Nine Nine Oh Nine

...hoObledeedooOo (yeah you heard me)..

....a milliondee-brazilliondeey thank-yous to everyone who came out to the CD release shows!!....i honestly had a total bLast...it was killer (diller) hangin' out with all ya guys....i very much look forward to doing it again soon...
..and fortunately, i'll have that chance!..
...i've got a buncha zuper-kewl shows coming up:

LA - next Thursday (Sep.17) - back at the Hotel Cafe!..expect some cool guests, etc..

Charlotte, NC - Thu.Sep.24...i haven't played in Charlotte in aGes..but this is gonna be way-cool..it's a power-pop festival (one of the best i've heard about in a while), and i'm on a bill with freegin' Mike Viola (i know right?)..expect some TML of course (and other miscellany)..

Nashville, TN - Sat.Sep.26...i had such a great time at the last 3rd and Lindsley show i couldn't resist coming back, especially to open up for Katie Herzig (swoOn)..wAy excited...i think i might try to put together an awesome little band for a couple tunes at this thing(?)..

Boston, MA - Fri.Oct.2...at The Paradise!..with Dear Leader!!..and the old band playin' with me!!!...yeah..it's gonna be good (old) fun...reaLLy lookin' forward to it..

NYC - Sat.Oct.3rd...back at the Living Room..i love playing this place.......

......in other news, i've started co-writing and producing a record for a band called TV/TV...i already did an EP with them that came out this summer called "Not Enough Red," (shot the cover pic tOo!..heee) and we'll be expanding on that with another 6 or so songs for the full-length...they just got off a successful Warped Tour and got signed to Mom'n'Pop records by Michael "Goldie" Goldstone, the A&R behind Perl Jam, RATM, Regina Spektor, Tegan and Sara, etc...we've already started writing and it's going great...we'll be recording at Ducky's in October (yAy duCk!)...i'll keep ya posted on our progress..
...also, for those interested in my other various songwriting goings-on, i just found out i have the 2nd track on Selena Gomez's new record "Kiss and Tell" (produced by John Fields of course)...it's a song John and I had kickin' around for a while called "I Won't Apologize" that we finished with Selena (she's very cool)...fun one...i think i mentioned before that we also had a track (that i also co-produced) on the Wizards Of Waverly place soundtrack that's really fun (very 80s) called "Disappear" (1st track)...

.....have you guys seen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4
...i think this guy's really cool, and his name is blu!...there's no freakin' post production on this..he did it all (improvised) in the space of a few hours...

-bleubledeedooOo