Apparently I didn't get the memo (or i forgot), but there was a Touch & Go Records 25th Anniversary Celebration in Chicago a few months ago.

Big Black played.  For the first time in like 20 years (afaik).

Fortunately, I just discovered this guy who, in addition to running a great boston music almanac, has pretty great mp3s covering the entire T&G ( Read more... )

I saw this little nugget buried toward the end of an article on Al over at Idolator.

And really, how can you not root for someone who sees the blinding absurdity in R. Kelly's serial song poem "Trapped in the Closet"--and raises it by turning it into an 11-minute song about two people going to the drive-thru for some burgers? We can't wait to see ( Read more... )

Around 2pm today I am going to leave for yet another trip to Boston, this time searching for an apartment. I tried to call some of these places yesterday, but all of them were closed for "Patriot's Day", which is a holiday that is only celebrated in New England, apparently (I don't care, I will get it off next year. :P). So I have to make some ( Read more... )

Back from Boston now, and while joe714 was dead-on-balls about the terrible roads, it wasn't as bad as I expected. I guess alot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't spend much time in Boston proper... The place I was interviewing at was right next to Fenway Park (Spitting distance)....

The company seemed cool, and very small (25 employees, ( Read more... )

My Parents gave me an Archos Jukebox 6000 Portable MP3 Player! It is a 6GB MP3 Player and USB Hard Disk. Unlike many portable MP3 players, you can copy onto and off of this device without limitations. It seems to work great, and the installation was a cinch (jack in the USB cable, show it the drivers, and voila: new drive letter). Another cool ( Read more... )

Made a George Carlin MP3 CD while I was in the shower this morning, but it doesn't seem to function. The MP3's 'skip' in my Genica, but I am not sure if the fault lies with the MP3's or the CD. I will have to figure it out when I get home.

I am kinda looking forward to school starting up again, as I am definately looking forward to "Operating ( Read more... )

Today I spent alot of time over at CSH meeting incoming freshman who are moving on floor in the fall... The ones I met seemed pretty cool, but I only met a small subset. I always love meeting the freshmen and learning their various personality quirks, etc.

I got my Portable MP3/CD Player today. While the UI is a bit cumbersome, it is ( Read more... )