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I recently finished Stephen King’s Wolves of the Calla, the 5th in a series of 7 following the path of Roland the Gunslinger on his way to the Dark Tower. I read the first book years ago and really enjoyed first four, but #5 was almost embarrassing to read. Read on for my review, because…

I’ve been keeping track of how many performers we have each week at the open mic and as of last Wednesday the record for the most was 17. I think we matched this 2 or 3 times, including last week’s open mic. This week, we smashed the record with 19 performers and did it in…

Make your way to the Tree House coffee shop for their weekly open mic. It runs from 8:00PM – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here or just come to hang out, play chess, drink coffe, etc. See you tonight.

1. Ben Garvey – I played “All My Dreams are in Cartoon,” John Prine’s “That’s the Way the World Goes ‘Round,” and “I Hope I Die on the Moon.” 2. Chris D – Chris came out and rocked while I spent time adjusting the monitors. 3. Entheos – It was probably the earliest Entheos has…

I hope you guys had a good time at Bamboo Bernies, especially Jeanne, Kevin, Melissa, Mike, Corinne, Adam, John, Brooke, and anyone else I didn’t get a chance to talk to. Legion went on first and they’re a three piece death metal band. They were incredibly heavy and brought in a lot of fans. I…

If you’re in the neighborhood, why not stop by the Tree House tonight to catch Roz King, Sarah Allen, and a bunch of others. The show starts at 8:00PM.

I’m really looking forward to tonight’s show at Bamboo Bernies in Lawnside,NJ. The show starts at 9:00PM (I’ll probably start somewhere between 9:30PM and 10:00PM). First up is a local metal band called Legion. Then, I’ll be playing for about an hour. The Dave B Trio will be closing the night and I’ve been waiting…

If you use the Internet with any frequency, you should not be using Internet Explorer or Outlook Express. The free alternatives are now much better and I’ll try to sell you on why. Firefox – (formerly called Firebird, Phoenix, and Mozilla (sort of)), is the latest browser developed by a group of devoted software developers…

I’ve had very few complaints about the host of this site, Ipowerweb. They’re cheap, fairly reliable, and full of features, but I don’t like the fact that they shortened the raw server logs from the current month to the current day. I don’t use them all the time, but they’re nice to have. I especially…

You know you want to come out to the Tree House coffee shop for the weekly open mic. It runs from 8:00PM – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here or just come to hang out, play chess, drink coffe, etc. See you tonight. Also, be on the lookout for this guy!

The Pixies announced what cities they’ll be playing for the first part of their tour and check out this list: 04-14 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Burton Cummings Theatre 04-15 Regina, Saskatchewan – Doris Knight Ballroom 04-17 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Prairieland 04-18 Edmonton, Alberta – Red’s 04-19 Calgary, Alberta – MacEwan Hall 04-21 Victoria, British Columbia -…

Last Wednesday rocked at the Tree House. If it’s this busy in February I can’t imagine what it will be like in July. 1. Ben Garvey – I played “The Genius of it All,” Beck’s “Lord Only Knows,” and a few other tunes. 2. John and Nora Shaughnessy – John and his daughter, Nora, sang…

The new version of Spew is now available for downloading. Try it out and let me know if you encounter any bugs! These are the changes from the last version: 0.1.3 Changes * Totally reworked the layout so it looks better * Blocks are now different colors * Rotation now changes direction once and a…

Come on out to the Tree House coffee shop for the weekly open mic. It runs from 8:00PM – 11:00PM. You can sign up in advance here or just come to hang out, cheer on the performers, or heckle me. See you tonight. Also, this site is about to get it’s 100,000th page views!

I caught this today reading Theresa Kelly’s weblog. She’s the lead singer of the Phoenix Trap and evidently pissed off “a certain piano playing diva.”(SIGH) So Chad and I were talking about a certain piano playing diva who (a WHILE ago) said that The Phoenix Trap is the reason that she will never again play…

I ran into a few problems getting the high scores list to work, but now it works great. All I have left is to add an “About” window, clean up the code a little, add a ton of comments, write up the change log, and then compile the new binary for win32. This version is…

A few of the Tree House regulars post their experiences at the open mics on the web: Jason Vertucio – I got there in time to sit down and enjoy some early on Roz King. Good times, man. That man is a very amazing performer. I wish I had an ounce of his talent and…

Last Wednesday’s open mic at the Tree House was a lot of fun. We even had a few out-of-towners playing. Ben Garvey – I played a bunch of songs including “99%,” Johnny Cash’s “Big River,” and “Mr Grieves” by the Pixies. Greg Brooks – This guy came all the way from Colorado to play some…

I have a number of things to mention, so I’ll just throw them together in one post tonight. 1. Sarah Allen wants the world to know about Ill Mitch. She recommends “punch while rap.” 2. John Shaughnessy is playing tomorrow night (Friday) at the Barrington Coffee House in Barrington, NJ at 131 Clements Bridge Road,…

I just got booked for a show at the infamous Lawnside hangout, Bamboo Bernies on Thursday, February 12th. I’ll be playing with South Jersey luminaries the Dave B Trio and Night Train to Terror. In honor of our 16th President, the Dave B Trio will be reenacting his assasination!On Feb 12, in honor of President…