but i went to some southeast amy ray shows and took some photos. check them out!
here's a direct link to the flickr set.
setlist is not within reachable distance, and i am quite lazy at the moment. i will post that eventually. no photos (except for a crappy iphone upload to my facebook) - my camera was in kentucky at a black crowes show.
i'm actually excited for the rest of the indigo girls shows this summer. really really really excited.
happy san francisco pride! happy pride!
today is also the 40th anniversary of stonewall... how far we've come. how much further we have to go...
i am very disappointed with the media (not only mainstream) right now. not only was 95% of the "news" last night related to michael jackson's death (with the other 5% divided between farrah fawcett's death and a drop of real international news), but i just heard that some networks canceled their prime time programming tonight to cover the jackson death.
i know that mj was/is the "king of pop." trust me. i get it. i was born in the 70s. much of my early childhood was spent in my friend suzanne's basement listening to the hits such as "thriller," "bad," and "beat it." i have my jackson memories too. but what i will never understand is how this story (and other stories like it) always take ALL precedence over any other news. i understand that the death needs to be covered. it is news. however, i find the amount of time it's receiving to be asinine. it's not like nothing else is happening in the world at the moment. i am especially upset that many media outlets have chosen to cover the jackson death while just "passing over" the situation in iran. in the grand scheme of things, what is happening in iran is (i am sorry jackson fans) much more important and relevant to the "news" than the jackson death.
this is a perfect example of why i generally loathe pop culture. for what it is, it often consumes more time and energy that it is worth. i feel the same way when congress wastes its time hearing testimony from baseball players about steroid use (come on, aren't there more important issues that need to be tackled??). i also feel the same way when beauty pageant contestants make headline news for saying stupid shit. the situation in iran, the economy, health care, clean energy, equal rights... these are all stories that are rapidly changing, yet the media chose (and is choosing again) to make the death of the king of pop (ie a pop culture icon) not only its headline story, but really the only story.
while i agree that jackson's death was untimely and out of the blue, and while i grew up in the era of "bad" and "thriller," i think in terms of importance and news worthy-ness, the death of neda should take precedence. and then there's heath care, north korea, clean energy, gay marriage, and the list just goes on and on...
i highly recommend checking out femi kuti, especially live!
i realize now i do not fear death... i fear my daughter will not be free when i die
- From the Twitter of an Iranian medical student
"If it bothers you so much, then why don't you stop watching?" seems to be the question of the last few days from my friends and family who know how invested I have become in the cause of the Iranian people (as I have explained in great detail here) The answer is simple: one day of caring is not enough. We must be the voice for the people of Iran who would otherwise be silenced. They are without reliable news sources, they are without mobile phone calls, text messaging, facebook, twitter, youtube, AIM, Yahoo, Google, and pretty much every other useful outlet for information you can think of. Yet they persist on the streets and on the internet in any way they can. The least we can do, whether we are across continents, oceans, or time zones, is spread their words safely.
My death is irrelevant.Wht is important is that u do not forget my words.We want freedom.i will die 4that
- From the Twitter of a protester in Tehran
Right now, brave men and women in Iran, both young and old, are sacrificing their lives for their voices to be heard. They must fear not only the police, but also the Basij -a force of men loyal to the government who plant themselves among crowds in plain clothes in order to discretely attack protesters and incite chaos.The protesters are peaceful. They mass together in crowds that are reported to grow in size every day. At night they have very few, if any, safe places to stay. Houses with satelite dishes were attacked by the Basij tonight, and during the 50 minutes of Twitter's maintenance, another university was attacked.
140 characters is a novel when you're being shot at.
- From another Iranian Twitter
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?
- The most obvious thing to do is stay informed. Keep an eye on reliable sources on Twitter, refresh blogs and news sites that are covering the stories.
- If you are on twitter, retweet information from reliable twitters, but REMOVE THE USERNAME if they are in Iran. People have died because of the lack of responsibility by fellow tweeters and the media in this front. They can be tracked down by the government of Iran.
