Tacos Screening at Makeout Room03/02/2010 Thanks to everyone who made it out to the Makeout Room to check out Tacos de Pescado and the rest of the program. May the force be with you. First Time For Everything01/05/2010  This is a cool venue. Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams (Sr. & Jr.), and Marty Robbins all played here back in the day. There are still photos on the wall from that era. I gather that the place has been through several management changes over the years, and that the current scene is a big improvement. It's a big, beautiful room. The boys and I played a few songs at their first open mic tonight. Don't be offended you didn't get hipped to the lick up front. I needed to do one by myself first. It was all right. We didn't sound too bad, and it was fun. Boom, on to the next thing. Ah, at last. Well, I played drums in a one-off house-party band once, and sang for the old office holiday party band, but axe in hand, mic in face, singing stuff I wrote in front of a band? A first. Awesome. It's never too late to start having fun. Built to Spill11/01/2009  An old favorite, at the Fillmore. Got there a little early and scored some seats upstairs in the balcony, waiting to wade into the crowd until after the show got started. Practiced the art of the early exit, avoiding the bottleneck crush of humanity in the halls and stairways. Sweet. Photo Mystery06/09/2009  On a bus ride, through the translucent tag to the grad week event crowd migrating across the hilltop cathedral's grounds. Or is it a deleted scene from Gattaca or Battlestar Galactica? You make the call. "Moonlight Sonata" Wins Gold Kahuna Award02/25/2009 Say that five times fast! Moonlight picked up the Gold Kahuna Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the 2009 Honolulu International Film Festival. Moonlight Sonata, Celik Kayalar's indie feature in which I play one very dark scene (not for kids), has been accepted into the 11th Annual California Independent Film Festival in Livermore this coming April 16 - 19.  Alejandro Adams is an amazing director. Canary is a dystopian sci-fi feature dealing with organ theft. I play an agressive TV producer. Ensemble cast, improvised performances, great chemistry.
A Bowl of Rose Leaves - New Play06/10/2008 You asked for it, people, and you got it. More theatre! I’ve been cast in a Studio 300 Theatre production of Fred Smith’s “A Bowl of Rose Leaves,” directed by Tonya Foster and Shari Carlson. Bar Feeders & Bay to Breakers06/02/2008  Finally made it out to see my pals The Bar Feeders. These guys have been around for at least 15 years, cranking out old school punk rock. Great show included the unfortunate but amazingly swift removal of one over-excited fan. Preceded by The Crosstops, more local greats, sharing the same drummer in one amazing Mr. Cecil B. Feeder (also an incredible filmmaker).  Man, what a bunch of people! Lots of pirates, drunk people clinging to trees, crazy dancing naked dudes. I slept in (see "Bar Feeders" above) but met up with the insanity of Bay to Breakers in the park. All kinds, ages, anything goes. San Francisco rocks. | Blog CategoriesAll ArchivesOctober 2011 |
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