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October 31, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaDeed done! It went smooth. I took my time. It was exactly the right amount for a day. Five cases of water, Halloween bags with Little Debbie marshmallow oatmeal cookies with spiral lollipops, Tetra Veggie chips, people even took the halloween pompom decorations for themselves. I had to constantly tell myself... one person at a time. The goal was to reach loners, people on their own, not groups of people. Down in the homeless area I was surprised at how many young women in their early twenties were around. Much more than in the past and disturbing. I'm really thankful to have been able to do this and that my strength help out. 
It all feels like a daze. I need to create holidays for myself because there is nothing for myself if I do nothing. A neighbor took some photos for me. She also helped take the bats off the truck at the end. I know her type of personality well and she is around my age and... I need to be very careful not to become friendly too fast or I will get burned as happens one hundred percent of the time with women... even though I am gay. Lol The property maintenance man where I live got fired today after four years. He was a total ass and that also helped make the day good. Mo sat in the truck all day not able to move around because of his back legs. He is adjusting to age as I am.
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October 30, 2025Las Vegas, Nevada
I woke up with serious angst about the ability to get going with all the Halloween stuff. And then I thought, just don't do it. You can do just one day, tommorrow on Halloween and today get most of it ready. So thats what I did and it was without question the right thing to do. It took hours just to do what I did which was to attach 170 bats to the truck, fill the halloween bags and get the basic struction together. I keep telling myself how much less it is than last year and how thats ok, I'm doing the most I can. And the money... I'll just keep pushing to get the contribution to pay for it all. Constantly, I reminded myself of the fun and how I need to relay that fun to get others to contribute. I just paced myself in a way to enjoy what I was doing. I never was good at pushing myself anyway.
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October 29, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaI need $200 to help pay for cases of water, chips, cookies, decorations and lollipops to help make Halloween special for everyone living on the streets. Can you help? Spotfund Venmo: @travelingpiano Dan Kean 215 639 9378 Website:Contribution Page CashApp: $travelingpiano PayPal Me for the Traveling Piano Please Private Message Me for other alternatives such as Check/Money Order/Cash by Mail |
October 28, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaIt completely escaped me that I've a huge amount of work to do for Halloween which is only two days away. Even though its all around me it feels like I just forgot. And physically, I am feeling totally weak. I just must believe and have faith from past experience that I can do this. I've food and decorations to get out of storage to fill the truck. Need to go shopping for water and whatever else I can get to take out on the streets and need to set it all up in the truck. The food I have needs to get transferred into Halloween bags that I have. I spent the day just taking it easy and photographing the Bestile decorations on my wall and filing what I have in a data base. The amount of joy I am getting from my wall cutouts and candles is immense. I need to transfer that joy into working with the Traveling Piano for Halloween for those living on the streets. This is what I want to do. 
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October 27, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaMy original Halloween Beistle cutouts from the 1940's and 1950's are in my top ten favorite things to enjoy in life. It is amazing how I have given things like this collection away and then they come back. With these cutouts I gave them away twice and here they are in my life again! They were first given away when I gave up my house and then again when I had to leave what I thought would be a permanent home base. As a young boy, I could not feel more excited than when my mother brought out the Halloween box every year. These Halloween goodies are helping me to get through the days. They make me feel good with nostalgia surrounding me and the safe, warm, fun and good feelings of them 
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October 26, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaHere I am a week in with Covid, again. Fourth time since it all began. It felt like I was almost healed three days ago and then it came back on with just a little physical exertion and everyday stress. Nothing new here for that to happen that of being almost over it and then a new go around happens. Mo and I went for a short walk last night. We live in a small room so he needs to get out. The weather right now in Las Vegas could not be more perfect in every way. Where I live downtown in the arts district is in the middle of the main city area with the large gentrified Las Vegas strip on one side and the crazy downtown Fremont Street area on the other. I live really, in the center of it all. 
