So I've seen this bad boy all around town and finally spotted one on a car at my complex where I saw the URL of where to get it. So if you want some Purple and Gold Bush, go visit GeauxBush.com!
In other news, most of my office will be on a golf trip next weekend, so that will mean less work for me (if they can't review what I do, I can't edit it, hopefully) and free time. Let me know if anything is going on.
In closing, Eli Manning is a whiny little bitch that won't make it through the season in New York City before he runs home crying to mommy. Book it. Its just a shame he won't have to face LSU North (aka New England) this year.
Monday, April 26, 2004
10:50 AM
So, Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes are playing Jazz Fest on Friday and I'm thinking about going (work may come into play...) This is my friend's band that was in Baton Rouge a few weeks ago. You need to see them do Sweet Child Of Mine on the electric fiddle! Right after them on the same stage is the Benji Davis Project (a pretty good band that played Groovin on the Grounds this year). The headliners on Friday aren't anyone I'm personally dying to see (Deacon John and Harry Connick, Jr.), but if anyone would like to go to Jazz Fest Friday, let me know and we'll try to work something out.
Monday, April 19, 2004
11:56 PM
This was in GNOYO's weekly newsletter this week if you're thinking about coming to the concert:
Please make sure you get your May 8th concert tickets from the office as soon as possible. The concert begins that Saturday at 3:00 PM with the combined Sinfonias and Philharmonias followed by the Symphony. The concerto winners will be performing with the Philharmonia and Symphony. Since this is our 10th season celebration concert we have invited our alumni to perform with us which will expand the Symphony by over 25 musicians. The location is Loyola’s Roussel Hall which only holds 592 people. Please make sure you’re in that number and get your tickets well in advance. With the extra players and all orchestras performing we expect to sell out. The ticket prices are: General Admission : $15; Students: $7; and Age 5 and Under: Free. Again, call the office for those tickets: 504/392-4300. Tickets are also available at this week’s rehearsal.
If you'd rather get them at their rehersal for some reason, they rehearse 1-5:45 on Saturdays at NOCCA Riverfront.
In other news, I downloaded AdAware 6.0 and Bazooka Spyware Scanner last night. It took me an hour or so, but I got rid of about 7 or 8 spyware programs that had been running in the background and now my computer is running faster than it has in months. You might want to consider downloading them if you haven't already.
Friday, April 16, 2004
1:36 AM
OK, so you see that countdown to the GNOYO Reunion? That's a concert coming up that I will actually be playing in. It's in Roussel Hall in the Old Music Building at Loyola University. I just got the music this week, some of it is new, some isn't. I can tell you that I'll be playing two movements of Shostakovich's 5th Symphony, both which are pretty hard new songs to learn (especially considering how active I've been on the viola the last few years). The other song I've played before but I'm not sure I can say what it is. I have a feeling it is a "suprise" encore, but trust me, know it you will after the first five notes. I think the other thing I can say is that it will be nice to get to play this piece with hopefully double the brass this time.
Anyway, tickets are $15, but if you have a student ID (and no one's saying it has to be an active one...) its $7. It is at 3 PM on Saturday May 8, so if people want to do something that night, we can easily do so. The concert will have 5 orchestras playing - 3 just strings and 2 full orchestas -and I would imagine, including intermissions, it should be over by 6:30. The only kink may be me getting my mom back home before I can go out anywhere, but we might be able to find her a ride back to Kenner.
Anyway, let me know if you plan on coming. This will probably be the last time I play viola in an organized setting until the next orchestra reunion in 5 years (if there even is one).
"If we must take this war into their homes and burn them to the ground, we will do so."
-Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
President, Louisiana State University
