some serious futtbuckery from Grabd Army Plaza right now.
Dec 17th
RT @elonjames: Remember when “The Bogle” was a completely acceptable dance move?...
Dec 17th
IronMan 2 trailer? http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/ [Don Cheadle AND Mickey Rourke...
Dec 17th
alright, my article on James Madison HS (aka Horndog High) is just about finished.
Dec 17th
Alright driving up Flatbush! Whachoo doin?!
Dec 17th
Ok. Enough for on Wednesday. Time for bed. Night, twitterati.
Dec 17th
Just caught the tail-end of the conference call for my brother’s wedding. Times. And events.
Dec 17th
1. Rent and expenses for about 4 months obtained.
Dec 17th
3. Envision entire aLs ensemble… How many vocalists? 2 drummers? Upright or electric bass?...
Dec 17th
2. Hours and hours and hours with my axe.
Dec 17th
Oh god… Do I need horns?
Dec 17th
4. Length? By number or minutes? 10 movements or 40 minutes? An hour?
Dec 17th
6. A stack of staff paper. A STACK!!! (And a frack-ton of pencils)
Dec 17th
5. What’s the visual-side? Projections? Artwork? Graph? Need artists for that — cause I...
Dec 17th
7. 10 lbs of Gorilla coffee (you know how I feel about you, @gorillacoffee.
Dec 17th
8. A deadline: April 11, 2010.
Dec 17th
…So its doable. SunRa predecessed. Ain’t nothing to it but to do it. alienLovesongs,...
Dec 17th
Question for me: what do I need (to do?) in order to finish up AlienLoveSongs?
Dec 16th
Alicia Keys’s record is: atrociously lame. its not that it actually sucks, its just so bland...
Dec 16th
And now #amwriting about Keys’ new album.
Dec 16th
Listening to Alicia Keys’ new album. I. Am. Underwhelmed.
Dec 16th
Up. And at ‘em. Anybody got quite a bit of writing to do today. Haven’t eaten in 18...
Dec 16th
Back at Brooklyn Cigar Lounge. Chillin’
Dec 16th
And now #amwriting.
Dec 15th
Tried to sleep. Didn’t work. Got some food now. Watching Transformers…
Dec 15th
Driving home listening to WBGO. Brian Delp. I salute you.
Dec 15th
OH! I got a ticket! But I was parked legally… So its fighting time.
Dec 15th
Leaving the spot at 240a. And the night is young. The night is You.
Dec 15th
I continue to smoke. As we watch old boxing matches on ESPN Classic. http://tweetphoto.com/6462809
Dec 15th
Finishing out my night with a cigar #brooklyncigarlounge @brooklyncigar
Dec 15th
China Black. Rocking the living sh!t out of the stage. At the Shrine. http://twitvid.com/C2DF7
Dec 15th
China Blac. On the stage. At the Shrine! http://tweetphoto.com/6452424
Dec 15th
About to go on with @Mikasoul at TheShrine. #MIHE #TheRendevous
Dec 15th
The Shrine stage. http://tweetphoto.com/6447475
Dec 15th
finished “The Gathering Storm” today — the latest Wheel Of Time novel. how was it?...
Dec 14th
Dolly sleeping as I ‘tip-toe’ out to work! http://tweetphoto.com/6434232
Dec 14th
I’m working with @Mikasoul in Harlem. Playing at The Shrine. dig...
Dec 14th
The Rite of Spring Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjX3oAwv_Fs #MusicMonday yes, its...
Dec 14th
today, after moving the car, i fixed my vacuum cleaner and wrote a piece on @NewsHour for...
Dec 14th
i’m getting twitter-dejavu. its weird. monday, i think, people tweet a lot of the same things...
Dec 14th
Sometimes, I sing AND play. And nobody leaves the room in a huff! http://vimeo.com/8156298
Dec 14th
Warch Watch
singing “Song For You” at Tony Falco’s new spot in Marlboro, NY: The Falcon. ...
Dec 14th
RT @LaToyaLewis: “Killer Tofu” The Beets #musicmonday// OOO-weeee-oooooo… Killer...
Dec 14th
Car moved. Its incredible living in NY. Hurts like hell too.
Dec 14th
http://vimeo.com/8156298
Dec 14th
Another tidbit from musicianhood: I can fit 8 empty (or nearly so) bottles of gatorade on my...
Dec 14th
My keyboard during Mika and theMuse rehearsal. I like candy! http://tweetphoto.com/6402620
Dec 14th
RT @LaToyaLewis: @akiebermiss oh!! Homer Simpson!// I know! Just being a twitter nerd. A twedder.
Dec 14th
RT @LaToyaLewis: “Well, aren’t you the Queen of Crazy Town! Everything is the opposite...
Dec 14th
One cigar down — time for food…
Dec 14th
Ah. Full-stomach. Now… What cigar will I have for dessert?!
Dec 14th
RT @DrewBreez: who looks forward to office work? I need to know who these people are.// admittedly I...
Dec 13th
Yesterday was the birthday of: Frank Sinatra, Bob Dorough, and — Joe Williams. WBGO.org is...
