I’ve spent much of the last two weeks watching the Olympics. I think I enjoy the Olympics more than regular professional sports because I feel a bit of a kinship with the athletes. Artists and athletes are the same in many ways. They are trying to create a small change in their audience. Musicians try…
In June I performed a week at Laughs Unlimited in Sacramento, CA and the audiences were great! So for my August release I’d like to share some of that with you. You can see from the cover photo why I decided to make this an audio release. 🙂 I’m calling this album “Live Behind A…
Since Henson productions pulled their toys from Chik Fil-A’s children’s meals, they’re going to need a replacement. I’m totally ahead of the game with this idea from my DVD “Be Yourself… Unless You’re An Idiot.”
Here’s this week’s episode of Phil’s Fast 15, my Monday night live broadcast featuring a variety of tunes dug out of my vault. It’s a military grade vault made of platinum and I often go swim in my songs like Scrooge McDuck. This episode features the songs “Judgment Day” and “Hillbilly Love” from the album…
I probably won’t get a lot of agreement on this one. But, do you remember when we used to make fun of people who wouldn’t read a book because there wasn’t enough pictures in it? Seems everything needs to be presented as an infographic these days. I know it’s tapping into peoples’ different learning styles…
It’s once again time for the Olympics! That time every two years when millions of people sit on their couch watching thousands of people exercise more than they ever will. And I’ll be right there with them. I’m totally not a sports guy. I couldn’t care less about football or baseball or boxing or hockey. …
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to visit the new Disney archives exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA. There’s pretty much no other reason to visit Simi Valley, but there I was. I’m not a D23 member at the moment, so I paid the full $21 admission price to…
Hey Kids… I’m leaving for LA in just a few minutes, but I wanted to show you this great flowchart a friend turned me onto. It’s how to pick the perfect musical instrument for you. I’ll let it go that the guy spelled “bassoon” wrong. Just go with it. The rest is funny, and true…
I want to do a video for my latest single “Geeks Don’t Care” that features pictures of the geek couples I revere in the song. I’m thinking something like the picture to the left. I don’t know those people, but they look fun. In return for use of the picture I’ll be offering back links…
Here’s episode 7 “The Eb Chord Strikes Back” of Phil’s Fast 15… My weekly Monday night online show at 8pm PST. Join me live on Mondays nights right here. This week I pulled out “Blue Collar Anthem“, a song I rarely play because it’s sad and it hurts (physically). You’ll also hear a dirty little…
This is something that has always driven me a little bit nuts. Why is it that people are never smiling in old photos? And a lot of them, not only not smiling, but looking grim. I mean yeah, if you had to carry a candle around the house and shit in a wooden shed in…
I was doing a show at Mission City in Santa Clara last year. Before the show, the talent booker, Matt, told me his friend Maria was coming to the show to hang out with him. While I was onstage performing my song “Geeks Don’t Care”, I saw a bit of smooching happening behind the sound…
New episode pf Phil’s Fast 15 is up! Join me live every Monday night at 8pm PST to hear some new songs, stuff from the vault, and the public domain cover song of the week. This week I perform my latest single, “Geeks Don’t Care” (which you can download right below this video). I also…
I was reading Al Lutz’s column at MiceAge yesterday and found some intriguing stuff in it. Apparently the opening of DCA is going even better than they thought it would. I guess that makes up for some of the karma of it’s original opening being worse than anyone ever thought it could be. In the…
If you’ve never used it, Fiverr.com is a strange little marketplace for small jobs. Sometimes they’re super useful, like this guy who will build you a mobile website. Others less so, like this guy who will dance in a hot dog costume to whatever song you’d like. A lot of it is promotional ideas that…
This is the July 2nd edition of Phil’s Fast 15. You can join me live for the show every Monday at 8pm PST. A free 15 minute show to end your Monday with some comedy and music. 🙂 The episode features the songs “Chasing The Sun” from the album Ribbed For Your Pleasure, an new…
One thing I’ve been noticing lately is that people that screw up their lives royally and then manage to come back from it get a lot more respect than people who never screwed their lives up at all. Let’s see which of these stories will end up as a Lifetime movie… Story #1: A 9…
The 4th of July is coming up next week. That wonderful day off full of hot dogs, beer, fireworks, sunburns, squabbles over how done the steaks should be, and people trying to remember the words to the The Star Spangled Banner. Oh-oh say can you see, hmm hmm hm hm hm hm… In 1776, Thomas…
Here’s the latest version of Phil’s Fast 15, my weekly Monday night live stream concert. Join me every Monday at 8pm PST at Ustream to catch it live! This episode features the songs “Do It Again”, “Get Any” and “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out”.
I was in the library the other day and during a stop in the restroom I noticed that sign. “Please don’t put any paper in the urinal.” As with any sign, it means enough people actually did it that they had to put a sign up. Just in case you thought people that frequent libraries…
Here’s last night’s Episode 3 (Revenge of the Phil) of Phil’s Fast 15. This episode includes the songs “Share My Pixie Dust”, “LCW”, and “Way Down Yonder In New Orleans”. Better lighting than last week since I remembered to turn the lights on. 🙂 The video is less jerky, but still fuzzy. Getting it worked…
I totally forgot to post this last week as I was running around prepping to leave town again. Anyway… Here’s episode #2. Includes the songs “A Little Boy In Love”, “Happiest Place On Earth”, and “Baby Won’t You Please Come Home”. You can watch live every Monday at 8pm PST at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/phil-johnson-and-roadside-attraction
Awhile back I was doing shows in South Dakota. I didn’t get a chance to see Mt. Rushmore, but I found something way… way… better. I always love to find quirky little attractions that I can’t do anywhere else. 1880 Cowboy Town in Buffalo Ridge, SD definitely hits both those qualifications. I love a concept…
So, June 15th is nearly upon us and Cars Land and the new Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure will be unleashed up the world. Or it may be more apt to say the world will be unleashed upon it. I’m going to predict that it will be the biggest event (and/or clusterf#&k) since…
