Month: July 2003

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Tree House

    The vast majority of the sound problems disappeared this week, probably thanks to a big NO TAMPERING sticker on the sound board. There were still a few glitches here and there, but everyone sounded great overall. The crowd wasn’t quite as large as the previous two weeks, but it was still very busy. 1. Ben…

  • Open Mic Tonight

    You should all be making plans to attend tonight’s open mic at the Tree House. The list is already forming up. Eric and Mike dogwallet Roz King pat rich Matt Winn every other thursday Sign up yourself here and the show starts at 8:00PM. See you there!

  • Best Onion Headline

    “Genetically Modified Chicken Lays Its Own Dipping Sauce” Haha! Read the Onion.

  • Kell Bell Band @ Grape Street

    The Kelly Bell Band rocked Grape Street’s Tuesday Night Music Club last night. I can’t remember the last time I saw these guys, but they have a few new additions to the band including a new drummer and a guy playing two saxophones simultaneously! I’d like to hear exactly how the double sax sounds by…

  • Covers by Original Artists

    I reread my comments on Pat Rich’s Tree House open mic performance last Wednesday and thought that they might be misinterpreted. I wasn’t critical when I said, “He played a decent original and a couple of covers, but nothing I’d heard before.” My intent was to say playing two unknown covers is almost as good…

  • Open Mic Recap @ theTree House

    Tonight’s open mic started out bad, but it slowly turned around and ended up being a good night for the musicians and the Tree House. Last summer my only complaint about this open mic was the lack of new performers and so far this summer has changed that. New people seem to be coming in…

  • Open Mic Tonight

    Wednesday is here again and I hope to see you all tonight at the Tree House in Collingswood, NJ (corner of Haddon and Collings Ave). We already have some musicians signed up including Sarah Allen, Justin and Dion of nowayscoob, and a few I haven’t met yet. I talked to Keith Lewis over the weekend…

  • White Stripes Concert Postponed

    I had tickets to see the White Stripes at Penn’s Landing on the 25th, but Jack White broke his finger in a car accident. I originally heard all the shows were cancelled, but everything I read now says they’re indefinitely postponed. I don’t know if we can use the tickets we already have when they…

  • Finalists for Local Lollapalooza Band Selected

    Over at the Origivation message board there is a thread discussing the selections for the Lollapalooza local slot. The bands that made the cut are Stiffed, Arms of Orion, Riding Bikes, and Swell to Grate. Y-100’s Jim McGuinn weighed in on the selection process and how they narrowed the finalists down to just 4 bands.…

  • New Pictures

    I added a few new pictures and this weekend I’ll add a few more. Hope you like them.

  • Gigs for Local Musicians

    John Shaughnessy sends word of his upcoming gig at the Tree House. Why not come out to see me play Friday, July 25 (8:00 pm) at the Tree House Coffee House (formerly The Living Room) at Haddon and Collings Ave., Collingswood. In case you’ve never been there, The Tree House is a nice little place,…

  • I Quit Soda

    I never thought I’d do it, but I’ve kicked my soda habit. Not a drop in over 3 weeks, although I still have the occasional Sugar Free Red Bull. I don’t believe the aspartame (nutrasweet) detractors on the Internet. How could a substance ingested by millions daily be so toxic? It may not be good…

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Tree House

    I’m proud to announce that last week’s sound problems have nearly vanished thanks to Roz and everyone at the Tree House who got the system working properly. Everyone sounded great tonight and I hope that continues. I made a pretty dumb mistake as the host tonight and I wish I could do it over. We…

  • Server Downtime

    Sorry to anyone who planned on signing up for the open mic earlier today. My web host woke up to a Denial of Service attack today, causing this site to be down almost all day. The open mic is definitely still on so come out tonight at 8:00PM (7:00PM signup).

  • Oaklyn Massacre Averted?

    Updates may be sparse this week since I’m moving, and just in the nick of time! I’ll also be out of town for a while, but I’ll still be here for this week’s open mic at the Tree House. What is up with the Oaklyn kids who planned and almost went on a local killing…

  • Apple of Discord Recaps the Open Mic

    A third recap of the Tree House open mic was posted by James of Apple of Discord:after nelson beat me 147-137 in a spirited game of nba live 2003 – we were neck and neck until virtual nolan and virtual matt missed two easy buckets that led to a seven point swing – we went…

  • hipp Recaps Last Night’s Open Mic

    The guy over at hipp music (I don’t know his actual name yet) gave a quick and pretty crummy review of the open mic last night. Sadly, I agree with everything he said except that the PA wasn’t manned properly. When the Columbia crashed no one said it wasn’t manned properly.Last night was my first…

  • Keith Lewis: Why Play Guitar?

    Local musician Keith Lewis wrote a piece for his website on why people start playing guitar and how likely their success will be. His definition of success isn’t being a famous guitar wizard, but rather being a halfway decent player.”Many aspire, few attain.” That very old saying rings very true for those in pursuit of…

  • Open Mic Recape @ the Tree House

    Tonight was exhausting. Someone must have messed with the sound system since last Wednesday, because it was giving us problems all night. At first it was so bad we had to mix people using only the gain knob! Eventually with the help of Roz and Adrien lending us her tuning pedal, we were able to…

  • Tree House Open Mike Tonight

    The show gets started a little earlier tonight. Signup in person starting at 7:00PM and I’ll begin at 8:00PM sharp. Of course, you can signup online right now and beat the traffic. If you sign up online later than 6:00PM there is no guarantee you’ll be on my list. Pay no attention to the euro-style…