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A helluva thing [dive into mark]

at the talk of the town, originally uploaded by iomike.

From time to time, we visit Etowah, TN for the closeout shopping up there. They have this retro little place called “Talk of the Town” where we like to visit and take in the atmosphere and fried foods.

• Chattarati

I think I’m the last one to blog about this, but I’ve been working with John Hawbaker and Joe Lance (along with a few amazing other people) on Chattarati. It’s got such great potential and talent going in, and we have a lot of big plans. Go visit and enjoy!

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The Icahn Report™

no nuts, originally uploaded by iomike.

Last night, I played my first gig with Nothing & The Nobodies. We’re probably more in the vein of a jam band than a typical rock band. Lots of classic rock stuff, etc. Played as a three piece w/ two people I’ve been in bands with for almost half of my life.

Now, as a drummer, I’m not really a “basher”. I play in a jazzy traditional grip, sometimes play fairly quiet in my other band Gypsy Muse, etc. Last night, I literally beat the nuts off a new snare drum. Never had that happen before. Testing out a prototype fiberglass snare, and yep when I picked it up after the gig, heard ‘em rattling around.

As far as gig notes, I tried out the snare and a new 22″ ride cymbal that I’ve been “aging” for a couple of weeks. The “aging” process is to speed up adding patina to the b20 bronze cymbal. This one is a bit too heavy and will be replaced by the thinner 24″ Paiste prototype.

I’m not gonna use that snare in this context again. I’ll stick w/ what I normally use. This one has always been a tricky snare: loud as metal but with a similar attack as a wood snare. It’s not a favorite.

Geek Love: How Xeni and Violet’s Boing Boing affair went sour

via Flutterby : “The politics of weblogging“

The Dark Knight First Five Minutes – Mahalo

That Violet Blue thing – Boing Boing

I really think this is it. Between all of the mentions of Cory’s book, Teresa’s moderation and the $$ they’re making, why should I give a shit about their site? It’s nothing.