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Inventory
Things I acquired on our trip to Oregon and Washington:
- blue flannel shirt ($6)
- No Band Is an Island Heck Fest 2008 CD compilation ($1)
- Clothes Your I's CD by Karl Blau ($1)
- World Garage 12" by Angelo Spencer et les Hauts Sommets ($10)
- Angelo Spencer live cassette (free because I took so long deciding that he just gave it to me)
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Ultimate Band List
So I've been keeping this list since freshman year of college of every band I've ever seen. I went through all my old journals, calendars and scrapbooks to add those I had seen in high school. In maybe 2007, I also started recording where I had seen them and a note about them to help me remember. The numbering on the list has been all screwed up ( Read more... ) -
Deuxième Tour des Écoles et Fantômes
Last Memorial Day weekend, I took this bike ride, and I decided to make it an annual route, passing by or through all my old schools and landmarks of people I know who have passed.
Stage 1: Sutter Middle School
* I didn't make it into campus, because just riding by the front brought back too many sour memories.
Stage 2: Phoebe Hearst Elementary School
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Problem Solving
Yesterday felt ridiculous ( Read more... ) -
A Glorious Monday
After I finish burning some copies of the "Phoning It In 2011" compilation, I'm going to eat some yogurt and go to bed. When Craig calls me in the morning to make sure I get up, I'm going to eat strawberries and Nutella on toast and probably more yogurt ( Read more... ) -
can't sleep = pro-con list time
I finished all my grad school applications last week, and I still have no strong preference toward any of the three programs. Let me break it down:
UCSC Social Documentation
+ cool town, already know my way around a little bit
+ gamelan ensemble (to play in and to study), ethnomusicology department
+/- KZSC
- program doesn't feel exactly quite right
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Radio Nightmares
I had my first "Phoning It In" nightmare this morning. It was already 7:30 on Monday, and I hadn't even fully confirmed with the band or gotten their phone number. I was frantically trying to get in touch with Jenn de la Vega online, since she had recommended the band to me, but the station's computers were being super slow. I just kept looping the ( Read more... ) -
Looking for It, You'll Always Win
I want someone to take me on tour. Europe, Belize, down 101, I don't care ( Read more... ) -
I Am Doing Things
Specifically:
* Preparing for my "Phoning It In" takeover. I have five artists lined up already, and I started fixing up the official website, phoningitin.net.
* Trying to book too many shows. I wish I had my own show house so I could stop bugging my friends.
* Completed and submitted my application to be an intern at Smithsonian Folkways. I should ( Read more... )