Sunday afternoon at ConDor, my band, In My Humble Opinion, performed our story-set "Won't You Scatter My Ashes" for a crowd of about twenty people.

We rocked the house!

Seriously, I think it was one of the best shows I've ever participated in. Everything came together perfectly. The sound was dialed in exactly right (by awesome sound man Greg Gross), the audience was engaged and enthusiastic, and the band was in the zone. Everyone had a wonderful time, and the experience has renewed my excitement about this whole musical endeavor called I.M.H.O. We made nearly $100 in sales, and nearly the same amount was donated to Superpiggie to fund the album.

Yes, indeed, I.M.H.O. is going to record this story-set as an album! We hope we'll have something by the time we perform our next show, which at this point looks like ConJecture/ConChord in October. Also, the whole show was recorded on video, so there will be new videos up on YouTube in the near future! :D

This show is very much what I needed to get me feeling good about performing again. I had almost given up hope. I know that some of that was neurochemical in nature, but today I am happy. Here's to feeling happy tomorrow, too, and for many days after.

Sinuses still hurt. But not as much. I think the herbal gunk is finally starting to do some good. Also, I figured out how to make it tolerable: mix it with Emergen-C. The tangerine flavoring and the sugar serve to cut the horrid, grass-like* flavor of the herbs to a still-noticeable but mostly-okay aftertaste. And hey, some extra Vitamin C isn't going to hurt, either.

Still no word from the doctor about the sinuplasty. I think it may be time for me to call them back and poke them about it.

And, apropos of nothing in particular, this may just be the cutest thing ever: Grumpy Cat Plush from ThinkGeek.

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*That's grass-like, not "like grass". Alas, if it only tasted as good as grass does, I might be able to handle it better.

Last night at koressa's annual Cthulhumas party, our friend Mark read two "children's books": Where's My Shoggoth, and Where the Deep Ones Are.

Well, today, TeeFury came out with this shirt:

Where the Old Things Are


How freaky is that?

This past weekend was my second trip to Seattle, WA, for the second annual Seattle Browncoats' GeekFest. Despite what I said in this post, I wasn't the only one who performed both days; Hello, The Future! also had a set on Sunday by popular demand. As usual, she was awesome.

The performances were in the main auditorium on Saturday, but for Sunday, they moved the first three acts (myself, HTF, and Firebird's Children) to the stage in the vendor area, and that worked out very well. The vendors were happy to be able to hear the performances, and the shoppers were happy to be able to listen and shop at the same time. Also, both HTF's and my CD sales went up* (I don't think Firebird's Children had anything for sale).

Also, there will be video! K Wiley did multi-camera video of all the performances, and he got the files to me before the end of the day on Sunday, so I have lots of video to play with. This makes me happy.

As I mentioned on the FB page, I sold completely out of Geek Mythology fairly early on Sunday and had to resort to having people order it from the CDBaby ordering page. Fortunately, that worked out fairly well. I also sold out of the copies of Just Me and My Guitar v2.0 and Mirrors that I had brought with me, but that was fairly late in the day, so that didn't affect my sales quite so much.

I also took a bunch of photographs of various performers throughout the weekend. I haven't processed them yet, but when I do, I'll be putting them up at the Or It Didn't Happen Photography website.

I had a blast! If they do this again next year, I will totally be there.

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*Although HTF's sales were something like four times mine in terms of dollar amount. I'm thinking I need more t-shirts and hoodies in my inventory. ;-)

This weekend, I'll be in Seattle performing at the second annual Seattle Browncoats Charities' GeekFest!

Last year's GeekFest was super-awesome, and that was only one day long. This year's is the whole weekend, with at least nine different performing acts (including Vixy & Tony; Hello, The Future!; Kirby Krackle; and Firebird's Children) and a good couple of dozen craft vendors. And get this—I'm the only act who is performing on both days! Yeah, I was a bit surprised, too, but totally stoked!

All the details are on my website (http://music.ebenbrooks.com/dates.html), and tickets can be purchased directly from the Seattle Browncoats (http://www.sbcharities.org/events/geekfest).

I hope I get a chance to see some of you there!

Today's TeeFury.com shirt is awesome: http://www.teefury.com/

My friends at Timeshift Arts have asked me to do some photography of their jewelry line for their website and online store. To accomplish this, I need models. Specifically, I'm looking for women who are willing to model earrings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, etc. against either bare skin or neutral-colored Victorianesque clothing.

Here are some examples of their jewelry line:


Unfortunately, this is currently only open to those who are in or near San Diego, CA (either those who live here or those visiting the area). Normally I would be willing to travel for a job, but this one is pro bono, so there is no travel budget. Also, we cannot pay models for this assistance, but Timeshift Arts is willing to give a discount on any jewelry purchased from them to anyone who models their wares. This is also an ongoing project, so even if you're not available soon, please consider scheduling something in the future.

You may comment here or e-mail [email protected] to schedule a session. You can check my availability at the Or It Didn't Happen Photography website.

In case any of you want your own "Find X" T-shirt (which emulates the icon I'm using for this post), go here: https://lolmart.cheezburger.com/estore/buy.asp?job_num=56247&product_num=309&estore=lolmart&category=Shirt+of+the+Week

It's only available for one week.

I've owned this guitar for over ten years now, but I haven't played it for nearly six, so I think it's time to give it a new home. Incidentally, this is the guitar on which I composed "Black Train" in 2001 while I was on a business trip to Germany.

The auction listing is here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/140719484366

Here are some photos: ( cut so they don't break your flistCollapse )