Month: November 2002

The Grape Street Pub open mic was slower than usual because of the Eagles game, but it wasn’t too bad. John Francis, Jason Wheatley, and Adrien Reju all sounded great. It was Jason’s first time playing the Grape and they seemed to like him there. Hopefully he’ll come back on a busier night. Adrien played…

I saw Frank Black and the Catholics last night and there were way too many opening acts. The show started at 9:00 with former Pixies drummer David Lovering doing a Mr. Wizard show. He was shooting smoke rings with a bass drum and making pickles glow, so that was pretty cool. The first band of…

I’m such a jerk. Adrien gave me a copy of her CD and I left it at the damn Living Room. Hopefully someone picked it up and I can get it back. The Living Room was packed last night to see Jason Wheatley return to his former bi-weekly stage. Adrien, Keith Lewis, Roz King and…

I couldn’t be happier with Comedy Central’s new self promoting commercials. They feature people from various professions saying what they do and why they like Comedy Central. In one, a Bee Keeper says, “Hi I’m a Bee Keeper. I wear this suit to keep the bees out.” My favorite one shows a guy with a…

Adam Brodsky usually hosts an Antihoot (anti-folk) open mic on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Fergie’s Pub (1214 Sansom), but he was in Texas this week. The show went on, but with more of an normal open mic vibe (anti-anti-folk?). I must look like a guy who enjoys going first, because if there…

The place looked deserted when I walked into the Living Room tonight, but ended up turning out ok. The few in attendence at 8:30 seemed to enjoy my 4 song set, which included “Why Now Satan?”, Beck’s “Asshole” (notice the proper location of those quotes), “The Genius of it All,” and the requested “I’m a…

Justin from nowayscoob emailed me on Friday and wanted to know if I could play a few songs in the middle of their set on Saturday night at the new Port City Java in Deptford, NJ. I’ve heard this coffee house has open mics on Thursday night, but I haven’t checked them out yet. I…