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On this day in 1984, musical aficionados from the worlds of pop and rock came together to record the iconic ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ single for Band Aid. The single has gone down in history as an example of the power of music to help right the wrongs in the world. The song leapt to the number one spot over the Christmas of 1984, selling over a million copies in under a week and totalling sales of three million by the end of that year. The Band Aid super-group featured the cream of eighties pop, including David Bowie, Phil Collins, George Michael, Sting, Cliff Richard and Paul McCartney.
The sales target for the single was £70,000, all of which was to be donated to the African famine relief fund. With support from Radio 1 DJs and a Top of the Pops Christmas Special, sales sky-rocketed and Geldof, feeling the strength of public opinion behind him, went toe-to-toe with the conservative government in an attempt to have tax on the single waived. Margaret Thatcher initially refused the plea, but as public outcry grew, Thatcher caved-in to public demands and the tax on sales worth nearly £9 million was donated back to charity.
Bob Geldof and a host of artists old and new have re-recorded the single to help raise funds to stem the Ebola crisis. Our infographic marks the 30th anniversary of the original recording and illustrates the movers and shakers that made this monumental milestone in pop history possible.
To view free articles examining the cause, the people, and the music, you can open the graphic as a PDF.
Headline image credit: Live Aid at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, 1985. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
I first met Dave Brubeck when I was in my twenties, and writing my book on West Coast jazz. Dave deeply impressed me, and not just as a musician. How many celebrities have a marriage that lasts 70 years? I think Dave is the only one. He was a very caring family man, a good dad and husband – never a given in the entertainment industry. He was a pioneer on civil rights, threatening to cancel concerts when faced with complaints about his integrated band. He served his country as a soldier (at the Battle of the Bulge) and as both an official and unofficial ambassador. When Reagan met Gorbachev, Dave Brubeck was there, bringing people together with his music. I’ve talked to many of his friends over the years, and they tell stories of his kindness and loyalty. You could a learn a lot from Dave Brubeck just by watching how he conducted himself offstage. And then there is the public side of his music career, with all those concerts and recordings that reached tens of millions of people. I was privileged to know him, but many who simply experienced his artistry through his music will also miss him and grieve at his passing. God bless you, Dave!
Dave Brubeck
6 December 1920 – 5 December 2012
Dave Brubeck Quartet at Congress Hall Frankfurt/Main (1967). From left to right: Joe Morello, Eugene Wright, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond. GNU Free Documentation License via Wikimedia Commons user dontworry.
Ted Gioia is a musician, author, jazz critic and a leading expert on American music. His books The History of Jazz and Delta Blues were both selected as notable books of the year in The New York Times. He is also the author of The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire, West Coast Jazz, Work Songs, Healing Songs and The Birth (and Death) of the Cool.
From: Darius Pogue To: ”Office List” Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 8:39 AM Subject: Who here at the Yorktown Pennysaver is up for a little Gwar?
Hey gang,
Sigh in relief. This isn’t another email about security software updates. Trust your humble one-man IT department when I assure you that the Yorktown Pennysaver is now a veritable Fortress of Solitude, and that this email blast is of a decidedly more personal nature. It’s sure to be the talk of the office until the steam whistle blows.
“Out with it!” you say? Fair enough. Guess who’s going to see Gwar this Saturday at Hogan’s Hideaway? That’s right. The very same fella who tells you, “don’t panic!” when you’ve got a kernel panic, who converts your JPEGs to PDFs and is a BMF besides. Me! And I’ve got an extra ticket.
So who wants in?
Now I realize some of you will probably have questions before committing. It’s natural. Seeing Gwar ain’t exactly like popping by the Cineplex for some Pixar. It’s an event, one that will quite possibly define your life. So I’ll try to walk any Gwar-dolescents (as I like to call the newbies) through the basics.
First question is obvious: What time? Well, doors are at 8 PM, but you should probably stop by my place around 11 AM so we can prep.
I can hear our favorite Mary Kay spokesperson/administrative assistant Deidre right now. “Prep? Like makeup and stuff?” Little different than that, D. But it’s all par for the Gwar course. We’ll be pouring latex molds for our festering neck boils. Doing a little mace polishing. The requisite codpiece fitting.
