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Christmas party debacle
Published 12-16-2008 4:04 PM | Mark
This year Time Warner offered a Karaoke contest to liven up the annual christmas party, and I made the mistake of signing up. My thought process was that I was able to score well in Rock Band singing, so as long as I stuck to a song I could do well in...
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Week of concerts and illness
Published 11-19-2008 2:19 PM | Mark
The summer concert season was dismal, so I made up for it last week by attending 3 concerts. Of course, musicians don't come to Maine any more, so I had to drive to Mass for them. First was Nine Inch Nails at the DCU center in Worcester Mass. If you...
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Rock Band contest photos
Published 06-24-2008 4:55 PM | Mark
The good folks at Q97.9 took a lot of pictures, and scouring through them, I discovered some nice ones of our band (here's the post that explains). Without further ado: Mike says I look like Stevie Wonder here. My retort was "at least I'm...
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Just bought the new Radiohead album
Published 10-21-2007 5:05 PM | Mark
For 0.00 dollars! It's called In Rainbows . I'm glad to see them using their clout to deliver an album directly to consumers but I have to question the business acumen involved in allowing the customer to choose his own price. I believe that music...
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Tool double header epic post
Published 07-16-2007 8:33 PM | Mark
I am in the midst of recovering from the madness of the last few days. Tool, for me and for many fans, is more than just a concert. They are called Tool because they consider themselves a Tool through which their audience may achieve a manner of religious...
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A Dance Dance Revolution saga
Published 06-04-2007 7:50 PM | Mark
I've been playing DDR in various iterations for a couple years now. The game sucked me right in initially, as I realized just how lacking my eye-foot coordination was, and applied the focus of a true gamer to this problem. Within a few months I was doing...
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Concert Season
Published 05-01-2007 11:25 PM | Mark
Did I mention I really enjoyed the Killers show? And in July, Tool will be coming around again. But I can't wait that long to experience another rock concert. So I am going to see My Chemical Romance and Muse perform this coming Sunday. I'm not the biggest...
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Killers post-mortem
Published 04-30-2007 10:56 AM | Mark
I was a bit surprised at the small size of the Paul Tsongas arena in Lowell Mass. Place looked like it held maybe six thousand people. I'd have thought the Killers would be playing larger arenas, but no matter, because on the floor it all looks the same...
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Killers tonight
Published 04-29-2007 10:44 AM | Mark
It's no Tool, but I am still excited to see the Killers tonight down in Mass. Unfortunately, Mike's brother ditched us, so we were stuck with 2 extra tickets. And to add insult to injury, the tickets became bonded together and useless after getting wet...
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Open Season
Published 01-06-2007 10:37 PM | Mark
For the first time since Rush's Temples of Syrinx , a great song has been released that closely matches my own politics. It's called Open Season, by Stuck Mojo , and it's an excellent fusion of rap and metal, with a killer middle eastern riff in whiny...
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