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My First Website
I put up my first website in the fall of 1997 and thanks to the Internet Wayback machine you can view it for yourself. Not all the content on the site was archived, and neither was my nifty-for-its-time title graphic, but it gives you a good idea of how I started out. The site also…
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Come out to the Tree House Tonight
I’ll be hosting tonight’s open mic at the Tree House in Collingswood, NJ on the corner of Haddon and Collings Ave. This is my first time doing anything like this, so hopefully I won’t suck. Roz is going to help me out with the sound, but starting next week I’ll be on my own.
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Wired Predictions for Doomsday
Wired has a cool article discussing and debunking all ways we could possibly kick it as a species and to my surprise, the first item uses Richard Gott’s probability formula to guess how much longer we’ll last. This is of course the same formula I’m using in my ongoing experiment, Copernicus Picks the Dead Celebrity…
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Senator Hatch: I Want to Break 70 Million Computers
Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah recently said he’s “very interested” in technology to destroy the computers of copyright infringers and it “may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights.” Current estimates of how many people in the US trade files are around 70 million. His opinion goes way beyond the scope of…
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1 Year Anniversary of bengarvey.com
Last year on June 17th, I set up Post Nuke after getting a server and a domain name. It cost me a total of $95 and I think it was money well spent. I wasn’t sure how well this site would do, and I I’ve exceeded most of my expectations for year 1. Take a…
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Origivation’s Orgy Awards
Local music sheet Origivation has announced the Orgy winners, which recognize local talent. I’ve only seen three of the bands who won awards (The Blue Method, The Phoenix Trap, and K-Floor), but I’ve heard of almost all the winners. Unlike other local awards, the voting for the Orgies was closed to the public and was…
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What a Narc(issist)
Local band Tragik recently broke up and posted a lengthy goodbye on their website.Ken went back to his roots and began to write from a more personal headspace. Unwillingboro was released the way ?and so the martyr says had been; completely born and produced by one person. Ken played and recorded every instrument and track…
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Avergating Your Parents – Part 2
If you liked Part 1 of “Avergating Your Parents,” you’ll love Part 2. In it you’ll learn important lessons like, “How to Keep Your Mother from Going to the Mall,” “How to Stay Up Late (Without Even Trying),” and “How to Handle a Babysitter.” Julia claims I must have been older than 5 when I…
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Open Mic Recap @ the Tree House
A pretty uneventful night at the Tree House. I learned a little more about the sound board, and even got some feedback of my own during my set. I played “16-18,” Beck’s “Lord Only Knows,” “The Genius of it All,” and “Why Now Satan.” The only performers were Sarah Allen, Willie Tapps, Roz King, Aaron,…
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Origivation on 93.3 WMMR?
Anthony over at Origivation has been talking to WMMR about hosting a local radio show. Yesterday he posted a message asking for people to email WMMR and request the show. Evidently, the station manager was flooded with emails.Needless to say the folks at WMMR aren’t happy about all of the emails they’ve received. So was…
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Copernicus Picks the Dead Celebrity
A few weeks ago I finished reading Time Travel in Einstein’s Universe by J. Richard Gott III and the most interesting chapter had little to do with time travel. Gott figured out a way to predict how long something will last and all you have to know is how long it has been around so…
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Avergating Your Parents – Part 1
I was a little weird as a kid. Recently I unearthed a self-help style audio tape I made when I was about 5 years old called “Aggravating Your Parents,” except every time I said “aggravating” it came out “avergating.” With the wonders of modern information technology, you too can now learn the secrets of Avergating…
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Grooveground Part III
With all the free advertising I’ve been giving Grooveground, I guess I should mention their anninversary party on June 21 on Haddon Ave. I just found out Apple of Discord and Girl Upstairs will be playing at 12:00 noon. I’ve known a few guys from AoD for a while now, but I’ve never actually heard…
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Beck Injured at Field Day
Fresh off his awesome Philadelphia show, Beck was set to play the Field Day concert in North Jersey with Blur, Radiohead, and the Beastie Boys. After watching Coxonless Blur from the side of the stage, some idiot bouncer gave Beck a nice shot in the ribs and put him in the hospital, which is surprising…
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Grooveground Part II
I stopped by grooveground for a cup of coffee today. The coffee was good and they had a bunch of used CDs on the wall for sale. I’m a sucker for used CDs, so I was disappointed when I saw the selection. Most of it was garbage, and not even the Shirley Manson type. It…
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Bugfight
If you’ve hung out with me recently, you may have heard me or someone I love rambling on about a “bug program.” Well, here it is. It’s called Bugfight for now, and currently doesn’t offer much more than an interesting distraction. You don’t actually do anything yet. In version 0.1 you just watch the bugs…
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Grooveground?
I’ve lived in Collingswood for about a year and a half now and I just found out today about the Grooveground Coffee Bar at 647 Haddon Ave. Evidently they have music, film showings, poetry, etc. and seemed like a pretty interesting place when I ran by there today (yes, I ran today for the first…
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Beck @ the Electric Factory
Beck apologized for not making it to Philly with the Flaming Lips, so I guess I’ll have to accept. His show tonight was a flat out amazing mixture of his 10 year catalog. He’s changed so much from that “Loser” guy, which was tonight’s show opener. Many songs in the set were retooled with different…
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Open Mic Recap @ The Tree House
So the Tree House Coffee open mic finally opened this week. It was the first time I’ve been in the place and it looks great. Somehow they made it feel a lot bigger and less cluttered and their new sound system makes everyone sound better. There is a rumor floating around that I may take…
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Tree House Open Mic on Wednesday
Roz told me to put the word out that the Tree House (formerly the Living Room in Collingswood) will be having their open mic this Wednesday from 8:30PM – 11:00PM, so head down there and help out the new owners. I have a bunch of stuff to do that night, but I might stop by…