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2004-06-11T12:39:00.000-04:00

OTHER STUFF BY COREY: DC STREET EGOINC BLANKSKY

2001-05-10T12:49:00.000-04:00

www.egoinc.org has moved. please change your bookmarks and links to reflect.

2001-05-09T13:48:00.000-04:00

hmmm... maybe i'll ride the bike into work tomorrow. i'm really geeking for a cyclocross bike. not for competition, mostly just for commuting in to work. there's no friggin way I'd ever survive a 'cross race. those guys are insane. I'm also seriously contemplating making the big switch from mac to pc at the home office. my sweet little mac is getting older and slower by the minute, it's getting so that i can't really get any work done at home anymore. it's just too frustrating to wait. been checking out the refurbished Dells, one of my co-workers just got a 1.5 Ghz machine from there and i'm turning green with envy. oh, yeah, mac worshippers.. take it from me... there's no difference anymore!!. i work cross platform all day, every day. Microsoft has absorbed every facet of coolness from the mac os, and added to it! one more thing: if you love lard as much as i do... you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you don't look at this!

2001-05-08T11:33:00.000-04:00

listening - Billy Bragg - Back to Basics poppin' pills like gary oldman lately. wake up: dissolve a claritin on the tongue for allergies. wash down a sudafed for the congestion. 2 tylenol for my headache. consider tossing back an herbal Nettle pill for aforementioned allergies. i am a machine. seasonal junky. someone's mom is in the hospital today, nothing really serious. kind of a routine operation. what a combination of words there... so, i'm not really worried, but it's one of those nagging feelings in the back of the brain. I'm probably more worried about somebody than their mom. enough stress going on without this addition. we may have found a guitarist! just one problem: dunno how much he wants to play with us. it's always something, eh? i jotted him off a note last week telling him just that, and he wrote me back yesterday. he's down with us and our attitudes, but is shooting for something in the saves the day, alkaline trio, new found glory, new-melodic-punk arena. i think we're gonna try to appease him.. those bands are some of my personal favorites anyway, and good guitarists are just soooo damn hard to find. i'm sick of looking!!

2001-05-07T13:50:00.000-04:00

listening: Burning Airlines - Identikit - Outside the Aviary good afternoon all- munching happily away on my everything bagel/honeyham/co-jack cheese sandwich and catching up on some sorely missed blogging. didn't do a whole lot exciting this weekend. celebrated luscious lex's big quarter century with a schvitz at his digs friday nite. i was in attendence with my brown-bagged deuce-deuce of this. got to toss some ideas around with the ever-elusive ryan and the effervescent rodeoRob. we're gonna set up a(nother?) music review site.. but with a twist??? it will all be clear in time, my pretties. egoinc.org is coming along pretty well. dealing with the intricacies of the search and comment functions right now. that's one of the last stepping stones in my way. look for a launch next monday?

2001-05-07T11:50:00.000-04:00

Probably not new news, but i just stumbled across this today: GIRLS AGAINST BOYS CONTRACT WITH GEFFEN RECORDS TERMINATED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT. ROCK GROUP CITES FEELINGS OF "ELATION"; BAND MEMBERS SEEN SKIPPING NAKED THROUGH CENTRAL PARK, NYC. maybe this will mean a leaner, meaner GVSB? hmmm, doubt it. they seem to be destined to follow in the footsteps of dc's other prodigal sons, shudder to think. lotsa arty soundtrack work, definite misplacement of the 'ROCK'. damn shame.

2001-05-04T13:05:00.000-04:00

sorry, just had to add that in. typical dc ride

2001-05-04T11:10:00.000-04:00

big fun (teenage suicide-don't do it) on the urban ride last nite. lots of broken stuff, flat tires and sweaty hi-jinks. all my clients have gotten off of their collective asses at the exact same moment, so I'm slammed with work. when it pains, it roars.DC Urban 2

2001-05-03T12:44:00.000-04:00

psyched up about our urban ride tonite. because i have to put a geek spin on everything... i put up urbanThursdays. i gotta be me. i was perusing jay's show review of Sigur Ros and thought to myself.. "Self, these guys sound pretty cool, you should check'em out". I pulled down a bunch on Ye Olde Napster and they are friggin awesome. jay's description is really accurate. All the songtitles are in Icelandic, which makes it really hard figuring out which ones i've already downloaded, and which i still need. "do i have 'viðar vel tl loftárasa.mp3' or should i get 'Flugufrelsarinn.mp3'". good thing there's track numbers.

2001-05-02T12:34:00.000-04:00

work is boring. i don't have a whole lot to do lately, so I'm trying to make the little stuff i can do take a loooooooong time. in the downtime, i'm still working on egoinc.org. greymatter rocks. fuck work. sorry, i just wanted to link to that. !srini! rocks. i slapped one of his "bike and destroy" stickers right on my top tube and get funky looks from eco-freaks when i'm on the trails. commuted to work yesterday. it was beeeeuteeful out and it felt good. though my drivetrain is shot. i think i've wreaked enough abuse on it, i should take it into the bike shop and have it set up right. i feel kinda dumb doing that, because i am mechanically competent and built the bike myself. i just can't seem to iron out the drivetrain problems. oh yeah, and i'm a dumbass. i don't rock. 'nother urbanThursday ride this week. that rocks.

2001-05-01T09:23:00.000-04:00

okay, my life is officially over. i got full cable. don't get all uppity on me, of course i'm not paying for it. $40/month for television? not a chance. instead, i flip on the the tube last week, searching for my morning ritual of flipping between "talk soup" and "saved by the bell". crap. i no longer have "e!" i don't think much of it. a couple days later, i'm flipping thru the channels.. realizing that they're all out of order? wha? i got a gliimer of an idea and ran "auto channel search thingy". boom. 110 channels. boo-yaa. musta been some sort of screwup in my favor. mtv,vh1,history,tlc,discovery,fx,nick,tnt... all my old friends. herein lies a problem. i've got a problem with self-control when things are right there for the taking. food on the plate? gotta eat it. beer? must drink. lines of coke? kidding, kidding... I'm the same way with tv, tho. especially stuff like behind the music, (i watched the entire 'no doubt' one on friday) bands on the run or related music-documentary-typey-things. don't get me started on the history channel. or that crocodile hunter guy. i just may never leave the house again.