 When I moved here, the area was a drug invested, homeless, run down pit with no sidewalks and the streets were a mess. That was less than ten years ago. Now its filled with locals and visitors shopping and having lunch during the day while the money crowd comes out for dining. Later at night the 20's and 30's crowd comes out dressed stylishly for the bars and clubs. I'm usually the oldest person on the streets and when I see how people dress, act and move I feel like someone in the early 1900's walking around in the modern world. Thats... crazy for me. The place is hopping with activity. I thought about being out with the Traveling Piano in that environment and wonder if it would be perceived as out of date. |
October 25, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaOk, one more go around with raising financed to continue and reach 40 years with the Traveling Piano and then I am done. Ive been trying to stay with this "one more round" for a year, lol. I've been started the fundraising up and then just petering out with it. Now, this is a do or die moment especially as I will be leaving the online social platforms next year to avoid giving my thought and soul to AI. People will need to come to this website to find me and just about everyone... won't. Visiting personal websites are no longer convenient (and everyone wants connivence) and no longer part of people's personal communication habits. 
I'll have those that want to communicate via email when it comes to online and thats it. So... this is my last chance. I updated The Final Traveling Piano Fundraiser story on SpotFund story and its posted below. In thinking how a fundraising pitch needs to be short and simple... that has never been my style. As far as adjusting myself to people's now shorter attention spans... to bad for them. I am interested in those that want to be interested in me and my work and want to spend the time to get to know me and what I do to enjoy, get aggravated or whatever. |
October 24, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaTHE FINAL TRAVELING PIANO FUNDRAISER The goal? To end on a high note this present chapter of an amazing Traveling Piano musical life journey. That will happen while easing on down the road with total gratitude and appreciation for everything life has offered and... through contribution. Your help is needed to reach the forty year mark of Bringing the Beat to the Street. Please join through financial support to create a send off to end all send offs! Spread the word. Personally contribute. And also, help to find financial backing in order to rebuild the Traveling Piano truck. I would like to endow it for future generations. It desperately needs a rebuild in a structural sense. 
 From the start in 1987 Piano Man Danny Kean, that would be me, I have worked with a piano in the back of the same pickup truck along with two pups. Bo-ner was my first dog ever who stayed with me for over 15 years and now Mo, he is heading towards the 16 year mark. My two pups have served as faithful companions while hanging out on top of the Traveling Piano giving comfort and joy to everyone they meet. Concerning my own age, in July of 2025 I turned seventy years old! Ahh... time rolls on. |
October 23, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaIf we can keep going until 2027, that would make 40 years of full time work from the same pickup truck with a piano in the back. This includes non-stop travel for ten of those years. The first 20 years with the Traveling Piano were all about money through contracted and paid musical engagements. The truck was used as a performance vehicle for parades and large events and for promotions. Danny Kean was The Ragtime and Boogie Woogie Piano Man. Overnight travel was not necessary as I was booked full time, twelve months a year in the area where I lived. Philadelphia, PA was home base. 
 Here are two fun Traveling Piano Man Danny Kean facts. I am the first person ever to entrepreneurially create a paid full time career of legitimate piano playing solely outdoors. That was for the first twenty years on the back of a pickup truck and now... I am also the first ever to continue that musical career outdoors for almost twenty more years. This, with no fees, tips or commercial affiliation and as a philanthropist, out of choice. |
October 22, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaFor this second 20 years, bills were originally paid through the sale of my home and now with random support through contribution over the years. The Traveling Piano took to the road throughout the northern hemisphere with an agenda of much more than just music. My own improvisational stream of conscious music became a vehicle for short one-on-one relationships with others. The idea of strangers becoming less afraid of each other has always been part of the Traveling Piano mission. The unconditional nature for relationship without agenda, for no pay back, this has been a bridge to trust. 
 To date there has been over 100,000 one-on-one personal and intimate encounters with people from all walks of life on the Traveling Piano. Everyone is invited to take a seat at the piano for themselves in order to create music, especially if they have never before played on a piano, do not think they can play or have been psychologically damaged from music lessons, lol. People are empowered and inspired resulting in musical freedom of spirit every time. |
October 21, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaThe Traveling Piano is discovered by individuals through synchronicity and spontaneity. This may happen on a mountain top, in an urban alley or most specifically where support is needed. That would be in a communities homeless area, after natural disasters or where mass gun violence has occurred. There is no way that I would still be doing the work I do after all of this time and without personal financial profit, if there was no worth for me. My payoff has been in a spiritual sense of human connection that cannot be measured in a financial sense. The rewards have been tenfold. But of course we all need money to survive. 
