December 2010
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I’ve had little to do with the hospitality aspect of our shows (I work in the box office at a music venue) but if you compile my very short shopping lists, it comes out looking pretty laughable.
3 large cans of pineapple juice
1 large container of hummus
1 bag of pita chips w/sea salt
1 tank of oxygen
The last one is really the kicker; RIP, Mr. Peter Steele.
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http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/music-hub/2010/dec... →
Astronautalis gives props to one of the nicest dudes I know, Ceschi! Check out the video of him performing “Black and White and Red All Over,” and then be sure to check out some of the awesome bands on his label, Fake Four Inc. (like Blue Sky Black Death, Electric President, Dark Time Sunshine. etc.). If you’re in CT tonight, come see him play a free show at Bix Cafe in...
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Don’t kill yourself to raise the dead; it never works. You’ll only end up joining them.
On the long drive back to Connecticut, I found myself listening to a lot of albums I haven’t listened to in a while. One was a Kevin Devine record, 2006’s Put Your Ghost To Rest. The lyrics quoted above (from the track “You’ll Only End Up Joining Them”) resonated...
Braving the roads back to CT today as I refuse to leave at 6am tomorrow to deal with equally snow-covered routes. My knuckles are going to be as white as the snow.
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While everyone else is snowed in, I'm snowed out.
The roads I should would have been traveling on earlier today were under some extreme weather patterns, from NY all the way through to New Haven. It was extremely frustrating to have my father & my brother pretty much tell me I was not going to leave the house & that I shouldn’t plan on being back in work any earlier than Tuesday (especially since we only had flurries here). ...
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A Mission Statement Of Sorts
“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” - Voltaire
Looking back, I remember my school district having its mission statement posted nearly everywhere. For those unfamiliar, a mission statement (as defined by Wikipedia, at least) is “is a formal, short, written statement of the purpose of a company or organization. The mission statement should...
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