Sunset in Santa Monica

Burt's feet

The legend that is Burt

Hollywood

Just arrived in LA for the company 81 shoot

New Years Eve party

Spreading christmas cheer

Just finished putting together the iris NY holiday card - see more at www.decorateastranger.com

Christmas tree

We went up to rockefeller centre to see the tree and people falling on their asses while attempting to ice-skate.

Flying visit to Miami

Didn't have time to see much of Miami, however did find time for a drink in this airport pub that had its own putting green.

Holiday party in Philadelphia

We drove up to Philadelphia this weekend for a holiday party with some of Jill's friends. Good party with beer pong going in the basment and we even came away with a electric fondue set - nice.

Holiday Party

Yeah that's right it's a holiday party not a Christmas party, to be politically correct. After some Secret Santa type action we headed to Whiskey Town for a couple of drinks. We then moved on to "Tao" to see the Buddha and enjoy some fantastic food and a few more drinks. After that things got a little blurry.

Times Square - 3am

Stuff on my desk

Number one in an occasional series

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Let it snow

This was the view from our window first thing this morning. It had all pretty much melted away by this evening, but there's supposed to be more on the way towards the end of the week.

New Apartment

So we moved into our new place in Forest Hills just about a month ago now and are finally pretty much sorted out. It's a nice big one bedroom on the second floor. We're right on the corner of Austin street which has just about evrything we could need, a dozen or so bars and resturants, shops, banks and 4 Subway lines all within a couple of blocks.

Knicks Win

Yep the Knicks actually managed to win one. They left it late after being down by around 14 at some points in the game. Made for an exciting finish though, and they finally beat the Bucks 91-88.

Thanksgiving

This year I got to experience a proper Thanks giving dinner with Jill's family. After some great food at "The Milleridge" we watched the traditional thanks giving football game.

New York Islanders

So for Thanks Giving eve we decided to go and see a hockey game. The first game I've ever been to, and thanks to Kristen we got to do it in style. Here's the view from our executive box.



Unfortunatley the Islanders lost, but there was free beer and hotdogs to make up for it. We also got to see a fight, which I'm told isn't as common as it once was.

New Campaign

We've just launched a new online campaign for Office Depot. It's called The SLOBs, which stands for Strange Little Office Beings. It's all about creatures made of office supplies that come alive at night and run riot around your office. You can create your own SLOB, challenge other people and even have the chance to win a holiday.
Check it out at "The SLOBs"

Halloween

As most of you probably know they take Halloween far more seriouslly out here. There's the big parade down 6th avenue and people in costumes everywhere you look. We also carved some pumpkins and went to a great
party at the weekend.

Green With Envy, get it?

Beastie Boys Life In Brooklyn

The Beastie Boys played their first ever gig in Brooklyn at McCarren Park Pool. As ypu can see we got a place right near the front. It's a pretty cool venue - a disued outdoor swimming pool. As you can imagine, No Sleep 'til Brooklyn got quite a reception.

Birthday BBQ etc.

Chase's Birthday

To celebrate Chase turning 25 we went to the Double Down for a couple of drinks, and I captured a few choice moments:

New T-shirt

We've finally got a t-shirt idea, that's been kicking around for a while, live on the site.

"Viva La Evolution"

Music - Kelli Rae Powell

The Scandalous Accounts Of My Youth by Kelli Rae Powell

I don't really know how people find Kelli Rae Powell's music. There seems to be no obvious straight path that would logically lead you to it. No simple direct line of influence or easy 'sounds like' reference points. I guess, like me, many people are just lucky enough to know someone with the good taste to recommend it. And in many ways that alone says a lot about Kelli Rae's music.

There's something about this album that just makes you want to tell everyone you know all about it. It makes you want to sit people down and say, stop what you're doing and listen to this, really listen because you need this album in your life.

"The Scandalous Accounts Of My Youth" is an album of gloriously unapologetic contradictions: simple yet complex, quirky yet accessible, contemporary but timeless, raw and still somehow endlessly poetic.

Many tracks feature just Kelli Rae and her ukulele, a fact that is easily forgotten with seemingly so much music coming through the speakers. Vocally her style sometimes bears something of a resemblance to 1920's jazz and cabaret singers, yet the subject matter, and lyrics, are irrefutably contemporary (barring one slight sprinkling of Latin).

So, on with the contradictions, how can pain sound so beautiful? How can introspection become so expressive and how do you give modern life the kind of poetic quality usually reserved for the times of Baudelaire or Victor Hugo?

Somehow Kelli Rae has taken all the frustration, beauty, romance and pain of modern life, folded it all in to a neat little package and placed it in the palm of your hand.

However you find this album, be it a well informed recommendation or simple blind luck, I urge you not to it slip through you fingers. "Kelli Rae Powell"