Feb 20 : "Everything Is Everything" - Gabriel Garzón-Montano (Bound Brook)

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released (Feb 11)

Went on a Williamsburg whirlwind tour --- two places actually :) --- after work Friday night. Started off the evening at Spike Hill where I heard Bound Brook artist Gabriel Garzón-Montano; I enjoyed his show. This was the first time I heard him play; Gabriel did the vocal and keys. The music was eclectic, leaning heavily towards r&b. He had just released an ep earlier in the week, February 11, to be exact.

From the band's page ::: Born to a Colombian father and a French mother, Gabriel spent his early years mastering the violin, guitar, and drums, before turning to the piano and bass guitar to better complete his compositions. By the time he graduated from Purchase College's Conservatory of Music, the foundations for his debut EP, Bishouné: Alma del Huila, were already laid.

Family and relationships are important to him. This came through not only in comments he made between songs when he was on stage, but also comes through in the lyrics.

Playing right here on my blog page is "Everything is Everything", which is the second track on the newly-released EP, "Bishouné: Alma del Huila"

If you'd like to learn more about Gabriel Garzón-Montano's music and hear the rest of the ep, check out his Bandcamp page Gabriel Garzón-Montano on Bandcamp (CLICK HERE)

Aug 07 : "I'm So Excited" - Pedro Almodovar

Imagine getting stuck on a flight where they announce that there's a mechanical problem, and you might not survive. Then imagine that this airline is so bad that events like this are routine and the the crew quickly moves into contingency mode that maybe they know a little too well. So fellow passengers won't complain, all the people in coach are drugged so they sleep as long as possible. And the crew tries to calm the first class passengers by putting on a show. Again, it evidently happens so frequently that they have a repertoire with a regular lineup of songs ready at hand.

This is the scenario of Pedro Almodovar's sensational new comedy, "I'm So Excited", now playing at Landmark Theaters, including Ritz East in Philly and Sunshine Cinema in New York.

Almodovar is at the top of his game, with all his over-the-top characters and situations. Among the passengers traveling with you on the flight (to mention a few) are a hit man, a professional sex worker, and a psychic traveling to Mexico City to solve a homicide. ... It turns out that none of the phones based at the seats are operational, so passengers can only use one public phone located at the front of the cabin. And, of course, this phone has faulty / crossed wiring, where the conversations are linked into the public address system. ... Some of the funniest scenes in the film are the supposedly "private" conversations that people have over the phone and the reactions of everyone else on the flight as they listen in.

But wait! Then you find out you can't land any place because the nearest airport has been shut down as a boondoggle and the developer is on the lam due to a fraud conviction (Hint: He's also on the plane), and nobody else really wants this plane to land at their airports either.

Steve and I are huge Almodovar fans, so we were happy to hear that his new film was coming to town. I rate this at least a quadruple haha.lol, and I recommend everybody go see this. (It's in Spanish with English subtitles). But see it on the big screen where lots of other people will be laughing along with you. It's high in sexual humor and WAY over the top.

Here is a an excerpt from an interview with Pedro Almodovar. It's on the Landmark site, where you can also find links to show times in your area. Almodovar Interview / Landmark Theaters showtimes