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 – Fresh off her gig at Doc Watsons, Cynthia once again returned to the Tree House with a Halloween song.
2. John Brennan – I miked up his guitar instead of using his pickup and I noticed a pretty big improvement in the sound. The high frequencies didn’t dominate his tone like they did before. I liked it.
3. Adrien Reju – Adrien stopped in to try out a new song called “Gang of Cool” and play a few others. The song was great and you should check her out this Friday at 3 Beans in Haddonfield.
4. Sarah Allen – Dressed all medieval, Sarah had a slight problem when the plug for her guitar fell inside the body. I’m not even sure how you would fix that. I let her borrow my guitar and she rocked. She’s playing the Tree House this Saturday with Willie Tapps.
5. John Shaughnessy – John played a new song and attributed the song’s influence to Adrien. He played another song where the melody came to him in a dream. All my songs are written under the influence.
6. Willie Tapps – Playing this Saturday with Sarah Allen opening up for him. Willie puts on a great show every time, except that one time when he sucked. No wait, that was me.
7. George – Did a Foo Fighter’s cover and a few other songs. George should start signing up with his first and last name. I like being able to introduce people by their full name, although I would like to break the habit of referring to everyone by their salutation as in “Miss Sarah Allen,” “Mr John Shaughnessy,” or “Father Jack Sparks.”
8. Jack Sparks – Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” makes me want to vomit under normal circumstances, but I hardly get sick at all when Jack plays it. “Karma Police” sounded really good, too. With Jack’s blue guitar, grey sweater, and spikey hair he looked like the Jack Sparks of the future.
9. Dom – It would have been funny if Dom registered dom’srocks.com instead of domrocks.com. I don’t think he plays covers too often, but I’d like to hear him play one once and a while. His style is pretty unique and I wonder how it would sound on someone else’s music.
10. Transitions – Their R&B guy was freaking great. It made the poetry of the other Transition members seem much more dramatic.
11. Entheos – Tina, Randy, and Jarrod (do you think he hates the Subway guy?) came out to do a few songs and sounded good. Tina’s voice just sails over everything unless I can balance it right. She borrowed my guitar, but we used a bad guitar cord that caused all sorts of problems.
12. Keith Lewis – He played his usual tunes, but we like them. It’s ok, he’s been hard at work coming up with computer simulations of things we probably don’t even know about yet.
13. Ben Garvey – I played “99%”, “All my Dreams are in Cartoon”, and Nirvana’s “Serve the Servants.”
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 – Fresh off her gig at Doc Watsons, Cynthia once again returned to the Tree House with a Halloween song.
2. John Brennan – I miked up his guitar instead of using his pickup and I noticed a pretty big improvement in the sound. The high frequencies didn’t dominate his tone like they did before. I liked it.
3. Adrien Reju – Adrien stopped in to try out a new song called “Gang of Cool” and play a few others. The song was great and you should check her out this Friday at 3 Beans in Haddonfield.
4. Sarah Allen – Dressed all medieval, Sarah had a slight problem when the plug for her guitar fell inside the body. I’m not even sure how you would fix that. I let her borrow my guitar and she rocked. She’s playing the Tree House this Saturday with Willie Tapps.
5. John Shaughnessy – John played a new song and attributed the song’s influence to Adrien. He played another song where the melody came to him in a dream. All my songs are written under the influence.
6. Willie Tapps – Playing this Saturday with Sarah Allen opening up for him. Willie puts on a great show every time, except that one time when he sucked. No wait, that was me.
7. George – Did a Foo Fighter’s cover and a few other songs. George should start signing up with his first and last name. I like being able to introduce people by their full name, although I would like to break the habit of referring to everyone by their salutation as in “Miss Sarah Allen,” “Mr John Shaughnessy,” or “Father Jack Sparks.”
8. Jack Sparks – Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” makes me want to vomit under normal circumstances, but I hardly get sick at all when Jack plays it. “Karma Police” sounded really good, too. With Jack’s blue guitar, grey sweater, and spikey hair he looked like the Jack Sparks of the future.
9. Dom – It would have been funny if Dom registered dom’srocks.com instead of domrocks.com. I don’t think he plays covers too often, but I’d like to hear him play one once and a while. His style is pretty unique and I wonder how it would sound on someone else’s music.
10. Transitions – Their R&B guy was freaking great. It made the poetry of the other Transition members seem much more dramatic.
11. Entheos – Tina, Randy, and Jarrod (do you think he hates the Subway guy?) came out to do a few songs and sounded good. Tina’s voice just sails over everything unless I can balance it right. She borrowed my guitar, but we used a bad guitar cord that caused all sorts of problems.
12. Keith Lewis – He played his usual tunes, but we like them. It’s ok, he’s been hard at work coming up with computer simulations of things we probably don’t even know about yet.
