Author Archives: Brian Alvey

My wife guessed my Twitter address and followed me. One of my favorite web designers found me from her blog and followed me. So I came out of the Twitter closet and followed a bunch of people I like. Does this mean I don’t think Twitter is for teenage girls anymore? No. It is still a greatContinue reading “Outed on Twitter”

I am a sucker for anything about Frankenstein or mad scientists. Especially a good comic strip. Especially a Rhymes With Orange one.

Last night I took my sons to a Yankee game without Niki. The people in front of me thought I was brave. Our seats were only a few rows away from right field, but the view was blocked by the foul pole and its net. Besides the great game and the win, the highlight forContinue reading “Yankee squirrel”

We saw Alice in Chains open for Velvet Revolver last Saturday at Jones Beach. It was a great show, but it reinforced the drawback of having an established opening act. Let me explain by example. We saw Stone Temple Pilots open for the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Jones Beach a bunch of years agoContinue reading “Opening acts”

I was pretty sure when I saw this in the newspaper yesterday that Hilary was hoping this one would go viral — getting blogged by hundreds of A-list bloggers and increasing her audience ten-fold. At the very least it will get clipped by the moms of all the kids who live in their parents’ basementsContinue reading “Blog baiting”

Better than witnessing newborn nebulas in bloom. (Pardon me while I burst into song.) Niki and I saw Incubus two Thursdays ago at Jones Beach. I already loved the band and knew two of their albums intimately, but they still blew me away. They put on a fantastic show. What an amazing vibe. I wouldContinue reading “Better than watching Geller bending silver spoons”

Every now and then I have some awful dream where I’ve made some weird life choice and I’m regretting it. Sometimes I’ve married the wrong person or I’m stuck in a crazy job that I should have never taken. Other times I’m back in high school with one more class to finish to get myContinue reading “Just for the taste of it”

What a great Squeeze show the other night. Slap And Tickle was the highlight of the show and I never could have predicted that. Their keyboard player, Stephen Large, was unreal and between Jools Holland and Paul Carrack he had some some gigantic shoes to fill! Niki snapped some great pictures and here’s the one she sentContinue reading “They do it down on Camber Sands, they do it at Waikiki”

The most amazing thing about the AOL->TMZ meme was the thoughtful commentary. “I have to admit that yes, it’s probably time for a change.” Bill Hartzer “Mark my words, this is the act of a frightened set of executives that don’t realize that they are the big dog and they control the shots. They need to focus onContinue reading “Reactions to AOL being renamed TMZ”

I wrote a silly post last week about AOL changing its name to TMZ and then I forgot about it. Two nights ago I was at Rye Playland with Niki and our sons catching a free show from the Plain White T’s — that Hey There Delilah band — and letting the kids ride some of the safer-looking rides. IContinue reading “AOL changing its name to TMZ, part two”