Man, I'll get over Brian Wilson one of these days...

So, as the title suggests, I'm stuck in Wilson land yet again. I picked up Sunflower/Surf's Up used at Easy St. Records and proceeded to bash the two of them without mercy on the ride home. WRONG! Well, at least half-wrong. I am seriously starting to put Sunflower upon the pedestal of Beach Boys awesomeness. Serously, I'm starting to think that "This Whole World" is one of Brian's best songs EVER! Admittedly, I'm a total music dork, but the man can pack more musical development in two minutes of song than anyone I've ever heard. Go and iTunes that sucker right now... I dare you! Anywhen, the rest of the album is very solid. The only hitches are that "Add Some Music to Your Day" (the single) is really poor, and that "Forever" was sung by Uncle Jesse on Full House not once, but twice. Does anyone want to help me beat up Mike Love yet? It's sad really, because "Forever" is so goll-darn beautiful. I'm poised to steal the whole na-na-na background vocals for my next tune.

Speaking of next tunes, I've got a new one rolling around my brain. I'll post it up as soon as I demo it. In other music news, Curtains will be heading into the studio to record the next record this weekend. I'll post some pictures and/or snippets next week.

Oh, Annabel has a new tooth to be celebrated. Huzzah! You should head on over to Melissa's blog to see a cute picture of Annabel with her hearing gear on. 'Nuff said for now...

Paging Peter?

Where have I been lately? Sheesh, every time I start a blog the promise of frequent updates seems to evaporate rather quickly. Let's play catch-up, shall we?

- I went paintballing for the first time last weekend, and I have a bruise the size of Miami on my left thigh. It's moving from purple to yellow, so that's a good thing... I think. Ryan (the birthday boy and impetus for paintball) was driven there blindfolded, and was really quite pleased. Fun!

- In a sleep-deprived stupor, I nearly sliced a finger on my left hand off while doing dishes. Today is day 2 without a bandage on it, and I'm glad that my healing ability (while not quite Wolverine level) is pretty darn fast.

- Melissa, Annabel, and I went to the beach with the Hales a couple of weekends ago when it was 80 degrees here in Seattle. One week later, it was snowing. Yes, snowing.

-Speaking of snow, Curtains For You had a snowball fight before taking the stage at The Comet last Friday. We played a frantic short set before giving the stage over to the boys in Apple War. They were quite good, and had a 300 pound organ in tow which had a Leslie speaker and a Moog built in. Wow...

- Speaking of Curtains, we had a hilarious photo shoot last night. It involved costume changes and meat. Melissa and Annabel also attended, and little baby Annabel made it into a few of the band shots.

That's mostly what has been happening as of late. A few things that have been stealing brain power away from me as of late are Jim Noir's excellent new album, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and finally getting around to finishing Dies the Fire. It's not a great book, but is has some fun moments. And now for a random picture of Dr. Strange, because I just got around to watching that new movie about him, and just got volume three of essential Dr. Strange form Amazon the other day.

What strange convergence of the universe is providing this karma?

It seems that we had a careful eye at the Tractor last week. Check this link out. It is good to know that the reviewer was just as displeased with the second band that night. Ouch, it was like Coldplay and Keane had a kid that was raised by one of those machines that generates soothing sounds of waves. Anywho, what an ace review! Thank you universe...

It's up!

Here is my shot at the top...

NPR = Now Pete Radio

For those of you who have not heard the news, yesterday I was contacted by Robin Hilton from All Songs Considered on NPR. They are featuring artists from this years RPM Challenge in the month of April, and I was chosen to be the first! I tried not to sound like a total idiot in my interview, so it will be fun to see what they end up using. I'll give you all more details as they become available.