2001-04-30T11:07:00.000-04:00

I did absolutely nothing this weekend... and loved it! hmmm lessee, friday nite -- stayed in, thought about watching Brazil, got absorbed in setting up Greymatter, and before i knew it... it was 2 am and i was tuckered. saturday nite: had plans to bowl my ass of with Luscious Lex, but decided to stay in, pay bills, put my new chainrings on the bike and start rebuilding an old fork that I'm gonna sell. (anybody in the market for a '99 RS Judy XC?... anyone?....... anyone? is this thing on?) sissy|space|sex had practice on saturday, auditioned another guitarist. this one's got potential, if he's into us I think he's in. it's about damn time. things of note so far: eddie's got cancer the three-oh May 1st Reboot is tomorrow (duh)

2001-04-27T15:48:00.000-04:00

late posts today.. hey, it's friday, whatta ya want?! threw off my whole slacking schedule when i picked up the marriage license today. woo hoo! the district of columbia officially allows us to get married! it's actually pretty cool just looking at it and realizing that this whole thing is so official and real. no backing out now! had an awesome DCurban ride with a bunch of folks, here's an awesome pic that ricky took of nathan and myself running up some stairs (that's me in front) here's some more shots

2001-04-26T15:20:00.000-04:00

Guess who comes up first in an aol search for "Jennifer Love Hewitt's ass"? that's right, baby.. you know who!

2001-04-26T13:14:00.000-04:00

in total agreement with monosyllabic. here's sending a gigantic eat shit and die yuppie scum! to one peter carlson. -- Punk in Print: Easy on the Ears

2001-04-26T10:22:00.000-04:00

listening: lungfish - talking songs for walking i'm surprisingly awake and even got up early this morn. that's quite a feat for an old man like myself who was out late at a rock show last nite. maybe i've got some life left in me yet! fugazi - 9:30 club - 4-25-01 first off, i never thought i would see the day that i would buy tickets to fugazi thru ticketmaster. talk about colliding ideologies! i was lucky and got my tix thru the CD Cellar, but some friends shelled out over $5 in service fees to the bastards. Ticketmaster was basically doubling the cost. the opener, Dead Meadow, rocked me for the first 10 minutes, but i didn't like the second song that much(!). seriously, these guys were playing 10 minute, classic-rock, cream/sabbath/soundgardeny distortion drenched super low-end epic jams. i felt my nostrils vibrate, these guys were tuning to B or C i think...LOW! get it? anyway, i can only deal with the indierock kids playing classic rock novelty for so long, and their 45 minute set felt like MUCH longer. this was a Positive Force benefit show (something to do with recycling needles) so i was expecting the usual lenghty diatribe from Marc Anderson, but he kept his preaching to a refreshing 5 minute talk, and we got along with our lives. fugazi came on and immediately launched into 3 or 4 new songs. don't think i've ever heard a band do that many new songs right off the bat. (of course, what are they all about if not breaking the mold?) none of the new stuff really struck me live. there were a couple of guy songs that sounded like they may have studio potential, but on the whole everything seemed a little lackluster. c'mon, fugazi's been at this game for over 10 years now, its unavoidable and completely understandable that they should slow down and pull in the reins a bit. A lot of the new songs are really dub heavy and written with the 2nd drummer in mind. very nice beats and ambiance. just not the visceral, urgent band of repeater and IOTKT. pulling from the back catalog, some of the highlights were: blueprint (don't think i've heard that live before.. VERY good!), merchandise, walken's syndrome, public witness program, exit only, reclamation and ended the show with promises (with an extra long dubby jam on the last piece). it's been interesting seeing them play so many times over the last 8 years. from being packed into a tiny club, drenched with sweat, hearing a band with a sound like the air itself is on fire.. to bopping my head to an super mellow extended dub jam. 2 different worlds? not saying that one is better than the other. in fact, these old bones and eardrums are very happy with a finely aged fugazi. trivia note: fugazi has played pretty much the exact same equipment since 1986... same amps, same guitars. same incredible sound.

2001-04-25T17:36:00.000-04:00

well goddamn! you said it wouldn't happen, you said it couldn't happen, but here it is bay-bee: www.egoinc.org won't be active until i get my act together for the complete redesign and relaunch, but I'm shooting for mid-May. I also gotta figure out whether I'm going with greymatter or sticking with the ever-faithful Blogger. I'm sooo psyched! I'm gonna go set up my email! oh yeah, fugazi tonite... full show report tomorrow!

2001-04-25T10:05:00.000-04:00

awww crap, now I've done it... I make all these dumbass comments and I never think that anyone would ever act on one of them! So anyways, I've been following Jay's stories about girl pursuit for a while now. All the signs are there, she's quoting him, missing him and all the rest.. sounds to me like a sure thing. So i tell him to go jump up on that thing... ask her out, dammit!!! the weird part: he agrees. we'll see if he actually follows through. We all know that's the hard part. you see, i can consider myself an incredible judge of determining the whole "does she like me" thing for others because in my own life i suck at it. In my wise old age, I can sit back and say "hmmm... yeah, i guess that girl was crawling all over me 10 years ago because she liked me. maybe i should have pursued that..." all i can say is that it's a good thing that kristy climbed the vine when she did, who knows if i would have ever gotten around to it? this is a disclaimer for all opinions, statements and sentences (correct or run-on) put forth by myself on this site or anywhere in the world as we know it. I am a certified idiot and cannot take responsibility for anyone listening to my crack-induced raving. boo-yah.

