The fine people at The Electronic Drum Experts got permission from NSMD magazine to reprint my article. Here it is:
http://www.theelectronicdrumexperts.com/vintage_electronic_drums.htm

My first magazine article just hit the stands. I wrote a piece called "The Case For Vintage Electronic Drums" for Not So Modern Drummer Magazine. So can I now add "published author" to my resume?

I hang out a lot on the electronic drum forums and consider my fellow posters friends. I got the news today that one of those friends lost his battle with cancer. "Lost his battle" I guess that sounds better than died senselessly at too young an age. I think I will go read some John Donne.

Thursday was Jason's 12th birthday. Holy crud, he is almost a teenager. We surprised him with a cake at Tae Kwon Do class ( Read more... )

eBay just offered to Fuel my Passion for 7 pc Corelle Winter Frost Cereal Bowls! I didn't realize I had a passion for Corelle Winter Frost Cereal Bowls. Or that anyone did, for that matter!

Here are a lot of Pictures from Ohio Anime & Gaming Con.
( Pictures from Ohio A&G )

I spent the weekend at the Ohio Anime & Gaming Convention in Cincinnati. It was, indeed, a rich kaleidoscope of the nerdly, disturbed and socially awkward. My kids had a blast. This was Kreidler's first con ( Read more... )

I went to the Getaway Pub for jam night and it was like one of those nightmares you have where you are on stage, but you have no idea what you are doing. No bass player showed up, so I played bass all night. People were calling out songs I never heard of, let alone knew how to play. Thank goodness I can watch guitar players and follow the basic ( Read more... )

I used Genius on iTunes for the first time. I selected Pure by Gary Numan and hit the button. It came up with an interesting list: Velvet Acid Christ, Front Line Assembly, KMFDM, Dolby, etc. Those I understand. But Sub-Mission by the Sex Pistols? Go figure.

I took some of that PayPal money I got from selling gear and ordered a Kindle. My eyes are getting too bad to read from my PDA screen. We will see how it goes.