Friday night Jeanne and I headed out to see CYHSY lead singer Alec Ounsworth perform at the Kensington South Forum in north philly. We had a hell of a time finding the place and drove past it about three times. We found it eventually and paid the $5 cover. The neighborhood was a little run…

I’d like to see the whole band, but I just got confirmation that CYHSY singer Alec Ounsworth is playing in Philly tomorrow night! It’s only $5 to get in, too. Here are the details. Alec Ounsworth + Feathers + Viking Moses 8:00PM / $5 cover Kensington South CDC The Putnam Building 1627 North Second Street…

Pitchfork Media gave Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s debut album a 9.0. It’s time to get off my ass and pick it up.Clap Your Hands are a five-piece from Brooklyn who’re known to break out both harp and harmonica. They’ve recently been garnering rave press in their home city, and, over just the past two…

Some great stuff on the web this week. The Onion gives us an issue from the future. ————————– Mr Waxman takes the country by storm (bid on him). His birth was as follows: feeling that my ears could use a bit of maintenance, and, lacking a Q-Tip or anything sufficently swablike, I DIY’d myself a…

Note to self: When staining unfinished furniture, stir the stain before applying.

June 17th marked the 3rd anniversary of this site. I started it after getting increasingly PO’d at mp3.com (has since been bought, sold, gutted, resold, etc.). I’ve enjoyed using this site as a vehicle for various projects over the past few years and I plan to keep it going as long as possible. Thanks to…

I’ll preface the review with some important background information. I know I keep bragging about how I briefly met CHYSY singer Alec Ounsworth at The Fire in 2003 and got his demo, but it’s important to the story. His lo-fi demo with the all-time-cheesey casio drum beats ended up getting played in my car about…

The first tie game in Odd Man In history occurred last night when Mr Charcoal made a failed assassination attempt against someone, leaving Mr Sapphire (Gobby) and Mr Brown (vitamin_g) as the final two. Since they both had the same score and the same number of shots against them, a tie was called. I need…

For any Kingdom of Loathing players out there, you should check it out again if you haven’t been. You can now defeat the Naughty Sorceress and ascend into heaven where you can then decide to start over again as a new class. Once you do that there’s all sorts of new content just for people…

I’ve mentioned Clap Your Hands Say Yeah before and it seems like they’re getting a lot of attention on the web these days. The latest is Pitchfork’s 4 star review of their track, In This Home on Ice.this MP3 from their website promises great things. Jangly, processed guitar, shimmering cymbals, and vocalist Alec Ounsworth’s chorused…

Tonight I stopped by the Treehouse to catch performances by Bob Michel, Rob , Kelly Rickets, and some other guy who had us imagine the killer bass lines that usually accompany him with his full band. I also did some video taping for something I’m working on and Rob (from the Rec Dosage) helped me…

On Saturday night I was poking around in the fridge looking for something to make for dinner. I had thawed some ground beef, but I was surprised to see we didn’t have any hamburger buns left. I didn’t feel like running to the store, so what could I do? I noticed we still had some…

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get some new threads.

Congratulations to illia for killing the competition in The Odd Squad. He/She (I can never tell with some of these screen names) won a free iTunes song courtesy of the Pepsi game that was running a little while back. I have two more iTunes codes that were donated by players and I hope to be…

Well it looks like the smoking ban may come to Philadelphia after all.By a 10-7 votes margin City Council this morning approved amendments that clear the way for a citywide smoking ban in bars and restaurants. An earlier version of the measure was withdrawn in March after it became clear that it didn?t have enough…

The quick, spoiler free review: It’s awesome, despite the obvious flaws and annoyances we’re all used to with the Star Wars prequels. The extended, spoiler free review: Bad dialogue and mediocre acting can’t derail Anakin’s train to the dark side. Hayden Christensen still comes off a little stiff, but he’s definitely improved since his awful…

I raved about Greasemonkey the other day and I’m proud to unveil my first script. It’s called noPicsNoService and it’s for craigslist. It always bothered me when people posted furniture listings without photos, so this script filters out any furniture listing without a pic. It also informs you of how many listings you’re currently hiding…

My brief return to host the Treehouse open mic was a lot of fun. It was great to see Rob, Willie, Jason Wheatley, Jarod, Bob Michel, Jack Sparks, The Forest Greens and a few others like Bob Kelley. Jason Vertucio was there, but he was too sick to play. I played a bunch of songs…

Bryn Mawr, PA’s The Point, whose weekly open mic I routinely referred to as the “open mic sweat shop,” is closing it’s doors on June 25th.The Point – the cozy Bryn Mawr coffeehouse whose list of before-they-were-stars performers reads like a who’s who of music – plans to close after June 25’s show by Jim…

Make sure you stop by the Treehouse open mic tonight from 7:00PM – 9:00PM. I’ll be guest hosting for Johnny Miles. All musicians, poets, comedians, etc. are welcome.