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The Strokes were hailed and hyped when they broke out in 01. I don’t know how much of an impact they’ve had on culture, but I don’t think it has trickeled down to where I see Strokes influenced kids playing on flatbed trucks in Barrington. It’s only a matter of time before this starts happening,…

Hang Gliding – How exactly do you start hang gliding? Wouldn’t the sport eliminate slow learners? Sky Diving – I used to think I wanted to do this, but now I can’t even handle the Sea Dragon. No thanks. Cross Country Skiing – Whoever invented Cross Country Skiing probably said, “Hmm… how can we ruin…

Go see Collingswood’s Sarah Allen at the Tree House tonight at 8:00PM! The Tree House was a ghost town on Wednesday compared to last week, but I still had a good time. My friend Jay Early stopped by after I checked out the open mic he bartends at over at Doc Watsons. I think the…

Last night I hung out with Jay Early and John Whitlock from my old band, Stickfigure, for the first time in years. Jay tends bar up at Doc Watsons on Tuesday nights when they have their open mic. The number of comedians surprised me. Local comedians interest me because they are the only performers who…

The open mic has been great lately and this week should be no exception. Come on out for music, coffee, food, and interesting people. The Tree House open mic begins at 8:00PM and run until 11:00PM. You can sign up online here. See you tonight!

Has anyone seen the best commercial ever? Washington Mutual is running an ad showing that their customers are so happy they aren’t bothered by things like dental mistakes and getting smashed in the beans with a bowling ball. The funniest scene is when a giant pot of coffee spills on the guy and he says,…

The latest poll settles the score on which open mic is the best in this area. I may have missed a few, but my polls aren’t completely scientific. I left the Tree House out because I don’t want my Collingswood centric views on this site to skew the results. The choices are: The Point The…

Today is the last day to register if you plan to vote this year and you live in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. New Jersey Voter Information Pennslyvania Voter Information I called the Camden County Registration Commission and you just need to have the form post marked today. You can download the NJ form right here.

Here is a conversation I had with a pair of Jehovah’s Witness ladies who came to my door yesterday.Me: Hello. JW #1: Hi is your mom or dad home? Me: No, I live here. JW #1: You’re the man of the house? Me: Yeah. JW #1: Wow you look a lot younger than that. JW…

My intuition sucks. Every time I get a feeling about something the opposite happens. Despite the high number of performers signed up on the list, I had a feeling it would be a dead night at the Tree House. It turned out to be one of the best nights in a long time. In case…

It’s nice to see a local story make the Drudge Report without it being a plot to kill everyone in town. 20 year old Tommy Avallone plans take over the town the way you’re supposed to… by getting elected. His platform? Rocking the town and lowering taxes. Just when you thought the California gubernatorial race…

Collingswood’s motto is “It’s Where you Want to Be” which is a total rip off of the Visa slogan. They changed one word. “Everywhere” became “Where,” so they didn’t even change a whole word. Regardless, tonight you want to be at the Tree House open mic. You can sign up online here or sign up…

You’ll notice an altered, if not new, block on the right side titled “Sites Worth Linking To.” There are three ways to get your site listed. Be a local musician with a blog style site updated no less than once per week. Have a kick ass blog style site that gets updated no less than…

Egg headed electronic superstar Moby is angry about how the RIAA is treating his fans and wondered what would happen if he downloaded some of his own music. so apparently the riaa are sueing one of our very own moby.com board members, liquidlevel, for file-sharing. personally i just can’t see any good in coming from…

The new layout is almost finished. I decided to lower the right side blocks down so they’re even with the left side. I also made some changes that allow me to display the right side blocks on all pages, not just the front page. It seems done for now, but I think I might want…

A month ago my DVD player stopped working, forcing Jeanne and me to watch the end of the Third Man on my computer. Best Buy held on to the player for 4 weeks fixing it, but when I got it back last night it still wouldn’t work! I feel like I’m living at that freaking…

I’ve been working dilligently on a new design for this site using the latest web trends and technologies. Tables are out, divs are in, and Cascading Style Sheets rule the day. If you hate how this looks go here and change your theme to “Super Green” to use the old layout. Yes I know the…

Philadelphia anti-folk king Adam Brodsky set a world record playing 50 shows in 50 states in 50 days. It’s kind of funny to call that a world record, since the Chinese, Australians, North Koreans have little chance of challenging Adam’s tour, although statisically China has about 4 Adam Brodskys. It’s still a freaking amazing achievement,…

Someone at Comcast must be drinking Mug rootbeer because the Internet keeps going on and off today. Last night’s open mic was fun and at least four of my relatives showed up. If there were any more they’d need a blood test to proove it. I don’t know if anyone cares when I talk about…

We’ve had hurricanes and tornados this week, but that won’t stop the Tree House open mic from going on. The show starts at 8:00PM and you can signup here. online. See you there!