Is anyone wondering what I’ve been doing since I stopped doing the open mic? I’ve been watching the first season of Survivor on DVD. Stop laughing. I just got through the 3rd DVD and Sean is definitely the dumbest person I’ve ever seen on the show. The new season starts this Thursday and hopefully it…

I really wish I had found this two years ago. It’s a scripting language that lets me write a self installer for any program I write. It’s going to make things a lot easier for me at work.

This is classic. Register to vote and check this out if you want us to win $100,000.

I found a pretty cool photo sharing site called Flickr. You can upload photos and share them with people, but the coolest feature is the ability to tag images with keywords and search other people’s albums using those tags. For example, you can search for cloud, red, piano, etc. It’s better than Google Image Search…

Wednesday night I went to Justin’s open mic over at the Caribbean Crab in Oaklyn. It was kind of dead, but I had a good time. I played “Let’s Go Moon Some Cars” by Beck and then a set of originals. I planned to end with “That’s the Way the World Goes Round” by John…

The other day Jeanne and I stopped at Thai Orchid in Marlton for lunch. It’s on Route 73, just south of the 70-73 intersection and right behind Champps. I don’t consider myself an expert in Thai food (I’ve probably had it 7 or 8 times now), but this place was awesome. Their lemongrass soup was…

This is the weirdest game ever. It’s a browser based RPG where you can choose between character classes like turtle tamer, disco bandit, and seal clubber. Here’s one of the battles I fought in the “Haunted Pantry.”You’re fighting an undead elbow macaroni Inside the Haunted Pantry, you encounter an undead elbow macaroni of unusual size.…

A while back I wrote a script to calculate how many times people have played at the open mic. I ran the script again and here are the results! Note: It’s probably not 100% accurate.

If you look back through my archives you’ll find an article about what I would do if I were ever hosting an open mic and surprisingly I think I held true to those ideas (ok, the star idea was really lame).The sign up sheet should be available well before the show starts. Ideally the open…

An electronic, indie-rock, hip-hop duo? I saw RATATAT when I was out in San Francisco and they were amazing. Here’s a quote from the Pitchfork review of their self-titled album.Ratatat is a collaboration between lead guitarist Mike Stroud and bedroom producer Evan Mast, with piercing sheets of guitar and synthesizer yoked to a bass-heavy metronomic…

I can’t wait for the new Black Keys album, Rubber Factory. You can download a few tracks from the Fat Possum website. My favorite of the released tracks is definitely All Hands Against His Own. here.

Tonight I finally checked out the all new Grape Street Pub in Manayunk. The new location is on Main Street in Manayunk in the old Chemistry building. At first you walk in and think, “Wow this looks totally different from Chemistry,” but once you walk around for a bit you remember where the pool tables…

Last week when we were returning from San Francisco I left a certain item on my keychain that I usually take off when I fly. Here’s a photo of it. Yes. I had a knife with me on the 2500 mile flight from San Francisco to Philadelphia. I completely forgot it was on my keychain…

For our honeymoon, Jeanne and I took a trip to San Francisco and the Napa Valley. I just posted a bunch of pictures from the trip, so check them out.

I hoped she wouldn’t leave before I got back, but Treehouse favorite Sarah Allen and her family have finally moved down to North Carolina. She made an impression on me the first time I heard her at the open mic, which I wrote about on February 20th, 2003.15 year old Sarah (something, don’t remember the…

Here’s the recap for one of my last nights as host of the Tree House open mic. 1. Ben Garvey – I played 99%, Nirvana’s Serve the Servants, and a bunch of other songs later in the night. 2. Jeff Richie – Jeff, previously of Greensleeve, stopped by to promote his new demo and play…

This recap is way overdue, but I’ve been freaking busy the past few weeks. Here’s what happened on the open mic for July 21, 2004. 1. Ben Garvey – I played Why Now Satan and 99%. 2. Eric Balkey – Played a song about baseball and didn’t walk off the stage this time, which was…

This is the best news I’ve heard all day. The Bennies are opening up for the Pixies at both Camden shows in December. I saw them open for Frank Black and the Catholics a while back and they rocked. Thanks to DB3 for the tip.

Today New Jersey Governor Scott McGreevey annouced he was “a Gay American” and that he plans to resign his position because it “could threaten the governor’s office.”August 12, 2004 ? Governor McGreevey says he’s resigning because he’s a homosexual and fears this could threaten the governor’s office. RelatedLink James E. McGreevey’s Career, Bio video VIDEO:…

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, listen to music and drink coffee.