Wednesday, March 6, 2013
27th Annual Daddy Tapes benefit for American Heart Association!
I'm so proud to be a part of Bill Popp's benefit at R Bar for the American Heart Association. Every year for the past TWENTY SEVEN years Bill has put on a benefit on behalf of his father, called the Daddy Tapes benefit. It has become a local music institution, and I'm excited to be working the door for this show.
The famous guitarist of the Patti Smith Group, composer, producer, author, music historian, compiler of the legendary Nuggets series, and all-around great guy Lenny Kaye will be playing; that's reason enough to go to the show if a good cause and eight (!) other fun bands aren't enough inducement.
R Bar
218 Bowery (what 3rd Ave becomes below St. Marks Place/Cooper Square)
between Prince & Spring Sts. (a block and a half below Houston Street)
on the West side of the street
6:30 PM to ? (at least midnight, and probably later)
Monday, February 11, 2013
Aye, there's the rub
I dreamed of you last night. There were several people standing around, as they do at art gallery openings and wine and cheese parties, although I can't remember what event was happening, or if there was one. I was over here, and I caught a glimpse of you over there, three or four depths of people between us. I just saw your face for an instant, and that was it. No conversation or anything, and it wasn't a major part of the plot of the dream, but you were definitely there.
Interesting; I hadn't planned on thinking about you for another couple of months, but you popped up sooner. Why? What is there to tell me? Are you reminding me that my work tanked after you left? Are you gently chiding me to get back on track? Easier said than done, with Ruth as my support system. I mean, seriously; how can I focus when my helper is more scattered than me?
I hope you didn't email me and think I ignored you; I haven't used my normal e-mail address for a year now. Too much Facebook crap filled my inbox every day, and since I couldn't figure out how to turn it off I just abandoned both of them. I use alliesbass now, but I don't check any of my accounts with any frequency.
As you see I stopped blogging here after my forward movement came to a crashing halt. I was doing a sex blog on another platform, but I haven't posted on that one in a month or two either. I've been spending an awful lot of time on Tumblr, reading a lot of manga, watching a lot of anime, watching lots of Korean and Japanese mini-series, watching lots of Korean and Japanese movies, and learning about things like non-binary sexuality and gender fluidity.
According to a bunch of people in the non-binary community, bisexuality is as rigidly binary as heterosexuality and homosexuality. There's a fierce debate going on at the moment that I'm fascinated by and very much invested in; it affects how I will want to label myself, and it's helping me take a deeper look at my orientation and how I see myself sexually. I am also getting used to the longer LGBTQIA, which stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer/Questioning, Intersexual, and Asexual. I'm not sure of Q for Questioning, because all the other categories (besides Intersex, which describes a condition, or rather a group of conditions) describe orientation. On the other hand it makes sense, because even at this stage in my life I'm questioning my orientation based on the (for me) new ideas of gender fluidity and non-binary sexuality. (It's not that my orientation has changed, it's just that my previous self-label may not have been completely accurate.) Also, Q for Queer isn't specifically about orientation, it's an umbrella term for all the other non-heteronormative sex/gender minorities. I think polyamorous folks would fit under that umbrella, for example.
Gee, look at me; I ended up writing a blog post after all. It doesn't really belong here (the paragraph above is the kind of writing I've been doing on LiveJournal) but it's good to let you know what I've been up to.
Studying the complexities of sex and gender has been and continues to be an interesting and introspective journey, so I suppose it fits in with the contemplative theme I was originally going for when I started this blog.
Sending my thoughts of peace and lovingkindness to you out in the ether, to you reading this blog, to you not reading this blog,
I am with grateful thanks,
Respectfully yours,
AH
Interesting; I hadn't planned on thinking about you for another couple of months, but you popped up sooner. Why? What is there to tell me? Are you reminding me that my work tanked after you left? Are you gently chiding me to get back on track? Easier said than done, with Ruth as my support system. I mean, seriously; how can I focus when my helper is more scattered than me?
I hope you didn't email me and think I ignored you; I haven't used my normal e-mail address for a year now. Too much Facebook crap filled my inbox every day, and since I couldn't figure out how to turn it off I just abandoned both of them. I use alliesbass now, but I don't check any of my accounts with any frequency.
As you see I stopped blogging here after my forward movement came to a crashing halt. I was doing a sex blog on another platform, but I haven't posted on that one in a month or two either. I've been spending an awful lot of time on Tumblr, reading a lot of manga, watching a lot of anime, watching lots of Korean and Japanese mini-series, watching lots of Korean and Japanese movies, and learning about things like non-binary sexuality and gender fluidity.
According to a bunch of people in the non-binary community, bisexuality is as rigidly binary as heterosexuality and homosexuality. There's a fierce debate going on at the moment that I'm fascinated by and very much invested in; it affects how I will want to label myself, and it's helping me take a deeper look at my orientation and how I see myself sexually. I am also getting used to the longer LGBTQIA, which stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer/Questioning, Intersexual, and Asexual. I'm not sure of Q for Questioning, because all the other categories (besides Intersex, which describes a condition, or rather a group of conditions) describe orientation. On the other hand it makes sense, because even at this stage in my life I'm questioning my orientation based on the (for me) new ideas of gender fluidity and non-binary sexuality. (It's not that my orientation has changed, it's just that my previous self-label may not have been completely accurate.) Also, Q for Queer isn't specifically about orientation, it's an umbrella term for all the other non-heteronormative sex/gender minorities. I think polyamorous folks would fit under that umbrella, for example.
