So I’ve just finished moving into my new Venice apartment. I now have a view of the Pacific, Santa Monica mountains, Hollywood Hills and most of LA this side of the Valley. Plus McDonald’s and Domino’s within view. It’s a trip seeing charter planes take off from the residential area around the Santa […]

Anks is headed to Japan for a few weeks to plant the seeds of our Mr. Big-esque future. Which means he and I can’t see the new Harold and Kumar sequel as a Korean/Indian tandem. He threw up a sharp looking splash page on the main site with a few fantastic shots from […]

Quyen took some fantastic shots yesterday.  We’ll have more up soon, and I bet we’ll be keeping some for the album liners too.

“these narrow streets”
“Dozen hearts”
“Sundown”
“Finding a way home”
“take a deep breath”
“you’re sweet”
“suits you fine “

I’ve usually written songs in batches of three of four.  It was a bit of a cold, dark winter and I’ve happened to walk out with about seven new songs in the past two months.  New songs are my saving grace.  Six […]

I think that was the worst I’ve ever felt in my short existence.  Kyle’s said the same thing of his flu.  My prolonged fever made me lethargic (what’s new) then delirious.  There I was, lying in and out of consciousness narrating my condition singing “Hot Blooded,” “You give me Fever” and the theme song to […]

Slashdot has turned me onto an interesting Hollywood Reporter article. Basically the RIAA wants to lower songwriter royalties on downloads to nine cents per song, a five percent drop from thirteen to eight percent. Tech/digital media companies involved want the royalties obliterated. They argue that a digital download is a stream like any radio broadcast. […]

My friend Mike Phirman of the musical comedy duo Hard ‘N Phirm were just featured on a Comedy Central Presents special. Oddly enough we were playing the Derby the night it aired and I missed it. I’ve seen clips of them preforming on Jimmy Kimmel and they are a riot. If you […]

We’re the Main Event this Friday night at The Derby in Los Feliz, CA. I think they still hold swing dancing from the Swingers days of yesteryear.  Notice how the ticket reads 8pm-2am.  This must be the only bar in Los Angeles county that stays open that late.
This will be our first time playing The […]

I’ve written my father back in New York. Hopefully he gets my letter before he’s transferred upstate for the next year or so. I really put that off until the last minute. He’s alone up there and probably thinking I’m upset with him. But I wrote him still and shared our recording […]

There’s a great discount theatre in Culver City where shows are six dollars and matinees are three fifty. It’s Christmas day and I thought I’d go to see the new Bob Dylan flick, I’m Not There. In the movie Jude’s closing monologue comments on the futility of political song.
I heard that and remembered […]