Jeffery Lewis is a Genius
I saw Jeff Lewis perform this song at Sidewalk in 2003 and it blew my mind. And today I saw this video and it blew my mind again. Please watch it.

Day after V-Day with Los Lisps



oh my god.
listen to Ching Chong Song
listen to Emergency Party

Bad Blogger Bad Blogger

guys I'm still here but my internet's been down for 2 weeks!
I'll be back!

Three Melodica Videos
for your enjoyment...

Rest in Peace Michael Brecker

It is terrifying the way this man plays the saxophone. And though what he made wasn't always my favorite. Hearing him play is astonishing.



this is so bizarre...

Ahh Life

sorry for the dearth of compelling posts lately. I've been in the weeds of life.

1. I'm excited about my collaboration with Isobel Cohen. I've given her about 12 minutes of new music, the piece was premiered in the UK but I've yet to see it.
2. contra-tiempo is also soon to debut their new piece, for which I've composed mucho. I'll be out in LA in February
3. I'm moving soon=stress
4. I'm working on sound for a feature length independent film with lots of gunshots and car crashes.
5. got jury duty but postponed it.
6. got two shows in a rows this weekend.
7. got to perform with Dale Sherrard at the poetry project on new years day. you gotta love that guy.
8. Starting to think about working on starting to book our tour in April.
9. Didn't smell the noxious odor reeking off Manhattan today, another benefit of Bronx living. (though we're not always odor free)

here are some musicians I'm listening to lately:

Bell


Juan Prophet Organization


Hella


Laura Gibson


Anthology of American Folk Music edited by Harry Smith
(best christmas present ever)



happy new year!

I'm Sorry...

Frozen Lisps?

Online Consumers Are Re-Energizing The Music Industry

"According to a new survey released by the Digital Media Association, digital music consumers listen to more music, are exposed to more new music, talk more about music and attend more concerts."

read more...

Yes! as I was saying....

2 Shows in a Rows

Friday January 12th at PIANOS
8:30: The Lisps
9:30: Change the Station,
10:30: Salt&Samovar,
11:30: Mattison



&

Saturday January 13th Bar Matchless
8pm The Lisps
9pm Beat Radio
10pm Life in Bed
11pm Mistakes
Presented by:
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted and The Battering Room

Gerard vs. Bear quit blogging?

nooooooooooo!

"2007 maybe see more asshole make say "ME GERARD."

No. YOU NOT GERARD.

FUUUUCK.

Gerard no make reveal. Gerard maybe fade away.

NO MAKE REVEAL."

New report spells trouble for music industry, not Apple

This is a great article in USA today of all places.

"People want their music without restrictions, and too many legal downloads, like those from iTunes, come with restrictions. You can't copy them to another player, or you're limited to how often you can do it, or you have to jump through the hoops of burning your iTunes tracks to CD and re-ripping them to a more useful format. And iTunes works most seamlessly with just one brand of music player: Apple. Right now it's not as much of an issue, with iPods having a dominant market share. But as cellphones with built-in MP3 players gain popularity, users will find themselves up against an entirely new set of usage restrictions.

Some subscription services will delete the music from your player when you cancel your subscription.

You'd almost be better off buying an LP.

Buy a CD or use a program like eMule to steal music and you have no restrictions. And that's what people want.

They don't want to have to match their music store with their music player any more than they want to have to match their brands of gasoline with their brands of car. They want, in short, to be able to use today's music the same ways they used yesterday's: Any way they want.

In fact, the industry's been down this road before and hit a similar wall. In the first decades of the 20th century, the wax cylinders (and, later, 78rpm disks) on which music was recorded worked only with specific players. Industry attempts to monopolize the technology led only to poor sales."

read more....

MUSIC OF 2006: When the kids lost the music

I can't believe how inept and narrow-minded this article is in the "Japan Times."

"Young people aren't interested in music anymore, and it's having an effect on concert-ticket sales. The Rock In Japan Festival [which took place this year in August in Ibaraki Prefecture and attracted 47,000 fans per day over three days] might have sold out, but tickets for individual shows are on the decline. In short, I'm not optimistic about the future of music."

It's almost comical.