They closed my favourite dim sum shop ( Read more... )

I am in Guitar Hero heaven, and wishing someone would put me into suspended animation until 2008.
[Edit: I read the article incorrectly - it's scheduled for fall 2007 release. W00t! W00t!]This is just a taste of what's to come in the next edition ( Read more... )

Started my day at the gym. I am aching, but it is a good ache ( Read more... )

I'm a little late blogging about Monday night's Shameless Dames show, but I won't let that stop me.

In short, I was really impressed! Having attended the very relaxed rehearsal on Sunday, and never having seen the troupe perform before, I came away with the impression that there was not going to be a lot to the show. I couldn't have been more wrong ( Read more... )

Some of my Drummers in Exile buddies and I are playing two shows this week with the Shameless Dames burlesque group:

Tonight (Monday) at Supermarket in Kensington and Friday night at The Pilot in Yorkville

Both shows are $10 advance, $12 at the door, doors open at 8.

Come on out for all the partial nudity you can handle!

Last week I started wondering where my motivation went. My former drive to not only keep the house clean, but to actually improve the general cleanliness by taking on corners and closets and so forth had begun to fade. I wasn't even properly picking up after myself, or staying on top of the kitchen cleanliness. I started worrying that I had burnt ( Read more... )

Last night I had one of the most soul-satisfying sessions of musicmaking that I've ever experienced, and the best part was that it felt like just the beginning ( Read more... )

So, I've been enjoying LastFM quite a bit lately (on tormenta's recommendation), especially since, having switched workplaces, I don't really have a music collection at work anymore. I do find that the software comes up with more music that I really enjoy than Pandora ever did. The distinction is subtle. With Pandora I could kind of see what they were ( Read more... )

I like these lyrics a lot. They're from the song "Together" by The Raconteurs. They are metaphorical and anecdotal at the same time.

We wrote our names down on the sidewalk
But the rain came and washed 'em off
So we should write them again on wet cement
So people years from now will know what we meant

Now why can't I write shit like that?