it's not you it's me

kristin made this for a contest, and it's totally making my day. hope you win, kristin!

p.s. coconut records davy is awesome.

home for the hols

shar will be home in the yay area starting tomorrow. hope to see all your faces and give you big hugs. hit me up!

fantastic mr. fox at apple soho store

fantastic foursome: wes + meryl + jason + peter = fantastic. shar's a celluloid geek, so you could not stop her for heading to the apple soho store. the majority of the crowd was there to see multi-academy award winning meryl, but i was there for wes. hearing about what inspired him and the process of tackling a stop motion film was a unique opportunity. the furry stars of the film were present as well.


the hour panel discussion with q&a was filled with insightful and touching moments like when a young tike asked wes how to improve his own homemade stop motion film. ahhhh-dor-hable! or when jason chimed in on a question directed to wes about how he infuses his personality into his films. jason was called out as an egomaniac by peter travers, so it was especially chuckle worthy. how about a revelation that bill murray served as a stand in for a wolf. it was a memorable evening. needless to say i cannot wait to see this film.

coconut records

belated indie rock discovery: coconut records. so i liked phantom planet back in the day when jason schwartzman drummed for them and jacques brautbar played guitar. i think i literally freaked out at work when i found out they were playing a gig for the old station i worked for. in any case, i met my jason and jacques backstage like a band-aid does. that was it and i didn't really pay much attention after they left, but always wondered what they did musically post-phantom planet. so i was pleasantly surprised when i was catching up on my asc when coconut records was featured. jason's been making tunes since 2006. i guess i was sidetracked by that darjeeling limited flick. jacques played with beck and ok go a couple years back. hurrah boys!