With the holiday's coming up and all, you'd probably think that I have some kind of big year end list of favorites in the pike. Now would probably be the time I'd post such a thing if it did exist. Well, it doesn't exist yet. But, true to to form I am mentally putting one together in between thoughts of Indirect Object Relation errors and Debug ( Read more... )

Last Saturday night I went to see Guns N’ Roses, or rather I want to see the Axel Rose show Er, rather I went to see my pal and fellow Chapstik band member Dan G. play the opening slot with his other band Novadriver for Guns N’ Roses. I got a message from Dan around 3:00pm that afternoon stating that he was on his way to the practice to get his ( Read more... )

Chapstik had its big album release party on Friday night. I don’t have a whole lot to say about it, because it all seems like a big huge blur at this point. It wasn’t like I was drunk or anything; as a matter of fact I was completely sober despite taking a few swigs of Jagermeister off of DanG’s flask right before hopping on stage. It seemed like ( Read more... )

Tone Deaf Test:

Tone Deaf Test

I scored 80%, which means I have excellent musical capabilities!

Come see me exhibit my excellent musical capabilities -- TONITE!


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Kim & I watched VH1’s 100 greatest songs of the 1980’s over the last few nights. Most of their list was filled with the typical stuff - Prince, Madonna, Michael & Janet Jackson. There was absolutely no Metal in the list and very little Hip Hop. I suppose they’re saving that for future list type shows. This was mainly pop/rock stuff with a heavy ( Read more... )

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I had myself another big rock weekend. We headed out on Friday night to play in Toledo, OH at Mickey Finn’s Pub to practically no one, save for a 40-year old version of Butthead (of “Beavis and…” fame). I should add - that’s right you don’t’ have to ask, he’ll tell you - Butthead hates (derogatory term for black folks ( Read more... )

Aston Martin’s hand-built 6.0-litre V12 is renowned as one of the finest engines in the world: enormously powerful, smooth and beautiful. It can also lay claim to being the world’s best-sounding high performance car engine. In the Vanquish S, it reaches its zenith.


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I saw Steely Dan perform on Saturday night. It was terrific. The performance I saw in 2000 still ranks a little higher in my estimation. I suppose I remember it more fondly because it was the first time seeing the band. I’m trying to think of significant portions of the show, but it was all pretty good. The seats were about as good as someone of my ( Read more... )

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