Jumping Back In

new skate video from Spike Jonze - pretty cool. Will try and post some of the classics from back in the day shortly.

enjoy. trying to get back.

The old man is back - just in time for the down times

You and I aren't the only ones going through closets looking for things to sell and additional ways to scrape together some coin. And while the bankers may have robbed our accounts - at least it wasn't our lovers who emptied our pockets...

The only good news - well, all this bad luck has put old Leonard Cohen back on the road. Sorry Leonard - tough for you but great for all of America which hasn't had the pleasure of hearing your baritone pipes croon some old classics... The morose tone sung on favorites such as 'Chelsea Hotel' and 'Suzanne' can be heard here (thank you NPR) at his first US performance at the Beacon in over 15 years....

So long retirement.... looks like everyone's working a little harder for a little less these days.

Poosh, poosh in the (Mighty) Boosh - with Old Gregg

I'm not sure what this is - but I do know its strange, funny and unique. Feels like Frank Zappa meets fraggle rock, with a little broken lizard/Upright Citizen's Brigade thrown in and lots of quirky British accents. For some reason I think it might mesh well with Black Moth Super Rainbow....... Mashup idea?? Lots of psychedlia and good times.....

Either way, check out Old Gregg - and tell me you don't start laughing and going WTF!



But wait - the fun keeps coming... The troupe responsible for this concoction of strange fruit is The Mighty Boosh - learn more here.

Thanks Burner for the heads up.

We're back.... Back in the sadlle again.....

Happy 2009! While the doom and gloom of the new years seems to be spreading faster than the black death in medieval Europe, get prepared for belt tightening and more great news on the horizon.

In an effort to warm everyone up - check out this fun online game that helps to impress the fact that doing good, helping others and being genuine does not always pay off... We may have left the era of greed, but I think we're about to enter the era of necessary "short cuts" needed to "keep a float."

Well, would you rather have everyone laid off?

Can you hear the 'Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats.... Hooooo!'

Great fan made trailor of a Thundercats movie.... It's amazing what they can do with technology... As reported by NYMag here, its not actually real.... but super fun none the less.

A Hard Case.......

UPDATE: This video has been removed at the request of EMI due to copyright issues. Interesting use of the law - post video's when profitable, remove video's when a liability.... I guess you can have your cake and eat it too.....
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As recently reported, Joe Satriani is filing suit agains Coldplay for plagerism... And while these types of suits are typically difficult to prove, the below video does a pretty good job of summing up the argument.....

The Master of Space and Time - Leon Russell

What a way to end the Thanksgiving weekend - with two hours of rocking Leon Russell.... If you haven't heard of him, or if you thought he was dead, let me stop and say; no he's very much alive and rocking - so listen up!

We saw Leon up in Norwalk Connecticut at a very cool, refurbished country playhouse called the Infinity Theatre. It felt like we we're going back in time (and looking around at the audience we probably were) - but it was totally fun and the music was great. The sound was great, the seats were comfortable, lighting was minimal but effective - overall awesome!!!!

Let me just say Leon is the man...... He looks EXACTLY like he does on the record cover! Huge beard, white suit, white snake skin hat, sunglasses (that flip up!).... And while he may look like a combination of Gandolf the Grey and Yoda - his hands still move well over the piano keys and his voice remains slightly high and surly.... And his show was great! While I had hoped for some interesting stories - as my wife said - "real musicians don't talk. They play music and that's how they speak." Well, she was right - Leon didn't say a word until the end - he just played - one hit after the other.

But when he did speak - we listened. At the end of the show Leon said; "Well, this is about the time we're supposed to walk off the stage, wave and say good bye.... You clap - we walk back on stage - we play some more..... Well - I'm too old for that shit. Wy don't you all just imagine we walked off stage and we'll play some more... OK?" We definately thought that was OK!!!

Leon's band also rocked - a truly random group of guys from in or around Oklahoma.... There was:
- The young guitar player who looked like 'son of the blues bros.' (amazing slide guitar)
- The older bass player who was still wearing the uniform of the 80's jazz bass player
- The blind second keyboard player who never seemed to be looking anywhere but none the less, hit every key perfectly (he totally rocked!)
- And the drummer (who unfortunately was hidden behind his drums, but he rocked too!)

The only disappointing part of the night was the fact that Leon didn't have a chance to play either "Tight Rope" or "Queen of the Roller Derby" (my wife's favorite song) - but otherwise amazing! What a joy and pleasure to see a great musician take the stage in a small and intimate (great sounding) venue.....

Perhaps I can make it happen again when he's back in NYC in March!