Pedaling Against Poverty - 330 miles to Bonnaroo

2010-11-19T10:43:00.001-08:00

Hey Atlanta friends, putting on an impromptu show tonight at a place called Grocery on Home. Going to be fun!

2010-11-11T12:58:00.001-08:00

Hope to see my friends in Frankfort tonight at the Coffeetree Cafe. Playing music with my good friend Patrick Dethlefs at 8pm.

2010-11-10T08:15:00.001-08:00

Hey friends in Louisville, playing some music tonight with my friend Patrick Dethlefs...come try out his music. Green Building on E Market, 8pm.

2010-11-06T18:13:00.001-07:00

Bad traffic on the highway... AA Bondy is keeping me company.

2010-08-18T13:04:00.001-07:00

Running a little slow today till we get the right pack.

2010-08-18T09:22:00.001-07:00

So far the only fuel were using is burritos on this tour.

2010-08-16T16:04:00.001-07:00

Wow. Its totally not cost effective to buy rechargeable batteries...dumb.

2010-08-15T13:59:00.001-07:00

The flight today starts with a flight to San Diego. Looking forward to seeing everyone there and getting some of that Stone brew.

2010-07-31T10:59:00.001-07:00

Brandi Carlisle is killing it in the man stage... what a voice.

2010-07-31T10:13:00.001-07:00

What a wash of color from just one fella.

2010-07-31T10:12:00.001-07:00

At Newport Folk Fest... listening to AA Body. Lovin' it.

2010-06-26T11:02:00.001-07:00

Visiting Penland Arts School in NC... Unbelievable!

2010-06-11T10:12:00.001-07:00

Hey Kentucky friends...Just want to let you know I'll be performing in Frankfort this evening on the Capitol Lawn around 6.

2010-05-25T07:30:00.001-07:00

We must find a way to value a mountain that's prestine and it should be equal or greater than it's contents.

2010-05-25T07:28:00.001-07:00

Beautiful drive though Appalachia yesterday... Can't understand why it's not treasured like the Rockies or the Adirondacks.

2010-05-21T22:56:00.001-07:00

Had an amazing time with everyone at the Monkey Wrench tonight! Way to go KFTC. Louisville Loves Mountains.

2010-05-21T17:56:00.001-07:00

Louisville Loves Mountains is moving to the Monkey Wrench! 10pm start!

2010-05-21T13:51:00.001-07:00

Heading to Louisville Loves Mountains at Heine Bros Coffee on Longest. Going to be a good time!

2010-05-17T13:18:00.001-07:00

To all my folks in Lexington...make sure to check out Morgan O'Kane at Woodsong tonight. Amazing performer with an amazing story.

2010-05-12T10:33:00.001-07:00

Back in Boulder today...performing on Etown tonight along side Grace Potter. Excited!

2010-05-01T13:13:00.001-07:00

Well, turns out flying day off derby out of Louisville is kind of nice...airport is super chill.

2010-04-25T05:56:00.001-07:00

Somebody pinch me! I think I'm almost home.

2010-04-24T11:58:00.001-07:00

Heading over Isla Vista to perform for UCSB. 1:30 at Ansiq'oyo Park. See y'all there!

2010-04-23T18:07:00.001-07:00

No more airplanes today! 16 ours in the are and the other side of the world. Crazy!

2010-04-23T11:33:00.001-07:00

Once had a Tibetan doctor tell me I had fire in my throat...maybe I should work for the airlines.

2010-04-23T11:01:00.003-07:00

Daniel Martin Moore will be performing solo at 8pm...go support a great school and some fine Kentucky artists...wish I was there.

2010-04-23T11:01:00.001-07:00

Finally made it back to the states...unfortunately not in time for the Cowan Creek benefit tonight in Louisville.

2010-04-12T13:06:00.001-07:00

Just landed in Newark...short lay over before the flight to Sweden. Sometimes hunting for food in airports is like a video game...power pack!

2010-04-12T08:32:00.001-07:00

Spent the morning dancing to the Killers with my son...it's true. He's a big fan.

2010-04-12T08:31:00.001-07:00

Both cellos are in the shop and now I'm off to Stockholm for a performance.

2010-04-08T11:16:00.001-07:00

Driving one of my ailing cellos up to NYC...Appalachia is beautiful.

2010-04-04T16:21:00.001-07:00

Everyone ok out there in San Diego land? Thinkin' of ya.

2010-04-03T11:55:00.001-07:00

Wisconsin...sky and silos. Excited for the show tonight at the Majestic in Madison.