I know. I know. The boys in sales love a good codpiece joke, but I assure you, the codpieces are an absolute necessity. You gotta be prepared should you find yourself on the business end of a flail some goblined-up tweaker is swinging willy-nilly. Learned that the hard way during the Scumdogs of the Universe Tour.
Haley, I know you’re hip to all the new bands (I’m gonna get that Atari Fire album you keep raving about), but do you have “Scumdogs of the Universe” on vinyl? I’m betting you don’t. Let me tell you, “Sexecutioner” sounds so much warmer, and with all the lovely crackles and pops laying some ambiance down on “Slaughterama,” you can practically feel the Nazi decapitation.
But as great as those songs sound from the turntable, they sound infinitely better live, when your ears are soaked with blood. Judging from Mike’s fainting spell at last year’s blood drive, I’m guessing I lost him right there. But hold on, Mike. Weren’t you the one who told me The Blue Man Group was “the best show in Vegas?” Didn’t you forward that Gallagher video around? Gwar’s a lot like Gallagher, but instead of washing watermelon juice out of your hair the next morning, it’ll be blood…possibly pus.
Notice I said possibly pus. I stress the possibly. Gwar makes no guarantees in the pus department. They are very clear about this. My apologies if the inclusion of pus, or lack there-of, is a deal-breaker for some. Not much I can do about that.
Now I don’t doubt that Carmen, the consummate copy
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Last night, I went to a concert in Philadelphia with M and my intrepid friend, Lisa. We saw Foster the People in concert (high energy from start to finish, fantabulous music and stagecraft, and made of all-around win!) and their opening band, Gardens and Villa (whose album I will be purchasing when it goes on sale next week - they were also most excellent).
Foster the People is best known for its hit, "Pumped Up Kicks", which is a perky, happy sort of tune accompanying grim lyrics about shootings. I happen to be a huge fan of the band's, as well as being a fan of perky songs about serious and/or sad subjects (such as The Smith's "Girlfriend in a Coma", The Jam's "Smithers-Jones" or Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer").
The crowd was full of happy, dancing fans and the show was well worth it's extremely reasonable ticket price ($14, plus another $8 in fees - I KNOW!). See this tour if you possibly can!
The concert event features some of the best animal acts in the music biz – Fluff Daddy, Seals & Crawfish, Carmen Chameleon and many others.
That said – the strongest features of the Zoola Palooza show are the Homographs. And they don’t even have a hit single.
Homographs are words that are spelled the same, but sound different and have different meanings. For example, “Billy the striped BASS opens the show wearing a big striped BOW tie. He took a gracious BOW from the top of his BASS fiddle.”
I’m also a musician, and I’ve always wanted to tie music imagery into one of my books – especially rock n’ roll. This seemed like the perfect subject.
The book is a follow-up to my 2007 release, Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones, which takes place at a zoo. I wanted to continue with animals as the central characters, but I felt it was time to change locations. So I just took the zoo on the road and hired a few professional musicians along the way. It was an exclusive tour – tickets were only sold throughout the wild kingdom.
This new environment also gave me the opportunity to pay tribute to many real bands such as The Beatles, Fleet Foxes, The Bird and The Bee, etc. I even included certain bands that I never really liked. But hey, they were a perfect fit. Some bands go way back – even before iPods!
The book is the natural follow up to Dear Deer because homographs are the opposite of homophones. I’m a sucker for balance. Once I round off the trilogy with homonyms, we’ll have it all covered.
These grammar books are a lot of fun for me. And they’re a nice silly release after finishing up one of my non-fiction books that require lots of intense research and study.
Time to start thinking about a location for the next one. In the meantime, here’s a little sneak preview from the concert.
It's funny how, if you're open to thinking in slightly tangential ways, you can learn lots of writing- or author-related things in non-authorial settings. Like that time four years ago when I posted ten lessons I'd learned from watching Top Chef. This time, my lesson was derived from recent outings at rock concerts.
Last night, my friend Lisa treated me to some Cake - not the food, but the music of the band named Cake, best-known for their songs "Distance" and "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" and their funky cover of "I Will Survive." (It was Lisa's treat to celebrate my picture book deal with the good folks at tiger tales books.) We were both looking forward to the concert, especially Lisa, who has been waiting at least two years for them to return to Philly. To summarize our evening really briefly: We didn't care for the band. Don't get me wrong - their music was fine, but they mismanaged their concert time and some of the things that came out of the lead singer's mouth were really off-putting.
