I took the family and went backpacking this week at the Channel Islands. It was beautiful and remote, and a great adventure for a few days. So, you get the catamaran out of Ventura, blast across the channel breaking through swells at 25 knots and looking for dolphin and whales, and then they drop you [...]
The B-52s have a new album coming out next week, but they have already released the whole thing for free on the internet. Someday I’ll understand all this new music business. It used to be that a concert tour was just an ad campaign for the record and the songs. Now it [...]
I spent last weekend working with the Perry Mills Project on our new recording. We finished tracking drums for the album and got reference tracks for everything else. So far so good — we got great sounds and had a lot of fun. If you click the image below, you’ll see the [...]
Well, I finally saw Once tonight. I wish I’d seen it earlier, but it actually comes at just the right time because it was very inspiring as I head into the studio this weekend, and to Ireland next month.
What a beautiful, wonderful movie. It’s like a movie version of one of those trompe l’oeil [...]
Take a look at the new gig calendar here. It’s shaping up to be a great year!