And so this is Christmas...

Before the Music Dies



The record business is dying, but the music business is alive and well.

What everyone owns, no one owns

I've been researching for a presentation I have to give tomorrow on Marxism, and happened to run across this article.

What's wrong with saying "Merry Christmas" or calling green things with lights "Christmas trees"? When those phrases are said, I along with most people probably tend to think about American traditions of gifts and decorations rather than the Reason for the Season (or this). The connotations aren't necessarily entirely Biblical. If Santa Claus had anything to do with any specific religion, he'd be out the door too.

I guess I'm just saying that it won't be long until the day itself won't be called Christmas, but The Holiday or something. I'm all for fairly representing all religions and all forms of celebrations, I just think that what people are shying away from is more of an American tradition.

What would an eight foot menorah look like anyway?

Tracking has begun...

I woke up at 8:34am this morning. "Sounds good," you say. "Not bad for a college stoodent," says another. Well, let me tell you that it is in fact bad, considering that I had a Physics of Sound final exam that actually started at 8:00am. Oops.

It's been a long time coming, but this past weekend we finally began recording for the next CD. It looks as though there will be somewhere around 12 songs, hopefully with something for everyone.

Here is where we tracked drums.

In other news, I opened our big brown trash can that sits beside our house only to find a raging half lion / half horse creature eating our leftovers. That scared me.

Answer key: "stoodent" = "student"