Now, Lisa was with M and I last Friday when we went to see The Airborne Toxic Event in concert (their biggest hit is "Sometime Around Midnight", which I can seriously listen to on replay quite a number of times in a row - such a great song structure!), and we are all still raving about how awesome it was. So I'll be drawing some comparisons here, but I promise that you don't have to know or like the music of either band in order to follow along. Although I can't help but repeat what I said in the post about Friday's concert - if you haven't yet heard The Airborne Toxic Event, you really should. And if you are on their tour route (in that post), you should see them. Now. Before they become HUGE. Because it is my belief (and Lisa's as well) that they are going to be big. Soon. But I digress.
What I learned about public appearances
1. No matter who you are, if people have turned out to see you, it's because they want to see you. In most cases, it's because they already like you (or your work), but in some cases it's because they are curious to learn more.
2. People who turn out to see you want to like you, even if they aren't sure exactly how much they like you already. The benefit of the doubt is in your favor. If you are at least okay, they will continue to like you.
A. If you are really good - you do a great job reading your work, say, or giving a presentation - they may well be converted into lifetime fans. This is what happened for M, Lisa and me at The Airborne Toxic Event Concert. Musically, they were phenomenal. When Mikel Jollett (the lead singer) spoke, he was genuine and super nice, and the rest of the band nodded along, made eye contact with the audience and seemed approachable. So much so that after the curtain call that came after the encore, band members came down into the audience to mix and mingle and take photos. (M has a photo of herself with Mikel; Noah (the bass player) came into the crowd a bit later - I think he changed first, and we talked to Daren Taylor (the drummer) in the parking lot, and M got a photo with him as well.) Lisa, M and I cannot speak highly enough of the concert AND of the band members.
b. If you are a jerk or if you phone in your performance at a speech or a reading or a meet & greet or at a signing, at least some percentage of the people who were your fans before they saw/heard/met you will decide never to buy another Cake song ever bother seeing, reading or recommending you again in the future. This is Lisa's and my experience with Cake, after John McCrea (lead singer) ruined our concert experience using a variety of tactics, some of which I'll detail below, but the final straw of which involved singling out a
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Went with my parents to the U2 360 Concert in Chicago. That was a surprise that they went. The other surprise was the falling down drunk guy in the row in front of us who was escorted out because he was masturbating.
1questionaday said, on 8/17/2010 1:15:00 PM
Heh-heh-heh…your folks are adventurous! LOL! So many surprises at concerts, hard to think of just one….went to the Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour which had Living Color on first, Guns and Roses on second and then The Rolling Stones. An hour and a half between the sets of Living Color [which ROCKED the LA Coliseum] and Guns and Roses. Why? Axel Rose, lead singer for Guns and Roses. He wasn’t ready to go on stage. So rock and roll.
I just saw the best concert; Wilco at Massey Hall. Incredible venue,incredible band.I was riveted for three hours, from the opening act of Liam Finn through Wilco's final encore. Just brilliant. Check out the amazing moment on video. This was all a birthday gift from my wife Julie. Thanks Julie!
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During the Ypulse Mashup I lost count of how many times attendees asked whether teens and/or Millennials were on Twitter, but I can recall the best answer that I heard: Lauren Puglia of the digital think tank Undercurrent basically told us yes and... Read the rest of this post
I've been away from home for two weeks, now, and I'm not going back for at least another month. I want to say that it feels strange to be gone for so long, but really, it doesn't. Home is a relative term to me, and while I love what I currently have as a physical "home" in Idaho, I like to make home be wherever and whatever I need it to be at a certain time.
Anyway, I began in California and now am in this hot, cacti-filled desert they call Arizona. It's beautiful here, which I didn't expect because all I'd hear is "HOT" and "DRY" and "LOTS OF BROWNS." But everyone forgot to mention the palm trees and the orange trees and the sunsets. (Oh, the sunsets.) Driving here we passed this expanse of desert and it was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen. It looked just like one of those National Geographic spreads of the rolling hills of sand dunes in Arabia or some such place. It took my breath away, all that pure, flawless sand in the shape of hills. I half-expected a camel train to come traipsing over one ridge.
