2 and half hours in the dentist chair yesterday, but I think the problem has been solved. Now, I just need to deal with my clove oil
addiction.
It's a cold rainy morning for
Bike To Work Day, but I was psyched yesterday to see a young-
ish woman riding a green fixed wheel bike past Shop and Save. Nice! The bike, not the woman. Although I'm sure she was very nice and pretty, but like the emotionally stunted eight year old that weeps inside me, I was fascinated by the machinery more than the flesh. (And in a motorized note, is that a
Honda Ruckus the
French Creek Cafe is using for deliveries? That, my friend, is a butch scooter.)
The Franklin Public Library's used book sale starts tomorrw during library hours. I'll be volunteering there on the 20th from 3-5 pm, so drop by and say hello. I'll be your BFF if you
bring a reusable bag instead of relying on plastic.
Erie's
Photomedia Center's 2008
Juried Exhibition is now open for submissions
Today is the
Post Gazette's big Summer Times issue and there's lots of arty stuff amongst
the chaff.
The
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and
post-gazette.com are
launching Pittsburgh Rocks -- an online battle of the bands in which voters decide the winner.
The
Post Gazette reviews the
Carnegie International:
The vulnerability of many works, intensified by their inherent poetry, is physical as well as dialogical, and invites intimacy.Oh, That Mary Thomas. It's like her prose went to grad school in the early 90s and never really left. You see it now and again in Oakland, grey in its beard, a dogeared copy of
Artforum in its cargo pockets,
Birkenstocking between study carrels and huddles of smokers, talking loudly about shows it hasn't seen and explaining why it hasn't watched TV. Ever.
American Eagle's New American Music Union festival go on sale today for the two day "festival"
August 8
th and 9
th in Pittsburgh, and
although the
Post Gazette calls the lineup,
"shockingly good" , I say, "
meh" to Bob Dylan and His Band, The Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley, The Roots, Spoon, The Black Keys, Black Mountain, The Duke Spirit, NASA, Tiny Masters of Today.
Not a damn thing I haven't heard before.
The
48 Hour Film Project returns to Pittsburgh for a second year, with the competition taking place in early June rather than early August.
Jessica Lee , formerly of Franklin, will be
performing for free as part of Pittsburgh's 2008 Courtyard Series at the
Allegheny Courthouse Noon on Friday June 21st. You can buy her CDs locally at
Callaghan's Pharmacy in Franklin.
Next Thursday May 22, is the
WYEP Music Taste Test from 6-7:30 pm at the
WYEP Community Broadcast Center.
Have you ever wondered how WYEP DJs choose the music you hear on the station? Well, here’s your chance to find out during a fun, informal happy-hour-style event!The WYEP gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how WYEP DJs select the music on 91.3fm. This new workshop gives you the chance to listen to brand new music and participate in a candid discussion about the songs and artists you hear on the air. And best of all, tasty eats and beverages will be provided while you check out the music in a fun group setting at the WYEP Community Broadcast Center.Sign up for the WYEP Music Taste TestI probably wouldn't make a special trip, but if you're already in the area, for something else, it might make a nice
pre-event nosh.
Stream Okkervill River's
WYEP in studio
performace
The
Boston Phoenix takes a look at one of my current obsessions - the
Steampunk movment.
Free and Legal Downloads
Animal Liberation Orchestra Live at The Mystic Theatre on February 16, 2008Chicago Afrobeat Project Live at The Bottleneck on April 11, 2008
Calexico - "Carried to Dust"
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