March 2011

There’s just one day left in my Flickr contest. Being a music nerd can win you music. Made by me. For you. flic.kr/p/9sb8pB

Okay, fine, I’ll go see Low three times in one month.

My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Fucked Up (22), Dizzee Rascal (16) & Descendents (15) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Dogtooth is excellent, but somehow the best description I can muster is “Michael Haneke’s Human Centipede”, which just doesn’t seem fair.

Thin Lizzy without Phil always seemed like a bad idea, but holy hell am I glad I saw them tonight. He’s gone but certainly not forgotten.

Have athletic shoes ever been uglier than they are now?

By all means, bring your identity-starved girlfriend accessory to the metal show and clutch each other all night like junior high is ending.

Shamrock Shake, muthafuckas!

To introduce their 2011 Battledecks event, my pals at Mule Design asked me to do a little testimonial video about my past experience with Battledecks, and I’ve decided to turn the product into a contest. It goes like this:

There are fifty-five album covers visible on my screen saver (spanning both screens) in the background of this video. How many can you identify?

Instructions and rules

1. E-mail the list of covers you’ve identified to [rob@robweychert.com](mailto:rob@robweychert.com?subject=Flickr… See more →

My contest will change your life: 1. Watch funny video. 2. Show off music nerd prowess. 3. Win amazing prize. flic.kr/p/9sb8pB

The guy next to me on the bus has his netbook’s screen resolution set to the wrong aspect ratio and I’m starting to twitch.

My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Therapy? (14), Cat Power (14) & Enforcer (10) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

My Philly friends are awesome. I miss them.

Overheard (outside Manhattan Center): “Digital cameras and camcorders are not allowed inside. You will be searched.” Good luck with that.

Of course there was nowhere to go but down after The Wire, but it still kills me that the cast’s work since has been so largely innocuous.

Mixed feelings about Godspeed You Black Emperor tonight. Iffy setlist, but great to hear them live and insanely loud again after so long.

Wrapped up my SXSW by joining in a well-deserved standing ovation for a moving screening of Buck. See you next time, Austin.

How is this legal? “Sorry for the inconvenience”? As if it’s temporary? yfrog.com/gy4aowgj

My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Morphine (26), Shake Appeal (14) & Opeth (8) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Building a dynamic HTML guitar with @shauninman. @ Hampton Inn Downtown gowal.la/c/3JTGn

First time the TSA has taken no notice of the Windhammer belt buckle. @ JFK John F. Kennedy International gowal.la/c/3HXyG

Two Morphine albums’ worth of hand-cut, blank business cards awaiting personalization at SXSW. instagr.am/p/CJQmi

It was worth tomorrow’s dragging ass to stay up past tonight’s bedtime to decipher a great song on the guitar.

My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Minor Threat (26), CIV (16) & The Fagettes (16) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Well, that’s a first. My dream was so lame, it bored me awake.

This is funny, but mostly pretty obvious. However, the barbecue bit at 1:40 is priceless.

Does anyone else have atrociously inconsistent tracking speed with the Magic Mouse? I’ve seen fixes for slow speeds, but this is different.

Assigning descriptive genders to connectors and fasteners is helpful, but it makes Radio Shack conversations that much more unpleasant.

Getting a late start on 2011 music with a great little EP from my reverb-drenched Boston pals The Fagettes: thefagettes.bandcamp.com