I haven't updated these last few weeks due to the extreme lack of musical activity in my life.
There's certainly been activity now.
In addition to the 90s cover band I am apart of, I am also embarking on a side project with the lovely Miss Anna Christy and Mr. Kristopher Ransom. We've dubbed ourselves Blue Jay Radio, not to be confused with the sports team radio station...
As of now, we do very little outside of the dining room, although we are in the process of working up tunes. We plan to hit up coffee shops and open mics for fun on the side once we have a solid set list. I'm really excited to be a part of Blue Jay Radio and to be working with these two great musicians double-time.
Speaking of that awesome 90s cover band, The Damn Skippies are having their great reunion this Tuesday. It's been over a month since we played all-together at Mears Park and we are extremely happy to be coming back.
We're not all returning, however. Though we will miss our beloved mistress of the keys, Miss Christina 'Lil Bit' Leonard dearly, we wish her all the best in her writing career. : ) Good lucky, Lil' Bit. You're amazing.
After much deliberation The Skippies put together another set list and are ready to get rollin' once again. EP plans are in the works as well...So make sure you talk to you closest Skippie about how you can get your hands on a copy. Hopefully we'll have something tangible by Christmas.
In other news...I had to back out of my internship at Universal Music Group. I'm not entirely sure if this was a great idea or not yet, however, my stress level has immediately dropped. I'm taking that as a good sign and am just rolling with it. Besides that, it opened up a lot of time during my week to work in the Admissions Office at McNally Smith. I'm really excited to start there, even though it will probably end up being about the same amount of hours as the internship. However, I won't have to drive in heavy traffic to the west side of Minneapolis. Huuuuuuge plus.
I also want to take this chance to let you know that my student newspaper, The Decibel, is starting up once again on Tuesday (Tuesday is a big day for me). We're going to be starting a fairly large online presence as well as printing hard copies...Watch out of obnoxious plugging for The Decibel.
Hey! Did you hear that Death Cab for Cutie is going to be on New Moon movie soundtrack? Pretty cool, huh? I definitely thought so. My excitement for that movie and another awesome movie soundtrack is unfathomable to even myself. At MTV's Video Awards tonight the song 'Meet Me on the Equinox' was premiered. This blogger is a fan. Check it out here.
In other news, there's a Beatles edition of the ever video game Rock Band. You know, a lot of musicians, it seems, dislike the Guitar Heros and the Roc
k Band games that are out there. (And as a musician I can safely say that they are a little frustrating sometimes...) but at the same time, I think they're great. Due to circumstances possibly out of their control, a lot of people in the world are never going to be able to play 'Come Together' on their own guitar. Now they'll be able to, or at least pretend they are. Sometimes that's close enough. And I think that's kind of neat.Besides, I think games like this inspire a lot of kids to go out and start learning how to play a real guitar, or learn to how to play real drums or bass guitars. I'm no gamer, but I am a teacher, and I think that inspiration is seriously lacking in parts of some kids' lives. I say, "Rock on, Rock Band Rockers."
In other news, MTV's Video Music Awards are getting started right about now. Unfortunately I'm missing them, as I sit here and blog at work. But I'll be keeping tabs on them throughout the evening I'm sure. Green Day is up for Best Rock Video. That's fantastic. Many will argue that Green Day has "sold out" - whatever that means - over the last decade. Whatever. Who else from this generation has lasted on the charts for twenty-plus years? Not many. Go you, Green Day.
I feel I should also mention that Jason Mraz won 'Best Album' at The 2009 San Diego Music Awards. I may be biased, and let's face it, I totally am, but not only that awesome, but it was completely deserved. Congratulations, Mr. Mraz! (( Check out his awesome acceptance speech below... ))
With that I feel it is time to say 'ado', good readers. I'll be updating soon.
Keep on rocking in the free world!
Jenna
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