<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Events @ obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Events) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:06:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Events @ obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>BBC</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/bbc.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/bbc.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bbc</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This fall, I&#39;ve changed kickball teams yet again.&nbsp; Well, &quot;changed&quot; isn&#39;t really the right word: since the Big Kids don&#39;t play in the fall, I had to move to a new team to keep playing.&nbsp; And, after hemming and hawing yet]]></description></item><item><title>[Review] Hancock</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_hancock.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_hancock.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=review%5Fhancock</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Originally titled Tonight, He Comes back in 1996 when the script was first written, Hancock languished in Hollywood development hell for several years before finally making it to the big screen this summer, at a time that is particularly ferti]]></description></item><item><title>Album Update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/album_update.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/album_update.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=album%5Fupdate</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I took July 18th off and went to Detroit to record more music for the album project I am working on with my friend S.&nbsp; This time, they took me straight to the studio from the airport, where I recorded 5 songs in 4 hours on bass (who da man?!).&n]]></description></item><item><title>In Detroit this weekend, all eyez on me</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_detroit_this_weekend_all_eyez_on_me.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_detroit_this_weekend_all_eyez_on_me.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fdetroit%5Fthis%5Fweekend%5Fall%5Feyez%5Fon%5Fme</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;m flying to Detroit this Friday for what is supposed to be my final recording session for the album project I&#39;ve been a part of since February.&nbsp; S and P went into the studio and finished all the drums, so I have to go up there and nail]]></description></item><item><title>Soundgasm</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/soundgasm.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/soundgasm.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=soundgasm</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I just bought this bass effects processor  in order to prepare tones and sounds for my second (and probably final) studio recording session with my college buddy S and our album project.&nbsp; I hemmed and hawed about it for a while, because I wanted]]></description></item><item><title>The jcabana theory comes to fruition.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/the_jcabana_theory_comes_to_fruition.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/the_jcabana_theory_comes_to_fruition.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fjcabana%5Ftheory%5Fcomes%5Fto%5Ffruition</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cobra Kai, my former kickball team, won the People&#39;s Cup on Saturday afternoon by beating DC Detention 1-0.&nbsp; Cynically I thought to myself &quot;Maybe I should leave Big kids, so they can win the trophy next summer.&quot;&nbsp; Not that I&#3]]></description></item><item><title>We Lost [EDIT]</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/we_lost.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/we_lost.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=we%5Flost</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My first-ranked kickball team lost in the first round of the playoffs to the bottom-ranked, winless team in our 16-team division yesterday night.&nbsp; Oh, the humanity.&nbsp; Can you say Sonics-Nuggets?&nbsp; How about Mavs-Warriors?&nbsp; We lost 5]]></description></item><item><title>Gooooooooo Big Kids!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/gooooooooo_big_kids.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/gooooooooo_big_kids.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gooooooooo%5Fbig%5Fkids</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This kickball season, I switched from Cobra Kai to Big Kids so I could continue to play on Thursday nights instead of Wednesday nights; the title of this entry is our &quot;battle cry.&quot;&nbsp; Big Kids are a team that is steeped in at least 7 ye]]></description></item><item><title>Ben, the two of us need look no more</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ben_the_two_of_us_need_look_no_more_1.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ben_the_two_of_us_need_look_no_more_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ben%5Fthe%5Ftwo%5Fof%5Fus%5Fneed%5Flook%5Fno%5Fmore%5F1</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mount Pleasant has a rat problem that apparently has become the subject of local newscasts (regarding other neighborhoods, anyway).   It's a growing health hazard in a city where waste management is so awful that the vermin have an unlimited supply o]]></description></item><item><title>Sigg Shortage</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/sigg_shortage.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/sigg_shortage.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sigg%5Fshortage</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I totally have gone urban crunchy in terms of my accessories lately.&nbsp; I bought this backpack  (the grey/black version) to replace my messenger bag.