Brave the snow and come on out for some good music and food tonight at the Tree House in Collingswood, NJ (the corner of Haddon and Collings Ave, and right near the PATCO stop). The show starts at 8:00PM and runs until 11:00PM. Matt Winn, the amazing guitar hypnotist, will be opening up. The Tree…

I sort of expected a slow night after last week’s explosion of people, but it was still pretty busy. 1. Chris D’Antonio and Jim – I got this guy on early since there were so many people signed up. He was good. 2. Ben Garvey – I played “Why Now Satan,” “The Genius of it…

Please allow me to introduce my friend, Open Mic, to you at the Tree House coffee shop. He’ll be going on from 8:00 – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here if you feel up to Mic’s challenge. See you tonight.

For those of you interested in how my Copernican Principle experiment is going, the first two entries have survived the experiment. Thora Birch and Natalie Portman did not die within the predicted time, but that’s ok because we have 48 more celebrities who could fulfill the prediction. To make it simple, the Copernican principle says…

When I started doing the online sign up for the open mic I thought it would be cool to show stats for how often performers played the open mic. That proved to be difficult because people signed up under various names or wouldn’t show up, or signed up in person. Luckily, I mention everyone who…

Pitchforkmedia reupdated their Top 100 Albums of the 1990s. Sure, it might be a lame attempt at covering up embarrassing choices in their previous top 100, but I like the idea of going back and re-evaulating which albums hold up against the scrutiny of time. I think an album that has meaning over a long…

If you didn’t come out last Wednesday you probably missed the best open mic ever. Tons of great musicians and a gigantic crowd came out to the Tree House. A few old friends stopped by we hadn’t seen in a while, family members came out for support, and even one Scrooge couldn’t ruin the holiday…

Indians and Pilgrims alike are welcome to the weekly open mic at the Tree House coffee shop from 8:00 – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here. Surprisingly my computer is still pretty much KO’d, but I think it should be up and running soon. I caught the White Stripes last Monday at the…

Most who read this site know my feelings on MP3.com. It used to be a great resource for finding great local and underground bands. I signed up for them in early 1998 and I loved being able to upload one of my song and share it with the world immediately. Then, they started making sure…

If you’ve been following Survivor this season tonight was a huge episode. They voted off the show’s best contestant, Rupert, and it’s all Sandra’s fault for knocking him out of the blow dart challenge. Good going! Also, why the heck did Sandra vote for John at the end? He should have been the one they…

I did a pretty poor job of managing the flow of the show last night. A fair number of performers came out, but a few only did 2 songs and I don’t think anyone dragged out their set. Somehow we managed to fit 12 performers in about 2 hours. We had some new people this…

Come one, come all to the weekly open mic at the Tree House coffee shop from 8:00 – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here. For those interested in my computer problems, I couldn’t get WindowsXP to boot back up at all. I didn’t want to lose my data, so I borrowed another hard…

Sometimes you have a day where you look back and think, “Wow, I got a lot done today.” Today I installed a hand-me-down stereo (an upgrade for me) for my entertainment center, cooked a nice meal for my fiancee, and installed Red Hat 9 on my computer. I’ve been without a linux machine since I…

Adrien and Steve of Reju were awesome last night at 3 Beans. I think everyone was impressed at how high Steve’s voice went during “Floating.” Mia Johnson opened up and she did a nice job. I liked her voice and her guitar style. She gets a nice percussionist to go along with the chords she’s…

There are a few good shows I thought I should tell you about this weekend… Friday: Adrien Reju @ Three Beans Coffee Co. in Haddonfield. The show starts at 9:00PM. Three Beans is on Haddon Ave, kind of near PJ Welihan’s. ($3 cover) Matt Winn @ The Tree House at 8:00PM. ($3 cover with free…

Last night was fairly busy at Collingswood’s best Wednesday night hangout. We had some great artists perform, despite my poor hosting. I showed up late and forgot the sign up list, so Jeanne had to read it to me over the phone. Maybe someday the Tree House will get Internet access. 1. Cynthia Bennett -…

I return to the open mic this week at the Tree House. The show starts at 8:00PM and you can sign up online here. If you sign up after 6:00PM I probably won’t have you on the list, so make sure you sign up before then or get to the Tree House early. I’m still…

What a terrible movie.

I made it back to the NJ in one piece and even had time to see Niagara Falls on the way back. It was amazing and I tried to figure out where that guy was able to jump over it and live, even without Superman’s help. I also got to eat buffalo wings in Buffalo,…

One crazy thing up here in Ontario is that every pack of cigarettes has a giant warning label showing what will happen to you if you keep smoking. So far I’ve seen stained teeth and a bloody human brain after a stroke. I am going to bring back as many of these things as possible.…