Month: February 2004

I forgot to take the sign up sheet with me as I left on Wednesday, so the order of the performers might be a little off, but I think I at least remembered everyone who played. Read on… 1. Jarrod Schafer – J-Rod’s always good for helping me out with a sound check and this…

I recently rented The Last Picture Show with Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd. It’s about a town slowly fading away and it’s really interesting. Don’t get turned off by the black and white. It was made in the 70s, but made to look like it was filmed in the 50s. Everything about it feels like…

Open mic was fun tonight. The recap will come later, but we had 17 performers once again. I’m begining to think that 15-17 is the perfect number for a 3 hour event. Plus, lots of people seemed to be buying stuff which is good for the house. If you support your local coffee shop, it…

If you’re viewing this site in the default theme, you’ll notice a new title graphic. I like this better than the old one, but I’m still not sold on this one. Taking pictures of myself feels really vain and narcissistic, but I guess that’s having a website about yourself is. Site traffic has been rocking,…

14 artists are already signed up for tonight’s open mic at the Tree House coffee shop in Collingswood, NJ. It runs from 8:00PM – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here or just come to hang out, play chess, drink coffe, etc. It’s looking like a 2 song night, since so many people are…

For anyone who reads this site in an RSS news reader, I now put the full text of my posts in the news feed. I also made some changes to the sign up list, so let me know if you have any problems with it. Lastly, I moved the topic icons to the right of…

The Dave B Trio posted some pictures of our recent show over at Bamboo Bernies. They also got a new computer after their old one had an iDeath.

I recently finished Stephen King’s Wolves of the Calla, the 5th in a series of 7 following the path of Roland the Gunslinger on his way to the Dark Tower. I read the first book years ago and really enjoyed first four, but #5 was almost embarrassing to read. Read on for my review, because…

I’ve been keeping track of how many performers we have each week at the open mic and as of last Wednesday the record for the most was 17. I think we matched this 2 or 3 times, including last week’s open mic. This week, we smashed the record with 19 performers and did it in…

Make your way to the Tree House coffee shop for their weekly open mic. It runs from 8:00PM – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here or just come to hang out, play chess, drink coffe, etc. See you tonight.

1. Ben Garvey – I played “All My Dreams are in Cartoon,” John Prine’s “That’s the Way the World Goes ‘Round,” and “I Hope I Die on the Moon.” 2. Chris D – Chris came out and rocked while I spent time adjusting the monitors. 3. Entheos – It was probably the earliest Entheos has…

I hope you guys had a good time at Bamboo Bernies, especially Jeanne, Kevin, Melissa, Mike, Corinne, Adam, John, Brooke, and anyone else I didn’t get a chance to talk to. Legion went on first and they’re a three piece death metal band. They were incredibly heavy and brought in a lot of fans. I…

If you’re in the neighborhood, why not stop by the Tree House tonight to catch Roz King, Sarah Allen, and a bunch of others. The show starts at 8:00PM.

I’m really looking forward to tonight’s show at Bamboo Bernies in Lawnside,NJ. The show starts at 9:00PM (I’ll probably start somewhere between 9:30PM and 10:00PM). First up is a local metal band called Legion. Then, I’ll be playing for about an hour. The Dave B Trio will be closing the night and I’ve been waiting…

If you use the Internet with any frequency, you should not be using Internet Explorer or Outlook Express. The free alternatives are now much better and I’ll try to sell you on why. Firefox – (formerly called Firebird, Phoenix, and Mozilla (sort of)), is the latest browser developed by a group of devoted software developers…

I’ve had very few complaints about the host of this site, Ipowerweb. They’re cheap, fairly reliable, and full of features, but I don’t like the fact that they shortened the raw server logs from the current month to the current day. I don’t use them all the time, but they’re nice to have. I especially…

You know you want to come out to the Tree House coffee shop for the weekly open mic. It runs from 8:00PM – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here or just come to hang out, play chess, drink coffe, etc. See you tonight. Also, be on the lookout for this guy!

The Pixies announced what cities they’ll be playing for the first part of their tour and check out this list: 04-14 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Burton Cummings Theatre 04-15 Regina, Saskatchewan – Doris Knight Ballroom 04-17 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Prairieland 04-18 Edmonton, Alberta – Red’s 04-19 Calgary, Alberta – MacEwan Hall 04-21 Victoria, British Columbia -…

Last Wednesday rocked at the Tree House. If it’s this busy in February I can’t imagine what it will be like in July. 1. Ben Garvey – I played “The Genius of it All,” Beck’s “Lord Only Knows,” and a few other tunes. 2. John and Nora Shaughnessy – John and his daughter, Nora, sang…

The new version of Spew is now available for downloading. Try it out and let me know if you encounter any bugs! These are the changes from the last version: 0.1.3 Changes * Totally reworked the layout so it looks better * Blocks are now different colors * Rotation now changes direction once and a…