My friend Aaron has taken the leap and is officially starting his own online music promotion/management company this week, Early Morning Music.
His wife Brandi, who was one of my assistant editors at The Bells Student Newspaper at UMHB has more info on her blog.
Aaron’s done promotion for several record labels in the Nashville area, including Gotee and Word and I’m sure he’s taking a lot of what he’s learned and applying it with his new adventure.
I wish him the best of luck. And while you’re at it check out Remedy Drive, the first band he’ll be doing management for (which by the way, I’m very disappointed that I can’t download or add their Myspace songs to my Myspace profile – what’s up with that Mr Aaron?)
Category: misc
Big steps taken in Little Rock
This is a few days past the official anniversary, but 50 years ago this week the schools of Little Rock, Arkansas were integrated.
NPR has had some great coverage on the historic event, including recent speeches from the nine students who entered Central High School on Sept. 25, 1957 with military escorts.
I’ve really enjoyed listening to their coverage throughout the month of September.
Listen to NPR’s All Things Considered coverage
Evo Morales on the Daily Show
Bolivian President Evo Morales was on the Daily Show this week and made some great points on equality and saving human life. Morales was a farmer without high school education and became the first indigent president of Bolivia.
“I understand we all have rights. It’s not just intellectuals or professionals who can become president. People who have other experiences, who have a working life as well can become president.”
I know that we’re different not only in our nations but among the nations… those differences among the nations must be respected. But what better among political leaders presidents or with social movement leaders than coming together to think about how we can support life and humankind. It is my sense that in this new millennium it should be the millennium of life. And from here or from Cuba, Venezuela, Europe or Africa we need to create and come together to save lives and humankind.
In recent days at the United Nations I have heard a lot of talk about global warming, climate change but they don’t say why and where all that is coming from.
There appear to be few political leaders or movements that say where is all this coming from. Perhaps from western culture. Perhaps excesses in relation to industry. Or perhaps because of excessive luxury, excessive consumption. And if we all think about humankind then we must figure how we can change the situation.
And I personally know there are presidents and countries who send troops abroad to save lives but there are also presidents and countries who send troops abroad to take away lives.
If we compare these two things and weigh these two things, surely we’re going to come to a conclusion that these policies must change and in this millennium the key guideline must be to save lives.
And please don’t consider me a part of the Axis of Evil.
Austin City Limits
ACL has announced their lineup for the upcoming season.
Looks like a great schedule.
They’ll start the season off with Norah Jones on Oct. 6.
Five years, several Grammys and millions of records later, Norah Jones makes a triumphant return to the ACL stage. The Texas-born chanteuse showcases both old favorites and songs such as “My Dear Country” and “Thinking About You” from her recent bestselling album Not Too Late.
I haven’t found a schedule yet, but Brian Bailey’s reporting the show, going into it’s 33rd year will also feature Wilco, Van Morrison, Regina Spektor, Lucinda Williams, and John Mayer this season.
More great reasons to have a DVR – if it works properly.
Two days without blogging?
Wow, it’s almost been two full days without any blogging around here.
What’s going on?! Well we closed on our house yesterday in Red Oak – so that’s been a lot of what’s going on.
We moved some of the essentials yesterday and plan to continue moving over the next several days.
Although – on my way to work, the transmission in my truck decided to start slipping. Joy.
I pulled over as soon as I realized it – having my own share of transmission problems in Kansas several years back.
I waited at a local shop for them to open and when they arrived the mechanic took it out for a spin and said he was pretty certain it was the overdrive in the truck and a gear was not locking as it should be.
“Luckily for me” that only means he has to take the entire transmission apart and put it back together to fix.
Like I said – Joy!
So I left the truck with him and bummed a ride from Ward to get back home.
But I must say – I have some great friends. Ward came and picked me up and my buddy Josh is loaning me his truck for the next day or so so I can get to work tomorrow and do some more moving tonight.
That’s about it on this end. Just lots of moving, unpacking and absolutely freezing because our AC was turned down so low last night.
Now if only the delivery guy will show up with our fridge more moving can get underway.
Wet grass?
Wet grass?!
An Ellis County Sheriff’s Deputy rolled his car the other day after running over wet grass?!
From the WDL:
Deputy involved in wreck on FM 55
A sheriff’s deputy was involved in a one-vehicle accident Friday night.
Investigator Robert Grimes was returning a 2006 Ford Crown Victoria patrol unit to the Avalon sub-station when the accident occurred on Farm-to-Market 55, about two miles from U.S. Highway 77.
“He hit some wet grass that had been left on the road, which caused him to go into a spin,†sheriff’s Capt. Danny Williams said. “As he went off the roadway, he rolled several times. The cage in the car kept the vehicle from crushing when it was rolling.â€
The nearby resident who had been mowing the grass witnessed the accident and called 9-1-1, with emergency responders having to force the door open of the vehicle to remove the trapped officer.
Grimes was taken to Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie, where he was treated and released.
Grimes has served with the sheriff’s office since 1993.
Williams said the vehicle was totaled as a result of the accident.
How much wet grass does it take to make a car spin? And why was the guy mowing wet grass at night? Did he run his sprinklers first? And how did the guy – mowing his grass at night see the accident happen?