“Hi Shawn! I do read your site on occasion but I don’t remember to check it often. I won’t even pretend to say I pull it up every week to catch up. I’m just too busy with my hectic life to keep checking back.” Hey kids! Shawn Thomas here with a special offer! Do you …
Yearly Archives: 2009
A Mission of Mercy
So I’m taking the slow, iterative process of helping my friend Mark convert his site to WordPress. The whole thing is a mission of mercy. After hearing him groan plaintively for over a year about the drudgery of changing the design of his site by hand, I decided that it was high time to have …
Two Laptops and a Microphone
Last week, I bought a microphone. Picked up a Shure SM57, a mic stand and a cable for a bill and a half. I intended to take my new toy home and immediately start playing with it, but after hooking it up, crafting a pop screen out of a bent coat hanger and a nylon …
Pitchfork & the Quease
Just for the record: booze, hot dogs, and acid reflux don’t mix. The show last night was fine otherwise. The opener was Deviant UK, a 2-man operation with a danceable sound and a singer with quirky presence. Next was Texas band Mentallo & the Fixer, which owes a lot of their style to early Skinny …
Just So You Know
Just so there’s no confusion, Project Pitchfork is playing at Elysium this friday, and Covenant is playing October 14. I got my tickets today. Also, Dead Voices On Air is slated for some time in December. You have been put on notice.