 The Traveling Piano has a ferocious social conscience and now lends support through music in any way possible to fight fascism and for those being ripped away from their families as a result of illegal deportation. Through Musical Fun, Friendship and Respect my purpose in life creates validation and reassurance for the worth of humanity. Life's worth comes through inclusion and the celebration of diversity. The Traveling Piano also helps to feed and clothe the homeless, those mentally ill, lost, rejected from society and drug addicted who are on the streets trying to survive. But most importantly, the Traveling Piano's music without question helps to sooth the desperate beast in all of us. |
October 20, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaLastly, as acoustic piano use becomes less and less over time, I have taken to placing donated pianos permanently on the streets of Las Vegas for everyone to enjoy! To date, there have been seven pianos placed. Some are in visible spots and others have been placed to be discovered. They all need upkeep. The pianos have been respected by the entire community as a reminder of art, playfulness, music and respect for the Traveling Piano concept. My entire career has been solo in creation, management and the execution. That can only now continue with sustained help. Please help me to become part of your life through your contribution. 
 100% of your contribution goes directly into the resources needed to continue onward. That would be constant equipment and truck upkeep, resources for the homeless, travel, internet, insurance, personal needs, etc... The Traveling Piano supports our world in every sense whether it be through music that soothes the soul and heals or just creates a fun distraction. In real time, one-on-one in person well, we all need as much love as we can possibly get right now. Mo an I now live on basic social security along with the help of a few website subscribers that cover less than 10% of my monthly living expenses. We presently live in 275 square feet of space so, we live as basic as it can get. There are no outside sources of income. Lets make it to forty years together. Please share this message, encourage others to donate and personally give as generously as possible, again and again! |
October 19, 2025Las Vegas, Nevada
 Spotfund Venmo: @travelingpiano Dan Kean 215 639 9378 Website:Contribution Page CashApp: $travelingpiano PayPal Me for the Traveling Piano Please Private Message Me for other alternatives such as Check/Money Order/Cash by Mail |
October 18, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaThere were many localized protests in Las Vegas today. That was a good idea rather than everyone in one spot. Mo and I opted to protest singularly on Main Street in the Arts District with the Traveling Piano. I wanted to reach all those doing nothing and with one on one relating in order to make a statement while creating awareness in our neighborhood. The message was of Musical Fun, Friendship, Respect, Inclusivity, Equality for all and a Total Rejection of Republican Fascism, and Censorship of Freedom of Speech and the Right to Protest. We also stopped at a few of the Community Traveling Piano's placed on the streets for everyone. There are five downtown in the Arts District now. How disturbing to see my country turning into a fascist, militarized state through the lies and propaganda of a dictator and his foolish, foolish supporters. 
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October 17, 2025Las Vegas, Nevada
I got up to take a pee at 7:00am while thinking through the blinds that its really dark out for 7am. Soon afterwards I heard a short rubble and thought I hope thats not rain. The clouds looked kind of rainy-ish in the dark when I took out Mo last night. And then, I heard the drip, drip, drip of the overhang on the walkway outside my door. It was raining steady. That escalated to a full scale thunderstorm and I thought... oh, well... there is nothingI can do about the Community Traveling Pianos getting soaked around town. This was the first full fledged downpour on them. I've been able to put covers on before. I'm too sick, old and tired to care, really and what good would caring do? It was totally out of my hands.
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October 16, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaI'm just not willing to live in the synthetic life of AI. I've got enough stimulation to keep me going until I die. I need nothing new to feel inspired. Most people are falling into AI blindly, some full well knowing. I am a human being of mind, body and spirit. I am an individual and a creative, not of AI. The fact that the majority of people cannot grasp what is going on with AI or will only care when its to late to care is just terrible. So, I am preparing to go my own way living in the world I know, love and respect... living in the present moment with the tools I have in front of me. I've been giving this thought for several years now and have been observing AI from its inception as well as all the warnings, promises and capitalization of it. I've been thinking how we are all sold technology and forced to adapt to it. 
