Tonight at Spike Hill, I didn’t just come out solo after two bands, I came out solo after a 7-piece gypsy punk band. The Butcher Knives, while in err about not using the skills of Spike Hill’s soundman-in-residence Danny, brought a dancing, sweating, gorgeous crowd out to Williamsburg, and stuck around to hear my set…
…wow. Last night I did some stuff I never thought I’d do. Sunswick 3535 is a draught house smack dab in between Astoria and Long Island City, which owes some of its vibe (including its Steelers gear) to its first manager’s admiration of Pittsburgh’s own Fat Head’s tap house (there is even a Fat Head’s…
Are you looking for funny? Look no further: I give you Broad City. I stumbled across this series while youtube stalking Rob Michael Hugel, who as it turned out had done a lot more in the way of directing and editing than his humility betrays in casual conversation. Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson met through…
Last night, I overcame a whiskey hangover (water is a miracle) to deliver 3 hours of quality at the Red Lion! My friend Silbin Sandovar called me in to sub for him while he gets over some kind of death cold, but it felt to me more like he was doing me a favor than…
I had a great time last night at Spike Hill! We started out the night with Xavier Cardriche, a dude I met a few years back in Astoria, when we both used to hit the open mic at the Quays. Great positive vibe from the guy, who brought it even though he was a band…
To say yesterday’s show was a commercial failure would not be an understatement, but I did get to have a nice drunken conversation with a dude I met when he was 22, who is now moving and shaking in Pittsburgh pretty well. We’re going to plan some shows soon — more on that as it…
I planned, when Here Goes Nothing came out, to take a giant Megabus tour, but was thwarted when their customer service people told me I would not be allowed to bring my guitar with me on a Megabus! I’ve worked out the kinks, so now I’m exploring my options. It’s time for a roadtrip: 7/13:…
It’s about time for me to start working on a new album, and I’m already in full swing! A side-gig for a website last year afforded me a really nice tube mic and some gear, so I’m going to take another shot at home recording, with Dead Pressed Flowers’ old helmsman, Ryan Miller, trying out…
I’ve decided to start using WordPress, so my site is starting anew! In a little while, I’ll be building my own custom theme, so things will look a little more “me,” but for now, this is where we’re at. Check back every day — I’ll be making changes all the time!
I get asked about “Jerk” a lot, which makes sense — it raises a lot of questions about my self-esteem, and it rings alarms for some. When my cousin Eugenie heard it for the first time, she had kind of a tear in her eye as she raised the point that maybe I was pushing…