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Monday, September 29, 2008

News from our trip to San Francisco

So last week my husband and I completed something we'd started 11 years earlier — that is, we got the one thing our 1997 marriage ceremony lacked: a marriage license.

Yes, folks, we had ourselves a San Francisco gay wedding. (Surprise!)

Now, since we'd already had a nice big wedding, and this one was basically a formality, we kept it small and simple, and we let it get silly. The ceremony was performed by one of my oldest friends (who, it turns out, is authorized to marry people in California), dressed as the Green Lantern. Another old friend was the witness, and a friend of theirs took pictures.

I haven't mentioned this event to much of anyone yet, because I really do think of it as just a long-delayed formality.

So anyway, there it is: we now have a little legal recognition. The marriage won't be recognized by our home state, nor our country (not any time soon). But it is valid in California, at least for the time being (vote no on prop 8!). And it would be recognized in some other states, and countries. So that means something to me.

Anyway, I'm writing a similar storyline for Finn and Charlie. Some real elements will make their way into this story, and others will be made up.

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Monday, September 15, 2008

In the rain: Renegade Craft Fair DJ setlist

So I DJed for an hour and a half at the Renegade Craft Fair this past Sunday, and it was fun, in spite of the constant rain. When I got there and started my set, I realized I should be playing the sort of music that would make people forget about the rain -- not a nonstop dance party, but not melancholy, either. Optimistic, perhaps... or "sunny". Well, I did play a beautiful melancholy Nina Simone song, but other than that, I tried to keep the sun shining (while still keeping the set eclectic). And the folks at the beer tent next door thanked me afterwards, saying I'd helped their day not suck. So that was nice.


You Belong to Me / Reverend Tom Frost
La Vie L'Amour / Edith Piaf
Savoir Faire / The London Suede
The Way You Walk / Papas Fritas
Headstart for happiness / The Style Council
Diamonds Are Forever / Shirley Bassey
Midnight / Yaz
If I Can't Have You / Eve's Plumb
Don't Wait / The Howard Fishman Quartet
Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick / Ian Drury and the Blockheads
Little Jazz Bird / Blossom Dearie
Nobody / Nina Simone
La vie en rose / Grace Jones
River Deep Mountain High / Annie Lennox
We Are the Sleepyheads. Belle and Sebastian
Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song) / Madness
Between Two Waves / Shelleyan Orphan
A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left / Andrew Bird
Feelin' / The La's
Funkytown / Zen for Primates
Blind / Hercules and Love affair
Huayno / Yma Sumac
O-o-h Child / The Posies
Can't Go for That / PJ Pooterhoots

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Hey Mr DJ

So I'll be DJing this weekend at the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago, from 1:30-3pm on Sunday 9/14, down on Division Street 'round about Damen. Come one come all! I'll also be helping out at the CHIRP table.

What kind of music will I be playing? Not sure. Maybe something in an indian summer kind of mood? I have of couple of days to work it out.

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Saturday, September 06, 2008

This American Life: Tinkerbell

This American Life has announced the winner and honorable mentions for their t-shirt contest. I did not place. So the only place you will see my entry is right here:
This American Life t-shirt design: 'Tinkerbell'
The t-shirt is a reference to the early TAL show "Fiasco!"

I do like the t-shirt they chose as a winner. It's nice, when you don't win, if they clearly chose a better t-shirt. Though I do like mine, too.

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Thursday, September 04, 2008

John Stewart provides a valuable news service.

Hi. It's been a while since I've posted.

Anyway, I just saw this video, and I have to say, this is one of the things the Daily Show does best. The juxtaposition of different clips from the same speakers is pretty telling.

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