For the summer I have been working at the Pacific Rim Visitor Center up in Ucluelet, BC- a well-deserved break from the hectic pace of Florence and city-living!
I will be updating the PRVC blog a lot more regularly so check it out!
cheers!
credit: Nigel Brooks Peer
from Faeries: Visions, Voices and Pretty Dresses, Aperture, 2000
In her article “Radical Heterosexuality,” Naomi Wolf proposes a new way of challenging dated stereotypes,
gender roles and sexism within a heterosexual partnership. The radical feminist vs. hetero man-lover dichotomy
is a powerful conceptual force, forcing many women to be bound by society’s normalized practices of
negotiating the “rules of the relationship.” Many feminists view these two forces to be irreconcilable; however,
I support Wolf’s argument that there is a necessity for a proactive, engaged and conscious political manner
within the context of heterosexuality.
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When the new millennium dawned, few would have anticipated that the age of highly proprietary, corporate-monopolized mass media was coming to a close (Mann and Niedzviecki). But with more widespread availability and increased accessibility to the internet and its related forms of new media, more people, and importantly, more young women are plugging in and becoming competent and confident “netizens” than ever before. Not only are girls using the World Wide Web for homework, chat rooms and e-commerce, but they are also utilizing new forms of media such as blogs, vlogs and social networking to express their unique ideas, dreams, opinions and feelings to the world. In this essay I will be exploring how the Internet has presented girls and young women with the opportunity to craft their own personal narratives through self-created medias and so-called “democratized technologies,” (Garrison).
my first video blog EVUR!
im pretty proud of myself, putting all the pieces together. time to start hyping the album! w00t
check it…
I once heard a great quote..
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and RELEASE DATES.
LOL
so true!
Richards hard drive at the studio has just crashed which means that mixing cannot proceed until he gets a new one. Fortunately he is a smart man and keeps all his data on external, but for the time being it sucks because I wanted to have this done in September. *sigh*
Maybe I am to blame for putting it off last weekend and going to Vancouver instead. It’s true I did get some more feedback and time to listen to the tracks but I kind of wished I stayed and got it done now.
It will probably be another couple weeks before I can start working on the mixing at glassWing now.
Which means… probably no record until mid-Octoberish.
I do, however, have the art and a graphic designer, as well as my manufacturing money now.. so I guess full steam ahead on that until I can get back to the mixing board.
Last night was Longevity John’s 50th birthday celebration and it went down in style at the Duncan Garage Showroom in the City of Totems, beautiful Duncan, BC.
I was there and played a short set of two new songs I’ve written in the last month and a couple of my old standards, This Love and Righteous Babe.
The new songs went well, I felt starting with a slow one was a good move, got the audience’s attention while they slowly trickled in from the patio in a haze of maryjane and intoxicating evening air.
Also on the stage were BOAB from the Sunshine Coast, really nice guys. As well a hopping new jazz trio called Sinistro, (blew my mind.. incredible drummer, drool-worthy guitars and a fabulous vintage Korg organ.)
I would have liked to stay to check out the other acts (Zoe Lauckner, Beverley McKeen with Marty Jones, Rob McKenzie, Bill Levity all represented,) but with the hectic recording schedule and looming BACK TO SCHOOL on Tues, my eyes were barely staying open as it was.
A very chill, laid-back performance from me, which is strange since getting on stage usually gets me all fired up. A change of pace you might say. I felt more articulate, more intentful in choosing my words and communicating them to the audience, as well as more careful in controlling my tone and enunciation.
Sang a special new song for a special new somebody in my life, will record a demo of that shortly so keep your eyes on myspace.
Over and out!
b
Moving Day! It’s a beautiful morning. Great moving weather, I’m so gonna enjoy the ferry ride back home! This is such a positive move for me, I really feel great about everything today. No more worries about leaving, just feeling relief. Time to wipe the slate clean and start again. Closing one chapter of my life and opening a brand new one! Welcome to the good life ;D
bex0rz tw33tz
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