i·me·michael

Independent music, and the bloggers that make it.
Doc is looking for some help promoting his band Conquistador. They have a new album out (you can check out some tracks at mp3.com) and want to generate a little blogging buzz. I say no problem. I’ve seen them perform and I thought they were great. So help [...]

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I just heard John Entwistle has died in Vegas.
Shame. Good bass player, good band.

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From the “What were they thinking?” department.
Rollerball
Why are they even trying to sell the DVD?

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As the Sam & Dave tour rolls along it’s fun to read some of the interviews.
Dave has not changed one iota, and still seems to be in the throes of ADHD. It somehow seems less endearing and more “Ha, ha, look at the silly monkey” now. For Dave it’s still about more bang for your [...]

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If followed carefully, this formula should ease suffering and speed us all along on our paths to enlightenment.

3 Quarters
2 Dimes
1 Nickel
4 Pennies

With that you can make whatever change you need to in life.

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The current furor over the San Francisco 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitultional is a bit funny. It’s already become a highly charged political and religious debate.
I don’t see this as removing God from our society. There are some instances where its use is purely banal, but [...]

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“It’s going to to cost you like a hundred and twenty dollars,” he said in this faded, unplaceable, european accent.
“WHAT?!”, I responded—shock and disbelief on my face.
I had been petting their free-roaming, friendly dog, waiting patiently behind other customers, and now it was my turn at the counter and I just wanted to have some [...]

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Dan opens the the Hivelogic Showroom, and introduces POSTMASTER to the masses. Centrally hosted for now, but desktop and locally hosted versions coming in the future.

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I had a 1973 Riviera boattail, 455-4 barrel. The thing would scream from a standing start, and burn rubber if you floored the gas. Nothing got away from me.
And it was in this car that we, my two best friends and I, found ourselves tailing a limo headed from Nassau Coliseum into Manhattan. The limo [...]

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psst…
You got photoshop 6?

I started making some grungy brushes and figured I’d share. You interested?
imm_grunge.zip
Oh, and talk about a brush fetish — VBRUSH

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