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  • Open Mic Recap @ The Living Room: RIP Jason

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    Jason Wheatley is no longer the bi-weekly host of the Living Room’s open mic (and as far as I know that’s “bi-weekly” and not “bi weekly”). Considering the crowds all summer at the Living Room, MC Jason’s last show was surprisingly low key, but the night featured many LR regulars such as Keith Lewis, Adrien,…

  • Sea Change and How to Pull from the Bin

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    I picked up Beck’s new album, Sea Change, the other day and so far I like it a lot. I’ll do a proper review after I’ve listened to it a dozen times. I got it at Tunes in Marlton, NJ and every time I go there I like to go through their huge bargain bin.…

  • New Poll: What Should I Be for Halloween?

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    I’ve been trying to think of some good ideas, but these are the only ones in the running at the moment: Willie WonkaAn Oompa LoompaA Star Wars NerdThe Taco Burglar (sort of like the Hamburglar, but wearing a sombrero) Vote on your favorite choice or at least give me a new idea.

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Living Room

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    I participated in the Living Room’s open mic last Wednesday with little fanfare. I hadn’t planned on going because of all the work I wanted to get done on my current non-music related project, but I just put new strings on my guitar wanted to try them out. Girl Upstairs opened up the night as…

  • New Picture

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    Chris Comarato sent me an email with this picture attached of me playing at the GSP open mic last month. The picture is pretty cool, although my legs look kind of stumpy. I like how you can see my flyer on the floor.

  • Top 5 Reasons Why 2002 is Better than 2001 (so far)

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    5. Week #2 of the NFL schedule will not be played on week #18 4. Two new albums by Frank Black and the Catholics 3. New album by Beck 2. Comedy Central is showing very recent episodes of Late Night with Conan O’Brien at 7:00PM 1. There is serious discussion of shooting 1/5 of N’Sync…

  • Anithoot @ Fergie’s Pub

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    A while back Roz King told me about Adam Brodsky and the Antihoot (antifolk) open mic over at Fergie’s pub. I finally made it out to one and I’m glad I did. Initially I thought the night was going to suck because it was just me, Adam, and his manager, but some more people showed…

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Living Room, Personal Hall of Fame, etc.

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    Once again no new artists last night at the Living Room, but that is typical. I think they should do a little more promotion of it online so people can find out about it. The upside to last night was that everyone was pretty good. I don’t think anyone had to pick up slack for…

  • Dog in the Sand, etc.

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    It’s been a few months now, but “Dog in the Sand” by Frank Black and the Catholics is usually every 3rd or 4th CD played in my CD player these days. It’s definitely not a perfect album, but I like so many songs on it I can’t help listening to it all the time. We’ll…

  • I Saw BB King @ The Mann

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    Last night I caught BB King at the Mann Music Center. Like most people I’m not a huge BB King fan, but I respect his talent and career immensely. He’s 76 years old and can’t play forever, so I decided to check him out and it was well worth it. The weather was horrible, but…

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Living Room

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    This is actually a recap of last Monday’s open mic at the Living Room in Collingswood. I was late in getting there, so I missed Broken Bones, the featured artists this week. Many of the regular performers were sick or at least pretended to be, but you couldn’t tell from the performances. Jason, Adrien, Willie…

  • Open Mic Recap @ the GSP

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    The GSP open mic hasn’t been this good in a long time. Adrien drove up with me to Grape Street for the first time and she sounded amazing as usual. Jeremy Hollis’s song about making out with “two chicks at one time” had a great vibe to go along with the material. Leroy Montana must…

  • Beck, Strange Caves, and Where I’ll Be Tonight

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    I missed a Beck show the other night because I didn’t hear about it in time. I have been kicking myself ever since I missed him at the Troc in 1996 (I was visiting Syracuse University at the time). Fear not because I will be going to the Unlimited Sunshine concert on Thursday with Cake,…

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Point

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    Now I don’t feel so bad about leaving GSP early and missing Lea’s set. She played a song the other night at the Point’s open mic that reminded me why I came out to her open mic in DC so often. A few people I talked to liked her stuff a lot as well. The…

  • Open Mic Recap @ the GSP

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    I can’t believe I ran into Lea last night at Grape Street’s open mic. She was one of my favorite artists when I lived down in DC and ran an open mic for a while at Soho Coffee and Tea. I really wish I could have seen her play, but I had to leave a…

  • Back From Illinois (again)

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    Congratulations to Ryan and Jen Haley and I hope they have a great life together. It’s not every day one of your favorite cousins gets married especially one only a few months older than you. Ryan and Jen are perfect for each other and I’m so happy for both of them. We all had a…

  • Open Mic Recap

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    Could John and Adrian be the best artists frequenting the Living Room these days? If you haven’t seen them yet they’re going to be featured on Monday, August 5th at the Living Room from 8:00 – 8:30PM. They’re also playing at Ebeneezer’s in Moorestown on August 10th, so check them out if you hate me,…

  • Guitar Images

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    I added pictures of my guitars to the image page. They came out pretty nice and I should have a few more when Jake finds the time to send them to me. I also changed the color scheme of the site from green to blue and removed the 3D shadowing from the boxes. I got…

  • Open Mic Recap: Ended Up in the ER

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    Thankfully the smoke has started to clear from all the Canadian fires. This week has been like living in the Denny’s smoking section. I couldn’t even see the city yesterday while driving over the Walt Whitman Bridge. I figured I’d be waiting by myself for a long time for Grape Street to open so I…

  • Open Mic: Grape Street Tonight

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    I’ll be heading out to Manayunk tonight for the Grape Street Open Mic. I haven’t been there in a while, but it should be a good time. The sign up starts when they open at 7:30PM and from recent experience I’ve found that if you aren’t there before 8:00PM you’ll be falling asleep by the…