My nephew Henry is starting to have some facial expressions and I can’t stop trying to make him smile. I found that high pitched, nonsensical singing can often get the job done.

My newphew, Henry, demonstrates his early hand and foot coordination on some percussive birds. I’m thinking we might have a future drummer on our hands!

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Today is the 28th birthday of my big brother, Mike Dahl! This video illustrates everything that rocks about the guy. Mike’s doing the robot on a stripper pole, because that’s exactly what stripper poles were intended for. Dudes doing the robot. When he is shoved aside for a girl to get up there, you can really sense the disappointment of the crowd, but Mike and his perfect front-spike respectfully acquiesce.

Mike does the robot to the beat of a different drummer–both on the stripper pole, and in life. It’s something I’ve always admired about him. He reminds me to lose my insecurities, have some fun, and not take life too seriously.

Happy Birthday, Mikey! Thanks for always being a great brother and friend. I’m truly lucky to have you as a sibling. You have some sick moves.

034 Pet Lions from Giant System on Vimeo.

This video was filmed by the guys at Giant System in our practice space one evening in April. If you aren’t familiar with Giant System, that’s essentially what they do: film bands practicing in their practice spaces. You can’t really tell from watching it, but there were about 8 dudes in a 14.5×14.5 room basking in the heat of electronics, amplifiers, and lighting equipment. Luckily, this video does not incorporate smell-o-vision.

Here’s my man Walter catching his breath after some intense frisbee action at the park yesterday. We wound up playing frisbee after some young kids who asked to throw the tennis ball to him decided to throw the ball over a fence, and then told me to go get it. They were supposed to be playing fetch with the dog, not me. I decided to switch gears and put a frisbee catching clinic instead. Walter’s pretty close to being one of those dogs who catches frisbees in a cape at the Bull’s halftime show. I, however, am far from being one of those guys who makes his dog catch frisbees in a cape at a halftime show.

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Even though we stayed at Bellagio, we didn’t get around to taking in the fountain show until our very last night. As expected, it was pretty incredible. At night, the show happens every 15 minutes to a rotating selection of songs, this one being “Gayaneh – Ayesha’s Dance” performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Thanks to my fiancee for lending me her head for camera stability. She made a great bi-pod.

Schick – Trim Style from Sabrina Schick on Vimeo.

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