File this under: brilliant prank. You gotta love the indie musician who isn’t afraid to turn to gorilla marketing tactics to get noticed. Watch the video below and you’ll agree, there’s nothing not to love about Gavin Slate’s performance.
Month: July 2012

The art of handmade shoe-making is alive and well in Chicago.
Little has changed over the past 100 years for Oak Street Bootmakers. The family-run shop of cobblers has mastered the craft of beautifully designed, handmade shoes and these new kicks have got me itching for a trip to their shop …
From the HM Vault: On tour with Death Cab For Cutie and The Jealous Sound.
In the winter of 2001, we decided to book a 30-day, full US tour with three amazing bands. All three bands were clients of ours so we booked the venues, rented the vans, stocked up on mixtapes and hit the …

Some neat musical experiments.
Get this – musical video experiments. If you haven’t heard of them yet, CDZA is the current run-away, viral success of YouTube. They’re a little collective of artists – comprised of a video guy, a music guy and an audio …

Mr. Bean at the Olympics!
I was lucky enough to have my parents introduce me to Mr. Bean since PBS used to have this British comedy block growing up. It was one of the few shows that transcended generational differences in humor and I can …