13. Ben Garvey – I played “99%”, “All my Dreams are in Cartoon”, and Nirvana’s “Serve the Servants.”
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 angry about how bad Matrix Revolutions was. I was one of the few people who liked Reloaded and looked forward to the last movie. If you’re a fan of the Matrix you’ll have to see it for yourself, but don’t bother if you didn’t like Reloaded. The special effects in Revolutions were outstanding, but that’s about it. I think the primary problem with the film is that the main characters aren’t in it enough! Is it too much to ask that Morpheus, Neo, and Trinity get more screen time than people we barely know? Sorry for being such a nerd, but the movie really sucks.
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 angry about how bad Matrix Revolutions was. I was one of the few people who liked Reloaded and looked forward to the last movie. If you’re a fan of the Matrix you’ll have to see it for yourself, but don’t bother if you didn’t like Reloaded. The special effects in Revolutions were outstanding, but that’s about it. I think the primary problem with the film is that the main characters aren’t in it enough! Is it too much to ask that Morpheus, Neo, and Trinity get more screen time than people we barely know? Sorry for being such a nerd, but the movie really sucks.
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, which has sadly been a lifelong dream of mine. If I had a list of things to do before I die I’d be able to cross two things off. Other things on the list would be:
- Seeing the Sistine Chapel
- Getting off my ass and actually recording an album
- Making a stupid little video game that somehow gets adored by millions (see Snood)
- Living forever (so far so good)
- Revisiting places like Arizona and San Francisco
- Seeing the Pixies live when they supposedly reunit
I picked up the new Stokes album today. It’s pretty damn good. I wanted to buy a few other CDs, but Tunes in Marlton seems to have a pretty crummy selection these days. I guess buying things online has spoiled us. In the local band section I saw Reju’s demo, so that was pretty cool. They’re in a better spot than the Secession Movement which I bought in the bargain bin for 50 cents! I might be going to see Matrix Revolutions tonight and I hope to Jesus it doesn’t suck. Come on Jesus.
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, which has sadly been a lifelong dream of mine. If I had a list of things to do before I die I’d be able to cross two things off. Other things on the list would be:
- Seeing the Sistine Chapel
- Getting off my ass and actually recording an album
- Making a stupid little video game that somehow gets adored by millions (see Snood)
- Living forever (so far so good)
- Revisiting places like Arizona and San Francisco
- Seeing the Pixies live when they supposedly reunit
I picked up the new Stokes album today. It’s pretty damn good. I wanted to buy a few other CDs, but Tunes in Marlton seems to have a pretty crummy selection these days. I guess buying things online has spoiled us. In the local band section I saw Reju’s demo, so that was pretty cool. They’re in a better spot than the Secession Movement which I bought in the bargain bin for 50 cents! I might be going to see Matrix Revolutions tonight and I hope to Jesus it doesn’t suck. Come on Jesus.
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. They’re awesome.
I haven’t been as busy as I thought I would be and now that I’ve had a good night’s rest we’re going to hit up Toronto. If I see Joe Carter I’m going to punch him in the stomach.
Oh and here’s a shout out to the good workers at Upton Sulivan who were apparently blasting my music before I got there this morning. You guys rock.
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. They’re awesome.
I haven’t been as busy as I thought I would be and now that I’ve had a good night’s rest we’re going to hit up Toronto. If I see Joe Carter I’m going to punch him in the stomach.
Oh and here’s a shout out to the good workers at Upton Sulivan who were apparently blasting my music before I got there this morning. You guys rock.
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 camera, so no photos of the unreal fog I see out my hotel window. I’m having a good time, but I really need to get some sleep.
Anyone know of any cool night places in downtown Toronto? I’ll probably be heading there tomorrow night.
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 camera, so no photos of the unreal fog I see out my hotel window. I’m having a good time, but I really need to get some sleep.
Anyone know of any cool night places in downtown Toronto? I’ll probably be heading there tomorrow night.
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 one of the best parties ever at Adrien and Morgan’s place. The theme was 80’s prom and everyone got really into it. To the right you can see Jeanne as the material girl herself and me sporting a skinny tie and a tail. Julia and Larry were voted Prom King and Queen, which they definitely deserved after Larry showed up with an actual mullet.
I will be in Toronto until Thursday, so I won’t be at the open mic this week. There should be another host in my place.
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 one of the best parties ever at Adrien and Morgan’s place. The theme was 80’s prom and everyone got really into it. To the right you can see Jeanne as the material girl herself and me sporting a skinny tie and a tail. Julia and Larry were voted Prom King and Queen, which they definitely deserved after Larry showed up with an actual mullet.
I will be in Toronto until Thursday, so I won’t be at the open mic this week. There should be another host in my place.
