this sounds interesting: Comets On FireAvatarSub Pop allmusic.com:Comets On Fire move a step further into the deep garage psychedelic mindset with Avatar. The guitar freakouts are all there, but the songs are more pronounced and more focused. It’s obvious the band has been taking in lots of Jefferson Airplane, early Quicksilver Messenger Service and Blue […]

Harvey DangerLittle by Little 2CDKill Rock Stars from Kill Rock Stars newsletter:The third LP by Seattle band Harvey Danger was produced by John Goodmanson and Steve Fisk—whose combined credits include dozens of essential records by bands as varied as Sleater-Kinney, Beat Happening, Low, Screaming Trees, Blonde Redhead, and Nirvana—Little By Little… is the sound of […]

so i’ve been reading lady of avalon and i’m a little more than halfway done with it. it’s the first book in the avalon series beyond mists that i’ve read, and i’m a little disappointed. the writing is not as engaging, and it has a slow start, but that’s not the problem i’m having with […]

Thom YorkeThe EraserXL from allmusic.com:The Eraser, Thom Yorke’s first solo album, is a pleasant surprise, an intensely focused set of nine songs that are predominantly electronic. It’s as close to a version of Radiohead minus four of its members as one can imagine, sounding nothing like the stray-idea patchwork expected by some cynics. Indie Electronic, […]

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so i had another business idea epiphany last night. many of my amazingly good business ideas have to do with running a music store and how i would do it. i guess it’s sort of a dream i have to be able to share music i like with people and make money off it. if […]

so after spending most of the weekend and most of the day yesterday playing Guild Wars for the in game Dragon Festival, i find myself wondering why i was not getting points for driving well to see fireworks last night, and looking around for Grasps of Insanity to attack. you know you need a break […]

i found a web-based server application by accident when i googled to try to figure out if it was possible to broadcast on LAUNCHcast, which is the SHOUTcast-like protocol that Yahoo uses. i don’t think it is, but in the search results i found a blog in which ampache was mentioned as being the next […]

updated the portfolio page. see for yerself.

we got our house…we’ll find out later today if we can start moving tonight. in the meantime, i made a page for my magic cards finally…will go in the geek section when i get that up, for now it’s here.

uploaded pics from tess & karen’s wedding. see them here.

a few minor updates here and there, i uploaded my work badge, and put some links on the rogue state page.