Secret Life of Painters is a Phoenix-based band that has essentially been together for five years, and has stockpiled enough songs that the guys have their first two full-length albums already mapped out. Impressive. The group — John Hofmann (vocals, guitar), Aaron Kiley (guitar), Dan Cortez (bass), Matt Castleberry (drums) — released The Sound of … Continue reading Secret Life of Painters
So, I turned 28 on Wednesday and my awesome wife put together a little throwdown last night at one of our favorite bars in town, Rosie McCaffrey’s. I’m paying for it today. Now, I know this is an mp3 blog, but we got some good pics and I thought I’d share. If you look hard … Continue reading Turning 28 is fun
SourceVictoria, written extensively about here and here, now get some love in The Rep, the weekly entertainment tabloid of The Arizona Republic. It’s a featured called “With the band,” in which the writer hangs for a night with the band members. Dinner and bowling were on the agenda for this story. It’s a good look … Continue reading “It’s not really bowling music, you know?”
After much deliberation, the winner of the Rex Grossman caption contest is … (drum roll, please) … Goose! For his efforts, Goose has won a sourceVictoria EP and T-shirt. But please know, you’re all winners in my book. I quite enjoyed Goose’s reference to Jim McMahon, who might be the last somewhat decent QB the … Continue reading Caption winner
All our chatter on the Blogger Fantasy Football League got me thinking about the gridiron. Naturally, I turned first to All-Time Quarterback, also known as Ben Gibbard, who recorded these lo-fi tracks in 1999 as an aside to his duties in Death Cab For Cutie. I’ve owned this album for quite some time but never … Continue reading All-Time Quarterback / caption contest
If you’ve already been over to Gorilla vs. Bear — and chances are good that you were — you know that Chris and I are posting some good workout songs today. I was lamenting my recent laziness about getting out and getting to the gym. And with the monumental Austin trip but a mere 48 … Continue reading Sweatin’ to the Indies!