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1. brew my own beer
621 people
2. learn morse code
1 cheer 252 people
3. get out of debt
11,217 people
4. Move back to Austin
17 people
5. own a house
2,059 people
6. read every book I own
1 cheer 2,113 people
7. write a novel
9,795 people
8. visit all the 50 states of the United States
97 people
9. Learn to surf
1 cheer 7,446 people
10. run a marathon
10,740 people
11. Start my own business
8,701 people
12. learn to play poker
438 people
13. learn to play and sing the entire blue album by weezer
1 person
14. manage a band
32 people
15. listen to all Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums
10 people
16. have a garden
1 cheer 794 people
17. play drums
306 people
18. Get my hammond organ repaired
1 person
19. Do The Kerouac Trail
2 people
20. be a best man
10 people
21. get a real best friend
9 people
22. Blog every day
1 entry 86 people
23. bike 1000+ miles
4 people
24. learn to sew
3,700 people
25. get my ohlerking painting framed and hung
1 person
26. Buy and learn how to use a soldering iron
1 person
27. do something nice for a stranger
12 people
28. keep my room clean for one month
2 entries 2 people
29. run 3 times a week
86 people
30. host an open mic
2 people
31. complete a crossword
5 people
32. run for public office
215 people
33. visit israel
281 people
34. go back to Scotland
53 people
35. Save 1 million dollars
7 people
36. Learn Spanish
15,792 people
37. read entire bible
24 people
38. write in my journal every day
247 people
39. write letters every week
2 people
40. master chess
18 people

How I did it

How to get my stereo fixed.

It took me

3 years

It made me

feel like rocking.

How I did it: I drove to Austin and took my receiver to Mr. Wizard's in Austin. There was about a month long wait and it ended up costing me about $100 to fix, but it was worth every penny. Read how I did it…

Oct 19, 12:50AM PDT | 0 comments

How to grow weed

It took me

4 months

It made me

Meh.

How I did it: Soil, seed, water, light, nutrients, time and voila! There is a reason they call it "weed." It grows like a weed and is remarkably resilient. Read how I did it…

Aug 09, 06:26PM PDT | 1 comment

How to record an album

It took me

3 years

It made me

Whatever

How I did it: I wrote songs and recorded them in my apartment using a Korg D1200 recording workstation. I got pretty good sounds as well from a crappy casio keyboard picked up off Craigslist for $20. Read how I did it…

Jun 14, 05:37PM PDT | 0 comments

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Blog every day

www.criticalasshole.com 7 months ago

I’m a really big fan of tumblr.com. It seems to have a really stout network of bloggers and it has good tools to post.

Check it out:

www.criticalasshole.com

Where bad things truly suck, and the good things rule.

Jun 21, 02:17PM PDT | 0 comments

Record an album (read all 3 entries…)

Finally Done 9 months ago

I’ve decided that the album is done. It gets to a point where you just have to say “I could work on this forever if given the opportunity.” At some point, however, you just have to release it out into the world.

I’m releasing the album a an EP. I have more than enough songs recorded to fill an album, but there are so many problems with those other songs that I doubt I will be able to fix within in the next year. It’s time to move on.

That said, I think this will be my last album. I recorded two others and had big release parties and did all the hoopla associated with getting a CD printed and there hasn’t really been much of a return. I like the idea of doing just digital distribution. If I can get a group together soon, perhaps doing a printing will be something I should consider for the future to have something at shows. I just like the personal freedom associated with selling products with ZERO overhead.

Having dispensed with the business end of things, I believe this is a good record. Good sounds, good songwriting, good instrumentation—I think it is a good representation of “indie rock.”

I’m hoping to get a good initial rush of downloads when I first release. The release date is set for 05.08.2009. I set this date because besically anyone who would actually buy the album is in law school with me. 05.08.2009 is the last day of finals, so I figured it would be best to not try to sell something to people when they are stressed out and tired. We shall see.

For those following this post and my progress, please follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/holliswebb

To hear some tunes and read some other blog posts, go to my MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/holliswebb

And finally, on 05.08.2009, this is where the magic will happen: http://www.hollismusic.com/

Apr 25, 01:01AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments

keep my room clean for one month (read all 2 entries…)

So it begins 12 months ago

As of last night my room was clean. I feel better about life already. It was a pain in the ass to do it, but it’s done and it feels GREAT.

Feb 04, 2009, 09:16PM PST | 0 comments

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