2001-04-24T10:40:00.000-04:00

Are folks in a lot of pain where you live? Check the Pain Index to find out!

2001-04-24T10:29:00.000-04:00

ack! Allergies! every year they get worse and worse, I didn't have any until i was 18 or so... moving down here to the dc suburbs was probably not the best plan. Check out the Local Pollen Report. 750! I think the average is around 100. all the cars in the lot are covered with a green film of pollen, I'm covered with a green film of snot (at least it feels that way!). I even went out and tried to hit all the fun bike spots in my 'hood last nite. I could only manage about 15 minutes or so, damn allergies were throwing off my balance and making things dangerous. I've been forced down to a "bubble-boy" existence.. it's beautiful out, but i've got the windows cranked up and the ac kickin in the car and the apartment.. this week:

fugazi @ the 9:30 club
pickin' up the marriage license
large scale DCurban ride on thursday

2001-04-23T10:40:00.000-04:00

First sign of the coming Apocalypse: Peter Buck charged with air rage. Back from the wilderness of WV. It was so nice yesterday we decided to take the backroads instead of the highway. Felt like we were in a car commercial, swooping, smiling, singing along... Dropped by the palace of gold [big Hare Krshna temple that I grew up around] for a quick visit and to show kristy's mom. Picked up some superior quality incense and some new tulsi beads. Ran into TJ, an old friend that I was in my first band with 10 years ago, EraserFace. hey, WE thought we were cool... he's still a devotee but getting his teaching certificate. wow, if you told little punk rock tj 10 years ago that he'd be a teacher, you'd have to DUCK.

2001-04-22T00:11:00.000-04:00

listening - the sounds of "the patriot" in the next room posting from wild, wonderful, west virginia tonite. up here to visit the fam and attend the 'couples shower' ma threw for kristy and i. which did happen today, as a matter of fact. no juicy stories about the family, everyone behaved themselves for once... i got to hang out with 2 old friends that i haven't seen in 15 years... 15 years!!! ohmigod... the girl, dara and i used to do everything together.. we were the 'smart kids' in our class and our parents always had secret plans that we'd end up promming together or something.. she still makes me laugh like when we were 10. the other old friend brought back some feelings of guilt. jj and i were totally best friends all through elementary school, sleepovers, constant afterschool bike ridings.. you know the drill. i moved away to a different school district in 6th grade and discovered bmx, skateboards and soon enough, punk rock. both of our elementary schools ended up outputting kids to the same place for jr high school, so we met up again about a year later. [one year, normal time... easily 5 years pubescent/jr high time.] it was then i realized that jj was a dork. nice enough guy, but just not cut out for the cutthroat world of Jr. High School. i had to make the call do i be the bigger man, like in those afterschool specials and welcome my old friend into the fold? do i chastize my newer, cooler friends for making fun of him? ....... or ........ do i hide my hand and play like i never knew the fool? c'mon, man.. it was jr high. i was 12 years old! all you got is yo 'rep! what a little prick i am... i pulled the 6 inch blade from my belt and plunged it deep into his shoulder, then ran like my ass was on fire.. whatchagonnado? so anyways, he was there today. super friendly, neither of us would ever mention it. i'm hoping he knows it was part of the territory, the landscape of pre-teen deception.

2001-04-20T14:40:00.000-04:00

....aaaannnddd the honeymoon is over. my 15 megabytes of fame , my day in the sun... it's all gone. busy pretending to be busy today, no time to write! I'm headed to the homeland (WV) for the weekend for a "couples shower" that my mom is throwing us. should make for some good stories, my 'kin' usually do something ridiculous. one more quick point. being in a band with girls rocks! I've been playing in bands for 10 years and i've never been able to actually 'talk' to my bandmates, not without being ridiculed anyway...

2001-04-19T14:55:00.000-04:00

2 things worth reading on the web today.

2001-04-18T17:01:00.000-04:00

this comparison's probably been made before, but luscious lex clued me in last nite: "Murray (bassist from Old 97s) looks JUST like an aged Harry Potter". well.. I've never seen them in the same room together...

2001-04-18T12:21:00.000-04:00

Shots like these always make me a little sad & envious. I started off in college heading towards a studio art degree concentrating on photography, i took a slight left turn, ended up doing web design. Sometimes I wonder if that's the right path. I really, really miss having a darkroom. Check out melissa lyttle dot com. She'll make you envious, too.

2001-04-18T11:43:00.000-04:00

Pocketwatch Romances gave me one of the more bizarre descriptions yet: "Ego Inc features wedding tips and DC punk-band reviews." hmmm... maybe i should start a 'zine. a combination of Martha Stewart's Weddings and Punk Planet. I'd call it Your Wedding Sucks and have lots of cool punk wedding dresses. fishnets, leather, lotsa baggy stuff. i should start charging for these brainstorms.

2001-04-18T10:22:00.000-04:00

listening: Drowningman - How they light cigarettes in prison Last nite: Honeydogs and Old 97s (Recher Theater, Towson MD) Starring: Luscious Lex, RodeoRob, me Surfed up to MapBlast! yesterday afternoon. I'd never been to Towson, Maryland before, but I figured on a simple hour's drive north of DC. Then I pulled down this map

damn. Needless to say, we missed most of the opening act, the Honeydogs. RodeoRob is a huge honeydogs fan (he wrote a great review of their new record here.) and was saddened by this. Old 97s went on promptly at 9:30. I always forget how freakin young Rhett looks. Luscious Lex put it best "Damn, what is he? 12?". Not bad for a 30something. With a super high energy level, they flew through a straight 2 hour set. At points i was pretty sure rhett was going to pass out from exhaustion, but he kept jumping all over the stage. Belting out lyrics like 'I believe in love, but it don't believe in me' with so much passion and energy ya just have to jump around and sing along. Speaking of jumping around, Old 97s audiences are the only alt-country fans I've ever seen that verge on 'moshing' ... its a whole different energy level than most bands in the genre. The most awesome sight of the night: ultra-tough, bull-like skinhead punk guy and his tiny greaser friend singing along to 'Salome', doing all the hand motions ('Uncross your heart', 'Untie my hands') and actually embracing at one point. i just couldn't stop giggling. High points:

king of the world
house that used to be
rhett stopping mid-song "hey you, in the black t-shirt. Turn around, face this way... just pretend you're at a fugazi show and chill out"
question (just like it should be, first song of the first encore... rhett all by himself)
ken's guitar tone... beautiful. for whatever reason, he reminds me of a country andy summers (police). offbeat, textural riffs and that super piercing tone.

