Days with My Father, a series by Phillip Toledano

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A Bryan Photo Likes Me!

Apparently, A Bryan Photo likes me this week; because the last three posts on their blog are on my work! Head on over and check them out!

Here are a few of my favorite images from these posts:

Lily & Evan


Ashley & Nick


And the last post includes a video congratulating Laura and I on our engagement! Thanks Guys!


Caleb is Engaged!!! from A Bryan Photo on Vimeo.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: A Bryan Photo, Friends, Laura Vandal, video

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Baton Rouge Road Music

Laura and I are heading to Baton Rouge for a few days, and I thought I would let you guys in on the song that will start off our road trip mix.



Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Bon Iver, Laura Vandal, Love, Lykke Li, Road Trip, video

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Bob Dylan: No Direction Home

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Oh my....

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Videos!

I'm sitting in a hotel room in Charleston, SC with the Rob Culpepper. To prepare for are wedding tomorrow, we are about to go see a wonderful little movie called Burn After Reading.

For you guys, here are a few videos that I found interesting today:





Artist on Artist: Brian Wilson & Zooey Deschanel


Peace. - Caleb

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Denison Witmer, Carry the Weight

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I love....

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Inní mér syngur vitleysingur

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Song-After-Shoot: Stewart Vann

The wonderful Stewart Vann made an appearance at my house today. He has kindly agreed to play the role of the "Musician" in my upcoming ArtWalk project.

Above is a polaroid of the shot we made, and below is his "Song-After-Shoot".




Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Artwalk, music, Song-After-Shoot, Stewart Vann, video

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I love my family...

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Inspiration: Meeting w/ Fredo Viola

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Hmm....

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New York Video

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Fredo Viola

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The Roof: Josh Wilson

Josh Wilson is a very dear friend of mine, who is also an amazing photographer and musician. You can check out his photography HERE and you can check out his music HERE.










Josh is no stranger to my roof. A few months ago, he and a his band mates from Handwritten Letters played a song for a Grey Haven video series called, Watch the Grass Grow.



Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Friends, Josh Wilson, Rollei, The Roof, video

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Radiohead: A Music Video Without Cameras

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A Skin, A Night

Vincent Moon, the genius behind Blogotheque, has teamed up with band The National to release a one hour documentary called A Skin, A Night, which covers the creation of their latest album Boxer.

Check out the preview:


Buy the movie HERE.



The feature also comes with a 12 song EP of demos and live recordings called The Virginia EP. Buy the movie and you get the album, or buy the album alone HERE.

Click HERE to hear one of my favorites from the EP called You've Done It Again, Virginia.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: blogotheque, Inspiration, music, the national, video, vincent moon

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Remarkable

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Light up the Darkness

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Steve Greenstein

The world is a wonderful and weird place. I guess that's why the story of the journey has been spoken and written about for thousands of years. Odysseus' journey home, Joseph's journey to leadership, Jack Kerouac's Road, all serve as highway reminders: "It's not where you're going, it's how you get there."

Travel becomes story when you take your eyes off the road.

In late November of last year, I decided that the month of December was going to be a travel month. As much as I love home, sometimes you have to go find inspiration outside the four walls of your own city. I bought two plane tickets: one to Denver and one to New York City.

In Denver, I found Larry, of whom I've already written, and in New York I found Steve, of whom I will write about....now.



It was cold. The rain had just begun to fall when all three of us, guided by now native Rob, took shelter in one of the many "open-late" italian dessert shops in Alphabet City. This one was called "De Robertis." As we walked in the shop, there was no question about what they sold. Two refrigerated glass columns stretched the floor for 30 ft on both our left and right, literally stuffed with baked goods. We shuffled past a line of customers and moved into the crowded dinning area. Leathery booths lined the eggshell walls, while florescent lighting buzzed and flickered above our wet heads. Framed photos hung heavily on the walls, weighed down by years of balancing on a single hook and a thickening layer of dust on top. The place was filled, and a table in the center of the room was the only one available. Seated in front of the table was a man in his forties holding a violin , and next to him, a younger man with a guitar.

Small restaurant musicians by nature exist for sheer environmental reasons; one of the five restaurant stimuli. Food satisfies taste, it's aroma satisfies smell. The decor satisfies sight, while the materials that compose the decor satisfies touch. Then comes hearing. French restaurants have their tuxedo dressed violinist; mexican restaurant have their mariachi bands; and most ever restaurant has the circular poor quality tile ceiling stereo with whatever Enya, Celine Dion, or 97.5 FM Easy Listening compilation you desire.

However, it was clear after the very first chorus of "Blowin in the Wind" that Steve (the violinist) and Peter (the guitarist) were not your average restaurant musicians. They were not there to add to the environment. They were there to create experience. Between stanzas, Steve peppered their performance with cries to the crowd like, "Everybody sing!", or "One Last Time!" And everyone did sing, and we alway sang one last time.

Here's a clip of their rousing cover of "Yellow Submarine", by the Beatles: CLICK HERE.

