I'm Back Baby!

After a long wait Adelphia finally finished upgrading their systems to offer cable modem. You know what that means? I FINALLY HAVE BROADBAND AGAIN! :) It also means tgpr.org and joe.tgpr.org are back up! Hooah!

Summer Concert Series: Radiohead

This day started a little early because I was picking up a friend in Amherst, then her friend in Worcester, grabbing dinner, then going to the show, which started at 7:30. It wasn't too bad but the traffic through Worcester and down to the Tweeter center was crazy because of rush hour.

The opening band (the Jicks) were pretty good, and worthy of downloading when I get a chance. They were kindof a mix between Weezer and Radiohead, both of whom I really like.

Radiohead was amazing. They had a ton of energy, and were really into it. They played some great songs, and its just amazing to see how they do some of the effects they do. One of the more "special" moments was when they played Creep, which they havn't played in the US in over 7 years. Not that I'm a huge fan of that song, but it was cool none the less. They had some pretty artistic shots on the video screens, one of the shots showed an Apple laptop they used on stage.

This was the last of my big summer concert series. It was fun and well worth the $200+ (not including 2 $30 concert tee's). We'll see what next year brings.

Summer Concert Series: Jethro Tull

This was fun. It was at Tanglewood, which I havn't been to in years. It was also very obscure and very orchestral. The oddest thing was they were really pushing tee shirt sales. Before the band came on someone came out announcing that they had tee shirts for sale. Then there was an intermission for 20 minutes where the lead singer said they are going to break so you can get some wine and tee shirts. When he came back on stage he said he bought 8 shirts for himself.

All in all it was good show, and something I was glad to have seen.

Guinness

On vacation in Connecticut we found this Irish themed shop with a bunch of Guinness branded merchandise. It was funny because I was wearing my Great Guinness Toast tee shirt at the time, so we got photograph of me with a foam Guinness hat and Guinness glass/candle. It was wicked funny at the time, who knows how funny you'll find it. Here's the photo.