Seume

I was out in sunny/overcast LA over the weekend to be with my brother, Peter, and the rest of my boys — Pat, Dan, Ryan, and Norris — in HI-Stereo as they recorded tracks for an upcoming EP.  The boys chose 4th Street Recording in Santa Monica to capture the sounds.  It’s a cozy spot tucked away right off the 3rd Street Promenade, where there’s always artists, musicians, and other creative types performing.

 Click here for photos (with captions!) from the weekend.

For HI-Stereo’s myspace, simply click here.

“The Day You Were Awakened”

Since the day you were awakened.
All that time across the mirror.
Didn’t you know you’d be taken?
Buy your beauty before you hear her.
She, too, is the one you cannot see.

You’ve looked too many times.
You are naked.

But you are not beautiful.
To my eyes maybe. Yes.

  A luxury you can’t afford,
I’m afraid. Of What that means
To an end and about our eyes.

The day you were awakened.
I saw you were beautiful.
I saw you in the end.

The talented Pete Dulin at PresentMagazine.com has written an outstanding review for It Is What It Is. It’s a high compliment from a skilled writer (and music lover). Thank you for taking the time, Pete.

I recently watched (twice) the movie, “The Wrestler”. If you haven’t seen it… I recommend you rectify that sitcheeashun. It’s brilliantly done. Mickey Rourke’s performance is tremendous, as is Marisa Tomei’s (and she’s looking smoking hot), and Evan Rachel Wood is impressive, too. The script, the dialogue, the cinematography (not real sure what that means, but I know what I’m trying to say), the beginning, middle, and end… it all adds up to something really special. Really real. Human.

For a proper write up on “The Wrester” from a new friend who’s proper cool, check out what DJG has to say. To discover more of DJG’s world, visit his lovely website. But don’t say I didn’t warn you when you end up losing track of time. And likely finding time’s tracks.

By the way, DJG and I are in the beginning stages of concepting out a music video. I’m very excited to be collaborating with him, and artist/director Philip Cheaney, on this project. This will be my first really “new” creative project after nearly 3 years of working on the album. The thought alone is like the smell of an outdoor wood fire at dusk on a crisp Midwestern day.

Spirit-lifting. Invigorating. It’s like Truth in the midst of lies. It feels Good.

The ideas we currently have in mind for the video will be time consuming. And we’ve yet to settle on which album track we’ll use… Which song do YOU have in mind? For the more immediate future, I’ll be uploading live footage from this coming Saturday’s show to the video player. Should be ready around Valentine’s Day.

From: Seume

To: You

After all, it is my (assumed) ancestor Johann Gottfried Seume who is quoted thusly:

Musik ist der Schlüssel zum weiblichen Herzen.
(Music is the key to the female heart.)

Thanks for reading. I’ll have a poem for you next time…

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