Showing posts with label concord. Show all posts
Showing posts with label concord. Show all posts
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First: new live UTCP song up here and here
bookmark them, there will be more to come.
Well gee, it's been about a week and I haven't put anything useful up. A short story:
New Jersey
I drove to Florence, New Jersey to pick up Katie so that she could come see the UTCP's show and hang out with all the other friends she has up here. To be perfectly honest, the moment I crossed the line into NJ, the air started to smell; sort of like a wastewater treatment plant with a hint of garlic. There are far too many cars, and proportionally far too many roads in the area. I had the pleasure of exploring the NJ Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway, the latter of which was quite clogged with traffic ("traffic" here in New Hampshire means that you're any more than four cars from the stopsign). Her house was about a quarter mile from the Delware River, which I thought was pretty cool. The area was quaint and suburban, if a little crowded compared to here. One of the first things I noticed was that nobody seemed to have any driveways. They all parked their cars on the street, which I've never seen before. Around here, the more rural houses have driveways the size of small landing strips. There is a slight difference in population density. If you're interested in the actual figures:
Population Density:
Concord, NH: 244.4/km²
Florence Township, NJ:74.6/km²
Ok so I was wrong. It turns out I live in a more dense city than Florence, NJ. But statewide:
NH: 53.20/km²
NJ: 438/km²
New Jersey is in fact the most densely populated state in the union, and New Hampshire ranks twentieth. The drive took about seven hours each way.
Unrelated Photos:
P.S.
If you're interested in knowing in a general way what it's like to have my job, go here.
bookmark them, there will be more to come.
Well gee, it's been about a week and I haven't put anything useful up. A short story:
New Jersey
I drove to Florence, New Jersey to pick up Katie so that she could come see the UTCP's show and hang out with all the other friends she has up here. To be perfectly honest, the moment I crossed the line into NJ, the air started to smell; sort of like a wastewater treatment plant with a hint of garlic. There are far too many cars, and proportionally far too many roads in the area. I had the pleasure of exploring the NJ Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway, the latter of which was quite clogged with traffic ("traffic" here in New Hampshire means that you're any more than four cars from the stopsign). Her house was about a quarter mile from the Delware River, which I thought was pretty cool. The area was quaint and suburban, if a little crowded compared to here. One of the first things I noticed was that nobody seemed to have any driveways. They all parked their cars on the street, which I've never seen before. Around here, the more rural houses have driveways the size of small landing strips. There is a slight difference in population density. If you're interested in the actual figures:
Population Density:
Concord, NH: 244.4/km²
Florence Township, NJ:74.6/km²
Ok so I was wrong. It turns out I live in a more dense city than Florence, NJ. But statewide:
NH: 53.20/km²
NJ: 438/km²
New Jersey is in fact the most densely populated state in the union, and New Hampshire ranks twentieth. The drive took about seven hours each way.
Unrelated Photos:
P.S.
If you're interested in knowing in a general way what it's like to have my job, go here.
6.6.06
30.5.06
Brian, Cameron, my brother and I recorded a new song, "Lunch Time", which took about 4 days to do. It sounds quite good. The instrumentation is:
Acoustic Guitar/Lead vocals/Kung-Fu Hampster: Brian; Bass Guitar: Cameron; Electric guitar/backing vocals: Me, Drums: Mike.
At about 1:40 we managed to integrated the combined reading of page 132 (second paragraph) of several novels into the track. You can listen to or download it right here. If you're Dima, you already have it.
Acoustic Guitar/Lead vocals/Kung-Fu Hampster: Brian; Bass Guitar: Cameron; Electric guitar/backing vocals: Me, Drums: Mike.
At about 1:40 we managed to integrated the combined reading of page 132 (second paragraph) of several novels into the track. You can listen to or download it right here. If you're Dima, you already have it.
28.5.06
Today after a prolonged period of sitting around thinking about how tortureously hot it is outside, and how few clean clothes I had, I realized that a good solution encompassing both of those factors would be to wash my clothes and hang them outside on the line. Yes, the old fashioned way. No lint collectors, no ventilation ducts, no noise, no dryer fires, and most importantly, no electricity expended. Electric clothes dryers take up about five to ten percent of your energy bill. If you hang out your clothes, as I did here...
for the price of a rack, clothesline, and a few of these handy pins, you can dry your laundry using the free power of the Sun. You will save money, exert a little energy of your own, and reduce pollution. Precipitation is the only limiter. In the winter, you can dry your clothes indoors on a small rack, or (carefully) dry them outside. Any high school chemistry student can affirm this. A great resource on hanging out your clothes and links for the necessary accesories is Project Laundry List, a group run by my good friend and activist Alex Lee. Think twice next time you turn on your dryer when it's 80 degrees and sunny. Lastly, here's a picture I took of my self in the bathroom mirror.