Such a great show and band. If these guys come anywhere near where you live, you're really doing yourself a disservice if you don't go. Up next: Fugazi @ the 9:30 club. next wednesday why is it that there are no decent shows for about a year and a half then 3 weeks straight of the rock? these old bones can't take much more!

2001-04-17T15:37:00.000-04:00

Hi dee hi dee hi dee hi! Ho dee ho dee ho dee ho! you understand, it's just a test. that's all..

2001-04-17T14:17:00.000-04:00

listening: Mike Ness - Folsom Prison Blues (live) i'm pretty psyched up about tonite: Old 97s at Recher Theater up in the wilds of Maryland. I'm half thinking about bringing my portable 4 track and doing a little bootleg action, but i dunno.. getting kicked out would suck. i'm a pansy. Full show report tomorrow!

2001-04-16T12:36:00.000-04:00

Utopia has a beautiful photo of fugazi from a texas show last monday. Actually, they've got a bunch, but this is the one that counts.

2001-04-16T11:17:00.000-04:00

listening - Catherine Wheel - Ma Solituda It's still quite strange knowing that all you people are piling in here and reading my stuff. It's almost like having company over at the house, gotta make sure everything's nice and tidy... i want to put on my sunday best and prance around lookin' all pretty! Weekend: Sleepaway Camp Marathon at ryan's on saturday was the highlight. I highly recommend all three of these classic cheese/horror flicks. I even managed to keep these old bones awake for the whole thing. Anybody who knows my propensity for cinematic sleep (comfy + dark = me comatose), knows that's a big compliment. Sunday was a tight schedule of fun. I squeezed in an hour's ride at Wakefield. Then a quick shower and off to band practice. sissy|space|sex is still seeking a 2nd guitarist, I just have no desire to front a 3-piece band anymore. Too much sonic responsibility, i guess. We've auditioned about 7 people i think (maybe less?), the only guy that really showed promise travels 150 days out of the year. damn. You'd think finding a guitarist would be super easy. Doesnt' everybody freakin play guitar? Easter dinner at Mama's... piles of Lamb and potatoes and asparagus and beans and bloated me... yum

2001-04-16T09:07:00.000-04:00

Damn, it's a sad day in the world of rock. Punk Pioneer Joey Ramone Dead at 49. Even if you weren't into the Ramones, you really had to appreciate the impression they left on all of us.

2001-04-15T02:26:00.000-04:00

sissy|space|sex is at the end of the Lenten season, which covers a forty-six-day period that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends with sissy|space|sex. The Lenten season itself comprises forty days, as the six Sundays in Lent are not actually a part of Lent. Sundays are considered a commemoration of sissy|space|sex Sunday and have always been excluded from the Lenten fast. The Lenten season is a period of penitence in preparation for the highest festival of the church year, sissy|space|sex stay tuned. sissy|space|sex has arisen.

2001-04-14T16:24:00.000-04:00

It is soooooooooo awesome out today! True shorts and t-shirt weather... these first few days of spring got me feelin' like riding my bike all day and hanging out all nite. heading out to the wilds of Leesburg tonite for a veggie feast courtesy of ryan. If updates cease after today, his cooking has killed us and we're buried in the backyard. Call the authorities.

2001-04-13T17:17:00.000-04:00

Thought I'd leave you with a pleasant Easter weekend morsel: Anybody want a juicy chunk o' ass?, it's Manbeef.com. Alleged dispenser of Human Meat. I don't buy it (the site or the product, i mean). I tried to become a member, but recieved a very shady text attachment that wanted to run a background check on me.
Because ManBeef International Meats can not legally sell any human meat product to anyone with a criminal history, we would like to ask you a couple questions now, before we begin a background check.

Happy Easter!

2001-04-13T13:06:00.000-04:00

Actors Get Into Local Barroom Brawl Don't mess with Mr. Pink! He'll...umm... well, he'll jump right in front of your damn knife...

2001-04-13T11:53:00.000-04:00

listening: braid - forever got shorter i got a little bit of advice for ya: elope. here's a running total of our scores so far in this wedding business. In the plus category:

picked up the rings yesterday - platinum for her, titanium for me
the new coodinator lady at the reception site is very cool and organized
mmmm...tastings! (cake, dinner...etc..)

In the minus category:

just found out that the place we were hoping to host the rehearsal dinner is booked every weekend until next year! I've been scouring zagats, but can't come up with anything... help!!
a 3rd world nation could live like kings for a year on the dough we're dropping here. it's just kinda silly how dropping a couple K on a reception makes all the other expenses insignificant. Limo? sure. Hotel room? no prob. Gold caps for front teeth? here's the card. (gotta look fab-fly...)

Seriously tho, anybody got ideas on rehearsal dinners? Keep it cheap, y'all! ridelikejehu@hotmail.com

2001-04-13T11:13:00.000-04:00

woohoo! ego, inc. made the blogs of note! thanks, ev! apparently i now have everyone fooled...

