I’m 26 today, and we celebrated like:

Thanks guys.

Well it was only a matter of time, but a lot of people (mostly from Maine, like me) are really really happy about this.

(Dave Gutter’s (left) signature megaphone performance during “Smoke”. Spencer – right – in awe.)

Rustic Overtones are back, and more importantly, they are going to rock a show in Ithaca at the Haunt (4/4/08).

I last saw these guys perform a half-hearted set at Cornell many years ago. Minus 1/3 of the original members. I left disappointed to say the least. This came about a year after they performed at The Haunt in one of the best sounding, worst attended Rustic shows I’ve been to. Which came a year or so after I left Maine for the college life at IC, and missed a ton of awesomeness with the band I grew up idolizing. ripple dissolve to...
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This is quite unsolicited (meaning that Propellerhead by never asked me to do this, nor do I wish to stir up trouble with such a fine shop) but the Reason icon had it comin’….

*the Reason 3.0 Icon (aka, dock killer) before I touched it up*

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A little music trivia on this Leap Day?

A friend recently posed an intriguing bit of Beatles trivia to a group of us. We were gathered to watch Julie Taymor’s, Across the Universe, an excellent collection of Beatles classics tied into a compelling (if a little contrived) story of love, war, drama, and of course, music! Here is the trivia question:

What of the plethora of Beatles’ songs start out with the exact words in their title, and in addition, start exclusively with vocals?

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 Big thanks to Jon up in ‘cuse who provided the drums. The band is complete, expect our first album next week…or the week after.

Casey dropped a beat that made Ringo look like…well, himself.