journal

on friday night i went to bowery ballroom to see the final show of 'tragedy: the tri-state areas #1 heavy metal bee gees cover ban
March 15, 2010
i don't know who andre michelle is, but the interfaces on his web-site are amazing
March 15, 2010
glenn beck said recently that 'you should run as fast as you can from any church that preaches social or economic justice.' huh
March 14, 2010
just working on music, trying to figure out whether the next record should be
March 12, 2010
Warning, this update really isn't for anyone who's squeamish.
March 11, 2010
today is the release date of 'gristle', a book that my friend miyun park and i have edited for the new press
March 09, 2010
the trailer for 'the green zone' looks amazing
March 09, 2010
oh, i'm coming back to south america in april and may
March 05, 2010
last year in montreal we had a day off so we recorded a quick, live acoustic session in front of a small, invited audience
March 03, 2010
i really do love how new york in a blizzard looks like new york in 1895
February 26, 2010
the health care debate begins anew on capitol hill this week
February 25, 2010
the videos from the album 'wait for me' have all been done by friends of mine who were given complete creative control
February 22, 2010
here's a quick photo montage of what i did saturday
February 21, 2010
every now and then someone sends me a picture from the bygone days of my mis-spent new wave youth
February 21, 2010
just got back, and now it looks as if i'll be in nyc for a month. which is exciting.
February 19, 2010
we just finished the 5 (or 6?) days of recording for the acoustic/orchestral album i'm hoping to make
February 15, 2010
we just finished day 2 in the studio. day one was spent recording drums, and today we recorded acoustic guitar and piano
February 11, 2010
oh, this is pretty amazing, and definitely worth watching:
February 09, 2010
tomorrow (or today, as you're reading this) i'm going into a studio in midtown to begin recording the acoustic/orchestral album
February 09, 2010
i'm just getting ready to head to dumbo for the st. anne's pbs show
February 05, 2010
we're in the middle of rehearsing for the pbs show we're doing at st. anne's in brooklyn on friday
February 04, 2010
4:30 a.m and just finishing work for the night
February 01, 2010
wow. completely unrelated to anything, but this is amazing
January 29, 2010
you'd think it would be simple to put some simple video up on my internet machine blog. but no, it isn'
January 29, 2010
Tickets for Moby's Soundstage recording in Brooklyn - Feb 5th
January 27, 2010
and what would 'i'm becoming a hippie in los angeles' blog entries be without the requisite pictures of l.a sunsets
January 26, 2010
there is something really, really nice about playing acoustic guitar and working on music in a canyon while looking at trees and mountains
January 26, 2010
sitting here working on music in the office of the house i'm renting in l.a and also baffled that the republicans were able to elect a former nude model as senator from massachusets
January 21, 2010
i've decided to start work on the next record
January 20, 2010
a couple of months ago morgan spurlock approached me and asked me to do a remix of mr. plow
January 13, 2010
has anyone else noticed that almost every movie has roughly the same indie soundtrack?
January 11, 2010
pictures from my last 24 hours in australia. sigh
January 11, 2010
ah, rudy giuliani, lunatic new yorker to the core
January 08, 2010
ok, headed to perth now. but here are some utterly random pictures of/from brisbane.
January 07, 2010
sydney is really. really. nice. especially when it's sunny. here's a triptych.
January 05, 2010
ok, some pictures from the other day in the antipodes:
January 04, 2010
you know, it's stories like this that do make me pretty happy to be a vegan...
January 01, 2010
happy new year from australia!
December 31, 2009
oh, here are 2 pictures from last night in lorne.
December 31, 2009
'm in the very beautiful gisborne, new zealand, which apparently is the first city after the dateline to see the new day
December 28, 2009
it is disconcerting, and nice, to leave nyc in a snowstorm and step off the plane in l.a to clear blue skies and perfectly coiffed palm trees
December 23, 2009
the parks department officially declared today a 'snow day', with new york city parks open for sledding
December 20, 2009
ok, huge huge monster deluge of snowstorm hitting nyc now. and i'm packing to go to los angeles and new zealand and australia
December 19, 2009
tonight's little death show was really odd and interesting. and good, i thought
December 17, 2009
oh, my friend danny took this picture a while ago, and now i'm 'mr august' in the rational animals 'musicians with animals' calendar
December 16, 2009
i don't know if i'm allowed to say this is great, but i think it's great.
December 16, 2009
joe lieberman. you might know that he's threatening to filibuster health care legislation
December 15, 2009
it's 3 a.m and i'm thinking about: (caveat: most of these things have been thought about by lots of people way smarter than i, so don't expect too much novelty here, unfortunately...)