Mum and I grouped up with some people we'd never met previously and went to a Taylor Swift concert together. One of these people was my wicked, brilliant friend Faith, who I've known for years and, I'm pleased to say, was just as cool in person as online. The concert was indescribably amazing, and one of the very very best nights and experiences of my life. Taylor Swift is crazy-talented (writing songs, singing them, playing guitar and piano along with), plus she has fantastic stage-presence and is good at telling stories through performing. And she's sassy and fearless and knows how to make every person in the audience feel that way, too. (Read Faith's post and my comments at the end of that for some of the lovely details.)
There are things to look forward to (tremendous things; I am so blessed) and people to see/meet, and there's one computer to the four of us and other people want their turn so I'll sign off now.
I hope you all are making your summers what you want them to be.
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Wow. My word verification is BLESS and that's what you are. A bless. I adore Taylor Swift and sunsets. I will now always think of the two of those things together. Home is where you make it. You already understand how that gets done.
Erin, I love literally, all your posts. You always describe yourself in just the perfect way, and make a difference. Now, I really want to go to Arizona. (: - Natasha
I'm glad you like it here, and I'm even happier that you're just HERE! It was amazing seeing you and we must remember to do it again. Yes, we do have some pretty gorgeous sunsets :D
I lived in Arizona for four years before moving to NYC, and you made me long for those sunsets more than I already do. So glad you *got* Arizona - so few people do. The colors are amazing, right?
So excited, thinking of you out in the world, having adventures. Be safe, have fun, and live it up!
Ah, now I miss my Amarillo sunsets. It sounds like Arizona has been and will continue to be an amazing experience. And I shan't lie, I am so jealous of you! :)
So glad to hear that your trip is going well. I just love your positive attitude and joy at life! The concert sounds amazing - I saw her in concert on the Today show this morning.
Hey there. You still hanging around this joint? Yeah? Well, let me slap your hand. Thanks for being there for me. Seriously, if you come to my house...Pancake Puffs. All you can eat.
And yes...I'm the worst. I've yet to show you the magic of P-Squared, but I assure you, once I make it through this coming weekend, all shall be revealed. And there's video and there's some pictures. I'm even sticking a chocolate chip Pancake Puff in my mouth with my bed hair fully intact. You won't want to miss it. I see that as a jacket flap picture.
Maybe.
Anyway, I'm writing to let you know I'm heading into the beginning of a very fun and very taxing weekend. That's right, doctor. This weekend is the Minneapolis/St. Paul weekend for the 48 Hour Film Project. It's going to be 23 kinds of awesome in an edible shell.
TKT, I'm too lazy to click the link. What's the low-down?
Oh, you. You always were one of those types. Well, here's the quick n' dirty version of it. We have exactly 48 hours to make a 7 minute film/video. We don't even get to work ahead of time. That's not COMPLETELY true. We get to find a location and get some actors lined up (check & check!) but we don't know if we're doing a drama, a comedy, a western, musical, etc... It's all decided tomorrow night at 7:00. We also find out three elements that must be included in our film and ALL the other films in the running. They'll be:
- A piece of dialogue (a couple years ago it was: 'Do you have a breath mint?' - A prop (we had to have a balloon that said 'Congratulations' on it) - A character (a few years prior it was D. Poe - Former Runway Model)
So, we've got a great cast, some crazy ideas that we'll try to bend around whatever genre we pick and then it's a race to the finish. My family (Travis & Laura) are heading south to stay with the in-laws for the weekend. My dog Nigel is going to the 'puppy hotel' and I get to be a real live movie director for the weekend.
Heck, I get to write the thing too!
Anyway, just wanted you all to know what's been consuming me for the past week. My friend Big J and I are going to take home 48 Hour Film Project gold!!!
(here's where you applaud and get out of your seat)
P.S. I saw the Kanye West/Rhianna/N.E.R.D./Lupe Fiasco concert last night. Cra-zy.
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Thanks for being there for me. Seriously, if you come to my house...Pancake Puffs. All you can eat.
I'm totally in it for the pancake puffs, yo. And am totally anticipating The Pancake Puff post. But! Stringing out the wait is clever of you. Anticipation levels should be super high when it comes to posts about Pancake Puffs!!
GOOD LUCK with the 48hr FP!!! Wow! I don't think I could do it but I'm totally rooting for you!
Dang! Is it already Day 4? What the heck am I going to do with myself once Nerdery Week is in our rearview? How ever will we cope?
