would you trust this guy…

to write a song lyric?  this is my pal Gilles Riberolles, he lives in Paris… one of the songs i worked on for the record is an homage to Jacques Brel and Serge Gainsbourg amongst others… soo i guess about, damn… maybe 8 months ago i sent Gilles a copy of the track and he wrote a beautiful lyric and vocal melody for it as well as helping with the arrangement

the song is called “Le Bleu A L’ame” or “Blue In The Soul” or maybe “… In The Heart” its a bit idiomatic… its one of my favorites of the new batch… its entirely en Francais

i produced a record for Gilles’ band Casino Music in 1979 for ZE records… i had met him earlier in France where he worked as a journalist for the music press; Rock and Folk etc… his latest endeavors are with his current group Jumbo Layer

Matt here saying hello to everyone on the new website. I hope to be posting pictures and videos soon as well.

Here is a feature on me for Propellerhead, the makers of the software plugin Reason, which I use with Blondie. If you use Reason, you can use these patches as well. They’re great:

Blondie – Matt’s Top 5 at Propellerhead

I’ll be playing drums at two shows coming up in southern California with Terence Sheehan & His Band:

April 16, 2010 at TAIX Lounge in Echo Park, and
April 23, 2010 at Key Club in West Hollywood.

For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/terencesheehan

and…

we are still buzzed about the site… through all of this i have neglected to thank Allen K our prime mover behind all of this stuff… so dude! awesome!

you too Dave!

We’re having some technical difficulties with the ticketing links and hope to have those resolved tomorrow.  Some of the shows are going on sale tomorrow, so for now, just check at the usual ticket sites or look up the venues and find a ticketing link.  Thanks for your patience everyone, we’re glad you’re here.

one more thing is that im sorry there isnt a better version of the Chris Berens cover art up yet… it should be up later in the week

meanwhile go to http://chrisberens.com/ and check out his artwork

ah ha… testing… 1,2,3, etc. are we live?

Welcome to the new Blondie.net! We are still working on some content additions and edits, but in the meantime you can start uploading your Blondie photos and videos and check everything out including the first installment of the 2010 tour dates!

Here are some cool pics from the recording studio, Applehead. I played a ton of keyboards on the new record, plus some guitar, and even a few claps! All in all, I am excited about the new material, I think it’s amazing.

the new BLONDIE album cover art is being done by Dutch (Amsterdam) artist Chris Berens