November 2010
4 posts
Trust me, get this Jónsi DVD. Get it so you can have at least one magical winter night on your couch. Unreal production. http://awe.sm/5CudG
Who says beets aren’t breakfast? Van and I have the Mats on the box, the windows open and we’re chowin’. All we want is beets for breakfast!
Seeing your work in magazines is fun. Especially if the facts are *almost* accurate. Ha! We sold the tickets in advance. http://awe.sm/5Co29
Twice now a hummingbird has landed on the branch outside my office window. This is why I live in Laurel Canyon. Hummingbirds are damn cool.
October 2010
8 posts
Now a quick lunch before heading off to meet with @scottrodger in a conference room decorated with a couple million pounds of modern art…
No idea when I last had 10 hours sleep, but WOW. I feel like a million bucks. Or is it a million pounds? Nah, that would be 2 million bucks.
Thanks to a cancellation curveball from United, I’ve just set a new personal record time from home to gate for an international flight. Wow.
Hi London. Thanks for letting the sun shine today. My liver is no way prepared to be here for a week, but I promise to do my best. Let’s go.
Burning the Saturday night midnight oil in a burst of productivity and preemptive jet lag management. See you soon, cold and rainy London…
Picking up Loteria burritos for a Friday night feast. It’s a good thing this place doesn’t deliver. If they did I’d be 350 pounds and broke.
Hello, Aspen! Van, @branflake and I are here and ready for the wedding of the year. @lolahess and @bradbarrish painted all these trees gold!
RT @iancr: RT @topspinmedia: Artists: be sure your fans are registered and vote in the upcoming elections. How you can help: http://t. …
September 2010
19 posts
Hey LA! Go outside *right* now. There is a rainbow, thunder, and lightening. This never happens here. Stop what you’re doing and enjoy it…
Places where it was not as hot today as it was at my house: Tucson, Las Vegas, Bangkok, Baghdad, Riyadh, Mecca and Cairo. That is so wrong.
Off to Van’s one-year check-up. Damn, that went quick. It’s like now I have two birthdays, one where I celebrate, one where I just feel old.
#FF: @ProducerMichael needs 100k followers to win a bet. His dignity is at stake. Follow, and he’ll take you to the Playboy Mansion. Really.
I think the new Twitter interface is pretty killer. If I’m Tweetdeck, I’m quite flattered. And also worried. One more column and it’s over.
Booked another meet with @ProducerMichael mostly so he can humiliate me in table tennis again. It’s like trying to hit a major league curve.
Name a better song than She’s A Good Hearted Woman (In Love With A Good Timin’ Man). Go ahead. Try. I’ll be right here. It is just too good.
I’ve now listened to the new Torche album 15 times straight through (only 28 minutes long). No surprise, it is very, very good. Coming soon!
Monday morning and I’m still sore from Friday’s go kart race. And subsequent crashes. Plural. Is it possible I have whiplash? From go karts?
Hey @TedHope! I think lack of inclusiveness is the biggest problem in indie film culture. If you’re under 30, you expect access. Open it up.
Today, my bro @hotcarlm embarks on a four-month surf trip from San Diego all the way to Panama. Follow along: http://blog.closed-system.com
Who knew @ystrickler was fashion magazine material? How much gel to get that perfect hair? I’m just kiddin’… Congrats! http://awe.sm/5AdN3
Hey @JoeySantiago and @MrBlackFrancis! No fair having Richard email me photos of Oklahoma Joe’s while I’m in BBQ-free California. It’s rude.
The car next to mine in the airport parking lot was empty with two doors open and the engine running. Mob hit? Joy ride? Candid camera test?
Haven’t heard much about this new Autolux album, but I like it. And no, I’m not saying that because they’re a client. http://www.autolux.net
RT @johnroderick: You can almost hear the kid who had to write The New Pornographers cancelation notice start to question his faith: htt …
What’s that Army ad? We do more by 10 am than most people do all day? I haven’t jumped out of a helicopter or anything yet, but DAMN! Busy!
Sometimes, when you’re up too late, an overlooked song reveals its hidden perfection. “Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home” by Mogwai is perfect.
Started the week off on the good foot with a 10:30 pm Sunday night conference call. This week is already a doozy. But it ends with go carts!
August 2010
3 posts
Holy shit. If Monday is any indication of how this week is gonna go, I definitely don’t have enough beer in my refrigerator. Not even close.
Did you know that ‘23 Minutes In Brussels’ by LUNA is the best iTunes Genius seed ever? It brings up Wire, The Feelies, Malkmus, Television.
Oh no, @cinejoe! Woke up to an exterminator removing four big black trash bags full of honeycomb from my neighbor’s roof. Will send photos!
Learned an awful lot at the @SundanceFest #ShortsLab today. Thanks for having me. @ystrickler, @cinejoe, always great to see you, brothers.
And now for a burger and a movie with @branflake; our first filmgoing evening since Van was born. So this is what Saturday night is like…
July 2010
22 posts
After nearly 15 years, my Yahoo! email got hacked today. It looks like I sent Viagra links to everybody. Did anyone buy some? It is Friday.
RT @iancr: RT @TopspinMedia: Virtual screening of the Mogwai film BURNING starting now! http://t.opsp.in/JKI3
I really, really should be working. But I’m totally riveted by this Mogwai film. Screening in InterWeb black & white: http://t.opsp.in/JKI3
Realizing that I never publicly (or privately) thanked @jessevondoom for the amazing vinyl he sent me. You sir, are a gentleman. I’m an ass.
RT @jessevondoom: Remember that time Ozzy stopped a show because a pigeon shit on him? Didn’t think so.
Laughing myself to sleep thinking about Van and I getting in trouble today. Our first No-Playing-Ball-In-The-House offense. We broke a vase.
Hey everybody! Say hello to @NelsonLaneMama. Yes, that’s my mom. Funny thing about her username. Her house on Nelson Lane is for sale. Oops!
Haha! Thanks for whacking me with the grammar-hammer, @evany. And yes, I agree, nervous laughter does smell like chapstick and wet carpet.
You know you have a baby when it takes you an hour to do the dishes from breakfast. Dang. How does one tiny person use so many dishes? Jeez.
Hey @lucas_gonze, I’m listening to a big album I can’t talk about yet and consuming some super cool, way low-fi, homemade digital packaging.
Picked up Mexican food for dinner at Farmer’s Market. Everyone here is on a date. I’m surrounded by the smell of mole and nervous laughter.
Today began when I picked up @TedHope at LAX for a chat while he was in LA for 12 hours. And he’ll be back in NYC before my day ends. Weird.
The night bees have returned. Three bees, out way past their bed time, are banging on my kitchen window, trying to get in. This is so weird.
Did you know that on every July 11th you can go to 7-Eleven and get a free slurpee?! It’s true. We’re tempted to see how many we can visit..