Be Here Now | by Seth Werkheiser

PHOTO: We got new Aol. 1" pins today (with the photo this time)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:50:03 -0500

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PHOTO: We got new Aol. 1" pins today.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:44:17 -0500

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Dimebag Darrel 'Walk' Solo

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:11:11 -0500

Here is a description of this video. I wonder if I can add links, too? Hmm.

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Dimebag Darrel 'Walk' Solo

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:06:55 -0500

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Things Will Always Change

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:36:54 -0500

Changes are abound, and the ride looks to be fun. I only wish I could listen to music loudly in the office, or at least watch some NBA games, being as I’m still in front of my computer at 8:30pm most nights. Perhaps these things will happen, or perhaps I’ll be out of a job and have to live in the trees and eat squirells to survive. I don’t know what’s going to happen, and neither does anyone else.

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Consume the News You Need

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:22:19 -0500

I must make an admission. It pains me to confess to such things, but it must be done.I was unaware of that whole “Tiger Woods story.”

I heard about some car accident, or that his wife hit him (or didn’t hit him). That’s about where I stopped caring. As I’ve read in the Tim Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek, sometimes it’s better to just let the news happen around you. Ask other people about the days news. That is what I did, with a few other people this morning. I asked them what happened and I got two, solid round-ups of what happened.

No RSS feeds. I didn’t read three different blogs. I didn’t consume any video content to understand what happened. I simply asked, and now it seems I’m “informed enough.”

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Just got back from the Poconos of lovely PA. And the Lehigh...

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:17:20 -0500

Just got back from the Poconos of lovely PA. And the Lehigh Valley. It was a somewhat quick trip, but packed with friends and family and food. And ice cream.

The time spent away from computers was lovely. It seriously refreshed the batteries and inspired some new ideas that I’m currently working on.

Good hangs with good people this past weekend in NJ. I took in...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:30:31 -0500

Good hangs with good people this past weekend in NJ. I took in Jim Gaffigan, even if some douche bags stole our seats and forced us to stand in the back of the theater. But it was still good. After that it was 16oz. of Dunkin Donuts coffee and a drive to Linden for a punk rawk show. Dear lord. Some bands are just really, horrifically bad. Someday they’ll learn and get jobs in the music industry. AWESOME.

Aside from that, this week there is scary stuff on the blogs coupled with wonderful candy and treats in everyones cubicles. I think I’ve gained 34lbs in the past 12 minutes just thinking about the chocolate treats.

Today the company I work for was in the news quite a bit. Lay...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:29 -0500

Today the company I work for was in the news quite a bit. Lay offs, buy outs, rumors, mystery and magic. It was a long day, but we all got throught it.

Stepping outside from work and smelling, feeling the rain was nice. A reminder that no matter what we’re all going through in life we’re all in this together. Wet socks and all.

San Francisco was lovely, of course. How can amazing weather...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:16:54 -0500

San Francisco was lovely, of course. How can amazing weather with amazing company fail? It can’t really. So don’t even try.

I’ve been flying JetBlue a lot this year, but this trip was flown via Delta. Thanks, Delta, for your ultra-wide carts that hit me in the shoulder as you clunked and clanked down the aisle. And thanks to the attendant who leaned over said cart for five minutes to get their credit card reader to work for another attendant. And the ice water you dripped on me at one point. That rocked, too.

So JetBlue, I will come back to you. You will make long flights tolerable, so I can take more nerdy photos like this one.

Looking forward to the miracle of flight tomorrow. Flying to San...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:22:43 -0500

Looking forward to the miracle of flight tomorrow. Flying to San Francisco will be lovely, as it will be a welcomed change of pace and scenery. NYC is lovely and all, but most of what I see of the city now are cubicle walls and the television screen that sits in my apartment that my roommate owns.

Things are changing. Days are turning into weeks, and headaches come a little more frequent with the pace of life that seems to be the norm these days. Well, at least on this island. Tomorrow I’ll be checking email on my iPhone to make sure nothing has burnt to the ground. I’ll update Twitter and Facebook from my mobile apps and text message the appropriate wonderful people in my life. I’ll fly. I’ll sleep. I’ll fidget.

But by the end of the day I’ll be on the west coast, away from uncertain things and smiling faces on zombies.

Today I was asked if I wanted to speak on a panel at a major...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:53:06 -0500

Today I was asked if I wanted to speak on a panel at a major university about the music industry, to which I replied yes. I hope it happens, as I really want to start speaking to more than my friends about my wacky ideas about the ‘biz.

It’s insane to think that years ago I was hauling a bass amp around at firehall shows, and now I’m the editor of Noisecreep. As I write this ‘Dammit’ from Blink 182 comes on the radio, reminding me about dingy clubs, JNCO jeans, crappy equipment and distro tables. The only thing that’s changed, besides the tightness of jeans and disappearance of distro tables, is I’m 10 years older and getting paid to do all this.

