Hey local folks!

my friend, the amazing and talented S. J. Tucker / Skinny White Chick / s00j will be performing as part of the Springfield Arts Council's summer arts festival this Sunday. Come join us ( Read more... )

PSG was truly delightful -- half a week (for me; more for most folks) with some marvelous people, great music-dancing-fireplay, wildness and intention.

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two delightful movies to make today more fun:

devil went down to georgia claymation (with step dancing chickens!)
furry happy monsters

thanks to queenofhalves for pointing these out!

I've had two fantastic experiences in the last 24 hours.

Last night I went with malanai, ladyoceanstar, and eyesofachild to see Alix Olson perform at a sort-of-nearby university. I had thought she was a folk musician, but it turns out she's actually a slam poet. She is articulate, fast-paced, high-energy, wordy, rhythmical, feminist, activist, funny, charming, percussive, ( Read more... )

Just a quick post to say:

I'm a few steps along my next delightful itineration. I came to Columbus last night to see my friend Samantha play her first gig with a new band, the Water Street Project playing as part of a Hurricane Katrina benefit at the Blues Station. It was lovely and fun, and the band that played after them just blew me away. The ( Read more... )

In the musical The Music Man, a con-artist/instrument salesman tries to get students to learn to play their instruments by the "Think Method", whereby they don't actually practice. They just sit and think about the music until they can imagine what it would feel like to play this instrument they've never played before, and then have at it ( Read more... )

I am seriously thinking about getting a tattoo next month, which would be new territory for me. I have only ever really considered tattoos-for-the-llama as being about personal adornment, which is probably why I don't have one already. I'm not big on personal adornment in general (for myself) and have always figured that my tastes might change over ( Read more... )