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It’s Quittin’ Time

Will — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:50:34 +0000

Big ol’ Sixsquare announcement coming soon. Soon’s I get it all organized and pretty.

Earlimart’s ‘Hymn and Her’ Around the Corner

Will — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:20:49 +0000

Just wanted to point out that the new Earlimart album is getting a solid review from Andrew Leahey over at Allmusic, which only serves to whet the edge of my anticipation of Tuesday’s release of Hymn And Her. They’ll be at Spaceland mid-July to kick off support of the album. Guess you know where I’ll be.

Coolest WordPress Plugin Ever

Will — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:08:14 +0000

Hey, this is off-topic, I suppose, but I swapped out the static, boring, life-throttling category list in the footer of this blog with a Flash-based revolving Tag Cloud. Scroll down and check it out. It rotates. It swirls. It moves. It’s so shiny. And it underscores the sad fact that I don’t have near enough of my posts tagged. Get it here.

We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful

Will — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:11:59 +0000

I was working out at the gym on my lunch hour when I happened to look up and saw that my buddy, Mark Lawson was on the television screen. He had no shirt on. He was giving some sort of pep talk to some kid. Both of them had brilliant green skin and hair. When I got over the shock of seeing that Mark was getting work again I was trying to figure out what kind of off-beat Incredible Hulk tie-in I was watching when I realized that the television was apparently having color problems. The green was accidental. I was watching One Life To Live.

Ingrid Michaelson at El Rey

Will — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:12:22 +0000

Hey, just wanted to say I’m listening to Ingrid Michaelson for the first time right now. Some of it’s very Grey’s Anatomy, and some of it’s pretty terrific. Some of it is actually both. See for yourself. She’s coming to El Rey on June 24th.

Rush in L.A.

Will — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:13:40 +0000

Hey, I actually did go see Rush downtown last week. I would have written about it here, but new job, a DJ gig and the nascent apartment hunt made me fall behind over at metblogs. So here’s the link. From Portishead (coachella) to Young MC (wedding) to Rush, it’s been a helluva nine days.

Earlimart at Echoplex

Will — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:41:18 +0000

One of my fave live bands will be at the Echoplex on May 17th. Says Aaron Espinoza, “we’ll be previewing a bunch of new material from our upcoming release HYMN and HER we’re pretty damn excited!!! you know…..tryin’ some new stuff out. OH…and get yer tickets early!!!! think they’ve already sold a bunch.”

For the record, the cost per ticket of this show is fifty cents less than I paid to see Rush in 1985. There’s a factoid for ya.

Reward: Lost Pig

Will — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:17:31 +0000

According to Listening Post at Wired Media, the Coachella concert promoters want the pig back. I suspect Roger Waters doesn’t care a whit about it, but Coachella is offering a $10,000 reward for the safe return of the pig. Let the hunt begin.

LA Metroblogging

Will — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:15:52 +0000

Yet another impediment to my frequent posts here is that I’m now blogging over at metblogs.com. It actually makes sense. Back when this site was called Hollywoodland I posted about music, movies, writing and Los Angeles. Now that I’ve carved away that last topic I’ll need some place to post pictures of the Sunset & Vine building.

Thomas Newman Posts Restored

Will — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:30:23 +0000

As promised on my 404 Page, I’ve restored the mp3′s to my Newman posts. I get a surprising amount of traffic from fans looking for info, including the occasional plea to re-post the tunes that I took down a year ago. Here’s the category. Just three posts. Check back later this week. I’ll post some more rare Newman before Friday.