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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Everybody’s favorite tool for almost getting you to your destination is also great for looking at ariel photos of stuff. I’m not entirely sure why, but today I thought it would be cool to look at some complex roadways from space. Here are some interesting ones I found: Milwaukee, WI New York, NY Camden, NJ…

It’s bad enough when you get screwed on a local gig (hasn’t happened to me in forever, if ever, but that’s easy when you play for next to nothing), but when you’re traveling it stinks. When you bring a busload of fans, it reeks.After a final check on the bands to make sure the buses…

This just in – BECK will be playing the Electric Factory on Thursday June 5, 2003. I realize that by mentioning it here it increases the chances of it being sold out before I can buy tickets at 10:00AM this Saturday. I’m willing to take that risk, because I figure I like at least half…

I haven’t been to the Crab in ages, but I went last night because I heard Justin and Kevin were going to be there. The new guys who run the open mic now are pretty cool and seem interested in getting the sound right, which is a huge plus. I played “99%,”I Hope I Die…

I added a software category to the downloads section for programs I’ve written over the last few years. The three programs in there so far are Crazyball, a neat C++/DirectX demo with balls bouncing everywhere, Nuclear Beach Party, a game written in x86 Assembly where you must destroy the sun, and Sphere Renderer, a 3D…