Happy Birthday To Me!

Happy Birthday To Me!
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So yesterday was my birthday. And I had an amazing day and I photographed the entire day, but today like a moron before I uploaded the photos I accidentally erased them. Oops!! But I can tell you what I did. Well, I started my day by getting up late. As you can see from the photo above I was out kinda late the night before. I had to ring in my Birthday right. I hate going to bed.

So I woke up for my birthday around 10:30 and went to a dance performance down near wall street with my brother. It was an outdoor performance and was really cool. I think they do that for all the working stiffs that can't get to traditional performances. I totally fell in love with one of the dancers. I admit it. I love dancers. Maybe she will read this and call me. Maybe.

After that we went back to Brooklyn to have lunch at Jimmys. Yes I know I am there all the time, but I love that place. John was working and I got an ice cream on a brownie dessert with a candle on top. I could not bare to tell him I was vegan. So when he wasn't looking I had my brother eat it. From what I hear, it was fantastic. Next we took the train down to Coney Island to ride the Cyclone. I think I am gonna make this a birthday tradition. This was the first time I actually rode it. I had a picture, but ...well...as I mentioned, I erased it. By the way, that ride is so janky.

From there we took the train back home to chill for a bit. Then I went to dinner at a Vegan Pan-Asian joint. Fantastic. I had heard some bad reviews of the joint and it had kept me away, but I was really good. After that I met up with a couple other friends, Gaia and Genifer, for some late night entertainment. NO! Not that kind of late night entertainment. We went to see a band play at Union Pool.

That about wraps it up for the day. I still could use some more presents though.

album

album
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More and more reviews keep coming in on the record. I have to say I am really pleased that a lot of people are getting what we are doing. It makes all the hard work worth it. Check this out:

REVIEW

Sunday Fun

Sunday Fun
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So today I went with my friend Gaia to PS1. It's a museum that is part of MOMA that is in Queens. It's in this old public school space and it's really cool. Most of the exhibits are very visual arts based. I don't know if that is the best way to describe them. Lots of documentaries and interactive pieces. I am standing outside across the street in front of a building that is covered in graffiti. There were some artist adding to while I was there.

Lazin' on a Friday Afternoon

So I have been spending the past few months waiting for all the rd things to get worked out(ie tour schedule, music licensing, label crap, and our documentary). I wish I had more answers right now about each of these, but I currently don't. So what have I been spending my time this past month doing. Well funny you should ask. I have actually been working with some other bands here in New York. There is a pretty big studio and rehearsal space in Mid-Town Manhattan and I have been working with a few bands to help them with their songwriting and working out parts for the band to play. Yes I am the new Butch Walker and Rick Rubin. I have to admit it has been fun writing in some new genres and working with styles of music I just don't delve into. I will let you know more about these bands as they get closer to recording and tracking some of these songs. 

This weekend I plan on staying in. I think the weather is gonna be bad. I am thinking I will track some video stuff to put up on youtube. I want to record a couple acoustic versions of 'Takes a lot of love' and 'Abilene'. Also, I have a new song to debut too.

And I think there is cause for going to Jimmy's tomorrow.

PBR Lunch

PBR Lunch
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So why is is that everytime I go the the Wachovia on 10th and Broadway someone has left something. I have found atm cards more than once, but yesterday i found a woman's purse. And not a small one mind you. I am still baffled how she left it, Atm card inside. She had to have used to the atm, returned her card to it's slot in her wallet and then just leave the purse on the table where you can make out your deposit slip. Weird huh.

Well in less than two hours with my team of crack detectives we were able to return the wallet to her. I left a message at the ATM letting her know I had it. that didn't work. She was in college so we assumed she had a Facebook acct. She did. We left her a message there. Nothing. Then I found where she went to school. Looked in the student directory and found an email for her. Sent her one. NADA! Finally the trump card came from my new friend Julie. She googled the address on the girl's license. BINGO! It came up a business. They had a website with a phone number. We called. Her dad called us back. He had his daughter call us. She met us and got her wallet back. I tell you it is scary how we found enough info on this girl to track her down. I almost feel a little dirty, but I know we had to do it to get her her wallet back.

In other news, still no word from my friend in LA. Guess that means our friendship has ended uselessly. I have now gone from being upset to just pissed. Being polite has once again not gone unpunished. I sure hope my returning that girl's wallet doesn't upset her too.

The pic is from the beer I was drinking while waiting to return the wallet. It was good!

New Song Lyrics

Bury me
in the sea
of make believe
where no one will find

out that i
am just a lie
told too many times
to everyone i know

it's hard to be the victim when you are causing all the pain
in a world of much and nothing
there's standing in the rain

and if you get the notion and you want to follow me
don't waste your time
i'll be just fine
on my own

every shade
of blue and grey
in a modern haze
surrounds you and me

I wake up
when you start to cry
for reasons why
no one seems to know

it's hard to be the victim when you are causing all the pain
in a world of much and nothing to do
there's standing in the rain

and if you get the notion and you want to follow me
don't waste your time
i'll be just fine
on my own

So Today....

Lunch at Kate
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...Is the first day of August. I was hoping it was would be off to a better start. Well, to be perfectly honest today started fairly well. I spent most of the day out pretending to be a tourist. That meant going uptown. Shhhh....Don't tell the hipsters I went about 14th street. I might loose my street cred. I spent a lot of time today looking for Summerfest. That is a concert/art series that runs here in New York in the summer. I have never been and today they had a brazilian dance thing going. Sounded like a load of good times to me. I finally found it after walking about 20 blocks out of my way. The line was WAY long and I decided to go the the MOMA instead. And it took me forever to get there. I always forget how many tourist are on 5th ave. It's like trying to part the red sea of mid-westerners(my apologies to my friends and family in the the mid west). To top it off, I always forget what street its on.

After MOMA I thought I would search out a Strarbucks. Actually, I started the search long before MOMA and I could not for the life of me find one. I mean downtown I can stand on one corner and throw a rock and hit three. But eventually I found one. Grande Ice Coffee please!

Next I decided to venture back and see about the dance thingy(hold on gotta turn the record over). Somehow I found my way back. It was nothing short of a miracle and the line was so long there had to be more people in line than in the show. No thanks! Downtown I went. I hopped a bus down to the village. For most of the ride it was just me and the driver. It was like i had a really big ugly limo.

After a few drinks out at a couple dt spots I came on home. Now to the bad news of the day. Turns out I have really upset a friend of mine I just met from LA. I don't care to go into details, but it was over a huge misunderstanding and now I don't think she wants to be friends any longer which really sucks cause she is super cool. Now I am just back at my place playing my new record i bought tonight. It's a real heartbreaker so it fits the evening. I hope things work out for us. I hate losing friends especially like this.

I almost don't want to mention, but in other news were we played on another radio show. You can check it out here if you like:

Episode 154

Gotta tell you. One of the reasons I love making music so much is that I get to meet cool people. And this is how I met my friend in LA. Though it seems like today I am having the opposite affect on people. I sure hope tomorrow is not the same as today...

btw The picture is from lunch at Kate's with my friend Jerllin. I am having Fries and the Unturkey Club. She had the same.