Liam Hurley: Web Log

here we are in wyoming, and i am still flying high from our trip to telluride, CO. the mountain were beautiful, the people were great, and the gondola was free! what was not free, but totally worth the $25 was the Segway tour! Sam, Zack, Leo, and I followed around our guide Bob Beer (no lie) through Telluride while we learned about whore houses (old and new). i'll post pictures when i can, but for now, enjoy this youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1udsrQsCZY0

so kenzie and i were able to walk across the brooklyn bridge the other day to see the "waterfalls" (http://nyfalls.com/nycwaterfalls.html)
and it was really very pretty. we also were able to get to a roof top to enjoy the 4th of july fireworks, which were spectacular. however, both views were somewhat marred by 375 Pearl st. otherwise known as Verizon's switching station. emblazoned atop this building is a gigantic Verizon logo, and it pretty well ruins any viewing of the cityscape.

flickr.com/photos/55114802@N00/2518769080

good news, though! Verizon has sold the building to Taconic, and they plan to "re-clad" the building, so here's to hoping this blight on the skyline shant be around long...

so sacha baron cohen looks like he is in production for his new movie, "Bruno." who's psyched?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/08/faked.fight.nights.ap/index.html

so actually found myself reading In Touch magazine, where you can get the latest on Britney's waistline and Brangelina's pregnancy. after killing a few brain cells reading this rag, i found this little link, which i thought was pretty cool.

http://dirtycarart.com/

enjoy, and happy fourth!

okholycrap. our show with the Boston Pops orchestra has left me walking on the clouds for the past few days. the crowd was electric, and the hall was (beautifully) acoustic. thanks to everyone who made it into a night i will never forget!

and now for something completely different:

http://www.dollywood.com/

sam just sent me this link to an all robotic band, the Trons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2JChnwv2Ws

looks like i'm out of a job!

sometimes i get burnt out on this city. it used to be i couldn't wait to get back, and the view of the skyline from the bqe or the turnpike would get me so amped. i've found that this has faded a little, and every once and a while i need a boost.

i found this link through http://www.kottke.org, a great site, and it did the trick:

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5136

speaking of computer music, i'm currently digging Coldplay's new album "Viva La Vida," produced by Brian Eno.

in the 60's, Eno and his painter friend Peter Schmidt came up with a stack of cards with an aphorism on each that was meant to jog your creativity. they called it Oblique Strategies.

Here's a website that has collected all the sayings:

http://stoney.sb.org/eno/oblique.html

so much of what i do musically is related to computers, i thought this article about the earliest electronic music was interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7458479.stm

in this time of political campaigning, here's a look at it's beginnings....

http://tinyurl.com/64muht

here's the actual advert:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG2G1wdwP48

http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/

so here's a link to my friend sean's new website, and i was just blown away.

check it out (and be disturbed!)

http://seanodell.com/

in other artist news, check out andrew goldsworthy:

http://www.goldsworthy.cc.gla.ac.uk/browse/

or google image search:

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=Ds6&q=andy+goldsworthy&um=1&ie=UTF-8

elephants. painting. wtf?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHoyB81LnE

hey!

we're in rotterdam right now. awesome city. apparently it was close to leveled in the Great War, so it has a much more modern vibe than many of the other dutch cities.

utrecht last night was very awesome. i can't say enough good things about the dutch way of life. all the venues we've played are very professional, sound great, and have plenty of amenities (read: showers!). utrecht was like a mini amsterdam, but they actually have basements! talk about flood insurance.

i put up some new photos from our canadian tour/ my florida vacation. i hope you enjoy them!

but i haven't forgot about the blog!

i'm just lazy when i get home. lazy with a lot to do!

so here are some links to tide you over:

http://bigeyeinthesky.com/

addis shared this one with me; it can really make you dizzy!

and check out this comedian, demetri martin, who i caught at Union Pool the other day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_mR-Fhnc9o


pictures soon! promise!

hello from ottawa!

these past few shows have been spectacular! musically, toronto was a truly magical evening for the band: one of those inexplicable chemical and chymerical nights where we hit new highs. the audiences have been outstanding at every show, and i can't say enough good things about canada in general. we made it through some rough weather last night, and a rough primary the day before, and are really looking forward to a trip to florida for the langerado music festival (http://www.langerado.com/home2.php)

on a totally unrelated note, someone told me about this little news item after i was reminiscing about my childhood love of paper airplanes:
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/01/origami-spaceplane-to-launch-from-space-station/

enjoy!

everything's for sale....

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/03/magna.carta.display/index.html

hello from minneapolis!

we're back in the states for 2 days, in the midst of a whirlwind canadian tour. we finally hit cold weather in saskatoon, saskatchewan, and it has stuck with us since. thank god oscar (www.nakatomiplaza.com) loaned me his winter coat!

we hit a leap day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year)
which was cool.

um... what else.... my beard is getting pretty full. i don't have pictures yet, but i will.

we're all sort of exhausted from a rough border crossing; apparently a rock'n'roll bus crossing into the states at 5am sends up some red flags with the night patrol! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol

wish us luck with the rest!

hello from British Columbia!

so far we've been to Vancouver Island, which was a breathtaking ferry ride, and Vancouver proper, which is one of my favorite cities. our 2nd show was at the Commodore Ballroom, and it went amazingly! they had put out chairs on the dance floor, which was odd, but we were still having fun. then about halfway through the show, some brave souls got up in the aisle to dance. security moved in swiftly to shut them down, but in a truly "strength in numbers" moment, everyone rushed the stage, and the night turned into a real rock'n'roll show. it was one of those rare symbiotic moments between performer and audience, where each was feeding the other. thank you, vancouver!

today we drove through the coastal mountains (not as big as the rockies, ehich comes later, but still amazing) on our way to kelowna. we are on lake with a canadian version of Nessie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogopogo

hey y'all!

so, a while ago, i wrote about the 1,500 piece jigsaw puzzle i started in early january. well, i finished! i know it doesn't seem like a big deal, but man, what a relief. i stayed up late the last couple of nights to finish before i started this next leg of touring. i've posted some pictures for your viewing pleasure, and here's a link to an explanation of the painting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_of_Babel_%28Brueghel%29