I had three clients who needed Ruby on Rails applications running on their Dreamhost accounts. No big deal, I thought, since Dreamhost has supported Rails applications for quite some time and they were instrumental in developing Passenger.

Well, was I in for a surprise.

Monday, August 4th, 2008

It was my first time at a Radiohead show.  Very nifty stuff.  Colleen came, too.  We hung out with Andy Graham and Josiah Ley out on the green.  The show itself was great, but alas, since we were on the lawn at the amphitheater, it wasn’t quite as energetic as I’d hoped.  Not Radiohead’s fault, of course.

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.

- H.P. Lovecraft (Chapter 1, Call of the Cthulhu)

For a wonderfully snarky time, you need to check out crummychurchsigns.com. I made my first contribution to their collection!

I’m a big fan of fiction. Fantasy, science-fiction, you know, the wild and imaginative stuff. I enjoy the Harry Potter Series, Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narinia, works by Issac Assimov, short stories by Damon Knight, Riverworld series by Philip Jose Farmer, and the younger authors like Cory Doctorow…etc, etc.

So when His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman hit the news I thought I might enjoy them, too.

I read Dante’s Inferno when growing up and like most who were assigned it in school, we only read that first part and weren’t assigned the rest of the Divine Comedy. Alas I don’t remember many specifics so I’m curious to dust it off again. But this article I just read put a different spin on it and made me want to read the whole thing Dante wrote. Take this quote:

When it comes down to it, though, the real problem modern readers have with [third section about heaven] is the idea of heaven itself. T.S. Eliot noted almost 80 years ago that “we have (whether we know it or not) a prejudice against beatitude as material for poetry.”

I admire Radiohead. You may not. It’s actually becoming chic to “hate” them. I guess that’s inevitable in this day and age. Popularity is meant to be scorned. Anyway, for the lovers out there, you might find this article interesting.

Sunday, December 30th, 7pm @ Musica. $8 at the door.

I’ll be opening for Need to Breathe (a band from South Carolina, I believe) and Baby Bear, some local band that I just found out about (doesn’t sound too bad!). Should be a fun night. $8 cover. Would have posted this earlier, but I just became a father. I know, that’s no excuse. :-)

Wow, this is a good day for my music. Another podcast also featured my music today in their lineup. Radio Orphans Podcast put Spit and Polish into their mix. It fit in well. :-)

They even gave me props at the end of the podcast, “What a great combination of electronic beats and the acoustic guitar, great songwriting. Yeah, he’s got a funny website: wavethenavel.com.”

Thanks guys! I’m honored. Great podcast, too.

Check out this episode to hear Spit and Polish along with other great music!

Paul of the Indy Music Sampler kindly contacted me via myspace about including Mystery Maiden on his weekly show. Sweet! I hadn’t heard of the podcast before, but I really dig it. Great selection of music. He seems pretty picky about choosing quality songs with quality songwriting…which makes his selection of my music a wise choice, no? Seriously, I am flattered. Thanks Paul!

Check out the podcast episode I am featured in. You can also subscribe to the podcast for regular indie music consumption.

Enjoy!