2001-04-12T17:56:00.000-04:00

I know this poor girl was kidnapped and all, but I'm pretty sure the worst thing in her life is her friggin name: Anne Sluti

2001-04-12T17:47:00.000-04:00

whew... damn, I'm old. Out 'til 1am last nite and feeling it this grey morning. Last nite was ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT, (International) Noise Conspiracy and the Explosion at the Black Cat. It's so freakin rare that I go to a 3 band bill to see all 3 bands. This was one of those occasions, all bands involved put on a major slab of the rock. I'd always heard good things about the Explosion, but I'd pull down a few songs and I just didn't get it. Here's the scoop. You cannot listen to the Explosion quietly, at a computer or anywhere you need to retain some professional respect. The only way to listen is AT FULL VOLUME! Quality, punk rawk (circa 1985ish) with an emphasis on the rock. Frontman had the desire to explain to all of us how tiny he and his penis were....and that his balls were like 2 coconuts, dropping in a sandy desert...ummm? I had a sneaking suspicion that (International) Noise Conspiracy wouldn't be able to match the energy and tightness they have on their album. Unfortunately, I was right. That's not a slam at all, it's just how good an album it is. Definitely fun to watch, Denis has some awesome mic-tossing stage moves and great things to say (In a thick Swedish accent--"i'm sorry, these pants aren't functioning properly. they are poor-quality american pants"). I knew the shit was about to hit the fan when the RFTC stage crew set up 2 eight foot tall cobra icons on each side of the stage. Sure enough, speedo and his crew rolled out in matching black outfits with aforementioned cobra silkscreened on the fronts of their black button-ups. Nice. Here's a short list of observations:

who the hell's this Ruby Mars guy... where's Atom? Drumming was decent, but not as precise and powerful.
Apollo Nine (sax) seemed disoriented and stoned out of his mind the whole show
played the good stuff from all systems go! and circa now (even got the "smoke pot, everybody smoke pot" chorus from 'Take that')
the sound is just too damn big for the black cat to handle. at points, I felt like that guy in the JBL ads, being forcibly blown back by the sound. these guys need to be at the 9:30 club

All in all, it was the biggest display of rock i've seen under one roof in quite some time. i got an (I)NC t-shirt. it says "capitalism stole my virginity" cool. I didn't have to see any of my mortal enemies until Rocket, when chubby slut ended up standing like 3 people in front of us. It didn't really bother me, though. I was too busy flailing around like a monkey covered in bees.

2001-04-11T16:09:00.000-04:00

Napster: Artists Getting Screwed Interesting story here that seemed to get buryed pretty fast. Brad King proposes that maybe ye olde RIAA may be sabotaging Napster from the inside. the recording industry has sent over incomplete lists of artists and songs that leave Napster to sort through hundreds of thousands of files to determine which files should be removed. The move by the recording industry -- whether intentional or not -- has been responsible for the rather spotty performance of the filtering technology. That'd be a pretty good strategy. Send Napster crappy lists of artists to filter, then when the filters don't work properly, whine to the judges that Napster's filtering is 'disgraceful'

2001-04-10T16:12:00.000-04:00

Anybody want to buy all my musical equipment and bike gear? I'm saving up money to buy: MEXICAN HAT! TRADITIONAL Mexican hat, nice condition. Looking for new owners for the beautiful Mexican Hat! Selling due to moving, price available on request. benke2000@hotmail.com. you guys better not snipe me on this! I saw it first!

2001-04-10T14:14:00.000-04:00

for all local-yokels: Fugazi in DC April 25 washington, dc @ 9:30 club, w/ dead meadow, $5, doors 7:30pm, benefit for Washington Free Clinic and Prevention Works. (tix: usual 9:30 locations, info: 202-393-0930) April 27 washington, dc @ sacred heart church w/ the long goodbye and orthrelm $5, doors 6PM, info: 703-276-9768 Benefit for Homes Not Jails & Neighbors Consejo. (tix: on sale 4/13 DCCD, Smash, Now!, Vertigo Books in College Park, MD) From InDCent Exposure

2001-04-10T09:15:00.000-04:00

Dismemberment Plan: The band's sound is lodged somewhere between traditional D.C. rock and a frat-boy's jam-band wet dream. LOL! wow, it's pretty rare that a positive review of a band reinforces my dislike of said band. the Plan sucks. via: usagainstthem

2001-04-07T02:21:00.000-04:00

ugh. friday nite at clarendon grill.. too many red bulls and vokda. probably had too much of a good time. too early to tell. if i can just get to bed without the spins setting in, i got it made. had a long discussion with bruce about the glory of (soon-to-be) married life and freedom from tobacco.. its always the little stuff that nails you to the wall, eh? Looking forward to: RFTC, International Noise Conspiracy and the Exploder on Wednesday, practice on monday and waking up cold, dead sober tomorrow. ouch.

2001-04-06T14:57:00.000-04:00

Great reading for grey soggy days is creepsville. I'm more than halfway thru this collection of semi-true short stories and wishing there were more and more. I had to see what all the friggin buzz was about. I dropped $10 for Dave Egger's A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. I'll letcha know if it's worth it.

2001-04-05T11:21:00.000-04:00

Every now and then there's a great thread over at punkforum. Here's a classic sample from: Letter to the person who took your virginity whats up asshole? you're fat, H20 is not a good band, and ps: I never loved you.

2001-04-04T15:07:00.000-04:00

damn. it just figures that by the time i finally get enough cash together to invest a little bit, this ascending economy of ours gets a big kick in the teeth. time to start stuffing the matress again. big news! word has come down from the Man that he's gonna sublet some server space for the new and improved www.egoinc.org! Stay tuned for more news on that front. Thanks Ryan!

