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happy birthday to e. john thawley III, a titan among men, and maker of the meanest brisket in the great state of california.

back in march and october i had the chance to spend a few days visiting matt nathanson in silver lake, california, where he was recording his new album, modern love. matt was the very first person i met at college. he was a year ahead of me and had volunteered to mentor incoming freshmen during [...]

last sunday morning i got a phone call from sebastian. i hadn’t seen him in almost eight years, i think, but we were facebook friends. he said apologetically, “my wife said i was crazy to call someone at 9:30 in the morning on a sunday, but i thought it’d be all right.” it was fine. [...]

this past winter brought two visitors to LA. in march i was able to meet up with tim archibald when he was down from san francisco just for the day. it was a brief visit, but even in the rush back to the airport tim was still gracious enough to let me take his picture [...]

i went to school in claremont, california, in the early-mid 90s. a week or so after arriving at college i went to an open mic night and saw another student sing songs in a way that had never occurred to me before. at that point the mountain goats was just john darnielle, and he wrote [...]

tommy, a dear friend and an amazing talent, an endless well of energy, ideas and enthusiasm. tommy is never far from a positive spin on a situation, which would be a good lesson for me to notice (especially after knowing him for 17 years) if i were the kind of guy who assimilated those sorts [...]

today is the first birthday of olivia collins, youngest daughter of my good friend, dana, graphic designer and illustrator at large. happy birthday, olivia.

aimee bender’s new book, the particular sadness of lemon cake, was released this week and is already skyrocketing up the charts at amazon. i’ve known aimee for a few years now and feel quite honored to have one of my pictures used as the author photo in this new book. it’s very nice to see [...]

bill foreman, “san diego”, march 7th, 2010 from Max S. Gerber on Vimeo. bill foreman writes some of the best songs you’ll ever hear. heartbreaking, complex, layered and soulful songs. i was lucky enough to get the chance to record one of them when he was in town a few months back, crashing on my [...]