Game Time!

Ok, time for some friday fun. The game is called "WTF?"
Here's how you play:

1. Look at the cropped photo below
2. Figure out what the rest of the picture is based on the clues
3. Scroll down to see the entire photo
4. Jump up and and down with joy, because this game was so much fun!

Today's clue:
What is going on to cause this grown man to make this face?

• Elephant stepped on his foot?
• Bull horn up the ass?
• Shouting at his kid in a football game?

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Oh....it was the "Oh Shit! I-just-clocked-you-in-the-face-with-my-ice-skate-causing-a-huge-laceration-requiring surgery-but-the-camera-is-gonna-have-a-great-shot-up-your-ass" face!

My 13 seconds of fame...

In today's issue of Billboard Magazine, they published a quote from me about the whole Audible Spectrum debacle...
Read for your self!

BILKING OF THE BANDS
January 20, 2007

Pay-To-Play Scam Booker Diversifies Despite Setbacks
EVIE NAGY

The practice of charging bands for stage time, known as "pay to play," can lead young bands into risky investments. But some bookers remain persistent regardless.

In an earlier report ("Pay to Get Played," Billboard, Oct. 21, 2006), Audible Spectrum Records, a third-party booking agency in New Jersey, was found to be charging bands up to $350 per show, promising services and opportunities that were never delivered. In addition to promotional support, Audible Spectrum enticed bands with the chance to win performance slots at high-profile events, including a movie release party for New Line Cinema's "Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny"—an event with which Audible Spectrum was confirmed to have no agreement or affiliation.

As a result of the Billboard story, the Knitting Factory in New York canceled all subsequent concerts booked with Audible Spectrum, according to venue GM Shay Vishawadia. Four of Audible Spectrum's booking agents resigned in November, citing the high frequency of band complaints, which they felt they were not given leverage to address. A former Audible Spectrum employee says a number of bands have requested refunds for scheduled shows or for past events that were poorly organized.

"The bands were very discouraged," the source says. "There was very little follow-up after their credit cards were run."

Kristen Meiser of New Jersey band American Halo says she has left numerous messages for Audible Spectrum CEO Dan Gargano, but has yet to receive a refund for a Nov. 4 Battle of the Bands event. Meiser says the concert was a logistical nightmare, during which some bands ended up without a performance slot.

"It was utter confusion up until the first band played," she says, adding that many bands told fans not to come because they didn't know if they'd be playing. "I only made $30 back out of $200" that was paid in advance to Audible Spectrum, she says. According to the former employee, there were no judges present at the event, and an Audible Spectrum agent was asked to choose winners after the fact based on digital tracks posted online at MySpace.

These setbacks, however, have not seemed to deter Gargano from moving forward with his business plan. In November, Audible Spectrum launched getthedoit.com, a social-networking site that allows bands to post profiles and receive instant feedback on their tracks from visitors. Within the first month, the site received approximately 2 million hits and 42,000 registrants, according to the former employee. Gargano "sent blast e-mails telling bands that if they registered, the band that got the most votes by Jan. 1 would win $100,000," the source says. "It was pure bullshit." Gargano did not return calls for comment.

As of Jan. 5, Audible Spectrum's Web site said the Battle of the Bands finals were to be held Jan. 6 at the Maritime Hotel Hiro Ballroom in New York. However, the ballroom's special events coordinator, Tamara Paschall, says the event was never on the venue's calendar, and three participating bands say they are still waiting for information. "In December I called [Gargano] constantly for details, and he never answered," says Dan Grossberg of New Jersey band Dead Letter Box. "On Dec. 27 we finally got an e-mail saying the finals were being postponed."

Meiser isn't surprised. "I was just appalled at all the lies they told each and every band that played or were supposed to play" in the earlier round, she says. "I received an e-mail from [Audible Spectrum's] customer service that I would get a check in the mail. So I'm still waiting for it, but I'll only be content if it actually cashes."

missing and creepy

so i havent posted in a while.
main reason - lost my login information and was too lazy to go through the recovery bs.

but im back, and i have a creepy website for you to help with your kids next birthday.
http://www.mytwinn.com
Enjoy!

Get yer' boots!!

So it's been a while since I posted.
That's how exciting my life has been. Well that's not exactly true. I've just been super busy with band stuff, home stuff, work stuff. Just found out earlier in the week that I'll be in Charlotte, NC one week from Saturday. Now that I think about it, it'll be nice to be away from home for a little while.
My relationship with my gf is getting ridiculous. I thought it was over one night. Made up for a few hours. Then blew into a no-hold-barred argument the next morning.

It's getting real tiresome. I just wish I didn't care so much about her to leave her.

In other fun news, our studio is getting flooded. Yea, with nasty-ass stank water, dripping from some pipe in a hallway, about 40 feet away. I created an animated slide show to demonstrate the water's path through the hallway, settling as a puddle outside the northern wall of our studio. How do I know it was northern? Because I used a compass. Or I just made it up. Doesn't matter, it's not pertinant to the story.
As a result of this mess, and our landlords refusal to do anything, we have decided to look elsewhere. I think we found a great spot, in Clifton (Whoo Hoo for me!!) that is very CLEAN, organized, and straight-forward. The landlord, Dave Lecsinsky, is a real cool dude, covered in tatts, and is a real personable guy. He used to play drums in the metal band, Hades of Metal Blade Records.

So hopefully within a month, we'll be settled in on a new spot, no matter where it is, with a 7 song EP complete, stirring interest from indie labels. Thats the plan, anyways.

Whoops!

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Truth proved to be stranger than fiction for a high school criminology class investigating a fake crime scene when the students discovered a real body during a field trip....

This is like the time I was walking around the office, and everyone thought the poo in my hand was something I had picked up the Magic Shop on the corner....


...only there's no magic shop on the corner. Ha! Joke's on them!

Should've been a plumber...

So I was just standing there. Alone. Just me and the toilet at work.

I had just finished pissing when I thought back to the other times I wore pants like this without underwear. “Better make sure I get it all out,” I thought to myself, squeezing every last drop. As I chewed my Orbit gum, I remembered last time I didn’t get every drop out. I left the restroom with a bellybutton sized wet mark in the crotch region of the pants. If only I had some sort of shame in this company, I might have felt a tiny bit embarrassed. I felt quite the opposite, almost proud. “Look at my pee spot!” shouted my stride, as I marched back to my cubicle.
But this time was different. I wasn’t about to give my coworkers the pleasure of staring at my would-be embarrassment. So I plugged the pee-hole with my gum.

Now it feels funny…

NHL's New Image

Depressing...just depressing...