Roni Horn aka Roni Horn @ The Whitney
I love this show! Roni is dark and brilliant and ambidextrous. Some of my favorites are the mischievously appealing red ant farm, the River Thames pictures with notations and the clowns.
“Roni Horn aka Roni Horn” November 6, 2009-January 24, 2010
For more than thirty years, Roni Horn (b. 1955) has been developing work of concentrated visual power and intellectual rigor, often exploring issues of gender, identity, androgyny, and the complex relationship between object and subject. Because the artist chooses not to privilege any one medium, Horn’s art defies easy categorization. Materials – often used with remarkable virtuosity and sensitivity – take on metaphorical qualities and relate key themes with great visual power. Horn’s interest in doubling and identity, for example, is central to understanding her approach to the genres of portraiture and landscape. Image-specific photographic portraits and ethereally beautiful abstract cast glass sculpture relay aspects of both. Similarly, Horn’s intricately cut and pigmented drawings suggest something of the elemental nature of the earth that relates in turn to how the landscape of Iceland, where Horn has traveled and made work since 1975, has informed her practice.
Jointly organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art and Tate Modern, Roni Horn aka Roni Horn is the most comprehensive overview of Roni Horn’s work to date. The curators, who are working in close collaboration with Horn, are the Whitney’s Chief Curator and Associate Director for Programs Donna De Salvo and curator of drawings Carter E. Foster, and Mark Godfrey, curator at Tate Modern. Following the Whitney’s presentation, it travels to The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, where it will be on view from February 19 to June 13, 2010.
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Such imperfect awesomeness! Whoever did sound doesn’t know hip-hop and poor Jay-Z got slammed with echo. A serious hat-tip to him, he was able to continue through it and then Alicia Keys opened up her awesomeness and totally saved it while they fixed sound. The only thing better is the player’s faces of awe. Oh yeah, and the entire Bronx crowd knows all the lyrics to the chorus! In NEEWWW YOOOORK!
The iPhone Now Officially Runs Doom
From Gizmodo: id’s classic shooter has finally been (officially) ported to the iPhone. And thanks to oversight from John Carmack himself, there are a number of improvements that make it worth a purchase even for Jailbreakers.
In a blog post from May, Carmack says he loves that players port Doom to every device imaginable, but he’s disappointed that there’s rarely any real effort to build a new, functional control scheme on platforms without a keyboard and mouse. In other words, he’d rather that instead of everyone stopping at “Does it run Doom?” they ask “Does it play Doom?”
That’s why he personally developed the controls for the iPhone version, and according to early reviews, the iPhone can now play Doom. Users are saying controls as good as you would expect from Carmack. Not to mention the other enhancements like 24-bit lighting.
Sure, you might have put the game on your jailbroken iPhone years ago, but graphical upgrades and tighter controls might make it worth the $6.99 admission price. [Recombu]
Send an email to Chris Jacob, the author of this post, at cjacob@gizmodo.com
Brunello Cucinelli
Saks put on an event for the Brunello Cucinelli line and it partnered with the Henry Street Settlement. The models from his site were there looking stunning in earthy tones. Brunello is a kind and intelligent soul. He is an artist and a renaissance man.
I learned about the Henry Street Settlement. Both women I met have been with the organization for decades.
I also met an interesting hospital VP (?) who volunteered his medical services for them and he was very impressed with their organization. 
NYC Halloween Parade 2009
Emon Hassan took some fantastic pictures: 
New Chanel!
My roommate and I went to Vanity Fair’s Chanel event at Saks named “Fragrances & Florals: A Presentation of Les Exclusifs de Chanel Fragrance Collection” with Eden McCracken, Chanel Fragrance Expert and Meredith Wanga Perez, Founder & Creative Director of Belle Fleur.
The room was done nicely with beautiful bouquets and the champagne was flowing. We were introduced to the base scents first then the Chanel fragrances that went with them. I discovered a new favorite sent in tuberose and sampled iris, hawthorn, gardenia and green grass. I thought the green grass was off as I associate the smell more with Demeter’s version.
The new fragrances we sampled were: No. 22, Bel Respiro, Gardenia, La Pausa, and Beige. I like Beige the most but not the name. I associate beige with drab and conformist.
It was a nice presentation and the swag bag was great.
WFMU Record Fair is here!
