baby went to amsterdam...

mike and i spent approximately 36 hours in amsterdam last week, and it was quite amazing and surreal. we basically went coffeeshop-hopping the entire time we were there. we wandered around the red light district. we tried a couple new things... we had the wildest time, and we will probably go back for mike's big 3-0 in november... here are some photos from the trip...

space cake from coffeeshop basjoe


mike on the couch


random street musician


marijuana plant


anne frank's house


amsterdam canal



see the amsterdam flickr gallery.

songwriter spotlight on greg barkley of oh no! oh my! on lifeskool tv

i chatted with greg barkley of oh no! oh my! about his songwriting inspirations. read the interview at lifeskooltv.com!

songwriter spotlight on robbers on high street on lifeskool tv

i recently interviewed ben trokan of robbers on high street about the band's new album, grand animals, and about his latest musical inspirations... check it out on lifeskooltv.com.

away on business and pleasure

hey everyone,

i am currently abroad on business and pleasure! going to the benicassim festival again this year in valencia, spain and then off to a brief trip to amsterdam afterwards. awesome! see you when i return... my biggest goal for the weekend is to stalk amy winehouse and try to convince her to do shots with me. yeah right!

music biz buzz

just posted another music biz roundup on lifeskooltv.com. check it out here...

free simpsons movie mp3

the simpsons movie comes out 7/26! the plot of the movie is basically that homer has to save the world from some catastrophe that he himself created. well known and award-winning composer hans zimmer crafted the soundtrack.

free download: "trapped like carrots" by hans zimmer

Simpsons Movie Soundtrack:
1. The Simpsons Theme* (Orchestral Version)
2. Trapped Like Carrots
3. Doomsday Is Family Time
4. Release the Hounds
5. Clap For Alaska
6. What's An Epiphany?
7. Thank You Boob Lady
8. You Doomed Us All... Again
9. .... Lead, Not To Read
10. Why Does Everything I Whip Leave Me?
11. Bart's Doodle
12. Worlds Fattest Fertilizer Salesman
13. His Big Fat Butt Could Shield Us All
14. Spider Pig
15. Recklessly Impulsive**

New Music Releases This Week

check out my roundup of this week's new releases, and see what the artists themselves are saying about their new records... including spoon, interpol, they might be giants, smashing pumpkins and more! click here to read more.

fujiya & miyagi @ south street seaport

check out my photos from the fujiya & miyagi and black moth super rainbow show at south street seaport. click here for the photo gallery.

7-Elevens turn into Simpsons Quik-E-Marts

last week mike and i went to visit the Quik-E-Mart located near port authority in New York. yep, the 7-Eleven convenience store was transformed into Simspons-mania. it was fun! this is all part of the crazy, omnipresent simpsons movie promotion. they sold buzz cola, but i couldn't find any. my friend jason though bought a six-pack of buzz. i was looking for duff beer but they didn't have any. all of the pink-frosted donuts were gone. they had squishees instead of slurpees. we bought a box of Krusty-Os, still uneated above. i loved it all.

pipettes interview on filter tv

i did my first on-camera interview for filter tv with the pipettes... check it out here:

coin under tongue opening for spoon tomorrow at rockefeller park

coin under tongue is opening for spoon tomorrow, july 11, at a free show at rockefeller park. coin under tongue is led by joe kelly, whose fierce, magnetic, scratchy vocals are like a southern kurt cobain. a hardcore nirvana. with heavy basslines provided by george wilson of dirty on purpose and monstrous drumming by his brother greg, i think this is going to be awesome. every time i've seen this band, there has been a mosh pit. if there is rain tomorrow, be prepared for a mudpit! they go on at 6pm. spoon is on at 7pm. see you there!

music biz buzz

i wrote up another round of music industry news for lifeskooltv.com, including live earth, apple's "next big thing," starbucks, last.fm & sony bmg, and more... check it out here.

songwriter spotlight on die romantik

i recently interviewed the boys of die romantik about their new album, narcissist's waltz and their dark inspirations... check out the interview at lifeskooltv.com.

movie review round-up

transformers may be the #1 movie this week, but it TANKED in my book. the animation was great. the story was cheesy. and did it really have to be 2 and a half hours? HELL NO!

ratatouille was another cute pixar film, except that rats are NOT CUTE in my book. i felt more for the stern french girl in the kitchen than the main rat character... no fault of patton oswalt.

oh, and i finally went to see knocked up. it had its moments, but overall, i thought it was weaker than judd apatow's other flicks -- 40 year old virgin (which i loved) and talledega nights (which i didn't love as much). however, i definitely want to check out superbad!

good weekend in pictures