&nbsp; I&#39;ve gotten a lot of jokes since I made the switch: &quot;Going camping?&quot;&nbsp; &q]]></description></item><item><title>Tea Tree Oil</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/tea_tree_oil.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/tea_tree_oil.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tea%5Ftree%5Foil</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While I was in California, I finally made the effort to go to a black barber (in Oakland, of course) and ask for some advice.&nbsp; For those of you who don&#39;t know, black people have very different hair and skin products from white people (owing]]></description></item><item><title>Deer Dance</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/deer_dance.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/deer_dance.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=deer%5Fdance</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I killed a deer on Sunday while coming back from the movies.&nbsp; There was no chance whatsoever for me to swerve and avoid the impact: I was driving in Potomac on a double-yellow-line, two-lane road when a deer leaped out of the woods on the immedi]]></description></item><item><title>Geraldine Ferraro, Ron Paul and &quot;The Racist Card&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/geraldine_ferraro_ron_paul_and_the_racist_card.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/geraldine_ferraro_ron_paul_and_the_racist_card.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=geraldine%5Fferraro%5Fron%5Fpaul%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fracist%5Fcard</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This article  provides a brilliantly-conceived response to those who accuse others of playing &quot;the race card.&quot;&nbsp; It&#39;s called &quot;The Racist Card.&quot;&nbsp; This card is played by anyone who is making comments about a particular]]></description></item><item><title>[Review] Kung Fu Panda</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_kung_fu_panda.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_kung_fu_panda.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=review%5Fkung%5Ffu%5Fpanda</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I took my niece to see Kung Fu Panda yesterday.&nbsp; It ended up being possibly the most unexpectedly fun time I&#39;ve ever had watching a movie that on the surface looked absolutely fucking terrible to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was stunned when I learned]]></description></item><item><title>The Party</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/the_party.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/the_party.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fparty</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The party was very successful.&nbsp; We had a good turnout (including a lot of kickballers), and it was the first party that we had as a house in almost a year.&nbsp; Our air conditioner on the first floor wasn&#39;t working, driving many guests to t]]></description></item><item><title>XXXI</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/xxxi.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/xxxi.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=xxxi</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This might be the shortest birthday entry I&#39;ve ever written.&nbsp; With the exception of one devastating, life-changing event,  my path from 30 to 31 years old has been fantastic.&nbsp; The relative lack of upheaval is still refreshing; I&#39;ve]]></description></item><item><title>Album Progress [edit]</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/album_progress.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/album_progress.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=album%5Fprogress</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My friend and musical engine/collaborator S. sent me the first 3 &quot;finished&quot; studio tracks for the album we are working on together, plus sketches of ideas we have for the remaining 4 tracks.&nbsp; They aren&#39;t mixed properly, but they ar]]></description></item><item><title>Chicago Sessions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/chicago_sessions.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/chicago_sessions.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 05:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=chicago%5Fsessions</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last weekend I was flown to Chicago to Chicago to work on the last 4 songs of the album, and to work on some backing vocal parts for songs already recorded.&nbsp; We played all of Saturday and for a few hours on Sunday, recording some sketches for ba]]></description></item><item><title>[Review] Iron Man</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_iron_man.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_iron_man.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=review%5Firon%5Fman</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Iron Man  I&#39;ve now seen Iron Man twice, and I have the same opinion about it after both viewings.&nbsp; It is a very, very good movie, but not a sublime or transcendent one.&nbsp; The film&#39;s obscene 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes  is]]></description></item><item><title>Radiohead Concert</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/radiohead_concert.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/radiohead_concert.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=radiohead%5Fconcert</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last night&#39;s show was awesome.&nbsp; But, thanks to the downpour and the complete crapfest of administration at the Nissan Pavilion, it took more than 2 1/2 hours to get there -- and the same amount of time to get back.&nbsp; My friends and I lef]]></description></item></channel></rss>