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Wilco (The Review)

Entertainment 22 May 2009 | 0 Comments

I know everyone and their mother is going to be writing up a review of the new Wilco album (which doesn’t come out for another month, but which you can listen to on their website), but I thought I’d offer my two cents anyway. Recently, I ran across this quote while reading a blog: There [...]

Lights Go Out

Entertainment,Personal 21 May 2009 | 2 Comments

Here’s another clip of my band (Ragged Bay) playing at the Alchemist Theatre’s open mic night in May. The one for June is just a few weeks away!

Songwriting 101

Entertainment,Personal 19 May 2009 | 0 Comments

A thing that I’ve learned about writing songs is that you should always start with the melody (or at least chord progression) first. I can’t believe it took me as long as it has to come to this conclusion, but I realized recently that of all the songs I’ve written for my band, the only [...]

Tiberius is the worst

Entertainment 14 May 2009 | 1 Comment

Okay, so I saw the new Star Trek yesterday. I dug it. It was much more of a “space opera” (read: Star Wars) than an exercise in science fiction (or it’s “imagination-based” brethren, SyFy). Growing up, I would watch episodes of Next Generation with my dad. We were never fanatics of the show, but we’d [...]

Tiny update

Entertainment 13 May 2009 | 0 Comments

I’m supposed to be writing a final paper right now, but I just wanted to say that if you are a fan of Funny Things, you should be watching Delocated on Adult Swim. Also, I’m planning on seeing the new Star Trek today. Reactions later.