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Posts from ‘November, 2006’

The Greatest Music. Ever.

IMPORTANT

I have just been signed to perform at Carnegie Hall and a nationally broadcast episode of Austin City Limits.
My singing defines a new type of sound, previously unknown to man. It features modulations and tonal characteristics thought only to exist in one’s dreams of “the perfect singing voice.”
I’ll be on Oprah on February 2, Good [...]

MPAA Seeks To Ban Friends From Your House

MPAA Lobbying for Home Theater Regulations
by Scott Small – as reported here.
Los Angeles , CA – The MPAA is lobbying congress to push through a new bill that would make unauthorized home theaters illegal. The group feels that all theaters should be sanctioned, whether they be commercial settings or at home.
MPAA head Dan Glickman says [...]

Invisible Bike

Found on a website we run, CrazyKitties. This isn’t our cat, but it’s worth sharing. This actually happens frequently in our house, but we haven’t managed to catch it on film yet.

Nasal Pimple Brings Man To Knees

There come times in people’s lives when they get a pimple. For some, it’s often and ugly. For others, it’s less of a problem because they show up few and far between. Being way past puberty, I get them here and there but not very often.
It’s even less often that one appears [...]

Ratdog in St. Pete Tonight

These pictures are courtesy of Ratdog.org – the show tonight in St. Pete at Jannus Landing should be killer. Pics and story forthcoming.

Last night’s setlist:

Bertha*
Cassidy*
Senor
Wrong Way Feelin’
New Speedway Boogie
Last Time
Ashes and Glass
Dark Star*
The Winners
Corrina*
Silvio
Tequila
Silvio
Tequila
Silvio
Scarlet Begonias*
Come Together*
Dark Star*
Good Lovin’
Johnny B. Goode*

* Pissed off about:  songs we’re both frustrated they played last night because we have [...]

See Vince Talk. Oyster Blur.

Couch Moments

Guitar Homework – A New Progression (for me)

Had a lesson with Greg earlier tonight. My brain is sore from this, learning to play guitar. The rabbit hole is deep with this one, and I suspect I’ll be practicing a lot more if for nothing else, curiosity. The mechanics and theory behind these progressions, with roots and major 6ths, mixolydian [...]

Hershy Plays Rubina – Wow!

Pickup or Delivery?

I love ordering Chinese food. If you order from a good Chinese restaurant, you’ll get someone who garbles something at you at blinding verbal speed, incomprehensible of course, and you know you’ve dialed the right number.
“Hi, I’d like to place an order for pickup.”
“PICKUP OR DELIVERY?”
“For pickup, please.”
“OKAY WHAT YOU WANT.”
“I’d like roast pork [...]