Unable to find a good central source of information pertaining to local bands currently on the circuit, I went to the only logical place...the bar. Jerry's Bar in Chesapeake to be exact, where a few short months ago I saw the hard rock band Brute Force, and then a couple of weeks later, the versatile Steam Boat Jack.
I see from the schedule that last week hosted Black Rose Blues Band, and listening to their myspace site, I'm sorry I missed them. First delving into a video they have posted of "Red House," Black Rose Blues Band gives fine treatment to the song, offering a 13 minute plus tour-de-force.
Similarly, "Stormy Monday" showcases the talents of guitarists J.D. Silvia and Anthony Rosano. The well-capable rhythm section consists of Dale Butcher on Bass and Mike Pelzel on Drums.
It appears that the next opportunity to catch Black Rose Blues Band will be 9/13/09 at Goodfella's Bay Days Blues Bash. Though I was unable to locate who else will be on the ticket, I will be looking forward to catching these guys and their colleagues then!
Tonight and tomorrow, Jerry's is featuring the Southern Blend Band. On the docket for next week at Jerry's is Bad Dadz on Friday and Moto Psychic on Saturday. In a more reggae/rock vein, the Jesse Chong Band/Thin Air Rising will be at the Jewish Mother next Friday, followed by Ryan Hines, NHP, and Joel King.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Summer's Almost Gone!
Well, I'm afraid I have not been very diligent in my blogging duties. The beginning of my summer was consumed with Database Administration and Computer Graphics. Very rough, but wrapped up my CS electives. My project in Graphics class, based on the Battle of Chancellorsville, led me to do some exploring of old Civil War sites.
Then the kids headed off to Oklahoma, leaving me with plenty of time to sit around the house and do homework. Lucky for me, but unfortunate in the timing, the second half of the summer was much more sparing with the homework...and the busy work that can normally be done for classes, well, I just wasn't that into staying busy for busy's sake!
Did have some interesting work in Leadership and Ethics class though, doing my term paper on Operation Redwing based on the account of Marcus Luttrell. Good to finally get around to reading...hard to believe it's been 4 years this summer since it happened.
Reading the page turner got me back to reading, and I mowed through Cushing: Civil War SEAL. If only Naval Officers of the Surface force still had that spirit (and leeway)! Sort of tied the Civil War studies and Naval History together too, so in a way it was sort of a capstone for the summer! Engulfed now in the monster-of-a-book Puzzle Palace about the NSA. A long read, but useful background for the things I'm interested in.
Also got back to racing with my annual Allen Stone Memorial Run Swim Run. Good to be back in the water, and on the pavement...but mostly just good to be back.
Having been so busy the first half of summer that my blogs were neglected, they unfortunately continued to be neglected the second half! Now, however, I hope to be more diligent over the next four months until I commission and am off to bigger and better things...I'm certain to be busy then!
Then the kids headed off to Oklahoma, leaving me with plenty of time to sit around the house and do homework. Lucky for me, but unfortunate in the timing, the second half of the summer was much more sparing with the homework...and the busy work that can normally be done for classes, well, I just wasn't that into staying busy for busy's sake!
Did have some interesting work in Leadership and Ethics class though, doing my term paper on Operation Redwing based on the account of Marcus Luttrell. Good to finally get around to reading...hard to believe it's been 4 years this summer since it happened.
Reading the page turner got me back to reading, and I mowed through Cushing: Civil War SEAL. If only Naval Officers of the Surface force still had that spirit (and leeway)! Sort of tied the Civil War studies and Naval History together too, so in a way it was sort of a capstone for the summer! Engulfed now in the monster-of-a-book Puzzle Palace about the NSA. A long read, but useful background for the things I'm interested in.
Also got back to racing with my annual Allen Stone Memorial Run Swim Run. Good to be back in the water, and on the pavement...but mostly just good to be back.
Having been so busy the first half of summer that my blogs were neglected, they unfortunately continued to be neglected the second half! Now, however, I hope to be more diligent over the next four months until I commission and am off to bigger and better things...I'm certain to be busy then!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Tuesday
Tutu's sick...I'm a little under the weather. We still both managed to get a workout in today.
Warm welcomes to my good buddy Breakfaster who recently joined the blog!
Off to watch Medium and get some rest...hopefully will feel better tomorrow!
Warm welcomes to my good buddy Breakfaster who recently joined the blog!
Off to watch Medium and get some rest...hopefully will feel better tomorrow!
Monday, May 11, 2009
20 Minutes Tempo
Began with about 10 min stretch.
Treadmill Run 3/Walk 2 x 5
Swim warmup
20 minutes tempo with fins and board = 1025 meters
My Crossfit utility is coming along nicely!
Treadmill Run 3/Walk 2 x 5
Swim warmup
20 minutes tempo with fins and board = 1025 meters
My Crossfit utility is coming along nicely!
Sweet Jam Session w/ Trey Anastasio & Warren Haynes
Testing embedding. This is a super-cool jam session video Waylon sent me.
Too cool! It works!
