Coming soon to So To Speak will be episodes featuring the The Mattson 2. Eat dinner at Burma Superstar and after, walk a block down to hear some great music at Park Life a fantastic gallery/bookstore. Tomorrow, Saturday March 3. It will start around 7:30pm. The show is free and open to all ages. Park…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29459325/ w=600&h=338] In this series of So To Speak we focus on the guitarists in the band Enablers(there is no “The”). Joe Goldring and Kevin Thomson. In this episode Joe and Kevin perform a guitars only version of “Morandi: Natura Morta #86”, track 4 on Enablers new album, “Blown Realms and Stalled Explosions” out now…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29391833/ w=600&h=338] In this series of So To Speak we focus on the guitarists in the band Enablers(there is no “The”). Joe Goldring and Kevin Thomson. In this episode they talk about their drummer, the mighty Doug Scharin. Enablers are a spoken word rock band that started in San Francisco in 2002. Known for its…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29367366/ w=600&h=338] Enablers are a spoken word rock band that started in San Francisco in 2002. Known for its distinctive character with prose and poetry written and performed by Pete Simonelli, guitar interplay between Goldring and Thomson, and a heavy yet meticulous backbeat provided by Doug Scharin. In this series of So To Speak we…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29305003/ w=550&h=310] In this series of So To Speak we focus on the guitarists in the band Enablers (there is no “The”), Joe Goldring and Kevin Thomson Enablers are a spoken word rock band that started in San Francisco in 2002. Known for its distinctive character with prose and poetry written and performed by Pete…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29254261/ w=550&h=310] In this series of So To Speak we focus on the guitarists in the band Enablers (there is no “The”), Joe Goldring and Kevin Thomson Enablers are a spoken word rock band that started in San Francisco in 2002. Known for its distinctive character with prose and poetry written and performed by Pete…
I’m editing episodes now. We will feature Joe Goldring(pictured) and Kevin Thomson. They play guitar for Enablers. We talked about writing under time constraints, alternative tunings, and their new drummer.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/24997130/ w=550&h=310] I asked Kevin Thomson, a guitarist in the band Enablers, to improvise a piece of music based on one of Brett Amory’s paintings. Brett Amory is a painter working out of West Oakland. After growing up in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, he moved to San Francisco to study art. In 2009…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/25577433/ w=550&h=310] Brett Amory is a painter working out of West Oakland. After growing up in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, he moved to San Francisco to study art. In 2009 he hit his stride when his “Waiting” series caught attention with its depiction of ambiguous urban spaces, occupied by a lone character. In…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/25701343/ w=550&h=310] Brett Amory is a painter working out of West Oakland. After growing up in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, he moved to San Francisco to study art. In 2009 he hit his stride when his “Waiting” series caught attention with its depiction of ambiguous urban spaces, occupied by a lone character. In…