Summer 2009: in bits and pieces
i haven’t done a ‘this is what i’ve been up to’ bulleted post since the end of may, which means this one covers June, July, and August. wow. so i guest that makes this a “Summer 2009″ who/what/where/when summary. much of this has already been referenced in singular posts or tweeted, but if i don’t summarize like this i lose track.
after the beautiful zimtrix wedding came JUNE:
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me, to totally religulous bible-thumper with bullhorn chastising all the hippies for their sinful ways: BUT I LOVE JESUS!
bible-thumper: if you loved jesus, you wouldn’t dress in such a way so as to make men want to sin!
crowd: woooo! laughs! high fives!
me: i’ll think i’ll take that as a compliment.
(wasn’t jesus the original hippie?)
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back on the train, originally uploaded by amyleblancdotcom.
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it’s now been a month, so here some crib notes for recent doings (work and gym not included, which has also been a lot of time/energy), some of which may or may not be expounded upon later:
2/26 - transportedSF. wow. that seems like a helluv long time ago. like, i barely remember it. it was fun though!!
2/27 - went to see Port O’Brien and Ezra Furman at Cafe du Nord, except that Ezra Furman wasn’t there. which sucked. Port O’Brien was not that awesome live. we left early.
the first week of march, i went to michigan to see my family, including my new niece, for a week. omgcold!! besides adorable niece, highlight was being approached at the university gym to have a 3some with some random girl and her BF. the freaks, they are everywhere, and i attract them.
i came back to SF and went high-end window-shopping with Miss Velvet Cream.
friday the 13th we went out and did something but now i can’t remember what except that i drank too much and woke up the next day with a hangover.
3/14-3/15 we went to wine country for a friend’s 30th birthday (sonoma/russian river)
discovered antiseptic fashion during fashion show planning mtg for Alchemy. am in love.
my back spasmed on a week ago on 3/19 and i’m still recovering. learned that my new chiropractor is a way more helpful person than my family physician, and that the AMA is sort of evil. as soon as my body quits hurting/freaking out and i get some sleep, maybe i’ll blog more.
went with reagan to see a guru/mystic. had lots of subsequent thoughts about how much pressure it is to acknowledge that you do, indeed, have the all the power you need to create the life you want for yourself.
hottubed with jasonsays
scored tickets to both Nine Inch Nails/Jane’s Addiction (NIN/JA) and Phish for summer concerts @ shoreline
made some signs for Alchemy. you should come.
declared a long-awaited vacation.
approached to possibly teach a hooping class at the downtown oakland YMCA. it’s been long enough now that just might be into that again.
this weekend:
tomorrow: “Metamorphica” live art/drawing/fashion/music conglomeration soiree, with MVC and Bad Unkl Sista
weekend: friend’s birthday campout thingy somewhere in the woody peninsula, and then rendezvous with SFlovestory.
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phish @ the hampton coliseum 3/7/09
photo by Robert Ames
now *that* is some lighting. it looks like a frickin’ spaceship up in there. i can’t imagine the insanely fanatic energy of that crowd (esp considering the cops got $1.2M in drugs outta the parking lot), but you can hear it here.
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i am.
almost.
tempted.
to request tickets.
the energy for this will be like…..if burning man didn’t happen for 4 years and then came back again.
INSANE.
i do still v.much like the music.
i just got a little sick of the scene.
but maybe it’s been long enough that it would be fun again?
except that a certain little sister of mine has a due date right around then.
hm.
i have a week to decide.
and anyway, it looks like they’ll be coming west again too….
mmmm. summer09 phish tour. yes.
what 20 years of running like an antelope will do to you
then:
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(scroll down to read setlists. setlists are only interesting to people who were there, i know, but oh how fun they are to read again if you were.)
Phish 2000 Fall Tour + my 24th birthday.
2 nights in vegas –> 1 night in phoenix —>(we skipped the SoCal shows)—> 2 nights at our home venue, Shoreline.
i would say that yes, 9/29, 9/30, and 10/1/00 were the best shows i ever had (see list). it was my birthday weekend. we were in vegas. phish rocked the house. when phish got done rocking the house we all stumbled back outside into the warm desert night and ran through vegas like a bunch of hippies on acid. then we went to phoenix on my birthday (10/1) and it was quieter and small and we were all mostly sober b/c we’d just spent 48 hours out of our heads in vegas and i remember the smiles everyone had on their faces more than anything.
this was just before i started blogging, and the whole thing is sort of hazy, but i just remember it being one of the very best weekends of my life, and other than the warm memories inside i only have a few photos as a reminder:
thank goodness they made a DVD out of that weekend; it was the best birthday present ever. birthdays are always points at which we stop and measure and take stock, and i know for me it’s valuable to me to celebrate in meaningful ways with the people i love. it’s wonderful to have memories like my 2000 birthday week as a watermark, and even though sometimes it seems like i’m very much a different person than i was 5 years ago (i know some of you might be like what? phish tour? hippie? when was that?), i’m really not. should i be? are you? Filed in phish | Comment (1)
“I miss the Bunny so much it almost hurts.”
hands down, the best Coventry story by far, and he didn’t even stay for the show.
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i danced my ASS off to that Antelope.
i’ve never sat through and enjoyed Velvet Sea before.
and that Piper may damn well be the best song i’ve ever heard.
these shows also definitely confirmed that Mike is indeed my favorite.
i enjoyed every moment, and was reminded that music is the only thing that really takes my mind away and enables me meditate and to enjoy each moment, uninterrupted by thoughts. all of the songs were over too soon, and all of them were perfect in every way, even with the missed lyrics and barely comprehensible rambling. what would a phish show be without that?
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