 I will not be forced into anything by any human being let alone by technology. The computer I am using, everyone tells me how outdated it is and how "new" is better. This, while I sit and think about how I never really learned the computer I am using! It is time to stop jumping to new, new, new and learn to appreciate what I have and use that to its fullest before moving on. If this means leaving the internet so be it. My principals, my character as I know it, my morals, ethics, sense of self-respect, what I value comes first for me no matter what. I am not going to give my mind, body and soul to AI. It is not simply a tool as propagandists will tout. It is much, much, more and in the worst of ways. I am going to stay in my human world until the end through my understanding of nature, spirit and choice. |
October 15, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaThe Halloween bug hit me. There was no way in my mind I was going to create Halloween this year for those living on the streets here in Las Vegas. I'm just too tired out. And then I was in this store where all the items were $1. (totally rare anymore) I saw orange pom poms like twenty for a $1 and thought... people would have fun with these. And then I saw large bags of Terra Mediterranean Potato Chips with Garlic and Herbs and all the bags were fresh and strong. They usually cost around $6 bucks and they were only $1. I was done for! Now I need to get marshmallows for a choice factor and cider with cups? 
Of course you all may know I live on $1200 a month for all my expenses as unbelievable as that is. So as I do all the work, I need to to help with the finances. The chips, I got a hundred bags, hip, hip hooray! 😆 That was a $100. Now I need to get the other stuff. Can you help out? We need to do this, create joy for others as a distraction if nothing else from the hell we are all falling into in order to have a... Happy Halloween! 🎃👻👹💀😈 Spotfund Venmo: @travelingpiano Dan Kean 215 639 9378 Website:Contribution Page CashApp: $travelingpiano PayPal Me for the Traveling Piano Please Private Message Me for other alternatives such as Check/Money Order/Cash by Mail |
October 14, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaMy 6th piano that was supposedly being kept safe in a warehouse and the person keeping it has not followed through in delivering it to its spot. It has been three months! I found two friends to help and we went and got it ourselves today. It was found to have been sitting out in the sun and rain for the entire time and my pristine gifted piano that the original owners valued, a historic prize from the newlywed game in the 70's has become practically worthless. The woman keeping the piano in her warehouse said she moved it outside overnight and covered it for protection for us to come pick it up today. That piano had been outside since the day it was dropped off three months ago. Rain from the warehouse roof above dumped on it and rain wind dirt covered the piano on all sides and also the keys. 
 Water had splashed up from behind onto the sounding board, all the keys are stuck, they will no longer work. The lacquer and finish had peeled off. This was a local business owner holding the piano, when we got to her place to pick it up, she adamantly claimed the piano was never outside while the reality was right there in her face. This is the way of our world now? Just lie in the face of reality? I mean unquestionable, zero doubt reality? It is very disturbing. The only good was from my two friends Bryon and Daniel lending a helping hand to get it although, I feel bad about wasting there time. I was ready to just leave it for her to dump herself but I'm dreaming I can make it work on some level in our new spot. It was originally going to go out onto the street outside her bar. Now, it is half a block away from my place. www.travelingpiano.com |
October 13, 2025Las Vegas, Nevada
When I am out trying to work a regular day with the Traveling Piano, it is too much for me now at my age. I am constantly adjusting to less and less. In reality what I used to do was super human in many ways. As I slept most all day sick as a dog I thought, "God use me up." For some reason, that helped deal with my exhaustion. I barely had the energy to take Mo outside to do his thing today or to feed him. I need to remember when I get sick its not the worse ever and I'm not dying. It is the same as it always has been through out my life. But when I'm in it, it is the worst. It will pass and if it does not well, God just use me up. It is amazing how as sickness develop in me. It happens with a snap, I know exactly when it hits. It might be with a quick twitch, pain, strange moment of feeling and then it develops. I need to really watch myself now at age 70. I'm more sensitive to everything in every way physically.. |
October 12, 2025Las Vegas, Nevada
I was walking to check on one of the six Community Traveling Piano's on the streets of Downtown Las Vegas and I saw a wild kid throwing himself around as he smashed a bottle against a brick wall while screaming in anger. And then I saw he was walking in the direction of one of the piano's up the street as I thought about him attacking it. I just knew he was going for it. He reached the corner where the piano was as I thought, oh shit! I walked faster to get to the spot before anything happened. When I reached it, he was sitting at it playing calmly. He was using it to calm himself down just for a few minutes and then he got up and went on his way feeling much better. How awesome is that! |
October 11, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaContinued from yesterday... Then he went to his phone. I said, please tell me you are not recording this appointment. He said he was. I said that I should have been informed of that from the start. Please stop the recording and erase it. I reiterated that people need to know he is recording his sessions. He said it was somewhere deep in the consent forms I signed. I told him that I signed no consent forms and none were presented for me to sign. He said the phones are all recording everything we say anyway. I asked if he was a conspiracy theorist. He said it has been proven, etc... I knew he was talking about siri and other apps. The rational did not work for me. 
