Since Erinin3d went ahead and whored it out by mentioning she met James Hetfield of Metallica fame this past weekend, I should mention that I did a shot of scotch at the boat party on the 4th with David Rea, a songwriter and musician who has worked with Fairport Convention, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Judy Collins. After his show on the mainstage for ( Read more... )

I think this wild weekend is finally over! I breezed into PDX at 4pm on Sunday afternoon on a 737 and zero hours of sleep the night before. True to my former air travel experiences, I wasn't able to sleep on the flight and managed only to put an S-curve in my neck. Sheer exhaustion almost broke the sound barrier of the three screaming toddlers ( Read more... )

To hell with memes, quizzes, and "why you're cool" surveys. Here's a link that's actually worth a damn, punks!

http://people.freenet.de/bootlegbrowser/

Wrapping up loose ends and last dances tonight, and wishing I could tuck good friends into my pockets. I felt the same way when I went out to San Francisco in 03; but it feels more like leaving this time, because I'm not going to Portland to be with anyone, or for any one specific reason for that matter. In fact, I won't know a single person out ( Read more... )

It's almost that time when the dinosaur rears back it's head and screams like a whistle, and all the crazy cavemen and cavewomen rush home in cars pedalled only by their own two feet. Talk about fossil fuel ( Read more... )

That's not a metaphorical subject title. Felecia assures me that it really is the longest day of the year (something to do with the solstice). Then again, she also told me that you're supposed to be able to balance an egg upright on its end as a result, so you make the call ( Read more... )

While chilling out in a dark room filled with moving pictures and preparing for the prequel bliss that was to be Batman Begins (a film which could justify it's own parallel franchise to the sillier ones that came before it), what should happen onto the screen but the trailer for Serenity?! It was like 'Ode To Joy' at 11, kids! K&F and I were ( Read more... )

It was an honor just to be nominated, but now it's officially official. On July 3rd, I'm saying goodbye (again) to North Carolina and heading for the fabled realm of Portland, Oregon, a land so highly thought of and bragged about that I'm sure to be disappointed on a monumental level (because no, I've never been there). Either that, or I'll never ( Read more... )

Tonight's show was a bit pressing because, in addition to writing down the official playlist for WQFS *and* re-copying the list for my own records here (which I do every week), I had to make a third list for BMI. That's the organization that keeps track of which songs and bands get played so that the artists get compensation. How a once in a ( ( Read more... )

I'm almost finished the Great CD Condensing Project, whereby I've been putting all of my discs in paper sleeves, keeping the inserts and tossing the jewel cases. I've been doing this off and on for about a year (as time and my ADD have allowed), and I'm nearing the end. Let me just say that it's amazing how much space is opened up with the ( Read more... )