- I think playing w/ @miekapauley in our living room ranks up there w/ throwing our own music festival & my 1st gig at the Tin Angel. Amazing! #
- I can't wait to share audio and video with you – Mieka's set is fantastic, and my new cover of Ray of Light came out kinda rockin' ;) #
- @THEkrismohfanz Can't wait to send you the audio of Ray of Light! :) in reply to THEkrismohfanz #
- @amanda_nan Wow, it sounds like your night was totally epic. As was ours :) – must swap stories ASAP. in reply to amanda_nan #
- If any of you night owls want to hear me wailing on Madonna's "Ray of Light" live & acoustic, well, here you go: http://bit.ly/9IClBG #
- Good morning Twitter! I was out of the loop (and work) yesterday, so I feel like i have to intake double the information today. Ready? Go. #
- I have a pair of Phillies tickets for tomorrow night to give away via my first ever Twitter contest. Now to decide how one will enter… #
- Win 8/25 Phillies tix to celebrate CrushingKrisis.com's 10th b-day; tweet a link to CK or my cover of Ray of Light @ http://bit.ly/ck10rol #
- I'll randomly select one tweeter of my blog or my cover to hand a pair of Sec. 416 tickets to. I'll meet you anywhere in CCity tomorrow <6pm #
- @citizengulfphl Can we pay at the door tomorrow, or is the intent to do it all through the website? in reply to citizengulfphl #
- @axestatic Check out the live debut of my cover of “Ray of Light” on baritone guitar @ http://bit.ly/ck10rol #
- @axestatic Wouldn't mind at all! Bandcamp has nifty little embed players for blogs. Ramping up for my big Madge covers project this fall :) in reply to axestatic #
- Surely one of the reasons they keep me around is my spot-on Gollum impressions in staff meetings. #
- Win a pair of 8/25 Phillies tix! Tweet my cover of Ray of Light @ http://bit.ly/ck10rol -I'll hand-deliver your tix anywhere in CC! (Pls RT) #
- Madonna guitar blog @Axestatic just posted my acoustic cover of "Ray of Light!" – http://bit.ly/9Y02nA #
- @axestatic My project for the fall is to start a directory on my blog of every Madonna album and begin arranging/covering each song ;) in reply to axestatic #
- @brimil I know you already follow @Natasha, but this is a MUST-READ for FAME2010 purposes: RT Artist Guide: The Hustle http://bit.ly/cW1gVg #
- BIG NEWS: We're confirmed to play the Tin Angel on 9/16 w/our good friend @DanteBucci! So psyched for this show; tix @ http://bit.ly/ac1009 #
- Win a pair of 8/25 Phillies tix! Tweet my cover of Ray of Light @ http://bit.ly/ck10rol -I'll deliver your tix anywhere in CC! #
- @iladelphia I'm excited especially because 3yrs ago when we started we played a 3-song showcase set there the same week. Now, co-billed! in reply to iladelphia #
- Not too late to win Phillies tix for tomorrow! Tweet my cover of Ray of Light @ http://bit.ly/ck10rol -I'll deliver your tix anywhere in CC! #
- There's a reason I stopped doing freelance. It's called: I'm the account guy all day at work – by night I'd prefer to be the client. #
- On the other hand, I'm really smart, and I enjoyed being paid for that. #
- @sifelaver At midnight I have to make a random selection from the people who tweeted the link. in reply to sifelaver #
- @sifelaver Dude, I provided a bit.ly right to the song, whether or not you tweeted like a schoolgirl was entirely up to you ;) in reply to sifelaver #
- @sifelaver That's why I supplied the bit.ly link. Their share tool is annoying. It doesn't even provide short links. in reply to sifelaver #
- 3hrs into freelance I ask a question & learn the client wants me to do something I don't remotely know how to do. Well, better than 30hrs in #
- @RoxieKat That is blasphemy. You have to eat them as quickly as possible. If it took 2 days clearly you weren't having them for breakfast. in reply to RoxieKat #
- @brimil Can you do anything w/eco friendly and/or recycled/repurposed materials? Maybe find some massive piece of scrap to paint? in reply to brimil #
- @brimil Yeah, but cardboard is easy. Do they have old fixtures they're removing? Any kind of remodeling? Maybe all natural paints? in reply to brimil #
