I went to the Montreal International Jazz Festival for a few days last week. This is one of my most favorite festivals to attend during the summer. There are over 8 public stages where you can bop around from stage to stage all day FOR FREE! I love that fact that I can drive within 8 hours to a city where everybody speaks French. Not only do they speak it, but they’re polite if you don’t. It also helps that my Prius gets fantastic mileage on the highway (probably the smartest purchase I ever made to date). Another beauty about this festival is that you never have to look for a portable toilet. They’re everywhere and there’s rarely a line. OH…and you can drink beer on the street in public (drinking age is 18 in Canada for all your under 21 types). Food is a plenty and you’ll find that the festival provides for all budgets.
Check out the pics here!
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I put together a page full of motorcycle links. The bike shops are local to Philadephia/NJ and the motorcycle gear is all available online. I haven’t picked what bike I want yet, so the research continues. Feel free to email me with any good info as every little bit helps.
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. This just happens to sum up one of my favorite insults.
Thanks to Regnout for this lovely find.
Site Reference: http://soulassassins.com
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Morning at 30th Street Station
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I am on a train traveling listening to the Swans. I found a great compilation called “Various Failures”. This is probably the best compilation of this band I’ve ever heard. I also paired it up with Alif Tree and Stereolab so I could produce a random eclectic synergy with the movement of the train. There’s a special feeling of moving in deep low bass and the harmonic flow that only travel can produce. It moves you forward, never back. It pulses, rocks and it blends the body and the mind. It urges you to places you put in your pocket for a later date. It sways you to a steady hum. An Ohm. Man, it’s been a while.
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Found a great site (Thanks Kat!) that has a lot of great info on events, art, happenings in Philly.
Cheggitout: http://www.uwishunu.com
From site: “You wish you knew about a city where bikes were the way. You wish you knew of a city where culture gets its own street. You wish you knew where the museums were as eclectic as the art inside them. You wish you knew where the hottest, the freshest, the secretest, the artists, the filmmakers, the writers, the DJs, the foodies and the fashionistas love to hang. You wish you knew Philadelphia. uwishunu.”
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The best thing about this demo is that it creates a URL of whatever text you want spoken in whatever language you want. Brilliant! And fun for pranks.
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
February 28, 2008 – 10:03 am
I have just been cast in a student film for a Drexel U. thesis. It’s a lot of fun and a silly little script. I’ll be playing a doctor (small role). I’m looking forward to it as it’s been a while since I did a film with a crew, cast, director, etc.
woohoo!