 I asked him if he was an anti-vaxxer. He said some vaccinations are good. I thanked him for his time and told him we were not a good fit, we eyeballed each other, smiled and said good-bye. From the onset, his demeanor was that of a guy being nice to make me think he was nice. He knows who he is and what he is doing as an empowered fundamental christian, maga fascist. Learning to live with empowered fascists will not work, has never worked in human history as it shows time and time again. We must all stand up to them, call them out and reject them at every turn for the sake of truth in spirit. |
October 10, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaWent to see a new primary care doctor today. He had a crucifix hanging over the door. I asked him what it was about, is he a fundamental Christian as it is a politically charged symbol in today's public environment? He scoffed at that and said no but he thinks every office building should have the ten commandments at the entry of the building. He meant that. And also, as it is his own practice he can do whatever he pleases. 
 I asked him if he voted for trump. He said yes, he was the only choice considering Harris was the alternative. (I knew he was meaning, a woman.) So you voted for a fascist I said. He said the country was already fascist and has been for many years. I suggested he not misconstrue fascism with capitalism. He said he is more focused on his children than politics. Then he mentioned something about the economy with trump. I said his focus should be more on trumps character than economy especially concerning his kids. Continued... |
October 09, 2025Las Vegas, Nevada
It feels like I am losing a grip on what I am doing. This blog, the photos I choose, the continuity, what I write about and why, watching out for repeating myself, the photos for most of the years never once repeated, the placement of everything, the projects I work on in life, I am losing the organization of everything in my mind. I'm sure a lot of what I am saying and doing is not making sense and now I am repeating myself orI'm talking about the same shit over and over. I know what I am saying but the ability to say it so others can understand clearly, seems to be slipping away. It is what it is. What I do is no longer feels unique. AI will soon make all my work less for others in the world. Everything and everyone is going to adapt to other than me! Lol. I feel a need to singularly sink into myself in order to remember who I am and the manifestation of that and learn how to just enjoy myself in the world. It is getting to the point where I must completely let go of any attention I may desire from others because I know at this point in my life... I'm not going to get it. C'est la vie.
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October 08, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaI write allot. The majority of my days now are writing. I would go crazy if I did not express myself in some way with what is going on. Its feels like I must have a say and combat to destroy the evil taking over the world. Most of the writing is a response to online comments from fascist, maga republicans and trump idolizing pseudo Christians that I see. It is a must that I move away from it all as I know I will lose the battle in the end. It is sucking all the life out of me. I also work to detach and ask God to direct my thoughts and how to spend my time. What would best serve the world? Fighting fascism outright with my words online or doing that in person through musical and homeless community outreach. I think the Traveling Piano is going to turn political in a big way. I've thought of an idea where I can make a statement that I can put out and not get baited into having a conversation with. 
