[warriors and b-lines]

two warriors in st. marks

it was quite the throwback to say the least. i grabbed the mic to share hosting duties with jd for the final two warriors showcase at je bon. matt sia and jay legaspi opened the night, with a couple friends roasting the two warriors along the way. classic TW pieces in my eyes are group piece scenes from a date and harry's famous spam. i really hate to see them go. with mark working at columbia and harry traveling the world, i'm guessing the duo will be on hiatus for awhile. best of luck to you both.

it was a pleasure to see some old and familiar faces from the summer of 2007. booking a slew of shows and open mic nights, i felt like i wanted to manage the world back then. i felt immortal. it was that summer where i first acquainted myself with new york city. as a kid from white suburban new jersey, my only real perception of new york was times square and the bennys who flooded our beaches every summer. today, what i took from that summer was good friends, good food, and a love-hate relationship with the path trains.

one east studios

i spent the first half of my weekend back at one east to punch in the final drum tracks for jay. the agenda for the day was the new track soldier on and fan favorite protective. soldier on is more of an uplifting piece. an optimistic, roll-with-the-punches sort of tune. protective is the official theme song for any designated driver. leave it up to jay to write a cute song about drunk crushes, and make it a track girls could swoon over.

it was a marathon of a day, but after a 1-hour energy shot and a sweaty drum throne, we eventually got the final tracks out by the end of the night. it's been a pleasure to work with paul and john valencia of glad hearts. one valuable lesson i've learned is how to muffle a snarehead using a metrocard (which we also used for maggie and absence back at melody lanes in bk). it gets the job done.

saturday also marked my first visit to shake shack. with one east only a stone's throw away from madison square park, the guys and i decided to stop by on the (much shorter) b-line. although not the full shake shack experience, i did get messy with a cone of chocolate custard. gotta stick to that good old new york diet.