- Spread the information elsewhere. Repost this article or write your own on Facebook, Myspace, Tumblr, or anywhere else you can think of. If you write your own, make sure you are concise and accurate. Link to your sources for people to learn more.
- Change your location on Twitter to Tehran or Iran, and your time zone to GMT +3:30.
- DO NOT auto-refresh and take down websites, even if you are asked. It slows down the internet for the rest of the people in Iran.
- If you make a proxy DO NOT post it publically, otherwise it is useless. Send it in a direct message to a trusted source.
- DO NOT spam the hash tag #IranElection with useless things to "confuse the government". This does not help at all.
USEFUL SITES TO FURTHER HELP
Cyber War Guide for Iran Elections
Green Revolution - How to Help
Anonymous - Why We Protest - Iran
STAY INFORMED!
Follow on Twitter: @ProtesterHelp and @StopAhmadi
(REMINDER: DO NOT REPOST PERSONAL TWITTERS OF THOSE INSIDE THE COUNTRY, EVEN IF THEY ARE RELIABLE!)
Live-blogging by Andrew Sullivan
General information from a poser on Fark.com
Live-blogging on HuffingtonPost
دنیارابگوییدچطورآنهاانتخاباتمان دزدیده اند
Tell the world how they have stolen our election
- original article by one_hoopy_frood on LJ
all 128 of them.
i spent the entire day at the repeal proposition 8 decision day protests. sadly, the court did not rule in our favor if you don't know the rest of the story by now, then google it.
the day started with a 930am gathering at the california supreme court building right here in san francisco. at 10am the ruling was read. this was followed by a protest and a sit-in in the middle of van ness avenue where over 100 people were arrested. after this, i headed to the castro where organizers were trying to get people out into the streets. i ran over to joey's to recharge my phone and rest for a second before heading back downtown to city hall for a 5pm rally. that rally was followed by a march past the supreme court building and down market street.
i am exhausted and am a mess of mixed emotions. i am sore because i managed to fuck up my ankle. it didn't help that after i fucked up my ankle, i continued to walk on it for miles. i am praying i'll be ok to ride my bike tomorrow. (it's in a bike locker at a bart station at the moment and i
i will post a flickr link much later tonight or tomorrow.
and... right now i am feeling way too incoherent to write much more, but i may post a more personal note about all of this to my friends-list. we shall see... (and, if you happen to be my friend on facebook, i updated my status and added a few photos throughout the day. check it out (read from the bottom up). i never update facebook that much! but i do like that i have a running inner dialogue of my day archived online. so go facebook... ;)
in other supreme court news (this time national), i am pleased with president obama's nomination of sonia sotomayor to replace justice souter on the supreme court. at this point, the single most important issue (to me) is that the supreme court upholds roe v wade and that choice is protected on a national level. i have faith that sotomayor will deliver just rulings.
i'm off to the civic center area (san francisco) to hear the ruling live. this is history it's happening in my city. i want to be there. and i will.
i'm packing to move soon (more of that forthcoming very soon if you are on my friends list. it's a good move...). i have been collecting indigo girls memorabilia since the late 80s. i'm really trying to get rid of stuff for this move. anyway, i discovered that i have duplicates of many indigo girls memorabilia items. instead of selling everything individually, i listed a few memorabilia "lots" on ebay. considering i paid $15-20 for some individual items in these lots, i am selling this stuff at quite a discount.
i don't want to get rid of my collection, but since these are duplicates, i can justify it. i realized i had duplicates of so so so much, sometimes 3+ copies of random items.
anyway, if you are an indigo girls fan (or an amy ray solo fan too, duh) check out my ebay auctions.
i'm not a janky autograph/memorabilia dealer (in fact, i am not selling anything that was signed because most of my signed memorabilia was personalized to me). i'm a true fan and i want my duplicates to go to other true indigo girls fans. :)
uh, the entire indigo girls catalog (both released and unreleased songs).
