moving thru december

Alright, gonna try and get everything covered, get up to date before the Holly-Daze hits…. so much to do in the next couple of weeks, and i just wish i could curl up with the pups and sleep for a while… November ended with a very good thanksgiving meal at our house with Amy and [...]

metallica, madonna, mayhem

Time flies when you’re, you know, busy doing stuff…. It’s almost the end of November, and I thought I’d get some words and pics up here, now, before this holiday season hits too hard. October 17th Shelley and I drive up to San Francisco to meet up with Audra and Brennan and hit the Cow [...]

Montreal Pop, Wiggle Waggle Walk, and a Weezing….

Friday October 3rd and it’s off to Montreal to play the Pop Montreal festival… I have to fly to Chicago, change flights, continue to Montreal, and hopefully have enough time to rest a bit before hitting the Stage at the Saphir at 8 pm. The rest of the band flew in a day earlier, so [...]

somewhere between hawaii and montreal

Caught briefly in LA for a couple of days, between Hawaii and Montreal. Go Go Gadget JetSetter… It’s the end of September, and we get one last black kite practice tonite before hitting the Pop Montreal stage on Friday night. A little nervous, but mostly in a good way. September moved by pretty fast – [...]

Popping Montreal and Modest in Modesto

First off, It’s September. things keep moving on and on. I guess the big news is that the Black Kites were invited to play the Pop Montreal festival in October. it just sorta happened, and we’re all very anxious and excited. First – it’s ok, we’re playing Friday Night at the Saphir, at 10 pm. [...]

38 is the magic sum for the Magic Hexagon.

well – today i’ve been here (on this planet) for 38 years, starting now into my 39th. kinda the same, kinda strange, and kinda like new year’s eve, it’s a time i start looking back on my life. what i’ve done and what i haven’t. unfortunately, while new year’s i kinda take stock of my [...]

locals only / quake town

Playlist 7/27/08   End Roulette – Paper Bullets Cold War Kids – Something Is Not Right With Me I Am Ghost – Killer Likes Candy Run Run Run – Good Company Black Kites – Paper Heart The Briggs – Charge Into The Sun Tanner Horn $ The A.B.B. – My Perverted Mind Oedipus – Tonight [...]

i stab propulsively

So Tuesday the 15th came and went, with another black kites set. This time outside in the courtyard – big stage gazebo. Fountains of candlelight.  A Japanese subtitled Jean Cocteau film playing on a big wall. Hipsters, gazers, indie-kids, brit-poppers, mod rockers, smokers and jokers… all watching and waiting and swaying and rocking and talking and [...]

Cure Waits, Arizona Disney. or something like that

wow. end of june already. summer is here, and a couple of spins, and it’ll be next year. so – to fill in the gaps, a little pre and post boston updates. May 29th – Black Kites played at the Scene – our last show until July 15th – which is coming up soon. It’s [...]

show to show (to show)

So – seems like i’m managing a post about as often as the Black Kites play live – gotta pick up the pace a bit. Tonight – the band hits The Scene – for a benefit show – and who knows – could be a good turn out, but there seems to be a little [...]