I really haven't been updating as much as I should. I've got some Aha Night stuff from the last couple months actually that I'm going to post here. Right now, during the summer they have like mini-Aha nights every Thursday. The last two Thursdays I went to the concerts at the Visitor's Center/Corson Building. This last Thursday there was a Cape Verdean band that say they play at the Bisca Club. I guess that means they're the Bisca Club Band? lol I dunno. I should have made sure before I left. But I don't go to clubs. I don't enjoy that atmosphere, but these guys sounded really good.
The time before it was a group singing sea shanties. I really like those. This is something I think I should look into more. Here is their website: http://www.hornpipe.org/
The actual Aha Nights on the second Thursday of every month usually have pretty cool music to check out and other stuff too. I usually stick to the music. Last time I caught these guys and they were very groovy.
The time before they had Ana Vinagre who is pretty big around here I think. She was awesome.
You should really check some of this stuff out when you have the chance. This upcoming month is NB Cultures.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Michael Jackson
I'm of the Mtv Generation. I was one of those kids that watched Thriller every hour on the hour. I had a school folder with this image on it.
It was an amazing thing to be a kid at that time. As the years went on I continued to enjoy his music. Back in my groupie-ish days when I was waiting for the Power Station outside the Hit Factory in New York where they were recording their second album, I got Michael's autograph. He was also recording there. He sent some down for me and my friends through his body guard. We would watch his limo leave everyday and he would wave. There were some girls from Italy there who were major fans. I don't remember their names but I've thought of them at this time.
His music was amazing. Not just Thriller or Off the Wall. I really loved Dangerous and Invincible. In fact I thought he might have had a major comeback with Invincible if it didn't come out the same week as 9/11. When I heard "Rock My World" I thought it was the best song I'd heard in at least 10 years. But the media wouldn't let him be. They had to keep going for him.
About his allegations. I never believed he did anything. I don't believe he was a confused man/child. I don't believe any of the crap. I just believe that most people, 99% of people, cannot understand someone as good as Michael Jackson. A sensitive person like him was never going to last into old age. Not in this world. I thought I was going to go on a rampage when I heard he'd died. But what happened was that I had expected it, and I almost felt happy for him. A calmness washed over me from I don't know where. I guess I just felt like after the people who loved him rushed out in numbers and the media had to report it AND they couldn't do anything to him anymore. He's free of them. I mourned the fact that he wasn't going to be able to have that comeback but I realized that that's just my loss. He's being reinstated right now by the worldwide cavalcade of love from fans (and I acknowledge many posers) but it's forcing the story to be written that he was beloved.
I loved Michael Jackson. I'll always love Michael Jackson. I feel like this isn't the last from him. The record companies will put out everything they can in a money making scheme but we'll win in the end with more music from him than we ever could have imagined. And Michael will WIN. But I'm going to miss him.
It was an amazing thing to be a kid at that time. As the years went on I continued to enjoy his music. Back in my groupie-ish days when I was waiting for the Power Station outside the Hit Factory in New York where they were recording their second album, I got Michael's autograph. He was also recording there. He sent some down for me and my friends through his body guard. We would watch his limo leave everyday and he would wave. There were some girls from Italy there who were major fans. I don't remember their names but I've thought of them at this time.
His music was amazing. Not just Thriller or Off the Wall. I really loved Dangerous and Invincible. In fact I thought he might have had a major comeback with Invincible if it didn't come out the same week as 9/11. When I heard "Rock My World" I thought it was the best song I'd heard in at least 10 years. But the media wouldn't let him be. They had to keep going for him.
About his allegations. I never believed he did anything. I don't believe he was a confused man/child. I don't believe any of the crap. I just believe that most people, 99% of people, cannot understand someone as good as Michael Jackson. A sensitive person like him was never going to last into old age. Not in this world. I thought I was going to go on a rampage when I heard he'd died. But what happened was that I had expected it, and I almost felt happy for him. A calmness washed over me from I don't know where. I guess I just felt like after the people who loved him rushed out in numbers and the media had to report it AND they couldn't do anything to him anymore. He's free of them. I mourned the fact that he wasn't going to be able to have that comeback but I realized that that's just my loss. He's being reinstated right now by the worldwide cavalcade of love from fans (and I acknowledge many posers) but it's forcing the story to be written that he was beloved.
I loved Michael Jackson. I'll always love Michael Jackson. I feel like this isn't the last from him. The record companies will put out everything they can in a money making scheme but we'll win in the end with more music from him than we ever could have imagined. And Michael will WIN. But I'm going to miss him.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Waiting for the evildoers to start their fireworks
They've already started their loud party. Don't ask me when but it was going when I got home at 7PM. It's the same people all the time. And somehow they can't be stopped.
I didn't post about Michael Jackson but I will.
Here are some other stories about illegal fireworks. It should be a federal law don't you think? It's only that some states have some of them be legal that let's this go on every year. If there were illegal everywhere there'd be no excuse for why the police can't do anything about them.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6898558
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530055,00.html?test=latestnews
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/new_jersey/20090702_ap_njcrackingdownonillegalfireworks.html
I didn't post about Michael Jackson but I will.
Here are some other stories about illegal fireworks. It should be a federal law don't you think? It's only that some states have some of them be legal that let's this go on every year. If there were illegal everywhere there'd be no excuse for why the police can't do anything about them.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6898558
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530055,00.html?test=latestnews
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/new_jersey/20090702_ap_njcrackingdownonillegalfireworks.html
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