$7 to get in
LOST Spoiler Time Has Begun Again…
I love spoilers and theories! This one’s from patidifuso on LiveJournal
I can now reveal the following:
Jacob has a child and it’s one of the people below:
Jack, Sawyer, Kate, Juliet, Hurley, Locke, Michael, Bram, Desmond, Caesar, Illana, Ben, Richard Alpert, Sayid
I actually vote for Juliet. They’re both blond and she was the only one with a flashback where Jacob didn’t appear and touch her in “The Indicent”.
Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!
I happened upon this cd at my favorite used cd shop, Last Vestige’s blues section. Never heard of him but it’s new and it’s put out by Lost Highway. I fell in love in within minutes! He is the love child of old Stax and Motown.
Tell `Em What Your Name Is! was produced by Jim Eno of Spoon, and recorded, mostly live in the studio, in Austin, TX.
The Death of AutoTune
Moment of silence…
I LOVE THIS VIDEO. Jay-Z announces the death of autotune and all the commercial fakery that comes with it, eats and gambles at Rao’s (best red sauce. period.), plays b-ball with LeBron James, and gives love to Brooklyn. How is it possible not to love Jay-Z? Yes, he’s commercial. But at least he’s got the ear and the talent to back it up.
Also, get the iTunes Deluxe version of this with videos and other goodies.
POOCHALINA is OK
NEWS UPDATE: Pebbles my God-Dog has recovered from surgery and is doing fantastically and is on her way to a full recovery. She ruptured her left anterior cruciate ligament and went to the doc yesterday.
She is a pitbull mix rescue of 8 years young. She is the sweetest, smartest awesomest dog in all New York. She goes everywhere with Darrick because she is so obedient and well trained (no leash needed but he brings it in case of the fuzz). She is a model pooch and the debutant of her neighborhood.
Goddamn Gallows Coming to Brooklyn!
10/18/09 at 8 PM at Club Public Assembly in Williamsburg
’nuff said
Welcome to New York Mr. President
I got to see President Obama today. His helicopter landed right outside the window.
Anger is an Appropriate Reaction
Bernard Madoff got away with record-breaking investment fraud for far too long because of regulatory incompetence at the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a shocking and angering report by the agency’s inspector general.
At one point SEC investigators decided against asking the NASDAQ stock market for data on trades Mr. Madoff claimed to have made because it would be too time-consuming to review the data. Read more »
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
A fully-functioning, completely mobile music and video studio, the Lennon Bus criss-crosses the country to allow music students, youth groups and amateur musicians to get a high-tech, hands-on recording experience. The idea is to encourage interest in songwriting and production among enthusiasts who would otherwise not have the opportunity to explore their love of music. During Outside Lands, the bus also had a number of high-profile visitors, including members of Black Eyed Peas and Dave Matthews Band. Read more »
Poeus Updateus
Kitt-ay!
It Might Get Loud: My Review
YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE. If you like rock and roll and worship at the strings of Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White like I do, this is a must see. I got into Led Zeppelin when I was in Jr. High School in the mid-80s along with The Who and The Rolling Stones and all the other masters of the genre but Led Zep always spoke to me on a level that The Beatles did. They formed my opinions of what I liked and how hard I liked it. I can’t imagine growing up without the genius of Jimmy Page. Music was my church and sanity and these were the gods I looked to. I remember in High School U2 really hit it but I was off in metal land listening to bootlegs of Metallica. There was this girl Elana who was totally obsessed with U2 and even though I wasn’t into them, I thought her musical devotion cool as hell and never forgot it. Now The Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum are permanently on my desert island disc list as they completely blow me away.
As for The White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan is a cd that I can listen to on repeat and love each listen. Jack White is all of my influences wrapped together in his own genius. I remember when I first heard Leadbelly and my search of the roots of rock and roll began. This is a movie that puts you in the room of the three of them and it’s an honor just to watch it. When Jimmy Page first riffs into “Whole Lotta Love” the jaw-dropping look on Jack White and The Edge’s face is exactly those of us in the audience. Pure awe and worship. My only complaint is that this film isn’t ten hours long. I want to be there. I want to live in that room and hear every thought in their mind. I went with a friend of mine who isn’t music obsessed like I am and she thought it was mind-blowingly fantastic also.
