So this is something I scared up for a film project early this year. It's for when a character is stalking another character, more or less. It's a comedy, so it's not very scary stalking. The movie is called "The Snake" and it's yonder:http://www.thesnakemovie.com/And it does indeed have Margaret Cho in it! Pretty cool. I'm excited to be a part of it, and I have a great time doing this son...
I freaking love this song. I heard the recent William Shatner/Joe Jackson/Ben Folds version, and it too is quite exciting. There is no way to make this song unexciting. Even with its thorough Britishness. My god.Pulp's "Different Class" album is a solid mid-90's explosion of rock & roll goodness. I can't get enough of it. I mean, it's not quite "69 Love Songs" by Magnetic Fields - that al...
So, my rock band played a show last week, and it was all right - could've been better, could've been worse - but we got a recording of it, and maybe I'll post a track or two eventually, but for now I'm thinking on music with more of a folk tradition - was listening to some music by Luminescent Orchestrii and found it enjoyable (maybe I'll post some o' dat sometime soon)... and I thought to myse...
So, we have another exciting and thrilling rock show in Oakland on Friday, 4/18. My sister's birthday! Exciting times. At the Stork Club - 2330 Telegraph Ave, in case you're local! With 2 other good acts - The Faulty Plum and Maya Dorn. Flyer attached.And so I wanted to share more music because eventually of course I will get the entire album up here. But I'm going slow on it. Titrating ...
We have a show tonight in San Francisco, and we were rehearsing last night for the show & playing this song, and I thought to myself, "You know, I like this song. It's tweaky in the verse part but it's straightforward in the nearly-a-chorus part, & then there's the whole nice solo in the middle." And it's a fairly positive song - it's about following your dreams. I can't say I always agree w...
I wanted to dip into the pool of music that I've done for theatrical & little film projects & share something with you all here.This is a song I refer to descriptively as "Goofy Slavic Dance." A bad name, but it tells people what the song sounds like. So there you go. I wrote it for San Francisco sketch comedy group Killing My Lobster for their Hi/Lo Film Festival promo video in 2007, which ...
Tartufi is a great and very interesting band from the grand & fancy city of San Francisco. And they're friends of mine; I won't deny it. They're lovely people who work their asses off in their band & make nearly no money in return. They tour the nation, they make great records with interesting folk (such as Tim from the Fucking Champs), & they make these amazing, massive albums that really h...
So, the first time I heard Dr. Dog I really didn't like them. I don't know why. I heard them in my car & the stereo was shitty; maybe that's it. I don't know. But I thought, "Damn, these guys are a giant god damn mess." I was listening to their album "We All Belong."Then about 2 weeks ago I listened to this self-same album while at work. Yeah, I have a day job; ask me about my day job. I...
Another day, another post. This tune is called "Eyes Have Had Enough," and I've had it laying around for years & years. My favorite moment is the vocal harmony on the very last series of verses. It's a fun song I think. And it was loosely inspired by the song "Donna" by Richie Valens. Loosely.
Hey folks. Damn tired today. But doing promotion for our March 19 show in San Francisco at the Knockout - very psyched about that show. With Fpodbpod and Cartographer! Pretty cool.And here's another track - I'm feeling tired & kind of cracked out but kind of mellow so I'm going to send up a slow & mellow sort of "how the hell do I get out of bed today" kind of song.
