http://www.artichoketheband.com/journal Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:10:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en most the year, it’s hard looking cool in sunny southern california. i see the kids doing it, wearing their goth or black punky stuff in the blazing sun, and i admire their fashion discipline. me, i don’t have the stamina to look trendy until the clouds arrive, by ... http://www.artichoketheband.com/journal/?p=37 Spam keeps trying to crawl onto this journal. I often remove dozens of spam fungi from this space. But this evening, I would like to promote a very fine example of the genre, since this spam chunk is better and more interesting than my own writing. Le ... http://www.artichoketheband.com/journal/?p=36 Our Griffith Observatory Gala show on Sunday was weird/fun. They kept us and a host of other musicians in a tiny green room for several hours. But then we escaped, played our set of scientist songs, and ate some intense chocolate things. Spock was there. The ... http://www.artichoketheband.com/journal/?p=35 I’ve been working on final mixes of the 12 songs on “Never mind the bollocks here’s the Sex Pistols by Artichoke” off and on all week. If I want to feel annoyed, I listen in my car. The speakers suck in there, and it tells me what tracks ... http://www.artichoketheband.com/journal/?p=34 Yep, our old cat “Leaf” died suddenly. He was cool — one yellow eye, and one bigger blue one. They also reflected 2 different colors. The blue reflected red, and the yellow reflected greenish yellow. When we were in the pet hospital hoping Leaf might pull ... http://www.artichoketheband.com/journal/?p=33 I need to get outside this morning while it’s still cool and make some progress on the river rock patio construction. But first I’d like to spill the beans about Artichoke’s newest concept record, a cover of the complete Sex Pistols 1977 release, “Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols.” ... http://www.artichoketheband.com/journal/?p=32 This morning my friend and neighborino Doug asked, in response to my invitation to an “Artichoke grunion-meeting” this Friday, if a grunion-themed album might be next for us. Well, one never knows what absurdity will catch my magpie-like fancy. There is an unforgettable pathos about the waves of ... http://www.artichoketheband.com/journal/?p=31 The girl and I are back from Sri Lanka, having climbed the sacred mountain of Sri Pada, aka “the foot of the sacred one” and known to Christians as “Adam’s Peak.” It was pretty cool. We got up at 2 in the morning so our guide could take ... http://www.artichoketheband.com/journal/?p=30 You know, Artichoke has been called everything from “the cream of nerd rock” to “brain-snappingly groovy.” But what many fans don’t realize until they meet us is how, well, to put it bluntly — how damn sexy we are. I know, it’s a little gauche to bring it ... http://www.artichoketheband.com/journal/?p=29 It is Thanksgiving Evening, and all through the house there is food in the kitchen, there is wine to get soused. There are cats old but healthy, sleeping days and at night. My computer is working, the band is all right. We’re promoting to college, we have played many shows; we’re auditioning singers, that’s just ... http://www.artichoketheband.com/journal/?p=28