- @brimil Um, I can think of a chandelier that's mostly recycled crap… in reply to brimil #
- @Cecilyk Dude, when I was unlogged in to Twitter this morning you were on the "people you should follow" block on the login screen! #
- Devouring salt & pepper @popchips from the sample box they sent to fuel our team for a day. Thanks for keeping us creative folks popping :) #
- Congrats to my old-school (literally) friend @remysbaby, the randomly-picked winner of Phillies tix, & thanks all for RTing my Ray of Light! #
- Sometimes animal humor is what I need at 2pm. RT @phillydesign I guess they just do look that way… http://hungoverowls.tumblr.com #
- @johhnny5 @amanda_nan You can understand why I love her so much, yes? /cc: @Not_Pele #
- @mayaREguru That was an awesome blog post. I need to share you with our own wonderful Realtor. in reply to mayaREguru #
- Writing these anniversary posts always stresses me out, but I always enjoy them in retrospect. #
- I seem to be trying to shatter that million-word mark on my blog w/this post alone. It bears mentioning that I am 15k words away from 1mill. #
- Last year was over 1700 words… can it possibly run that long again? #
- It is, finally and unbelievably, the tenth anniversary of my blog, CrushingKrisis.com! #
- @HallmanComposer Thanks for tweeting my Ray of Light cover! What are you up to lately? We still need to meet, and maybe collaborate ;) #
- Wait until you see the 20+ photos of me in my 10th Anniversary post. It's like an annotated history of my amazing hair. #
- Alright, here it is – 10 years of hair cuts and the complete abridged last year of my life, all in one post: http://bit.ly/c4XmqM #
- How is it that I didn't realize my blog shares a birthday w/my favorite frontwoman and all-around idol, Shirley Manson of @garbageofficial? #
- What the hell – Facebook notes don't accept standard HTML anymore? Wow, they really have turned into MySpace. #
- Does anyone know of a WordPress word cloud plugin? I can only find tag cloud ones, at the moment. I want a cloud of actual words in posts. #
- PS: Also seeking a plugin/widget that will display "posts from X years ago" automatically. #
- Check out this amazing 10-year statistic: I have posted *107* original songs to my blog in 10 years. That's 10 albums' worth of songs! #
- @Cecilyk @THEkrismohfanz @ChrissMari @PhillyMarketing Thanks for spreading the anniversary joy! ;) It's been a surreal day thinking about it in reply to Cecilyk #
- @wockerjabby You will not regret a binding machine. I feel like half of your supply stress always comes from how to collect papers. in reply to wockerjabby #
- A brisk day of work, followed by a @filmstarband rehearsal, packing, and heading to a gig in NY tomorrow morning. Ah, the life. #
- @seesawshuffle Oh, I hear you there. I sometimes feel ostracized as a musician because I do not want to jam into the wee hours ;) in reply to seesawshuffle #
- @amanda_nan I really cannot say that word with any kind of credibility. in reply to amanda_nan #
- @amanda_nan re: Time Management, grab "Getting Things Done" from the library and read the first few chapters. in reply to amanda_nan #
- @melissa_shae I think we should do this RT @charitywater Still on a hunt for #september birthdays. is that you? http://borninseptember.org #
- I just changed my Twitter bio for the first time in over a year – subtle changes, but I'm a little different now. Still a narcissist, though #
- @Remysbaby hahaha, I think that might have to be one of my new blog taglines. in reply to Remysbaby #
- I think this could be my new catchphrase, on my more confident days: RT @Remysbaby @krisis Narcissist? Or just that good? #
- @zaneology I'm hoping to! Thanks for the well wishes. What does your day hold in store? in reply to zaneology #
- @seesawshuffle Me w/caffeine isn't pretty. In my barista days if I drank espresso I'd get too buzzed to be able to operate the touch screen. in reply to seesawshuffle #
- @PhillyAdKids You're followed by folks whose taste I trust, plus you're in Philly doing next-gen advertising! Look forward to your tweets ;) #
- @zaneology Eek! Sounds distracting. I tried video editing earlier this yr, but need a higher end cam than Flip for audio-syncing purposes.. in reply to zaneology #