Dec 13th
Is it @brooklyncigar time?!
Dec 13th
Sitting my parked car listening to Dorough and Blossom Dearie doing their answering-machine duet!...
Dec 13th
also @perpetualpost — Pen Propriety. I’ve heard the penis mighty…...
Dec 13th
new articles @perpetualpost — a multi-part discourse on Moustaches. Are they really OK?...
Dec 13th
Ok — and I didn’t write on this one. But I still love it. On the endangerment of Swiss...
Dec 13th
Tonight pianist Eric Reed told me I had an “annointed” voice. Not bad, Bermiss. Not bad.
Dec 13th
Yeah. Only musicians go grocery shopping at 1am. That’s me. Buying produce in the middle of...
Dec 13th
Wow - the new Falcon in Marlboro is amazing!!!
Dec 13th
Working tough with @JonBates to finish up these recordings.
Dec 12th
there’s snow on the grown up here. Just north of Westchester. sheesh. i forgot how the upstate...
Dec 12th
Ok. When I said the music was fun as hell. I meant embarassing as all get out.
Dec 11th
Banging my first college band’s CD: MotherMing! This music is fun as hell!!!
Dec 11th
Three people in the copycenter at Staples. All hiding in the corner like they’re busy - they...
Dec 11th
Wow, Staples. Even you’re own employee was like, “…I know it says ‘in...
Dec 11th
Episode is getting intense. Will’s going off on his wife like Lear on Cordelia!!! YES!!!
Dec 11th
Finally catching up on Glee. Tell me why Rachel in the Black Nationalist club had me laughing...
Dec 11th
And pianoplayer gets some real burn!!!
Dec 11th
I love the weight-lifting before the picture #glee
Dec 11th
RT @LaToyaLewis: @akiebermiss where are you going?!(I went to the gas station - boooo!)
Dec 11th
RT @StephonJohnson8: HBO canceled Flight of the Concords// why?!
Dec 11th
Why does Sue have such a hard-on for Will’s hair, eh?
Dec 11th

PP: Moustaches

this was a busy week for Perpetual Post — but among my favorite topics we took on this week...
Dec 11th
RT @elonjames: The Issue with the #TrendingTopic isn’t “I’m not them” its...
Dec 11th
so…. time to go out and get some coffee! (who’s with me?!)
Dec 11th
the worst part of waking up: is having a broken coffee press and spending the first few hours just...
Dec 11th
RT @brianforbes: Up in the air. Dope movie. Five stars. How george clooney went from soap operaS to...
Dec 11th
Headed home in this brickness. Glad I drove!
Dec 11th
RT @bksbougiebrova: #igrewupon JNCO JEANS at least 26” lol it was the W’s i went to...
Dec 11th
After the Ghost Star gig, I walk into @brooklyncigar… And my pops is already there holding...
Dec 11th
RT @1souldesigns: Am i the only person who checks their email on their phone when they in front of a...
Dec 11th
Playing GhostStar @ Sucre Jazz Lounge tonight. Looking forward to our version of Hey Joe.
Dec 11th
Dolly seems to think that if she just stares at the bag of treats, I’ll give her some....
Dec 10th
meh. you call this a day?
Dec 10th
230a. is it bedtime? finally?! methinks it IS!
Dec 10th
Rehearsal. Finis. Home to sleep? Gotta get there first, Brooklyn. Don’t thwart me.
Dec 10th
Clearly I am missing #Glee. I feel so sad… But its time to rehearse with Mika and The Muse.
Dec 10th
RT @LaToyaLewis: I’d like books for Christmas.// ME. TOO. http://myloc.me/1ZCmH
Dec 10th
A White Castle FEAST!!! http://myloc.me/1ZAB0
Dec 10th
and the day settles into mediocrity. nice.
Dec 9th
Completed today? two pieces for @perpetualpost on #ironicmoustaches and #penpropriety. against and...
Dec 9th
Nota Bene: Starbucks eggnog latte? Utter rubbish. http://myloc.me/1ZnTw
Dec 9th
…And McDonald’s to break my fast. Things ain’t lookin’ up....
Dec 9th
In that short a time - the day’s gone from inconvenient to intense (hope it gets no worse, but...
Dec 9th
Day: just got worse. http://myloc.me/1Zfl9
Dec 9th
Up. Getting to work. Its to be a loooooooong wednesday. http://myloc.me/1Z632
Dec 9th
GO SEE #MYSTERY TEAM. http://myloc.me/1Yjso
Dec 9th
RT @arthurlewis: @akiebermiss Brooklyn Tech, Bronx Science, AND Stuyvesant, but no Hunter?! This...
Dec 8th
RT @alissanichole: woo hoo! brooklyn tech was voted america’s favorite school!...
Dec 8th
RT @StephonJohnson8: @akiebermiss Hey there! I went to Bronx Science. Watch it! lol// hey…...
Dec 8th
now its time to go find: Mystery Team
Dec 8th
just finishing up a post for @perpetualpost on the new PBS News Hour.