2010-04-01T10:41:00.001-07:00

Had a good breakfast meeting with the Adventure Cycling Association this morning. Working on the transamerican bike tour!

2010-03-31T20:04:00.001-07:00

Alright, ETA 10pm for Missoula. See everyone out at the Badlaner for some Kraptastic Karaoke!

2010-03-27T13:15:00.001-07:00

Dammit! Driving by a huge cattle farm...their digging holes in the ground for shelter. Cows don't dig holes!

2010-03-27T10:12:00.001-07:00

I'm going to nominate Joanna Newsom to do a bike tour...I can help pedal around the harp :)

2010-03-26T14:58:00.001-07:00

Ah, LA good to see ya...one day I will conquer your streets by bicycle.

2010-03-26T10:34:00.001-07:00

The problem with booking a bike tour is that there's on 7 days in a week.

2010-03-26T09:01:00.001-07:00

Just found out Frank Fairfield is opening the show tonight...so excited!

2010-03-26T08:27:00.001-07:00

Check out this review of the review Pitchfork gave the new record: http://bit.ly/cI7co4

2010-03-26T07:38:00.001-07:00

'He and Him' are heading down the road today to Santa Monica for a show at Mc Cabes Guitars tonight.

2010-03-25T20:21:00.001-07:00

From this point on Daniel and I are going to be billed as 'He and Him.'

2010-03-23T19:25:00.001-07:00

Bummer, this snow storm snuffed out our show tonight in Denver. Sorry to all the folks that were planning on coming out! We'll be back.

2010-03-22T21:39:00.001-07:00

Ah, @kayteabeez quote of the day: "...kind of destined-ish." mostly amazing-like.

2010-03-22T21:18:00.001-07:00

Made it up to Denver... heading in to the bar to geek out about the next bike tour. Lots of new discoveries!

2010-03-22T12:37:00.001-07:00

Thinking about what Chilean emcee Anita Tijoux said, "If you don't know Spanish, get with the program!" she's right.

2010-03-22T12:35:00.001-07:00

Filling up the van...looking at Transamerica Bicycle Route. It runs through KY!

2010-03-21T08:46:00.001-07:00

Heading over to see the Seedy Seeds this morning.

2010-03-21T08:40:00.001-07:00

Boy, stayed up late watching This Is It...MJ is such an inspiration. I forget how much he influenced me as a kid.

2010-03-20T13:53:00.001-07:00

If there's one thing this van is good for it's blocking traffic...people really give us room.

2010-03-20T13:45:00.001-07:00

Weather has turned cold...everyone is huddled in small place around loud music. Imagining penguins...

2010-03-20T09:56:00.001-07:00

Come see Cheyenne Marie Mize perform at Cheer Up Charlie's at 1pm. 1104 E 6th...it's going to be beautiful!

2010-03-19T17:25:00.003-07:00

Everything is to be seen, not everything to be heard.

2010-03-19T17:25:00.001-07:00

What a crazy day! There's sound everywhere: engines, bike bells, drums, angry guitars, fluttering hair...

2010-03-18T10:27:00.001-07:00

Setting up for a performance at Jovitas Twangfest... @timeaston is rockin' inside!

2010-03-17T16:18:00.001-07:00

And now...sissy spacek...posted up we are!

2010-03-17T16:15:00.001-07:00

And...now Robert Duvall.

2010-03-17T16:09:00.001-07:00

Ummm...just saw Bill Murray at the Four Seasons.

2010-03-17T11:25:00.003-07:00

However, in the end it's amazing to see so many folks impassioned....that's exciting.

2010-03-17T11:25:00.001-07:00

I love the community but they are all here for a place in the industry...

2010-03-17T11:24:00.001-07:00

It's all at once heart warming and breaking to see so many musicians out....

2010-03-17T11:23:00.001-07:00

It's Wednesday and the streets downtown are already brimming with people. It's goin to be crazy this year!

2010-03-17T08:00:00.001-07:00

Wheels on the ground...hello Austin! Heading down to the convention center to speak on a panel on the perks and perforations of sustainable touring at 2pm.

2010-03-17T06:37:00.001-07:00

This plane might well be an orchestra...so many musicians.

2010-03-17T02:04:00.001-07:00

Grabbing a shuttle to the airport...the driver is rocking a little Rod Stewart. SXSW begins in St Louis early this morning for me.

