Just wanted to roll out a quick post from under the warm glow of MCI’s free internet service and let everyone know that it was good to be able to visit Lawrence this past weekend. Thanks for taking the time to visit when you could. It was much appreciated. Mary also says thanks for all the fish, and the hospitable way that they were thrown around.
I’d like to send a special Arsenio Hall shout-out to Pete and Michelle for letting Mary and I crash at their pad and also to Himay for the rental car sharing that took place over the course of the weekend.
To those of you I wasn’t able to meet up with: We’ll catch you a little further down the road.
“Let go of the pickle” - Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek
I’ve been digging out from under my RSS feed today. Along the way, I “shared” some really excellent music posts, along with some other miscellany. Rather than post a bunch of links here, you can peruse in an easy-to-digest form at
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/04271642933913253294
Gauguin cut off his buddy Van Gogh’s ear with a sword in a drunken argument. Note to friend group: no sharp instruments allowed in the Lyon.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/was-truth-the-biggest-casualty-in-the-case-of-vincent-and-his-severed-ear-1678988.html
http://www.hearya.com/2009/05/11/hearya-live-session-46-blind-pilot/
Here’s a great article about how the banks are doing. I don’t fancy myself an economic analyst, but this was a fairly decent article, with great information if you check out the actual report. Check out the section on the left called “The Feds Report” if you’ve got some time and would like to throw up in your mouth a little. How did your bank fare?
“The government’s long-awaited “stress-test” results have found that 10 of the nation’s 19 largest banks need a total of about $75 billion in new capital to withstand losses if the recession worsened.”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103914217&ft=1&f=1001
Well, I guess it’s about time I stopped lurking and started contributing.
So without further ado, here I am. Blogging. Fucking crazy. How do I change my pw on this thing? Surely I don’t have to remember the made up one they emailed to me. If I do, you can consider this both my first and last contribution to the cooperative blog.
Now, this might come as a surprise, but I love street performers. While in NYC recently I didn’t see any of the human statues who don’t move until you give them money, but we did see lots of musicians. My friend Jessica explained none of them even came close to this guy. This guy has serious skills.
But this was my question: do you think his parents are extremely proud of what he’s done after thousands of dollars and hours spent on flute lessons or completely mortified?
Here it is….
The beatboxing flutist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXmeayaHh4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfrKqFp0Zg
Now that some of you are growing up and having children, it will be good to communicate with them about drug use and why it’s bad. (Mkay?) To that end, the partnership for a drug free america has created a site to help you communicate with that wiley preteen or teen in your life who doesn’t seem to speak your language.
Find out more here:
http://www.dontsoundlikeyourparents.org/#/video/1/
Little do they realize the site was surely thought up, or at the very least designed by a total stoner. Sober people do not come up with ideas like this. Take my word for it.
This year I will be living closer to Bonnaroo than ever, but I just saw the announcement for Forecastle Festival, which is in Louisville in July (better timing for me, too) for cheaper.
http://www.forecastlefest.com/
Did I mention The Black Keys? : )
A fairly in-depth article regarding the current financial crisis and it’s influence on power structures in America today. The title was just to grab your attention. Or was it?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/26793903/the_big_takeover
“We’re moving to an oligopolistic situation,” Kenneth Guenther, a top executive with the Independent Community Bankers of America, lamented after the Gramm measure was passed….