Somehow, I think we'll manage.
You know, I don't think I'll promise that this installment will be shorter, because, let's face it...they never are. So, pack a lunch or a snack and let's take another peek at TKT HQ or, as we affectionately call it: THE NERDERY.
Today, I'm going to take you to Fridge Corner.
You're thinking: Hey's it's just a little corner in the nerdery. This won't take long. No sweat.
Right.
Well, as you probably surmised, this is the entry to the Nerdery. It's kind of a little nook where I've got concert posters, the fridge and a couple other little nuggets of nerdy goodness. I tried to shoot it with the desk corner there for perspective, so you can sort of get your bearings. Dang. I'm gonna have to shoot a video, aren't I?
First up is my framed poster for the Fountains of Wayne show I saw at First Avenue back in June of 2007. Dang. Has it been that long already? It's hard to see, but I'm a nerd in that I frame my concert ticket right in the frame whenever possible. What's cool about this poster is that it was a limited run of 250. At least, that's what I was told.
If you look past the door and right above the little fridge, you'll come across a trio of concerts pretty much rocked my world. Starting from...
The Top - Well, here's where I lose all street cred and admit that I'm a pretty die-hard Bjork fan. If you only know her as 'that wacky broad that wore the swan dress' then...SHAME ON YOU! I won't get into how much of a musical and visual genius she is (including the swan dress, haters!) but I will tell you that my friend Dirty and I went on a road trip to see her at Red Rocks. That's right, Colorado. I'm not a religious fellow, but that experience was, well...religious. This poster was a limited edition, too. Blah, blah, blah...
Bottom Left - The greatest band ever, which you probably already knew is Eels. This would be show #2 for me. This was the infamous 'Eels With Strings' tour where frontman E (Mark Oliver Everett) toured with a 4 woman string ensemble and stripped down all his rockin' tunes to something completely different. This poster was hard to come by. I actually pestered the Pantages Theater days later until they said: "Fine. Come and get the @#%*-in' poster." Persistence pays, kids.
Bottom Right - There was a time when Nelly Furtado was more hippy than she was pop-y and sort of like every other Britney Spears wannabe. Anyway, this was that show. She was young, new and had something to prove. Legend has it that during this show at The Quest she was sick as a dog. She'd sing two songs, jump backstage, barf her guts out and come back to sing some more. Awesome. Also, I was in the front row and she slapped my hand. Like a groupie, I didn't wash it for like 2 hours or something. Also, I got one of her guitar picks. You read that right: She ACTUALLY plays the guitar!
Fun fact about the fridge...it was actually an after thought. When my dad (What up, Bruce!) and I sat down and planned how to make this unfinished room rock hardcore, we never even thought about a fridge. As we were sheetrocking and wiring the joint, I got thirsty. I thought about how awesome it would be if I didn't have to go upstairs to the fridge to get liquid refreshment. Thus, the fridge cubby-hole was born. I'd love to say it was an easy thing to build, but it actually took us a long time to get it right. Well worth the trouble...right, Dad? Er...Dad?
Now, if you turn to your right from the fridge, you'll see this small little wall. Of course, since there's space on there, I gots to put more crap up, right? Right?
Answer: Right.
Let's take a closer look!
Okay, okay... So I'm not as obsessive about Bjork as say a certain Iowan is with Madonna *cough Dan cough cough* but this puts me on the map a little. You see, I spotted this thing on Ebay a number of years back and I had to have it. Had. To. Have. It. It's got a CD single of one of my favorite songs in there (Bachelorette) and if you squint, you can see the Icelandic Princess signed it, too. I got into a MAJOR bidding war with someone and well, it's...uh...mine. Final price? I don't want to talk about it.
Now despite the sack of garbage on legs in brown featured in the picture, this is one of my favorite concert-going experiences ever. I got to see Tracy Bonham (she sang 'Mother, Mother'...yes, you've heard it) in concert. The crazy thing? There was a typo in the ad for the show and like, literally 20 people showed up for it. Thankfully it was in the Ascot Room (which is part of The Quest), so it wasn't totally humilating for her. I scored two guitar picks, her set list and another nerdy fan was nice enough to take my picture with Ms. Bonham AND e-mail me the picture from her camera. Now that's value! She signed it To Kingsley. You probably figured out that's my middle name and (another fun fact!) is what my closest friends call me.