2010-03-14T18:10:00.001-07:00

The last little syrup of sun is setting... Where should we eat dinner in Coralville, IA?

2010-03-14T16:20:00.001-07:00

Just saw signs for Normal, IL...

2010-03-14T13:58:00.001-07:00

Collecting everyone from their various crashpads in Chicago... Heading out to Cedar Rapids.

2010-03-13T12:16:00.001-08:00

It ain't about important people or significant events...it's the mundane stuff...you know?

2010-03-13T12:15:00.005-08:00

Driving to pick up my family at the airport...listening to Randy Newman.

2010-03-13T12:15:00.003-08:00

I like to think of that whenever I'm sitting around playing music with friends.

2010-03-13T12:15:00.001-08:00

I remember singing with 'short people' with my mom as vividly as any performance I've given.

2010-03-13T09:51:00.001-08:00

I'd like to submit a new word for the English vocabulary. "prawl"-roam aroud talking on the phone avoiding a particular social interaction.

2010-03-12T07:21:00.001-08:00

Driving to Chicago...show in Evanston tonight. Super pysched. Discussing our favorite words to say..."prosthesis."

2010-03-12T07:14:00.001-08:00

It's all going to be ok...Lucky's Cafe has Truffle Bombs! Thinkin' of David...

2010-03-11T08:07:00.001-08:00

Woa! Katie just discovered an amazing breakfast joint in Cleveland...Lucky's Cafe!

2010-03-10T21:57:00.001-08:00

Still driving down the road...Daniel is rockin' it! Listening to Mighty Boosh on the radio.

2010-03-10T07:48:00.001-08:00

If I learned one thing from WALL-E is that our salvation lies in a good show tune. Sing on!

2010-03-10T05:46:00.001-08:00

I think the show Dirty Jobs should win a pulitzer prize for journalism. It's just amazing what they capture in the working class!

2010-03-09T20:21:00.001-08:00

Escaped with only a few bits...costly. Take care where you lay your pants gentlemen.

2010-03-09T17:08:00.001-08:00

Dammit! Just got ants in my pants changing in the hallway...bit the crap out of me!

2010-03-09T14:01:00.001-08:00

Albany...what can I say...It's good to see you again. Show at the Linda (WAMC) tonight.

2010-03-08T13:59:00.001-08:00

Sweet! The Mexican restaurant we just ate at in Kingston, NY bought a CD!

2010-03-08T09:37:00.001-08:00

Growing a garden in the cello seems like a lovely idea...bugs and cellos!

2010-03-08T09:19:00.001-08:00

First entry...Knob Creek Machine Gun shoot...nothing like anti-tank guns to deconstruct a cello.

2010-03-08T09:02:00.001-08:00

Having fun thinking of ways to deconstruct the cello...ideas? Explosives and graffitti are already on the list...

2010-03-07T12:38:00.001-08:00

Cruising around NYC on a tandem bicycle with Katie...beautiful day. Amazed by all the sweet bike lanes.

2010-03-06T21:09:00.001-08:00

Wow! What an amazing night! Thank you NYC for a sold out show at Joe's Pub! So thankful. Now, off to Marie's Crisis.

2010-03-05T13:50:00.001-08:00

Ah, the wave of crazed happenings...show in NYC at Joe's Pub tonight!

2010-03-05T04:01:00.001-08:00

I think, in the near future, our generation is going to rediscover the sound of the
Orchestra.

2010-03-04T22:21:00.001-08:00

More potent than any other electronic or environmental sound and more poetic than anywords...

2010-03-04T22:19:00.001-08:00

But, as a young person now outside of the social structure of the orchestra, now just a listener, I find it a painfully beautiful sound...

2010-03-04T09:44:00.003-08:00

I know each thing, each thought, each person has it's own time in the light...

2010-03-04T09:44:00.001-08:00

I mean a band like Vampire Weekend can explode but an African American Orchestra in Baltimore can struggle...

2010-03-04T09:42:00.003-08:00

But somehow it's fallen from our mainstream culture's perception...

2010-03-04T09:42:00.001-08:00

It's one of the most eloquent expressions I've ever heard...

2010-03-04T09:41:00.001-08:00

It's difficult for to imagine a species of music like the orchestra ever dying out...

2010-03-04T06:45:00.001-08:00

Ah, it's a beaut here in Philly...heading down to the symphony to get a peep of the orchestra rehearsal since I'll be performing tonight at World Cafe.

2010-03-03T19:41:00.001-08:00

Whoever suggested the Standard Tap...I thank thee!