What Now?!

Spent the day in Connecticut with my family to enjoy Sophia's first recital... but instead of her adorable singing and piano-playing, I present Sophia and my dad engaging in LIGHTSABER BATTLE:

This is what I saw after finishing my General Tso's Chicken last night:

Diane and I enjoyed an epic evening at The Bell House's benefit show for Haiti.

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There were many auctions set up at the venue to bid for things like Wilco tickets, etc... But the one auction we couldn't avoid was the chance to sing a karaoke duet with Ted Leo! Diane and I scrounged our cash together to get the $70 winning bid which, under any other circumstance, would seem ridiculously self-gratifying. Of course, all of the auction money is also going to the earthquake victims in Haiti... Good to know that my public foolishness is going to a good cause.

I didn't think we'd actually win, so I didn't have a song picked out. I hastily chose one before the crowd got restless, but ended up with a song that neither me OR Ted really knew that well!

So without further ado... me and Ted Leo singing Wham's "Careless Whisper" (the shit gets real around the 2:40-ish mark):



Despite the sloppiness, this might've been THE ultimate karaoke experience for me (maybe even more than that other time I sang with TLRX). I am a dork.

I heard The Bell House earned over $30K from the show, all of which will be donated to the earthquake victims in Haiti. Amazing!

I went to The Brooklyn Public Library tonight to see Joe Sacco talk about his new book, "Footnotes In Gaza". I haven't read the book yet, but really enjoyed his talk. It was fascinating for me to hear about his drawing & interviewing techniques. I only wish I had more to say to him when he signed my newly-purchased copy of "Footnotes"... It's been years since I read his incredible "Palestine" and "Safe Area Gorazde", but I remember being shaken by them.


Here's Sacco at the center, talking to an audience member who made everyone feel REALLY uncomfortable during the Q&A session (that's a whole other story).



I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon the Sesame Street exhibition on my way out of the library. I need to go back soon to see the rest of it!


Came home and was psyched to see this Chris Ware-style bumper from the penultimate episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O' Brien. Man... I am REALLY gonna miss his show.

Dammit, I cannot stop listening to these Sleigh Bells demos...

1. A/B Machines
2. Crown On The Ground
3. Ring Ring
4. Infinity Guitars

[Photo by R Muir • Thanks to Sam for the info!]

I shot almost every Deerhoof gig at Northsix back in 2004-2005. Northsix was my favorite club, but it was torn down soon afterwards and became The Music Hall Of Williamsburg. A couple years ago, I worked with drummer Greg Saunier on compiling/editing their favorite clips into this 26-minute video but forgot about posting it until now... So I hope y'all enjoy it!

Deerhoof @ Northsix from Jeremy Arambulo on Vimeo.

Well... since Qui's mentioned it on his blog, I figured I'd also make some noise about the comic we're collaborating on:

SOUL SAMURAI, based on his awesomely bad-ass play of the same name.

We put together a 25-page preview to shop around to prospective publishers. I'm a total novice in the book/graphic novel publishing world, so any tips would be appreciated!

Zizzo took me to a couple of shows on Friday and Saturday, w/ bands featuring incredibly talented musicians.

Reggie Watts & Marvel Sonic @ Brooklyn Bowl:


It's the first time I'd ever been to a show in a bowling alley. Surprisingly, the clunking bowling balls did not detract from the music! I was hoping Reggie Watts would bust out some of his impressive improvised sampling/layering skills, but I still enjoyed his straight-up vocals.

Mark Giuliana's Beat Music:


Mark Giuliana is one of the most intense drummers I've ever seen. Everyone in the room was flabbergasted, even as I stood there with Zizzo (a super-talented drummer himself) and his friend Billy (who currently drums for Dillinger Escape Plan).

Here's a clip of Mark doing his thing. If you aren't impressed by the 2:10-2:20 mark, you might need to have your eyes and ears checked:

... and here's the conclusion to the 3rd issue. Things are lookin' bad for Soup!

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The dead-tree version is also available to purchase at my website... because minicomics are AWESOME!

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