This weekend should be quiet and clam, as next weekend is a trip...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:57:02 -0500

This weekend should be quiet and clam, as next weekend is a trip to San Francisco. Hopefully I’ll eat pancakes, ride my bike around brooklyn, and make music.

I grew up a vibrant music scene in North East PA in the mid 90s....

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:57:38 -0500

I grew up a vibrant music scene in North East PA in the mid 90s. As a young lad I saw older brothers listening to Iron Maiden and playing guitar in their bedrooms, but I never thought that would be me. In 1991 I started playing bass and quickly found myself playing in alterna-rock bands.

In 1993 or so I came across this wondrous world of “hardcore.” The music didn’t grab me at first, but the “everyone gets to play” idea did. Kids were running their own record labels. There were “distros” at shows. Before the internet there were zines.

This was also a nice break from the hirachal set up in high school. Popular dudes that played sports picked on the skaters and metal kids. Fuck them!

That utopian dream scene died quick, though. Jock mentality seeps everywhere. It seems you can be part of something as long as you agree with the scene. Rock the boat and you’re done.

One time a friend of mine who booked shows got the boot for two dudes from out of town. I spoke up about it. Thought it was unfair. Then I was threatened by the two dudes that they’d break my legs. Yes, for real. Hardcore unity, huh?

And now just recently. A friend says something that someone with more “clout” doesn’t agree with. Suddenly my friend is full of shit. An amatuer. A hack.

Everyone gets to play, just as long as there’s no differing opinions.

Above is Alison, my co-worker and roommate. I’m very...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:31:45 -0500

Above is Alison, my co-worker and roommate. I’m very honored that I’ve become enough of a character for someone to nail down my wardrobe, and people in the office actually “got it.”

This past weekend was filled with great metal music, good food, new friends and assorted wondrous encounters. Life has become magic in the past few months, in ways I never thought possible a year ago.

In two weeks I visit San Francisco. This will be the second time I’ve been there, the first back in 1998. My, how my life has changed since then.

Another Weekend of Travel

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:45:31 -0400

Last weekend was Maine. This weekend it’s Bethlehem, PA. Last weekend it was security theater, this weekend it’s the joy of bus travel. The smells, the traffic, the lines - all that for about $40 and 4 hours of on the road bliss.

Working From The Airport

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:48:01 -0400

Right now I’m sitting on the floor of the Portland, Maine airport, next to an electrical outlet. The crummy departure parking, security theater and overpriced food isn’t bad enough, I suppose. Charge me $8 for wifi, then ask me to sit on the floor so I can get online. Classy.

Aside from that, this has been a good trip. The downtown section of Portland was nice. Lots of brick buildings, good coffee and tasty food.

On Friday and today, Monday, I worked a number of hours without being at my desk back in NYC. About 95% of my job is tending email like sheep, so if I have a wi-fi connection (or at least my iPhone), I can do my job from anywhere. I made some stuff happen while walking through a mall here on friday. I dialed into a conference call this morning. I drank coffee at Coffee By Design with my hostess and confirmed this and planned that. There’s a few things I can’t do away from the office (eye rolling, notwithstanding), but with time I think those things will change, too.

Work is changing and the workforce is changing. If this is the new “permalancers run everything!” world, I’m all aboard.

Portland, Maine

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:12:07 -0400

My adventures so far have been quiet, and relaxed and chilly. The weather up here is brisk, of course, but not too terrible. We spent a lot of time walking here, so it was comfortable. Of course we got some food and coffee and such, so we were quite good.

This area is Old Port in Portland. It’s really nice here (as you can see).

A Bean Eulogy: Dropping the Coffee Habit Like it's Hot

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:09:38 -0400

A Bean Eulogy: Dropping the Coffee Habit Like it's Hot:

zenhabits:

Good-bye, coffee habit. Can’t say you’ll be missed, but you were great while you lasted.

Gadgets and Blogs

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:22:52 -0400

I’ve been blogging in one for or another since about 1998. Way back in the day I spent hours writing words on Xanga, then in 2001 I began my own music blog called Buzzgrinder.

When I started Buzzgrinder the thought was to become so popular that I could start charging for ad space. That was the model back then. Swapping eyeballs for CPC’s. I got other perks, too. CDs, free shows, posters, shoes and even a trip to Norway (and hotel). It’s not until all these years later that I realize that those perks were payment. They might not have been a form of currency to pay the rent, but given the bottoming out of the ad market these days, well…

Again, I set out with Buzzgrinder to become big and sell ads. But it actually parlayed into a paid day job. I was countracted to start, develop, plan, organize and run a metal blog for AOL Music. And well, Noisecreep is doing quite well these days.

With all that, I don’t blog much these days. I’m trying to change that. It’s funny - I spent years and years reading about bloggers who travelled and lived a good life and well, now I’m travelling and living the good life. I need to blog about that for the sake of the upcoming generation who will be inherting an even crazier landscape of online media in the coming decade.