Vanity & Time
Meme via schwa242, with extra years ago added because I am an ancient fossil by LiveJournal standards.
25 Years Ago, I:
Was studying in Antigua Guatemala, learning anthropology, hoping to become an archaeologist specializing in the ancient Maya.
20 Years Ago, I:
Was back in New Orleans, working at the bookstore on Canal Street and living with viola gal, and already doing some part time radio on WWOZ.
15 Years Ago, I:
Was living in 1/3rd of a house on Napoleon Avenue. I was married to horror writer gal, and working at the Tulane University Jazz Archive.
10 years ago I was:
Still living on Napoleon, but happily dating the lovely & tallented mshollie.
5 years ago:
I was getting settled into my new house in New Orleans' Carrollton neighborhood, and had the hot-tub set up in the back yard.
1 year ago:
I was disgusted with the George W. Bush regeme
Yesterday:
I worked in my garden. The day before yesterday was much more interesting, so I'll write about that instead. I spent the morning over at Ms. Hollie's, and ate hootcakes, which were better than Eva Gabor's on Green Acres. I then went shopping, picking up some Eucalyptus mulch and a new scanner.
In the evening had a jam/rehersal at Ms. Beth's place. Beth named us "The New Gloryland Jazz Band"; this is a different group from the Sycamos, the other group of Carroltonians starting a band. We had 3 sax, 2 trombone, bass (electric, alas), and drum (very good fellow, keeps good time, on the bass drum not the high hat, yay!). Except for the bass player we went over to Justin & Annie's for their Easter Egg coloring party that night. "The New Gloryland" made its public debut there -- I would have said we weren't ready for it, but it went surprisingly well, especially considering the instrumentation we had with neither of the trumpets and no string or chord instrument. Our best number was "Creole Love Call", which the saxes have an arrangement of (we tramboners play by "air"). By request I sang "5 Foot 2". My doing that number with another band developed something of a following, but I'd prefer not to do it again without a banjo (or keyboardist), as everyone but the drums dropped out when I sang. Justin joined us on banjo for a couple more numbers then. I hope he'll play with us regularly, as his musical tastes are even more retronian than mine (I think the 1905 number "Everybody Works But Father" is the most recent number I've head him do while playing on his own). One guest came in and said that from the other end of the house she'd thought we were a recording. It was a nice debut, I think we have a potential band.
Today I:
Opened the wooden shutters I closed last night as some severe weather with potential hail predicted passed through. I made myself some Mexican chocolate, set up my new scanner, was midly annoyed that some sports game cut short the vintage radio shows on WTIX, and updated my LiveJournal.
Tomorrow, I:
Will do my radio show.
25 Years Ago, I:
Was studying in Antigua Guatemala, learning anthropology, hoping to become an archaeologist specializing in the ancient Maya.
20 Years Ago, I:
Was back in New Orleans, working at the bookstore on Canal Street and living with viola gal, and already doing some part time radio on WWOZ.
15 Years Ago, I:
Was living in 1/3rd of a house on Napoleon Avenue. I was married to horror writer gal, and working at the Tulane University Jazz Archive.
10 years ago I was:
Still living on Napoleon, but happily dating the lovely & tallented mshollie.
5 years ago:
I was getting settled into my new house in New Orleans' Carrollton neighborhood, and had the hot-tub set up in the back yard.
1 year ago:
I was disgusted with the George W. Bush regeme
Yesterday:
I worked in my garden. The day before yesterday was much more interesting, so I'll write about that instead. I spent the morning over at Ms. Hollie's, and ate hootcakes, which were better than Eva Gabor's on Green Acres. I then went shopping, picking up some Eucalyptus mulch and a new scanner.
In the evening had a jam/rehersal at Ms. Beth's place. Beth named us "The New Gloryland Jazz Band"; this is a different group from the Sycamos, the other group of Carroltonians starting a band. We had 3 sax, 2 trombone, bass (electric, alas), and drum (very good fellow, keeps good time, on the bass drum not the high hat, yay!). Except for the bass player we went over to Justin & Annie's for their Easter Egg coloring party that night. "The New Gloryland" made its public debut there -- I would have said we weren't ready for it, but it went surprisingly well, especially considering the instrumentation we had with neither of the trumpets and no string or chord instrument. Our best number was "Creole Love Call", which the saxes have an arrangement of (we tramboners play by "air"). By request I sang "5 Foot 2". My doing that number with another band developed something of a following, but I'd prefer not to do it again without a banjo (or keyboardist), as everyone but the drums dropped out when I sang. Justin joined us on banjo for a couple more numbers then. I hope he'll play with us regularly, as his musical tastes are even more retronian than mine (I think the 1905 number "Everybody Works But Father" is the most recent number I've head him do while playing on his own). One guest came in and said that from the other end of the house she'd thought we were a recording. It was a nice debut, I think we have a potential band.
Today I:
Opened the wooden shutters I closed last night as some severe weather with potential hail predicted passed through. I made myself some Mexican chocolate, set up my new scanner, was midly annoyed that some sports game cut short the vintage radio shows on WTIX, and updated my LiveJournal.
Tomorrow, I:
Will do my radio show.