Jan 272008
A Sundance-snowboarding pilgrimage had been beckoning me for years, and I was super excited to finally be there. So excited that I scarcely noticed the vultures circling as I approached a wall of ice on Park City’s “Glory Hole” run. One completely unglorious wipe-out later and I’m showing off my 5 new collarbone fragments in the medical tent.
From then on it was me vs. the Sundance “10-step test-your-will ticket groveling system”, ice pack in my shoulder sling, screening schedule in my back pocket. Here’s a video clip of the director and lead actor speaking to the audience after a screening of Sugar: Continue reading »
Jan 212008
Well how about that, they still have powder weekends at Kirkwood. Or, at least, Sunday night surprise storms on marginally-celebrated 3-day weekends. Thanks MLK for picking a powder day to celebrate equality, and thanks CNET for proving more equal than other employers and giving me the day off!
Sep 052007
Well whaddya know, Burning Man kicked ass again. About 30 of us, hailing mainly from SF and LA, pitched in to set up and run the Lorax Lounge. As you might expect, a bunch of crazy shit happened both at the Lounge and elsewhere. Here’s an infintesimal speck of it that I stitched together using iMovie HD:
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And part 2: Continue reading »
Mar 162007
RJX loves Tahoe. Tahoe loves RJX. We played at Bar of America in Truckee close to 20 times between 2001-2004, but it’d been three years since we’d been there (on account of us not being a band anymore). Drummer Mike–visiting from NYC–provided the camera, and thanks to our friend Peter for lending his impromptu professional photography sensibilities.
For some reason these remind me of a mid-career “back to the studio” type video that some bands make (Steely Dan comes to mind), but it’s actually a live performance with really low lighting. And we seem strangely well-dressed and well-behaved. Okay maybe “old” is the word I’m looking for.
Seems appropriate the kick things off with the tune we wrote for the gig we’re playing, Truckee:
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