same goes for all of amy ray's solo songs.
there are more (black crowes, grateful dead, U2, the coup, etc), but IG and aray solo are the only artists whose entire catalog i know by heart and can quote without thinking.
hell, i know "shame on you" better than amy herself. ;)
so my berkeley photos kind of suck. sorry!
i uploaded a few.
it was a MUCH bettter show! here is the setlist:
love of our lives
sugar tongue
fill it up again
yield
power of two
(michelle malone, who was playing across the bay in san francisco, played "tighten up the springs")
ghost of the gang
what are you like
ozilline
everything in its own time
driver education
digging for your dream
get out the map (yes, two emily songs in a row)
shame on you (amy fuck*ed up the first verse for the third time in a row)
prince of darkness
second time around
fleet of hope
FUGITIVE (!!!!)
watershed
romeo & juliet
i'll change
kid fears (surprisingly, NOT with matt morris. i LOVE when the audience sings the echo and that happened last night!)
closer to fine (w/ matt morris)
(encore)
heartache for everyone (w/ matt morris)
galileo
i seriously didn't write down the sacramento setlist, i was so disappointed after that show. but i am sure joey and i can remember it (with some help). i'll try to get it posted.
i am a MUCH happier indigo girls fan today. berkeley was AWESOME!
trust me.
the rest are here. (or, there's a more uncensored version on my facebook as well.)
INDIGO GIRLS tonight in sacramento! it has been a long time (for me at least). i'm still basking in the afterglow of the dead show. i'm ready for some IG. they have not played the west coast in such a long time and i have not really traveled to see them recently.
as per tradition around here, i will post the setlist and photos. speaking of which, i need to do that for the dead... coming soon!
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also on this week's live from the archives are sets from the dead and the allaman brothers band.
now on to a personal plea: KFOG streams online. can anyone record it? not only do i love the indigo girls (duh), but i am seeing the dead on sunday (super stoked) and i really like the allmans too. PLUS i have a feeling they are going to rebroadcast parts of the IG private show that i was at a few months ago. my computer can no longer record streams AND i won't be able to listen live at either time. please? someone...
thanks in advance!
Fear the rainbow!
A storm is gathering. Are you afraid, Christian? Are you afraid *enough*?
By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Friday, April 10, 2009
My favorite part has got to be the lightning.
The fake lightning, that is, flashing just off to the side, a cheap 'n' cheesy special effect that momentarily lights up the actors' faces in the most sweetly melodramatic way as they stand there against the dark 'n' stormy backdrop like devout Christian zombies, delivering delightfully weird and wooden lines about being openly terrified of those openly terrifying gay married people.
Yes, it's merely another series of strange, alarmist, deeply homophobic ads from yet another seething anti-gay group you've never heard of (the National Organization for Marriage, or NOM), ads which are running right now in five states in response to two stunning, watershed gay marriage upheavals in Iowa and Vermont, AKA two more states now shamelessly roaring down the highway to hell. ( continued under the cut )
download link.
enjoy!
I ordered this ticket from the Indigo Girls own presale, not KFOG's. It will be a hard ticket, however the ticketing outlet that IG uses sends out their tickets about 10 days before the date of show. I am more than happy to send you a receipt from MusicToday, and will send the hard ticket when it arrives in the mail.
$50 is what I paid and that is what I'm asking. This is a single seat, and it's better than anything I could pull on KFOG's presale this morning (row K was the best I could do).
This should be a great show! Poseidon and the Bitter Bug is a solid album, and take it from me, the songs sound so awesome live! Don't miss Amy and Emily in Berkeley next month!
reply here if you want it, and we will be in touch.
edit: sold! YAY!
the article is just a transcript from the indigo girls' appearance yesterday on cnn.com/live, but here is the article for those of you who missed it. ( cut for those of you who could care less. )
personally, i like the headline "dumped musical duo goes own way" better...
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