With the nice stories about Joni Mitchell's appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, we thought it would be a good time to share Blow-Up's connection to Joni.   Matt Lee worked with Joni as a mixing engineer.     Here's a story that details his work with this legendary artist.

Matt Lee mixing engineer

Found this today on a L.A. nostalgia group on Facebook - from 1978

​A gift from us to you! Not available anywhere else! The complete Up the Academy and associated recording sessions. All the songs, single mixes, demos, in one simple package. And it's free! Say it again! Free!

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We played the Starwood, one of the most iconic music venues in the L.A. music scene and one of our favorite places to play.  Joining us on the bill were Gary Valentine (aka Gary Lachman, bass player for Blondie) and The Zippers.

Our line-up that night included Jody, Bruce, Christian, Pat, Art, and David Harrington.  This group played more gigs as Blow-Up than any other line-up.

The first song in our set that night was "It Isn't 1965".   If you haven't heard 1965, check out Christian's compilation LP "Youthful Indiscretions" which contains a previously unreleased version of the song.  The setlist for the show was a fun one including covers of "Roll Away the Stone", "Teenage News", and "You're the One That I Want."      Check out the entire setlist here.

We've updated the web site to include links to our music on Spotify and Apple Music.   Here are some quick links.

Here's the link to Patrick's band, The Condors.

And a link to Christian's retrospective CD which contains both Blow-Up and non-Blow-Up material.

This is two years old and I doubt it will happen but it sure is fun to imagine it.

Ron Leibman, who starred in films such as "Norma Rae," "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Where's Poppa?" – and played Rachel Greene's nasty father on TV's "Friends" – died Friday at 82.    

Leibman's agent, Robert Attermann of Abrams Artists Agency, confirmed the passing of the "incredibly talented actor with a distinguished career in film, TV and theatre" in a statement.  Leibman infamously asked to have his acting credit removed from "Up The Academy" as he felt the material or finished product was below his standards.

​Leibman, a native New Yorker who was married to actress Jessica Walter, made his big-screen debut in director Carl Reiner's 1970 dark comedy "Where's Poppa?" He worked steadily in films, including as the labor organizer Reuben in 1979's "Norma Rae," starring alongside Oscar-winner Sally Field as the title character.

He won an Emmy award playing reformed car thief, Martin ‘Kaz’ Kazinsky, who becomes a criminal attorney in the short-lived CBS crime drama "Kaz." The series, which he co-wrote and created, ran for a 23-show season starting in 1978, and then was cancelled.

Inspired by some thoughts from Brad, I found some very old Top Cat stuff.   And a lyric sheet!

Working on a new music project (details to follow) and I found a few new Blow-Up photos to add to site.   Check out the Photo Album.