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TopTue, 30 Jan 2007
Jan 30, 2007, 23:02
[home/music] Yesterday I decided to do a spur-of-the-moment live concert via my webcam (using peercast software). I sent out a bulletin and commented on my closest MySpace friend’s pages. I set the time for 9 p.m. and was especially careful explaining how to not miss it because of time zone differences. It was last minute— so I was suprised to see almost 200 viewers last night. At one point 140 Japanese people were reported to be listening! How cool is that? I’ve already sold two CD’s to people who tuned in last night! And I may have sold more through iTunes (I won’t find out until the end of the month). You know, I’ve just got to say something here; this is so much better than a live gig in a pub. Every time I do these, it is so much work!! I typically have to make the calls and do the schmoozing to find a venue, then advertise it, then lug my gear (piano, mic, speakers, etc) to the location, then play for an audience that really just doesn’t care because they’re there to eat or get drunk. I put up with requests from patrons who have had too much to drink, and then lug everything home at 2 in the morning. But a virtual gig is in my home, on my terms, on my time, and I don’t have to lug equipment around! I often sell more CDs than I do live, and make fans who actually want to visit my web site, sign up for my newsletter, and download my stuff… it’s so much better! What pub out there brings in 200 fans? So I’ll be doing another one soon. I know a lot of North American fans were annoyed that they couldn’t connect, so I’ll try to trouble shoot that problem before the next one. Thanks to the Japanese fans who mirrored my live stream!! ~Jason
Live Concert a Success
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Fri, 12 Jan 2007
Jan 12, 2007, 12:55
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To All The Kids Who Survived
My cousin Melissa Abrams forwarded this to me, and it was so great, I just had to post it to my blog:
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren’t overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD’s, no surround-sound or CD’s, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms… WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU are one of them… CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’t it?!
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
“With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?”
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Tue, 09 Jan 2007
Jan 09, 2007, 14:02
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Baby Rose
Hi friends,
We had our fourth baby, and our second girl last night at 11:22 p.m., Rose Mary Caroline Silver. I’ll try to give all the pertinent details for those women (and some men, I suppose), who like to know:
She weighed 8 lbs, 6 ozs, and was 20 inches long. She has black hair, and is GORGEOUS. Joanne and I went in to the hospital at 8 p.m. last night, with contractions about 2 minutes apart. She would have had the baby in an hour, but she really wanted drugs, so it took a couple of more hours… but she said it was sooo worth it to finally have a baby without so much pain! LOL.
Pictures are coming soon— watch my Flickr page.
Thanks, feel free to spread the word,
~Jason
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Fri, 05 Jan 2007
Jan 05, 2007, 17:02
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New Free Scripts
I decided to give away a few more Perl scripts on my Intelliscript site, including Link Engine, Shopping Cart, Dictionary, and RoomReservation. If you’re interested in any of these free scripts, come on by. Be sure to add the web site’s RSS feed to your blog reader so you know when prices change and there are new updates.
~Jason
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Thu, 04 Jan 2007
Jan 04, 2007, 20:34
[home/music] I made a music video by splicing some old stock footage of trains together
with my live performance on TV (100 Huntley Street) and the sound track from
“Until the Train Comes” on my 12 Girlfriends CD. We played the live thing at a
faster tempo than the recording, so I had to do some fancy editing to make it
work, but the effect is good, I think. Leave a comment!
Music Video!
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