With Danni Sheron having fun laying down our vocal duet on the new song at Commodore Recording Studios.

Posing with jazz and rock drummer, Edgar Myers as we work out the arrangements and lay down the drum tracks on my new song.

Tracking my main vocals for the new song before harmonizing with Danni.

Posing with the talented and unique singer-songwriter, Danni Sheron in between vocal takes in the isolation room at the studio..

Posing with the gifted bassist, David Lester after recording the melodic and syncopated bass tracks for the new song. David is a graduate student of music at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.

Posing with Edgar in between drum takes at the studio. Edgar is playing a vintage drum kit made by the now defunct Maryland Drum Co.

Posing in front of a segment of the western side of the Berlin Wall at the Newseum in Washington, DC. One of the watershed moments in my life when I was in graduate school. We never thought this would happen, but it did happen because people kept up the good fight in the West and the East.

One of the original rainbow flags created by San Francisco artist, Gilbert Blake in 1978 with the Singer sewing machine used by the artist forming the centerpiece of the "Rise Up! Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement" exhibit at Newseum.

Posing in front of the Stonewall history section of the exhibit.

Poster from the exhibit discussing the important role that Frank Kameny, the brave Federal scientist, astronomer, public servant and activist who led the protest of Federal workers against President Eisenhower's order and the Civil Service Commission's purge of LGBTQ Federal employees from their government jobs in the 1950's.

A cover from The Advocate depicting the Episcopal Church's first installed openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson, who wore a bullet proof vest on the day he was elevated to the position. Bishop Robinson gave a beautiful eulogy this year at the National Cathedral during the reception of Matthew Shepard's ashes for interment in the Cathedral. Matthew Shepard was a 21-year old student at the University of Wyoming, who was brutally murdered after attending a famous LGBTQ meeting for being openly gay.

The poster from the Rise Up exhibit depicting a moment in time during the riot on June 28, 1969 at The Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, NYC.

Some of the striking graffitti on the Western side of a piece of the Berlin Wall .

The sign announcing one's crossing via "No Man's Land" to the Soviet-controlled East Germany and Bloc.

Section of the exhibit devoted to the life and civil rights advocacy of San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk and his assassination.

The Wall

With my friend in L.A. after my performance at Kulak's Woodhshed. From l-r: Stephen Bannon, Alfonse Collins, me and Steven Leavitt.

Stephen Bannon performing his stellar opening set at Kulak's Woodshed, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA on May 2, 2019.

From l-r: Dillon, Robby, Stephen, Alfonse, me and Steven.

With Steven Leavitt.

With Alfonse Collins.

With Alfonse Collins.

From l-r: Robby, Stephen, Michelle, Alfonse, me and Steven.

The power and binding ties of shared music! With fellow J-rockers and Hyde fans from l-r: Brian from Arlington, VA, Miyuki from Kyoto, Japan, Leta from Taipei, Taiwan and Yoko from Yokohama, Japan. We are by Hyde's tour bus talking about music and when we first discovered Hyde's music. Feels like we have known each other for ages.

Hyde's tour bus and band bus about a block away from The Fillmore in Silver Spring.

Yoko, Brian, me and Leta showing off our march after Hyde's performance at The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD.

Hyde's keyboardist gives us a friendly wave and smile after the performance outside the stage entrance at The Fillmore.

Hyde's bassist and keyboardist outside The Fillmore, getting ready to leave the venue for the bus.

Hyde (on the left in the hoodie) walking with his personal assistant on the streets of Silver Spring in his shy, modest and humble manner after his performance. Got the rare chance to say a few words of thanks for his performance as he left the venue and got a smile, bow of the head and an "arigatoo" in return from him.

Hyde's guitarist, keyboardist and drummer waiting for instructions to go to the tour bus.

Hyde's band members outside the stage entrance to The Fillmore.

Japanese and Taiwanese fans waiting for Hyde and his band members to come out of The Fillmore, stage entrance.