Handlebars is a really good song. Catchy and pack with meaning. That’s how I like my music.
I’ve almost finished a cup of hot coffee and I felt like it was time to do a decent update on this thing. I know I’ve been negligent with this blog, but I find free time hard to come by these days.
I want to start off by giving a summer music update. New acts have been entered and dates have changed for some things so I just wanted to update myself and everybody on that.
Lowell Summer Music Series: Lowell, MA
I highlighted the shows I’m going to.
Jul 3 Daryl Hall
Jul 5 Assembly of Dust
Jul 11 Indigo Girls
Jul 12 Lucinda Williams
Jul 17 Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet
Jul 18 The Wailers
Jul 19 Jimmie Vaughan with Lou Ann Barton
Jul 20 Jerry Douglas Band
Jul 25-27 22nd Annual Lowell Folk Festival
Aug 1 Brandi Carlile
Aug 7 The Saw Doctors
Aug 8 Neville Brothers
Aug 9 Martin Sexton
Aug 14 Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers
Aug 15 Hothouse Flowers
Aug 16 Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”
Aug 22 John Hiatt and The Ageless Beauties
Aug 23 Arlo Guthrie
Aug 28 Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks
Aug 29 Keb’ Mo’ & Band
Aug 30 Robert Cray Band
Sep 4 Levon Helm-NEW DATE
Sep 5 Taj Mahal
Sep 6 29th Annual Banjo and Fiddle Contests
Sep 12 Marc Broussard
Lowell Folk Festival: Lowell, MA July 25-27
I’ll just post the link here since there really isn’t a list I can copy and past here.
That’s all I can dig up for right now. I’ve noticed that my music tastes are both narrowing and broadening at the same time. My favorite genre is no doubt folk, but I have expanded my tastes to more than just S and G, Bob Dylan and the Byrds. I’ve started listening to a number of contemporary folk artists, which I find to have a very refreshing sound while still keeping with the traditions of old folk. My indie tastes have also expanded. I’ve fallen deeply in love with Tegan and Sara, and although they have become mainstream within a certain group of people they have remained true indie and still truly undiscovered by the mass public. I’ve also developed quite a crush on Eddie Vedder and I wish I started listening to him earlier [this goes for Dave Matthews and Counting Crows as well].
As far as work goes, it’s hectic as all hell. I really dislike the SCA this year, Bernard. He’s a pain in my ass. And annoying as all freakin hell. Even Jim and Tom agree with me. The Saturday volunteer is also a piece of work. Neither Sharon nor I can stand her. The schedule’s are fucked up beyond all hell but what can one expect? Aside from that…it’s all good. Still wouldn’t trade my job for anything else. There’s still great laughs and snafu’s to enjoy. I never see Josh anymore, but it’s for the better. I told Jim and Sharon what happened and they both thought I was nuts for asking him to the beach in the first place. But live and learn, right? Right.
I have all my UML stuff sorted out. I only have to go to one-day orientation on July 31st. Really happy to be meeting new people. Me, happy? Strange, I know.
Well it’s starting to thunder so I guess I better wrap this up and shut the laptop off. Later readers.