PS. The show last night only paid 10 dollars. Time to get a real job.
for the price of a rack, clothesline, and a few of these handy pins, you can dry your laundry using the free power of the Sun. You will save money, exert a little energy of your own, and reduce pollution. Precipitation is the only limiter. In the winter, you can dry your clothes indoors on a small rack, or (carefully) dry them outside. Any high school chemistry student can affirm this. A great resource on hanging out your clothes and links for the necessary accesories is Project Laundry List, a group run by my good friend and activist Alex Lee. Think twice next time you turn on your dryer when it's 80 degrees and sunny. Lastly, here's a picture I took of my self in the bathroom mirror.
PS. The show last night only paid 10 dollars. Time to get a real job.
26.5.06
Yo.
Tomorrow I will be playing the bass guitar with the Brooks Young Band at Milly's Tavern in Manchester. The show starts at 9pm and will feature a lot of John Mayer Trio-sounding blues and funk stuff. Come support the band and get drunk for(if you are 21 or over, of course). The cover is 10$ for -21 and 5$ for 21+ But no one reads this so....
Beatles songs of the day:
1. Tomorrow Never Knows
2. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
3. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
24.5.06
19.5.06
First: anyone who reads this can comment on it down below each entry where, oddly enough, it says "comment". You don't have to be a registered member of anything to do it; please do if you feel so inclined. Insults are appreciated.
Today I played a show with the A&B Wrecking Company (sponsored by Strings and Things Music) for an American Cancer Society event at the New Hampshire Technical Institute, known locally as "the tech", which was still a little flooded.
Of course, they had to have a DJ too, which just created a battle between the band and the DJ as to who was going to make noise when. I ended up sitting in the wind and cold with my bass in hand and my amp politely on "mute" as the theme to "Rocky" (I'm serious) and several other over-played hits from the 1970s were played to get the party started. A word about Disc Jockeys:
I play in a band. I play in several bands. I've done so for many years. In doing so I have carried quite literally, tons of equipment, practiced for weeks, and dealt with many technical problems including, but not limited to: on several occasions not even having electricity and being severly shocked. Being a musician is not easy, and being good a good one is even harder; also you tend to make very little money, and many people want DJs more than they want bands. Today's DJ plugs in his/her laptop, buys a few PA speakers, a microphone, a couple swirly lights, and makes 500 bucks to play "Stand By Me" for 50 year olds who pretend they're still happily married. These DJs for some reason feel that they themselves are somehow specially qualified to download songs off of limewire and operate windows media player. I am a musician, a person with the creative capacity to write and perform music for specific events. I can set up and tear down quickly. I have played with large bands in very small spaces. I am too often told to "please turn it down a little bit" or "do you mind if I make a quick announcement?" The whole while I am expected to smile, act very professional, and wear a collared shirt. At the end, if we're lucky, a group of 5 might get paid as much as the one DJ with a laptop and a disco ball. Have I made the unfairness clear enough? I am a very frustrated person.
Today I played a show with the A&B Wrecking Company (sponsored by Strings and Things Music) for an American Cancer Society event at the New Hampshire Technical Institute, known locally as "the tech", which was still a little flooded.
Of course, they had to have a DJ too, which just created a battle between the band and the DJ as to who was going to make noise when. I ended up sitting in the wind and cold with my bass in hand and my amp politely on "mute" as the theme to "Rocky" (I'm serious) and several other over-played hits from the 1970s were played to get the party started. A word about Disc Jockeys:
I play in a band. I play in several bands. I've done so for many years. In doing so I have carried quite literally, tons of equipment, practiced for weeks, and dealt with many technical problems including, but not limited to: on several occasions not even having electricity and being severly shocked. Being a musician is not easy, and being good a good one is even harder; also you tend to make very little money, and many people want DJs more than they want bands. Today's DJ plugs in his/her laptop, buys a few PA speakers, a microphone, a couple swirly lights, and makes 500 bucks to play "Stand By Me" for 50 year olds who pretend they're still happily married. These DJs for some reason feel that they themselves are somehow specially qualified to download songs off of limewire and operate windows media player. I am a musician, a person with the creative capacity to write and perform music for specific events. I can set up and tear down quickly. I have played with large bands in very small spaces. I am too often told to "please turn it down a little bit" or "do you mind if I make a quick announcement?" The whole while I am expected to smile, act very professional, and wear a collared shirt. At the end, if we're lucky, a group of 5 might get paid as much as the one DJ with a laptop and a disco ball. Have I made the unfairness clear enough? I am a very frustrated person.
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