Archive for September, 2006

George Hrab *is* Mur Lafferty's Man in the Boat

Posted by Lance on 14th September , 2006

Our huge home town annual event, Musikfest, has come and gone a few weeks back. My friend Jon turned me on to an amazing musician and lyricist, George Hrab, with his excellent philosofunky band the Geologic Orchestra in tow. Awesome night – instant fan. Geo’s show was the highlight of my Musikfest 2006, even considering [...]

Back to the Future, with Zack in Tow

Posted by Lance on 12th September , 2006

My wife Heather and I have been digging into our mental hit lists of kid-friendly movies from our growing years. Some of our recent Netflix rentals have included Krull (in all its cheezy glory), The Lost Boys, and a few of the Pink Panther movies. Want to see your 10-yr-old boy rolling around on the [...]

Spiff's WoW-based Jonathan Coulton Music Videos

Posted by Lance on 11th September , 2006

Using captured and choreographed World of Warcraft footage, Mike “Spiff” Booth has created some great music videos for a few of Jonathan Coulton’s funny, geek-centric songs, including “Skullcrusher Mountain” and my absolute favorite, “re: Your Brains”. Check them out on Spiff’s YouTube page, and be sure to visit Jonathan Coulton’s site as well of course, [...]