journal

headed to san francisco and then on to wanderlust
July 29, 2010
kelli scarr
July 28, 2010
this just makes me so unspeakably sad
July 25, 2010
this is the sort of story that just makes you shake your head in bewilderment...
July 24, 2010
just finished the vatican commandos/everybody's scene show at mercury lounge.
July 18, 2010
i just got back from a screening of lucy walker's movie 'wasteland' at the museum of modern art
July 16, 2010
here's the information for the vatican commandos show this saturday
July 13, 2010
vatican commandos show is all sold out, hopefully you got tickets, and hopefully see you saturday night
July 13, 2010
thanks for coming to the diamondsnake show at dragonfly. i'm enclosing a picture of the diamondsnake rock men, the l.a members of 'snakecharmer', and some of our friends
July 10, 2010
oh, and if you're wondering what americans do to celebrate our independence day...
July 05, 2010
happy 4th of july. which is just another day everywhere else in the world. but here in america it's a celebration of independence via blowing things up and barbecuing
July 04, 2010
the nice people at xlr8r asked me to do an old skool rave mix for their podcast series. so, as an unreformed raver, i said 'yes'
June 30, 2010
just finished dj'ing at edc in l.a, and it was amazing. 90,000 people, lots of stages, great dj's, etc
June 27, 2010
in l.a now, getting ready to go to electric daisy. but first i have to have tacos. priorities
June 26, 2010
oh, some people have drawn my attention to the fact that a homophobic ad campaign is using 'porcelain' needless to say we didn't approve this
June 22, 2010
ok, i like rats. when i was a tiny baby living in harlem my parents had a menagerie of animals
June 22, 2010
list time! that special time when i have a whole lot of random things to, well, list.
June 21, 2010
ok, here's me for the next few months, plus a pug
June 15, 2010
a few days ago i went to the cloisters, which is probably my favorite place/museum in nyc
June 11, 2010
diamondsnake guitar/bass player dave hill has sent out an invite to the show on the 17th that is, i believe, awesome
June 11, 2010
this friday, the 11th of june, there's a fun show at le poisson rouge with the little death and lady rizo
June 08, 2010
our friends b.a and masha and ashly have made the first diamondsnake video
June 07, 2010
very interesting article on a recent u.n report
June 03, 2010
summertime in nyc is flawless so far. this is my roof, where i'm working today
June 02, 2010
i just wanted to write a brief memorial day letter of gratitude and support to all who have served or are currently serving
June 01, 2010
as diamondsnake are a contemporary rock and roll band we have a presence on a variety of social networking sites
May 24, 2010
in our continuing quest to bring parking lot anthems to the world we've added 5 new songs to the diamondsnake site
May 18, 2010
over the last year we've compiled a whole bunch of good remixes for 'wait for me', so today we're releasing them in one place (or 2 cd's)
May 18, 2010
ah, ronnie james dio died yesterday. one of the greatest metal singers of all time
May 17, 2010
someone just sent me a blog link wherein i was described as 'universally loathed'. does that include dogs?
May 13, 2010
not sure about the significance of 17's, but: june 17th diamondsnake show at highline ballroom in nyc. for metal go here
May 12, 2010
today was spent: eating avocados. going to a pug party on a roof deck
May 08, 2010
friday may 14 i'm dj'ing at webster hall with neon indian, a.c slater, plus the legendary arthur baker
May 07, 2010
i'm glad that many of you seem to like 'gone to sleep', that we recorded at npr.
May 05, 2010
last winter kelli scarr and i went to the npr studio in d.c and wrote, recorded, and mixed a song in one day
May 04, 2010
ok, why tuesday is a busy day for me here in nyc
May 04, 2010
adios colombia, y muchas gracias! yo voy a nueva york ahora. hasta luego, y gracias!
May 02, 2010
while we were flying from buenos aires to bogota we flew over the chilean desert, which is apparently one of the dryest places on the planet
May 01, 2010
it's the last day of the tour (roughly one year, from may 2009 - may 2010)
May 01, 2010
hola, y ahora estoy en colombia. many people have asked me what i think about the anti-immigration law that recently passed in arizona
May 01, 2010
just leaving buenos aires now and heading to bogota here are some random pictures
April 30, 2010
so, a few months ago i got together with my friends dave and phil and tomato and started a metal band: diamondsnake
April 30, 2010
more airplane pictures. one picture as we were leaving rio. 2 pictures over the andes and 1 picture approaching santiago as the sun was setting
April 27, 2010
ok, a few more pictures from our day off in rio. headed to santiago, chile now.
April 26, 2010
rio is an amazing city in which to have a day off
April 25, 2010
just headed to rio. although it's saturday, so you'll probably read this on a monday? in which case i'm probably headed to santiago
April 24, 2010
i was looking at apod (astronomy pic of the day, the nasa site for nerds like me) and i came across this picture of a cluster of galaxies
April 23, 2010
the supreme court today ruled to allow the sale of videos showing animals being tortured
April 20, 2010
wait for me video competition winners announced
April 19, 2010
we arrived in porto allegre last night, and we're staying in a hotel that has really, really blue windows
April 19, 2010
as you might/might not know, brasilia is sort of a mecca for architecture nerds
April 19, 2010
I'm here in lima, waiting backstage to go out and perform
April 16, 2010
shouldn't there be a 'this will kill you if you eat itl' tax that is levied on food like this?
April 12, 2010
happy monday. so, this weekend i...
April 12, 2010
oh, some people in d.c were asking about my twitter address. it's a bit simple and obscure at the same time
April 12, 2010
if you're a republican you shouldn't fill out the census, as i'm sure they'll sample your dna and make republican-robot-alien hybrid clones to work in the underground satan mines.
April 08, 2010
as some of you might know, we had a video competition for 'wait for me'. i was hoping to have 30 or 40 submissions, but we received around 500
April 08, 2010
thanks for coming to the powerhouse arena gristle book release party last night
April 07, 2010
at the risk of sounding incredibly self-serving i wanted to draw attention to the fact that we've got a nice, new store
April 06, 2010
in portland now, just finished the powell's book store q&a. thanks for coming to the l.a and seattle and portland events! oh, some things about 'gristle'
March 29, 2010
the new york times runs this series on new yorkers and what they do with their sundays
March 28, 2010
hi, in seattle for the gristle event tonight at town hall. oops, here are the details
March 26, 2010
last night the house of representatives passed health care reform legislation
March 22, 2010
so, 'gristle' is finally released!  and we're doing some events on the west and east coasts to help draw attention to the fact that the book is out
March 22, 2010
ah boy, tea party republicans last week ganged up on a man who was very sick with parkinsons disease
March 20, 2010
En route to l.a we decided to take a detour and fly over mars. I took a picture to prove it
March 20, 2010
oh, a few people were wondering about the south american tour that we're doing in april
March 19, 2010
here's the true face of the 'tea party' movement.
March 18, 2010
yesterday president obama sat down to do an interview for fox news, which was odd
March 18, 2010
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