http://gethurt.com GetHurt.com is a blog about music, art, sex, fatherhood, Philadelphia, and all the things that piss me off every day. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:22:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en During the opening reception for The Descent Of Man, I was approached by a man I didn't know. He was a tall, well dressed, older man, and he was there with his family; a wife and two kids. Along with his wife, he came up to me and asked if ... http://gethurt.com/2009/01/03/integrity-poverty/ • PLEASANT SURPRISE • Darius Rucker Learn To Live The odds were pretty stacked against me digging a Country album, no matter who was singing it. But solid songwriting and a great voice made this a no-brainer for the Pleasant Surprise award. • MOST IMPROVED • Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak As I said in my review ... http://gethurt.com/2008/12/31/2008-gethurt-music-awards/ Sometimes I start to write a post days, or even weeks before it gets published to the site. Sometimes I'll just type in a title for the post as a quick note to myself, reminding me what I wanted the post to be about. If it's any indication as to ... http://gethurt.com/2008/12/23/woe-is-me-post-796/ Hours upon hours of careful thought, introspection, and physical effort combined with at least $528 went into the opening of my current show. Unlike my last solo show in February 2005, I felt proud of the work, and wanted people to see it. To help that along, I used Myspace, ... http://gethurt.com/2008/12/12/looking-back-at-the-descent-of-man/ When I first heard "Through The Wire" in 2003, I fell in love with it. The song itself was great, but the fact that Kanye recorded the song with his jaw wired shut 2 weeks after having his whole face smashed in and surgically reconstructed made it just that much ... http://gethurt.com/2008/11/30/album-of-the-week-808s-heartbreak/ It's just a little somethin' somethin'. http://gethurt.com/2008/11/25/the-descent-of-man-preview-video/ I had a whole in-depth track-by-track review of the album written, but I scrapped it. When an album takes as long as this one, and gets talked about and over-analyzed as much as this one, it's hard to get a clear perspective. The only way this album should be judged ... http://gethurt.com/2008/11/24/album-of-the-week-chinese-democracy/ My last solo show was way back in February 2005. I took it on short notice, and I was severely under-prepared for it, which resulted in some pretty hefty disappointment. I'm working hard to avoid a repeat of that. I still have a ton of work to do before the ... http://gethurt.com/2008/11/19/reminder-my-art-show-is-coming/ My friend Kookeroo Kate had some tickets to see Nine Inch Nails at the lil House of Blues in Atlantic City. It's a small club inside the Showboat Hotel & Casino. Needless to say I was pretty excited to see this, especially after seeing them at the big Wachovia Center ... http://gethurt.com/2008/11/07/a-ground-n-pound-kinda-night/ Lately I've been feeling like I have so much on my mind, that forming a concise, focused blog entry seems impossible to do. With so much going on, and so many issues to deal with all the time, it could be easy to overlook some of these precious moments that ... http://gethurt.com/2008/11/03/fatherhood-15-months/