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Last night I went to the Neko Case concert at the Barrymore Theatre here in Madison. Her wonderful Fox Confessor Brings The Flood was my favorite album from last year, and I was very excited to see her perform live. I was not disappointed.

Hearing the music and that gorgeous voice resonate through the sold-out theater was an enchanting experience. From the Patsy Cline like crooning of the opening song, “A Widow’s Toast,” to the defiant (and almost shouting) end chorus of “Maybe Sparrow,” Neko’s voice was indeed the star of the show.

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My hosting company is upgrading the server this website resides on, so if you notice downtimes or general weirdness for a few hours tonight, that’s why.

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Since I’ve been with them (almost five years now) they’ve been expanding their business, and improving their services along with the expansion. That has been especially true over the past year or two. In addition to things like tonight’s server upgrade, a few months ago they upgraded all of their shared hosting customers to their newest, larger hosting plan at no extra charge! So, while still paying the same annual cost for the smaller plan, I got a huge increase in storage capacity, bandwidth limits, etc.

When I have had problems (or even just a question), their online support has been very good. Often responding to my concerns within minutes of submitting a ticket. They also have a good user forum with the company president, and top support people being active contributors.

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