Monday, April 28, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Introducing Jack Anthony Bugeja!!!!!!
This is my new nephew Jack born to my sister Jessica and her boyfriend Dave Bugeja this afternoon. If that is not the face of a future rocker I don't know what is.
Friday, September 07, 2007
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Report Card
At the end of May I finished up my first semester back at college in 12 years. The classes I took were "Composition II", "Music History II", and "Modern Social Problems".
Although it took a little while to get acclimated to being back in college classes I ended up with two A's and an A- for my final grades. I was shooting for B's in the three classes being that I hadn't actually taken any classes for so long but I happily accepted the 3.9 GPA for the semester.
June 12th I start my summer class "Introduction To Logic". Should be a blast.
Although it took a little while to get acclimated to being back in college classes I ended up with two A's and an A- for my final grades. I was shooting for B's in the three classes being that I hadn't actually taken any classes for so long but I happily accepted the 3.9 GPA for the semester.
June 12th I start my summer class "Introduction To Logic". Should be a blast.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Getting It Together
I am going to start updating this blog page regularly once again. Now I know that all of you are thinking to yourselves "Bullshit! How many times is this asshole going to tell me that" but it's true this time. I think.
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Back To School!
Tomorrow is my first day of college classes in 13 years. I am kind of nervous and excited at the same time. It will be kind of weird being one of the "Old People" in my classes but I am looking forward to the challenge of college classes again.
The classes I have taken are "Music Appreciation II", "Modern Sociological Problems", and "Composition II". I am hoping that I haven't taken too many classes this semester as I will definately be going through a "re-acclamation of college" period. I am assuming that the "Music Appreciation II" class will be fairly easy for me.
Anyway now that the holidays are over I will be updating both this blog and my main music site frequently again. Check back regularly for stories of my zany college adventures.
The classes I have taken are "Music Appreciation II", "Modern Sociological Problems", and "Composition II". I am hoping that I haven't taken too many classes this semester as I will definately be going through a "re-acclamation of college" period. I am assuming that the "Music Appreciation II" class will be fairly easy for me.
Anyway now that the holidays are over I will be updating both this blog and my main music site frequently again. Check back regularly for stories of my zany college adventures.
Monday, December 25, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
Baby Nicholas Has Arrived!
I know it has been a long time since I have updated this blog and my regular website.
I am sorry for being so late with the announcement but for those of you who don't know Nicholas David Archer was born on October 12th. He was 8 lbs, 15 ozs and 20 1/2 inches long.
Jackie ended up having Nicholas by C-Section but both Jackie and Nicholas are doing great.
I will post more about everything in a couple of days.
Here is one of my favorite pictures of Nicholas. Aunt Jessica bought him his Hendrix onesie.
I am sorry for being so late with the announcement but for those of you who don't know Nicholas David Archer was born on October 12th. He was 8 lbs, 15 ozs and 20 1/2 inches long.
Jackie ended up having Nicholas by C-Section but both Jackie and Nicholas are doing great.
I will post more about everything in a couple of days.
Here is one of my favorite pictures of Nicholas. Aunt Jessica bought him his Hendrix onesie.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Baby Nicholas
Tomorrow night Jackie and I go to the hospital to start inducing Jackie's labor. Nicholas should be born sometime on Thursday, October 5th.
The next post on this blog will be the first pictures of the "post-womb" Nicholas Archer.
The next post on this blog will be the first pictures of the "post-womb" Nicholas Archer.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Finally An Update.
Finally an update.
My back surgery went well and I am in the midst of recovery. I can only lift 5 pounds or less so I have to be careful what I lift around the house. It's been hard on me to not be able to touch a guitar in so long. Every day seems to get a little better though.
Baby Nicholas should be making his grand entrance into the world sometime within the next three weeks. We had the baby shower for Jackie's family yesterday. We received a lot of great things for him. Thanks again everybody. We had the first baby shower for my side of the family a couple of days before I went under the knife. Nicholas has received a lot of great books. My cousin Kevin, his wife Andi, and their children Owen and Liam sent us some really nice books for Nicholas a couple of days ago. Thanks Again.
I'm glad that I have recovered enough to where I will be able to be at the hospital when Nicholas is born. I was afraid that I might not be able to be there. I may have to sit a lot of the time but I will be there.
That's about it for breaking news I'm afraid. I will post again soon, I promise.
My back surgery went well and I am in the midst of recovery. I can only lift 5 pounds or less so I have to be careful what I lift around the house. It's been hard on me to not be able to touch a guitar in so long. Every day seems to get a little better though.
Baby Nicholas should be making his grand entrance into the world sometime within the next three weeks. We had the baby shower for Jackie's family yesterday. We received a lot of great things for him. Thanks again everybody. We had the first baby shower for my side of the family a couple of days before I went under the knife. Nicholas has received a lot of great books. My cousin Kevin, his wife Andi, and their children Owen and Liam sent us some really nice books for Nicholas a couple of days ago. Thanks Again.
