I spent the weekend at Gallery of Carpet - a recording studio in Villa Park, IL with my new music project, “chew heart”.  It’s a band comprised of 2 people (drums & guitar).  Since we wanted to have bass on the record, we invited our friend, Mark to come out and join us in the recording!

We are working on an EP - 5 songs total.  The first two days were spent putting down the bass, drums and guitar tracks.  In 2 weeks, we will go back in to the studio to add the vocals.  You can become a fan of Chew Heart on Facebook if you’re interested in getting any updates on the CD release through Loose Tooth Records.  We’re hoping to have a short East Coast tour this summer!

Brian Zieske is the Owner/Producer/Engineer/Mix-master!  

Laura

Curt

Mark

Recently, while visiting in Los Angeles, I had an opportunity to stop by GR2 and meet Ugly Doll creators, David Horvath & Sun-Min Kim!   They were there for the release of the special limited edition Ice-Bat plush.  This new one is based off of Sun-Min’s original 2002 Ice-Bat design featuring toes, a brighter blue fur and 5 teeth.

Mr. Beardsley and Ice-Bat.  Friends.

I also had a chance to catch a live taping of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.  It was hilarious.  Nice to see a host interact with the crowd.  Paul Deen was there, handing out her twice baked potatoes to adoring audience members.

I passed this guy on the highway… He was riding along on his motorcycle, dog-in-lap.  It got me looking around online and it seems like there are a lot of people that do this.  Some of the dogs even wear little motorcycle helmets.

He’s even on YouTube - watch him in action:

This was one of my favorite shops - Off the Wall Antiques. VERY cool finds.