Month: June 2004

  • Open Mic Tonight

    Come out tonight to the Tree House open mic. It runs from 8:00PM – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here or just come to hang out and drink coffee. Supporting your local coffeehouse makes everyone happier, except Starbucks.

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Tree House

    The open mic was really busy last week and as I mentioned earlier, Bernard pulled out all the wardrobe stops. 1. Ben Garvey – I played 99%, All My Dreams are in Cartoon, and Lord Only Knows. 2. Keenan – Natasha’s son sang three songs, all called “I Have More Stuff Than You,” which included…

  • Sign Up List

    Most people who sign up for the open mic have no problem doing things correctly, but once and a while someone posts a joke entry or (for reasons I can’t comprehend) posts a message saying they can’t come. From now on, you have to identify yourself on the list in some way. Some people like…

  • Crazy Week

    I can’t even believe how busy the past week has been. I had a blast and it would take me forever to devote an individual post to each day so let’s plow through all of them… Wed 6/23 – Open mic at the Tree House I’ll still do the whole open mic recap as usual,…

  • New GameShow Starting Up

    I mentioned JasonZahn.com’s GameShow before. If anyone wants to jump in, this is the perfect time since each new game starts at the begining of the month. Read my earlier post to learn more about it or visit the site itself.

  • Reverse Grafiti Advertising

    Here’s a werid story about a guy who sells ads to companies and puts those ads on grafiti covered walls by stenciling in some sort of paint remover. He cleans a spray painted wall in certain places to form an image or a logo.The Yorkshire graffiti artist known universally as Moose has what he believes…

  • Firefox

    The web browser everyone should be using these days is Mozilla Firefox. It has built in tabbed browsing, blocks pop ups, and lets you be reasonably sure you won’t get hit by the latest IE security holes. It’s also super fast and you can customize how it looks with easy to install themes. The other…

  • Ben Garvey in NYC (not me)

    I got this email today from another Ben Garvey.what’s up Ben Garvey, this is Ben Garvey, the one from Chicago. I am writing to invite you to my CD release party on Saturday nite in Manhattan, New York. I would love to meet you and see my alter-ego in person. Well, here is the info…

  • Open Mic Tonight

    Come out tonight to the Tree House open mic. It runs from 8:00PM – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here or just come to hang out and drink coffe. Supporting your local coffeehouse makes everyone happier, except Starbucks.

  • New Open Mic at the Carribean Crab

    I got an email from my friend Justin today, formerly of nowayscoob and currently the bass player for Do It For Danny. yo ben. good news…i’m running open mic thursdays at the CRAB. remember the CRAB? that fabulous place that everyone loved playing at? well, now it’s gonna be better. cuz i’m runnin it now.…

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Tree House

    First, we’re tossing the whole artist tribute idea. 4 weeks have gone by and despite 29 votes for the Talking Heads we’ve heard a total of 2 Talking Heads songs. I’m not going to waste my time, so forget it. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get to last week’s open mic. It…

  • JasonZahn.com’s GameShow

    I mentioned JasonZahn.com’s GameShow to Jeanne yesterday and she was mad that I didn’t show it to her earlier. Jeeze. This is how it works: You sign up and each day (Mon – Fri) you have to complete the word or phrase with the most common answer. It’s sort of like Family Feud, except you’re…

  • Open Mic Tonight

    Come out tonight to the Tree House open mic. It runs from 8:00PM – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here or just come to hang out and drink coffee. Supporting your local coffeehouse is worth the effort. I’m don’t know if anyone played any Talking Heads covers last week, but I’m about to…

  • New Pixies Song on iTunes

    I just bought my first $0.99 song from the iTunes Music Store. I don’t think I’ve ever paid to download music before, but I really wanted to get the first new Pixies song in 13 years. It’s called “Bam Thwok” and it’s surprisingly upbeat and very good. Supposedly the Kim Deal song “was inspired by…

  • Open Mic Tonight

    Come out tonight to the Tree House open mic. It runs from 8:00PM – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here or just come to hang out and drink coffe. Supporting your local coffeehouse is worth the effort. I will not make it tonight, but Jarrod Schafer will host in my place. He lives…

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Tree House

    Last Wednesday was busier than usual at the Tree House open mic. Lots of performers turned out. In other news, I want to plug my good friend Jason Wheatley’s website. He’s still doing some work on it, but you can find out where he’s playing. He’s the former host of the Living Room, precursor to…

  • No Jay on Wednesday

    Jason Vertucio won’t be at the open mic this week. Here’s why.ben, i cannot make the open mic this week. sadly, rob said he’d bring some more ipa or something for me. and i’m stuck in lawrenceville at some open casting call audition invite audition crap for some weird modelling agency thing. it’s a favour…

  • Best Rant on Ramen Ever

    Today on everybody’s favorite nerd site, Slashdot, someone posted a great diatribe against Campbell Soup for their high priced Ramen noodles. I don’t know if this guy ripped this off from somewhere else, but who cares?Let’s face it, Campbell’s, when’s the last time any of your executives went to an expensive company dinner and ordered…

  • eBay, Vicious Circle, Saving Animals

    I put a few things up on eBay earlier. Feel free to bid on them. My ears are still ringing after last night’s Vicious Circle show at the Troc. Jeanne was really impressed with Vinny’s guitar prowess, as was everyone else who had yet to see and hear him in action. Today I saw a…

  • Vicious Circle at the Troc

    My friend Vinny’s band, Vicious Circle, just got booked to play the Trocadero Balcony Bar at the last minute. Hey Everyone, Just to let you know, we were booked on a last minute show @ the Trocadero Balcony Bar for June 4th (this Friday). The doors open @ 8:00pm – $7 cover charge – 21…