Love that everyone is telling me how much they love Lolo in Starship
awwwwwwyeahhhhhh.
LOVE Lauren Lopez
May 2011
Just came home from the LA screening of Starship.
Thank you so much Starkid for the awesomeness…
April 2011
Play
“Teaching an instrument is like getting paid to watch somebody not care about your instrument as much as you.”
—Darren “Goldy” Goldstein
ps - i miss you too; you'd be proud of my vocals now too.
:D
I should hear them sometime before the little one takes over your lung space.
Why do smart kids grow up to be heavier drinkers →
theweek.com
I guess this explains why i like large amounts of quality whisky, and can hold my alcohol at 110lbs
Help me march this season... →
helpmemarch.org
Do you love me, Marching arts, or just Music?
Donate to my tour fees this season, and help me out off set my bills and fees.
Pledge a little or a lot, I appreciate anything.
I also recommend other DCI/DCA marchers to set up an account here.
no. roni looked at the starship tickets and they sold out in 2 minutes.
and no i didn't hit on darren. consciously.
lololololol.
it was during his livestream and some bitty high school girl was like, "btw, i'm 18." and everyone in the room with him started laughing and it was really awkward/funny.
he handled it well, but you could tell he was uncomfortable.
Aww… I’m going and was hoping to run into you and/or my sister. I had a guess they would sell out fast, the friend i’m going with called me 20 mins before midnight to ask if i wanted to come with.
Sleezy Cover
Ben Folds
Ben Folds - Sleazy (Ke$ha cover)
This is extraordinary.
I am forever in love.
Again proving indie singer/songwriter covers of pop music are superior to the original take
Reblog if you play an instrument
well i suck, but
drums
drums :3
Flute, and a little piano and guitar :3
I wanna learn how to play the Ocarina :P
saxaphone
flute and various marching band Pit percussion instruments. :D
French Horn, trumpet, a little bit of flute.
F Horn, Trumpet/Mellophone, Drum Kit, Guitar/Ukulele/Tenor banjo/5-string banjo, Euphonium/Trombone, Bass guitar, Irish Bouzouki/Mandolin/Bandurria, Saxophone family except Tenor, Flute.
You've heard of Drum Corps International?!
On another note… I like Will Farrell… and his dad… yeah his dad is cool. he buys his saxophone stuff from my music shoppe.
“A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless amusement becomes deaf, dumb and blind. It prizes test scores above critical thinking and literacy. It celebrates rote vocational training and the singular, amoral skill of making money. It churns out stunted human products, lacking the capacity and vocabulary to challenge the assumptions and structures of the corporate state. It funnels them into a caste system of drones and systems managers. It transforms a democratic state into a feudal system of corporate masters and serfs.
Teachers, their unions under attack, are becoming as replaceable as minimum-wage employees at Burger King. We spurn real teachers—those with the capacity to inspire children to think, those who help the young discover their gifts and potential—and replace them with instructors who teach to narrow, standardized tests. These instructors obey. They teach children to obey. And that is the point. The No Child Left Behind program, modeled on the “Texas Miracle,” is a fraud. It worked no better than our deregulated financial system. But when you shut out debate these dead ideas are self-perpetuating.” —
Teachers, their unions under attack, are becoming as replaceable as minimum-wage employees at Burger King. We spurn real teachers—those with the capacity to inspire children to think, those who help the young discover their gifts and potential—and replace them with instructors who teach to narrow, standardized tests. These instructors obey. They teach children to obey. And that is the point. The No Child Left Behind program, modeled on the “Texas Miracle,” is a fraud. It worked no better than our deregulated financial system. But when you shut out debate these dead ideas are self-perpetuating.” —
Chris Hedges, “Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System” (via ryking)
All of this.
(via socialistexan)
Biking thru hail is really different than biking thru rain...
flying ice hurts.
Your Nutritionista: 4 Rules for Creating a Satisfying Salad →
yournutritionista.com
Salad is the go-to lunch food for many office dwellers, but they also tend to find themselves starving and lethargic when 3pm rolls around. That’s because a lot of salads are just plain bad. Grilled chicken and low-fat dressing does not a satisfying salad make. Let me give you a few…
“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.”#
-Charlie Parker, alto saxophonist
This sort of thing is exactly why we need to keep spreading what good music education does.
Ehow: Reasons to Cut Music Education
My district wants to cut the program. The department is working on a petition to stop it.
One of the last things i did before I stopped working at the music store was go a school board meeting for the district with my ENTIRE department INCLUDING the two store owners.
we pointed out that most of the budget problems are involved with overpaying too many already unnecessary official positions on the board. and every single good thing involved with adding music to children’s learning. Music can be made optional like sports, it is never the less extra-curricular, but kids get a choice to play sports or not and music deserves the same. CUTTING MUSIC IS NEVER THE ANSWER
JOIN ME in writing the editor of the column as well as the writer to say how wrong he is and what good being a musician has done for your life, if you’re a musician, and what better alternatives there are for budgets and kids, than cutting out a program that influences kids so positively.
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Finally feels like spring in SoCal...
75’F and sunny…
Biking around in my 3/4 cut dickies and a tee…
have my messenger bag stuffed with a change of clothes for work…
my Cafe gave me my coffee for free…
glorious.
now whhy is it getting cold this weekend?
when I’m going camping?
enjoying the weather while i can.
