Scenes from last night’s gig

2 years ago

I arrived a little early for last night’s gig with Tom Hood and the Tropical Sons. We were the house…

“White-collar Spirit Costume” is now a meme theme

2 years ago

First, there was the Spirit Venture Capitalist costume, and now there’s this one: “Freelance Recruiter Who Ghosted You.” I see…

New word of the day

2 years ago

All we need is a group called “Insane Galt Posse” to record a rap with these lyrics: “Fucking sharing, how…

Halloween costume of the moment

2 years ago

Thanks to Ken Nickerson for the find!

Linus Akesson’s “Commodordion” — an electronic accordion made with two Commodore 64 computers and floppy disks for bellows!

2 years ago

Leave it to Linus Akesson, 8-bit music maker extraordinaire and creator of other retrofitted instruments such as the  Sixtyforgan and Qwertuoso to…

The best way to support your favorite band is to buy their merch

2 years ago

According to iGroove’s recent study (original German version here, English interpretation here), a musician or band can expect to get…

A six-word story that’s right up there with Hemingway’s

2 years ago

There’s a famous six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway that goes as follows: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. The…

Have a great Saturday night!

2 years ago

I’m having a quiet Saturday night, which I’ve earned after so many Saturday night at places like the one pictured…