Steppin’ to the Pref
A humble nod to norel pref, who does it like nobody’s business.
A humble nod to norel pref, who does it like nobody’s business.
Ursonography (COMPLETE), Jaap Blonk & Golan Levin, 2007 from Golan Levin on Vimeo.
Two of the coolest performances I saw in 2008 were on the same bill: Jaap Blonk and Robin Minard. AND, it was the day after my birthday, while I was on a week’s vacation.
I’m hoping to see Golan Levin’s work in person some day, too. Until then…
So, yeah. The obligatory year end list feels a bit tedious for me after the shite year we (all) had. I know that, at this time of the year, the cliché is to be all inspired to do wonderful things well into the new year (quit smoking, lose weight, write that great American novel, etc.). However, my goals of recent months have either been attained or are getting closer to being accomplished. Keep in mind, I’m a shallow person, so stuff like finish watching Season Three of Deadwood, run xxK and call [name-goes-here] this week have counted in the past. I know that I’m not going to land the dream gig with [musician's name goes here] or win the lotto jackpot, so I’m starting with a more realistic list (which may make some of you go Huh? WTF? Srsly? and take it from there:
My favourite pithy expressions of the past year, which I will continue to use towards my personal philosophy (whatever the hell that is) have been: I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now, which was the tagline for the DDC / Coudal Joint Field Notes; the other being You can have anything that you want; just not everything that you want. I’ve no idea who coined that, but it’s a good one.
For those of you that I’ve tipped a few jars with, gigged with, IM’d and vid-chatted with, broken bread with (and by ‘bread’ I mean ‘burrito’ or ‘burger’), and reconnected with, I thank you for your friendship over the past year and wish you all the best for a happy and prosperous new year.
The estimable Bob Ostertag has started a Flickr group in support of Muntadhar al-Zeidi called Throw My Shoes Too! Grab a pair and pose for your iSight.
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