Ed Hardy tattoo decals in a vending machine at a Toys ‘R’ Us. 50 cents each. I bought two. What is the world coming to? OK, maybe it never passed out. If you remember the days when tattooing was still a relatively underground thing...
Read moreKaren Ulrich, originally uploaded by Marc Arsenault – Wow Cool. It’s starting to look like the more exciting Coney Island exhibit that the Brooklyn Museum is hosting right now is the one in the blog by curator Patrick Amsellem. And...
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OK. I just spent the month of February taking the RPM Challenge-record an album of at least 10 songs or 35 minutes in 29 days. Easy, right? Except I’m down in Knoxville and the band (Brown Cuts Neighbors, nickname: Rebel, anyone!) is now...
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OK, after that pun, I’ve forfeited my right to some sort of future privilege in this world and all possible others. This magazine has been on the rack on the local Kroger’s for the past 2 months, and I do a double take every time I...
Read moreDirect TV has a spot airing now with Scooby, Shaggy, and the gang pitching their service. Funny thing, they are owned by their rival–cable TV provider–Warner Brothers. What does it all mean?
Read moreI’ll post every few entries on my RPM Blog here as they build up during this long desperate month of recording… Just 17 days left. Obscure Functions of the RPM Challenge I pretty quickly realized that this would be where I finally cut...
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This has been a pretty big month for me for newsstand exposure. I’ve got photos of Cary, NC’s White Tiger Martial Arts in the latest TKD-TaeKwonDo Times and many of the shots of the Tiger Claw Elite Champions’ performance at...
Read moreYes folks, its all about me. But heck, I don’t do these around town too often anymore… so dig this: Two sets: one set electric guitar freakout improv, and the other solo acoustic guitar and voice (that means singing a bunch of new...
Read moreJust a half-hour to go and then album frenzy kicks in. Stay tuned for updates.
Read morefognozzle live again. In temporary identity of Shredni Vashtar (C’mon, give it up, Saki fans!) we shredded live with exploding light fixtures in day care centers and drum circles in crusty east Oakland warehouses. The current equipment list...
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Johnny Flatline returns, in a typical adventure… all fantasies, lies, imagination, backstory and wasted rationalizations. Realized here in an adult form not seen before. He returns in 2009 in Quarter a tale of Pinball, deceit and Lust. This...
Read moreMy band, nickname: Rebel, will have a new album for 2008. OK, it’s really going to be a solo joint, but I’m feeling the Rebel vibe. The basic pitch is, you have 29 days in February to record an album of new music… at least 10...
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