 The sides of the piano may soon be filled with the words "Don't Give Up On Your Truth In Spirit for the Sake of Fascist Lies." Many people would say to just focus on the music and relationships through the music in positive ways. There is no way in hell that I am going to pretend so to speak, that there are not bombs dropping in my presence all around me destroying lives and my country, community, immediate neighbors and those close to me who I love. Those that it will turn off... good. The comfort and unity, validation and reassurance it will give to others is all I care about. Safety? What the hell is safe? We are not living in safe times. I'm not stupid and know how to deal with or avoid dangerous situations as much as possible. The Traveling Piano journey has created a lot of experience concerning danger. |
October 07, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaTrump building a $300 million dollar ballroom and altering America's White House for himself while taking food, shelter and health care away from the poor and those in need is almost too much for me to bear. Access to information has always controlled politics. The fact that trumps dictatorship is beginning to control our information with self-serving lies, the fascist republicans and the high tech greed behind him is almost too much to bear. Seeing even the good people in the world become gaslit and lost, and as a result contribute to the downfall of society, it is all almost too much to bear. AI is at the core, and that is beginning to control everything faster than anyone can imagine. 
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October 06, 2025Las Vegas, Nevada
Mo being with me is just so amazing in every moment. He is my ground, my centering vehicle to experience the joy of living on earth. Everytime I sink into the depths of political frustration, hate and despair... I move over to him to feel what is most important... love. It is amazing he is still with me. His back legs are almost useless but when he gets himself on all fours he can walk, sometimes sort of run. When we climb the stairs to out room I support him from behind with the palms of my hands. Sometimes all he needs to know is that my hands are there to catch him if his strength gives out. He struggles getting up and I allow that because he needs to use his ability to function physically with all that he can do. He still hops in joy and anticipation when I give him his food. When laying down I make sure he is behind me when I am putting the bowl on the floor and he always manages to get up better when he knows I am not looking. |
October 05, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaI want to share a few things that I throw in the face of trump supporters. I tell them how much I am enjoying how the food and gas prices came down on his first day as promised. (sarcasm) How trump made fools out of people like myself when he released the Jeffery Epstein tapes on day one as promised showing he had no involvement. (sarcasm) That pedophile issue is especially pertinent for me concerning all those fascist evangelicals calling gay people like myself throughout life pedophiles and groomers. And, growing up as a diocesan roman catholic myself how those in charge and the church's fascist congregants... tried to cover up for their own pedophile priests. And then, I tell them how thankful I am that trump ended the Ukrainian war trump ended on day one as promised. (sarcasm) My mom and her sister escaped the Ukrainian Holodomor Russia created in the 30's. Millions of people died. Ukraine gave up all their weapons to Russia in the 90's under an agreement that they USA would back them up if Russia ever tried to kill them all again as they are doing now and trump plays with those people's lives to see if he can make any money off of them. 
 Fascist republicans voters know on some level they are liars with no respect or character in support for trump ideology and just do not care. I do care. And, I am not going to stay silent about it as they would like for me to do. For the proper old women republican voters I ask, even tho you are old and dried up would you get wet if trump said he would like to grab you by the pussy as he said back when and the worlds children heard that? Do you like how he calls women names like horseface and rates their looks? I can say all this to you now because trump says it, right? Or is your idol the only one allowed to talk that way. I tell those women to get back into the kitchen and shut up as their republican politicians tell them the way they should be. I ask if their husbands ever went out to fuck a whore and fail in trying to cover it up with hush money as they were home with their infant babies. 
 As republicans take health care from the poor and food away from poor children and food benefits away from those desperate living on the streets... while trump creates billions of dollars for ice and gives billions to Argentina for personal profit gain, while he spends a billion to rebuild his muslim gift of an air plane (republicans demonized muslims and trump banned them from entry to the US, but not their dictators) as we all pay $22 million "per month" for him to play golf, thats a non disputed fact, look it up... and allocate $75 billion to militarize our cities and have the national guard there to do nothing but clean up trash, as he destroys our most sacred symbols, the white house to build a ballroom... what the honest fuck, people can be so brainless with a total lack of common sense, compassion and empathy not only for themselves and their own children but the world at large. 
 As the education system is destroyed, media is censored and freedom of speech is attacked (everything fascist republicans screamed about for themselves concerning "cancel culture" for years) ...as all references to our countries embrace of diversity is completely rewritten, covered and taken away and the idea of being "woke" is cancelled... God forbid fascists should be able to think for themselves... and the anti-abortion, family values crowd supporting the immigration terrorization, brutality, humiliation with mothers and fathers being ripped away from their children and families hunted down like animals to be deported to no where under the guise of being criminals... the just down right hate and cruelty... when being called out by me they say, why do you have so much hate? I tell them first and foremost not to confuse anger with hate but... yes I do hate. All human beings have hate in them and guess who brought it out in me. I have always said with my work, do not try to define me as one dimensional. I am complex and my being expresses itself on many levels. 