Gee, look at me; I ended up writing a blog post after all. It doesn't really belong here (the paragraph above is the kind of writing I've been doing on LiveJournal) but it's good to let you know what I've been up to.
Studying the complexities of sex and gender has been and continues to be an interesting and introspective journey, so I suppose it fits in with the contemplative theme I was originally going for when I started this blog.
Sending my thoughts of peace and lovingkindness to you out in the ether, to you reading this blog, to you not reading this blog,
I am with grateful thanks,
Respectfully yours,
AH
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Ode to a Fuck-Up
I want to make a playlist of songs that involve someone screwing things up for everybody by being a fuck-up of some kind. I know that's a little too generic, and could refer to any song written about a man (see more below) but I'm looking specifically for songs where the protagonist is disappointed in someone for having done something stupid that cocked it up for everyone. Please let me know what you come up with; I need to make a mix tape for a dear friend of mine, and I need ideas.
Re men generally:
Most men are disappointments to their significant others for their inability to mature, their inability to accept responsibility, their inability to commit, their inability to keep their dicks in their pants, their inability to keep their eyes off other people's parts, their inability to take things seriously when appropriate, and their inability to finish what they started. They drink too much, fuck too much, gamble too much, and don't call when they're going to stay out all night with their friends. The exception to this last is of course when Peter Criss wrote "Beth" to let his wife know he wouldn't be home on time, but of course he stayed out late writing the song and forgot to call.
Re men generally:
Most men are disappointments to their significant others for their inability to mature, their inability to accept responsibility, their inability to commit, their inability to keep their dicks in their pants, their inability to keep their eyes off other people's parts, their inability to take things seriously when appropriate, and their inability to finish what they started. They drink too much, fuck too much, gamble too much, and don't call when they're going to stay out all night with their friends. The exception to this last is of course when Peter Criss wrote "Beth" to let his wife know he wouldn't be home on time, but of course he stayed out late writing the song and forgot to call.
Friday, May 18, 2012
MCA Day!
MCA Day!
Check out the FACEBOOK page!
Check out the TWITTER feed!
Remember Adam Yauch! Come and celebrate his life and music!
Wear your favorite Beastie Boys shirt, and reminisce with lots of other New Yorkers who have wonderful stories about how MCA and the other Boys influenced their lives, our lives, our city!
Yes, The Beastie Boys were Punk!
I was just writing a post about Dharma Punx (a book by a fellow in California who went from baddie to Buddhist to the soundtrack of Suburbia [my blurb: a piece of art if I do say so myself] and The Decline of Western Civilization) and the difference between the West Coast and East Coast punk/hardcore scene.
In my post I mentioned how I would have loved to discuss this book with Adam Yauch (MCA of the Beastie Boys), because he would have been the perfect person to elaborate on the dichotomy between the two coasts' scenes, especially with his membership in both the punk/hardcore and Buddhist communities.
What's that, I hear you say? "MCA was a rapper, not a punk! Boy, are you musically confused!"
Let me lay a little punk rock knowledge on you folks: before the Beasties ever received their License To Ill, they indulged in some hardcore hijinks.
Oh yeah, and I entirely forgot a third thing I had in common with Adam: we both played bass guitar!
Tomorrow is MCA Day at Union Square. From 11 AM on, people are gonna be hanging out on the steps shouting along with Beastie raps and reminiscing along with friends who have memories of going to live shows or hanging out or going to school with MCA, Ad-Rock, Mike D, or just being fans of the music.
The New York State Senate passed a Resolution to mourn Adam's death; between this and MCA Day, NYC shows fitting tribute to an incredible soul. And yeah, he started off as a little punk (rock) kid.
In my post I mentioned how I would have loved to discuss this book with Adam Yauch (MCA of the Beastie Boys), because he would have been the perfect person to elaborate on the dichotomy between the two coasts' scenes, especially with his membership in both the punk/hardcore and Buddhist communities.
What's that, I hear you say? "MCA was a rapper, not a punk! Boy, are you musically confused!"
Let me lay a little punk rock knowledge on you folks: before the Beasties ever received their License To Ill, they indulged in some hardcore hijinks.
Here's an example:
Oh yeah, and I entirely forgot a third thing I had in common with Adam: we both played bass guitar!
Tomorrow is MCA Day at Union Square. From 11 AM on, people are gonna be hanging out on the steps shouting along with Beastie raps and reminiscing along with friends who have memories of going to live shows or hanging out or going to school with MCA, Ad-Rock, Mike D, or just being fans of the music.
The New York State Senate passed a Resolution to mourn Adam's death; between this and MCA Day, NYC shows fitting tribute to an incredible soul. And yeah, he started off as a little punk (rock) kid.
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