My friend is hosting a scavenger hunt today.  If it's anything like the last scavenger hunt I went on, I'm likely to end the day exhausted and worn out.
My buddy Colin is hosting the event, and has come up with the items we'll need to collect (or the photos we'll need), and his mind can often lean towards the challenging or obscure.  I'm just ( Read more... )

Happy Friday everyone!

I'm feeling like a little old-school soul/funk for today, so I'm turning to Robert Parker, a New Orleans based funkster with a laid back and soulful groove.  His song Hip Huggin', which I found on a New Orleans Funk compilation, is just what the doctor ordered, with its understated horns, repetitive vocals, and simple drum ( Read more... )

I think my music collection might be reproducing.  From time to time, I find new music which I've never heard, with unfamiliar names, in amongst my music collection. They are MP3 files, which appear to have no origin.  They don't come via any of the podcasts or blogs which I frequent.  A quick search for the song's name in email reveals no ( Read more... )

The couple who owns the bar where I work are something of an oddity.

They opened the bar and brewery in 1993, and have worked there ever since.  Terry brews the beer and Megan runs things on the front end.  I've known them now for almost ten years, though I've only worked as a bartender there for around four.  I knew Megan's father, John, who ( Read more... )

It's Throwback Tuesday, and I'm thinking about serial murderers.

At one point, I'd considered doing a theme week of them during the Casey Anthony trial, but I didn't really feel it was appropriate.  I was also struggling to come up with 7 good options, but partway through the endeavor I realized that the only reason I wanted to construct such a ( Read more... )

It's the first of the month, Archive Time!
I've made archives available by month, as an opportunity to download the songs I've send out throughout the month.  They're zipped up in files which are usually around 150 megs.  Here are links for the songs from March, April, May, June, and July.
Download, and enjoy!

Next order of business, I could use ( Read more... )

I happily did virtually nothing yesterday. Spent much of the morning relaxing in a recliner in the yard, listening to music, and watching the birds fussing with one another.  Bliss.
When Erika got home from work, she mentioned a band she'd heard on the radio, which her song detection app indicated was by a group called Beinut.  Assuming the ( Read more... )

Last night at the Tugboat was positively grueling. I've gotten used to the normal wax and wane of my Fridays at the bar.  I've gotten quite good at the triage that is bartending.  When there's a rush, it's all about getting a drink in everyone's hand.  Making food for people can wait for a bit, and I can be confident that I'll be able to catch ( Read more... )

Our grass is doing so well, I had the honor of cutting it for the first time yesterday.  It was a pretty delightful experience.  I could get used to that. 
Pictures forthcoming, of course.

( Laissez Faire - AA Sound System )

Most of you get the Daily Music Fix via email, like this one, but there's a selection of people who read it online, on the Daily Music Fix website which I run though Livejournal.  I'd link to it, but LiveJournal has been subject to increase denial of service attacks in the last 72 hours, and I've been unable to update it my page, or get access ( Read more... )