The Life and Times of Sooz

I am taking the train to/from Nebraska via Chicago. I left this morning and return to Boston on December 3rd. Hopefully in time for Sloan's show at TT's that night.

I am posting camera phone photos and other travel tidbits at etc.sooz.com.

The Blizzard of 78 has a new album out called Book of Lies. it is awesome, awesome and more awesome. I've been looking forward to this album ever since I heard them since "Mercy" at their NEMO showcase Fall 2006. If you're wondering what supercharged rock and soul sounds like, Book of Lies is the ...

Like most recipes, chocolate truffles are not that difficult to make if you can follow directions and have some time. I use a simple recipe of dark chocolate, cream and cocoa powder on epicurious.com by chocolatier Robert Linxe. I started making chocolate truffles a couple years ago on a whim. I thought they'd make tasty ...

The Santaland Diaries: Photos
Photos of Kraig Swartz as Crumpet in The Santaland Diaries at The New Repertory Theatre. Photos by Christopher McKenzie. Click on each photo to see a larger image.

Nick invited me to see the late night (10pm/second show) performance of David Sedaris' one act play The Santaland Diaries at the New ...

A cloning machine would really come in handy right now. But since that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon, I'm hiring two interns for Exploit Boston!, my Boston music blog and concert guide. The promotions and publicity intern will manage contests (concert ticket giveaways, etc.) and line up photo credentials and review tickets for ...

Last weekend I was at the Lizard Lounge to see the final night of Boston Pop Underground's Fall Residency with Mike Viola. There was little doubt it would be awesome since he was reuniting his band the Candy Butchers and Lori McKenna would be there to sing a bunch of songs. And then Mandy Moore ...

(Ooops! If you subscribed to the "what's new" list over at Exploit Boston!, it was accidentally hooked up to the what's new list at sooz.com the past few weeks. So head back over to Exploit Boston! and sign up for its email list if you feel inspired.)

I've been working on some new updates over at ...

Acquia, who I worked for as event planner for Drupalcon Boston this past spring and then as an event marketing contractor for a few months over the summer, launched their new commercially supported Drupal products today. They're helping make it easier to set up and run Drupal powered websites -- you don't need to be ...

The awesomeness that is Boston rock band The Lights Out returned to the Middle East Upstairs last night (9/5/08) for a great show. Check out their website and download the latest EP for free. If you'd like the real thing with album artwork it's only five bucks. The band also needs your vote to win ...

Last summer I recorded the Nickel Creek and Glen Philips concert at the Lowell Summer Music Series. It's a fun outdoor spot to see music. Better late than never -- here are a bunch of the MP3s. They turned out pretty good considering I was sitting towards the back.

This is one of the last ...