I've been trying to write up some basic music theory concepts for a little while. I kind of hope that in the future I could be polished and knowledgeable enough to give a few guitar lessons, and I think that knowing this stuff could help beginning guitarists get off to a better start than the common approach of just memorizing chords and songs. ( Read more... )

I wish that I could play guitar like Strong Bad.

There's a car in the parking lot with a giant "Cowboy Mouth" bumper sticker. Based on the size of this bumper sticker and the peak level of popularity ever achieved by Cowboy Mouth, I can think of only two explanations: (1) The person who owns the car used to be in Cowboy Mouth or (2) the person who owns the car bought it used and pre-bumper- ( Read more... )

Today I went to Taco Bell and I saw a guy in a sleeveless Danzig t-shirt.

Today I received an email from the wonderful people at download.com.

( Idiotic email )

Back with a vengeance...

(and some typographical errors which I am currently unable to fix)

Everyone's world is a little bit brighter because The Rock is a part of it.

"Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend" just isn't as good as I remember.

When wearing the aforementioned fedora, I feel predisposed to greet those I meet with a friendly, "Afternoon, ma'am."

This predisposition seems strong regardless of both the time of day and gender of the person encountered.

If the luck of the Irish is real, I think it should have precluded any potential potato famine.

I'm intrigued by the whole series of "Essential" CDs that have been coming out recently. I found some of them utterly perplexing. While I had some serious doubts about just how essential "The Essential Adam Ant" and the "The Essential Kenny Loggins" ( Read more... )