Recording a little vocals. #newalbum2016

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Recording a little vocals. #newalbum2016
I missed you, audience. Thanks for listening to my existential jangle. Photo @splitpea (at The Strand Theater)
4/13 Radio Interview & Performance
Iāll be doing an in-studio interview and performance on WBJB 90.5 The NightĀ tomorrow Wednesday, April 13 sometime between 3-4pm EST. If youāre not in central New Jersey and canāt get the station on the dial, never fear. Tune in online by going here.Ā
I had the fortune of dancing with the beautiful and talented @junotemple on last night's episode 9 of @vinyl. Might there have been a tiny bit of alcohol consumed in the making of this scene? I cannot say.
Lost my buddy today. Found her in 2009 from a rescue shelter that was located next to an outdoor gun range. When I visited, I heard the shots sound off loud and close and I swear I saw Missy flinch in her cage. Maybe it was just those sad mascara eyes. At any rate, I said, "She's coming with me" and I drove away with this strange beast. We weren't keen on the name Missy because it's the name of one of our friends and we had this idea that a new name might make for a new start. We tried to call her Missy Elliot with the hopes of eventually dropping the Missy and having her respond only to Elliot. She wouldn't have it. She was a defiant one from day one. Never went along with any plan we tried to make for her. She hated cameras & doorbells & the sound of the dryer & skateboards & bikes & other dogs & men & most women too. As a result, most people in our lives didn't like her back (with a few exceptions, thank you). She came from the island of St. Croix and, upon arriving in the States, burned through half-a-dozen owners. We almost sent her back, too. My wife had never owned a pet before Missy and Missy was a dog that baffled even the professionals. We went through three trainers, all of whom had high hopes at the start, but eventually failed to help us "manage" her. Having guests was a pain in the ass because it meant sticking her in our bedroom and hearing her bark her head off. But when it was just our little family and no one else was around she was a dream dog. Never tore up anything in our house or grabbed food or jumped on people. She mostly just slept and hung out. And then we had kids and our elderly rescue dog was all of a sudden reborn as a puppy. She was vibrant again and then came the cancer. All told, she had three surgeries to remove five mast cell tumors and she also had a splenectomy. Sometimes we wondered why we even kept her around with all the downsides, but of course we had no choice. She was ours, mine mostly, and she was wildly imperfect, down to the strange cow spots on her coat and the unruly sheep hair, and that's why I adored her. She was her own thing. I loved her. And now it's hard to keep my eyes dry.
Nigel is my sage. #newalbum2016
From last night's episode 8 of Vinyl on HBO in which I sang a song about wearing my grandmother's wig & stuffing my sister's bra. Watch now on HBO Go or On Demand.
Alex returns to @vinyl @hbo on Sunday for episode 8 & he's packing.
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New Music Update
The more you know, the harder it is.
Iāve been trying to record this thing. Itās an album, I suppose. Havenāt released one of those since 2012.Ā
It started with a little part I was playing on the piano last summer. I started envisioning this whole collection of songs. This unifying sound. And then I got busy--shooting Vinyl and finishing up my novel--and all that was so great and rewarding (and grueling, too). But now Iām back to this musical project and I canāt do it. The scary part is that Iāve never had this problem.
This Sunday I make my debut on HBOās Vinyl. Check out this preview for Episode 6. Thatās me at the :16 second mark.
Best of 2015
Thrill: Being a part of HBOās new showĀ VinylĀ (Premieres Feb 14, 2016)
Discovery: Ruby red grapefruit covered in extra virgin olive oil & flaky sea saltĀ
Songs:
āPretty Pimpinā by Kurt Vile
āWaterā by Ra Ra Riot
āDowntownā by Majical Cloudz
āWhere Do I Beginā by Wilco
āDonāt Wanna Fightā by Alabama Shakes
āShould Have Known Betterā by Sufjan Stevens
āRadicalizedā by Desaparecidos
āBillions of Eyesā by Lady Lamb
āBlank Spaceā by Taylor Swift
āI Know It's Trueā by Ben Talmi
āDeprestonā by Courtney Barnett
Wake Up Call: My longtime friend & mentor having an aneurysm, nearly dying, still not home all these months later. Love you, E.
Realization: I probably need therapy. Art is not enough.
Books:Ā
I Called Him Necktie by Milena Michiko Flasar
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Quicksand by Steve Toltz
Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues byĀ Martin J. Blaser
Tweet: Man pissing at me in the street, wearing a bike helmet. #safetyfirst @eviewyld
Perspective:Ā Scott Kelly's Twitter feed. @StationCDRKelly. While we're shooting each other & buying more shit, this guy spends an entire year in space and takes the most gorgeous photos of our spinning home you've ever seen.
TV:Ā
Transparent
Mad Men
Game of Thrones
The Jinx
Togetherness
Nathan For You
Better Call Saul
Bachelorette
Shark Tank
Leisure Time Activity: Listening to Howard Stern. (5 more years!!!)
Advice:Ā
News: This!
Films: (With two young kids, my moviegoing has taken a hit.)
Inside Out
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
While Weāre Young
The Wolfpack
Moment:Ā Anytime my daughters are happy.Ā
Photo:Ā FromĀ ā94 but it found me inĀ ā15.
Quote:Ā āNo matter how inspiring some article about humans might be, the comments section will let you down again.ā --Jemaine Clement
Case Scenario: All the bullets go missing.
Happy New Year! Thanks for the love.
VE
After years and years (and years!) of work, I'm thrilled to announce that my debut novel will be published in early 2017 in the U.S. & Canada by Little Brown and also in these foreign territories: U.K. (Picador), Denmark (Politikens), China (Horizon), France (Mosaic), Israel (Kinneret), Italy (Piemme), Germany (Droemer), Brazil (Intrinseca), Holland (Ambo Anthos), Poland (Pascal) and Taiwan (Delight Press).Ā More territories on the way! I know 2017 is a long way off but if you'd like to receive updates about the book & learn about promotional opportunities, sign up at here.Ā P.S. Please sign up. Not only will I greatly appreciate it. I'll also need your help when this thing comes out. Although I always believed getting published was the finish line, it turns out that having people read the thing is also important.Ā
P.P.S. Thanks for the help you've supplied already.Ā
P.P.P.S. Holy shit.
Hereās another trailer for Vinyl, which premieres on HBO on February 14, 2016 at 9PM EST. This newest trailer does a great job of showing the tonal range of the show. And if you like playing the gameĀ āWhereās Val Emmich?ā take a look at the dude playing guitar at the :45 mark and the long-haired freak running across the screen at 1:16.Ā
Iāll be performing solo acoustic this Friday 11/6.Ā
Iām on first at 8PM SHARP! Donāt be late!Ā
Get tickets here!Ā
Thatās my name, see.Ā
In January 2016, you can watch me on Vinyl, a new drama series, coming to HBO, from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter. For now, catch a glimpse of me in the new trailer. Thatās me with the long black hair, shredding in front of the wall of guitars, at the :30 second mark. Blink and youāll miss it!