I'm glad that I have recovered enough to where I will be able to be at the hospital when Nicholas is born. I was afraid that I might not be able to be there. I may have to sit a lot of the time but I will be there.
That's about it for breaking news I'm afraid. I will post again soon, I promise.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
A Date With The Knife & Happy Belated Birthday Terrie
I am getting my back cut tomorrow so I will not be too active for the next month or so. If you send me any e-mail please understand if it takes me awhile to get back to you.
Also Happy Belated Birthday Terrie. I'm sorry I didn't post it up here sooner.
Also Happy Belated Birthday Terrie. I'm sorry I didn't post it up here sooner.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Happy Birthday Aaron!
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Rest In Peace Syd Barrett
I found out today that Syd Barrett died a couple of days ago. Syd Barrett was the founder of Pink Floyd and one of the greatest songwriters and musicians of all time.
Syd Barrett's influence on myself as a guitarist is immense. The originality and inventiveness that he brought to guitar playing was truly amazing. His songwriting was equally as beautiful.
Although he left Pink Floyd before they recorded their second album they would have never existed without Syd Barrett. There would be no "Dark Side Of The Moon", or "Wish You Were Here", or "The Wall".
Today is a very sad day for me.
Syd Barrett's influence on myself as a guitarist is immense. The originality and inventiveness that he brought to guitar playing was truly amazing. His songwriting was equally as beautiful.
Although he left Pink Floyd before they recorded their second album they would have never existed without Syd Barrett. There would be no "Dark Side Of The Moon", or "Wish You Were Here", or "The Wall".
Today is a very sad day for me.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Greetings From Paradise - Pt. 4
This is day 5 of mine and Jackie's vacation up in Paradise. We really haven't done very much. Jackie has read 500,000 books and I have spent 500,000 thousand hours playing with the shortwave radio.
I have heard pirate broadcasts on the shortwave everynight since we have been up here with the exception of Friday night. Pirate broadcasts are broadcasts that are transmitted illegally by unlicensed broadcasters. Below is a list of the pirate stations Jackie and I have heard.
Saturday Night
MAC Shortwave
Sunday Night
Pirate Radio Boston
The Crystal Ship (playing 60's songs)
Mystery Radio
Monday Night
WMPR (playing dance music)
The Crystal Ship (playing 80's songs this time)
Mystery Radio
Tuesday Night
Unidentified station
MAC Shortwave (playing 50's and early 60's songs, then TV themes from the 60's)
Also yesterday afternoon I heard my first "numbers" station on the shortwave. No one quite knows what the "numbers" stations are but the general assumption among shortwave people is that the "numbers" stations are stations that are broadcasting coded messages to low level spies in foreign countries. These stations feature a man or woman (or occasionally a computer voice) repeating a series of numbers over and over again. The transmissions can be in any language. The "numbers" station I heard yesterday had a woman reading the numbers in spanish. I recorded a portion of the "numbers" broadcast on my microcassette recorder. I will probably post the recording up on one of my webpages when I get home. I have been wanting to hear a "numbers" station for so long. It was great to finally hear one.
I also brought my Martin acoustic guitar up here with the intention of recording some demos for my Country/Bluegrass side project "Spooky Garcia". "Spooky Garcia" is a collaboration between Rob Scheys and myself. So far I have not done much in the way of songwriting up here.
Last but not least I have e-mailed Allen Weiner who is the general manager of the shortwave station WBCQ about buying airtime from the station so I can produce my own radio show. If I did produce a radio show I have three ideas for the type of show it would be.
Idea #1 - A radio show in which I feature the original music that I write and record along with the music that I have created with other bands such as Tonto Savalas, The Buddha All-Stars, House Music, Spooky Garcia, Ect.
Idea #2 - A radio show in which I feature the 1920's and 30's country, bluegrass, blues, and folk music that I have been collecting over the last 15 years.
Idea #3 - A talk radio show in which I talk about anything and I have Jackie's cousin Joe Miller on as my co-host with cameos from a lot of other people.
The air time on WBCQ is probably going to be too expensive to afford right now with Baby Nicholas on the way but the thought of having my own radio show is very exciting.
I will write more later.
I have heard pirate broadcasts on the shortwave everynight since we have been up here with the exception of Friday night. Pirate broadcasts are broadcasts that are transmitted illegally by unlicensed broadcasters. Below is a list of the pirate stations Jackie and I have heard.
Saturday Night
MAC Shortwave
Sunday Night
Pirate Radio Boston
The Crystal Ship (playing 60's songs)
Mystery Radio
Monday Night
WMPR (playing dance music)
The Crystal Ship (playing 80's songs this time)
Mystery Radio
Tuesday Night
Unidentified station
MAC Shortwave (playing 50's and early 60's songs, then TV themes from the 60's)
Also yesterday afternoon I heard my first "numbers" station on the shortwave. No one quite knows what the "numbers" stations are but the general assumption among shortwave people is that the "numbers" stations are stations that are broadcasting coded messages to low level spies in foreign countries. These stations feature a man or woman (or occasionally a computer voice) repeating a series of numbers over and over again. The transmissions can be in any language. The "numbers" station I heard yesterday had a woman reading the numbers in spanish. I recorded a portion of the "numbers" broadcast on my microcassette recorder. I will probably post the recording up on one of my webpages when I get home. I have been wanting to hear a "numbers" station for so long. It was great to finally hear one.
