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I’ve added some more stuff to the Nitro Music Scene section of the site. I added an issue of the Cornzine (a local ‘zine produced by Dana White, now available online) from September, 1995 in the News Articles section of the site. The issue is located at the bottom of the existing articles. Included in this issue are articles about the scene, some pictures of some of my old friends within the scene and even a couple pictures of me.

I’ve also included some various …read more »

So we saw Chevelle and Finger Eleven at Pop’s last night and they were awesome. Finger Eleven did not disappoint; they played most of the good stuff off all their older albums and only the good stuff off the new album. Luckily my …read more »

Wow. I bought the newest Finger Eleven album the day after it was released and I’m just…depressed. It’s soooo different from their earlier stuff that it’s as if they’re a different band. Don’t get me wrong, change is good but a complete departure to an obviously radio-friendly record is on the verge of selling out. I’m just not sure that this change is for the better. I guess I might just have to get used to the “new” Finger Eleven which is now at about one degree of separation from emo. I loved the first two album (I like heavy music) and, after some listening, the third album really grew on me. Although it wasn’t as heavy it was still well-written but this new album…man, I just can’t bring myself to like more than four songs. Even those songs I don’t love, I just kinda like them.

Maybe I just need to …read more »

This is so metal…

So after replacing my cordless phone, two visits from the phone company to test lines, and hours and hours of testing, troubleshooting, and research, it looks like I’m back online again. After finally switching to another channel on my wireless router (after going through four of them in all) I’ve been connected for over 48 hours straight. This comes as a huge relief after over two weeks of fighting with this problem. In the end I’m glad it’s over and, if nothing else, I’ve learned a little bit in the process. Right now I think one of my neighbors got a wireless router within the past two weeks that was possibly interfering with not only my wireless router but maybe even my cordless phone.

We also now have a wii. We were walking into Toys R Us today to buy Orson a Thomas train table when Traci spotted a guy walking out with one. She asked the clerk …read more »

The Internet connection has been up for 36 hours now without interruption. The site was offline for 24 hours while I was testing my connection and it never dropped once. The router and the site have been back online for 12 hours without issue so far; however, this suggests I might have an issue with the wireless access point built into the router. Turns out swapping modems made no difference; it all seems to be tied to the wireless access point.

So, now that I seem to have isolated the problem …read more »