Month: July 2002

  • Haircuts Suck

    I only wanted to take about a half inch off the top and just clean it up around my ears. The guy from Ed’s barber shop in Collingswood must have thought I said “leave about a half inch.” My girlfriend likes it, but it’s a little shorter than I wanted it to be. The Tortilla…

  • Why Do Bands Still Use Real Audio?

    How many times have you checked out a band’s website only to find their music samples are in the Real Audio format (.ra or .rm)? Here’s a few good reasons why your band sucks for using Real Audio: It only plays with Real Player Real Player is a CPU hogging piece of spyware It sounds…

  • Open Mic Recap

    Some very talented irregulars showed up at the Grape last night, including the Day Rubies and Senatobia. The guys who went right after me sat on the floor while they played. Strangely, it helped draw attention to their performance. I also really liked the guy from Nashville (I don’t remember his name, but that happens…

  • Bands Announced for August 10th

    The Grape Street Pub has announced the following bands for Saturday, August 10th. TRAGIK POPPY COCK BABBLE – (website down) PLOY STUTTER (sorry, I couldn’t find a website) I’ll be playing upstairs at 8:00PM, followed by the well known DJ SAT-ONE.

  • Letter to Rob Andrews

    The other day I wrote a letter to House Representative Rob Andrews concerning the Berman Bill just introduced into Congress. The Bill would allow copyright holders like the RIAA and MPAA to disrupt illegal peer to peer file traders using technological means. They wouldn’t be able to delete any files or use viruses, but they…

  • Watch the Sky

    My brother Jake and his friends Keith and Jessica will be parachuting over Williamstown today, so if you see a Jake sized hole in your roof you’ll know why. I think I’ll wait until after he jumps before I give him back the $160 I borrowed last week. I made some layout/color changes to the…

  • Upcoming Show: Grape Street Pub (Sat, 8/10/2002)

    I have just been booked to play the Grape Street Pub in Manayunk, PA on Saturday, August 10th. I go on at 8:00PM and finish up around 9:45. No word yet on which bands will be playing there that night, but I’ll post them as soon as I find out. Here is a prototype of…

  • Back From Chicago

    My brother and I went out to Chicago this weekend for my cousin Ryan’s bachelor party. The event consisted of golfing, drinking, gambling, and vomiting and I excelled in three out of the four. We had a great time and I’d like to thank Ryan and Jen for letting us stay at their place. I…

  • Nowayscoob Show

    This Sunday, nowayscoob will be playing at Connie Mac’s bar on Route 130 with Do It for Danny and others. Check out their website for more details.

  • Open Mic Recap: The Living Room

    The Living Room’s open mic was a lot of fun tonight. Jason Wheatly, Roz King, Keith Lewis, and Willie Tapps all put on great performances. Adrien and John blew everyone away with two originals and I’m sure they’ll be playing around a lot. I also enjoyed the guy who went right before me, John Romeo,…

  • Guitar Images

    I added pictures of my guitars to the image page. They came out pretty nice and I should have a few more when Jake finds the time to send them to me. I also changed the color scheme of the site from green to blue and removed the 3D shadowing from the boxes. I got…

  • Open Mic Recap: Ended Up in the ER

    Thankfully the smoke has started to clear from all the Canadian fires. This week has been like living in the Denny’s smoking section. I couldn’t even see the city yesterday while driving over the Walt Whitman Bridge. I figured I’d be waiting by myself for a long time for Grape Street to open so I…

  • Open Mic: Grape Street Tonight

    I’ll be heading out to Manayunk tonight for the Grape Street Open Mic. I haven’t been there in a while, but it should be a good time. The sign up starts when they open at 7:30PM and from recent experience I’ve found that if you aren’t there before 8:00PM you’ll be falling asleep by the…

  • Flea Market Find

    Yesterday I visited the world famous Berlin Flea Market with my siblings to find a few odd items for my brother’s new apartment. Along the way I picked up a crummy electric guitar for $45 from a guy named Milton. It’s missing a pickup, has holes all over it, and “Grunge Sucks” is scratched into…

  • Added Chicken Head Flyer

    I added the famous chicken head flyer from my June 21, 2002 Grape Street show to the images page Most people seemed to enjoy the humor of putting a fried chicken head over my face despite the corny jokes I made about it (“I’m not very photogenic,” etc.). I hope I’ll be able to track…

  • Open Mic Recap

    The night started out pretty dead, but picked up later on. Unfortunately, my set was during the dead period. Despite sweaty palms and near heat exahaustion, I ripped out decent versions of Why Now Satan?, All My Dreams are in Cartoon, and the Genius of it All. “Chasin” Jason was great as always and Roz…