Music Evolves!

I saw the band OK GO perform "This Too Shall Pass" on The Colbert Report then saw their videos for the song and am overjoyed by their brilliance. They made two versions, one featuring a giant Rube Goldberg contraption and one performed live with a marching band and choir. Absolutely Amazing. And if you have never seen their first video, dancing on the 8 treadmills, then you should probably watch that as well. Thank Good there are still great music videos despite the fact that MTV has turned into a wasteland of our culture's worst. Interestingly, State Farm Insurance paid…

Old Year/New Year

I got a new camera, Sanyo Xacti HD2000 and have been shooting my first HD footage! Here a music video I put together over the break. It features a cardinal from Newton, Snappy from Brooklyn, a Sunday in Foxboro (back when it still felt good with Wes Welker working-check out his nice route!), John and Evans' wedding in Buffalo and a sunset from the sky. It was a good week. Old Year/New Year from Supergood on Vimeo.

The Wire

I'm a simple man who likes simple things, but life is infinitely complex. And then there's The Wire. It is simply the most intricately detailed and beautifully crafted story I've ever watched. Good guys and bad guys blend into moral ambiguity, while one man's solution is another man's problem. I fundamentally believe that killing anybody is bad, but there were characters and situations that made me question that belief. Some people do what they consider the right thing for the right reasons and still end up making everything worse. The law is constantly being reinterpreted and bent to fit the…

The Goodness of War

Last night, I saw two movies I have wanted to see for a long time and both completely lived up to my highest hopes. "Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars" and "Little Dieter Needs To Fly" are both about triumph of the human spirit over the very worst that humanity has to offer. I suppose they both show how war can produce positivity, but the full-scale horror they experienced can never be justified. In search of some advice before I travelled to West Africa, I called a family friend, Banker White, who had spent some time there making a movie. A…

Hank’s last night

Here is a video of the video from last night's show. Thanks to everyone who came and enjoyed themselves. Hank's Saloon 3.7.09

The Patterson Brothers

I teach Adam and Michael Patterson (ages six and nine) and they rock! Here is a video we made this week. Look out, Brotnick! Patterson