Whoever decided to call it (and the title track) “Surf’s Up” either is pretty far out of his mind or has a pretty dark sense of humor. Turns out, it’s both.

The problem with recording is always that the live energy and the ‘vibe’ that a live performance creates, gets squashed and sucked dry until you’re left with some barely recognizable artifact. It’s like translating something into Japanese and back into English: something gets lost.

This record is a treasure trove of pop brilliance. It’s almost too much to digest all at one sitting, but impossible to put down, like a pint of Chubby Hubby.

We had a great time weaving around through dancing girls and a guy who had some early hip-hop moves while looking like a cross between jed clampett and ziggy stardust

We just saw the final cut of our brand new video for “Walk on Thin Air” for the first time today…It’s like David Lynch and Buster Keaton made a short film together.

Married people often say that, after all the planning and preparations, their actual wedding was a blur. There is so much going on around them that their processing abilities temporarily slow down. That’s how I felt at our cd release show last night at the Cat’s Cradle.

We did a taping for NBC 17 Raleigh’s Sessions in Studio B today. You can see the video on the media page.

By request, here are the lyrics to the new album. Enjoy!