It’s a joy to see the masters explore their loves and the story of how they grew into who they are. Jimmy Page turns into an air-guitar playing little boy at the listen of Link Wray’s “Rumble”. Hearing him deconstruct its attitude reawakened my love for the song. He describes his album and 45 collection as old friends to visit with and I love that I have the same feeling. When it comes down to it, Jimmy Page is as much of a fanbooy as the rest of us. Watching him play “The Battle of Evermore” on mandolin in front of his castle made me think that his gift is one of thousands of years. Read more »
I GOTTA JOB!! I DID! I DID!
WOO HOO! I’m so happy and relieved I can barely speak! There are so many fantastic things about this that I’m so grateful for. Two friends of mine who work together (one of whom I’ve worked with in the past) recommended me for the Senior Analyst (database) position at an insurance company and I’ve accepted the offer! I can now say that I’m a professional computer geek AND I’m walking into a job where I already have a built-in support system with my friends who are awesome people! I couldn’t have asked for a better situation and I’m over the moon with joy. I will have a steady paycheck ! I will have health insurance! Oh I cannot wait to jay-walk with confidence again! NYC drivers watch out and get outta my way! I love love love working for big companies because they have big internal systems to be awesome to their employees. Everything they’ve said about the place is positive and they’re blessed with a fantastic manager. PINCH ME! To those still looking… RUB MY BELLY!
Scott H. Biram plays Brooklyn
We got to see Scott H. Biram play Union Hall August 6th and it was a fantastic show. The video of my favorite song by him (this week) is Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue is here:
Kitty at My Foot and I Wanna Touch It…
My friend’s nephew brought home an abandoned 3ish-week-old kitten named Poe. I call him Edgar and he has my heart.
Rest in Peace Michael
A child prodigy is a one who masters one or more skills or arts at an early age. One heuristic for classifying prodigies is: a prodigy is a child, typically younger than 13 years old, who is performing at the level of a highly trained adult in a very demanding field of endeavor. (Wiki)
I Want This T-Shirt
There was a guy in line at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop
Festival
wearing this t-shirt . When I asked
him where he got it, he said “Think Geek“.
Does Schrödinger’s Cat Live?
Twisted up in Schrödinger’s uncertainty thought experiment, this historical kitty has been put through a quantum ringer that nobody should have to experience. After all it’s tough work being both alive and dead simultaneously. Every student of physics knows that Schrödinger’s 1935 paper regarding a hypothetical paradox involving a cat has perplexed and annoyed physics geeks for years. The basic idea; If the outcome of a circumstance is presently unknown and by observing the circumstance you will disrupt it, then it exists in all possible states simultaneously… Simple! At least to quantum physicists with massive craniums. And hey eventually this principle will seem commonplace, but by then our highways will connect galaxies and shirts like this will be so utterly obvious that they’ll likely be dish rags.
Don’t get it? We propose the following thought experiment: Read more »
Time Out NY Quiz
DO YOU BELONG IN NYC?
Absolutely.
You would never dream of moving anywhere else, and we’ve insulted you by even suggesting you might leave. You love every single thing about this town, right down to its adorable water-bug infestation. Click here for suggestions about how to really enjoy NYC.
The .357 String Band Minus Jayke
Dude what the hell? I just read on Jayke’s blog that The .357 String Band gave him the boot. “for the record, the discussion of dropping me like a groupie was done behind close doors and absolutely behind my back. the conversation was 2 minutes long, and one minute of that was me thinking they were joking.”
We were lucky enough to catch their set when they opened for Joe Buck and they wound up crashing at my place after the gig. (Band photo in front of my apartment with Jayke far right) It was a joy to be cool enough to host musicians and Jayke and I got a chance to get to know each other on the supermarket breakfast run. He’s a hell of a nice guy who is devoted to his band, art and music. I have both their cds and they are absolutely worth the purchase.
I hope nothing but the best for the band and I look forward to following Jayke’s musical career as this is in no way the end of opportunities that await him. He’s immensely talented and gorgeous and sweet. I wish him success and happiness.
6 Day Bender plays Hank’s Saloon
6 Day Bender gigged Hank’s Saloon on Thursday and I’ve been so hungover, I had to wait to post today. Hank’s Saloon is a fun dive bar and reliable watering hole for neighborhood drunks that opens around 8 AM. Looking back, I don’t know what the hell possessed me to order shelf alcohol at a dive. Why wouldn’t they water it down or replace it with turpentine? That couldn’t have been Tanqueray with tonic. Or maybe I’ve had my first gin/hell experience. I’ve never been so drunk sick in my life.
