- Author: Mike
- Filed under: Music, Travel
- Date: Monday, December 31, 2007
About four months ago I decided that I’d go to a festival for New Year’s. Traditionally I don’t lot for New Year s, preferring to stay at home, drink and watch the fireworks from my backyard. When the rumours of Girl Talk, Gogol Bordello and Jose Gonzalez came up (amongst others), I stuck my name in the ballet and figured if I got an offer I’d take it, otherwise I’d just go to one of the other shows (Pyramid Rock and the Hip-Hop Showcase at the Corner Hotel were my two picks, in that order). Sure enough, I got the option to buy on the first day and took it up instantly.
So I worked out what I needed for camping supplies and saw the line-up announcements. No Gogol but the rest of the picks weren’t that bad – The Go! Team, Busdriver, Lior, The Herd, and a bunch of others that I’d hope I would discover. But as things got closer I wussed out and booked myself a nice hotel room just off the main street. While I vowed to myself that I wouldn’t write another entry until I finished my America trip report, I don’t want to put writing this off forever – so here we go, Day 1, even if it is Day 0.
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- Author: Mike
- Filed under: Meta
- Date: Thursday, December 13, 2007
Heya folks (and spam bots),
So it’s been about five months or so from my last entry. It’s not like I haven’t been wanting to write but time has really gotten in the way. Here’s a bit of a summary of what has gone on since I returned:
- I went to a bunch of gigs from Yellowcard to Tegan and Sara.
- I played a few live poker tournaments and ran really
well hot in one for a nice big stack of money..
- I left my job of eighteen months to start a new one only this week.
- I created a couple of fictional universes which the public will hopefully be exposed to sometime in ‘08.
- I watched a whole lot of television and listened to a huge amount of music.
But I haven’t been writing on here! So over the next week or so I’ll be finishing up my Stateside journal and writing about what I have done in the last six months, before returning for LIST-O-MANIA ‘08 (possibly with a name change) as I look at my favourite television episodes, write about artists I discovered and maybe even fill you in on a very special project which will be coming sooner then I realised. All in all, interesting times ahead.
So with that - back to our featured presentation.
