ah a circus themed fetish night (link is SFW)...if only...

As i said in my post last week, my time with BV has come to an end. :(

But rather than a fizzle, I'm going out in true funkalicious style! Come out and see me play my final show with Booty Vortex this Saturday Night!!!

If you've been meaning to see me play with them, or if you've seen me play with them before and enjoyed it, this is your last chance to see it. please please please come out and help me end what has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life with a great big party!

Funk! Disco! Boat!

Bon Voyage, Mr. Dishes!
Booty Vortex Funk 'n' Blues Cruise
Sat. July 26th
Ship Boards 7:30 Show 8:00 PM, $25 21+
Buy Advance Tickets here!

Tags: booty vortex

6 musicians + 1 driver + 7 seat bike + davis sq artbeat = totally awesome!

(if you know anyone with pictures please let me know)

ETA: found one flickr photo!


artbeat
Originally uploaded by my sunset road

does anyone have 4g and/or 2g ear jewelry that they'd like to part with? ideally, this would be your old stuff that you've stretched beyond, and you'd like it to go to a good home. :)

it's long since time for me to go bigger, so i want to start stretching again and i'd much prefer to recycle/reuse then to go and out and buy new stuff.

please let me know if you can help!

check out the Hot 8 Brass Band tonight in Central Sq. for FREE (as opposed to their $25 show next week at the MFA)

July 10th, 2008
New Orleans’ own Hot 8 Brass Band will play in the Jill Brown Rhone Park at Lafayette Square from 6-8:30 PM on July 15. The Hot 8 Brass Band has epitomized New Orleans street music for over a decade. The band plays the traditional Second Line parades, hosted each Sunday afternoon by Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, infusing their performances with the funk and energy that makes New Orleans music loved around the world. The members of the Hot 8 Brass Band were born and raised in New Orleans and many began playing together in high school. What makes the Hot 8 so special are the sounds they coax from their well-loved, well-worn horns. An evening with the Hot 8 is like no other…Hope to see you there!
Lafayette Square is near 401 Massachusetts Ave. and the Fire Station

i was just reminded about this via myspace, but i learned about it this weekend from the organizer who is a good friend of harm_city_heart. we'll be out of town on Friday, so we can't participate, but maybe some of you can!

Join the Moonlight Monster Parade!

Join the creatures of nightmare as we shamble through Boston by the light of the full moon, scaring the living daylights out of the uninitiated.

Create a costume (or perhaps simply remove the one you wear from day to day) that frightens you. At 8:19pm on the steps by the Boston Public Library, the Parade will begin! Winding its way through the streets of Boston, this cavalcade of nightmarish cavalry will pay visits to such well-known destinations as the Public Garden, Newbury Street, Faneuil Hall and The Children's Museum.

When:
Friday Jul 18, 2008
at 8:19 PM

Where::
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts|22 02116
United States

as of tonight, i am no longer a member of Booty Vortex. :(

fragmented incomplete list

-i win at camping!
-excellent caravan company with fennel & harm_city_heart
-did my best to be an active participant in Cirkus camp
-Fort Cirkus!
-flexed my boy scouting muscles
-got to be a roustabout for Cirkus camp
-hugs and more hugs
-gave random tarot card readings
-taught 2 hookah packing lessons
-no rain for the entire weekend
-learned more contact staff moves and put them into a series of moves
-tasty tasty beer...from a tree!
-the Bring a Cup camp might well have won Firefly because they are made of pure awesome
-cowbell + hoodie = rope dart-like spin moves, mixed well with dancing
-music mixes were well received throughout the entire weekend
-lots of tramping around the woods on meandering paths
-never taking the same route twice in moving around between theme camps
-4 AM dance party by the stripper pole (not ON the stripper pole)
-saw the sunrise
-steam bath sweat lodge!
-played ambulatory junk percussion
-organized & conducted the 17+ piece Firefly Cirkus Orchestra that accompanied Sat. pre-burn performances by spitcurl, clara_girl, klingonlandlady, frobzwiththings, and harm_city_heart
-unintentionally ended up on lead drum in the drum circle that played with the fire conclave and bug burn!
-got to solo along with haptotrope's incredibly sassy fire performance
-neighboring theme camp was transformed into Sustainable Funk by the fabulous members of SCUL, an official mission ensued and much dancing was done
-much adoration and compliments were paid to my tattoos, which saw more exposure than they generally do.
-discussed the pro and cons of hippie superpowers
-still more hugs!
-supported and was supported by wonderful friends
-expressed as much gratitude as possible for all of the people who set up the new firefly site as it was a monstrously difficult feat.
-grateful for being part of a great theme camp with good people

all in all it was a wonderful weekend filled with a good mix of relaxation and excitement, exuberant partying and low key hanging out. i have lots of stories to share, so hopefully i will get the chance to recount some of them.

Tags: firefly

i still have much to do, so i can't wait to get out of work today! not that this is different from any other day, but i am exceptionally antsy today.

tonight consists of running errands to shop for groceries and camping odds and ends, and then tomorrow we hit the road. with the we in question being myself, fennel, and harm_city_heart, all wedged into the car with all of our gear.

i'm so excited to be doing a bit more hard core camping, "roughing it" as some would call it (of course, it's burner-style roughing it which includes generators, beer kegs and lots blinky lights..but still, providing your own water counts as roughing it.). i've not been camping like this in far too long, and i miss doing it frequently throughout the summer. as i've been prepping for this, it has occurred to me that i don't think i've ever tented by myself. in all my years of boy scouts and recreational camping & hiking in college, i was always with a group and we always shared tents. it's not really that big of deal, but in it's way, i'm really looking forward to the experience. if only to have actually done it at least once.

not that i'm generally a rapid responder to things, but don't expect to hear from me after tomorrow morning.

for those of you going, see you in the woods!

Tags: camping, firefly

anyone want it or know of someone who does?