 There are those who say Danny, you must fight this with love and understanding by being positive and strong in that. Take the high road. Be an a good example that will create change. All that has its place in life but not always. Life's reality is that sometimes force is the only way. There is a war going on between the truth in spirit and self-centered lying. People are dying from it. World War II and fascism is not won over through peace, love and understanding. That would not have been possible. This is again, the reality of life. Fascism must be destroyed. All the history of humanity shows the example. My time is consumed with all this shit as I work every day to bring balance in with who I am and what I have to offer for life in "all" ways. |
October 04, 2025Las Vegas, Nevada
There is a reason I am now so "out," politically and loud about it. I've always been political as I've said many times through the last almost twenty years... my rage politically is what has driven this journey. All the musical, fun, friendship, respect, love and care is a manifestation of my political rage. The journey was inspired through political rage created from how republicans in control during hurricane Katrina took care of their own and let so many others suffer and die. I realized at that time, I can not complain about what was not being done while doing nothing myself. And so... the last twenty years with this journey began. I went to the devastated areas to show support and respect while putting money (I has some back then) into the economy and giving piano players who lost their piano in the storm, a piano to play on. The beginning is the beginning of this blog. Now, the end of all is near because of greed and republicanism turned fascist and in total control through a trump like maga cult. Just like hitler with his fascist following in WWII. This is all not going to end well as history shows clearly. I am doing my best to live out my life in it all while speaking out and keep joy, music, gratitude while caring about and for others especially those most affected by what is going on. |
October 03, 2025Las Vegas, Nevada
It was First Friday, a monthly celebration on the streets of Downtown Las Vegas and now that the weather is better the place was packed... with kids. Wow, I am getting old! While walking around checking on the five Community Traveling Piano's that are out on the streets, I am finding that they all are in need of tuning. That will be a constant issue. They are reaching the point of musical notes not being distinguishable. The piano's are now being used in movies. I came across a film crew using one and the actor was banging the shit out of it in an anger scene. My thinking was not quick enough to tell them if they are going to bang the piano out of tune they need to pay for a tuning. People in general do not respect public property and also do not think about how a piano gets destroyed and also, do not realize the piano's belong to me along with all the responsibility that goes along with that.
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October 02, 2025Las Vegas, Nevada
The Community Traveling Piano's on the streets are front and center on my mind. I still need to get one local business owner who has been storing a piano I acquired in their warehouse and it has been a pain in the ass getting it out to the spot where it is supposed to be... for months now. How can people be so flighty? It has been a lot of work although I've been enjoying it. From the finding of them, to making arrangements for pickup and finding a way for delivery, finding the right location and gaining permission, checking on them almost daily, making signs about them, covering and uncovering with the threat of rain and now dealing with the upkeep of cleaning them, fixing keys and tuning well, finding people to help out with delivery and upkeep for the sake of community without pay... its a challenge even with everyone and I mean everyone loving them. |
October 01, 2025Las Vegas, NevadaMo and I took the Traveling Piano out to Main Street in the Downtown Arts District of Las Vegas. Mo cannot stand up or turn around on top of the piano anymore because his back leg joints no longer exist because of old age arthritis. Its difficult for him but he trudges along with my help. People really appreciate what the Traveling Piano has to offer. Its a push for me to keep the pace going with interactions. As far as stamina, I try little tricks to keep going. 
 For incentiveI say to myself that I need to keep going for at least three full interactions. I'd probably have more energy and mobility if I lost weight. Thats not going to happen anytime soon so... it is what it is. The truck sound batteries need replacement which will cost about $400. How that will happen is a mystery. The sound is only lasting about a half hour before it goes dead and I need to turn on the truck to have power. Working with the truck on with the bad carburetor and exhaust fumes... not good, lol. |