6/30/2009

* LONDON LONDON LONDON * July 1 @ Monkey Chews!! w/ the great Alex Berger & Ed Romanoff!

6/27/2009

TONIGHT *sweden* festival w. theresa andersson + annika fehling! JULY 1 in *london* w. alex berger + ed romanoff!!
just had a deep conversation with a bird, in whistles.
first night of *real* sleep this tour. ahhhh it feels good.

6/26/2009

just remembered i'm in sweden, emails can wait... i'm going running along the baltic sea!!
"i see you give more than i can take, well i only harvest some..... as the days fly past, will we lose our grasp or fuse it in the sun." neil young

6/25/2009

"Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave." -Longfellow http://ping.fm/DBZfA
early train to stockholm, switch in copenhagen. they moved us to 1st class w free breakfast + wifi. time to read poetry + drink fancy water with my pinky out.

6/24/2009

i want to start reading some good poetry. anything you recommend?
gee golly gosh i adore europe! ;)
can't get enough of DENMARK!!! on a mission to find pytti panna + apvelskevr.

6/19/2009

We play Le Lapin Blanc ~FRANCE~ (the white rabbit) tonight! woohoooo

6/18/2009

runs a tight ship.
paris paris pariiiiissssss!!!!! divan du monde TONIGHT http://divandumonde.com

6/16/2009

thirty hour choo choo!

6/15/2009

woke up from a dream that i was sleeping... now i'm utterly confused.

6/14/2009

is on a boat

6/13/2009

1st concert of tour, stavanger norway. WOW. amazing audience (2 encores!), great write up in the newspaper, and the last colors of the sun are just setting over the sea at 2:07am.....
... big news .... (p.s. !!!) http://ping.fm/tXWlF
yayyyy norrrwwwwaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!!! :) :)

6/12/2009

nothing like a good long run through the airport.
just ate the best mango that ever was.. has been up for 31 hours straight... and is about to get on a plane to norway. goodbye new york xx
"no sleep til brooklyn" but i'm in brooklyn right now and i can't sleep? hmph.
reeeeeeeewind, please rain rain go away you're too loud on the roof for our sensitive microphones.
whoa, i just remembered we're GOING ON TOUR TO EUROPE TOMORROW!

6/11/2009

good mystery.
11 songs, all new.
wow, i think WE JUST FINISHED A RECORD!!!! big ol' enormously huge thanks to david peters, austin nevins, michael valerio, kevin rice, portland cello project, and kiel feher (all featured!). lucky me!!!
.......his eyes are closed." -ALBERT EINSTEIN
he to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.......
it is the source of all true art and all science.....
"the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious......

6/09/2009

+ album mixes round 1!!!!!!!!!!!!! piddy in the hizzle.
iphone scrabble w adam levy on nj train to elvis costello
I'M PLAYING @ JOE'S PUB!!!!!!! Aug. 21 @ 7p --> Get your ticket here! http://ping.fm/hd3IZ
holy thunderstorm!! and of course right in the middle of the sensitive vocal take....

6/08/2009

JFK yay yay yay feels like home
9 hours left in the studio before i fly back to nyc.... it's go go go time!! just finished THE PHOTOGRAPHER.

6/07/2009

rhodes: 3 intensity. 6.5 speed. 8 treble. 4 bass.
pump organ!

6/04/2009

the drinking song has a video... what do you think? http://ping.fm/Pxfu6 p.s. SUBSCRIBE!! i'll put more up soon.
edge of my seat, new wish we'd gotten drunk, and full moon in paris next.
ps. thanks tim for telling me about the creek behind the church here, it's glorious. :)
just tracked "song to thank the stars" and "when it fits" - I LOVE RECORDING TO ANALOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
recording "when will the spring come again" on my faaaaavvvvooorrrriiittee guitar <3

6/03/2009

hello microphone.
edge of my seat
Help SAVE PASTE Magazine!! I donated an unreleased song of mine here: http://ping.fm/RRHti --> plus more from Josh Ritter, Ben Folds, The Decemberists, Joe Pug, Julie Peel + more!
i heart the belfry http://ping.fm/80mI8
there ain't nothing to see here..... (see i just wiped my finger clean right under the rug)

6/02/2009

wish we'd gotten drunk...
my cab to the airport just got pulled over by cop for illegal right turn! :( hope I don't miss flight
work work work work work.... auuugh! SUNRISE!! .
Leaving in the morning to record in the church upstate!! Yaaay yay yay new acoustic raw pretty record. :)

6/01/2009

ps. roof gardens rock
recording new version of an old song, now with more food and wine references and a charmingly delusional character...