Word travels fast, I’ve gotten quite a few concerned phone calls from friends in the touring community so I thought I’d post this up to show everyone what happened after the accident on our way from Toronto to Winnipeg. The main thing is that no one was hurt, just a few rattled nerves.

Colin Lewis - Booking agent, scholar, and…judge on Much Music’s “Disband“! The show follows an up and coming band for 7 days and at the end of the week their fate as a group is determined by music industry gurus. Colin’s the man.

I love San Francisco. I love film. What better way to combine the two than with a party at Mezzanine with the San Francisco Film Society? Friday was an absolute blast, and I got to unleash over an hour of all new material to a packed house! I also got to hang with Party Ben, whose video mashups are just brilliant (and in case you couldn’t tell, I’m a huge a/v snob). SFFS also brought out Peanut Butter Wolf who dropped music videos for songs that I didn’t even know had music videos. I’m willing to bet he’s got the largest private collection of music vids. All in all, it was fantastic. The bay area audience was amazing as usual, such a great show to come home to!

So like most of you living in the U.S., I’ve been bombarded with ads for “black friday” sales ranging from 50-70% off in some stores. I’m not sure how our economic situation is going to effect this year’s biggest shopping day, but I’ve decided to have a little sale of my own. I’ll be GIVING away 4 songs from my latest album “Spectacle”, along with the music video for “Everytime”. The package is called “Spectacle - The Black Friday Special” and you can download it here

Enjoy!

A view from my post at YouTube Live. The house was packed and there were over 650,000 people streaming the show online, breaking the record previously held by the 2008 Olympic Games.

And of course, I shot video throughout the day with my trusty Mino. It was a pretty long day, but when you’ve got a show like this, energy seems to hit you out of nowhere!

Tuna served at the YouTube Live afterparty…It looks fairly simple, but it’s a true flavor explosion in your mouth. Topped with fish eggs and some strips of something that was crunchy (sort of tasted like onions but much less strong). I wanted to get a shot of a full serving of them, but they went so fast, this was the most I saw on a single plate all night.

and I’m the reason your flight’s delayed.

I just watched Jamie Kennedy’s “Heckler” for the 101st time (okay not nearly that many times, but this is a damn good documentary). Anyone who’s been on stage, has been to a show, or has written a blog should watch this. I’ll admit, I’ve been heckled a few times and I’ve learned some cool tricks to turn things around but stand up comedians have it so much worse than musicians.

The film goes deeper than just drunk people at clubs, he explores the minds and motives of critics and bloggers. I’m sure you’ll find a greater appreciation for performers after you watch this.

What do you do when you’re releasing The Spirit, Punisher, and Transporter 3 in the same month? If you’re Lionsgate, you get me to create a mashup of all 3 trailers!

Congratulations to Barack Obama and everyone involved in his amazing campaign. I can’t wait until January 20th!