A feasible promise to myself:
- Eat 60% locally grown foods
- Consume dairy only when absolutely necessary
- Exercise/attend the gym four days a week
- Work only 50 hours per week
- Take a mid-week (Wednesday) break when possible
- Listen to one new album in its entirety each week
- Cook one full meal from scratch each week
- Only take on jobs that fit me well and allow growth
- Celebrate victories, accept losses and move on
- Enjoy being 22
August 31, 2011 Leave a comment
The night I learned to live alone.
I was uncool and I was no older than seventeen. I pulled up to The Standard on Sunset Boulevard around 6pm after I was sent to go interview an artist for a collection that the record label was releasing. I was only familiar with a single song that the artist performed. This song, however, was huge. It made him one of the largest electro artists at the time. I wasn’t particularly interested in electro, but I went wherever my client asked me to go.
He was clearly high and careless (or rather, carefree). He had a couple of bottles of alcohol on the hotel room’s desk and a view that overlooked the pool area. He was cooler than me in every way. He was several years older, a couple of inches taller, he wore clothes that made him stand out and his job was to perform to three thousand people every night. We talked for a couple of minutes while I prepared my equipment. It was clear that he was uninterested in the interview. He much rather talk. He had a sold-out venue’s full of diehard fans waiting for his arrival. It didn’t matter at this point, because he found a friend. He was just as alone as I.
July 7, 2011 1 Comment
Great American Musical Road Tour
I’m excited to say that I’ll be hitting the road for five weeks starting on July 14th (two weeks from now) to document music festivals across the country. You’ll be able to follow me as I release two short videos each week exclusively on Spin.com.
My Great American Musical Road Tour schedule:
July 15th-17th – Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago, IL)
July 18th-21st – Drive to NYC
July 22nd-28th – NYC music events (New York, NY)
July 29th-31st – Newport Folk Fest (Newport, RI)
August 1st-4th – New York City
August 5th-7th – Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL)
August 12-15th – Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA)
See you on the road. (Feels good to be able to say that.)
June 30, 2011 1 Comment
“The ‘No Surprises’ video was just a fluke. An extraordinary one, but still a fluke.”
June 23, 2011 Leave a comment