Brad Froehle

Spat Camp

Saturday, June 19th, 2004 I received the Spat Camp mailing for Marching Band next fall. I’m very excited to get back to playing and having fun with that set of friends.

Does anybody have a suggestion as for what I should put down for my “nickname” to go on the Spat Camp name tag?

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Electronic Bugle

Monday, May 31st, 2004

SKB Works with Inventor to Solve U.S. Military Bugler Shortage, by creating an Electronic Device that fits in the bell of a Bugle and plays all of the notes. How sad.

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Bye, bye, a piece of the pie

Tuesday, May 25th, 2004

USATODAY.com – Bye, bye, a piece of the pie, where the money you spend on music goes.

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All Things iPod

Monday, May 24th, 2004

iPodlounge | All Things iPod, cool pictures of people and their iPods.

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Virtual Partch

Sunday, May 23rd, 2004

birdhouse.org: Virtual Partch, links to some of the works of Harry Partch, a composer who used 43 microtones to the octave.

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Worst Rock Band Ever

Saturday, May 1st, 2004

That article that I posted about earlier this week about the worst bands of 2003 got me to thinking . . . which band is the worst band in the history of rock and roll? Being a stats and numbers and research geek, I’ve developed a system for who qualifies and process for then honing [...]

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Fall 2004

Thursday, April 8th, 2004

Well, I’ve gone and done it… registering for Fall ’04 that is.

Here’s the official breakdown:

Math 5615H — Honors Analysis Phys 4001 — Analytical Mechanics Phys 4051 — Methods of Experimental Physics I Mus 3480 — Marching Band Dnce 1321 — Ballroom I PE 1031 — Sabre Fencing

All in all, it’ll be 13 academic credits & 3 “fun” credits, making this [...]

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Final Four

Friday, April 2nd, 2004

As I’m sure you’ve heard a million times already, the Lady Gopher’s Basketball Team is headed to the Final Four. I won’t be going in the band (since I’m not in WAB). The game is in New Orleans, and they are staying at a $200/night hotel, so it should be a pretty sweet [...]

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Norfolk, VA

Monday, March 29th, 2004

For those that are curious, right now I’m at library in downtown Norfolk, VA. I’m in Norfolk for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. Yesterday (Friday), the Gopher’s (#7 seed) creamed the#3 seed, Boston College. Tomorrow at 7pm ET, we play the #1 seed, Duke.

It should be a good time. Although Duke’s [...]

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Sweet Sixteen

Wednesday, March 24th, 2004

I’m headed to Norfolk, VA this weekend to see the Gopher Girls Basketball win the next two games.

Ooh, it’ll be fun!

Although at the moment it looks like I might have to take one of my midterms at 7am on Friday. Here’s to hoping that instead the departure time is later and I can take [...]

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