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October 31st, 2010
Into the wild I shall go. I’m gonna do my best to make this November the best November I’ve ever had. Rounding the corner on day one will be a drive to Charlotte with two new amazing friends to see the sold out Thirty Seconds to Mars LIVE!!!!! 4 years I’ve been saying I want to see them live but I can think of no better timing then Monday. … and yes, I am part of that cult that lives in music. ::-:: Shop my Wall Prints on Etsy ! ::-:: Follow Kiesha Jean on Facebook / Twitter October 15th, 2010
At My Church – “you eat John Stewart and Colbert shaped potatoe chips and watch Chappell show” … my church is fucking fun! My church enjoys life and is grateful for every moment of it! Never heard of George Watsky? Well, this will be the last time you can say that! I predict the young Mr. Watsky will be turning into a refreshing household name! Official Site
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spoken word, poetry, philosophy call it what you will … when it’s good it’s good. It’s like music – doesn’t matter the genre a good song is a good song. I’m a pretty picky person and very leery when ‘friends’ ask me to listen or see their art cause I’m about the worst critic ever. I usually have no explanation I either feel it or I don’t. If I don’t, I’m a real shitty liar and it can be uncomfortable trying to find good things to say about something you don’t necessarily like. Like, ‘oh that shade of red is dark’ … yah know you just start stating facts, ‘the recording quality was real good’. The one art that by far I’m the most critical on is spoken word. Saul Williams knocked my socks off when I was about 19 and I’ve never been the same. So, when a couple years ago Babe and I met a new friend Doug who invited us to go see him at a poetry slam I looked at Babe and shook my head NOooooo. Babe’s is much better at not showing his dislike, me … I’m horrible my face does wierd exaggerated shit that I can’t control. Like ouch you are hurting me with your ‘art’ please make it stop! Babe went to and recorded the event, when he got home he kinda looked like he was in shock. “He’s good! Really good!” Babe played the video for me and I was absolutely blown away. Doug is not like anyone else, Doug is unapologetically Doug and looks to impress no one but himself. Which in my eyes is the most fantastic way to be! He rarely does video and the ‘Disgruntled Chicken’ is still in edit … and I love him but he sucks online and doesn’t even have a website for me to send you to. So, when this came in my inbox yesterday it was like an early Christmas present and I feel so honored to be able to share it with you. With Doug there is no stage or lights needed just the right moment … this moment is while he’s doing the finishing touches on the baby’s room that’s set to arrive next week! >> After you play it go to the YouTube page and leave a comment good or bad he’ll like them both! October 12th, 2010
good god good blues … they melt me. It’s all over when good blues are on, I can’t function it crawls under my skin and washes through my veins. My body feels like it no longer belongs to me, I become a puppet to the strings on the guitar. Shit gives me goose bumps, heats up my skin and takes my breathe away. Good blues is like good sex, that feeling … it stays with you … gives you that glow and that smile. You know that smile. Listening to Tab Benoit makes me feel like I didn’t move far enough south. I don’t want swamp and gators but I feel it pullin me. Those sounds and soul that come from the south, they’re the sounds worth livin for. Tab’s gonna be at Voodoo Experience down in New Orleans Oct. 29 – 31 Raphael Saadiq is gonna be there too. Oh GOD I wanna go down. I know Moog Fest is the same time here in Asheville so it kinda makes me feel bad … but the bayou’s callin my name. October 10th, 2010
I worked at a motorcycle festival a few months back here in Asheville. Little did I know at the time that the group I was working with were about to become great friends. Miss Kayla in particular has become a truly dear friend here in Asheville who’s incredibly fun and has been there for me A TON during this particularly eventful time in my life! Cesar, Miguel and Mike were our “bosses” for the 4 days … they all live in Los Angeles and travel to motorcycle festivals around the country. To say they are all talented and acclaimed would be the understatement of the century, go ahead click on there names … you’ll see. Check out Miguel in action below … *note ahead of time if you are religious and easily offended you should not press play. If you can laugh, if you want a great laugh you should press play. They recently swooped in for a 12hr visit in the middle of an 18 hour drive to their next festival. There was dinner, music, singing, dancing, truly amazing conversation, laughter, a conga line?!, the birth of a “church“, espresso at midnight, a large amount of wine and a hot tub til sunrise. So, YES the best dinner / slumber party ever! well, except we all had to wake up early the next day … so that part sucked … wouldn’t trade it for the world though!
