It’s been friggin’ forever.  If you missed me, I’m sorry.  If you didn’t - WHY NOT!?!?!? : )

First, my band has finally finished their album.  You can listen to some sweet new tracks at our MySpace page.  You can check out the fine artwork (by our good friend and former band member, Josh Hardy) on Facebook.  The album “drops”, as they say, on November 21st.  If you’re in the southeast you should come to our totally awesome release concert at New Brookland.  If you’re not, you should pick up a copy (or seventeen) as a Christmas gift for a music lover you know.  The details for how to buy it will be available on the MySpace page on the the 21st.

Movies. I’ve watched a healthy group of films since the last time I wrote.  Here are the best:

Slither - A hilarious horror film.  An SAT example could be Slither is to Monster Movies what Shaun of the Dead is to Zombie Movies.  Completely entertaining and worth your time.

Twin Daggers - If you like terrible martial arts films as much as I do the you will love this.  I haven’t laughed out loud this much at a film, not to mention when I was by myself, in a long time.  Available at your local Redbox.

Music.  For those of you with an email that ends in .edu you should check out Ruckus.  It’s great if you spend a healthy amount of time at a computer and you like new music, two categories I happen to fall into.

TV on the Radio - Radiohead meets Prince and probably a ton of other bands.  So much variety it’s hard to describe.  But it’s good.  Very good.
Amanda Palmer - Her solo album was produced by Ben Folds and she has an amazing story posted on her website … and the music is pretty good too : )

Fleet Foxes - Spiritual successors to the Beach Boys.  Lots of harmonies and reverb but no cheesy copy-cat songs.

Other. 

My sister-in-law’s blog is totally awesome.  Which means I get in on the ground floor when she starts her own brand one day …. HA! : )

Derek Sivers sold CD Baby and made a mint.  He’s taking that money and using it to help independant musicians become more successful.  He might look a little funny but he is totally admirable and has some great advice.

And one day soon I will post the final beard pictures : )  The wife ended up liking it so much that I kept it scraggily for a good while after.