Sticking with the music theme, The Herons, my other band, will be playing Taste on Saturday, June 13.  I believe we go on sometime around 10, and the show is going to be recorded, possibly for a webcast.  We have some great songs, and Taste has some great food & drinks, so all in all it should be a great night.

Oh… more on music.  I caught Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction down in West Palm Beach a few weeks back, thanks to Tamar Levine.  I probably wouldn’t have gone to that show were I not already heading down there to visit Tamar, but man… Nine Inch Nails really impressed me, musically.  The production was really stripped down (compared to previous tours apparently), so the songs themselves took center stage, and they more than held up to the scrutiny.  Jane’s Addiction was impressive too, even if mostly for the sheer entertainment factor.  In fact I think I caught something just looking at Dave Navarro.

Anyway, I hope to update this site more frequently in the coming weeks, provided I don’t get distracted by other projects.  Speaking of which… before I go, a quick plug for the last site I worked on… Fastpitch Sales.  I was trying to get away from the cookie-cutter layout of most sporting goods stores.  I think it worked.  I’m happy with it.  I should try some cross-promotional stuff from now on where I negotiate Ferris Wheel Junkies autoplay into the homepage of all future clients.  Think they’d go for it?  No?  Me neither.

Now back to Murfins and Burglars, Kirk Hamilton’s blog… Kirk is another extremely talented friend of mine from college, and if you’ve got some time to kill you could do far far worse than to wander around his blog reading priceless entries ranging from The Many Bowls of 1778 9th Avenue to the oft-recurring Monday’s Person I want to Be.  Beyond his seemingly effortless skill with a pen (or keyboard in this particular instance), Kirk is also a prolific musician.  His new album, The Exited Door is also currently available at CD Baby (with some tracks currently streaming on his myspace).  My favorites are No Crow Scarecrow and The Bird Women of Golden Gate Park.  For me, the former sounds like a Ben Folds – Guster collaboration reworked for inclusion in a Joss Whedon musical, specifically for the big emotional climax (which undoubtedly will end in a cliffhanger).  The latter sounds like a lost piece of Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois. If you’re a fan of rich melodies and lush intrumentation, you’ve gotta pick up what Kirk’s putting down.  Seriously?  I just wrote that?

So, if all goes according to plan (which seemingly never happens) there should finally be some videos up on YouTube by tomorrow night.

Speaking of The Social, they’re a non-smoking venue as of late last year. I need to give them more of my patronage; maybe the other local venues will come around. I’ve got nothing against smokers. I’d just like to breathe clean air while I’m having a drink, enjoying another band, or playing a set somewhere. Then again, I’ve had sinus surgery five times and cigarette smoke is an irritant, so I might be biased.

And here’s that trusty old refrain: videos coming soon.