- Is it weird that I was compelled to interrupt a man having his lunch to say his Wanamaker's bag made my day? #
- Need to get in the zone for a big meeting – blasting @mozellamusic on headphones while I get centered. #
- @fadophilly May be guilty as charged… but, the Wanamaker's logo! How often do you see that, anymore? in reply to fadophilly #
- @mozellamusic Next time you're on the East Coast I have to find a way to get you into Philly! Just did house show for another artist we love in reply to mozellamusic #
- @drawonthewalls Ahh, I failed you! Some perennial favs you might not know are Mozella, Mieka Pauley, & Dresden Dolls -all uniquely charming in reply to drawonthewalls #
- Working on our a plan to promote a company's external SM presence to an internal audience. Anyone out there been through this recently? #
- @drawonthewalls Well, the other two aren't like that at all :) in reply to drawonthewalls #
- @drawonthewalls Did you pick up @amandapalmer's RadioHead covers EP on bandcamp? in reply to drawonthewalls #
- @ajohnsru Not at all! I still love the parts on my voice exercise tape when my instructor told me I was sounding great ;) in reply to ajohnsru #
- @triciallen haven't talked to you much lately – what's up in your world? in reply to triciallen #
- @schmidtultra LIKE. Two might have been my lifetime quota, but I'm happy to live (and leap) vicariously through you ;) in reply to schmidtultra #
- @TeresaBasich Now that I'm a customer I've got to get on a webinar or call that you're on! I would die! in reply to TeresaBasich #
- Pretty heavy workout @filmstarband rehearsal. Flubbed a few pre-chorus changes, but otherwise ready to rock our ny state gig tomorrow. #
- Heath and Golden Oreo Blizzard. The best thing on Earth this week. (@ Dairy Queen) http://4sq.com/cqWFJQ #
- Up and puttering around the house, getting read for our road trip to West Paltz, NY for my first gig with @filmstarband #
- @marykateruf catching up on some september issues on the drive; need one w good men's fashion; vf is all lame dark suits in reply to marykateruf #
- Seem to have developed a white-hot-poker-through-the-lungs sort of muscle pain in my lower back. Pain scale of 6-7 when trying to inhale. #
- Oh, Cricket. I will 1 day believe your advertising claims when I can connect to the internet for a single second anywhere in the state of NY #
- Back pain has settled into a comfortable 4 on the pain scale; I think it's from the standing up straight while playing a heavier instrument. #
- (As opposed to typically leaned slightly forward over a relatively light acoustic guitar.) #
- @johhnny5 @anniemal If there wasn't something to attribute it to i'd be much more worried, but it is so very clearly related to bass playing in reply to johhnny5 #
- @THEkrismohfanz I could SERIOUSLY use a visit to a chiro. I used to go regularly, but haven't in yrs. Have to check to see how it's covered. in reply to THEkrismohfanz #
- In other news, 1st gig w/ @filmstarband was hot & mega-fun, but I'm clearly not a bassist (even though I have a good time impersonating one) #
- @mymelisma thanks! It was a pretty low key gig, and a lot of fun. How about you? Did you debut the songs you were learning w/ your husband? in reply to mymelisma #
- @SarahRobinson the heath chips they have there are serious business – massive hunks, not the tiny ones you get for baking in reply to SarahRobinson #
- @zaneology no, I have to look into them! I love the ease of flip for rehearsal recording, but the video wasn't ideal for editing purposes. in reply to zaneology #
- At the point we're on our 3rd trip to Home Depot to pick up free blue paint swatches, doesn't it make sense to just take EVERY blue swatch? #
- (Apparently not, if you're my wife. Luckily, I am here too.) #
Category Archives: Twitter
What I Tweeted, 2010-08-29 Edition
Sunday, August 29, 2010
But I Regress, pt. 1
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
With the launch of my monster definitive guide to collecting X-Men comic books as graphic novels, I have officially become a fifteen year-old.
