Rants and musings, without care for substance.
Posted in life in general, music on Jan 5th, 2009
They say that unpacking is best done one room at a time. I think cleaning is the same way, so this weekend I attacked the living room.
Violently.
Besides dust bunnies, I found some neat things.
In the course of moving a couch (in order to make room for three plants to be near the window) I found [...]
Posted in music on Oct 4th, 2008
A few years ago a good friend’s younger brother was included on a biking video. Lots of sweet riders on there, but there was a guy doing flatland tricks in sync to DJ Shadow’s Building Steam with a Grain of Salt. Other than the fact that the rider’s actions was sync’d to the tune (which [...]
Posted in culture, life in general, music on Jul 21st, 2008
I’m remiss for not posting earlier, but there’s a winner to the latest caption contest. Paul won a pair of song downloads from iTunes for his super-sweet-like-a-ninja caption.
There are fourteen ninjas in this picture enjoying a keg party.
Had someone written a caption referencing pirates there would have to have been a death match or brownie-making [...]
Posted in music on Jul 15th, 2008
Well, maybe…
Fools and Horses has the opportunity to open for Coldplay at the Verizon Center on August 3rd, assuming they get enough votes. Every vote from a unique IP address counts, so if you vote from home and work that’s two distinct votes. Same goes for your mobile, Crackberry, iPhone, etc.
http://www.coldplayontour.com/wwdc/
The page linked there is [...]
Posted in music on May 27th, 2008
You’ve heard Juno Reactor, you just don’t realize it.
I first heard them in college, mostly the early goa-inspired mixes. I say “they” because Juno Reactor is the child of Ben Watkins, with a constantly changing set of musicians and accompanying artists. The albums or live shows wouldn’t be possible without the supporting folks, but I [...]
I lent a hand yesterday at the Art Attack XXV at University of Maryland College Park. This year the show was part of MTV’s Campus Invasion 2008 tour, which no doubt brought a handful of larger acts to the show: Wyclef Jean, The Bravery, Simple Plan, Cobra Starship, The Spill Canvas, as well as local [...]
This past weekend I worked Movin’ On 2008 at Penn State University. On Friday morning a small crew loaded two trucks full of audio and lighting gear just south of Baltimore and took off towards State College. We arrived without issue and got to work unloading the gear and loading in for the all day [...]
I worked a quattrocelli concert the other night. It’s a four-piece cello quartet based out of Germany. Cellists — and most other artists who play while seated — are picky about their seating, particularly the height of the seats. Not having numerous adjustable piano benches, we managed to strap several stacked chairs together with gaff [...]
Posted in life in general, music, tech on Mar 19th, 2008
Six RNR shows were completely sold out this year. An extra was added due to popular demand. No tickets being sold in advance for the extra show, it only took a few hours for 600+ to be sold. Two months worth of stage and set preparations, mostly torn out in a twelve hours over three [...]
Posted in music, things i'd like to see, web sites on Mar 7th, 2008
I downloaded Ghosts I this evening and gave it a listen. I also listened to some of the tracks on the site itself (click “Listen”). Completely instrumental, I like the assortment. It doesn’t have the polish of Reznor’s typical studio album that you can only assume was the product of months in the studio mixing [...]
The song playing through the credits of The Prestige caught my attention. Though I’m not sure whether I prefer this acoustic or the album version, Thom Yorke writes and performs eerily depressing yet beautiful music.
I can’t quite grasp why this reminded me of Exhibit 13.
A few of us did a holiday potluck today at the office. I brought two crock pots, one with mulled cider and the other filled with half-ounce meatballs and marinara sauce (for subs). Other dishes present included Carnegie salad, cheesy corn, broccoli and rice casserole, a chocolate yule log, green bean casserole, buffalo chicken dip, [...]
Posted in music on Dec 13th, 2007
I heard a very slick remix of the love theme from The Godfather today on WPGC just after 4:30. It was very chill, down-tempo with just a little hint of hip hop (not industrial) drums and bass. It was part of Big Tigger’s afternoon mix so naturally I can’t find it anywhere. There are lots [...]
Posted in boozing, food, healthcare, music, things i'd like to see on Dec 3rd, 2007
I don’t really care if people smoke or not, but it does irritate me to come home after a night out and have to throw my clothes outside or start a load of laundry immediately to prevent the house from smelling like stale cigarette smoke. Not to the point of not going out, but enough [...]
Posted in gadgets, music, tech, technology on Nov 10th, 2007
It’s been over ten years since I first heard Third Eye Blind on the side stage of HFStival 1997. Yesterday I had the opportunity to do so again at UMD College Park’s Ritchie Coliseum, this time while working on the show providing support to the Technical Director. As usual, I got a kick out of [...]
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