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  • Studio Luloo benefit show on April 5th

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    I’ll be playing as part of the singer-songwriter kickoff to the Studio Luloo benefit show on April 5th!? It’s in support of the space itself to try and keep the doors open.? Also there will be a ridiculous number of performers including Johnny Miles, yearlongday, Brian Mullins, John Shaughnessy, Rob Whitekettle, Sara O’Brien, Steve Goldstein,…

  • New 99% Recording… feedback?

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    As I mentioned before, I recorded a new version of 99% and adding some backup on garageband. Check out 99% and let me know what you think.

  • Did some more recording today

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    I recorded 99% and All My Dreams are in Cartoon today and got halfway decent mixes of them finished.? I think they need a little more work, but so far they’re pretty good.? I’ll probably post a rough mix tomorrow if I can get all the volume levels set properly to match with the other…

  • Top Ten Programming Languages

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    I’m currently learning Ruby on Rails, and since Ruby is a new language for me I got to thinking what my favorite programming languages are… 10.? Assembly 9.? ASP / vbscript 8.? JavaScript 7.? Visual Basic 6.? C 5.? C++ 4.? SQL 3.? PHP 2.? Java 1.? perl Honestly, the more I program in any…

  • Free Radio

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    Most trends are easy to spot in hindsight, so now it definitely seems as though fake-realism has overtaken situational comedy as shown on the Office, Colbert, Ali-G, etc. The latest in this trend is VH1’s Free Radio, starring Lance Krall and Anna Vocino as a pair of radio talk show DJ’s who take over after…

  • New Recordings Posted

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    Ok, I uploaded two new versions of my long time songs, The Genius of it All and I Hope I Die on the Moon. Check them out.

  • Genius of it All recording

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    I rerecorded a new version of the Genius of it All. After years and years of looking for the right drum beat, I finally gave up and decided to change the rhythm instead and see what happens. Let me know what you think? The Genius of it All (new version) old version for comparison One…

  • Chili post

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    Doh, I am making a batch of my chili today and clicked on the link on the right to make the shopping list. The link was broken! It has since been fixed. I also noticed I had 6 Tbsp of garlic, which I think must be a typo.? That would mean 36 cloves of garlic!?…

  • Kyle Kendrick gets punked

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    Amazingly, he seemed ok with getting traded!

  • So Long marsRED facebook group

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    I started a group on facebook in honor of marsRED

  • Using 3rd party headphones with the iPhone

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    My cousin Tom put together this very serious video for making your headphones iPhone compatible. How To Hack Any Headphones For Your IPhone! – Celebrity bloopers here

  • Cigar box Guitar

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    Let’s all pause and enjoy the awesomeness that is Jerry Thompson’s cigar box guitar.

  • Vineland Music Festival delayed until 2009

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    Well, with no lineup announced I’m not that surprised that it has been delayed. Vineland, originally scheduled for August 8-10 in Vineland, N.J., has been moved to early summer 2009. Producers C3 Presents and Festival Republic made the change in response to the heavy festival traffic in the Northeast and major bands’ tours of the…

  • mars-red Closing!

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    I was extremely disappointed to see this in my inbox today. mars-red is a great store and Scott put a lot of effort into it. The two gigs I played there were a lot of fun and it’s a shame to see they couldn’t make it work. Also, I have a $25 gift card I…

  • iRead giving me the business

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    It’s bad enough that Jeanne has been getting on me for how long it’s taking me to read A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, but now the facebook app iRead is, too! Dear Ben, We noticed that you have marked as ?Reading It? on Books iRead. Are you still working on it? We…

  • Nice suit

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    I found this picture of me the other day.

  • Super Tuesday! NJ Primary Voting Rules

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    So, you want to vote in tomorrow’s primary election? Here is how (source): 1. Are you registered to vote? Yes: Good. No: You can’t vote in tomorrow’s primary, but use this as a good reminder and register! 2. Have you voted in a primary before? Yes: You can vote for your declared party. If you…

  • Open Mic @ The Auction House

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    It took me a few months, but I finally made it out to the new open mic that is literally about 2 blocks from my house.? Audubon’s Auction House on Merchant Street now has a weekly open mic night on Wednesdays hosted by Russ.? There were about 50 people there! I ended up going on…

  • Odd Man In Bug List

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    I’m gearing up for a big update on Odd Man In.? If you know of any bugs, leave them in the comments here and I’ll make sure they get added.

  • Business Opportunity

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    Wired has an article this month on 33 Things That Suck.? I thought this was a great list of things that need solving.? Sure, no one is going to solve air travel delays, but whiteboards?? Evite?? Get on it people.