Allow me to explain. Or, to begin to, as I’m sure this is a multiple-post-spanning story (just as that website feature was a multiple-month spanning obsession to research).
A few months ago Philly-local social media mover/shaker/sandwich-connoisseur @MikeyIl threw a series of events for the Ford #FiestaMovement. One of them was an all-local art show, featuring work by my partner-in-fame Britt Miller, as well as Eddidit and others.
Being Britt’s unpaid intern / personal assistant / life coach and a faithful supporter of friends and local artists, I got my ass there – even though the event was smack in the middle of negotiating the price of our house with our Realtor over the phone.
(Literally. Drunk friends: “What are you doing?” Me, to phone: “Hold on a second.” Me, to friends: “Oh, I just got another few thousand dollars knocked off the price of our house.” Drunk friends: “Wowwww.”)
Where was that fateful art show held?
Brave New Worlds. A comic book shop.
Here at Crushing Krisis I haven’t ever fully explained my addiction to comic books, c. 11/1991 – 4/1996.
X-Men #24, one of my favorite comic covers.
It was a brief but tumultuous affair. Comic books combine my love of serial narrative with an OCD urge to make meticulous, alphabetical lists. They created a 10-year-old who would do anything to earn $40 a month to pick up every book bearing the image of Wonder Woman or an X-Man.
(Seriously, I’m surprised I wasn’t peddling coke for my neighbor. It’s a good thing my guitar habit didn’t get to drug-running levels of expense until after college, when I was salaried.)
For only collecting for four-and-a-half years, my comic collection is prodigious. Not only did I collect new issues weekly, but in the pre-spreadsheet days the adolescent OCD Godzilla in my soul – a mere tadpole, at the time – compiled lists of back issues by hand… lists twenty and thirty pages long, complete with estimated budgets and timelines for purchase. Every few months my father engaged my whim, and I checked off line after line.
I was hardcore. The guys at the comic store treated me like I was twice my age (now ironic) because I was so on top of my shit with my pull lists and my back issue pricing and my discussions of the Magneto’s morality and if the ends truly justified the means.
Then came the internet. AOL dial-up cost by the hour, and I was hooked on it within minutes of my first sign-in in January of 1996. Four months later my wallet issued an ultimatum: limit my internet usage, or jettison my comic addiction – now complicated by Marvel’s 90s’ decadence of holographic covers and limited series.
The real decider was probably a demo of Warcraft II, a living digital board of Risk I could play over and over again with my friends over my 14.4 baud modem.
I dropped the comics and never looked back.
Until last month.
(To be continued! In the meantime, if you’re a closet x-fan who wouldn’t know a pull list from their elbow, check out definitive guide to collecting X-Men comic books as graphic novels – the easiest (and cheapest) way to be an adult comic book fan.)
What I Tweeted, 2010-06-07 Edition
Sunday, June 6, 2010
My best and most blog-worthy tweets of the last week:
Now that I’ve begun to do E’s nightly exercises alongside her I’m beginning to understand how she has built the endurance to tolerate me. #
This gave me chills: Chris Daughtry & Kelly Clarkson sing “Fast Car” in Nashville, TN http://youtu.be/eZBIylvH4jo -amazing harmony from both #
My VP just walked into my cube drinking a cup of coffee held by a massive, Flyers-orange, Hulk-smash sized fist affixed over her arm. LOL. #
I know this Joss Whedon Onion interview is ancient (and infamous), but i never get tired of it http://bit.ly/cfIEzq #
I think when I have my week off for moving to the house I’m going to pretend that I blog & tweet for a living. Very productive, I’m sure :) #
Great – the creepy convict dude on my block is practicing two-handed knife fighting on our corner. Our block for twelve. more. days. #
@philly_bits wow, I haven’t slept a night in SW for over a dozen years! Don’t miss all the trolley sounds from Woodland ave. in reply to philly_bits #
@philly_bits oh, do you play “gunshots or car backfires” too? And then, in the summer (and chinese new year) you add “or fireworks”? in reply to philly_bits #
All of my tweets (minus some @-replies) are hidden below, mostly for my own reference. One highlighted topics/conversations you might want to browse was the great Verizon vs. Comcast debate.
