rocking the mic tonight

Come out, come out, come out for me, darlings.

The Best of San Francisco in Exile: Past, Present, and Future
Saturday, June 7th
7pm doors, 7:30 show
Joe's Garage, 975 Howard Street, San Francisco
$10-20 sliding scale, nobody turned away
Co-sponsored by the National Queer Arts Festival

Started in 2001 by queer arts visionaries Kris Kovick and Sara Moore, San Francisco in Exile is a longstanding cornerstone of San Franciscan queer and outsider culture -- promoting new and emerging queer artists alongside queer arts Most Valuable Players.

Join:
MELIZA BANALES
SHERILYN CONNELLY
JEN CROSS
GINA DE VRIES
CINDY EMCH
LOGAN KNIGHT
LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA
ZULEIKA MAHMOOD
HOREHOUND STILLPOINT
... as they read fabulous new stuff and tell tales of Ye Olde SFinX days.

Curated by Gina de Vries.

shaking off some dust

i feel iike i have so much to tell you. things are busy and full of adventures and tears and laughter. there is some family health [data embargo] happening that will be fine but is pushing some sad and isolationy stuff behind my eyes. however - music. omg music. band practice /recording this week with rhubarb whiskey blew my mind. another night of laughing and trying things out and joy in how just sick good it sounded and how we work together and two songs down and amazing. the cd burned wrong for me to get them online - but as soon as i unlock them from punks computer they will be shared here for goodness. the other band is a little on hold while the two of us sort out our crazy schedules. not on hold from trucking forward though. we have a hubba show on 6/30 and a show sometime in july or aug up in santa rosa.  it's all so strange and exciting. I want to get a second smaller accordion for travel and a bigger one with more bass chords for recording. yes... i am saving my pennies.

post west marin last weekend i am still full of want for country. the smell of grasses wild and tamed. the smell of earth and dirt and just healthy griminess that comes from outdoors and not exhaust. oh i still love my grimy city smell, but it seems to need a lot less healthy (but often just as fun) behavior to get it just right.

last night got to hang out with the amazing old friend and her man. good company abounded. i had a small allergic reaction to the best drink in the world. swedish glug that smells like xmas. it also made me beet red for a while and got me tired and sore throated early in the night. :( so i turned into a pumpkin much earlier than i can usually rely on.

now i wait for coffee brewing in a skull nightgown thinking of september tour not coming fast enough. thinking of the trip to atlanta soon. reading LJ and getting crazy wanderlusts. today i get to hang out with my friend c and her new hot thing. we're all going to the park for a picnic to meet and talk and laugh before c moves to new mexico to be near the new love. i think new mexico will be good for her heart. it is warm and full of good spirits there. that feeds her.

tonight is the SF in X show which should be so rockin and then tomorrow is the (nervous) wedding of M, the old lead singer of the band for my punk rock pals. i am punks date. i am so nervous about this. i have a dress to wear which is super cute. not sure still if its the right thing. i am going to be in photos and stuff and no its not about me but i wanna represent for my old pals. we're all showing off how well we clean up. i wanna do right you know?

i have a small spring crush on the world. the energy is high everywhere and even the cranky people seem a little fuller of dreams.
i wish every weekend was get out of town. then again - i keep trying for that whole tourist in my own town experience. sometimes i get there.