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I guess I may as well spill the beans now that Z couldn’t keep himself from scooping such a big story. I had planned to do something artistic and dramatic, but he killed it. Yup, Z is the kill joy. Especially since I know everyone who reads this blog reads Hp as [...]

When I started Headphone Sacrament it was as an experiment. I’d played around with blogs before, but I could never get one off the ground. My past attempts had involved a scattershot approach where I posted what ever the hell I felt like posting. With HS, I decided to try narrowing the [...]

So, last month I dropped a couple of hints about a top secret project that I’ve been working on. Well, today’s the day of the grand unveiling.
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Geeks of all fandoms.
I give you…
Stop Standing Still!!!
For those that may be curious, Stop Standing Still is a site that I’ve set [...]

I really do plan on getting this project off the ground. I really do. It looks like next week probably won’t happen though. I have a reason this time. See, I accepted a job offer with a new company on Thursday. I’ll be starting the new job on the 8th [...]

Remember how I said that I’d have a new project to debut this week? You didn’t really expect me to follow through on that did you?
Seriously, this week has taken a change for the weird so I’m pushing the new project back to Sept 30th. Possibly earlier, but that’s the date I’d expect [...]

If you read the various lists offering advice on how to have a successful blog there’s one comment that seems to pop up a lot. Pick a subject to write about and stick with it. It makes sense. If you’re writing a blog about toys, ranting about politics is probably not smart. [...]

Matt from The Whomping Willow is running a charity auction for First Book.
The winner of the auction receives the following goodies,

*original drafts of song lyrics for the entire Welcome to the House of Awesome! record, including failed attempts at songs that may never get beyond the brainstorming process
*original drafts of all my brainstorming notes
*a CD [...]

I think its time for me to just bite the bullet.
My RSS feeds are getting out of hand and there are more blogs that I really should be subscribed to, even if they don’t update that much. I really need to do something to rectify the situation.
And so, I’ve done something I swore I [...]

I know I promised to introduce you all to the world of geeky indiepop, and I will. Unfortunately I’ve gotten sidetracked.
For one, Mr. Lev Grossman has posted another post about Nerdcore (more of a follow up to his previous post). And I felt the need to respond to what he was saying.
I’ve also [...]

So last night I came up with this fun idea. Since I was bitching about the fact that nerdcorehiphop.org doesn’t have an RSS feed, I decided to roll my own.
So, I did a little digging on the web and found a script to work with here.
I then banged around in perl for all kinds [...]