getting there

johnny flynn was coming to town.

i had to be there.

this wasn't a question of IF i would go.

oh no.

i was going.

the question was how.

after many frustrating transportation options were exhausted due to my uncooperative finals schedule, i found someone willing to go with me.

my mom!

we had quite a time finding the vera project.

that is saying the absolute least.

it was a nightmare trying to find this place.

but we found it.

and we were only 25 minutes late.

johnny hadn't started yet.

it was still the first guy.

after him, blue roses went on.

we learned that one of their members had lost their passport, and so the whole group couldn't fly anywhere.

so they have to drive to dallas. in one day.

we will see if they make it!

but then.

then.

then.

johnny came out.

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and he was awesome.

so.

awesome.

funny, as well.

he borrowed marcus' guitar, and said, "playing with someone elses guitar is like being in bed with another man's wife.... well... it isn't REALLY. uh.. i just got engaged. so i wouldn't know about that.... um. i'll just start playing now..."

so cute.

and- he is recording his new album in seattle. however, one of the songs he is working on requires a line of lyrics to be shouted by many people- and there are only 3 people in the studio. so he asked if we wanted to be on his album. he brought a recorder and recorded us shouting these lyrics. now we'll all be on his album- which is SA-WEET! :)

i wish that he would have played longer, but there were 4 acts that night.

i'm so glad that i got to see him at all.

especially since this was his only show in the whole U.S.

if you hadn't gotten my point by now, here it is:

johnny was amaaaaazing!

here are some pictures, and a regrettably short video clip:

JOHNNY.IS.COMING.

JOHNNY FLYNN IS COMING TO SEATTLE!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

December 7th at the Vera Project.

Could I be more excited? NO.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

la blogotheque creates beauty.

everything i have seen on la blogotheque has been beautiful.
putting artists out in the streets of countries like brazil, france, and spain just creates that raw breathtaking sound that envelops la blogotheque's takeaway shows.
case in point:
johnny flynn.
absolutely stunning.

Johnny Flynn - The Wrote and the Writ // A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

my gonzo

merde.

there they stand; ignorant to their own menacing nature.
engaged in seemingly mindless chatter while their body language speaks a different story.
arms akimbo. toes tapping. eyes wander to trees, clocks, anywhere but straight ahead.
the present is not sufficient as they look toward some more enticing future encounter.
i see them in their little friend circle.
you know it.
the circle people seem to automatically, perhaps magnetically, create. as if it is biologically required for survival.
seeing it i steer clear. i forgo the judgement circle for a friendlier shape.

life's (NOT) a journey.

if i hear the words "just a small town girl" blare out of another cell phone, radio, tv, or computer, I may lose it.

enough with the journey. its just enough. stop believing. thanks.

splice

splice: obsolete Dutch "splissen" - to split, separate.

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what is the catalyst of separation?
are we a species akin to loss, to brutal separations?
does it perhaps start at birth, with the notorious cutting of the cord?
is that why we cut the rest of our cords?
relationships gone sour.
marriages crumble until all that is left are those irreconcilable differences.
friendships run off the rails.
spli.ced.

why does it scare us to delve into deeper conversation than the occasional, "how's it going?"

because it does.

we all fear being exposed for who we are. or who we aren't.
perhaps exposure begets loss. separation. the chance of being spliced.