In 2006 I performed in, produced and released a film called 40 BANDS/80 MINUTES! Both the director, Sean Carnage, and I knew at the time that years later the movie would be an important document of what was happening in the Los Angeles underground scene at the time.
After we released the film we screened […]
Everything is starting to come together again. I usually have so many projects ongoing that this sort of thing is inevitable and happens a few times a year.
Here, for example, is a short list of what has transpired in the last month:
Finished mixing the new I Heart Lung album, Interoceans.
Drove out to master it […]
Wow. What a few weeks it has been. Tom Steck and I have been working on wrapping up all things Interoceans and yesterday, our good friends at Asthmatic Kitty Records announced the signing of seven new artists to their roster, among them, I Heart Lung. Fine company indeed.
Now, we gladly leave for a week on […]
Last Thursday my wife and I had the incomparable pleasure of watching and listening to Herbie Hancock perform live in front of a tiny crowd of 200 people. And if one musical legend wasn’t enough, Joni Mitchell made an unannounced three song cameo and brought the house down and, honestly, me to tears. I wrote […]
Just last week my fingers were numb from rehearsing and recording songs for the new Liz Janes album due out later this year on Asthmatic Kitty Records. Today, they are suffering from a slight frost bite thanks to a weekend trip to the mountains near Big Bear, California.
With focus returned, this week will see […]
As of today Twilight & Ghost Stories has been out for exactly a month’s time. In the days that have passed since its release I have been surprised by the reactions that people have had to the album. Honestly, it has surpassed the expectations that I placed on it and I can only thank those […]
Both Paper Thin Walls and Stereo Subversion have published interviews within the last few days. The interview with Stereo Subversion was an enjoyable duet with Tom Steck regarding I Heart Lung and the other was a feature story about the weekend I lost to Sean Carnage a few months ago.
Many thanks to Jessica Suarez […]