friday nights in the city are covered in glitter and the solitary glow of a laptop

tonight was funny. lines of new songs kept going through my head. something is brewing. a song i mean. about sitting next to a black ribbon of river while helicopters circle nearby. about glitter and burlesque and still always walking back to my car alone in that quick and shoulders back ready for a fight way that women at night have to walk when they walk alone. this song echoes the waltz and the haunting of the godfather theme. there is something in it that is so tragic amid the revelry. home now. safe. glad to have seen the sights and the wonder and the friends of tonight. too many livejournally to name but it was good to see the peoples. i have hit the point with taping shows that i maxed out the hard drive space on my computer. sigh. that's what i get. so trepadaciously deleting those that are reliably up on youtube. if youtube starts to tank i know how to steal my original media back at least. sigh. another reason why videographers charge so much i suppose. to always hold onto the originals just in case.

i have a funny feeling lately. this year feels different. i can't tell you what it means yet but it feels different.
i wish the moments of songs weren't so fleeting
again like sometimes the words are pushing on my neck but i cant realize them yet

i got inspired in my vocals workshop and rediscovered the leonard cohen version of hallelujah and taught it to myself on accordion. it is so beautiful. once i have it smooth i might do a lo fi tape of it and throw it onto you tube

there is something more...

For the nation

A link to this was on amanda palmer's website. Have you seen it? Just in case you haven't, Quincey Jones is lobbying Obama to create a Secretary of the Arts postion. This is also based on the idea that many MANY countries as you know have such a position. I signed it, it would be so GREAT if this happened. Please sign and please spread the word.

http://www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html