I also brought my Martin acoustic guitar up here with the intention of recording some demos for my Country/Bluegrass side project "Spooky Garcia". "Spooky Garcia" is a collaboration between Rob Scheys and myself. So far I have not done much in the way of songwriting up here.
Last but not least I have e-mailed Allen Weiner who is the general manager of the shortwave station WBCQ about buying airtime from the station so I can produce my own radio show. If I did produce a radio show I have three ideas for the type of show it would be.
Idea #1 - A radio show in which I feature the original music that I write and record along with the music that I have created with other bands such as Tonto Savalas, The Buddha All-Stars, House Music, Spooky Garcia, Ect.
Idea #2 - A radio show in which I feature the 1920's and 30's country, bluegrass, blues, and folk music that I have been collecting over the last 15 years.
Idea #3 - A talk radio show in which I talk about anything and I have Jackie's cousin Joe Miller on as my co-host with cameos from a lot of other people.
The air time on WBCQ is probably going to be too expensive to afford right now with Baby Nicholas on the way but the thought of having my own radio show is very exciting.
I will write more later.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Greetings From Paradise - Pt. 3
Jackie, Harvey (our cat), the still developing Nicholas, and I are up at Jackie's parents beautiful home in Paradise.
I drove up with Jackie's dad Norm this past Friday morning. Jackie and Harvey came up Yesterday morning.
The weather up here has been beautiful. If you are standing in the sun it's about 75 degrees. If you are sitting in the back room with the windows open it's about 60 degrees. It's kinda funny to be covering up with afghans in late June.
After Norm and I got up here we brought all of out stuff in. We relaxed for a couple of minutes then we went by Jackie's Aunt Barb and Uncle Dennis's house down the road. Their house is beautiful as well. We filled the bird feeders and checked out her phone line to see if it worked because her web cam has not been updating. Their phone line was dead. Yesterday was also Dennis's last day of work for GM. Today he starts his retirement. Congratulations Dennis!
When Norm and I got back we set up the Yaesu FRG-8800 shortwave receiver that my friend Ed graciously lent to me a couple of months ago. It is an awesome shortwave receiver and it has always worked great at home so I knew it would work even better up here. After we put the antenna wire out of window and tie wrapped it to the metal antenna tower on the side of the house the Yaesu was working excellent.
One of the interests that I have inherited from Norm is a passion for shortwave radio so we had a lot of fun listening to the Yaesu for the rest of Friday night. We heard the regulars like Radio China International, Radio Japan, Radio Sweden, and Radio Taiwan International (a personal favorite of mine). We also heard harder to receive stations like Radio Ukraine International, Radio Prague, Radio Bulgaria, Radio Budapest, Radio Cairo Egypt, KBS South Korea, Radio Romania International, and All India Radio.
Right before bedtime Norm, Jackie, and I heard "MAC Shortwave" which is a pirate shortwave station coming in with a great signal.
I will write more later in the week.
I drove up with Jackie's dad Norm this past Friday morning. Jackie and Harvey came up Yesterday morning.
The weather up here has been beautiful. If you are standing in the sun it's about 75 degrees. If you are sitting in the back room with the windows open it's about 60 degrees. It's kinda funny to be covering up with afghans in late June.
After Norm and I got up here we brought all of out stuff in. We relaxed for a couple of minutes then we went by Jackie's Aunt Barb and Uncle Dennis's house down the road. Their house is beautiful as well. We filled the bird feeders and checked out her phone line to see if it worked because her web cam has not been updating. Their phone line was dead. Yesterday was also Dennis's last day of work for GM. Today he starts his retirement. Congratulations Dennis!
When Norm and I got back we set up the Yaesu FRG-8800 shortwave receiver that my friend Ed graciously lent to me a couple of months ago. It is an awesome shortwave receiver and it has always worked great at home so I knew it would work even better up here. After we put the antenna wire out of window and tie wrapped it to the metal antenna tower on the side of the house the Yaesu was working excellent.
One of the interests that I have inherited from Norm is a passion for shortwave radio so we had a lot of fun listening to the Yaesu for the rest of Friday night. We heard the regulars like Radio China International, Radio Japan, Radio Sweden, and Radio Taiwan International (a personal favorite of mine). We also heard harder to receive stations like Radio Ukraine International, Radio Prague, Radio Bulgaria, Radio Budapest, Radio Cairo Egypt, KBS South Korea, Radio Romania International, and All India Radio.
Right before bedtime Norm, Jackie, and I heard "MAC Shortwave" which is a pirate shortwave station coming in with a great signal.
I will write more later in the week.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Miranda Miller
Here is a picture of the beautiful newly born Miranda Miller. Congratulations to Joe and Alida.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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