Sorry Charlie – Friday Night – Local 506

07Apr09

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Join Sorry Charlie and friends for a benefit concert to raise funds for Amani Children’s Home, a non-profit home for orphans and street-children in Tanzania – http://amanikids.org.
- Doors at 8PM.
- DJ Lexus kicks off the jams at 9PM.
- L Phrenic follows with his dopest rhymes to date.
- Sorry Charlie closes with ridiculous rock covers.
- $5 [...]

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The Craigslist Recession

22Mar09

I bought a new guitar from a guy on Craigslist a few weeks ago.  Great guitar, good price.  I haven’t stopped playing it since I bought it.
Thing is…I haven’t stopped looking at the Musical Instruments listings on Craigslist, either.  Sooo many favorably priced guitars, amps and whatnot.  (Kelly tells me everyday to stop looking because [...]

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Sorry Charlie

11Feb09

My latest musical project – big rock cover band “Sorry Charlie” – is playing at The Library on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill on Friday, Feb 20 at 9PM.
If you’re reading this, you should come out:

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*We named our band “Sorry Charlie” because my friend and musical cohort Charlie introduced me to his college buds David [...]

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Microsoft Songsmith = Endless Comedy

30Jan09

My friend Allen linked me to a NY Times article about Microsoft Songsmith – a new application that takes the words that you sing and turns them into a song by adding drums, instrumentation, etc.
Here is Microsoft’s promo video.  Pretty funny in its own right, yes?
The high comedy comes from the community of YouTubers that [...]

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2008’s Greatest Hits

04Jan09

Last year, I posted the songs that made up the soundtrack for my 2007.  Here is my soundtrack for 2008.
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3 Dimes Down – Drive-by Truckers
My favorite track from the latest DBT album, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark.  The sloppy guitars and slick vocal phrasing really do it for me.  Plus, the lyrics are pure genius – [...]

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Rock Show! Dec 9!

15Nov08

If you’re reading this, you’re invited to see a redongo rock show at Local 506 in Chapel Hill on December 9.  Details forthcoming.
My friend Charlie and I (band name TBA) are “opening” for L Phrenic – a KFBS classmate with some serious rap skillz.
I can’t really promise “good” music, but I can absolutely promise an [...]

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Axl Rose Killed My Quip

24Oct08

One of the first lessons I learned as a product manager for a start-up software company was that you can’t please everyone.  Different stakeholders – sales, marketing, support, customers, executives – have varying priorities and often divergent opinions regarding where the product needs to go next.
This is why product management is hard and product managers [...]

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…And Armani For All

05Sep08

Even heavy metal gods want to look their best.
Photo from pud on Twitter.

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Shine A Light

16Aug08

Kelly’s asleep and I’m watching “Shine A Light” – the new Rolling Stones concert documentary directed by Martin Scorsese.
I can’t believe how well Mick Jagger looks, sounds, and moves.  The guy is an ageless wonder.
I also can’t believe how unintentionally hilarious Keith Richards continues to be.  He looks like an undead pirate.  You have to [...]

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Forever/Never, Fire/Desire

13Aug08

“Summer of ‘69″ came up on my iPod on the way home from work today and this lyric caught my attention:
“Standin’ on your mama’s porch,
You told me that you’d wait forever.
Oh and when you held my hand,
I knew that it was now or never.”
…and it made me think – just how many songs have rhymed [...]

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