Archive for the 'Website Updates' Category
Published on May 29, 2008
Once lucky, twice good? Let’s hope so! Yes, M.Sahm & S.Rod have been invited to discuss the latest episode (#10) of their eclectic podcast Magic Junk Radio tonight, May 29, at 10pm EST on the B-Sides Concept Album radio show, hosted by Josh Hathaway.
“I’ve come to preach the Gospel of Magic Junk to you uncultured [...]
Published on March 13, 2008
Yes, believe it or not, M.Sahm & S.Rod have been invited to discuss their podcast Magic Junk Radio tonight, March 13, at 10pm EST on the B-Sides Concept Album radio show, hosted by BC Magazine and BlogTalkRadio.
Here is the direct link to the show’s page. At the BSCA page, once the radio show is ON, [...]
Published on March 11, 2008
No, there will be no M.Rod or S.Sahm, but rather a merging of the two.
From today on, MagicJunk.com will become Somrod.com. I had started Magic Junk back in 2000, well before I met the lovely Ms. S.Rod. So it was only natural for the site to evolve into something more collaboratively named. We needed a [...]
Published on January 1, 2008
It would be safe to say that the 2007 cyberlife of the Somrod tandem was thoroughly squashed under the weight of reality. Or if you prefer, we are sarcastically proud to present our list of 2007 Excuses:
1. House hunting/researching and subsequent contracting/purchasing/moving to temporary housing/storage/moving in/setting up (MS & SR)
2. Major spinal corrective surgery [...]
Published on March 10, 2007
I always found that shadow boxes full of dead insects (like above) defeat their own purpose. While it might have some extremely rare specimens, they’re all dead, immobile, and lacking any thrill that might have been there when that bug was crawling along a tree trunk. I suppose it’s better for a rare bug to [...]
Published on October 7, 2006
Like a ray of sunlight shining into a gray cubicle from afar, we learned this week that The Quitstay had received a Track of The Day award for their electronic stomp “My One Ring”, from the independent music website GarageBand.com. The official day of this honor is October 10, 2006.
If you didn’t already know, the [...]
Published on July 1, 2006
After I made a sound composition talking about paint last month, maybe I was subconsciously trying to tell myself something.
I’ll be the first to admit that among my creative endeavors, painting has been the one that I’ve neglected the most over the last three years. While I planned out some concepts, bought supplies, had canvases [...]
Published on June 4, 2006
Relief is not spelled as Tums or Rolaids, but U-P-D-A-T-E. Well, at least today I do. Of course I know the nine month old HTM docs spell relief as spanking fresh modified dates!
Yes, as you may have guessed from the new masthead or tabs, Magic Junk has finally received a long overdue facelift and updating. [...]
Published on April 8, 2006
Stephen King wrote in his book ‘On Writing’ that he has a daily 2,000 word quota. Which is nice if you’re home every day! 14,000 words a week sounds stellar, but in reality such an amount would be exhausting if not totally improbable for me to do.
My quota for my first novel was 4000 words [...]
Published on April 3, 2006
Looking for a nice glossy 9×12″ photo to hang above the toilet in the spare bathroom? Of course you are!
That’s why we’ve fulfilled your wishes by offering original Magic Junk photos and images as prints, now available through the artist community deviantArt and their high-tech printing service. Yes, try to contain yourself. Find the links [...]
Published on March 6, 2006
2005 was my first year as a web entrepeneur (Yes, that’s what those folder tabs up above represent, so feel free to click them :)). Thus, it also marked the first time I’d have to represent such on my tax return. Most years, my taxes are finished in 10 minutes, but this year began as [...]
Published on March 3, 2006
Don’t be fooled by the title. Today doesn’t actually have anything to do with sticks of minty chewing gum, or the straight man’s universal fantasy of a menage a trois with twins. No, today actually turned out to be an anniversary for two things in terms of my literary history.
First up, even though I kept [...]
Published on February 10, 2006
It’s been a difficult road back. But at long last, I’ve hung up my announcer’s mic and returned to the game zone… to stalk the running novel.
Yes, after a couple months of constructing an outline skeleton, I began the principal writing for my untitled second novel last night. It was exciting to finally get cracking [...]
Published on January 1, 2006
Thankfully, 2006 is finally here. Every year, I have to bite my tongue and keep my poison pen on the desk. For I can rest assured that as we celebrate the annual changeover of our calendar, all of the same clichés would emerge to haunt the masses. Since it’s a by-product of our fast [...]
Published on December 12, 2005
Just as the marriage-honeymoon high was beginning to wear off, we received some good news regarding our miniature art project, Acyrliture: Bite Size. Since its launch back in late March, the creative fusion by Rodriguez and Sahm has made its way into Art-O-Mat vending machines in 12 states.
But none was more desired than [...]
Published on November 22, 2005
*The sound of a man pulling the start cord of a lawnmower over and over*
The sages don’t lie. Rust accumulates fast when you step away from the creative life. Yet, I’ve decided to return here a little earlier than planned just to bring you some thoughts from the scrambled egg formerly known as Sahm’s brain. [...]
Published on October 4, 2005
There shall be 57 days of silence. At least from a Blogimus standpoint.
From October 4 until December 1, I will not be blogging here or updating my websites—except for a book review for BC that I am already committed to do, or unless it is a really important MJ update. This sabbatical from all online [...]