I became insane with long intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allen Poe
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. - H. L. Mencken Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so -Bertrand Russell What I have been telling you, from alpha to omega, what is the one great thing the sigil taught me — that everything in life is miraculous. For the sigil taught me that it rests within the power of each of us to awaken at will from a dragging nightmare of life made up of unimportant tasks and tedious useless little habits, to see life as it really is, and to rejoice in its exquisite wonderfulness. If the sigil were proved to be the top of a tomato-can, it would not alter that big fact, nor my fixed faith. No Harrowby, the common names we call things by do not matter — except to show how very dull we are ... -James Branch Cabell
November 13, 2013 - 10:58 p.m. Ok, I just broke an anxiety barrier and unzipped my NERFA bag. Now I can start writing the entry you all want to read, my NERFA discoveries. My first discovery is my WFUV cap. I was wondering where that was. OK I found my most important tools for writing this, my program and my notes. Next year I write the notes in my notebook not the pad they give you My notes are on loose scraps of paper now. I'm going to divide the discoveries into two groups, "OMG they are great" and "On my RADAR" They are in the order they appear in the NERFA program followed by people I discovered in guerillas. On my RADAR
OMG they are great!
Now there were plenty of other bands there I liked. I started to make a third tier but thought that would dilute what said. There were others that I liked enough to invite to the Budgiedome so you know I seriously like them. OK. this isn't that long so maybe this is where I should put in something I've been looking forward to writing. A transcription of my notes about some acts that I didn't like with no names attached. I never want to hurt anyone's feelings but this should be safe. If you are my friend you are not going to find yourself here. These are all strangers that I made a point of not getting friendly with. Since I only write the good stuff people aren't aware that I actually dislike most musicians as musicians. The mediocre form the fat part of the distribution curve. So this is what I say just for myself. Ahh here is a note I wrote to write here. Most acts have no spark, They can play and sing but have nothing to say. Against poverty war and injustice not like the rest of you squares. Ugh! See I'm not always positive. I even have a criticism of a guerrilla presenter. He/she committed not one but two mortal sins. First by 1:30 she was running a half an hour late. That should NEVER happen. This is not Falcon Ridge late night. This is people sticking to tight schedules. It isn't fair to the performers or the audience. To make it worth it was my least favorite format, a song swap. One act I know and love but I was there to check out the other two. I found something else to do and came back in a ten minute window I had for when it was pushed back to. I of course saw the band I already knew and one song by the person I most wanted to check out. But then the presenter committed the second deadly sin. I was going to introduce myself ot the performer but the presenter decided to make small talk with her and monopolize her time as I was standing there card in hand. I had to be someplace else so I left without talking to her. Don't say anything in public but does anyone other than the act I already knew know who I meant? OK, tomorrow I'll write about the people I already knew as both performers and as friends. I signed the Pro-Truth Pledge: please hold me accountable.
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