Democracy?

January 23, 2010
Ever since I celebrated what I considered to be one of the greatest political victories of all-time, it has been a constant losing battle. Obama's victory felt like such a reversal of bad trends that had consumed our country during the Bush administration, but since that peak in November 2008, we have been subjected to more of the same; more bailouts, more troops, more gay-marriage defeats, more inaction on climate change. On Tuesday, my home state of Massachusetts dealt me a blow by electing Scott Brown to fill Ted Kennedy's seat. When Kennedy died, I cried. He was a a…

Weekend Update

January 20, 2010
I love my job. Teaching music to kids all day is awesome and my workweek is Monday - Friday with siestas most days. It is very satisfying work, but while I love doing it, I l also love not doing it. The weekend is so crucial and this weekend was MLK Day so the time was increased by 50%. I took advantage. Friday night was a final blow out at Monkeytown. I will always remember that space as the site of special times and will miss VJing and being inside the giant video projection box. I can only hope to…

Old Year/New Year

January 11, 2010
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.

And Thus It Ends…

January 11, 2010
But who am I kidding? While my interest in professional football has been temporarily radically diminished, I know it will return eventually and my psychotic obsession with consuming everything Patriots will burn once more, but for now i just feel burnt... At Gillette Stadium with Dad and Bro, we witnessed what I feel can absolutely be considered the worst quarter of football ever played. Has there ever been another 15 minute period that included a first play 83 yard draw play TD, a third play strip sack followed by TD, 2 interceptions and 10 more points for a 24-0 slaughter?…

Wes Welker’s Song

January 9, 2010
We will miss you tomorrow, Wes, and we wish you a speedy recovery. This song is for you and all your fellow gladiators. Wes Welker

Wes Welker’s knee

January 5, 2010
Sometimes sports are so disgusting they make me physically ill just from watching it. I remember watching Joe Theismann's leg shatter under Lawrence Taylor and feeling sick and scared at the violence of it. I can't even begin to imagine the pain that he must have felt and I seriously hope I am never injured that badly. I have now seen enough destroyed knees in football (and I hope it is never worse than Willis McGahee) that I have become somewhat desensitized to the awkward leg angles that can occur when caught in the path of a powerful force. But…

Vacation Movies

December 29, 2009
The End of The Year is always packed with film for me. Free time and good films go so well together. In the past few days I have seen Sherlock Holmes and Invictus, which I thought were both excellent Hollywood efforts. I particularly enjoyed the story of Nelson Mandela and the South African Rugby Team's triumph in the 1995 World Cup. I love a good sports story and this one occurred at a very important time in the struggle for equality, just after the fall of Apartheid. Sports can be a powerful bond and they create community, providing a single…

Avatar

December 22, 2009
IMAX 3D is a pretty amazing experience. I used to go to The Omnimax at The Museum of Science in Boston, which was always exciting, but the movie fare was limited to one hour documentaries. Although the screen does not actually wrap around the audience as in Omnimax, the glasses and 3D effects of Avatar make it seem so; it is a truly unique viewing experience. A virtual reality movie about virtual reality, the story revolves around a soldier remotely operating an alien replicant on a distant moon in the distant future. Said moon contains vast deposits of a rock…

Happy Together

December 20, 2009
I am lucky to have friends whose media recommendations I can always trust... I had never seen a Wong Kar Wai film before "Internet Poster Person/Stringer Bell" introduced me at BAM and it was quite an experience. Happy Together tells the story of the dissolving gay relationship of two Hong Kong expatriates living in Buenos Aires; it is chaotic and disorienting in the same mostly great way that foreign travel is and the cinematography captures it perfectly, using different speeds and color techniques to make it one of the most visually remarkable movies I've ever seen. There is a beautiful…

Goodness Becomes Sadness

December 17, 2009
I attended another amazing Vimeo offline event at Monkeytown last night and was extremely disappointed to learn that the space is closing due to "landlord issues". Without a doubt this was my favorite performance/party space in the city. It was truly unique in its four-projection surround screen setup and its affordable and delicious gastropub food. I had the pleasure of performing there many times as VJ, DJ and bandmember and will always remember it as a perfect storm of social supergoodness; it opened up so many artistic possibilities from the typical NYC venue. It seems like a successful business so…