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What I Tweeted, 2010-05-31 Edition
Sunday, May 30, 2010
My best and most blog-worthy tweets of the last week:
I’ve concluded that the internet hates me & is trying to shun me. That’s the only explanation for my life’s complete internet-fail right now #
It reaffirms my faith in karma when people who have treated me with respect ever since I was an intern are recognized for their achievements #
@BrandiNeloms So very true. Your credibility in a crisis can never be higher than your credibility on a regular, boring day. in reply to BrandiNeloms #
Sometimes a day is awesome only by the grace of my amazing hair. #
Verizon = poor SM support integration. Spent a week chatting w/Twitter rep, phone rep has no record of it. Taking me through the same steps #
I’m not sure what to think about someone who has a full color portrait of Freddy Krueger tattooed on his calf. #
Awesome video of my Philly music friend @ChristieLenee impromptu jamming w/Tim Reynolds (yes, occasionally of DMB)http://vimeo.com/12025218 #
I think @ChristieLenee is possibly the best guitarist I’ve met in Philly, both for chunky acoustic stuff and hot guitar leads. She’s amazing #
In my 1st month & a half of blogging I posted 550 times. What was wrong w/me? Yes, those were the foundation of my blog empire, but really? #
Five hours of sleep later, it’s now time to choose an outfit that will look good plummeting from 14,000 feet. #
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What I Tweeted, 2010-05-24 Edition
Monday, May 24, 2010
My best and most blog-worthy tweets of the last week:
In the middle of band rehearsal – new covers in full effect! We’ve hit an expected Smokey Robinson song, but also a surprising Muse tune! #
Oh lord, I just realized have two new songs of harmony to learn. It’s been a while. #
Also, interesting how G and I come at songs differently. I immediately arrange or find voicings, she immediately finds harmony/counterpoint. #
Utterly fantastic interview w/a metal/screamer vocal coach that has good info for all singers (even the quieter ones). http://bit.ly/9sCqbp #
Jorge Garcia reminisces about his time w/Lost. Even for non-fans, interesting insight into an actor landing a big showhttp://bit.ly/9h9JZP #
Nothing like looking sharp on a Friday afternoon.http://twitpic.com/1pr3xz #
A handy list of fallacious arguments, for the days that you feel like interacting with the trolls: http://bit.ly/ak3hMP #
This is my new all-time favorite piece of rock journalism – a day w/ @LadyGaga in Berlin. Amazing. RT @MentalYogahttp://bit.ly/aZxW4n #
Every house-shaking thump of the bass drum from the block party PA system is another $1k that the new house is worth. #
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a rewarding life
Monday, April 26, 2010
This is a story about rewards. Sort of. I’m not sure how to tell it, so I’ll just start at the beginning.
A little over a year ago I met Britt Miller – comm professional, digital native, and visual artist. Once Britt learned about my blogging she egged me into using Twitter. The rest, as we are accustomed to saying, is history.
It’s frigging crazy-ass history, actually. Playing streaming concerts, jumping out of planes, accepting awards, attending conferences in NYC – all of that borne out of Britt’s pestering me to get to know Twitter.
Skyline by Britt Miller (@brimil)
I asked Britt if she wanted some music to go with her art and the end result was that I wound up playing a block party along with some of my local favorites like Christie Lenee and Dante Bucci.
It was my first solo appearance in a long while, and it surprised me – even in the limitless space of an outdoor gig my songs felt big and sure, with just a few stumbles. It wound up being a major force in getting me into shape for playing and recording more than ever in the rest of 2009.
