After moving to Lambertville, NJ from South Orange, I wanted to find local musicians to play with. I was advised by friend and former Smoove member, Gregg Weiss to record the songs I had written and put them out there to see if I could find other musicians with similar tastes. Well, I ended up producing a whole 13-song album, with lots of help from my friends. Upon finishing in the summer of 2004, I dropped off a copy to the Fireside Tea House. Next thing I knew, I was in the audience at a Fireside performance, as Matt Pillischer sang Frame of Mind Rag. Shortly after, High Hearts were formed. (Thanks, Gregg!)

Friend and Family (and the FBI),

Seriously, do you ever want to get your records from the Freedom of Info Act to see what kind of crap those bastards have on you?

 No Moon Tonight [4:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here’s the second installment of the Lost Capa Tapes. We had some difficulty recording this song recently. My son was asleep upstairs and I didn’t want to wake him up, but the result was that I held back a little too much, and the vocals lacked feeling. I’ve also considered singing this one lower, in more of a Johnny Cash range, so maybe I’ll experiment with that next.

 I Wanna Sing That Rock and Roll [3:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is the first installment in a segment of many podcasts.  Usually we do this song differently, but you never know what the spur of the moment will spawn.  I was happy to get not one, but two solo opportunities here.  Woohoo!  This track is from “The Lost Capa Tapes,” recorded by Jerry Adair one night on a whim.  Jerry plays upright bass in a great Bluegrass band called Ramapo Ridge.  Thanks, Jerry!  Keep on pickin’.

We’re playing Indie Music Night on March 10! Indie Music Night is monthly evening (a Saturday 6.15pm-9.30pm) of PREMIUM quality singer/songwriters and bands which takes place in the intimate Griggstown Pavilion in Princeton. Admission is free, and tasty home-baked treats and coffee are $1.

While all the pictures from the World Press Photo competition are amazing, there is something incredibly haunting about this image of the wounded Marine, just returned home for his wedding, posing with his bride. Just one glimpse of the horrors of war.

For all you Philly folks interested in lefty politics, activism, women’s liberation, workers’ rights, socialism, or somewhere in between.. check out the International Socialist Organization’s meeting tonight:

The Fight for Abortion Rights and the Democratic Party

February 8th, 7:30pm
David Rittenhouse Lab, A-6
209 South 33rd Street

For those of you who missed out on The Doylestown Moose show a couple weeks ago… well, I’m sorry. It was a great time. But lucky for you, there’s a tape floating out there somewhere. Of course, all the best stuff happened off camera (no surprise there!). Here’s a little preview on Matt Kresge’s MySpace page of a smokin’ Smokehouse jam from that night. (There’s also a nice little ditty on there by Bern.)
BTW - don’t even try to rip off that guitarist’s licks. It won’t work for ya. Maybe if you stood on your head and looked in a mirror it would work, but probably not.