timblane's Journal

Oh, 8!
Happy January, everybody.

It’s been a great first couple of weeks- spent the last two weekends rehearsing with the Who’s That Pack in Brooklyn. I’m more than a little excited about our upcoming tour.
Patrick conducted “Man on the Street” interviews with inanimate objects, Chad and Syd incorporated drums into our set, and Todd… well, let’s just say Todd is so dedicated to rehearsal he will literally sleep in the studio. (Sleep, of course, being a code word for “Passing out accidentally.”)

Shifting gears...
I generally like to keep my politics and music on separate wavelengths.
I don’t write overtly political tunes, nor do I use the stage as a pulpit. Just not my style.
But considering our first gig of 2008 was at a political rally in front of 3500 people, I’ll at least mention it. A friend of mine works for the Clinton campaign and she hooked us up with the sweet gig of getting to perform at the pre-election day rally for Hillary in Manchester, NH.
Now, I’m not taking full credit for Hillary’s win the next day, but I’m thinking that other campaigns should really pay attention to the patented Tim Blane Band bump….

Also, for those of you into comedy that’s a little bit out there, check out ‘Tim and Eric: Awesome Show, Great Job.” (The Tim is Tim Heidecker, not me.) They have a video podcast you can download for free, which will likely make you wanna buy “Awesome Show, Great Job” on iTunes. That and the Duchovny show, “Californication” are my current new obsessions.

Current Music: Lupe Fiasco