This past Saturday was the second Earth Saturday block party, again at 9th and South, and again featuring art from both Britt and I. My set felt even bigger and surer this year, and Britt had a table of beautiful prints of her art – major Fame 2010 success!
Britt is always pulling hilarious quotes of mine out of thin air, and before my set she had a great one. We were chatting with some twitter friends about my songwriting, and I made my usual disclaimer that it’s taken me a long time and a lot of work to get to where I am now – from being forbidden to sing in my high school halls to playing sets at eco-festivals. And, Britt said:
Peter, you said this awesome thing once. I heard someone tell you that you were a great singer, and you said, “Thank you. I’ve worked for thirteen years to hear that compliment.”
I don’t even remember saying that, but it’s indelibly me. To hear someone compliment me on my voice or my songs strikes me with awe – awe at what I’m hearing, and awe that nearly half a life of effort means I’m able to play music that people enjoy.
I wish I could take that feeling and transport it back to 15-year-old me, plucking out the strains of “Dilate” on his first guitar almost this very day in 1997.
Failing that, I’m sharing it with you. I hope you have something in your life that makes you as happy as my music makes me, and Britt’s paintings make her – especially when someone else stops to appreciate them.
What I Tweeted, 2010-04-25 Edition
Sunday, April 25, 2010
My best and most blog-worthy tweets of the last week:
I'm happy that you are all reminding me that narcissism isn't fun if you can't walk anywhere to be seen looking pretty. #
"The half-life of [the avg] tweet is 4mins," in terms of people interacting w/them. Consider in promoting links, products, content. #140conf #
@wfenza just like radioactive isotopes – falloff continues to approach 0 value over time. 50% of the value of tweets is in the first 4mins. in reply to wfenza #
@wockerjabby “When we passed the notes the teachers collected them, when they pass notes the world sees it.” #140conf #
“People talk about ROI, return on investment – throw that shit away. I talk to executives about, 'what's your return on ignoring?'” #140conf #
“It's not enough for a musician to be an artist, they have to be an internet hustler. They have to be keyboard cat.”- @1000timesyes #140conf #
#140conf @jw: a truck @sxsw gave away a free taco for each @gowalla checkin, sold 12 for each they gave away! "Flashmobbed their own truck!" #
Staff for @twelpforce were sourced from participants on their internal social network. (Huge point; may blog on it later) #140conf #
"The role of journalists and editors now is to form [news] into a piece of narrative and inform." #140conf #
Only at #140conf could I wind up kidnapped in a car full of twitter-friends / strangers listening to Jay-Z on the way to an after-party. #
I would just like to point out that I was asking "WWMD?" way before Glee: http://bit.ly/9duIEf (That's, "What Would Madonna Do?") #
Apparently I was retweeted by @mchammer the other day. Twitter has made my life surreal. #
The power of "hello" – @MOgulnick said hi to me in line on day 1 of #140conf and we wound up sitting & lunching together the entire time! #
& proving everyone is a character: @MOgulnick is a sports fanatic & the new media strategist behind @HVRenegades, the Tampa Ray's SS-A team! #
Rocked a pretty lengthy set, including originals, Madonna, Gaga, & Smokey Robinson. RT @brimil: http://twitpic.com/1i3j22 – @krisis singing! in reply to brimil #
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The Future of Privacy @ #140conf: Day 2, pt. 6
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
This talk goes on my highlights list – amazing content that all social media users should consider.
Privacy, Secrecy, Publicy – Stowe Boyd, Analyst, Advisor, and Futurist (@stoweboyd)
“We have secrecy for secret, privacy for private” but no word for things that are made (or made to remain) public.”
Every paragraph of this talk has a notable quotable. I encourage you to read it and consider what it means to you. It was easy to summarize rather than transcribe, because it was organized very well – the words are mine, but the content entirely belongs to Stowe.
Money talks (to Twitter) @ #140conf: Day 2, pt. 2
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Presenting two non-adjacent sets of notes here – one on a talk with a venture capitalist on Twitter’s board of directors, and another about how Telecoms can survive and thrive with Twitter instead of going extinct.
Common theme? Follow the money.
