Month: November 2003

  • Pitchforkmedia’s Top 100 Albums of the 1990s

    Pitchforkmedia reupdated their Top 100 Albums of the 1990s. Sure, it might be a lame attempt at covering up embarrassing choices in their previous top 100, but I like the idea of going back and re-evaulating which albums hold up against the scrutiny of time. I think an album that has meaning over a long…

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Tree House

    If you didn’t come out last Wednesday you probably missed the best open mic ever. Tons of great musicians and a gigantic crowd came out to the Tree House. A few old friends stopped by we hadn’t seen in a while, family members came out for support, and even one Scrooge couldn’t ruin the holiday…

  • Open Mic Tonight!

    Indians and Pilgrims alike are welcome to the weekly open mic at the Tree House coffee shop from 8:00 – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here. Surprisingly my computer is still pretty much KO’d, but I think it should be up and running soon. I caught the White Stripes last Monday at the…

  • RIP MP3.com

    Most who read this site know my feelings on MP3.com. It used to be a great resource for finding great local and underground bands. I signed up for them in early 1998 and I loved being able to upload one of my song and share it with the world immediately. Then, they started making sure…

  • Poor Rupert

    If you’ve been following Survivor this season tonight was a huge episode. They voted off the show’s best contestant, Rupert, and it’s all Sandra’s fault for knocking him out of the blow dart challenge. Good going! Also, why the heck did Sandra vote for John at the end? He should have been the one they…

  • Open Mic Recap @ the Tree House

    I did a pretty poor job of managing the flow of the show last night. A fair number of performers came out, but a few only did 2 songs and I don’t think anyone dragged out their set. Somehow we managed to fit 12 performers in about 2 hours. We had some new people this…

  • Open Mic Tonight!

    Come one, come all to the weekly open mic at the Tree House coffee shop from 8:00 – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here. For those interested in my computer problems, I couldn’t get WindowsXP to boot back up at all. I didn’t want to lose my data, so I borrowed another hard…

  • Productive Day

    Sometimes you have a day where you look back and think, “Wow, I got a lot done today.” Today I installed a hand-me-down stereo (an upgrade for me) for my entertainment center, cooked a nice meal for my fiancee, and installed Red Hat 9 on my computer. I’ve been without a linux machine since I…

  • Reju @ Three Beans Last Night

    Adrien and Steve of Reju were awesome last night at 3 Beans. I think everyone was impressed at how high Steve’s voice went during “Floating.” Mia Johnson opened up and she did a nice job. I liked her voice and her guitar style. She gets a nice percussionist to go along with the chords she’s…

  • Shows this Weekend!

    There are a few good shows I thought I should tell you about this weekend… Friday: Adrien Reju @ Three Beans Coffee Co. in Haddonfield. The show starts at 9:00PM. Three Beans is on Haddon Ave, kind of near PJ Welihan’s. ($3 cover) Matt Winn @ The Tree House at 8:00PM. ($3 cover with free…

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Tree House

    Last night was fairly busy at Collingswood’s best Wednesday night hangout. We had some great artists perform, despite my poor hosting. I showed up late and forgot the sign up list, so Jeanne had to read it to me over the phone. Maybe someday the Tree House will get Internet access. 1. Cynthia Bennett -…

  • Open Mic! + Matrix Rant

    I return to the open mic this week at the Tree House. The show starts at 8:00PM and you can sign up online here. If you sign up after 6:00PM I probably won’t have you on the list, so make sure you sign up before then or get to the Tree House early. I’m still…

  • Matrix Revolutions

    What a terrible movie.

  • Back in the USA

    I made it back to the NJ in one piece and even had time to see Niagara Falls on the way back. It was amazing and I tried to figure out where that guy was able to jump over it and live, even without Superman’s help. I also got to eat buffalo wings in Buffalo,…

  • Cigarette Warnings in Ontario

    One crazy thing up here in Ontario is that every pack of cigarettes has a giant warning label showing what will happen to you if you keep smoking. So far I’ve seen stained teeth and a bloody human brain after a stroke. I am going to bring back as many of these things as possible.…

  • Hello From Toronto

    Make sure you come out to the open mic this Wednesday to the Tree House with your host, Roz King. I’m still in Toronto and so far every single Canadian stereotype is completely accurate. I’ve had more hockey conversations in the last 24 hours than in the past 24 years. I didn’t bring my digital…

  • Weekend Review

    I didn’t do much for Halloween this year. We visited Jeanne’s neices who had a blast trick-or-treating and eating candy. Afterwards we went home and watched Mulholland Drive. What a great freaking movie. I don’t pretend to understand more than 20% of it, but I don’t think you’re supposed to. On Saturday I went to…