Sorry About Dresden live at dotmatrix project

Sorry About Dresden played the inaugural dotmatrix project show in Greensboro in April. Because of a babysitter snafu, I missed it. Fortunately, I now have a taste of the experience, thanks to the live recording  that Sean’s made available on Amie Street (a terrific source for independent music). The early bird gets it cheap (currently [...]

This explains why I feel like crap

For the past few weeks, I’ve been astounded by the sheer volume of pollen everywhere, like a yellow blizzard that doesn’t melt away. I thought perhaps that my perspective was skewed after three years in relatively pollen-free San Francisco. But, it turns out that Greensboro really does have it worse than nearly everywhere else.

Sorry About Dresden headline inaugural Dotmatrix music show

Sorry About Dresden are a band I discovered haphazardly a few months ago. I had no idea that they were from nearby Chapel Hill.
Now, thanks to local music impresario Sean Coon, I’ll get the chance to see Sorry About Dresden, along with opening act The Radials, live in the nice intimate setting of Greensboro’s Green [...]

Local man nets big haul in fantasy fishing

Though I do enjoy watching bass fishing tournaments on TV, I’ve never quite see the lure of “fantasy fishing“. However, this story in the local newspaper may be enough to change my mind:

Greensboro man reels in $100K in fantasy fishing league
[...]Reginald Pickett of Greensboro won $100,000 in FLW Outdoor’s Fantasy Fishing tournament.
Fantasy fishing officials will [...]

Snow and behold!

What a surprise to find Greensboro covered in a bona fide blanket of snow. It looks like nearly an inch accumulated on my back porch.
UPDATE (10:00 am): The snow was enough to shut my son’s school for the day (it doesn’t take much around here). We took advantage of the opportunity to make his first [...]

Debris, live and in-person

I am extremely pleased to have been invited to participate in “Joetry“, an evening of Poetry, Prose, Song and Coffee that will take place this Sunday, January 27th at The Coffee Break in Greensboro. Joetry is produced by Blogsboro.com, brainchild of Greensboro blogger, mayoral candidate, and street plane impresario Billy the Blogging Poet. I will [...]

Two Christmas Tales

I can’t let Christmas pass without posting the best-known story from Greensboro’s best-known native son.

Greensboro and environs rock

Thanks to Greensboro impressario Sean Coon, I enjoyed three local bands at the Converge South 2007 Music Festival on Friday evening.
The Wigg Report (Durham, NC)

Little Mascara (Greensboro, NC)

Thacker Dairy Road (Whitsett, NC)

My brush with grace and fame

I just got back from leading a session on “Legal Issues Online” at Converge South. The session itself went well. But the best part, by far, was meeting Greensboro’s Hedge Fund Billionaire and Blogger Extraordinaire Percy Walker.

Unlikely business combinations