It is late, as is often the case whenever I sit down to commit my thoughts to this, my personal digital domain.  Usually this is because my days and nights are so full of one thing or another - work, music; seemingly random occurrences that serve to add colour to my life - but sadly, not this week.  I am currently at home, convalescing quietly ( Read more... )

Okay, the first thing you need to know is:  FolkLife is freakin' amazing!!  You couldn't swing a dead seagull without hitting a musician or performer of one kind or another.  The popular sound among the younger performers seemed to be Old-Time/Appalachian/Bluegrass music, but there was something there for practically any musical taste.  And this ( Read more... )

Before sleep clubs me over the head, drags me off to its cave and calls me its bitch for the next few hours, I thought I'd do a quick post/update.  Because I know, I just know, that you've been dying to read about these things.  Vultures, the lot of you.

First of all, this post is coming to you from my spiffy new (to me, anyway) eMac.  Cool ( Read more... )

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An inspired trailer for the Seattle International Film Festival.  Can you name all the movies that are referenced in the above?

That is it, my friends.  That.  Is.  It.  So help me, Jeebus, I am finding a way to get my ass down to Seattle on a semi-regular basis and checking out all this amazing.  I mean, Honk Fest was a blast, Folk Life promises to ( Read more... )

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Decibel Festival 2010 will take place September 23-26 in Seattle.  I don't know nearly enough about electronica music, and that needs to change.  This sounds like the perfect opportunity for this to happen.

Discounted Early Bird 2010 Decibel Festival passes can now be purchased online at Brown Paper Tickets  (40% OFF regular price). Discounted ( Read more... )

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I've got my brand new passport and I've bought four days of traveler's insurance; my digital camera's battery is recharging, and Stereo MC's playing in the background, a song from the soundtrack of the ghost of roadtrips past.

Ladies and gentlemen, in just under 12 hours I shall be wending my way in a generally southern direction for three days of ( Read more... )

I felt like this on my way home, I'm not scared
I pass the boats and the Kingdome, I'm not scared
     Foo Fighters, New Way Home (excerpt)


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Okay, this is getting ridiculous.  This is the third day that I've stayed inside the apartment, not leaving even once.  All that glorious sunshine yesterday?  Experienced it only through closed blinds.  I'm a near-hermetically-sealed hermit, but that's going to have to stop if I'm going to get anything done, not to mention going to tonight's poetry ( Read more... )

Tuesday night.  A change of plans has me sitting at home tonight, which is okay, as it means that I might just be sensible and go to bed at a more reasonable hour tonight.  Not likely, but possible.

I'm watching the Olympics, checking out various Facebook links (my ability to engage in trivial multi-tasking is beyond compare), and feeling ( Read more... )