The singing continued for about 45 minutes. After which, I decided I wanted to take a portrait of Steve and Peter.



When Steve saw me approaching, he asked, "Where you guys from?" When we told him Alabama he lit up and said "I was in a movie once in Alabama." He went through his pockets in a burst and took out a card which read: Steve Greenstein - Musician, Actor. He went on to explain, "It was called 'The Bear', and it was about Couch Bear Bryant. I played Joe Namath and even got on the poster."



*note: he's the one to which Bear Bryant says, "If you won't be beaten, you can't be beaten."

We continued to talk for about 10 more minutes. I asked if I could take their portrait. Steve gave me a nod and a, "Sure", and began cradling his violin (which I thought was pretty corny, but kind of priceless). I took about four frames and then we parted ways.

A month later, Rob sent me a text message that read, "At De Robertis, the dessert shop. The same musicians are here and I am the only non Italian."



Peace. - Caleb

Labels: New York, Rollei, Steve Greenstein, video

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Patty Griffin - Rain

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Inspiration: TED

Ever wish there was a place where great people with great ideas could come together for the sole purpose of expressing those ideas and giving a tangible reason and way in which those ideas can be obtained...

I know I have.

Well, wish no longer.

Everyone, meet TED.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It's purpose is to provide the public access to great ideas.

On the TED website, they have created a cataloge of online video lectures. In this catalogue you can watch videos ranging from Stephen Hawking asking big questions about the universe, or Seth Godin discussing sliced bread.

And the best thing about the TED website is...it's all free! You can watch, listen, and download all of the TED Talks for nothing!

I highly recommend you check it outHERE, or subscribe to it on iTunes HERE.

Also, click HERE to listen to one of my favorites by the Author Dave Eggers .

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Inspiration, TED, video

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Baba O'Riley and the Blue Man Group

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Song-After-Shoot: Matthew Perryman Jones

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Wideo Wonders (3 of 3): Pitchfork.tv

Pitchfork.tv is pretty wonderful.

Basically it's a site for music videos... but that doesn't seem to do it justice.

It has featured videos, live-in-studio performances, whole shows, etc.

My favorite sections is called "One Week Only", which features a streaming movie that is available for only, you guessed it, one week.

Check, Check, Check, it out.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Pitchfork.tv, video

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Wideo Wonders (2 of 3): La Blogotheque - Les Concerts A Emporter

I've talked about and referenced Blogotheque before, but I thought I would do it in a more formal, straightforward post.

I don't know much about this group, because pretty much all of their site is in French. And I don't speak French. Fact.

But what I do know is that it is headed up by a guy named Vincent Moon, and he makes some remarkably inspiring videos featuring great musicians.

The first Blogotheque video I ever saw was of Sufjan Stevens:

#50.2 - Sufjan Stevens (MusicNow) - The lakes of Canada
Uploaded by lablogotheque

The second, featured the band Arcade Fire:

#41 - Arcade Fire - Neon Bible & Wake Up
Uploaded by lablogotheque

Then, Andrew Bird:

#45.3 - Andrew Bird - Spare-Oh
Uploaded by lablogotheque

Then I was hooked.

He puts up around a video a week, so it's worth checking in pretty frequently.

Here's one of his most recent, featuring the band Bowerbirds:

#90.1 - BOWERBIRDS - Bur Oak
Uploaded by lablogotheque

Peace. - Caleb

P.S. If you go to the Blogotheque website you can download all the videos in either iPod or full quality... for free!! What an amazing service.

Labels: andrew bird, arcade fire, blogotheque, bowerbirds, sufjan stevens, video, vincent moon

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Wideo Wonders (1 of 3): Fredo Viola

Fredo Viola is amazing.

Fact.

I discovered him, oh, sometime this morning, and I have been watching his music videos and listening to his online album (yet to be released) all day.

Just for kicks, here's how his bio begins:

I was born in London, England and spent my first five years living in England and Rome. After that my family moved to New York, then Los Angeles, where I spent most of my adolescent years, singing professionally as a boy soprano and studying art once my voice changed. Finally I moved back to NYC to attend NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Interested? You should be. This guy does everything from animation to music to videography.

Here's one of my favorites:



Go check him out!

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: fredo viola, video

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Grey Haven: Watch the Grass Grow #1

This weekend I helped Grey Haven create it's first of many video projects, entitled "Watch the Grass Grow." The idea was inspired by the amazingly-amazing Vincent Moon and his Take Away Shows (which I will be blogging about in the coming week).

The idea: Take a musician (or group of musicians), place them in an interesting environment, and film them playing a song.

Check it out and tell me what you think!



Peace. - Caleb

Labels: grey haven, video, vincent moon

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Liquid Art (2 of 3) - The Fountains of Bellagio

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Clothes of the Future

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Jim Nabors the Spaceman

I hate to break it to you guys but...Gomer was a Spaceman.

Peace. - Caleb

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