If, like me, and not up on Warren Haynes, he's famous for his work with Gov't Mule and Allman Brothers Band. Allman Brothers Band incidentally can take large credit for my return to music. Playing Guitar Hero, I came to appreciate how cool the slide work on "Ramblin' Man" is, so I scurried to Guitar Center to pick up a copy of the Allman Brothers Band Guitar translations. Unfortunately, GC didn't have AB translations! After an hour of scouring Greatest Hits and Fake Books (not to mention tearing my hair out trying to keep the kids under control whilst I undertook this tedious task), I found the Hal Leanord Fake Book. I played Ramblin' Man for all of about a half-hour and got bored. Fortunately, HL's is a treasure trove of great tunes with good enough transcriptions to work with.
If, for some reason you've been circling Mars for the past 15 years (or not, given the nature of the bands grass roots following), you missed Trey Anastasio and Phish inheriting the huge cult following of the Greatful Dead. My first exposure was "Weigh" from the 1993 Rift album. That's all it took to get me hooked, but the whole album is solid.
Too cool! It works!
If, like me, and not up on Warren Haynes, he's famous for his work with Gov't Mule and Allman Brothers Band. Allman Brothers Band incidentally can take large credit for my return to music. Playing Guitar Hero, I came to appreciate how cool the slide work on "Ramblin' Man" is, so I scurried to Guitar Center to pick up a copy of the Allman Brothers Band Guitar translations. Unfortunately, GC didn't have AB translations! After an hour of scouring Greatest Hits and Fake Books (not to mention tearing my hair out trying to keep the kids under control whilst I undertook this tedious task), I found the Hal Leanord Fake Book. I played Ramblin' Man for all of about a half-hour and got bored. Fortunately, HL's is a treasure trove of great tunes with good enough transcriptions to work with.
If, for some reason you've been circling Mars for the past 15 years (or not, given the nature of the bands grass roots following), you missed Trey Anastasio and Phish inheriting the huge cult following of the Greatful Dead. My first exposure was "Weigh" from the 1993 Rift album. That's all it took to get me hooked, but the whole album is solid.
Happy Birthday Tutus!
Happy #4 to Tutus! For the next 14 days, she'll be the same age as Dev0n. Unfortunately, she has a tummy virus and hasn't been well the past 15 hours or so. She's happy though because we let her wear a "princess dress". Hopefully it's just a 24 hour bug and she'll be feeling better toward the end of the day.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
End of the Day
Well, it's the end of the day. The grade for 390 posted as a B. It was the one I was worried most about. Hopefully I will hear back about 417 tomorrow...it's the last one. Tomorrow's another day...more working out, tinkering with music and sites, reading my NSA books, cleaning out my bottomless mailbox, ordering books for the upcoming semester, spending time with Mita and the kids, etc. There was something I had to do tomorrow...oh well, Mita will remind me.
I do need to snag the work I did for the CS312 Midterm and the Homework solutions from 471 before all of that stuff becomes unavailable. One of my intents with my webpage is to build pages of information pertaining to courses I've taken for later reference. I also hope to get some work done on XML parsing.
Of course, tomorrow is play night, so there should be some new songs posted shortly. The biggest problem we've been encountering is storage. Music files are large to store, and space "on the cloud", i.e. any place we could safely store it and files to be safely available from the internet is limited. I have to take the Gretsch in tomorrow for a set-up. I developed a dead spot at the 17th fret of the G string. I tried to correct it myself by adjusting the saddle myself, but as could have been predicted, things went from bad to worse! I suppose it will be Stevie Raye Vaughan songs (Crossfire and Pride and Joy), and the much neglected 50s tunes (Since I don't Have You, Sea of Love, and others I've even forgotten the name of!) that get worked on this weekend. Hopefully we can work some more in with the Strat...and maybe even the Epiphone Dot.
I also intend to start posting some pictures using a rotating style and maybe some sound clips for when the page loads. Will continue progressing.
I do need to snag the work I did for the CS312 Midterm and the Homework solutions from 471 before all of that stuff becomes unavailable. One of my intents with my webpage is to build pages of information pertaining to courses I've taken for later reference. I also hope to get some work done on XML parsing.
Of course, tomorrow is play night, so there should be some new songs posted shortly. The biggest problem we've been encountering is storage. Music files are large to store, and space "on the cloud", i.e. any place we could safely store it and files to be safely available from the internet is limited. I have to take the Gretsch in tomorrow for a set-up. I developed a dead spot at the 17th fret of the G string. I tried to correct it myself by adjusting the saddle myself, but as could have been predicted, things went from bad to worse! I suppose it will be Stevie Raye Vaughan songs (Crossfire and Pride and Joy), and the much neglected 50s tunes (Since I don't Have You, Sea of Love, and others I've even forgotten the name of!) that get worked on this weekend. Hopefully we can work some more in with the Strat...and maybe even the Epiphone Dot.
I also intend to start posting some pictures using a rotating style and maybe some sound clips for when the page loads. Will continue progressing.
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