breakthru radio interview, acoustic set

i got to do a 10 song acoustic set and interview with the lovely DJ Maia at Breakthru radio the other night. You can find it over here. we i had a really great time and got to try out a bunch of the new songs.

here is the Setlist:

00:00 Brian Sendrowitz of Beat Radio

00:44 Treetops

04:21 Interview

06:41 Another Loveless Anthem

09:38 Interview

10:51 Lonely From Rock And Roll

14:10 Interview

15:39 Behind The Blue

19:00 Interview

19:40 Stranger Flowers

23:12 Teenage Anthem For The Drunken Boat

26:52 Interview

29:03 What I Love The Most

33:07 Sunday Matinee

36:01 Interview

38:05 Closing Scene

42:02 Elegy

best,

bri

behind the blue

this is a picture by robert frank from his book the americans. and here's another new song. it's kind of a good time. it's sort of autobiographical. it's a bit long winded and freewheeling.

beat radio - behind the blue (demo)

alternate title: "your mother loves a man in uniform"

here are lyrics:

i heard the kick drum and the melody
but it doesn't compensate for company
so i threw out my confession like it was a mixtape of a memory
there's an exodus upon us now
from the outside looking in
and it's a song about a super 8
a short story of a violin

and it's a long hard road ahead
i don't know what we're gonna do
but if you're holding out for me
i'll be holding out for you

at sunset there's a marching band that plays the requiem for radio
and the patron saint of electric light sings a song on the last stereo
me i'm singing with these sailors now
your mother loves a man in uniform
when i was shipwrecked on the shoreline she was my shelter from the storm

and i won't forget the thing she said
it hit me like a bolt of blue
i hope you're holding out for me
cause i've been holding out for you

i'm in a place that i don't recognize
fighting in a civil war
and every night i close my eyes and i feel more lonely than the night before

i wanna smash in every tv set to hear the wind come whistling through
i wanna cut through all the LCD's
i wanna see the blue behind the blue
i wanna graduate to more than just the sleepy crash of nine to five
i wanna be the one to show you how to feel a little more than just alive

when you were young you dreamed your dreams
some faded away and some came true
and if you're holding out for me
i'll be holding out for you
i'll be holding out for you

new poem

he was writing his own history
it was a feel good documentary

destroyer of lunchboxes
swallower of bright verandas
a beard growing on a beautiful vista
conquistador of the jersey shore

pounding his sonnets into typewriter keys
about girls in their blue jeans and tattoo sleeves

the words are spilling over now
"you're gonna miss me when i'm gone."

phil, brian and i have been in hiding as of late, working hard on new recordings. the first few will being coming out soon on a 4 song ep called sunday matinee. phil and i took a break a few weeks back to play an acoustic benefit show for our friends with the green party. thanks again to ian for posting this video. hope you guys like it. see you soon!

everything is temporary (now)

thanks to our fan jason for making this really awesome video to our song "everything is temporary."

we made a transient connection

here's a video of me and phil playing "television" at a recent green party benefit:

thanks to ian for putting this together.
thanks to phil for bringing his cittern.
this song is from my last solo record when it comes on like a dream.

cheers!

save union hall!

I honestly don't think beat radio would have continued to be a band over the last year and a half without the amazing people at union hall. it is the best small room for live music in new york.

Tonight (Wednesday, May 14) could change Brooklyn nightlife as we know it.
Community Board 6's advisory board lead by Lou Sones (the owner of Brazen Head) is taking action against Union Hall of Park Slope. They are recommending the removal of their liquor license based on a group of about 5 people from Union street, with no facts generated to prove any violations. I repeat... THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY UNION HALL'S LIQUOR LICENSE WITHOUT A SINGLE VIOLATION! If this is allowed it could set a chain-reaction through the night life scene. If they can deny the renewal of a liquor license for an establishment with no violations they will be able to close down anyone they like.
DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN!

The General Board will be meeting on this and other matters at the address and time listed bellow. Show up in numbers with signs stating your support for Union Hall and Brooklyn Nightlife. The press will be there and we have to put the pressure on.

Borough Hall Court Room / 6:30PM

209 Joralemon St

Brooklyn, NY