So from what I remember, the set was fun. I guess I was on a drunken Jim Morrison kick because I associated each band member with a Morrison-esque quality. Read more »
AssJack CD pre-order!
I don’t know how he did it, but Hank III somehow got Curb to release an AssJack record! I can’t imagine the amount of glass he needed to chew to get this done but I for one am pretty damn ecstatic for it.
It’s on Amazon.com for pre-order and to be released on August 4th. The track listing is:
| 1. Tennessee Driver |
| 2. Wasting Away |
| 3. Choking Gesture |
| 4. Gravel Pit |
| 5. Cut Throat |
| 6. Smoke the Fire |
| 7. Cocaine the White Devil |
| 8. Redneck Ride |
| 9. No Regrets |
| 10. Doin What I Want |
SAVE LUCKY 13!
COME ON METAL HEADS! This is the only METAL bar in Brooklyn! They even got an autographed Hank III poster!
This place is cool! We can’t let it die. WE JUST CAN’T! I’m just gonna bring my change bucket and drink ’til it’s empty.
Job Fairs Suck My Soul Dry
Look. I try to be positive. I do. But the longer I’m unemployed, the harder it is. And I know it’s the economy and I know this is a monumentally BAD time in the job market, but that doesn’t make me feel less of a loser and bump on the log of society. I’ve sent out zillions of resumes into the ether and it’s so bad that I actually get psyched when I get a rejection letter because that at least means someone looked at my application before rejecting me.
I try new ideas. I’ll try anything at this point. I NEED A JOB. Read more »
Summer Shows 2009
Thurs. June 4th = 6 Day Bender @ Hank’s Saloon here in Brooklyn (FREE)
Mon. June 8th = David Byrne @ Prospect Park Bandshell here in Brooklyn (FREE)
Sat. June 20th = Dead Prez @ Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival ($10)
Tue. June 23rd = Hank III & Assjack w/Lucky Tubb & The Modern Day Troubadours @ Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT ($20)
Wed. June 24th = Hank III & Assjack w/Lucky Tubb & The Modern Day Troubadours @ Music Hall of Williamsburg here in Brooklyn ($20)
Sat. June 27th & Sun. June 28th =Saratoga Jazz Festival @ SPAC in Saratoga Springs, NY ($40 each day)
Wed. July 1st = MGMT @ Prospect Park Bandshell here in Brooklyn (only if there’s no big black curtain hiding the stage so we can’t watch for free like they did at Bob Dylan. Boooooo on that one Prospect Park!)
Fri. July 17th = Robert Cray @ Prospect Park Bandshell here in Brooklyn (FREE)
Sat. July 18th = King Sunny Adé @ Prospect Park Bandshell (FREE) OR Q-Tip @ Central Park Summer Stage (decisions decisions)
Fri. July 24th = Betty LaVette @ Central Park Summer Stage (FREE)
Thu. August 6th = Scott H Biram @ Union Hall here in Brooklyn
Sat. August 8th = Big Daddy Kane @ Prospect Park Bandshell here in Brooklyn (FREE)
Fri. October 23 – Sunday Oct. 25th = WFMU Record Fair (dude, it’s Christmas in October!)
* Every Sunday is the African Drumming Circle at Drummer’s Grove in Prospect Park, Brooklyn (FREE)
** I’m waiting on the schedule for the 2009 Martin Luther King Jr Summer Concert Series. The schedule will post on June 15th
*** If there are any shows that you know of that I’ll like and that are free or cheap, lemmie know by shooting me an email at gillian dot grey at yahoo dot com
Wayne “The Train” Hancock plays Brooklyn
Last night at Jalopy in Red Hook, Wayne Hancock and his band played one hellofa gig. We sang and danced in the isles! He did new songs and old songs and fun songs and sad songs. The place was full which is always good to see since I don’t much associate juke joint swing with Brooklyn.
The band was tight had fun with the gig. Bob Hoffnar on steel guitar was the obvious yankee and so talented. James Hunnicutt has stepped in just fine on one of the most beautiful guitars I’ve ever seen. And I can’t for the life of me remember the stand up bass player (Huck?!), that was the hugest bass I’ve ever seen in my life!
Wayne was in a goofy mood and pretty much played whatever the crowd asked him to. I’m glad I’ve been introduced to his music since two of my favorite Hank III songs are written by him.
