Heading out to the convention for a couple of days. Don’t wait up. MarsCon Ho!* _______________ * – for the record, my body is not for sale at the convention…unless your offer is really good.

Presented forthwith are several short notices of a personal nature. Feel free to enjoy: – Thanks to the kind reminders from my amazing convention friends via the various social networking services, my head’s kind of been in con space all week. As it stands, there are only 36 hours or so until I arrive at […]

Here’s another thing that exists, the new single from Van Halen (featuring David Lee Roth), “Tattoo”: My reaction? Meh. Yeah, Dave’s back, and that’s kinda cool, though I was always kind of agnostic regarding the one true front man – all three brought something interesting to the table, even Gary Cherone, who I’ve always felt […]

Sound and vibration are powerful things. The voice of soprano can, under certain conditions, shatter glass. Earthquakes can wreak havoc on the landscape. A talented musical performance can move you emotionally. A quiet whisper in your ear can cause you to totally melt (or you know, the opposite of melt) depending on the source and […]

I don’t really know the Black Keys, other than what I heard a couple of months back in a piece on NPR (for the record, they didn’t sound bad), so I’m not entirely sure of the authority from which BK drummer Patrick Carney speaks in this interview as presented. But damn, if I don’t pretty […]

Last year I did one hundred mini-record reviews from my collection, and I had quite bit of fun doing it. I’m going to continue poking through this year as I get the time (when I’m not listening to NPR or audiobooks in the car, mostly), as long as it stays fun. I like talking about […]

So, although I opened the year with something of a political personal reflection thing, I suspect at least some people are interested in the more mundane “what I did” sort of posts around here. Those are useful for me, because it helps me remember when I actually did things, and it lets me share some […]

The best thing about the Iowa Caucuses last night is that I didn’t stay up to watch the returns, because if I did, I’d be too tired to accomplish anything today, and I start work much too early anyway. However, the whole thing is laid out there for me, in chronological order on twitter, and […]