Matter of Fact

Do you like music? Do you like hilarious comics? Well, let me tell you something…you’re in luck! The official 2010 Matter of Fact Music Calendar is now available for only $14.98. That’s it! I know- I can’t believe it either. That is like 2 cents cheaper than $15.00, and let me tell you something- that ain’t bad.

So, what, you ask, comes with this calendar?

• 12 Hilarious comics.
• 12 Months of dates- that’s right! All 12 months- even March.
• A plethora of composer’s birth dates littered throughout the calendar.
• Hilarity and Visual Splendor every day of the year- that’s hard to come by, folks.

This is a great calendar for your band or choir office. They also make great gifts, because they are flat and fit in your suitcase or backpack easily so you will still have plenty of room while you travel.

Also, if you buy right now you will get shipping and handling at regular cost, at no extra cost to you. You can’t find deals like that everyday my friends.

Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Because 2010 will be slamming into us before we know it. Get yours today!

One of the guys I marched with while I was at the Madison Scouts writes one of the most consistently funniest blogs I have read. Whenever a new blog post gets put up my wife and I read it together and are always, without fail, laughing hard. It is called What My Kids Don’t Know Hurts Me by Chris Hollenback. I highly suggest you head on over and read some entries. You won’t be disappointed.

Do you have trouble waking up your kids for school? Do you end up having to threaten them? Or dump water on them? Or sic your neighbor’s dog on them?

Well no more!

I was listening to the radio a couple of weeks ago and one mom was talking about the problems of getting her daughter out of bed. She then remembered what her mom did to wake her up when she was young. She recommended turning on nice music and calmly waking your children as that was working well for her daughter.

I tried that, only the setting was slightly different. I went with high powered jazz music instead and I am telling you what- this is working (for now at least)! My son loves it and he looks forward to waking up. I’ve been turning on Harry Connick Jr the past week and he is ready to go.

I highly recommend it. Waking him up is not a hassle anymore…for now.

You may want to start with this one:

Alright, I lied. I said that I was done revamping all the old music comics for the calendar. This is the last one, trust me (I’ve submitted a draft of my calendar so this is the last revamp).

This was a tough one for me because I liked how the old one looked and I intended to use the old version on the calendar. However, when all was said and done it didn’t match the style of the other 11 comics. So here is the new version:

Want to relax? Check out this link that Eric Whitacre posted on Twitter a while back. Very nice! And yes…those are whale sharks.

Kuroshio Sea – 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world – (song is Please don’t go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

You may have heard of Randy Pausch and his book The Last Lecture within the last couple of years. If you have not, then you need to get acquainted with his book and this video. It is an hour and 16 minutes but it is very much worth watching. I watched it over a course of a few lunch breaks while at home. Turn off that other reality TV and watch this very real video. Very inspirational.

Here’s another, and last, music comic revamp for the music calendar for 2010. From here on out completely new music comics for the calendar (most are already done but won’t post for a while.  Sorry)

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Just revamped the Barnyard Overture comic for the upcoming music calendar. Check it out-

Just got done redoing another comic in my archives. I’ve been planning a 2010 Matter of Fact Music Calendar and want all of the styles to match so any comic that is included is being redone. However with this one I added another punchline that I feels improves the comic 200%, in my opinion.

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Check back in for more revamps as I redo more for the calendar. Thanks!!!

In anticipation of the music calendar I am going to put out for 2010, I went back and redrew the Tuba While You Work comic.  For the calendar I am going to make the style homogeneous, so I am redrawing the old strips that I need to use to match my new style.  Here is the new and the old version:

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You might also have noticed that the fellar in the comic got a promotion and now has his own office. But he still sticks his roots and recycles his paper.

More information on the calendar to come!