I’ll absolutely be there next time he comes to town and the times after that.
Tweeets in Spaaaaace!
Astronaut Mike Massimino, currently in orbit on space shuttle Atlantis, is better known in the Twitterverse as Astro_Mike. More than 300,000 Twitter users follow his updates, which began last month as chronicles of his preparation for liftoff. Since Atlantis lifted off a week ago, Massimino has continuously tweeted about the beautiful views from space and, most recently, how difficult it was to sleep after an epic spacewalk. But how does he access Twitter 350 miles (550 kilometers) above Earth? NASA spokesperson James Hartsfield of the Johnson Space Center in Houston says that support staff on the ground post updates on Twitter that Massimino sends them from a laptop aboard the shuttle. By John Matson
My favorite tweets include:
From orbit: Eating chocolates in space, floating then in front of me then floating and eating them like I am a fish
From orbit: Getting ready for bed, sleeping in space is cool, tie down your sleeping bag and float inside of it, very relaxing
Puppy in tha hood
My neighbor, Eric Rochow, is a cook, gardener, handyman, host of Real World Green & Gardenfork TV. He’s an interesting guy to follow on Twitter and he’s part of the Ford Fiesta Movement. (I don’t think there’s much he doesn’t do.) My favorite reason for him being our neighbor are his beautiful Labradors. There’s now a new puppy in the hood and we’re all falling over ourselves with cuteness updates:
Product Review: JVC NX-PN7 iPod/iPhone Audio System
When my iPod alarm clock (iHome iH5BR) died because the dials no longer worked, I headed over to the Circuit City liquidation sale at Flatbush & Atlantic. (I should mention that I first tried Target but their shelves were empty as usual and the dissapointment at them rages on.) This was the only clock radio that had what I’m looking for with a sticker that prominently said “Works with iPhone”. I asked the salesman if there were any other parts or cords to the unit. He rolled his eyes at me and gave an exasperated “no” like I’m an idiot. No wonder your company is going out of business, your staff sucks. I kick myself for buying it at CC because there are absolutely no refunds or exchanges so I’m stuck with it and don’t have the money to get something else.
Yeah dude, explain me this…
I still have the Hurley/Miles time travel discussion warbling around in my head.
I should probably hold off on yammering about this since the LOST season finale is next week and I’m pretty sure my head’s gonna explode. So what’s the dealio? Parallel universes getting all weaved together and our ragtag bunch is gonna save us? Huh? Will Jack push the button? THE BIG RED SHINY BUTTON?
UPDATE: Yeah…so… I was totally wrong on the whole LOST season finale theory but this scene still kicks butt so I’m not gonna delete the post. You might also want to check out the Rules for Time Travelers at Discover Magazine. It’s schuper interesting.
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia: My Review
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, directed by Julien Nitzberg. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary. Shoot-outs, robberies, gas-huffing, drug dealing, pill popping, murders, and tap dancing — what do these all have in common? The White Family. From executive producers Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine comes a shocking portrait of Boone County, West Virginia’s most notorious and surly family. Nitzberg spends a year with multiple generations of the White family in this outlandish doc featuring the family’s dancing muse, Jesco White (star of the cult classic documentary Dancing Outlaw).
“The legend of D Ray White will never die like a rebel yell” – Hank III
Einstein said…
‘A human being is a part of the whole universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a prison, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.’ Albert Einstein, ‘What I believe’, Forum and Century issue 84 (1930)
News Update
Scott H. Biram – From Twang Nation 3/6/09: Our thoughts go out to Texas’ own ‘Dirty Old One Man Band’ Scott H Biram who after his last show in Europe suffered a compound fracture in the leg he uses on the his stomp board during performance. He is currently in a French hospital after surgery to implant yet another titanium rod in his leg (where another already exists due to a run in with a Semi a few years back.) It looks like he will be put on a plane home Saturday and can then heal in the good ole USA where its home but where insurance and reasonably priced medical care aren’t available to musicians. Go help the boy out and buy some of his CDs and swag! UPDATE: He is OK and back on tour. 
