tonight dung mummy tomorrow metal next weekend the art!

buko is playing tonight.
i hope everyone knows how great she is. she is a fabulous songstix with a banjo.
hop frog nights are always good. good people. good music.

tomorrow is metal night! and it's early - starts @9pm
and we'll be letting folks in thru the parking lot door (back of the building)
so there's a chill sidewalk.

our new art mates are doing well, there is a lot to learn being here, and i try not to overwhelm them,
they are good sports. i am very happy that we got so lucky in finding each other.

il corral has been thru so much. i feel ancient with her.
i am getting the slightest bit less naive as time passes. experience hasn't lost it's message on me, esoteric they may be.

i am really enjoying the artists that we've been hosting, and the shows we've been having.

wylie's art opening and a new composer show is on the 16th (next saturday)
his work has survived months in this place - he should get an award just for that.

i have been thinking much more seriously about sustainability lately, and stane and i are committed to using our van for only work necessities - which means more bus and biking - but my bike seat recently got jacked, and i went over to the kitchen to get another one. the people there are so kind, and have the strength in their demanor of people who are really doing what they want to and believe is right. i love even passing by, and knowing it is there.

i have been so sad lately about this place always being where i am, and not being able to go anywhere because i am so busy, but i have had greetings recently from the fellow who runs echo curio and he can never come to our events becuase he's always having them himself...it made me feel better. that is the sacrifice you make i guess - or at least that is how my life is - but i still love being here and working on the place. i feel less responsible for so many people now, with less shows, and i have been rediscovering calm in moments. i very much enjoy it.

i have had such a great time with my little screamer - my name for the circuit-bent thing i've been playing. there is a good sense of pride in the accomplishment of actually making a circuit-bent thing, and i am hoping to have more workshops, ranging in nature - because i learned so much in that one workshop, and that is a change i want to encourage thru more such days.

hope the change to yet another venue to host words isn't too much of a leap. i've had technical suicides - but hopefully i can keep posting, though my image sharing is super limited right now. as long as there is some record - and archives - i can feel like it has not been in vain. this place has seen some great art, and there is much more to come!...i am humbled by it, and cheered...