I wrote a piece on the making of Time Travel Made Easy which appears in the September issue of Keyboard Magazine.  It’s geared towards musicians and producers, but I invite all to check it out.  I also contributed several lesson articles, which I write monthly for the magazine.  Behind the scenes video clips coming soon…

Exactly a month to the day that we played the Knitting Factory’s Tap Bar, we moved on up to the Main Space, which, if you were to think of the Knitting Factory complex as being like Guitar Hero, is like moving from medium to expert. (Even though I’m a guitar player – or maybe because I’m a guitar player – I’m not too familiar with that game. So was that an apt analogy?) Speaking of expert – what a great show, with Retro Ignite, Lion of Ido, and The Crash Moderns all playing great sets. What made the night even better was that the vibe backstage was really friendly and supportive – thanks to all of the other bands for that. And special thanks to the (shall I say boisterous? yes, I shall) – boisterous crowd. It was a great feeling playing in a room filled with that much energy.

We’ll be coming back to NYC after we get back from our upcoming summer tour, so stay tuned…

SET LIST: The Future / Victory Kiss / The Girl on Top (Of the Piano) / Video Killed the Radio Star / Teh Concept… / You Might Say (No Transformation Here) / All Kinds of Love / Choices / Are You Here / Borrowed Time / Encore: Take on Me

A live video of “Borrowed Time” from the Time Travel Made Easy CD Release Party is now up on YouTube. We’ll be posting more live videos from this show each week, so be sure to subscribe to the Spiraling YouTube Channel.



Audio: For those who missed the live interview from July 7 on The Burn Radio, you can hear the archive at USA Progressive Music.

The mercury was pushing triple digits in New York on Tuesday, which made it all the more impressive that people were lining up for our show with The Pink Spiders and Treaty of Paris over an hour before doors. (In spite of the temperature, I still thought it was a good idea to wear a blazer on stage – good thing the Knit has AC.) What a great crowd – lots of energy, lots of noise, lots of cell phone cameras! I counted at least fifteen in the air while we were playing, so I know there’s footage of the show out there – send it to me at marty@spiraling.net and I’ll post it.

Ego boost of the day: After the show, a girl actually asked me to go to prom with her , which I guess is proof positive that real life really isn’t like high school. (By the way, when did “the prom” lose its indefinite article?)

Here’s a post-show pic from our new friends Kelly and Karen:

Here are some onstage pics courtesy of Audrey Allure (TM):

SPIRALING FUN FACT: People from Westchester County and Nassau County in New York never tell you what town they’re from, they just say they’re from Westchester County or Nassau County.

SET LIST: The Future / The Concept… / You Might Say / The Girl on Top (of the piano) / Are You Here / Victory Kiss

I didn’t even realize this until my friend Jeff pointed it out, but as of June 1st, I’ve been living in Jersey City for a full year. (The memories! The parking tickets! The Kennedy Fried Chicken!) So for me, Spiraling’s first gig in JC last Friday had something of a birthday party feel to it. I’ve been fortunate to meet so many friendly and interesting people here over the last year, and it was really gratifying to see everyone brave the heat and pack Toy Eaters to hear us.

Special thanks to the lovely and talented Melissa Surach for graciously adding us to the bill for her JC Fridays show. Melissa hosts a bi-monthly (that means every two weeks, right?) music and comedy show in JC – though it’s currently on hiatus for the summer, you should definitely check it out once it resumes in September.

Also, thanks to our hosts at Toy Eaters for being so accommodating, and Norm for providing the spacey lighting. For those of you who weren’t there, it kinda looked like this.

Extra special thanks to our friend Raj Sharma for filling in on drums on short notice, and dong a bang-up job. Raj is the drummer and vocalist for an NJ group called Como Drive – they just finished their latest record, which sounds excellent, so make you check it out once it’s released.

SPIRALING FUN FACT: Want to know why it’s called Toy Eaters? It’s a funny story, which I don’t know.

SET LIST: The Future / The Concept… / You Might Say / The Girl on Top (of the piano) / Are You Here / Victory Kiss