Dec 8th
I couldn’t give less of a crap about Tiger Woods right now. http://myloc.me/1Y2Wx
Dec 8th
Ugh. Moving the car. http://myloc.me/1XPPq
Dec 8th
Whenever I come to TriBeCa, I feel like I’m watching a WB show. http://myloc.me/1Xc0F
Dec 8th
Whenever I come to TriBeCa, I feel like I’m watching a WB show.
Dec 7th
RT @baratunde: Rain and snow should never mix. #SegregationNowSegregationForever!!...
Dec 7th
Up and on the move. Working on solo material a bit this week. Need to get to the office....
Dec 7th
Best quote so far: :”Hey Brother- Black is beautiful; White is divine.” (as he tried to...
Dec 7th
Just got my ears talked off by a crazy guy at the busstop. Asked me what my hair was - and if it was...
Dec 7th
…Also, am I muslim and shouldn’t I have a bag on my hair. (Should i?)...
Dec 7th
RT @bksbougiebrova: @akiebermiss u think miss berkowitz would curve? HELL NO!// word. The Berk was...
Dec 7th
RT @bksbougiebrova: @LaToyaLewis i am not curving a thing…. do you work… this is 8th...
Dec 7th
RT @revizion: NFL theme music > NBA theme music// not back in the NBA on NBC days!...
Dec 7th
RT @christianrich: Looking for a bar in BK to watch the games… Any suggestions?// brooklyn...
Dec 6th
Up. And doing some hard labor. http://myloc.me/1VJHz
Dec 6th
RT @DrewBreez: Action is the antidote to despair. -Joan Baez// quoting Joan Baez?! You never know...
Dec 6th
RT @brianforbes: @akiebermiss for sure. I am in my new hope phase, but the empire shall surely...
Dec 6th
Done learning songs. So… What now?! http://myloc.me/1UrY3
Dec 5th
Did I hear somebody say south Oxford st?! (It was me!!) http://myloc.me/1Us6g
Dec 5th
RT @JAMyerson: Michelle Williams also in attendance.// you must be at BAM. http://myloc.me/1Ti2Y
Dec 5th
Arriving at Littlefield for the @aabaraki gig. But chilling in the car to listen to more Ella....
Dec 5th
RT @alissanichole: wow… some of my “friends” on facebook are actually borderline...
Dec 4th
RT @DrewBreez: just asked: does fillet mignon mean slang for pussy? me: I guess so.// thus spake...
Dec 4th
Ah… A relaxing bank run (nosuchthing) and some coffee perhaps. http://myloc.me/1RVEG
Dec 4th
boom. i’m up. but i’m chilling at home today. just me and the cats. all day. watching...
Dec 3rd
RT @_soulkhan: Do you think Tiger Woods listens to “Eye of the Tiger” every morning?
Dec 3rd

been a while

and the reason for the delay?  just dramatics upon dramatics.  still i return to you, tumblrati. ...
Dec 3rd
Off to play cards. http://myloc.me/1QBTL
Dec 3rd
Here’s BOB!...
Dec 3rd
wow. i just watched painting with Bob Ross. And I feel Grrrr-eat!
Dec 3rd
Unions piece is finished. now chinese food. and on to Glitter and Doom.
Dec 2nd
Ok. time to write some posts for @perpetualpost — one on Tom Waits, the other: on Unions(???)...
Dec 2nd
so NY does a big fail on the Gay Marriage vote. well done. now can we do this again? Obama-style?
Dec 2nd
Done with @brooklyncigar (for today). Time to go home and get some rack time. http://myloc.me/1N3Ue
Dec 1st
looking at this week’s ToDoList. and i’m staggered.
Dec 1st
Sara’s cat (sarabus) and me - listening to a fantasy audio book. He’s calm and quiet at...
Dec 1st
I am up. And everything hurts. And sara’s cat is an idiot who likes to drink out of the...
Dec 1st
working, working, working. plugging away at… paperwork?! but i’m a musician! what the...
Dec 1st
RT @DrewBreez: #cantheiPhone get Patrick Ewing a championship ring// I’d get one then....
Dec 1st
the new Tom Waits album is fantastic! writing about it for Perpetual Post.
Dec 1st
GOOOOOOOO saints! http://myloc.me/1OiEI
Dec 1st
The Saint ain’t messin’ around. http://myloc.me/1OjyF
Dec 1st
Almost feel bad for the Pats? http://myloc.me/1Ooox
Dec 1st
Naaaaaaaaaah. Frack ‘em. frack ‘em to HECK. http://myloc.me/1OorM
Dec 1st
RT @harrislacewell: Brady finally completes a beautiful, record setting pass…to the #Saints!...
Dec 1st
Do I go to @brooklyncigar or eat and try to see some of Obama’s speech?! http://myloc.me/1Ph2t
Dec 1st
Saints win! Thank you. And goodnight. Time to settle my tab. http://myloc.me/1OoQI
Dec 1st
up super late today. felt good. been trying to flip my internal clock for days. now i’m back,...
Dec 1st