My wife and I are in North Carolina visiting friends and family.  So far, so good.  We’ve been able to catch up with some great friends that we don’t see very often.  And we’re going to spend Thanksgiving with my dad’s side of the family.  It has become our yearly tradition to make the twelve our journey from northern Indiana to south central North Carolina.  It is very interesting how the two sides of the family, or the north and south for that matter, differ in their time management.
When we …

In his recent keynote speech to comment on the state of Microsoft, Steve Balmer said “all consumed content will be digital”.  He mentioned it may take one to five years.  I however, can’t imagine this to be true.  It takes years, sometimes decades, for society to adapt to a new format of anything.  Take cars instead of buggies.  Planes instead of trains.  Cell phones instead of house phones.  Wireless internet instead of no internet.  These are just a few examples, but each transition took years before it was fully instituted …

Independent band Etna Green from northern Indiana is having their CD release party to showcase their debut release, “The Deeper the Roots the Higher the Reach”.  The party is scheduled for December 29th, 2008 at 7pm at Ugly Mugs in South Bend, Indiana.

Sorry it’s been awhile.  I hope everyone is having a great holiday season and spending time with friends and family.
Anyway, I was just browsing this wonderful thing called the World Wide Web the other night and came across an article that Hole frontwoman Courtney Love had written.  She voices many frustrations, the largest of them the way that the RIAA and major labels take advantage of artists.
I think it’s interesting how you have this mainstream rock artist who many people have idolized over the years and she is not happy …