The Cars Finally Roll into Town

24years sounds like a prison term. In many ways that's exactly what it was. So finally getting to see one of the most influential bands in my life for the first time Friday night at the Sound Academy was beyond surreal. Sadly, since the passing of original bassist and part-time lead vocalist Ben Orr in 2000 to pancreactic cancer, the show was missing a little something to say the least.

Never ones for a flashy stage show, the remaining Cars picked up where they left off so many years ago. A righteous but rigid performance delivering solid versions of their biggest hits, minus a few very significant ones such as Magic, Shake It Up and Drive. The latter being their biggest hit as sung by the late Mr. Orr. Along with the hits, 6 songs from their enjoyable new disc Move Like This were presented in the "this ain't a reunion for the sake of a reunion" fashion.

From a long-time fans persepctive, it was bittersweet. Ric Ocasek could have taken a big shit in the middle of the stage and I would have been satisfied just fine thank you very much. But instead we got a delightful show with no surprises. My only wish is that now they make another record and give us at the very least, one more tour.

Check out the awesome Blue Tip from the new Move Like This album:

Behind The Scenes

Thems Fightin' Words!!

I think I might have discovered my true calling, as evident by me and UFC legend, Chuck Liddell.

Night Time Video

Ask anyone who has filmed a video and they'll all tell you there's a lot of waiting around, but it's all good. After all, there are worse ways to spend a day. So, standing around in a freezing cold warehouse working on a music video leaves little room for any complaining. However, when it came time to film the rain scene, we were all re-thinking that.

What is it with playing music in the rain that seems appealing? Though the lyric does state "like dogs in the rain" it makes no mention of a subzero warehouse or rock hard nipple inducing ice cold water. However, we are dogs playing our music in the rain and we are happy to forgo the comforts of warm water and heated warehouses to prove our commitment.

Perhaps i'm being a little dramatic here, after all, it's just a music video. Nevertheless, we are 100% committed to the music and we're lucky enough to be working with some amazing people who are equally committed to the project. Jimmy Keegan is directing our most recent visual adventure and he`s proving himself to be an amazing talent. His crew is also fantastic and a real bunch of pros. It`s been a pleasure working with everyone on this video. We`ve got one more day of filming to complete, which includes a helicopter and office break-in. After a couple of weeks in the editing suite we will share the final product with you all. But let me reassure you, we`ve seen the dailies and things are looking incredible.

be back soon...

Let's Sign a Deal!!

As you've all seen from the posting on our website/facebook, we've signed a worldwide deal with Spectra Records based in the U.S. Needless to say, we're over the moon excited about it. I don't want to address the whole thing in detail but what is great about it all is that Escape Plan should get the proper attention it deserves. I know we've been talking about this disc for what seems like an eternity, but this really is the record we've been working towards for a long time and we're very proud of it regardless of what the results turnabout to be public wise.

Simply, it was the album we had to make. Shawn's playing is absolutely brillant. Jay really brought the energy we had been missing and I sang my ass off. What Escape Plan represents to us is how we were able to exorcise the demons from our recent past and properly align TAE's musical journey once again.

Bring on the summer!

Does Change Mean We're Changing...

Will a change just feel the same?
Will this time ever come again?

With winter retreating and spring about to make a grand entrance, I can't help but feel an oncoming presence of good fortune. New times for a new time? I am feeling a certain positivity that generally reserves itself for the fortune of others. Maybe our time has come? Just Maybe.

Big News...Coming Soon!!

We have some big, big, big news to announce...later this week. Hopefully by Friday. Just need to clarify and confirm before we make the big announcement. In the meantime, we're still soldiering on, waiting on the final mix of Promise from Mike B. At which point we would like to say the album will be finished. However, in connection with the soon to be announced big news we may indeed have to wait a little longer still as we try to put the finishing touches on a new version of The Honeymoon Is Over. Initially you see, we decided to scrap Honeymoon and let it go, but now it appears we may need to include it after all, giving us 8 tracks in total for the new disc. We'll know more within the next week or two.

Looks like we'll be filming a video for Night Time. We've had discussions with film maker Jimmy Keegan who has written a sick treatment for the song so hopefully we can start filming soon.

That's it for now...talk soon.