I am so obsessed with banjolele’s now. After seeing the Fishtank Ensemble perform with one and this absolutely adorable man play Stagolee blues on the banjolele… I am sold.
Entries Tagged as ‘music’
April 27, 2009
things i’ve been doing/ diggin
Banjo
I started plucking at the banjo in January because my roomate has one and can play a little bit. Joanne, my roomate started teaching me how to strum the banjo, then I started to get interested. Kat, another roomate- her father plays banjo and offered to give me free lessons, which I of course graciously [...]
December 27, 2008
last week five weeks ago
FYI: This should have been posted Dec 5thish. I’ve been busy.
1. I bought a package of dance classes at Westlake that expire in a month and I kind of didn’t go for a while, so last week I had to take dance class almost every evening. One of them was hip hop and only three [...]
December 3, 2008
Pablo Diaz- reixa… El Guincho
Last Saturday on the 22nd of November my pal Cat and I made the trek up to Vancouver to see El Guincho. Cat could have stayed in Seattle and watched El Guincho at the Nectar Lounge because she is 21, but thank goodness she drove my poor little 20 year old self to Vancouver, BC [...]
November 11, 2008
building nothing out of something
I still haven’t explained the title of my page- “Building Nothing out of Something.” It is the title of one of Modest Mouse’s best albums, who are probably my favorite band ever- by the way. I have been listening to them ever since high school, and more so after my old friend Tim burned about [...]
November 1, 2008
crystal castles
Joanne and I saw Crystal Castles at Neumos last Wednesday. It was probably the greatest dance show I’ve ever been to and the music was fantastic! David Wolf was one of the openers and he was awesome. We didn’t really go to the show to see Crystal Castles- it more so to dance and have [...]
September 9, 2008
1. I am waking insomnia.
2. Finish application to college.
3. Read books.
4. Build/ paint/ decoupage furniture.
5. Buy stuff for house.
6. Clean house.
7. Fix room.
8. Collage.
9. Buy craft supplies.
10. Nanny job.
11. Gymnastics job.
12. Boys and Girls Club.
13. Get bike back.
14. Work out.
15. Buy milk.
16. Friends.
17. Quit cussing.
18. Sleep more.
19. Dance classes.
20. This is why I cant sleep. [...]