It's been almost a year since I've written here. So, in the spirit of try to do something with this whole "blogging" thing for myself; I'm moving. http://sotherewewere.net Update your bookmarks. It looks like crap right now. Mainly just all default settings, with my old posts imported for posterity's sake, but when I have some time it'll look sweet. Sidenote: Someone bought the domain sotherewewere.com .... wtf? People monitor the interweb registrant sites to see what domains are being looked up and then snap them up. I [...]
so, as a little side project taking what i'm learning from my job and as a favor to a good friend (the best one), i have been putting some effort into building a website, a blog. it is definitely worth the read, he is quite a talented writer....so go check it out and take a look at my handiwork. The site is Chispa Stories and the blog will document my friend as he travels throughout Central America looking for delicious and, at times, scary food. seriously, go.... now.
Some of you may or may not know that Rage Against the Machine reunited at Coachella this year. All reports say that it was politically charged and absolutely amazing. The guys at Stereogum had this to say: "Killing In The Name" was particularly insane; you haven't lived until you've yelled "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me," pumping fists with 60,000 sunburned kids in the desert. And with a set list like this, who is to say any different: [...]
brandon at Lake Erie Monster has decided to start posting videos of concerts that he taped in Buffalo between the years 1995 - 1999...and i wholeheartedly support his decision because the first is a monster. not having the time or money to get to NYC for the reunion show this past november, i will still absolutely settle for a 31 minute recording of a concert a decade ago approximately thousand miles from where i was living at the time.
so, during the normal meandering through the interweb that makes up my daily routine, i came across the bodog myspace page . "huh", i thought to myself and loudly across the office, "this is a great looking myspace page...i wonder if they manipulated the page themselves and what does the coding look like to do that." i was looking for some ideas and this type of layout would work really well for a client. i pulled up the page source and saw that all of their images and video were being hosted on ' http://creative.myspace.com'. ok, interesting, [...]
and he is absolutely correct about the waitress thing...
the picture is awful, i haven't really even begun to explore the pic taking capabilities of my blackjack. anyway, nothing quite prepared me for the sheer amount of noise that was generated by EITS on stage that night. before i get any further though, let me say that i thoroughly enjoyed the opening band the paper chase , very mathy and melodious at the same time. anyway, i don't say "noise" in a bad way because, although at times overwhelming, it served as a perfect counterpoint to the quiet, introspective moments. i will say that i got to know [...]
as you might could tell, i'm in the process of updating the blog to something a little more fanciful. short story is that i was running out of sidebar space to put stuff in, so i added one over there to the left so i could put more stuff up there. also, if you look at the last couple of posts, you can see that i have made the posts "expandable", so check for a "read more" button to get more ramblings. be back soon...
Ever wondered where the ubiquitous "devil horn" hand gesture came from? Here is a video of Gene Simmons taking credit for the whole thing.
in what i'm sure was brought on by my mention of explosions in the sky in my last post and the appearance of it in a google blog search, i received an email from a publicist asking me if i had seen an interview with explosions on MTV URGE. this works for me on many levels: 1) this guy was on top of his game and hitting up blogs that are talking about, not just the product he is repping (turns out he was a rep for URGE), but the bands that they are featuring. this is a [...]
that is to say that i noticed i've been posting about once a month and since i'm not the female reproductive system, that just doesn't work for me. so, yet another half-hearted commitment to update more often. life is going well, there is marathon training, working, and then more working and then the running. that's pretty much it, but that's ok. work is kinda like play at the moment, trolling the intertubes for information, ideas, and traffic. the wife and i also get plenty of quality time together while running [...]
i am a music dork, unapologetically so...it is never ending, and my mother ship has called me home. last.fm is now my favorite social networking site (myspace be damned, for me its like mixing business and pleasure now), head and shoulders above the rest. based solely on music, this network aims to bring people of the same musical taste together and through those connections, help you discover new music. it's absolutely brilliant. there's a lot to it and is probably best discovered on your own, but if you have any questions please ask. as stated previously, i'm a [...]
after a long wait and several minor touring stints, the new and much-anticipated album, everything starts where it ends , will hit stores on march 6. lovedrug managed to wrangle their way out of their contract with columbia records so now this new album will be put out on militia group . here are a couple of tracks: doomsday & the echo happy apple poison honestly, i haven't been super-impressed with lovedrug in concert but the last album was great. so, if they [...]
here is an updated list of things that i work with on an almost daily basis: Camp Jam blog (this is my baby, driving traffic here is an all-consuming endeavour) Camp Jam MySpace page (also a daily thing) Camp Jam YouTube group Camp Jam on del.icio.us Official Krystal MySpace page (daily thing and brand new, still trying to get it how i want it) Wicked Chops Poker on BluffMagazine.com (occasional, snake and chops pretty much take [...]
as was pointed out on my wife's brand new blog in her comments section, i am now employed as a "blogger", so to speak, and should act as such. however, i am still in a content limbo and will most likely remain in such a state. so, for now, i will try to get back into things and write about life and music and other assorted things that only a few people actually care about. here is what i have been doing with my days: Camp Jam blog [...]
while my updating at this blog has been, at best, woefully deficient. i have managed to parlay my prodigious blogging skills (????) into a new job with the boys at Wicked PR as director, content creative (that is to say that i have somehow managed to completely pull the wool over their eyes and convince them that i am capable of things that i am clearly incapable of and would be obvious if they would just read this blog....hmmm, have i said too much?). this also means that i am leaving the world of [...]
this one is completely false... and untrue.
needless to say, i'm gonna try this again at a later date with a much better face picture... not that there necessarily is one.
this runs at just over an hour, but i may watch it 42 times. Mineral - 1998 - Last Live Show .beans.
the bolded ones are the shows where you can definitely find me. October 4 - The Hold Steady - Earl 7 - Mastodon â€" Masquerade (AM+C) 12 â€" Atreyu â€" Tabernacle 14 â€" Yeah Yeah Yeahs â€" Tabernacle 19 â€" Pet Shop Boys - Tabernacle 20 â€" Broken Social Scene â€" Variety Playhouse 20 - ICP - Masquerade 22 â€" Minus the Bear â€" Drunken Unicorn (MJQ) [...]
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Bison - Quill
Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
Mr Fogg - Eleven
Crocodiles - Endless Flowers
