Deftones-Rocket Skates
Best record of the year, hands down. I’ve never heard such depth, melody and heaviness all in one record. Viva Chi Cheng!
Conversation Killed
This barn is down the street from our house but I never took shots of it until last night. I was there for about 25 minutes until a cop pulled up and asked what I was doing. I played dumb and told him I didn’t see all the trespassing signs that were extremely visible once [...]
Kansas
This is Kansas, everyone should drive through if just once in their life. You may ask yourself why in the world would I want to drive through Kansas? Here’s your explanation…
The Beast
I traded my Dano for this guitar that was only made in Japan in the 60′s. I name him the Beast for obvious reasons. This model is actually the first guitar to ever receive the sparkle finish…need I say more? Tomorrow I’m playing with the greatest drummer I’ve ever played with. As if my life [...]
Only
I saw the preview for the new flick with Gerard Butler and Jennifer Anisdone. Midway through it there’s a song that’s a direct ripoff of NIN’s song, “Only.” I wonder if they have to pay for rights or do they work within the parameters of not getting sued. If you ripoff the beat but change [...]
Right about now
Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins are hacking out songs for the new Foos record. Word is they’re recording it with Butch Vig. on tape. in Grohl’s garage. I’m definitely not excited to hear anything they do at this point; they did two tracks with Butch Vig last year for their greatest hits and both songs [...]
10 years ago
Dr. Raj walked into my room at the ER and told me I had Leukemia. I didn’t know what it was but they said it was cancer, I knew I was in trouble. I definitely didn’t know I was in for 13 surgeries. My life has been an amazing roller coaster since then. I’ve been [...]
No Sleep till Sactown
Had a great day with tons of family and friends. I have two days until I go to mixing and I have a handful of guitar parts and two songs to record vocals to…I don’t have the verses written either. I don’t sleep towards the end of making records and my hip isn’t helping things. [...]
All the While
Here’s the video for All the While, I shot the photography and Sophie Broadgate did the composition and editing.
Bass Lessons
I tried to give these guys a bass lesson and this is what happened. I take it back, camera phones could be useful aside from taking terrible shots at concerts for your facebook page.,,or posting to your flickr and saying, “taken with camera phone!”
RIP Chris Feinstein
Spacewolf passed away December 14th, truly tragic to lose anyone at 42. The Cardinals are no more, you can’t replace such an integral member. The way he grooved with Brad Pemberton was incomparable, achieved through years of them playing together in various bands. Damn life is short. Here’s to you Spacewolf, thanks for the music [...]
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
I came across this set about a year ago when I lived in Oakland. I was blown away by how intense RA was at such a low volume, that’s when I got hooked on going acoustic. These songs take flight when the band rips into them…truly a measure of how great a song is. Go [...]
Under Construction
Things have been under construction for a while but I’ve finally found a website that fulfills every aspect I was looking for.