Once again I must apologize to my readers, who may have to wait a bit to see photos and tags on this blog post. I am dashing it off quickly before returning to work; I set aside a fair bit of day-job stuff to prepare for last night’s concert at Longmont’s ArtWalk. Last night’s show was a big success for a number of reasons, even if for some time at the beginning I felt like I was headed for a major disaster. I have the opposite of “sophomore slump”; I tend to sweat technical

Tonight at 5pm SLT (6pm Mountain, 7pm Central), mindSpiral will perform at La Vita Bella coffee shop in Longmont, CO. Spiral (Mike Metlay) and DesertMystic (Allen Goodman) will be treating the visitors to Artwalk to their very own brand of space music and chill out vibes. If you’re in the area, do pop in and enjoy a fabulous art experience as well as some music with your coffee and pastries. If you’re not local, then you can hear mindSpiral play live on Stillstream Radio (int

Fortunately, I don’t have to be just the one very much these days. My return to a proper website, a working blog, and a regular schedule of performances in live venues, on Second Life, and on Internet radio are due in large part to my making a strong commitment to get back on the metaphorical horse… but they’re as successful as they are because I get help from other people in critical areas. The obvious example is Gypsy, who puts out news releases, posts on this blog as well

At 6pm SLT (8pm Central), Spiral will be hosting his weekly radio show. This week he’ll be performing live with DesertMystic, otherwise known as Allen Goodman, the axeman. You won’t want to miss the chance to hear two fabulous musicians perform live improv for your listening pleasure! You can come and hang out at Atomic City HQ with fellow music fans and/or join us in the Stillstream chatroom. It’s a great way to spend an evening and make friends – all are welcome. http://map

The second machinima (movie shot in Second Life) is now available to watch on YouTube, with Spiral’s (Mike Metlay’s) beautiful music accompanying it. Explore some of Second Life’s Eleventh Birthday exhibition and watch some of the performance. Don’t forget to subscribe for future videos. Likes are always appreciated, here and on YouTube. (Updated December 2014) You can now save time and not even have to leave the blog now (mwahahaha – there is no escape) by popping over to th

… you will be assimilated into watching machinima*! The first of two videos currently in production have been uploaded to Spiral’s brand new YouTube channel and can be viewed right now! See some clips of his performance in Second Life at its eleventh birthday exhibition as well as some fascinating exhibits, all underscored by a fabulous piece he performed called “ReConquering the Void”. This is a truly beautiful piece of space music, guaranteed to make you smile. If you’ve ne

Sunday 6th July was Spiral’s second week with Stillstream at a new, earlier slot. The reason for moving his usual time was primarily to ensure that his show didn’t clash with his good RL and SL friend Cypress Rosewood, otherwise known as Tony Gerber in the real world. An accomplished and popular performer, Cypress has his show in Second Life just after Spiral’s now, whereas before they ran through each other. As with all weekends, this Sunday was busy for both Spiral and I. I

Well, if I wait any longer to post this, it will be totally out of date, so I will just write something and let Gypsy come in later, scold me for not even telling her I was doing it, and peppering this blog entry with tags and all the photos she’s been waiting on me to post. Sorry, Gyps. Saturday morning’s performance in Second Life for the 11th Birthday celebration was a blast. The one thing I always try not to worry about is sudden changes in audience size from act to act;