since my phone has nothing interesting to say...

my brother Andy bought a g3 ibook a few months ago to 'teach himself mac.' needless to say, the g3 isnt the best machine to learn on since its pre-intel and really cant run 80-90% of any contemporary programs - isnt it fun to say contemporary when i am referencing things made only 5 years ago? no. its not. slow down.

ive been wanting to move my main machine down to the basement for recording purposes; the cassette four track i have is toast and i always hated mixing down so far removed from the space i created in. andy doesnt have the time with two kids and an outdated machine to learn programs in order to teach others how to use them for the cheap so i grabbed it (paid him for it) and its on its way. now ive done plenty of research on how to get a solid multitracked signal into really shitty computers, so aside from the mac i will have to purchase (or find in some box somewhere) a simple little mixer and interface. basically i will be doing future recordings direct to the machine while working with two tracks. its classic. its a challenge. its kinda easy. its recording 101. im not a whole band, so i wont have to worry too much about mic placement and the such in a group setting, but i am excited to see what i can do with a solid drum track and all of the ephemeral crap i have collected over the years. building and building and layering and layering.

the last run of any self recording ive done was my ipod plugged directly into my computer, making some fantastically delayed, overdriven, oscillating single tones. its not enough. thats too easy. too minimal for anyone to take seriously, no matter how well the textures translate from low to hi-fi.

ive got to find host for the songs or i'll just start releasing digi-eps until someone tells me to stop. i really really hope that person isnt my wife.

in less creative news i cant bring myself to ruin good paper until i get a good idea. the sketch books are getting dusty and i havent seen anything remotely interesting lately. i need to see some dance, some theater, some action. i want to get back into the figure but who wants to sit and have me make them look ugly? no one. ten years ago this wouldnt have been a problem. i guess thats why some art school kids stay at university for umpteen years: the chicks, maaaaan. whatev.

thin fevers has a new ep out - dont worry, you cant hear the cymbals:
album name
(live) on the Scene
there was an interview that went with it - just us clowning on ourselves and talking about sandwiches. thank god that isnt around. it would have ruined our reputation.

rooms is about to rule the world with a proper press push for our full length. dont seem surprised if you see a crappy write up somewhere. music journalists, and i say this because i knew some in my day and theyre dicks, some music journalists are dicks. they read the one sheet, the copy and paste, they get to track 3 and say they know the sound. thats lazy and not good for music. plus, it makes them dicks.


enough about dicks. i have to practice the ebow now.

double drum duty OR i cant remember the last time i played two shows with two bands at the same club the same night

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i think maybe it was Incest Fest (13 bands, all connected, all at one show) about 5 years ago, when fevers played then a few bands later didache played... but that was at my house and well... its not the same.

Rooms was tagged to play this a while ago, but in needing an opener for a show always brings up the question, "why dont we get your other band to play too?" well, because no one ever thinks i can play two blazing sets in one night. well thats just horse hockey. i can have sex and then play a show, so how hard could doing two sets be? it wont be.

both bands are super fun to play in and as long as i can keep my head clear and my muscles warm it shouldnt be a problem. the show is free, there will be some good beer there (locals always has something delicious on tap), and you get to see how many beats i jack from each band im in.

ongoing projects

as my energies have recently been steered towards the musical end of my spectrum, i can write about some pretty awesome things coming up in the near future.

first, my long time crew Thin Fevers is getting hair cuts and doing tons of ab crunches to get ready for a photo shoot at the end of the month. none of the band knows where the hell this shoot will take place or what kind of release forms will needed to be signed, but hey, we're pretty, so it'll make us feel good.

Fevers will also be playing a pretty damn sexy summer show with soon to be friends the the Jai-Alai Savant & the Che Arthur Three at the Vollrath (or more lovingly referred to as the "Voltron" by the coolest of kids) on June 27th.

here, look at this....















The other band im in, ROOMS is preparing for some cool shows coming up, the most important being our full length recording's release show on August 7th at the Historic Melody Inn. word on the street is that this cd is going to blow up pretty huge, so get one at this show since we probably wont want to do a reissue. some of the songs are a little older and we have close to an entire follow up already written, so get on that shit, NOW.

I havent had much time to take proper pics of the solo show from April, but i have to share the bad news that Alchemy, the gallery that so graciously hosted the show, is now dead. the owners still live on, but the space is otherwise not going to be used for its intended purpose. as they never had a proper web site, neither do i, but that will change pretty quickly. get your bookmarks ready, k?

ok off to practice.

werkin....

no time in the studio... but some time on other things i hope pan out... and by pan i mean 49er PAN OF GOLD!!!

im looking into grants for myself to develop more clearly and quickly as an Artist. there are some in indy and there are politics involved, but aside from that i need help writing grant proposals. ive got some friends willing to help me out so in the next week or two i hope to get my shit together enough to get some real work done on the back end.

mix this with the strange desire to do a radio show for wfyi's hd station. yea... im thick enough to be spread around like that. theres a joke in there somewhere, but im not going to laugh at it. tentatively called testing the waters, its my chance to play some music i think is cool with all of the ridicule of not being open to new ideas. well, im sure someones going to have a thing or two to say about a thing or two, but trust me, itll be cool. a half hour show on HD, prolly a podcast, maybe once a month, maybe more. its getting my ears working again.

then theres the damage i do to my ears: Rooms has all of one show booked for the next weekend but with a practice from last weekend to stand on. thatll be fine. then on the 18th thin fevers has a toys for tots show at the mel (same as the rooms show) and we are old and rusty. new songs make us stronger though. they make me want to record more, but we are still sitting on a bunch of awesome box sets you neeeeeeeed to buy.

and how do i find time to kiss my wife? you know theres always time for that!


keep in touch, k?

new thin fevers song/ return to the figure?

here is the new one from TF, a little fast and sorry for the lighting change in the middle - it was hot in there, and i dont just mean because i was there....



in works on paper news...
i got a bug in me and started with some very physical lines which turned into very people parts looking shapes which turned into a very sexual, abstract pair of works still being honed down into tighter shapes and forms. i still want to incorporate the use of "refused line choices" but when it comes to the figure you get into blood memory, muscle reactions, and stepping back and not liking it - the later makes the line work fun because of the build up of process, the history within a line (choices of erasing, destruction, weight and other formal issues.)

it seems the most tenuous part of this is just thinking about it while awake. i had it all figured out around 5 am, but i pretty comfortable with my eyes closed, dreaming of rolling down a soft hill.
pics of the process soon.

working with others

as you may know, i am in a number of rock bands. Thin Fevers is one of them and we have a new cd coming out next week. if you want to come to the show or find out what all is involved with the band, our shows, or just to get to know us a little better, check out thin fevers dot com.

and for an up-close and impersonal look into the members of thin fevers you can watch these vids.


and me lady has a car now, so look for more work that will fit into a bigger trunk.