Archive for August 2008

A Confession…

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

There’s something I’ve been hiding – I’m Jimmy Buffett

Separated at birth?

Separated at birth?

If You Can’t Trust a Ticket Scalper…

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

This blog has featured many rants relating to the frustrations of securing reasonable seats to good concerts. And here’s another.

This past weekend, I traveled to the humble Borough of Haddonfield, NJ to help my friend Issac and his parents, Tim and Kate, move into their new house. They moved up from St. Pete a few months ago, rented a house to get a feel for the area, and just bought a home there. All their stuff had to be moved about a mile and a half and I was the only one with superhuman moving skills available to help. Actually, I’m always happy to help on a project like this – mainly because I’ve moved so much in my life that I know how rotten it is to move yourself – especially awkward pieces of furniture on stairs.

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Favourite Musical Artists

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Ian turned me onto a website called www.last.fm One of the first things I did was install a tool which analyzes your iTunes library. It ranked my favorite artists based on the number of (completed) plays each received. A few surprises were there. Here are my top 50, based upon the play count for each artist:

1. Jimmy Buffett – 4,834
2. The Tragically Hip – 939
3. R.E.M. – 757
4. The Black Crowes – 548
5. Elton John – 544

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Music Quantum

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Before we left for dinner tonight, I loaded my music (in alphabetical order by song title) into the music jukebox player (Roku Soundbridge) to listen to music for a while. It was playing “All This Time” by Sting when we left.

3 hours later, it was playing “Ants Marching” by Dave Matthews Band when we walked back in.

There are a few songs in there, I suppose.

Mood: Curious
Currently playing: “Are We Family” by The Tragically Hip