RustedRobot

OK, time to play “guess the picture.” Go ahead and guess. If you get it right, you’ll win nothing except for marginal admiration. Have fun.

I finally managed to re-size, crop and put together a photo slideshow of the recent visit from Sloan, who, may I remind you, are one of our world’s finest live bands. I still don’t think the pictures do much justice of the live experience. You simply have to be there to appreciate the effort these [...]

Yesterday was one of those surreal business travel days where you end up in a haze of travel by late afternoon – planes, trains and automobiles, indeed. One specific event, however, capped it off.
My morning alarm went off at home at 5am, and out the door I went to catch a 7am flight to LaGuardia. [...]

Today is Ray Davies 61st birthday. I’ve told many people who will listen (and that number is ever-dwindling) that I believe Ray Davies is without question the most underrated songwriter of all time and that I will match his pre-1975 songwriting talents up, song-for-song, against anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Davies ability to shine lyrical light on both [...]

Inspired by a post on Ken Norton’s Blog, here are some things I would have written about had blogging been around in college (1989-1994):
- Rage Against The Machine is so overrated.
- Why I have to hear “Brown Eyed Girl” every time I go to a bar.
- Why only 800-1000 people show up to a Div. [...]

Wednesday night found your devoted robot servant driving all over the state in search of fun. First it was a trip to the Geek Boutique, Maynard’s mom-and-pop computer store, staffed by friendly, knowledgeable guys and gals. I always try to support the local businesses, so I relied on them to help me pick out a [...]

So, word comes out of the jolly U.K. that Pink Floyd will be reuniting for the big Live8 concert being held this summer. It’s not a true reunion, for Syd Barrett remains in the womb-like place where Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are on their way to (start the arm flailing and cue the crazy-bird [...]