Myron Cope, R.I.P

Glutton 4 Punishment (& MTD4LYFE!)

The only reasonable response to having too many websites is, of course, to create an entire on-line social network! Right before the baby comes! I must be insane...



I've been so impressed with the quality and explosive growth of the Open Wine Consortium that I created a specialized social network for MTD Bass Enthusiasts. If you're an owner, fan, admirer, etc. of MTD Basses, then head on over and sign up!

Visit MTD Bass Enthusiasts

Cheers!

Too Many Too (Whoops!). Also, monkeys rule...

I have too many websites.

I am, like, a website-creating junkie. I probably need professional help, but I don't know where to begin to even think about getting it.

Sephage.com
I fell as though I've been neglecting poor old Sephage.com lately. This is the website that started it all (unless you count the old-tyme FourWood website, which technically came first). And it was with this website that I started "blogging" before there was even such a thing as blogging. Whoops! I'm old....

2WineDudes.com
The great thing about 2WineDudes.com is that I built it in one day, and it's needed very little changes since that time. The graphics provided the inspiration for my wine blog as well, so I must've been onto something (or ON something?) when I put that one together. It continues to generate business for me which I have to turn down because I've got no time available. Whoops!

1WineDude.com
This sucker has been, well, sucking up all of my time lately (but hopefully hasn't been sucking in general). I save my better writing for 1WineDude.com. I've been trying to make 'passive income' from that blog. I've made about $10, I think, in 3 months. Whoops!

Myspace.com/Sephage
Also getting neglected is the obligatory MySpace music page. About once a week I log onto MySpace, approve a bunch of friend requests, and log off. Very occasionally, I will leave a comment (usually for Mike Tobias) or seek out someone cool to be my friend, like Zane Lamprey, who for reasons I cannot fathom I still like even though he has stolen the job that I was probably born to do. Maybe I like him because of the monkey? Maybe I'm too old for the social networking revolution (whoops...).

twitter.com/1WineDudeReview
Thankfully this one is a breeze. I type a wine review in. People subscribe. I only get 140 characters. I keep tasting after I write the review. I get drunk. Whoops!

http://www.openwineconsortium.org/profile/JoeRoberts
This is, like, the last straw. I was member #20-something at this facebook-for-wine-types site. They're up to about 250 members - in a week! Yet another Inbox for me to check. Whoops!

No time for love, Dr. Jones!

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"What do they call you, 'Wheels'?!??"

Well. Things have been busy!

The wheels of life have been turning, and for the most part, I've been going along for the ride.

Most of the Roberts / Catalino clan have been nursing some form or another of a cold, and I'm no exception. Triumph is under new management and have suspended all music acts beginning this month - that includes us in the SL Band. So I've been trying to make the most of the unplanned break. This has included lots and lots of baby prep (see surprise baby shower pics in this post), birth classes, daydreaming about how awesome the new Iron Man movie might be, practicing music, and hitting the wine blog at (more or less) full tilt (with wine reviews now being posted at both Twitter and Chateau Petrogasm, and the kick-off of the 1WineDude Schwag Store). Oh, yeah - and my day job.

Despite being thrown between the wheels on the Triumph gigs, all has not been totally quiet on the music front.

First, I'm featured on several tracks of the new Steve Liberace on-line compilation release, Banged-Up Classics. Check out Steve's website for links to the downloads (you can also stream the tunes on-line from there). Next, the SL Band has received some press over at Spark to promote the launch of Banged-Up Classics. You can check out the band pics and interview with Steve here. And finally, I may be teaming up with members of Eye Level to write and record some instrumental material for use on MTV. Stay tuned.

And finally - to cap off the Wheels theme - check out this cool vid of Peter Mulvey's "Look Ma, No Gasoline" Tour.

Cheers!