tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38163062009-06-24T13:35:12.966-04:00Musician, writer, artist, raconteurCaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330666525752648030noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816306.post-74061302159080464532009-04-28T12:28:00.002-04:002009-04-28T12:36:19.011-04:00

Your entertainment dollar A conversation with my brother about the grim state of the Local Comic Shop (or LCS) in today’s rocky economy got me thinking. He was telling me that the number of comic shops nationwide has come from about 10,000 to about 3,000. That’s a shocking decline, if a not very surprising one. I love comic books, but they are a poor value when it comes to your

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IM problem solved, thanks to Pidgin, an open source IM client that talks to pretty much every Instant Messaging network you can think of. Lovely program, check it out here- http://www.pidgin.im/

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The changeover went pretty smooth, I was happily surprised. I ended up going with POP over IMAP. Based on comments in the Google user forum, IMAP functionality seemed a little dicey, and with POP I could make a clean break. I enabled POP in Gmail and set it to archive all mail that’s been retrieved. I wasn’t sure how this was going to work with mail that had already been archived, but I didn’

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Great Googily Moogily, or How I Ditched The CloudRoughly six months ago I decided to move my e-mail to the Google Gmail service. I did it for a few reasons. Still smarting from a recent hard drive failure, the promise of always available, backed up e-mail was attractive. I also liked the tight integration of the Google services, in particular the calendar function, which was becoming

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Welcome to the new year, how is it treating you so far?  I started it out with a cold, which was kind of new.  I don't get sick often, so maybe I got it out of the way.I am more optimistic than usual for this year.  A big part of that is feeling like things have to be on the upswing across the board.  We are 12 days away from saying goodbye to the Commander in Chimp, can I get an "Amen"?  On a

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My oft-neglected blog has remained that way, but I am a glass half full guy.  Been kind of a rocky year, and I am officially dubbing this "Brokest Christmas Ever", but when it's all said and done, everyone made it through with all their fingers and toes, and after the scare we had with the new kitty last month, that's all I can ask for.And it's been a great year.  The highlight of course is the

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Almost done writing the new album.  Here's a sneak peak at the song titles- Cockeyed Optimist It’s Okay Ooh La La Happy Go Lucky Candlelight Untitled song in G part 1 and 2 Untitled song in A Got You Where You Want Me Flying One For The Money, Two For The Show It's My Time The Thong Song So Good To See You Ask Me Bridges Untitled song in C Untitled heavy riff in E Down To Me

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Taken yesterday. Ouch.

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If anyone reading this likes John Mayer, good on you.  The nice thing about opinions is we all have some.    John Mayer is a caracature of a cliche of a copy of something that was cool when it was old black men doing it.  I'll give the guys like Clapton and Richards a break, because when they got into blues they had to really dig to find the records, it was an underground thing.  In 2008,

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This Saturday May 3rd is Free Comic Book Day.  This is an annual event that started back when the first Spider Man movie came out, this year it's being timed with the release of the new Iron Man flick.  The idea is simple, comic book stores are giving out free comics to anyone who comes in, no strings attached.    The comic book business is kind of insular.  Distribution is dominated by one

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"I firmly believe that, you know, if there was a magic wand to wave, I'dbe waving it, of course. To your question on the Saudis, look, I havemade the case that, you know, the high price of oil injures economies. But I think we better understand that there's not a lot of excesscapacity in this world right now."GWB 4/29/08"What I think the president ought to do is get on the phone with theOPEC

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In two days we are going to play our first show in the 'real' world inalmost a year. I hate to use that word, because playing shows in SecondLife is pretty darn real. In any case, it's the kind of performing thatinvolves moving amplifiers around, driving distances, and otherwsieleaving the cozy confines of Superhero Studios. It will be fun to play standing up and prowling a stage again. It

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Played our brains out again this weekend, 6 shows between Friday night and Sunday night, more than 6 hours on the mic, the voice was shot by the end. One more thing I love about playing in Second Life is we can play as much as is physically possible. Our Sunday night shows at Echo Echo are a lot of fun, there's always a great bunch there, but the real treat for us is teaming up every week with

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It's been a hard decision and took a lot of soul searching, but the fact is that original music is just an endless uphill battle. To that end, we're gonna bail the originals and move to a top-40 cover format, Phil Collins and stuff. Erm, what day is it again today? Sorry, I couldn't stop myself.The punchline to the last post is I re-worked the guitar sound a couple more times, and actually got

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Overheard very late last night-Me: You know, I don't know why I keep fighting it, I should just admit that I am a Gibson man and quit struggling with the Fender guitars, I've played humbucker guitars since forever, why do I keep resisting it?The Missus: Oh my god, I can't believe we're having this conversation, yet again.

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Boy did it feel good to get back in Second Life last night. Two weeks to the day since we last played, seemed more like six months. I can't wait to see my cell phone bill, I bet I logged an easy 30 hours talking to support (read- sitting on hold). It was great to see all our friends, and to get back to the Glamshack too, I missed the heck out of the club. Looks like I will need to make a few

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Movies we've watched while offline-Superbad- not as funny as I hoped it would beIdiocracy- uncomfortably spot on in places, more satire than comedyPirates 3- well, it looked good anywayPlanet Terror- awesomely awesomeDeath Proof- see aboveShoot 'Em Up- midway through the missus said "this is so stupid!" yes it is, baby, yes it is. recommended.Talk To Me- very funny and solid for the first 3/4,

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After much hairpulling, chest beating, and gnashing of teeth, I have been promised progress today. I've heard that before, but this time it had the ring of truth. We're certainly due for a spot of luck. Boy I yelled the hell out of Earthlink last night. I personally don't like yelling at people, and I hate being put in a spot of having to yell at people. I looked forward to the 2 hour season

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I spent enough time on hold with Earthlink this week to qualify for benefits. After 5 hours on the phone yesterday I finally got to someone who would talk straight, and he admitted that it was a screwed up deal for sure, and that nothing would happen until at least Monday. So we are SOL for the second weekend in a row. We're furious about it, but cable or satellite isn't an option. We'll

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Still offline, I'm told DSL service should be restored sometime today, fingers crossed. Remind me how we lived without the internet again?

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Catastrophic phone outage at home, been down since Friday and may not be back operational until Wednesday. Brutally frustrating. Updates as I am able...Sent from my iPhone, deep in the heart of Cardiac City...

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You play in bands for some 25 years, you pick up a few good stories. I played with a rockabilly band for awhile. We had a good run by band standards, I think maybe 2 years, and we worked constantly. Nice bars, crummy bars, theaters, cruise ships, fairs, receptions, it was the most I had worked in a band to that point. This was when swing bands were all the rage, back in the late 90's. It's

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Saw Van Halen this week, great fun. My ears are still ringing. They definitely got it done, just so much better with DLR. Plus there was a big brawl in front of us at the end of the show, felt like old times.Comics scribe and intarwub overlord Warren Ellis launches the free webcomic Freak Angels today- http://www.freakangels.com.Go read it, and tell me what you thought.Dolphins release my

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I was thinking about it, and even though the local sports teams are brutal, just bottom of the barrel, the one bright spot is we have a superstar, arguably one of the most recognized figures in all of sports, a worldwide celebrity, right here in our backyard. Whataminute, say what? Traded to Phoenix?!?

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Down here in Cardiac City, our big supermarket chain is Publix. We have others, but Publix is the one we go to. For a couple of years there when grocery shopping online looked like the next big thing, they had Publix Direct, that was awesome. You'd go online, check off a bunch of stuff, and then two days later they'd bring large quantities of meat and beer RIGHT TO THE HOUSE. But I

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