http://grant-henry.com/blog Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:42:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://grant-henry.com/blog/?p=17 For fear of not scoring a Nintendo Wii at launch, today I decided to wait outside of my local EBgames prior to the store opening. I couldn't decide if I wanted there to be people there or not. I could sit by myself outside the store front, gazed ... http://grant-henry.com/blog/?p=15 Last night was the 2006 Guitar Center Drum Off store finals, and my freakin' little brother won. He goes on to Atlanta to compete the the district finals, then to regional, then national. I was quite proud. Unfortunately, I did not get to record the performance because corporate was very ... http://grant-henry.com/blog/?p=14 A few months ago, my roomate and I decided to make a rap song about Halo 2. It was very well received in the geek community and Bungie even blogged about it. Well, my roomate (this is Ethan I'm talking about here) found a fan video online! ... http://grant-henry.com/blog/?p=13 A few years ago I started building an arcade machine. I drug my wife (then girlfriend) out to Lowe's, lugged particle board home, and slapped together an arcade cabinet to house my MAME cabinet. I laid out my controller, bought the parts to build with, and quickly realized ... http://grant-henry.com/blog/?p=12 September has been a refreshing month for musical discoveries.  Here are a few that I guarantee none of you will enjoy (I'm linking to myspace pages, because it's so easy to hear sample tracks): Channels - Contains former Alum of Jawbox, and is one of the coolest things I've heard from ... http://grant-henry.com/blog/?p=10 For the first time, I'm having a professional artist come in and put art together for one of my albums. I'm not a very good graphic artist at all, but I've been the most capable and assigned the task in every band I've been a part of. I'm ... http://grant-henry.com/blog/?p=9 Even people who aren't addicted to web videos got a taste of the Numa Numa guy a few years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o Well, in an attempt to capitalize on the webcam sensation, a company called Jaeter Corporation has signed Numa Boy on, and is trying to see what money they can squeeze out ... http://grant-henry.com/blog/?p=8 I'm sorry, what?My good buddies E and E minor have once again broken down the boundaries of independent film and comedy.... Well not really, but they did made this interview with Ethan and stuff?  And yeah, it's really funny. Have a gander:Man, I love that themesong. http://grant-henry.com/blog/?p=7 Last night, I played soundman for my father's gospel bluegrass band. I can't recall the last time I played that role actually. I love it though. It doesn't matter how the band performs - you're totally in control of what the people in the audience hear, which is ... http://grant-henry.com/blog/?p=6