Another year, another Eels show. Actually, this is a poster from the first Eels gig I saw. My roadtrippin' concert-goin' friend Dirty and I hit this one together in Madison, Wisconsin at a sweet place called Luther Blues. Don't look for it, it's not there (always wanted to say that), but man...what a blast. E came out onto the stage on the shoulders of one of his bandmates, playing the harmonica. Oh, and did I mention that he walked through the standing room only crowd? Awesome. Anyway, I scored a guitar pick from the man himself and upon returning to Minneapolis, I realized I didn't have a poster to remember the show by. A quick call to Madison took care of that. Heck, she even sent me some extra tickets with a note that said: Thanks for coming out to Luther's! Come back again soon! Dang, I wish I could.
I should apologize for the poor, poor quality of this picture. You see, one of the nerderies downfalls is the lack of a light right above Fridge Corner. I did all I could to make it look all nice n' neat for y'all, but I've failed you. Friends? Anyway, this is a set list from the Jem show I saw back in 2004. She was in the same small room where I saw Tracy Bonham, but the crowd was a bit bigger for ol' Jem. Again, it was one of those shows where you won't see her in a small venue like this again. She went on to have her songs in all kinds of shows (Grey's Anatomy, The O.C., etc...) so she's gotten along famously. Jem was cool enough to talk with me, compliment me on my name (why thank you!) and sign her set list for me. I wish she'd hurry up with that follow-up album, though. And in case you were thinking it: Yes, Jem is truly outrageous.
Final stretch, I swear. This is the little guy I've got above my door. He's a stone face of some sort and I can't remember what his deal is. I think he's some wind god or something like that, but I've always had him hovering above the door of my respective nerdery/workspace/garbage dump. This picture doesn't do him justice. You'll have to come over to see it, I guess.
Lastly, hanging on my nerdery door knob are these two items. The top one, is my baseball cap from the Woodbury Fire Department. I never wear it. I look like a complete a-hole in baseball hats, but it's there for decoration. It's actually the 2nd generation hat and I'm not a big fan of the design. I think it looks kinda wussy. Below that is the free Resident Evil: Extinction action bag that came with the purchase of the DVD. It's hardly big enough to hold a lunch let alone any zombie survival gear, but whateva...
Whew. No wonder I don't feel like editing after each Nerdery Week daily installment (but I do anyway!) I'm happy to consider myself over the hump at this point. I think by Day 7 we'll be looking at the dust bunnies under my futon. Stick around for that, maniacs!
And hey....check it. Our numbers are growing! New nerdery additions include...
Catherine J Gardner / Phoenix Rendell said, on 2/21/2008 2:00:00 AM
Man, you just keep getting cooler and cooler...
And what's up with your PC, it seems to be hanging in mid-air.
Thomas Kingsley Troupe said, on 2/21/2008 6:25:00 AM
I'm really not all that cool. I just pretend really well.
Actually it's sitting on a little grey shelf that's bolted into the side of the desk. It's the JERKER desk from Ikea (now discontinued) and is probably my favorite desk thus far. I put it up high where curious three year olds (Travis) can't do too much damage.
Big Doofus said, on 2/21/2008 8:14:00 AM
If I had a home-office like that, I'd never leave it. Mine would look the same but I'd substitute some IndyCar and Colts stuff plus music trinkets from They Might Be Giants and Freedy Johnston.
Demon Hunter said, on 2/21/2008 10:57:00 AM
Everything is so neat and tidy. You should see my desk. And no, I'm not posting any pics of those! ;*)
Becca said, on 2/21/2008 3:47:00 PM
A fridge! You've got a fridge! Granted, it takes me seventeen steps (approximately) to get to the kitchen, but I soooo need a fridge in the nerdery.
Well that does it. Now I have to post my nerdery. L-A-M-E-O and lame-o was it's name-o, but there you have it. You've inspired me.
carylerg said, on 2/21/2008 6:14:00 PM
I adore your Nerdery! Some day I hope to have a space I can actually hang items like this and not subject every visitor I have to my memorabilia in my living room. :)
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Um, Justin looks super-cute like this. Just a little different than last time I saw him.
That last pic is definitely a keeper.
cute pics of the kids!
oh my. Adorable, both of them. Costumes just prove it.