Show Oct 1

I'm playing at the Mutiny on October 1st with two bands.
Nike-A-Go-Go is a three piece all girl folk punk Misfits cover band. I play bass and co-sing with kato d. who plays acoustic guitar. Also denise plays drums. It's really nice and mellow. A lot of songs from Static Age and a few from Walk Among Us. Lots of girl harmonies.
Chaz Brackx and the Class Acts is good old time rockabilly and roll. The Class Acts consist of myself on bass, John from the Columbines on guitar and Julia from the Columbines on drums. Chaz Brackx, formerly of the infamous Chirps, sings gospel-rockabilly-soul over the Class Acts' stompy blues.

October 1st will be the first show for Chaz Brackx and the Class Acts, and the first show for Nike-A-Go-Go since I joined their ranks. Also playing with us will be the Prickly Pears, a Chicago based duo.

True False School of Good Ideas

Around my birthday (August 10) I had the idea to start a new school on a radical concept. The concept is that accreditation is not a requirement for learning. Math, science, engineering, and electronics knowledge should be spread around as much as possible to encourage technological breakthroughs from garages and basements, not just big corporations.

I've been working on the curriculum for this new school, called the True False School of Good Ideas. The curriculum is based on what I got out of my undergraduate electrical engineering degree, boiled down to the really important parts. The courses will be available online for cheaper than community college courses and will be conducted at the student's own pace.

I am trying to work out teaching the introductory circuits course locally in Chicago in "real life", as well as offering it online.

This school will be run as a non-profit organization. Although it will not be accredited by any institution, the courses are still very serious and students are expected to participate in assignments and tests in order to receive the degrees. It's not an "easy" fake school, it's a "hard" fake school, but being hard means you also get lots of REAL KNOWLEDGE and practical experience. It is meant to replace a "real" bachelor's degree for the kinds of students who don't care about getting a "real" degree.

For all the information about the school, read this pdf. As there are updates I will post them here.

I am completely serious. If you are interested in the school, in taking any courses, in helping get it set up or have any comments please send me an email.