I have really found it rare in life to meet great friends or people. However, these past 7 months I have had the honor of meeting and getting to know a whole lot of amazing, thoughtful, kind and insanely talented people (including these 4!). Great friends and people have a way of bringing joy, love and exciting energy into your life. October 8th, 2010
Happy Friday morning! I can’t even help but smile when I watch this … ESPECIALLY … ‘pump pump it up a little more’! Let your weekend start early, may you be inspired to be silly and dance around the office today! More so may you be inspired to go let loose and have some much deserved fun this weekend! If you’re at home no worries, you should totally dance there and entertain your friends and family! … and yes, chances are you’re way cool and have already seen this … maybe more then once. It’s ok you should watch it and smile AGAIN October 5th, 2010
I caught Jeff Tweedy on Farm Aid’s 2010 live streaming performance on YouTube unfortunately of the videos uploaded Jeff’s performance is not among them. Hopefully that will change because it was captivating. I put the concert on as background music and then ended up dropping everything and fully entranced within moments of Tweedy starting to play. This song in particular struck a nerve with me. Leading me on quite the hunt to find any recording of him singing it solo online. This is actually the only one I could find and although it’s shaky the sound quality is good enough to get the feeling. It’s sad this solo isn’t available, I’ve listened to the recording of it with Mavis and also with Tweedy & Feist overseen by Beck but neither feel as good. A few lines hit a real sensitive nerve which upon hearing certainly make me feel not so alone:
An “Open Heart” is such a beautiful way to combine an open wound and a broken heart. Along with not being able to find many solo videos I can’t find a solo site for him to send you to either. If you haven’t heard of him before, he’s currently the lead for Wilco and use to be in Uncle Tupelo. So, when all else fails … here’s his Wikipedia link if you want to know more about him. …..UPDATE 5 of his songs have been uploaded to the Farm Aid channel, however You Are Not Alone is still not among them. Of the ones uploaded Sunken Treasures is moving. September 30th, 2010
(December 10, 1965 – September 29, 2010) was an American stand-up comedian, television personality, insult comic and former lawyer. This is too sad. Greg Giraldo has been one of my favorite comedians since I was first introduced to him via Tough Crowd with Collin Quinn in 2004. A freakin hilarious show that was cancelled way to soon. I remember the first time I saw the show and him on it because my reaction was “who is this person, he’s a fuckin genious, why have I never heard of him before, what else does he do, when is he on next?!”. I loved the whole show but looked forward to Greg G. See, I’m not really a … how you say … laugher. Unless someone falls and then I roll uncontrollably. I smile, grin … that sort of thing … but not so much laugh. There are few comedians that have ever honestly made me crack up and laugh out loud … so few, and they make such a strong impression on me that here goes … George Carlin (started at age 11for me), Greg Giraldo (I was 23), Dane Cook stand-up (that car door joke a few years ago), Kat Williams stand-up (the motorcycle story, almost doesn’t count cause it’s about a fall last year) and Tucker Max (who is brilliantly just wrong ). I’m incredibly thankful and grateful for the few who can make me laugh. The Huffington Post has put up a great collection of his videos here Celebrate his life by watching and brightening up your day with some humor … cause we all need it! But if you ever come across the Tough Crowd with Collin Quinn (his pre-divorce) stuff … it’s really great. so, in closing I’ll write a little note to myself that most likely applies to you as well: … live your fucking life, live honestly and live a good one cause you’ve just got this one and you are not guaranteed tomorrow. No excuses, no it’s to hard, to painful, to difficult … get off your ass and go live the life you want. No procrastinating or delaying the inevitable … follow your heart and go before it’s too late. March 5th, 2010
OMG!They’re so sick I can’t even contain myself. The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers are my heros! To see them on the TED stage which I so greatly adore, well it’s just a truly awesome moment! …more on LXD from a post I did Dec. 2nd 2009 on my ‘Short Blog’ What do I love more then anything? DANCE and my generation of dancers .. Meet LXD (League of Extraordinary Dancers)LXD dance crew announced a partnership with Agility Studios to create an original narrative web series dubbed The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (LXD). John Chu (the director of Step Up 2) will direct the online series which is scheduled to launch in 2010. The show will chronicle the formation of “the most elite dance crew in the world,” tracing the origins of the seven schools of dance that make up the famed crew. Chu blends comic-book style characters with a fictional cinematic narrative. The story begins with the modern day regrouping of a 1930’s era dance troupe birthed out of the traveling circus circuit. LXD TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8toQxUVejiE Check out the LXD YouTube Channel and subscribe to the series!
February 15th, 2009
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