2001-04-03T11:05:00.000-04:00

cockcentric

2001-04-03T10:06:00.000-04:00

listening: Rollins - Airport Hell Luscious Lex, Ladyfinger and my own bad self rolled into the ci-tay to take part in the Napster Forum. First off, I was very impressed by the auditorium in the brand new Reagan Building. Posh. Damn shame the halfwit soundmen could only get a couple of the speakers lavalier mics to work without deafening feedback. Chuck D, Shawn Fanning, the president of Grand Royal Records, the VP of Napster and some Economist guy (sorry, i have a horrible memory for names...) were seated up on stage, talk show style. Fanning was fairly well spoken for a 19 year old (I guess he's gotten the crash course in public speaking!), although he did keep reiterating his awe over sitting next to chuck d in the public limelight. Understandable. Chuck D was friggin awesome. Everything i hoped he'd be. Laid-back, super-funny and a VERY forceful speaker. He talks, you listen. Plus he did the damn funniest Dr Dre impression ever. He and the guy from Grand Royal (mark something?) talked at length about how much control the retail industry has over musicians and even labels. Talked about the smackdown he recieved from Tower when AtomicPop released "there's a poison goin on" for free download online. The second half of the forum was a Q&A session... good stuff there, too. Fanning got grilled on his reluctance to release napster as open source. there were some grumblings about subscriptions vs. a pay-per-listen system (which i think is kinda silly, but i won't get into that today). I was impressed with the even distribution of male and female music geeks, kinda thought it would be more of a boys club. guess we're a little further along than i thought. tho i was expectedly disappointed in the almost 100% caucasian turnout. This morning was the march on capitol hill. keep your eyes on the news, because last i heard napster had not aquired any marching or gathering permits from the city and i believe any group larger than 25 people is subject to police breakup... good luck guys!

2001-04-02T11:38:00.000-04:00

listening: idlewild - boys don't cry First off... here's where I'll be tonite Napster | Speak Out | April 2nd Teach-In Info you should too. I mean, c'mon, it's friggin Chuck D preachin on the finer points of music sharing. I'm sure he'll be bashing the crap outta record labels too. Kevin Fanning will be there too, but I can't vouch for his speaking skills. Allroy and ShawnTheSheep finally coaxed me out to Gambrill for a ride yesterday. First time I've been out on a non-urban ride in a while. I am in no shape to be on a bicycle!! It was put best by Allroy... "poor showing". okay, so I am completely obsessed with the new idlewild album. If you mixed REM, getupkids, and early fugazi this is what it would sound like. friggin beautiful!

2001-04-02T10:41:00.000-04:00

listening: Pixies - I've Been Tired Web Paranoia? Well this just ruins it all for me.. NewsTrolls - New Media - The Psycho Ex Hoax

2001-03-29T13:47:00.000-05:00

A grisly multi-car accident on the web psychoexgirlfriend I can't seem to avert my eyes or avoid rubbernecking. I'm currently listening to #20 over Fugazi's Steady Diet of Nothing. good combo.

2001-03-28T14:26:00.000-05:00

I may be 'ass-busy' right now... but there's always time to post about Napster's Open Invitation to the Senate Judiciary Commitee's Hearing. April 3rd. Unfortunately for us workin' folk, the meeting is at 9am. I expect all you damn college kids to be out there, tho. Free t-shirt and tix, too. bonus.

2001-03-28T11:17:00.000-05:00

ug.. can't talk. working. dumbass deadlines. kill. bored? besides reading this A List Apart: Declinaton of Independence (Design Trends), you can just be happy knowing that i hate you.

2001-03-26T14:45:00.000-05:00

Busy weekend into a busy monday. Friday, saw HeartBreakers. Friggin' horrible. It just seemed reaaallllly long. You know if a movie can't be saved by a scantily-clad Jennifer Love Hewitt, it's a complete loss. Practiced and auditioned on Saturday. Got a possible candidate for guitarist. He's even got a website. Celebrated RodeoRob's quarter century and got to hang out with Alex (fresh from costa rica) and keith. Nailed down the wedding guest list and took cousin megan and beau mario out for some La Madeline. Good weekend. rant on: How is it that clients are ALWAYS terminally late with content? I mean, it's like every damn time. It's just standard protocol around here to be at least a week late with materials and expect me to work over the weekend to make up the time. And it's always a big joke, too. "oh, i hope you don't have anything planned for the weekend... ha ha!" yea. thats funny. damn funny. rant off:

2001-03-23T16:59:00.000-05:00

Is this just some newfangled "techie" way to spell stocks, or did a lazy editor screw up? YOU MAKE THE CALL! Media stox drop as market takes wild ride

2001-03-23T15:50:00.000-05:00

Just saw one of the best things ever... I was coming back from lunch at Fresh Fields (mmmm... mexican wrap-ups and odwallas), I pull up behind this beat-up Tracker who's license plate ring reads "Alf Fan! My Other Car is on Melmac" wow. beat that.

2001-03-22T14:55:00.000-05:00

Okay, this is just begging for something to be said about it:W.Va. Symphony Names New Conductor Doesn't it just conjure up images of Fat Albert's Junkyard band?

2001-03-22T13:52:00.000-05:00

This is kicking my ass right now Highly recommended, good sabbath stories. That and rollins has always just cracked me up. Sometimes unintentionally, but laughing is laughing in my book. I can't work because I want to crawl under the desk and read it.

2001-03-22T09:28:00.000-05:00

I'm not a big fan of the rest of Heather Duby's album, but the big-ass keyboard sounds in "Judith" send chills up and down my spine. Take a listen. sissy|space|sex ran thru the latest in a growing list of guitarists last nite. He's buried in the backyard... don't tell...

2001-03-21T12:06:00.000-05:00

One simple reason why you should be reading mecawilson daily: El cazador que guarda el conseguir anal penetrado Guitarists flow forth from the earth like water! a couple more suckas have signed up to be heard by the mighty SSS. Let them feel my wrath! HAAHAHAHAH! umm..sorry..inside voice...

