Never let it be said that it's impossible to write a 15-page Freudian analysis of eBay in one night ( Read more... )

Call me weird, but watching the sun rise as I continue to hack away at this paper didn't strike half the chord in me as hearing my roommate's TV roll over from Nick at Nite to Nick Jr.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=88433&item=5575053312&rd=1

If I were an eccentric millionaire, I would so buy this.

Just got word from a MySpace bulletin by the psychotically awesome Deadbolt that Hasil Adkins has been hospitalized after being hit by a four wheeler. Those of you who know who Mr. Adkins is know what a bummer this is. For you unfortunate souls who don't, Hasil (or "The Haze") is a one-man rockabilly band from deep in the heart of West Virginia who ( Read more... )

Well, the playing-on-the-street thing didn't quite pan out as planned. After about an hour, my voice was all but gone (I've got a cold, or allergies, or some heinous combination of the two), and Andy's fingers somehow managed to cut themselves open, so we decided to cut our losses and pack it all up. It wasn't a complete washout, though; it was fun ( Read more... )

So here's something: Tomorrow, Andy, Tony, and I will be staked out somewhere along the marathon trail and staging a guerilla concert of sorts, from pretty early in the morning until we either get kicked out or get bored. Not sure where we'll be exactly, but it's probably safe to say we'll be toward the finish line, as none of us can currently ( Read more... )

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Spent most of the day yesterday practicing for the Demons of Stupidity/Bruce Campbell gig (you will never possibly imagine the joy I get from being able to type that sentence). At the risk of tooting my own horn and/or jinxing it, it should be a damn good show. We've got some new gadgets, new gags, new covers, and, best of all, new material: expect ( Read more... )

Alright, kiddos. Ordinarily I'm not one to make an impassioned, quasi-political get-off-your-ass post, but this time it hits too close to home.

I recently caught word that UMass Lowell's station, WUML (formerly WJUL), is in danger of being sold out to the mainstream: the school intends on selling 21 hours a week to the Lowell Spinners to use for ( Read more... )

I'm not sure which fact says more about me...

...that I can now assertively tell the difference between a good Tiny Tim album and a subpar one...

...or that this is the first one I've heard that I'd put in the latter category?

(Seriously, how bad a producer do you have to be to make Tiny Tim covering "Just a Gigolo" sound boring?)