Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Westminster, MD


St. John Church - Westminster Maryland.
Well - with the Steelers Championship win in mind - this day couldn't have been better. The crew who showed up for this show we're really cool and they had really, really straight teeth. It was our second straight show with an amazing cow bell solo - (way to go Rob). Alpha Male and Fiddy Bones ( my lil brother) got to come out for the dilly, which is always fun (with the exception of the mob of screaming girls Fiddy Bones attracts) We got to do some of our new stuff which makes me jacked for the new album which should drop in the next 6 weeks sometime. Thanks Maryland.

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Houston teen rocks cowbell while we rap

My Trip to Tejas


These last few weeks I’ve been finding myself inspired. This weekend was no different. I don’t know about you – but for me I go through times where I feel like I haven’t been inspired in months. I go see the blockbuster movie of the moment, I search for some deep moving conversation, or an emotional epiphany in prayer and yet come up empty. Not disillusioned…just uninspired. And then suddenly as if I had something clogging the “inspiration pipeline” to my heart – I get this rush of inspiration all at once. And for weeks I will feel inspired by everything from the music I’m listening to the conversation I might have with some guy at the grocery store. Maybe someone and is reading this and saying to themselves, “Sounds like bi-polar disorder to me.” Who knows. All I know is I have been moved almost daily as of late and it’s soothing to my soul.
On that note, this weekend was a good one. Part of that was a couple really fun shows at St. Cecilia’s Church and part was space in the weekend to think and converse (mostly with my boy Average M.C.) Some of you may be asking yourself, “how can I get me some of that inspiration stuff?” Lately I’ve been reading a killer book – “Blue Like Jazz” and listening to the most radical, risky, dangerously raw album maybe ever released in the “Christian” industry – Derek Webb’s Mockingbird.

Back to the show- good folks – as always in Houston. Lots of laughs at the concert as we tried out some new material: Including the cowbell sequence seen above- played by LOS!

Thursday, January 05, 2006

New Year's Eve Bash



New Year Bash was a swell ol' time. Though the travel was rough, as my pregnant wife was up vomitting all night the night before I left - then me get no sleepy all night on new year's eve. rough.
But hey - the actual event with Matt Maher and The Robbie Seay Band was a good happy time. Playing in Houston, TX is like playing a concert at your family reunion - they've all heard you before but they love you anyway. I miss the Texans (but not the Texas as much). Side note - Matt Maher was wonderful as usual but I was really impressed by The Robbie Seay band (who I had never heard before) They have a poetic, semi-dark, yet hopeful hip sound. Great for worship. Thanks for the lovely evening Houston