2001-03-20T13:10:00.000-05:00

I got the name change down, now i just gotta start telling people that I am from London via Croatia or something like that. Dude, I'm gonna be SoopaFamous!. Had a decent ride last nite, urban adventure in the capital of commerce, Tyson'sCornerVA. Took a big chunk of paint off of my chainstay when a sideways hop onto a ledge went horribly wrong. d'oh! 5" of travel on that lightweight frame still wigs me out. Just waiting for the day when I snap the headtube right off (hopefully it'll be a low-speed incident...)

2001-03-20T11:17:00.000-05:00

sissy|space|sex (URL coming soon!) had her first practice in the newly soundproofed practice space. No irate neighbors, no johnny law. We even auditioned the first applicant for the 2nd guitar position (fullback?... if it were basketball, the position would be forward... hockey/wing... baseball/1st base?...). Anyway, we're still looking for perfection. dig this. Jenn hands me a printout on saturday, turns out the guy in the townhouse next door is the "infamous Dr. Buzzard". He is apparently a world-famous hoodoo-voodoo man who consults with politicians and celebs for big cash. hope we don't piss him off. just for the record, if i suddenly disappear or develop a horrible rash, turn to DB.

2001-03-16T13:25:00.000-05:00

Man, at least it's good to know that apartment life affects us all the same way. I've written these mental notes about a dozen times over the last 6 years. Anyway, here's a funny dialog on punkforum about the same. dear upstairs neighbors....,

2001-03-15T09:18:00.000-05:00

Somewhere in the dark recesses of my mind, I keep thinking 'this has to be a joke'. but it's not. bow down to MasterSonix

2001-03-14T09:40:00.000-05:00

the soothing sounds of Beth Orton sang me in to work today. I'm really leaning toward sweetest decline as the wedding song. tough stuff, these choices... like a kid at the candy store. 5 flaming chili's for Lon at the Fairfax Performance bike. Dropped the new MCR off last nite at 9 and he just called me to say it's done. wow. i didn't even think they opened until 10am. gonna hit some DCurban tonite and feel those 5 inches of pleasure (no... i meant the fork, silly!)

2001-03-13T14:36:00.000-05:00

I'm kind of a nostalgic geek myself, but I could NEVER imagine dropping a grand on old decks! It looks like he's only got 2 Powell decks in the whole mess anyway. The rest looks fairly new. TONY HAWK SKATEBOARD COLLECTION OF 13 DECKS!!

2001-03-13T14:15:00.000-05:00

Okay, my BrownBoxSyndrome days are over! The last of my incoming items have arrived. I spent most of yesterday trying not to stare at this shiny beautiful chunk of bike porn. mmmmmmmmm. Needless to say, I didn't get much work done. I'm going into full construction mode tonite and maybe an urban excursion tomorrow nite.

2001-03-09T12:42:00.000-05:00

FlashGeeks rejoice!! The Moock bible is here! Actionscript: The Definitive Guide Colin Moock runs one of the most informative actionscript sites out there. He's got a great way of explaining stuff so that even us dumbass designers can figure out programming.

2001-03-09T09:46:00.000-05:00

Here's the real dealio you survivor folk... can you take the heat, can you? Try Pig Killer

2001-03-08T16:28:00.000-05:00

Winners of the "I Look Like My Dog" Contest wow.. just wow. that's all.

2001-03-08T16:18:00.000-05:00

okay, this just seems weird. you're JFK Jr. Media mogul, millionaire, all around wealthy guy. Why on earth would you buy a used car? Kennedy bought the 1995 Jeep in 1998 from a used car dealership

2001-03-08T11:39:00.000-05:00

Okay, it's been a couple days off for me here. Stress level has risen a bunch, work, family, wedding..etc... Hate to be Mr Cliche and all, but "when it rains it pours" I've got a bad case of BBS (brown box syndrome). there are three different shipments coming my way via mail and ups. i can feel them out there, a disruption in the force. everyday i walk into my apt. building, i look longingly at my doorstep... nothing! d'oh! I think I'm going to try to hit Wakefield tonite for the weekly MORE niteride. Should be nice to get off my butt and work up a sweat. from line and ink: Saves the Day reveal their latest influences for the upcoming album"today we listen to like Pearl Jam and Simon and Garfunkle"

2001-03-05T15:32:00.000-05:00

It's time for everyone's favorite game show, Throw mud-pies at Laloo Prasad Yadav! Krishna consciousness has always seemed a little video-gamey to me (little hyper-realistic colorful people running around killing monsters), so this will probably be purty cool.

2001-03-05T10:45:00.000-05:00

SCANDAL! Pitchfork reveals the truth about Gang of Four in their interview with J. Robbins: ...Gang of Four were just kidding all along about their communist ideology and were really actually into, like... I don't know, bestiality or something.

2001-03-02T16:34:00.000-05:00

Infectious Boxers run small, but have minimal shrinkage. oh good, I thought I was the only one who experienced that.

2001-03-02T11:27:00.000-05:00

With backing vocals from n sync and britney, I'd buy that!

2001-03-02T10:04:00.000-05:00

Debbie Boone Back in the Studio. hmmm. and i thought that bad music couldn't get any worse. maybe she could do a duet with fred durst and creed and just blow the needle of the suckometer.

2001-03-02T10:03:00.000-05:00

Find anything in the job secion, I'm looking?

2001-03-01T22:18:00.000-05:00

OK, continuing the "EWWW EWWWWWWW!" series. REAL FROG STATUE

2001-03-01T17:18:00.000-05:00

whew! I'm back from the land of crap! I finally resume the "design" portion of my job today. (I've had a horrible immersion in a 80,000 page FrameMaker job as of late). woo hoo! Now i can quit half-heartedly leafing thru the "tech jobs" section of the paper... oh yeah... I'm still not this guy.

