LIV. TechTV Reunion, a New Band, and a New Infected!
July 25th, 2006
So have you heard? We might be getting the old gang back together! Yes, there’s talk of a TechTV reunion show, tentatively scheduled for May 7, 2007 (10 year anniversary of the launch of ZDTV).
As we’re ramping up for that joyous occasion, the plan is to build some sort of Internet space where former TechTV associates can add, among other things, video content describing what they’ve been up to, or I suppose whatever they’d like. This was all mentioned on Digg.com, and within 24 hours the story had been Dugg over 6000 times. From what I understand, that’s way up there in the history of stories posted on Digg. Yeah, people inside and outside of the old TechTV seem pretty jazzed about this whole thing. It’ll be great to see the whole crew together again in one place, though if it’s anything like TechTV parties from days gone by, I’m not looking forward to the hangover.
Speaking of great memories from the past, my roommate and best pal from my Cornell days, a Greek fellow by name of Nicholas Michalopoulos, along with his wildly talented wife Lynn (he and she are on the right in the picture below, I don’t know any of those other clowns), has a band based in Philadelphia called Bebek. And I gotta tell you, Infected Army, they’re pretty gosh dang good, pardon my French! Real toe-tapping stuff! You must give it a listen.
Oh, sure, I used to hate it when Nick would practice that damn keyboard of his all hours of the night while I was trying to execute a vigorous new reading of Proust in my library-study. Over and over, my tortured pianist friend would unlock the fragile bird of song’s cage, letting the dulcet tones of Axle-F, or Debussy’s La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin, or whatever the fuck it was, fly about our chambers. Well, playing that nonsense four thousand times in one evening countless evenings in a row has paid off for old Nick, cause this band of his is heading to the top!
Finally, make sure you listen to episode 12 of Infected, now available. It’s our special Summer Edition, and we have an exciting new sponsor: poet/priestess/woman Maya Angelou!
Sadly, due to technical complexities this is an audio only edition, but that doesn’t detract from its shining luster.
Thanks for listening, and remember: Don’t get Ripped, by the Riptide!
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