AS220: Gettin R Done

Bonjour, readers! How goes life in the blogosphere? So far so awesome on this end, thanks for asking. Before we begin in earnest, lets take a moment to debut a new segment I like to call Your Week In Baffling Internet Gossip. Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill sings on a new Christina Aguilera song called I Hate Boys. Seriously? The state of Texas is removing the word "slavery" from all of their textbooks, favoring instead "Atlantic Triangular Trade." Makes sense to me. Photocopiers have a hard drive, which stores scans of everything you ever xerox. When you dispose of/return from leasing/leave unattended your beloved Toshiba, anyone with a philips-head and a USB cable has a window into your passport info, social security number, and tuckus. True story. Ask the interwebs.

This Friday, the careening snowball of Rock n Roll and high fives picks up momentum as What Cheer? Brigade celebrates their fifth birthday. Cakes, greeting cards, and unpitched percussion encouraged. Rounding out the festivities are neat guy Jacob the Terrible, my-very-favorite-rock-band Arcing, and Veveritse. Saturday, in keeping with our apparently newfound tradition, encompasses a host of events so densely packed with intrigue and awesomeness that one questions their heretofore conception of mass. You know how you can fill a jar to the brim with marbles, but there's still room for a cup of sand? Then you think its really packed, but can still add 16 ounces of water? Starting at noon, an all afternoon youth-run collaborative extravaganza, Roots and Rituals, will present workshops about improv, laser cutting, and dance, as well as a Youth Arts Panel discussion at 2 and a slew of performative showcases. Simultaneously in the bar area, our weekly Irish Jam Sesh will provide the soundtrack to "The Best Day of Your Life." Ice cold cocktails! Outdoor seating! Not rain! Who knew? Between 1 and 3, we'll be hosting an open house of our brand-spanking-new Mercantile Building. Picturesque live/work studios! Practice spaces with real locks, and bathrooms you aren't terrified of! Sunday promises a mellow yet riveting chill-fest with haunting acoustic squad Allysen Callery & The Land of Nod, Paul Metzger, Amen Dunes, and Anikki Dawn & The Demons. Shhhhh. AND now, as Monty Python would offer, for Something Completely Different, Monday evening in the darkroom resident photo wizard Denny Moers will unlock the secrets of his signature and quasi-accidental developing processes. Check it out upstairs, and stay for Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa, Alec K Redfearn & the Eyesores, and Hector 3.

SHWEW! I'm breathless, readers, and am feeling flushed. I'm off to get ramped up on Red Bull and practice my Arcing lyrics. What? For a full rundown of the happs, get thee to our calendar. Until the rock show, Away!