I recorded a new version of my classic song Lost Point. It's called Lost Point (Out of Time).
I was challenged by my producer and co-writer, Jon La Croix, on this new version to come up with a…
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Dec 14 2017
Nov 17 2017
Somewhere Down on that Busy Street 
"Don't Fade Away"...I walked over to Straus Park early one evening looking for inspiration. I was living with Robin on West End Avenue which is a beautiful neighborhood. I remember when we met she said she lived on W. 103rd…
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Sep 6 2017
She Never Cared
Like Liv Tyler's character, Arwen, in The Lord of the Rings, Catherine would show up and then quickly disappear.
She was a free spirit and liked to hang out downtown with us Open High School kids. Open High…
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Aug 1 2017
#NationalGirlfriendDay
Celebrate National Girlfriend Day with this top Girlfriend track, "Girlfriend" written by Robin & Phil (drums, Dale May, Bass, Pemberton Roach, Guitar, Phil Hyland, Vox, Robin Hyland)! Produced by John Morand, Exec. Producers Nancy Shefts & James Simon, Photo: Dale…
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May 9 2017
Keepers of the City Time
My sister-in-law, Lisa, has a show on TLC called, "Long Lost Family". It chronicles adopted kids (now all grown up) who are desperate to locate their birth parents in order to make that biological family connection and know where they…Read more
Oct 5 2016
When We Were King & Queen: Tower Records, Sunset Blvd
Robin and I recently watched the music documentary "All Things Must Pass" about the rise and fall of Tower Records. If I were you I'd pretty much just stop reading this and go watch this film (I put the direct…Read more
Sep 22 2016
90 Miles to Cuba, the making of "The Wave" DEMO to STUDIO cuts
UPDATED 9/26/2016: In memory of Miami Marlin's star pitcher, Jose Fernandez, who, after 4 attempts, fled Cuba as a child and became a MLB sensation in the USA.
What's the fascination with the ocean, the sea, the one you…Read more
What's the fascination with the ocean, the sea, the one you…Read more
Sep 19 2016
All about GG!
My mother-in-law, Gretchen Cryer, is an amazing lyricist and playwright. When I met her daughter, Robin, and we started writing our own original music...GG (as we call her) was our champion and she gave us wonderful places to create music. …Read more
Sep 8 2016
The truth about cats and dogs or...How to Bury your Pet in NYC!
I traveled up to Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in the winter of 1997 with photographer Dale May to assist on his photo shoot for Time Out New York. Dale was asked to provide an image for this story on how New…Read more
Aug 16 2016
Philz Phormative Jamz
Philz Phormative Jamz is a loose ever-changing Spotify Playlist featuring musicians
that influence(d) me. Some I lived with, like Jeremy Toback back in my
Laurel Canyon days, Dominic Carpin of the Cashmere
Jungle Lords (from my days growing up in…
Jul 25 2016
Here Comes my Heart: Behind the Music
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When I sat down to write this song in New York, Robin and I were loosely modeling our band, Girlfriend, on a British band called Everything But the Girl and Latin bands like Brasil '66. …
Jul 12 2016
The Wave: Behind the Wave
UPDATED: Special thanks to Pacific Longboarder Magazine for publishing some of this blog on July 13th 2016!
FADE IN:
EXT. [Establishing shot: MALIBU, California USA COASTLINE]
Ominous waves crash on the shore. A young rugged surfer enters the water.
Cutaway…