Another Guitar Playing Robot
I think I’m going to call this one done. On to the next one I guess. I wonder when I got so impatient. I used to spend hours at the drawing board and now I get frustrated so easily.
Musix & Market Woes
Tonight I played at Borders. One of my coworkers from St. Charles stopped by as did my sister and her boyfriend. My set was as follows: Open Mic Night – John Morton Thirty Three – Smashing Pumpkins Poor Places – Wilco Jamie – Weezer I also picked up a A Man Without A Country by [...]
Well, I Guess I’m Smashing Pumpkins Today
I never thought I’d see the Smashing Pumpkins again, but it looks like that’s what I’ll be doing November 21, and I’m a little excited about it. I’m trying to work up a song from their latest album for open mic tonight, but I haven’t gone to bed yet and I still don’t know all [...]
Open Mic Night
Open mic will start at 8:00pm Friday night. I’ve managed to stay healthy and free of a sore throat, so I’ll still be there. I’ll be playing at least one original tune and one Wilco tune. Still debating on the other songs. Maybe I’ll dust off a Smashing Pumpkins tune. They’re playing four dates in [...]
Look Ma, I’m A Shareholder!
This morning I decided to get my feet wet in the world of investing. I placed an order for 50 shares of General Motors stock at $5.75 each and by the end of the day I’d lost about $50. It was surpsing to me that I was allowed to make such a small order, but [...]
It’s October.
The ominous title of this post comes from an art project I did (in October) called “October Writes.” A dozen classmates gathered around an outdoor video projection with narration by yours truly, and my friend Jared and I provided a live soundtrack with our guitars. Every november I think I should take out the CD [...]