Month: May 2003

Common Fandom

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Music was the order of the day. I attended a concert at Princeton Day School, had dinner with some of Denise‘s friends, and attended a They Might Be Giants concert.

The concert at PDS was very interesting. Several extremely talented students from the middle school and high school performed pieces, mostly string, written by the school’s composer-in-residence. Some of the performers were as good, maybe even better, than some of the people I studied music with in college.

Later on, I had dinner at Winberie’s in Palmer Square with Denise and four of her friends I’m happy to call my friends as well. The food was excellent; I will go back there some time and explore more of the menu.

Following dinner and ice cream from the Halo Pub, those of us attending the concert walked to the theater. When the opening band, Common Rotation took the stage, I almost immediately recognized one of the singers as Warren from Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

It seems Adam Busch lives a double life—one as an evil actor playing an evil character, and the other as an evil musician playing in a really decent band. Following the openers, TMBG played another great show. I can’t get enough of these guys.

Yeah, that’s me, with Eric and Adam from Common Rotation. I’m such a dork, but a lovable, sexy and sociable dork. And modest, of course. There’s a similar photo including Denise, as well. You can find all my photographs from the dinner and the concert here.

I’d love to go to more concerts. Common Rotation’s or They Might Be Giants’, or any music, really.

First Anti-Spam Day

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Yahoo launches first antispam day

So, apparently Yahoo is against the concept of spam now. Funny, last I noticed Yahoo encouraged it. In any case, “Dump the Junk Day” (Jump the Dunk?) is now “official,” for what it’s worth. I don’t think the world needs a raised awareness of spam. We just need people and companies to be fined for sending it. Even Bill Gates is speaking out against junk e-mail, which is eroding the value of electronic mail as a communication tool.

Watching American Idol

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Clay or Ruben? Yeah, I know. But I had to see who pulled out on top. They were the only two half-talented people on the show, anyway.

D: He’s got the whole Kevin Bacon thing going for him.
S: Who, Ruben?
M: No, Ruben’s got the whole I Ate Kevin Bacon thing.

Mmm bacon.

Keep Forgetting

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I’ve been meaning to post this for… oh, about a year now. Thursday night is Karaoke night at a barestaurant between my office and the train station. Every thursday night, I walk past said establishment. Every Thursday night I hear horrible, scary noises coming from inside the place. It’s only 6:30pm. These people can’t be completely drunk already, but they certainly sound like it!

What is the fascination with karaoke? Even American Idol didn’t use any live musicians this year. Why must I listen to cheesy back-up singers?