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The Beach Boys song came on the radio during dinner, and Lars surprised me by jumping up and doing this routine that he was rehearsing for a school show. So I grabbed my laptop and camera. We looked up the lyrics, so I could sing the song, and Lars performed so we could show it to mommy – who was out of town on business. Miles just wanted in on the action.

What did you think of the show?

Today I completed one of the most rewarding projects this year. A Gap Ad-like art project featuring all of my son’s first grade classmates. Exactly one week ago, my brother-in-law and I took photos of all of the kids wearing their winter gear. I explained my job as an art director for advertising, and told them that they were all “Talent” or “Models” for my project.

Today I went back to unveil the final product via a bigscreen projection complete with music. I described the “client presentation” process, and told them they were the clients. They were very good clients, since they liked everything. I gave them all “leave behinds” of a poster print and a DVD rom with images and the presentation movie. And also one giant poster mounted on foamcore for the classroom. They were really psyched.

Here are some larger files, and a little Quicktime movie with commentary.

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What do you think? (make a comment below)

I just posted this cool video of “Break It Down” from our last show the UFD Site. Kicking ass Chicago style horn ending written by Mike Rotondi! Click here to check it out!.

Oh yeah, that is me on drums. If you want a version for your iPod Video, click UFD-BreakItDown-02.23.2007.mp4. Or you can just watch it on YouTube.

Do you remember your first time riding without training wheels? Lars did it this weekend at six years of age. And no skinned knees. What a blast!

I am donating drum lessons for my son’s school auction. It will be the first time to teach since college. That’s why I made this little promotional poster.

Here is a little bit of solo drumming.

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As a big “Thank You” for twelve years of support, Urban Family Dog is making the entire 45 minute video of our anniversary show available for FREE from the iTunes music store. Just click this link to get the Urban Family Dog – Twelfth Anniversary Concert into your iPod. If that doesn’t work for you, try one of the other links at the bottom of this recent UFD Kennelclub Newsletter.

Or you can just watch it here.

Don’t have iTunes? Check us out on YouTube. Watch the entire Twelfth Anniversary Concert in streaming video.

Even though I usually start thinking about a holiday card well in advance of the holidays, I rarely get a chance to start one until I go on holiday break. Since I would have a difficult time topping last year’s photomontage masterpiece, I decided to do something entirely different. An illustration of the family. I have also added a few family photos from 2005 for those of you who received cards in the mail, and have entered the URL on the back.

What do you think? Do our illustrations resemble the photos? (comment below)

Adding baby Miles to the family lineup this year in a holiday photo montage.

A composer friend of mine, the extraordinarily gifted saxophone player, Ole Mathisen, used some of my drum tracks on his song, Myriad. Ole chopped it up a bit with his unique sense of rhythm! I love it.

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I did the cover illustration for the new Urban Family Dog CD entitled “3-Finger Charlie”. A nod to our bassist, Charles Chastain, who cut his finger off with a skil saw just prior to the release date. Related packaging images after you click.

Here is a little audio sample: Urban Family Dog, 3-Finger Charlie, Ingredients

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