2001-03-01T15:47:00.000-05:00

let the sun fall down over me, all my friends are searching, who are they to feel, who are the to be, If I can't find my way back to me, let sun fall down over me that's not livin baby cause livin ain't free... let the sun fall down over me. um yeah anyway

2001-03-01T10:30:00.000-05:00

Selling children out of the back of a car. Life doesn't get much better than that. -Mark Watson

2001-03-01T10:06:00.000-05:00

I wanna smash it up! Washingtonpost.com has an article on the second part of the Industrial Revolution. Isnt' this how the Matrix started?

"The Information Revolution will finish when we can safely see no computers around...You don't see any motors around, do you?"

2001-02-28T10:44:00.000-05:00

Yoda on Passion posted a link to this. I had to check it out. Glad I did. You should too.

2001-02-28T09:31:00.000-05:00

Yeah well, i was up till 2 pm doing laundry so I could have clean riding clothes so I could leave work early and ride! I just saw, all this for a 4 track recorder... Freak!

2001-02-28T08:28:00.000-05:00

definition of geek: me. Set the alarm for 3:30AM last nite so i could keep track of an eBay item I wanted to win. Damn right I won, who else has that dedication? I friggin luv eBay.

2001-02-27T17:30:00.000-05:00

All I gotta say is:

2001-02-27T15:08:00.000-05:00

Yo, VIP, Let's kick it! Ice Ice Baby, Ice Ice Baby All right stop, Collaborate and listen Ice is back with my brand new invention Something grabs a hold of me tightly Then I flow like a harpoon daily and nightly Will it ever stop? Yo -- I don't know Turn off the lights and I'll glow To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle. Dance, Bum rush the speaker that booms I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom Deadly, when I play a dope melody Anything less than the best is a felony Love it or leave it, You better gain way You better hit bull's eye, The kid don't play If there was a problem, Yo, I'll solve it Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Now that the party is jumping With the bass kicked in, the Vegas are pumpin' Quick to the point, to the point no faking I'm cooking MCs like a pound of bacon Burning them if they're not quick and nimble I go crazy when I hear a cymbal And a hi hat with a souped up tempo I'm on a roll and it's time to go solo Rollin' in my 5.0 With my ragtop down so my hair can blow The girlies on standby, Waving just to say Hi Did you stop? No -- I just drove by Kept on pursuing to the next stop I busted a left and I'm heading to the next block That block was dead Yo -- so I continued to A1A Beachfront Ave. Girls were hot wearing less than bikinis Rockman lovers driving Lamborghinis Jealous 'cause I'm out geting mine Shay with a gauge and Vanilla with a nine Reading for the chumps on the wall The chumps acting ill because they're so full of "Eight Ball" Gunshots ranged out like a bell I grabbed my nine -- All I heard were shells Falling on the concrete real fast Jumped in my car, slammed on the gas Bumper to bumper the avenue's packed I'm trying to get away before the jackers jack Police on the scene, You know what I mean They passed me up, confronted all the dope fiends If there was a problem, You, I'll solve it Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Take heed, 'cause I'm a lyrical poet Miami's on the scene just in case you didn't know it My town, that created all the bass sound Enough to shake and kick holes in the ground 'Cause my style's like a chemical spill Feasible rhymes that you can vision and feel Conducted and formed, This is a hell of a concept We make it hype and you want to step with this Shay plays on the fade, slice like a ninja Cut like a razor blade so fast, Other DJs say, "damn" If my rhyme was a drug, I'd sell it by the gram Keep my composure when it's time to get loose Magnetized by the mic while I kick my juice If there was a problem, Yo -- I'll solve it! Check out the hook while Deshay revolves it. Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Yo man -- Let's get out of here! Word to your mother! Ice Ice Baby Too cold, Ice Ice Baby Too cold Too cold Ice Ice Baby Too cold Too cold, Ice Ice Baby Too cold Too cold

2001-02-27T12:40:00.000-05:00

"You've got your snoop dog in my porn!" -- "You've got your porn in my snoop dog!".. Wait, you're both right! 2 great tastes that taste great together...

2001-02-27T12:34:00.000-05:00

Weird. I went to high school with this guy. Needless to say, we didn't hang out.

2001-02-27T11:03:00.000-05:00

Well this freaking PP project doesn't want to leave, and I love it soooo much! Anyway time to do more changes. We need to get some design action goin on here!

2001-02-27T09:20:00.000-05:00

Sounds like you spend most of the day doing nothing!?! Still have no clue how this thing works? Why are we here, What are we doing? Oh yeah trying to find every excuse not to work!

2001-02-26T16:36:00.000-05:00

Pre-Industrial Age: spent most of the day today putzing around b/c our server was down. It's finally back up, but our mail server is still shot. (weird b/c someone was trying to hack into jason's server on friday, and it screwed their mail system). I guess i should be kinda embarrassed that I am 6000% reliant on these machines to do anything (I couldn't even slack off... ended up tidying the office, now that's sad), but I'm not. screw off. Had a great ride on saturday, urban solo downtown DC... had fun doing big drops @ Independance plaza with the skaters and rollerbladers. Got kicked out by the cops, felt like I was 14 again. punk rock.

2001-02-25T00:26:00.000-05:00

ewww, ewwww! eBay item 561863840 - REAL HUMAN HAIR- PINK EYELASHES WOW

2001-02-25T00:03:00.000-05:00

Cannondale's new EPO system " I would say in some ways it's revolutionary and in some ways it's not." Whoa there mister! Let's not get outta control about this thing...

2001-02-23T17:28:00.000-05:00

Virginia Pileup Leaves Travelers Shaken (washingtonpost.com) I've been driving a truck for 22 years. It was the doggonedest thing I've ever seen," he said.

2001-02-23T16:40:00.000-05:00

Creepy. This is the kind of stuff that goes through my head on every solo night ride