http://www.sullisnack.com the .blog of Sean Sullivan Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:49:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the addition of a Dobro to my collection of guitars, I decided that it was time to get serious about a better way to keep my instruments. The current system has been to keep whatever instrument I'm most recently playing on a stand and the rest in their ... http://www.sullisnack.com/2008/08/building-a-guitar-stand.html I really like this picture that I took last time we visited Florence. Too bad the camera that I took it with is now worth more as a paper weight than it is as a camera... I initially tried to post this using Flickr's "blog this" functionality but found it ... http://www.sullisnack.com/2008/08/the-watchtower.html This past Saturday evening I performed a set at the Furrer Farms Open House near Eugene. With just my voice, my Heritage H-535, and my Fender Blues DeVille amplifier, I played a set of a little bit over a half hour. I covered a pretty good range of tunes, from ... http://www.sullisnack.com/2008/08/furrer-farms-performance.html This past Wednesday was my birthday. I came home from jammin' out with the band to find this awesome cake that Becca had made for me. Not only did she bake this crazy awesome homemade cake filled with delicious pudding and butter cream frosting, but she also frosted ... http://www.sullisnack.com/2008/07/birthday-cake.html When we bought our house back in March, we decided that the one lesser attractive part of the home was the manner in which the backyard presented itself. When the house was built, they had simply poured a slab of concrete outside the back sliding door and that was ... http://www.sullisnack.com/2008/07/the-deck.html Instance has released its first single, Different Day, as a free mp3 download from our site. We have released Different Day as the first downloadable mp3 from Instance and it’s completely free! Featuring a rockin’ groove, Different Day has a pretty catchy hook with lots of “ooh la la la’s” ... http://www.sullisnack.com/2008/07/instance-releases-different-day-as-free-mp3-download.html Everybody has little tricks they came up with to provide therapy when they're having a long day. Well for a MSU fan, nothing cheers us up quite like watching UM losing games. Of course, the most satisfactory of these University of Michigan losses are the ones that all the ... http://www.sullisnack.com/2008/06/uofm-football-highlights-provide-mood-enhancement.html A lot has happened since June 11, 2007. I've been super busy with the usual attempts to balance work and home life. However, there's been some super exciting things going on that I've failed to blog about! Since I've been really bad about updating my blog in the last ... http://www.sullisnack.com/2008/06/my-life-top-5.html Come one, come all. My band, Instance, has finally posted a couple of demo tracks on our MySpace page. http://www.myspace.com/instancemusic Featured are, the tracks Killing Floor and Lovin' Cup. We are a blues rock band based in Eugene, Oregon. We are currently working on booking shows and growing our repertoire of ... http://www.sullisnack.com/2008/05/blues-rock-for-the-soul.html I wanted to get out to get my hands on a copy of Contra 4 for my DS. After all, that's the reason I asked to get one (a DS) for my birthday. I'm a huge Contra fan! Anyways, after seeing this picture of the line at GameStop ... http://www.sullisnack.com/2007/11/no-contra-4-tonight.html