The big story on the Internet today is the controversial Supreme Court case, Eldred vs Ashcroft where the constitutionality of the 1998 Copyright Extension Act, or the “Sonny Bono Act,” was called into question. The US Constitution grants Congress the right to allow authors and inventors a “limited” monopoly on their creations. After this limited…

My new computer was shipped today and should be here next week. Here are the specs: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor 1.80GHz, 400MHz FSB, Socket 478 Retail Abit SR7-8X SiS648 P4 (533FSB) Skt478 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, LAN Retail Crucial Technology 256MB DDR333 PC2700 Memory Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y060L0 60GB Ultra ATA/133 7200RPM Hard Drive…

It was intersting Wednesday at the Living Room. I showed up a little late, but squeezed in a few songs between Cathy and James Collins. I’m not positive, but I think Willie Tapps might have been on to something last night. He kept forgeting lines to songs and mixing them up. At one point Roz,…

Record companies have long been screwing music fans and there is a class action lawsuit to prove it. Here is a quick summary: The record companies have been artificially fixing prices for years and to correct that they agreed to give anyone who bought a CD between 1995 and 2000 a payment worth up to…

The drought has ended. I went to my first open mic in about a month and it went pretty well. I even trotted out a new cover of the Pixies’ “Mr. Grieves.” It wasn’t perfect, but I think I can iron out the kinks. Roz and Keith both played great along with Cathy who is…

We’re really heading into the future now. I’m not going to write about how we should have flying cars or jetpacks by now, because it’s nearly impossible to guess what the future is going to be like. What inventions would I most like to see? How about a cure for Cancer, cars powered by Fuel…

Just missing it’s fourth birthday (about 90 in PC years), my computer finally gave up on me. I came home last weekend and it’s familiar hum was missing from the conglomerate of background noises. I tried to bring it back, but so far all attempts have failed. It won’t turn on at all, leading me…

The Iceman paid a visit to Brownies 23 East on Saturday and was exactly what I expected. My friend Kevin bailed on his plan to wear a leather jacket with “Word to your Mother” written on the back, but we had a pretty good time anyway. At one point I accidently smashed my head into…

My first time at Doc’s was interesting. I got there a little early and had a drink before the open mic started. An old man sat next to me tossing profanities at the TV, the President, and me. Luckily he knew what was good for him and left the bar instead of backing up his…

The Grape Street Pub open mic was slower than usual because of the Eagles game, but it wasn’t too bad. John Francis, Jason Wheatley, and Adrien Reju all sounded great. It was Jason’s first time playing the Grape and they seemed to like him there. Hopefully he’ll come back on a busier night. Adrien played…

I saw Frank Black and the Catholics last night and there were way too many opening acts. The show started at 9:00 with former Pixies drummer David Lovering doing a Mr. Wizard show. He was shooting smoke rings with a bass drum and making pickles glow, so that was pretty cool. The first band of…

I’m such a jerk. Adrien gave me a copy of her CD and I left it at the damn Living Room. Hopefully someone picked it up and I can get it back. The Living Room was packed last night to see Jason Wheatley return to his former bi-weekly stage. Adrien, Keith Lewis, Roz King and…

I couldn’t be happier with Comedy Central’s new self promoting commercials. They feature people from various professions saying what they do and why they like Comedy Central. In one, a Bee Keeper says, “Hi I’m a Bee Keeper. I wear this suit to keep the bees out.” My favorite one shows a guy with a…

Adam Brodsky usually hosts an Antihoot (anti-folk) open mic on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Fergie’s Pub (1214 Sansom), but he was in Texas this week. The show went on, but with more of an normal open mic vibe (anti-anti-folk?). I must look like a guy who enjoys going first, because if there…

The place looked deserted when I walked into the Living Room tonight, but ended up turning out ok. The few in attendence at 8:30 seemed to enjoy my 4 song set, which included “Why Now Satan?”, Beck’s “Asshole” (notice the proper location of those quotes), “The Genius of it All,” and the requested “I’m a…

Justin from nowayscoob emailed me on Friday and wanted to know if I could play a few songs in the middle of their set on Saturday night at the new Port City Java in Deptford, NJ. I’ve heard this coffee house has open mics on Thursday night, but I haven’t checked them out yet. I…

Sadly, I didn’t work hard enough on my top choices for Halloween costumes, so you won’t be seeing me as anything from the poll. I do have a pretty decent costume lined up, but I have to finish working on it today at lunch time. Hopefully I won’t burn down any buildings in the process.…

As I mentioned earlier I caught my friend Jay’s new band King of Prussia. I was really impressed with their sound, especially considering 3/4 of the band had either joined or switched instruments in the past two weeks. If I had to peg them to a sound, they remind me of Fountains of Wayne, but…

Last night I caught Medeski, Martin, and Wood at the Electric Factory. I had my tickets at “Will Call” and we waited forever in line to get them. I don’t even understand why they call it “Will Call” either. It should be called “Pick up Tickets” or “Don’t Buy Them Because You Already Did, Remember?”…

I hadn’t been to the Carribean Crab in a while, but I stopped in last Wednesday because Kopie from nowayscoob was back in town after completing his air force training. Nowayscoob sounded great and I sounded terrible, but it probably had something to do with my voice passing out one song in. I’m not sure…