On Law + Superheroes (5.28.10/21)
A impromptu “encore” presentation
of a [law school graduation] speech,
written + delivered (once) in 2010,
resurrected inadvertently on the 11-year anniversary
of my law school graduation.
(With some additional nudging, I’ve made this video public.)
INDOOR VOICES 🎤
How Jon and I spent some (17) #coronaissance (quarantine) nights in NYC: what started as a single “sign of life” video on the first day of spring (2020), intended for our families*, expanded a bit…
(Many videos otherwise unlisted, these gems continue to “live” here as a humble time capsule, still intended for our families – and anyone else who needs our special brand of singing silliness!) 🤟🏻
FINALE...for now (Thursday, 5/20/21):
E64: “Hook” by Blues Traveler (Popper)
E65: “Come Together” by The Beatles (Lennon + McCartney)
E66: “Come To My Window” by Melissa Etheridge
E67: “Through The Years” (Panzer + Dorff)
E68: “School of Rock (Teacher’s Pet)” (James + White)
...After 373 Days (Saturday, 3/20/21): 🤯
...A year-and-a-day since our first “episode” of INDOOR VOICES. (Also [another] first day of spring!)
We’re still alive, mid-vaccination, now counting *down* days ’til quarantine end…
E60: “Welcome to Paradise” by Green Day (Armstrong + Dirnt + Cool)
E61: “The Seeker” by Pete Townshend
E62: “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak
E63: “Buddy Holly” by Rivers Cuomo
...After 340 Days (Sunday, 2/14/21): 
E55: “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles (Lennon + McCartney)
E56: “Anything But Love” by Squirrel Nut Zippers (song by Don Raleigh)
E57: “MMMBop” by Hanson
E58: “Something to Believe In” by Poison (Michaels + DeVille + Dall + Rockett)
E59: “A Whole New World” (Menken + Rice)
...After 279 Days (Tuesday, 12/15/20):
E51: “Only the Good Die Young” by Billy Joel
E52: “River” by Joni Mitchell
Debut Tracks from SARAH AND THE SEED!*
E53: “Found” (Mazer-Schmidt + Wagner / from SARAH AND THE SEED)
E54: “What It’s For / A Lovely Thing (Medley)” (Mazer-Schmidt + Wagner / from SARAH AND THE SEED)
*For the 2020 Homegrown Holiday Demo of SARAH AND THE SEED, a new musical fable based on the comic by Ryan Andrews, CLICK HERE!
...After 241 Days (Saturday, 11/7/20): 
Happy Biden/Harris!!
E46 – (MAGIC E1 REBOOT – New President, New Audio!): “When You’re Next To Me” (song by Eugene Levy for Christopher Guest’s A MIGHTY WIND)
E47 (MAGIC E2 REBOOT – completing the reset): “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver
*NEW!*
E48: “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles (George Harrison)
E49: “Fell In Love with an Alien” by The Kelly Family
E50: “I Will Survive” (song by Freddie Perrah + Dino Fekaris)
...After 185 Days (Saturday, 9/12/20):
E41:”Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” by Kennedy + Simon
E42: “All My Loving” by The Beatles (Lennon + McCartney)
E43: “Love Song” by Tesla (Hannon + Keith)
E44: “I Think I Love You” by The Partridge Family (song by Tony Romeo)
E45: “Lean On Me” by Bill Withers
...After 147 Days (Wednesday, 8/5/20):
E35: “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” by Paul Simon
E36: “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” by Freddie Mercury
E37: “Sleep to Dream” by Fiona Apple (Birthday Love to Mo Perreault!) 🎉
E38: “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” by The Proclaimers (Reid + Reid)
E39: “Box of Rain” by The Grateful Dead (Lesh + Hunter)
E40: “How Far I’ll Go” by Lin-Manuel Miranda
...After 128 Days (Friday, 7/17/20):
E31: “Daydream Believer” by The Monkees (song by John Stewart) / dedicated to @therealsleepygene
E32: “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (Rodgers + Hammerstein / from CAROUSEL)
E33: “Lovefool” by The Cardigans (song by Svensson + Persson)
E34: “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis + The News (song by Huey Lewis + Johnny Colla + Chris Hayes)
...After 102 Days (Sunday, 6/21/20):
E28: “Old No. 7” by The Devil Makes Three (Burnhard + Turino + McBean)
E29: “Smooth” by Santana feat. Rob Thomas (Shur + Thomas)
E30: “I Want It That Way” by The Backstreet Boys (Carlsson + Martin)
...After 89 Days (Monday, 6/8/20):
E23: “Teach Your Children” by Graham Nash
E24: “Ohio” by Neil Young
E25: “Redemption Song” by Bob Marley
E26: “Cherub Rock” by Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)
E27: “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding” by Nick Lowe
…After 68 Days (Monday, 5/18/20):
E18: “Stayin’ Alive” (song by Barry, Robin + Maurice Gibb)
E19: “Red, Red Wine” by Neil Diamond
E20: “In My Life” by The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney)
E21: “That Thing You Do” by Adam Schlessenger for THAT THING YOU DO
E22: “Ev’ry Rose Has its Thorn” by Poison (Michaels + DeVille + Dall + Rockett)
…After 62 Days (Tuesday, 5/12/20):
E16: “Limelight” by RUSH (Lee + Lifeson + Peart)
E17: “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette
…After 42 Days (Wednesday, 4/22/20):
E12: “The Dark End of the Street” (song by Dan Penn + Chips Moman / from THE COMMITMENTS)
E13: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by George Harrison
E14: “Galileo” by The Indigo Girls (Amy Ray + Emily Saliers)
E15: (Surprise!) “The Trees” by RUSH (Lee + Lifeson + Peart)
…After 33 Days (Monday, 4/13/20) - Dad's BDay! 🎉
E9: Theme from Disney’s THE GUMMI BEARS (song by Silversher + Silversher)
E10: “Islands in the Stream” (song by Barry, Robin + Maurice Gibb)
E11: “Stand By Me” (song by Lieber + Stoller)
…After 25 Days (Sunday, 4/5/20):
E6: “Blame it on the Rain” by Milli Vanilli (song by Diane Warren)
E7: “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper
E8: “Alone” by Heart (song by Tom Kelly + Billy Steinberg)
…After 16 Days (Friday, 3/27/20):
E3: “Falling Slowly” (song by Glen Hansard + Markéta Irglová for ONCE)
E4: “The Gallery” by Joni Mitchell
E5: “Brokedown Palace” by The Grateful Dead (Robert Hunter + Jerry Garcia)
…After 8 Days (Thursday, 3/19/20):
E1: “When You’re Next to Me” (song by Eugene Levy for Christopher Guest’s A MIGHTY WIND)
E2: “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver
On THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW (2016)
One Chicago Wednesday in February, I became SAG-AFTRA eligible for successfully convincing then- presidential candidate Hillary Clinton I was chess Grandmaster Irina Krush — alongside the REAL Irina Krush (who is awesome) and another attorney-(re-)turned-artist (who is also awesome).
A super fun experience, I’m happy there’s proof of it. Enjoy!
The JMS Gambit: ♟
TFW: a lovely friend pitches you to a producer as a “chess-playing improviser” — and that producer requests an improvised 60-second-or-less audition video “as Irina Krush” — that night.