December 10, 2009
so, as a belated birthday present my friend nichole took me to the museum of natural history tonight
December 08, 2009
NPR's All Songs Considered have nominated Wait For Me as one of their favorite albums of the year
December 07, 2009
david lynch recently launched interview project
December 07, 2009
my friend laura just sent this to me. i really do wonder why so many people pursue and glorify fame
December 07, 2009
ah, just back from 48 hours with npr in dc. i love npr.
December 05, 2009
i'm going to new zealand and australia at the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010
December 01, 2009
i don't actually understand how they're making the music, but it looks and sounds pretty great
November 24, 2009
a few months ago i was talking to my friend mark pellington and i asked him to make a short film/video for the song 'one time we lived'
November 24, 2009
so, the conservatives in the republican party have released a '10 things we believe' platform
November 23, 2009
'One Time We Lived' shoot with Mark Pellington
November 23, 2009
ha, someone just sent this to me... sweet punk rock nostalgia
November 17, 2009
so, for a starter let me say thank you to everyone who came to the palace show
November 17, 2009
ok, so sarah palin is releasing a book. and it's filled with some insightful, thoughtful gems
November 15, 2009
i've written about insomnia before. it's such a strange malady, and one from which i suffer pretty regularly
November 13, 2009
the health care legislation has passed the house of representatives
November 08, 2009
This is bella. I'm not sure any more need be said
November 06, 2009
so on the flight from nyc to geneva i watched 'mary and max'.
November 04, 2009
ok, republicans won governorship in virginia and new jersey. bummer. but not the end of the world.
November 04, 2009
ok, headed to europe now. hopefully see you soon at one of the shows
November 03, 2009
ok, this might seem odd and sort of self-serving, but i just got my finished copies of 'wait for me' deluxe
November 02, 2009
some people were asking about the 'wait for me' deluxe version. so, here's all the information
October 31, 2009
ah, new york at halloween. everyone needs a costume.
October 31, 2009
i feel it is incumbent upon me to draw attention to truly sublime works of art
October 28, 2009
Just leaving calgary, headed to edmonton
October 26, 2009
ah, legitimate news...
October 18, 2009
So here's the information for the unplugged show I'm doing in london
October 17, 2009
two weeks ago i started working with the california partnership to end domestic violence
October 16, 2009
so today we gave away a d&b remix of 'one time we lived'
October 14, 2009
last night in san diego was hot and sweaty and fun
October 14, 2009
brief update: little death show
October 12, 2009
it's already old news (in that it was announced 6 hours ago...) but president obama has been awarded the nobel peace prize. congratulations president obama!
October 09, 2009
ok, a few things, november 15 I'm doing an unplugged show in london
October 08, 2009
last week in minneapolis i went on the current and recorded a bunch of acoustic songs with inyang and kelli and claudia
October 06, 2009
just arrived in mexico city.
October 06, 2009
although some of these shows are already on sale i'd like to let you know about some european dates we've just added to the tour
October 05, 2009
as you might know, president obama recently went to copenhagen to lobby the olympic committee to have the 2016 summer olympics in the united states.
October 02, 2009
After looking at many different shelters and organizations in california I've decided to donate my california tour revenue to the california partnership to end domestic violence.
October 02, 2009
I was just reading in the new york times that california is cutting all state funding to its domestic violence program.
September 27, 2009
if you've come to any of the theater shows we've done you've seen and heard kelli scarr
September 26, 2009
just heading to boston. 4 days in nyc was nice, and now it's back out.
September 24, 2009
you know, in all of the lunacy in the health care debate one kind of large fact has been overlooked...
September 22, 2009
Hi, so in addition to performing at irving plaza monday night I'm also going to (hopefully) be doing a couple of acoustic songs at the 'age of stupid' premiere.
September 21, 2009
What a nice surprise... On Saturday we played the lark fest in albany for weqx
September 20, 2009
In dc now. Playing at 9:30 club tonight
September 18, 2009
you know, i make a lot of music videos. i mean, even for 'mistake' we've made 3 music videos.
September 14, 2009
just finished playing in porto, what a great show. thank you, porto. and thanks andy, joy, liz, rob, sarah, and svet!
September 14, 2009
yup, it's my birthday. thanks for the nice birthday wishes.
September 11, 2009
the hubble space telescope was recently given a fix-up
September 10, 2009
in brussels getting ready to play at the a.b.
September 08, 2009
the nice people at barc (brooklyn animal resource coalition) have started a kittie-cam
September 05, 2009
driving over the williamsburg bridge yesterday, and manhattan looked amazing at dusk.
September 03, 2009
so, tomorrow i leave for the uk and belgium and france and portugal. i'm looking forward to this for a few reasons.
September 03, 2009