My Phantogram remix made its way onto the “John in the Morning” show last week on world-famous KEXP radio! Pretty honored about it – John is a legend… (but he is NOT John Legend)
And in other news, I went to Brooklyn Bowl last night where I saw 4 bands in a row, each one with friends of mine in them. Must be a world record of some sort. First came Yr Youth, then Mr. Dream, then Murder Mystery, and then Project Jenny, Project Jan to close it out.
And I might add, it was PJPJ’s first show with their new live band. They played through a lot of the new material we’ve been working on together all year, and it was AWESOME! Oh, and David Best of Fujiya & Miyagi came out with them for a nice little encore.
All in all, quite a night. Anyhoo, holla at your boy
In the 2 years since I first wrote “The Hustle” (DOWNLOAD), it has popped up in more completely random fan videos than anything else I’ve ever made. From snowboard and BMX videos, to videogame racing soundtracks, it’s popped up quite a bit… I guess it’s got that certain cimematic je ne sais quoi.
Well, I recently discovered two new ones worth sharing. One is a Rube Goldberg Machine video, designed by a group called Interplay Design:
And the second is a kind of hilarious parody of freerunning made by some high schoolers for their digital media class… Go figure!
And lastly, here’s the video I originally wrote the piece for, those 2 fateful years ago… “It’s Your Ride” for Hutchinson Bikes. The video’s getting close to 200,000 views!
Tuesday night this week marked my IFC TV debut. My song, “Pink and Purple,” found its way into an episode of Dinner With The Band. The episode’s special guest was Brooklyn MC-extraodinaire, Theophilus London. If you’ve never seen the show, it’s actually pretty cool… Each episode, NYC-rockstar-chef Sam Mason hosts an indie band and prepares a meal for them, and the band in turn performs a song or two. Previous guests this season have included Au Revoir Simone, Rufus Wainwright, Andrew WK, The Mountain Goats, and many more… good stuff!
In a fit of excitement I snapped a little photo of my name on screen:
And because I’m feeling generous today, here’s “Pink and Purple” to stream and/or download free! It’ll only allow 100 downloads, so get ‘em while they’re hot!
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