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Today is Frog Jump Friday at my office, when we frog jump from one end of the building to the other and back. It sounds easy, but it’s approximately half the length of a football field… and today was my day.
Only one other person here has completed the entire distance, the president of our agency, […]

There was a post on Engadget about a team of scientists who created the blackest material in the universe, which made me think of “Smell the Glove,” the Spinal Tap album of which there is “none more black.” Which brings us to Guitar Friday and, well, you probably guessed it. Schmears.

I’m not sure what it is this morning, but I’m really in a foul mood. Maybe it’s the mixed results in New Hampshire this week, or the metric ton of slush/snow that I had to shovel off my driveway at 6:00 a.m., or maybe it’s the 10 pages of RTP spam comments that I […]

A new year brings new opportunities for Guitar Friday. And if you haven’t heard from Action-Squad, 2008 is the Year of the Leprechaun. Yes those little michevious faeries who hide gold and disappear if you don’t keep a constant gaze on them.
Judging from YouTube and Google Video’s inventory, apparently Leprechauns aren’t known for […]

Ahhh… the final workday before Christmas. I can’t wait to eat a huge lunch paid for by my boss, email around our favorite holiday YouTube videos (D1ck in a Box), and eat a shitload of candy.
That’s the best part of being in the service industry, we have all of these little vendors who want […]

Readers, you’ve had time to really digest all of our individual 2007 Top Ten lists, which now brings us to the RTP Average.
This weighted scale inputs all of our individual lists into a complex, mathematical algorithm, utilizing a series of functions and their additive inverses (I don’t want to get too technicial, but […]

I would like to begin this list by thanking all of my RTP.com bretheren for bringing many new bands to my attention. You are good and honest people–scholars in the first order. So high-fives, low-fives and kickups to all of you.
And now the list:
10. The New Pornographers - Challengers
Perhaps I’m a sucker for […]

Last night, for the annual office Christmas party, the owner of my agency invited everyone and their families out to a performance of The Nutcracker by the Grand Rapids Ballet Company.
There were no guitars playing last night and it made me sad, damn near to tears. But I overcame my meloncholy because halfway through […]

Happy Festival of Lights. As the funny man says, there’s not many Chanukah songs beyond the dradle song, and even fewer that include guitar. Good thing Sandler can tear it up.

NPR’s All Songs Considered is asking you, the casual and hard-core music non-expert to select the ALBUM OF THE YEAR.
You don’t need to be a snooty NPR listener like me, it’s open to anyone with musical taste–even bad musical taste.
Vote today. Select up to FIVE. If you don’t, just consider the reprocussions–Fountains of […]