I worked security this weekend at ACL Festival, which was hellish up until today. I was assigned to guard the back gate of some stage where the only band I cared about was Band of Horses, who I wouldn't be able to see since I was in the back. I was stewing in my own sweaty juices at the thought of having to stand around on hot concrete for 12 hours ( Read more... )

I have another band to call favorite, based solely on seeing them open for Mates of State Thursday night. They're local favorites by the moniker White Ghost Shivers. One reason for my newfound devotion is below.


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I wonder if anyone cares besides me. I like iTunes memes because I get to analyze my own excellent taste in music. Beyond that, I notice certain trends in my music collection. Mainly, an abundance of soft melodic, harmonic rock with a smattering of older and fringe artists and some hip hop to round it out. I have been feeling the need for some ( Read more... )

As of today I'm on the schedule for Starbucks. Also today I received a call from an Apple recruiter about one of the positions that I previously applied for. Just when things were settled, it looks like I might have to make a tough decision. Work at Starbucks within walking distance of my apartment for a livable but meager wage, or trade it in for ( Read more... )

New song, yay. Actually, new version of one of the first songs I ever wrote. Recorded with a great quality microphone that I borrowed.

I've recorded a song a month for the past three months, which makes me really happy. I hope I can keep up this momentum.

When it comes to wage slavery, the cards always seem to fall in my favor. I finally grew too tired of the constant stress over employment and went to ask for a job at my old Starbucks store. It turns out someone who was supposed to transfer there today never showed up, so they had an immediate opening. In all likelihood I will have steady ( Read more... )

Last week I bartered my wordsmith (and photo) skills for a ticket to the Why? show. It was so worth it.

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I'm not sure why I've never tried stop motion before... other than that it took an hour to do ten seconds of jerky animation. It's fun, though.

If I have anything going for me right now it's that the music is still flowing.

Consequently*, I wrote a *hurk* romantic song. mp3 | stream

*Or is it subsequently?

Somehow I thought that leaving Miami would preclude me from having to deal with the aftermath of hurricanes. Not so, apparently.

I had a job interview at UT today, but it was canceled because the interviewer is in the National Guard, and was sent down to the southern tip of Texas to help with clean up from Hurricane Dolly.