Technology & MSG

Went down to a beach on the Magothy River to do some slacklining on Saturday afternoon. I setup a 30 foot line between two trees with a blanket below the center point but lacked the coordination to stay up for any period of time. I set up another line between two trees about 15 feet [...]

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I wasn’t able to find anything good on the radio while driving home in the rain tonight. Somehow I got thinking about quirky songs and a few lines popped into my head. Lines from songs that I don’t have ripped to MP3 at home, unfortunately. Songs that I might occasionally get to hear on the [...]

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If you’ve never been to Seacrets in Ocean City, know the following. It is big. Three bars in the concert hall alone. Two outside. At least one more by the small stage. That doesn’t count the restaurant. Instead of wood, concrete, vinyl or stone floor in the concert hall, they’ve got diamond plate. They’ve got [...]

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Listening to the soundtrack from Garden State, grooving to Thievery Corporation. That obviously doesn’t suck, but it certainly helps insulate me from the following.
My hot water heater is leaking water and might be on its last legs. The base shows signs of rust and the concrete below has signs of calcium build-up from water that [...]

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I heard this on WRNR on the way back from Rivera’s. I nearly drove off the road I was laughing so hard. It’s a funky duo called Flight of the Conchords, who apparently have an HBO special these days (although I wouldn’t know since I don’t get HBO).

Don’t watch on your iPhone while driving.

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I’m going to see Fools & Horses at Nottingham’s (Flash) on Friday night. They’re playing at O’Brien’s on Saturday night but I’m just not feeling DTA this weekend. Columbia is closer to home anyways. Nottingham’s isn’t my favorite and this isn’t my weekend to party but I still think I deserve to get out and [...]

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I remember the first time I heard Sandi Thom singing her song “I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker” on WRNR several months back. She was a refreshing change from some of the garbage that I find while surfing my radio dial. The tune was simple and elegant. I turned the volume way up. I [...]

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I saw Fools & Horses at Ram’s Head On Stage yesterday afternoon. I’ve been to Ram’s Head Tavern many times before, but it was my first time at the dining room/concert venue. It’s nice. It has seating for 217 people and they offer table-size food/drink service to the 21+ crowd. Perfect for an intimate set, [...]

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All American Rejects played at UMD’s Art Attack 2007 this past Friday evening. I was there all day lending a hand where I could, providing the 2-3 minute spotlight training to some volunteers, cabling the truss incorrectly, and generally enjoying the warm weather otherwise. Overall it was a really good time without too many noticeably [...]

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I rode up to Penn State (PSU) this weekend to support Movin’ On. Held on the HUB lawn, the PSU concert series is in its 33rd year and has attacted plenty of solid national acts in the past. I thought it was strange that I’d never heard of any of this year’s bands beforehand, nor [...]

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USA is running National Treasure a few times this week. I caught it two nights ago and had a few thoughts. Someone else besides me has got to find it strange that it was produced by Walt Disney Pictures in cooperation with Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Jerry Bruckheimer. Mr. Blockbuster. The same man who loves flipping [...]

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Amusing and loud (though probably NSFW if your speakers are cranked up), behold the geek-friendly Internet Sysop song. Props to DJ for this one.

Even if the counter isn’t at 100% you can probably still play it. If the embed fails, the original is on Something Awful, which has one of the best privacy policies I’ve [...]

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So utterly inappropriate, it’s genius.

There’s a few other MP3s available at sadkermit.com for your enjoyment. A lovely cover of Radiohead’s Creep, not to mention guest vocalist Fozzie on Nine Inch Nails’ Something I Can Never Have and Elliot Smith’s Twilight. In addition, a nice version of The Rainbow Connection.
Truly well done.

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I just returned from seeing Fools & Horses play a nice couple sets at Nottingham’s. Despite my disdain for cover charges and previous bashing of Nottingham’s, tonight was a good time. The bar went smoke-free since the last time I was there; that’s well worth an extra couple bucks. In addition our server (Alley G) [...]

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