Unknown Hinson – He’s jammed with the Rolling Stones, is preparing for a tour where he’ll play guitar with Billy Bob Thornton and open for Willie Nelson. He’s been hailed by Tom Petty, and Hank III and he’s ON TOUR
Gigs I Wanna See: Rachel Brooke
You can keep your Carrie Underwoods, your Taylor Swifts, your Jewels and your Jessica Simpsons… I’ll take a beer and another song by Michigan’s Rachel Brooke. (hat tip to Twang Nation) Here’s her cover of Hank Williams “Old Log Train”
Paradise
OK Mother Nature, I see what you’re capable of. Now may we have some warm weather so we can build perfect flower boxes and make my friend’s deck a slice of heaven again?
It’s TAX TIME! (time for Slayer)
Here’s a good life tip: Whenever you have tax forms or financial statements to fill out so politicians and/or banking industry executives can take the last pennies from your pithy earnings to bail out their bloated over-compensated asses, listen to SLAYER. It helps.
2009 World Science Festival in NYC
worldsciencefestival.com
It’s the moost wonderful time of the yeear! June 10-14
“Among those who have already committed to join us are: Nobel Prize-winning scientists James Watson, Harold Varmus, David Gross, Frank Wilczek, Sir Paul Nurse and William Phillips; renowned authors Bill McKibben and Irene Pepperberg; esteemed researchers E.O. Wilson, James Hansen, Daniel Wegner, Erich Jarvis, Daniel Levitin and Margaret Livingstone; and acclaimed artists Alan Alda, Marin Alsop, and Anna Deavere Smith.” (copied from the official blog)
I’ve already put in a request for a press pass and if that don’t fly, I also requested to be a volunteer.
Get your geek on and join us!
Gigs I Wanna See: Scott H. Biram
I don’t make a habit of linking to CMT because they leave the same bad taste in my mouth that MTV, VH-1 & BET do. That said, WOO HOO!! Scott H. Biram is coming out with a new cd on May 19th!
Scott H. Biram, “Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue” (from the CD, “Something’s Wrong/Lost Forever” due May 19): Like a one-man Sex Pistols of alt-country, Texan Scott Biram is a take-no-prisoners, hell-bent, raging musical evangelist. Read the title of this song and you know just what you have in store, and it’s well worth it. Mostly Biram accompanies himself on a Gibson hollow-body guitar — often distorted — along with harmonica and electrified foot stomp board to fuel his musical rampages through a gothic landscape. He is sometimes great and scary at the same time. Good for him. Is there still room on the musical landscape for such a maverick? I think there may actually be more room these days, given the different avenues for an artist to reach the listener, apart from the traditional record label to record store route.
Looking at his website for dates, he’s playing Union Hall here in Brooklyn on Thursday, August 6th.
SevenTEEN months
Now that we’ve got the introduction out of the way, I’ll begin gas-bagging it. WHERE IS HANK III? Seriously. The last show we saw was 17 months ago. Do you know what that’s like for a fan that thinks he’s the sun moon and stars? I hope everything is well on his end and things work out to get him up here doing what he does best…soon.
U P D A T E :
Tour dates are now posted on his website! We’re going to see the gig at Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT on June 23rd and then here in Brooklyn at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 24th!
Opening will be Lucky Tubb & The Modern Day Troubadours (schweeet!)
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
greetings and salutations
Hello…out…there.
Do I want to be a blogger? I’m the kind of person who winces at the word. I picture someone who thinks others actually hang on their every thought. To the blogosphere’s defense, I have found some that elevate the conversation that’s happening. I’m on Twitter and am blown away by the frequency of my tweets. It’s as if I’m unemployed and on the couch all day with my laptop wearing sweats and moose-head slippers. This has to change. Winter has been cold and icky but once nice weather hits, I’m going to live more of my life outside. Last summer was pretty fun. The immediate stress of losing my job wasn’t too bad because after my company’s reorganization, my position became a painful death sentence only to feel the sweet release of death via the axe. The upside of being so plugged in is I now have amazing amounts of useless information about celebrities and my neighbors. What I find most interesting is the frequency of tweets of successful people. They have their finger on the pulse and are tweeting about it. Problem is, none of us are making any money. I would be liberal and say few but let’s face it folks, it sucks out there. I’m hustling for gigs that pay 60% less than my pre-recession rate. My plan is to pursue my interests and go after the fields that I can work for less with in order to be in position with the thought leaders as we figure out the new economy.
So this is what it is. I’ll just blurt out whatever I’m thinking and you’ll hang on every word.
Thanks.
G.
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