Blog: Crazy Talk

(courtesy of my profile on Bandega.com ) There's tons of great shows coming up in July. Some of these bands I'm genuinely a fan of. Others, well - I just like their name. For instance, Raccoo-oo-oon. Bands with stars next to them are the ones in my Bandega profile. What shows are YOU going to? Jul 03 Tue [...]

(courtesy of my profile on Bandega.com ) There's tons of great shows coming up in July. Some of these bands I'm genuinely a fan of. Others, well - I just like their name. For instance, Raccoo-oo-oon. Bands with stars next to them are the ones in my Bandega profile. What shows are YOU going to? Jul 03 Tue [...]

This video warmed the digital cockles of my digital heart.

This video warmed the digital cockles of my digital heart.

This video warmed the digital cockles of my digital heart.

Local slow-fast alt.dance-folk phenoms, Birds & Batteries, played their CD release party at Cafe Du Nord on the 29th. 90% of the people I talked to after the show were 100% blown away. Having spun the album several times before the show, I can confidently state that the album is great and the live show is greater. Though some of the transitions between live drums and electronic beats could've been a tinge more fluid, this is a very tight band and everyone seemed on their game for this important show. [...]

Local slow-fast alt.dance-folk phenoms, Birds & Batteries, played their CD release party at Cafe Du Nord on the 29th. 90% of the people I talked to after the show were 100% blown away. Having spun the album several times before the show, I can confidently state that the album is great and the live show is greater. Though some of the transitions between live drums and electronic beats could've been a tinge more fluid, this is a very tight band and everyone seemed on their game for this important show. [...]

Local slow-fast alt.dance-folk phenoms, Birds & Batteries, played their CD release party at Cafe Du Nord on the 29th. 90% of the people I talked to after the show were 100% blown away. Having spun the album several times before the show, I can confidently state that the album is great and the live show is greater. Though some of the transitions between live drums and electronic beats could've been a tinge more fluid, this is a very tight band and everyone seemed on their game for this important show. [...]

A snapshot of Ryan Adams' day: Wake up. Don't brush hair. Drink coffee w. nipper. Accompany w. inhaled drug of choice. Write and record 13 songs. Eat breakfast. A couple of nights ago, he played a track ("Two") off the new album "Easy Tiger" with the Cardinals on Letterman. Not his most provocative songwriting, but still a pretty song. Who's listened to the album - any thoughts? [...]

A snapshot of Ryan Adams' day: Wake up. Don't brush hair. Drink coffee w. nipper. Accompany w. inhaled drug of choice. Write and record 13 songs. Eat breakfast. A couple of nights ago, he played a track ("Two") off the new album "Easy Tiger" with the Cardinals on Letterman. Not his most provocative songwriting, but still a pretty song. Who's listened to the album - any thoughts? [...]

A snapshot of Ryan Adams' day: Wake up. Don't brush hair. Drink coffee w. nipper. Accompany w. inhaled drug of choice. Write and record 13 songs. Eat breakfast. A couple of nights ago, he played a track ("Two") off the new album "Easy Tiger" with the Cardinals on Letterman. Not his most provocative songwriting, but still a pretty song. Who's listened to the album - any thoughts? [...]

YO. Lawyer life has kept me pretty tied down lately - but my fingers have not been idle on my keyboard. I'm running a blog called MELON - Media and Entertainment Law Online News, with trillions of awesome articles for lay peeps on the ins and outs of the entertainment & technology industry. www.melonews.com Some of the topics are copyright, music law, music business, trademark, internet law, digital rights management, film law and the TV business. Here's [...]

YO. Lawyer life has kept me pretty tied down lately - but my fingers have not been idle on my keyboard. I'm running a blog called MELON - Media and Entertainment Law Online News, with trillions of awesome articles for lay peeps on the ins and outs of the entertainment & technology industry. www.melonews.com Some of the topics are copyright, music law, music business, trademark, internet law, digital rights management, film law and the TV business. Here's [...]

YO. Lawyer life has kept me pretty tied down lately - but my fingers have not been idle on my keyboard. I'm running a blog called MELON - Media and Entertainment Law Online News, with trillions of awesome articles for lay peeps on the ins and outs of the entertainment & technology industry. www.melonews.com Some of the topics are copyright, music law, music business, trademark, internet law, digital rights management, film law and the TV business. Here's [...]

This was a very, very good show. Not counting All Smiles. They were sick - literally. Menomena was phenomena(l). Someday I might even have the time to post the audio review up here. Meanomawhile, satisfy with these delicious shots of an exciting band . I was rocking the telezoom from the back of the room, so most are head shots.

This was a very, very good show. Not counting All Smiles. They were sick - literally. Menomena was phenomena(l). Someday I might even have the time to post the audio review up here. Meanomawhile, satisfy with these delicious shots of an exciting band . I was rocking the telezoom from the back of the room, so most are head shots.

This was a very, very good show. Not counting All Smiles. They were sick - literally. Menomena was phenomena(l). Someday I might even have the time to post the audio review up here. Meanomawhile, satisfy with these delicious shots of an exciting band . I was rocking the telezoom from the back of the room, so most are head shots.

I don't know what happened in early 2006 when I first heard Mike Sempert's Birds & Batteries. My wife Kate had struck up a conversation with him in early 2006 at Albany's now defunct Ivy Room after a show, and he gave her a copy of the 18-song demo "Nature vs. Nature." Kate gave it to me, and after giving it a once through - I found myself slipping it into my car's CD player whenever I drove across the bay bridge into the city. What drew me into "Nature" was how it combined elements [...]

I don't know what happened when I first heard Mike Sempert's Birds & Batteries. My wife Kate had struck up a conversation with him in early 2006 at Albany's now defunct Ivy Room after a show, and he gave her a copy of the 18-song demo "Nature vs. Nature." Kate gave it to me, and after giving it a once through - I found myself slipping it into my car's CD player whenever I drove across the bay bridge into the city. What drew me into "Nature" was how it combined elements of music I [...]

I don't know what happened when I first heard Mike Sempert's Birds & Batteries. My wife Kate had struck up a conversation with him in early 2006 at Albany's now defunct Ivy Room after a show, and he gave her a copy of the 18-song demo "Nature vs. Nature." Kate gave it to me, and after giving it a once through - I found myself slipping it into my car's CD player whenever I drove across the bay bridge into the city. What drew me into "Nature" was how it combined elements of music I [...]