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Calvin Johnson, Old Time Relijun, Karl Blau, and Monotonix

2008-04-20T22:40:00.000-05:00

Head on over to the Dub Narcotic Dot Org Vimeo Channel for the latest in basement garbage-can rock video (see Monotonix). I will be updating the YouTube channel sometime soon. Calvin Johnson @ The Co-Prosperity Sphere (2/12/08) Old Time Relijun @ Subterranean (3/19/08) Karl Blau @ Ronny's (3/22/08) Monotonix @ Empty Bottle (3/28/08)

crowdSPRING is alive!

2008-03-04T10:03:00.006-06:00

I am very happy to announce the fact that I have been working as a founding team member at a stellar early-stage startup in Chicago since November of 2007. crowdSPRING is a global marketplace for digital creative services and today we launched our closed beta, as well as a public project -- design our homepage! I am very honored to be working with a bright and focused team and I am very happy to

I Have Officially Lost Faith in Facebook

2008-02-15T00:40:00.006-06:00

Below is an email I just received from Facebook. Social News for February 14, 2008 Here is what your friends think about... ... your strengths: #4 person who can drink the most #6 best scientist #8 best to hang out with for a day ... your weaknesses: #27 most outgoing #28 most famous (#number represents your ranking among your friends in certain category) Click here to see your full list

Interesting Olympia Street Art

2007-12-07T00:23:00.001-06:00

CIMG4319 Originally uploaded by dreamsjungEven Mayor Daley should be impressed. Free the spray paint ban in Chicago already!

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

2007-11-25T20:07:00.000-06:00

The new Ghostbusters Video Game looks very interesting. I am considering bumping up my restoration to Spring of 2008, pending a loan. Exciting times!

Old Time Relijun Video for “Daemon Meeting”

2007-11-18T22:45:00.000-06:00

I was stuck indoors this weekend due to a flu / cold thing, so I decided to make a stop-motion crayonimation video for Old Time Relijun’s “Daemon Meeting”, enjoy. Old Time Relijun - "Daemon Meeting" from Chad Paulson on Vimeo.

Disco Vinyl Video

2007-10-24T03:03:00.000-05:00

The below quote is taken from the profile of an interesting YouTube channel I recently discovered. "Thanks to some of you whom have peaked my interest in discovering new music (ie. requests). The records are my husbands. They are very new to me as I've just started to pull them off the shelves after years of storage. I have always loved disco but have never really known about many of the

Dub Narcotic Update

2007-10-20T23:39:00.000-05:00

Dubnarcotic.org is almost here, until then please subscribe to the DubNarcoticDotOrg YouTube Channel. I'm currently in the middle of migrating several sites from our old dedicated server to a new one, among other things.

Bryce Panic, Old Time Relijun, Monotonix, and Calvin Johnson

2007-10-05T02:07:00.000-05:00

What a night! My ears are still buzzing. Tonight was one of the most amazing nights of live music I've ever witnessed in Chicago ...the universe even. Chicago native Anni Rossi played a very warm and upbeat opening set. If I had enough tape on hand, I would have taped her performance, but sadly I only had a tape and a half. Bryce Panic played a very energetic, yet brief set. Old Time

o -{K}- tober in Chicago

2007-09-27T22:05:00.000-05:00

The BlowOct 1, 2007 - Empty Bottle $12 (all ages)Old Time RelijunOct 4, 2007 - Ronny's Bar<

Hi! My Desk

2007-09-15T17:50:00.000-05:00

Things that were on my desk on Saturday, September 15, 2007.

New Flipper Album

2007-09-12T19:35:00.000-05:00

Flipper has been working on a new album which should arrive this month. The first news of the new record was back in May of 2007 when Noveselic appeared as a guest on Mike Watt's podcast, The Watt From Pedro Show, and announced that he was working on a new studio album with Flipper which should arrive sometime in the fall of 2007. After reading his blog, it seems that Jack Endino just finished

Happy Birthday K!

2007-09-12T19:24:00.000-05:00

Asthmatic Kitty Records is celebrating K Records' 25th birthday with a series of articles on their website (to be published soon). To kick things off, they made this wonderful K birthday cake.

GhostCaps: Busy Day

2007-09-11T03:11:00.001-05:00

Courtesy of Jon Wilcox @ GhostCaps.

Hi! My Desk.

2007-09-11T01:34:00.000-05:00

Things that were on my desk at 1:21 AM CST, September 11, 2007.

Look Ma, I'm on TV Seven Years Ago!

2007-08-31T01:42:00.000-05:00

This week has been really busy, yet relaxed and nostalgic all at the same time. I have been so busy working since February, when I moved to a new place in April I never really had the chance to unpack my room and get situated (in fact, I have a long way yet to go). Anyway, I found my boxes of vinyl and began unpacking, which led to listening, which spawned the inspiration to buy this. Looking

The Simple Things

2007-08-26T00:51:00.000-05:00

Vinyl, oatmeal, textmate, subversion, and the Wii. What more do you need?

Skype Operational Again

2007-08-17T11:33:00.000-05:00

After a very public period of downtime that lasted several hours, it looks like Skype is back and fully operational. Looking forward to the source of the issue. Could it be this published DoS exploit?

Novafox!

2007-08-08T17:22:00.001-05:00

My dog, Nova, does her best to imitate the Firefox logo while I work.

Mario vs. Bowser Illustration

2007-08-05T06:44:00.000-05:00

I thought I would share this. Above is an illustration in which a Warp Pipe community member inked. If you like what you see, I encourage you to digg it.

Safari 3 Beta & iPhone Firmware Updates

2007-07-31T20:55:00.000-05:00

Just released. Safari 3 no longer seems to hang in Gmail (I was one step away from uninstalling Safari 3 and going back to 2, it was driving me nuts). It also seems that the iPhone firmware update (which, according to Apple, is comprised solely of "Bug Fixes") makes application switching and sleep / wake functions speedier. Who knows, it could all be perception. I'm just glad Safari 3 and

Wiiminder Update

2007-07-20T12:35:00.000-05:00

Just a brief note, Wiiminder has been updated and is now fully compatible with the latest version of the Wii Internet Channel. The update improves overall stability, adds the ability to scroll tabbed content while zoomed in, and fixes a glitch which caused the auto-hide interface to disappear. Be sure to keep an eye peeled for some exciting things coming from Warp Pipe in the not so distant

Apple Store Update

2007-07-17T05:06:00.000-05:00

A testament to my current work / (lack of) sleep schedule, I am up and at it at 5am and, to my surprise, I notice the online Apple store is being updated. Perhaps they are doing maintenance or adding some trivial items (iPhone accessories, etc). I'm interested to see if this is the much rumored 12'' MacBook Pro update I've been waiting for. I love my trusty 12'' PowerBook and I would love a

Pownce: Instant Messaging for Exhibitionists?

2007-07-07T19:05:00.000-05:00

So I received my Pownce invite today. I'm not sure what to think yet. Seems like a cocktail with equal parts digg, twitter, blog comments, evite, and a traditional instant messaging platform... shaken, not stirred, of course. I wouldn't be surprised if marketplace / craigslist-like functionality was added by the end of the year.

Calvin Johnson @ South Union Arts

2007-07-02T09:05:00.000-05:00

I was fortunate enough to see Calvin Johnson play a great set on Friday. The show was mostly comprised of songs from his recent solo records. However, there were a few surprises thrown into the mix, including a very slow / lounge-like rendition of Dub Narcotic Sound System's "Teenage Time Bomb". Calvin also played one of my favorite songs, the Halo Benders' epic "Lonesome Sundown", which