January 2012
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OUR NEW ALBUM IS DONE (and I am delirious) + BE...
(sketch for part of upcoming album art)
Hello all,
We are proud to announce that the FIRST full-length record by Hop Along (the band) is DONE; mixed, mastered, ready to be put into the hands of others. We are very, very, very excited. And tired. And a little frazzled (I am, anyway).
As quickly as I can, I will say some thank you’s, as we could not have done this without them.
...
September 2011
1 post
Rain, Rain, and an Overdue Update
Hello Dear Reader,
I hope the great rains have left all of you in a ponderously productive state. The grounds of Philadelphia (and my basement) remain spongy and shining in places, still trying to find a way to take all of the water in. I hope some of you were able to receive its beneficial effects, seeing the Schuylkyll River on a much grander scale, the walls gone under the deceptively...
February 2011
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SXSW Tour 2011 CANCELLED
Dudes and Dudettes,
It is to our great regret that we must cancel our upcoming SXSW tour. Sudden money issues have come up, and it is no longer possible for us to make the long journey to Austin and back. This is a huge bummer, as it’s been a year since we last hit the road, and we were seriously looking forward to hitting new cities and giving everyone a preview of the upcoming...
November 2010
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October 2010
1 post
Bran flakes
The “rockstar photo drawing post a week” is way behind schedule, but such is my way. Here’s a drawing of Gavin Rossdale I did when I was 11 (as I made sure to note on the drawing, it looks like)
Hopelessly cynical middle-schoolers, especially from small towns, go over last year’s yearbook and take comfort. Nobody looks good in middle school. That’s why the...
June 2010
2 posts
Tribute to Circus
In a recent trip to my folks’ house back in the burbs, I found some drawings I now remember doing with a particular fondness. They demand a slight preface, I think: during the summer of 1997 I was visiting my dad for a month, and my stepsister got me turned on to Circus magazine, which contained a number of steamy photos of rockstars I had crushes on. I was a pudgy kid with hair down to my...
IMPORTANT NOTES
First, before I get into admitting yet again to how awful I am at keeping things updated, let me just state before all else how grateful I am to still be asked to play shows like Hillstock, from which I just returned. I had a lot of positive encounters and re-encounters, and one particularly affecting (in a good way) conversation with a girl I hadn’t seen for 3 years. It’s amazing...
March 2010
2 posts
Greetings from Austin
It’s 9:42 a.m. in Austin. Eric is doing work across from me on his laptop. Lola, my friend Celina’s pooch is snoozing next to us in on of those big baskety chairs, and everyone else is asleep.
It’s been incredible so far.
This is my fourth time out on tour, and the first time Hop Along has gone out as a full band. Our show in Baltimore sold out, people have been singing...
August 2009
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Home stretch (almost)
(from a motel 8 somewhere in eastern Tennessee, watching “Roman Holiday”)
We were about eight hours away from Philadelphia on the long drive home from Birmingham today, when Mark told me to look in the side mirror, and I saw smoke trailing behind the van—then Mark pumped the brakes a little, and realized they were practically gone—-he put the flashers on and pulled over,...
July 2009
2 posts
From a Motel 6 in Utah...
There isn’t really time for me to post anything of much substance today, since everyone’s packing up in our room—-I just thought it would be really cool to post something from a motel in Utah.
Greetings from Utah!
I will quickly say this—Wyoming is so far my absolute favorite state to drive through.
I will post something real in the near future.
Don’t trust...
Portland, ME (Put a little change in my bucket...)
July 13 1:49 am
(somebody at the house we’re staying at just asked to borrow one of our backpacks for a hot second; we think we heard him say he found a lobster….)
It was P.S.’s and my first time performing in Maine tonight, and aside from a few man-eating bugs taking a particular liking to my ankles, it was a truly great first time for us—-also I think the first...
June 2009
1 post
Philly send-off
June 28 10:34 pm
(I write this while burning CD’s of the demo, our housemate Joe watching a crazy film completely orchestrated with Philip Glass soundtrack on the adjacent couch, and Mark playing poker in the kitchen with Courtney, Kevin, Jackie S., Dom, Camille, and Ally. They’re all drinking Bum juice [Hurricane]) and eating 6-month old potato chips.)
Some kitchen...