I got to spend a couple of hours this morning recording some voiceover work and a song for Champions Online, reprising the role of Sapphire for the mmo’s in-game second anniversary party. It was fun to get to do some creative work again. It’s been too long since I had the time to quest with [...]
What an odd, awesome, wonderful, noisy, chaotic place. Depending on your perspective, the City Museum is a kid’s fantasy come true or a great place to get tetanus. I explored the caves, the rooms full of steampunk fantasy come true, gorgeous displays of masonry, and found myself sitting alone with a restored 1927 Wurlitzer movie [...]
This is not a joke. I am not kidding. I don’t get why Rush is such a big deal. Everybody is freaking out like OMG RUSH CONCERT NEED MOAR TIX. Really. I don’t understand. I’ve heard their music. It’s okay. If you can explain to me why Rush is a big deal in words that [...]
My latest article in The Dudespaper discusses the Eagles and Creedence — divergent poles of musical Dudeism, or merely birds of a different feather? I should begin this by admitting that I like the Eagles. Lots of their tunes rock, and the Eagles will forever have geek street cred as the authors of “Journey of [...]
Awesome. So I got to play my ukulele for my niece tonight over Skype. That can be a little abstract for an eighteen-month-old, but once she caught on that I could see and hear her, she thought it was pretty cool. She danced for me while we sang “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “Twinkle Twinkle Little [...]
Inspired by the pending nuptials of my friends Ben and Boriss, I present you with this humble arrangement of “Never Gonna Give You Up,” the song made famous for its infectiously cheerful music video and its place of honor as the weapon of choice of Internet trolls. I mean, really, is there anything better for [...]
“Silent All These Years” — Tori Amos “Comfortably Numb” — Pink Floyd “Bad Reputation” — Joan Jett and the Blackhearts “Respect” — Aretha Franklin “Short Skirt Long Jacket” — Cake “Higher and Higher” — Jackie Wilson “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” — The Beatles “Venus” — Shocking Blue “Shining Light” — Annie Lennox “I’m Sensitive” — Jewel “Good [...]
