Band Rex - 01/07

Time for me to introduce another new band. January's band is...

Frog Holler

Frog Holler is a fantastic band out of Berks County, Pennsylvania in what is known as Pennsylvania Dutch country. The band has been around for a few years now, and have amassed a good collection of fine recordings. Born out of bluegrass, Frog Holler dances the fine line between The Jayhawks, The Replacements, Bill Monroe and Old Crow Medicine Show easily blending their country roots with the urgency of small town rock and roll.

Frog Holler on the web

So, the NHL has begun beating its chest about an increase in interest into their league:

-- A 27 percent increase of hits on NHL.com, plus an even more substantial growth in online voting for the All-Stars. There were nearly 27 million All-Star votes cast in six weeks this year, as opposed to 6 million in eight weeks for the last game in 2004.

- By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer


Funny, I thought that was due to the Vote for Rory campaign aimed at targeting the NHL's silly All-Star ballot, and to award a long time journeyman hockey player in an era where the sport is focused on celebrating 2 teenagers. A plot that the NHL purposefully ruined, so that they could have the game the way they wanted. Hopefully, Gary Bettman will retire soon, allowing someone who has some clue how to run a league to take charge and return the NHL to its rightful space in the big 4, which I believe now includes Texas Hold 'Em.

Hawthorne

This week I moved into an apartment in Portland. I'm living in the Hawthorne neighborhood now, and although it's a drastic change from living in houses for 2.5 years, I'm enjoying the location and short bus ride to work. Hawthorne is so far proving to be a good neighborhood and I'm glad to be there, but it'll take some time to warm up to the thought of living in an apartment by myself.

The nicest part about the whole thing is that I believe I'll have a better area to work on writing and composing. With no roomates, I won't be self-conscious of what I'm doing and I can probably be more comfortable writing at home.