When I get overwhelming dream shit, so as not to fall back into the shit, I rotate on my bed, head to foot or sideways...found it out as a kid. I won't fall back in by rotating my physical position. Resets my dream mind.
Im going to an AJJ concert tonight! They're my all time favorite band. This will be my 6th time seeing them live. I'm very excited!
I love that she mentions "Sophie's World" as her introduction to philosophy. That was also my introduction at a similar age. Thank you for sharing this, it resonated with me in many ways.
Paris Hilton is a fucking hero. I never thought I would think that, but what she has done to give public platform to the voices of us survivors is incredible. I'm very grateful for all she has done.
Yeah, I have a hard copy finally coming in the mail sometime in September. Joe nobody is a true inspiration. Because of his work, I'm currently working on a concept album about the facility I was at. My band has gratefully been very supportive of this next endeavor.
The for profit facility that I was locked up in as a young teenager is still open to this day. Albeit another company owns it and it goes under a different name, they run essentially the same program. On average 100 thousand children are annually kept imprisoned in the troubled teen industry in full, the facility I was kept at being only one among many.
That looks like exactly what I want. Thank you for the suggestion!
I dont want to fill my personal phone up with hours of interview material. I'd like to keep my personal files separate from this project and have it all on a dedicated device. Thank you for the suggestion!
Its a pretty low budget, a few hundred at most in equipment. I will be processing it after but minimally. On location recording either at people's houses or wherever they're most comfortable. Might be location changes depending on the person and their day.
I'm starting an archive project of long form interviews with locals in my area. Do any of y'all have advice on what might be the best handheld voice recorder that's high quality sound but small and discrete so my interviewees can forget that they're being recorded?
One of my favorite comedy shows is "better things." I think I really walks that line of the humor of being human and honest introspection.
$4 each. One is rabbit fur, the other feathers of some kind. Both 'fasteners'? They have a bit of vail around the circle and need to be pinned on the head. I dress up extravagant for holidays so I'm very excited about the find!
I know its not actually recently, but this prompt reminded me of the useless thing I spent three days learning during the pandemic. Because of those three very focused and largely frustrating days I can now tie a monkey paw knot. Which there is never any call for. But I know how to do it!
I just had my birthday, and it was a HUGE bash! I did the same thing I did last year and booked 7hrs of music at our town bar (we only have one), and booked all my musician friends. 3 hours of a variety show consisting of 20min sets. An hour of my band, and then three hours of a full band.
I dressed up WILD, had a friend design my outfit. And the whole town brought potluck. It was AWESOME. Had to be over 200 people in and out all day and night, most of whom I know. Partied and drank and danced and made music.
Weather was perfection. Not too hot for May (may is one of the hottest months in the desert), and it even rained a bit, which is always celebrated and considered very good luck. After the bar closed, we all went to the porch and jammed some more.
Next year I'll do the same, but I think I'll add a pre party brunch/lunch at my buddies place who has a private venue up the hill before we go full on show at the bar again. I've turned my bday into a mini local festival and I couldn't be happier with the result!
I've been listing to the song 'moon river' over and over, cus my friend and music mentor really wants me to learn it. I'm getting there, and what a cool song!
I've talked about it other places on Tildes, but I love talking about my home so I'm happy to reshare!
I lived on the road for about a decade and toured all over the lower 48. I found this place near the beginning of that journey and ended up returning every year for longer and longer periods of time. After about 5 years I bought my land. Now I finally live here full time and get to build my home!
Where I live is incredibly remote, but has a rich and vibrant community and culture. A lot of art, music, geology, archeology, biology, etc. Live music every night. Community events regularly. I'm actually the local librarian and the lead singer of my band. I also play with all the local musicians on the porch twice a week.
Everyone who decides to live here is in it. Those in town mostly have "city" water and electricity, but everyone out on the ranch where I live use solar and water catchment. There's definite challenges, but real freedom and connection to the land and eachother. And we're all in it together and got eachothers backs.
Many folk down here specialize in building. There are no building codes here so people have tried everything imaginable. Some of it works and some of it doesn't. My house is being built by dear friends who've built dozens of houses over the last 20 years, so I get the best of the best, which is such a gift.
I can go on and on, but I gotta run and do stuff. I'm happy to answer any further questions though! Not even sure I answered the first one really...but I love talking about the place I love!
Oh, I'm not overly concerned. It's incredibly difficult to get to where I am, but I definitely appreciate the thought. If someone does manage to make it to my place, they should make sure to bring plenty of water and their own toilet paper.
Check out their album "Christmas Island"