Being Haunted (In A Good Way)

Slowly and surely, I am finding that if given the time to simmer, I may just have some songs left to write. And in the past, I think the best ones have been the ones that haunted me,  the ones that ran on loop in my head throughout the day, when I tried to go to bed at …

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People I'm Thankful For, 11.24.09: Parks Carpenter & John Dunn

(photo: Parks, John, and yours truly on my couch last night)I'm really thankful to have Parks Carpenter and John Dunn in my life. Parks isn't in my life physically as much as I'd like (living in Wilmington, NC), but I'm ecstatic that John and his wife Tara once again …

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People I'm Thankful For, Vol. 1: David Herndon

Being the season for giving thanks (historical accounts notwithstanding), I wanted to use this blog to simply give thanks for those folks who have made my life what it is (and hopefully, by doing so, combat the hardness of my own heart).Today, I'm giving thanks for my …

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It is what it is, it was what it was

This past weekend, we celebrated Independence Day, our country's birthday, on the 4th of July. This comes one day after July 3rd (of course), which is a much less significant birthday - that of Rebuilt Records. I spent much of my time this past weekend away from the …

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Some Unacademic Thoughts On Good Friday

I cut my grass this morning (last neighbor on the street to do so... sorry, neighbors), which always gives me some uninterrupted time to think. Being Good Friday in the Christian faith, I thought a lot about death - my own, of course, since I'm a self-centered American …

People From Way Back Are Excited...

What a hectic few days! March is just like that, I think. The weather is inconsistent at best (we had 5 inches of snow one weekend and then 75 degree sun the next), the college community is in full spring break mode, and the music community loses about three weeks …

Waxing and Waning...

It's getting on towards 2am, and I just got home from the Warm Fuzzies show here in Athens with the really wonderful Spring Tigers. I'm really too tired to write a whole lot (for once), but I know that if I wait until tomorrow it won't be the same.

You just never know, …

February is short on days, long on heart

February is a big month to be so short, particularly this year. On February 2nd, news reporters give groundhogs like Punxsutawney Phil in PA and General Beauregard Lee down here in the Atlanta area their annual fifteen seconds of fame while I become officially one year …

The Rentals' "Songs About Time" project

It's no secret that I've been spending the bulk of my music creation time with The Warm Fuzzies, and it's no surprise that a large sonic influence on what we've done to this point has been the music of The Rentals.

Though I never would have thought that Matt Sharp would …

Red & Black Variety article

Just a quick little article in the Red & Black, UGA's official student paper::

www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2009/01/14/Variety/Local.Band.Showcases.LightHearted.Songs.ToeTapping.Tunes-3585145.shtml" target="new">Click Here to read the article online

"A Rebuilt Family Christmas" Part Two Available for Free Download

Part Two of "A Rebuilt Family Christmas" is now available for free download - right click here to download the file (20 megs or so), here to listen online, and here to subscribe to the Rebuilt "Starving Artist" podcast through iTunes.

Here's the second half of the …

"A Rebuilt Family Christmas" Available for Free Download!

Couldn't make it out to the Melting Point in Athens on December 4th, 2008 for "A Rebuilt Family Christmas?" No worries... we're podcasting most of it. It's a little rough around the edges, but then again, so are we.

Subscribe to the Rebuilt podcast through iTunes, or …

How was the Christmas Show?

Oh, I don't know... you tell me:



** For the sake of full disclosure...we were at the Rebuilt Family Christmas Show on Thursday night, and our waiter told us there were "no plastic cups" to be found at the Melting Point. He brought Molly's water in the JD cup. (I'm just …

One More Rebuilt Christmas Plug

If you're in the Athens, GA area tomorrow night, I'd love for you to join us at the Melting Point for the 2nd Annual Rebuilt Family Christmas show featuring just about every Rebuilt artist, and a slew of other people we call family delivering tidings of good cheer and …

CDs that smell like bubblegum?

I think I've mentioned this before on this blog, but to this point I haven't really elaborated on my most recent musical endeavor, the Warm Fuzzies. Today is special, so allow me a few words about the project.

I have always appreciated the little twists and turns in our …

I'm proud to be an American

I saw this commercial on my flight to Las Vegas this past weekend, and after failed attempts at describing its ridiculosity to my wife Jana, I gave up on ever having someone else share the experience with me.

Until now. Thanks to modern technology (and my friend Erik …

New Albums You Need To Know...

It's shameless promotion day here at my blog, and I feel no shame because these three recordings are three recordings that I think are among the best albums of 2008. Yeah, I'm biased because I've been involved with each one of these projects, but I've chosen to be …

Am I Building Something Better?

While I've been writing for new record that has no title, studio schedule, or release date, I do have a new release on iTunes. Well, kind of. It's actually one of my oldest releases, my first full-length album entitled Building A Better Me. I have mixed emotions about …

A Rebuilt Family Christmas!

I know... I know... it's not really Christmas yet. But you wouldn't know it by going to a department store. I mean, good grief, dancing Santas already? I guess Halloween is the new Thanksgiving.

At any rate, we're going to wait until December to get our Christmas on, but …

One More "Less is More"...

Hey kids,
This Friday, November 2nd at Midtown Community Church in Atlanta, GA, J.Rich (of the Goodfight), Scott Erickson (of the Transpire Project) and I will do what we do one more time... this time on the East Coast.

Our West Coast run was cut short by a family …