Archive for September, 2007

 

Genesis at the Garden

Sep 23, 2007 in Genesis, Live Performance, Music

Genesis at the Garden
I’m lucky to have been born at a time when music was much more than a download, ring-tone or background for a car commercial. As a teen, I would spend hours listening to my favorite albums, from start to finish, poring over the album jacket, art work and liner notes for any hint that would give me insight into an artist’s world. So to get a chance to see once of the greatest Prog Rock bands of all time live, for what could be their last ever tour, was monumental.
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Spain inspires my London writing trip.

Sep 20, 2007 in Music, Run, Swim, graffiti, london, song writing, spain, street art

Parc GuellFor the first time in a long time, I took a couple of weeks off and went to Spain with my girlfriend Jackie. It was an awe-inspiring trip. We took in the romantic Spanish architecture, ate ridiculously delicious food, and enjoyed the perfect weather. We started in Barcelona, a truly diverse city. We split our artistic attentions between the talented graffiti artists that hold their own against contemporary masters like Salvador Dali and his wacky museum of prints and sculpture. We worked off all the phenomenal tapas running along Barceloneta, the ocean-front promenade, and swimming in the outdoor pool at Estadio Olympico, built for the 1996 Olympics (we’re nuts, we were training for a triathlon, but that’s another story). You can’t go to Barcelona without tripping over something Antonio Gaudi built, so we capped off our architecture tour with Sagrada Familia (still under construction after 120 years) and a hike around Parc Guell. (more…)

Neil Schwary Heinz Ketchup contest

Sep 18, 2007 in Music, Video

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My buddy Neil Schwary put a couple of real funny spots together for the Heinz Ketchup youtube.com contest. I had a good time creating the music for the spots. (we’re spoofing those ‘the more you know” ads.

Here’s two other videos that he submitted.

Spain and London Graffiti

Sep 11, 2007 in graffiti, london, spain, stencils, street art

Here’s a bunch of Graff shots that I took while on vacation in Spain and during my Sept. writing trip in London. (Music writing….I leave the visual art to the street artists). I’m always inspired by local artists.

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