Wow, it’s been crazy around here the past few weeks, so busy that I have neglected my poor blog here on JosephBurke.com. I am sorry gang, just been doing so many little side projects lately that I haven’t even had the chance to post, but alas, I am here now and things are calm for a short while.
So what’s new in my world? Let’s start with the fact that I am going to Orlando, FL this summer for a huge Blue Man Group event, and I am totally stoked! I have never been to Orlando, much less Florida for that matter, and get this, the Blue Man Group theater and sound stage is the old sound stage for Nickelodeon Studios!!! Can you believe this? I get to be in the same building and on the same sound stage that Double Dare was filmed! Holy smokes Batman! I am not sure if any of you out there my age grew up with Nickelodeon like I did, but that channel was a HUGE part of my childhood with shows like Double Dare, Family Double Dare, Out of Control, Mr. Wizard, Count Duckula, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Nick Arcade… and the list goes on and on… This is going to be a special trip all the way around for me, and I can’t wait.
Another fun thing going on is the new Blue Man fan site that I launched last week on Februrary 27th.
Blue Man Library has been a 7 year project that I founded and keep up with for the fans of Blue Man Group. It is considered by many fans the official original source for all things blue. Since the launch of Blue Man Group’s “official” pay premium fan site called “Roofdwellers.com,” I have been coding nonstop on the new web site. You could say that Blue Man’s new site kind of kindled a fire beneath me to keep up with web standards and revamp the BML for the fans. It means a lot to me to be able to give the fans a free web space that is entirely devoted the Blue Man Group fan community. The new BML uses Joomla as the content management system, and we utilize Invision Power Board software for our community space.
I haven’t been doing much at Summit City these days with the weather being bad. It’s odd that all the recent snow storms and bad weather happens on the very night that I am usually hosting open mic nights. It’s killing me that I can’t be there with my friends and enjoying the jams from the locals. I am looking forward to Spring almost daily, if not hourly at times to get here so I can get out. Joe is NOT a house cat, I like to be out and about in the middle of things and being active. That’s what I’m all about, and weather is one of those natural forces that you can’t help, remedy or overcome.
Another thing I have been doing on the weekends a lot lately is the singing gig with my folks “The Singing Burkes.” When dad started pastoring in churches, we kind of lost out on the whole singing family thing, but now we’re back and singing in full force. If you want to catch me at a church near you, check our our web site “
TheSingingBurkes.com” and click on Schedule.
