05052012 First off, thanks to all of you who made it out to see me at the handful of shows I did last month. I have a couple of more shows coming up, including a Maypole event being presented by my creatively wonderful friends at Eternal Otter Records which is happening this evening (May 5th) [...]
SoundCloud exclusive
04.11.2012 Can you believe we’re almost halfway through the month of April? With two singles completed and released (No.’s 1 & 2), I’ve been focusing on finishing up the tracks for the next one. It’s a bit of a challenge to keep the fresh ideas flowing, but it’s even more of a challenge to have [...]
04.03.12
While I do hear voices from time to time (mostly in my dreams), they’ve been rather cumbersome lately. I’m not sure what that means. There’s a nagging feeling emanating from whichever side of my brain is in charge of discipline that keeps urging me to release the pre-order for the No. 2 single plexi-discs. I [...]
No. 2 Single available digitally
Hello folks. Since returning from tour, Stephen Quirk at Factory Portland and I have been preparing the next single, No. 2, for release. The limited edition plexi-disc will be made available for purchase as soon as it is in hand. In the meantime, it is now digitally available via the ASJ bandcamp page And if [...]
03072012
Home. The show at Quenchers in Chicago on Friday night was the most exhilarating show I’ve played to date. There were about 150 people in attendance. This is almost double the amount of the largest attendance that my band, Spouse, had ever played to in Chicago. I think part of the reason was because there [...]
03022012
03022012 Part of the idea behind being a performance artist is that you can challenge yourself to do some fairly ridiculous things just for the sheer challenge of it. So today, I would like to attempt writing my blog entries for the past 4 days , or rather typing my blog entries for the past [...]
The Day Off in Reverse
Walking back from the bar last night, my mini flashlight that so often accompanies me on my late night walks hiccuped for a moment as I crossed the section of road where highway on-ramps and exit-chutes meet or bid farewell to the traffic. Even at midnight there were enough vehicles shifting around to make me [...]
A Step Above Being Ignored
02/26/12 I know I owe my blog an entry about Portland, OR. However, I am skipping right over some of the details. Not that the show in Portland was bad in any way. It was better than fine. It was good, it was satisfying, I love The Cabin Project and they were spot-on that night. [...]
The ‘Other’ Portland
First off, The Cabin Project is beautiful. They sound so great live. I’ve worked on some recording projects with them in the past, but I hadn’t had a chance to see them perform. I’m really happy to get to hear them again tonight and tomorrow. And they’re total sweethearts. Driving to Portland, OR from Seattle, [...]
Getting to Seattle
Because I’m a bit high-strung (as anyone who knows me can attest), I’m a nervous traveler. I’m a good traveler, but it demands so much patience from me and I don’t have much to begin with. The plane was held on the tarmac for about 40 minutes. I missed my connecting flight in Newark and [...]