Oh, joy.

Adam and Brandon asked me the other day if i could 'practice making a baby' with any celebrity, who would i pick?

I said zilch. But what the hell was I thinking? Der... HELLO.

Enter Matt Nathanson: filthy-mouthed, non-alcohol drinker, and gracious/polite/funny-as-hell (not to mention...gorgeous). How could you not adore someone with such an obvious affliction for the '80s (and a faux-hawk).

The day is marvelous much when Mr. Matthew Nathanson takes some time to update his road journal...


02.06.05 . home, sf

hey all,

i've been trying to write a tour journal for the past week.
and every time i try, it just deteriorates into a bad woody allen script.
a total self-absorbed, self-concious river of the deepest poo.
so i'm gonna take a new approach.
i'm just going to list a bunch of things i've been wanting to talk about.
perfect for those of us with serious attention deficit issues.
this is essentially going to be the usa today of journal entries.
easy to read, easier to digest.

here we go:

today, i was amazed at how large of a terra cotta pot we needed to buy
for planting one rose bush. it has to do with the root system.
18" isn't really enough. we went 24".
that is one big ass pot.
and compared to the size of the rose bush we planted,
it's like standing up a twizzler in an airplane hanger.

if the new u2 single, 'all because of you', had been written in 1987 or 1991, for joshua tree or achtung baby respectively, it would have been the b-side for an amazing song.
but because of how far the bar of popular music has been lowered these days, it is now their single. and because of said low bar, this u2 album is praised as genius even though it is essentially a great band stringing together 12 B-sides and calling it an album.
with that said, a bad u2 album is better than 99% of other bands best albums.

i'm currently in a sordid secret love affair, in my mind, with juliya...the heavy metal vj on fuse. she makes me want to ditch this whole male, acoustic, singer/songwriter thing and just wear lots of black eyeliner and play second guitar in nashville pussy or lamb of god.

i don't understand why you are only allowed to burn 1 duraflame log at a time. and why you can't couple a duraflame log with any other piece of firewood.
their website, www.duraflame.com, is no help.

the new kings of leon record is totally amazing.
it completely transcended all of the hype.
the new bright eyes records, sadly, does not.

if i had a body like tyson beckford, i would never wear clothes.

i am playing some solo shows coming up with G love on the west coast. 1 show with ryan cabrerra in conneticut. and one with myself in maine. should be fun.

mark and i have finished 3 of the new songs. and we've got about 7 more that are in various stages of done. the 2 with titles are 'detroit waves' and 'i can't get to what you need'. tonight, i decided i'm gonna write a new song and call it 'pour some sugar on me'.

i'm totally addicted to this HBO show, unscripted,
and i have no idea if it's any good.

alright... that's about all i've got.
if any of you have info on the duraflame thing, please email me.

you all make me want to lala,

matt