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The Stopsign video
In 2008, I led the creative development of an internal client video (Coc—who shall remain nameless) that became a YouTube sensation. Millions of views later (it’s been posted and reposted in multiple languages), it’s clear that a lot of people know what it feels like to have something micro-managed all the way into hell. It…Read more
February 4, 2006 @ Martyrs, Chicago w/ The Good
Poster designed by the brilliant Andrew Bannecker.Read more
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
When my super talented friend, author Amy Krouse Rosenthal, asked me to record a song to accompany her upcoming non-fiction book “Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life” (now a bestseller), I quickly and happily plowed through her manuscript and wrote a song I was pretty excited about. I sent a demo to Amy, and a couple…Read more
Pop Psychology
Earlier this century, my friend and director Michael Starcevich and I staged a one-man musical called Pop Psychology: The Modern Relationship Seminar Musical. It played like a sing-along romance seminar full of mostly original music—plus all original overhead slides—and it garnered lots of positive attention from critics and theatergoers around Chicago and nationwide. The show…Read more
Shiny Ass Pants
The Good is a band I formed with my great friend and frequent musical collaborator Devin Arkin in the early 90’s. By 1997, we settled into our current incarnation, which includes guitarist John Scholvin, bassist Dave Rothkopf, and drummer John Goodman (not that John Goodman). In our heyday we performed hundreds of shows all over…Read more
I Like Tony Rogers. 