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Nov

It’s My Birthday Today

in Beautiful Weekend, Blog, Friendship, Just For Fun, Total Friendship

Beautiful Weekend, my project with Noell Dorsey, started years ago as an Olive Grain cover band. Olive Grain was a duo, one-half of which was my friend Craig Colorusso. Their only release contained six songs, the second of which, "Lily," I listen to every year on my birthday. [...]

Oct

Heading Back to London

in Actual News, Blog, Work

I'm pleased to be heading back to London with Tyondai Braxton and the rest of the Central Market Ensemble. This time around, the group is being joined by the London Sinfonietta as part of an evening of all-around incredible music.[...]

Oct

Norman Schwarzkopf Made Me Gay

in Actual News, Blog, Work

Last year I composed music for Sara Zia Ebrahimi's film "Norman Schwarzkopf Made Me Gay" -- a short, animated jaunt through the modern history of Iran and how it has intersected with and impacted the film maker's life. The film has since debuted at Rooftop Films in NYC and is scheduled for an upcomi[...]

Sep

Music Built Around Accidentally Mis-Analyzing O.M.D.’s “If You Leave”

in Blog

I was sorting through the ol' hard drive(s) today and happened upon some music that I wrote for a project a couple of years ago which, sadly, never saw the light of day. I don't remember much about writing this other than thinking that I wanted the quiet, chuggy guitar to sound just like the qui[...]

Sep

Remixing My Brother’s Family

in Blog, Just For Fun

My brother, sister-in-law, and five-year-old niece came up to visit a few weeks ago. After learning that they were also oatmeal-for-breakfast-most-mornings people, I introduced them to steel-cut oats which, of course, provide the ultimate oatmeal experience (taking preparation time into account (can[...]

Jul

Alzheimer’s Association

in Blog, Work

I'm pleased to have provided the music for Rational Media Group's super-touching One Thing video -- a project made in collaboration with the Alzheimer's Association. Having spent the past too-many years watching my grandmother slowly fade away into the creepy void of this peculiar disease, I'm ho[...]

Jul

“Norman Schwarzkopf Made Me Gay” at Rooftop Films

in Actual News, Blog, Work

Sarah Zia Ebrahimi's Norman Schwarzkopf Made Me Gay, a film I did the music and sound design for, is making its New York debut at Rooftop Films this Wednesday, July 4th. [...]

Jun

Man Forever Tour

in Blog

Starting this Sunday, I'll be playing guitar with Man Forever for a few shows in support of the new record, Pansophical Cataract. Sun Jun 17 Burlington, VT - The Monkey House Mon Jun 18 Rochester, NY - Bug Jar Tue Jun 19 Easthampton, MA - The Flywheel Arts Collective Wed Jun 20 Binghamton, N[...]

Jun

Sushi Rice and Algebra

in Blog, Friendship, Hard Bloggin', Just For Fun

While I've been making sushi at home for years and years, I've never really nailed down a definitive rice-to-water ratio. Granted, there's a lot that goes into awesome sushi rice apart from the actual cooking -- things that include, but are not limited to how long the rice is soaked or rinsed before[...]

May

Post-April Round Up

in Blog

I had a super fun time playing guitar with Gamelan Galak Tika, this past month! Thanks to all of the nice people from the ensemble and everyone else I met along the way. [caption id="attachment_535" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="With Gamelan Galak Tika at Alice Tully Hall."][/caption][...]