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Midterm week! What better way to kick it off than play a show with my new band and basically through word of mouth, the pub sold-out well over capacity. A huge strike against the naysayers in the community who claim the recent closure of venues is killing local music. It’s just time to make a break for something new.
I feel fortunate to be involved in music in Edmonton. Say what you will, but I’ve yet to visit a place in Canada that tops what we’ve got: th product of cold winters, isolation and an industry that could care less that it exists (save for the lip service paid to a select number of acclaimed artists). Speaking of which, I do not subscribe to blindly supporting any Edmontonian artist based soley on their residence, rah-rah high school-style patriotism always seemed phoney to me. That being said, there is no reason to slight a local band nominated for a Juno like this.
Anyway, it looks as though Ghana may not pan out after all. I am on the waiting list due largely to the fact that I have yet to complete my initial Ed. practicum. No matter, I am already moving along with my summer plans which should see me working at a summer camp and travelling with a musical freakshow.
Lastly, the idea of habitus has been paying rent in my mind as of late. Said social theory claims that the relationships that form our society are products of the traits, tastes and attitudes given to us by our parents. Also, that we are basically at their mercy. Applying it to a high school setting currently procures anxieties of a fruitless struggle. We’ve just got to keep carrying on….
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Gotta hand it to kids to being so frank. Unlike adults that love to dish out the passive agressiveness (in an attempt of being nice? civil? what?), kids are the ones who really tell it like it is. An example from this week:
Kid: “is that your bike?”
me: “yeah”
Kid: “it’s old and crappy. Why do you ride an old, crappy bike?”
me: “I donno, why do you have an old, crappy face?”
Good thing I’m not going into elementry Ed, because I think this kind of stuff is hilarious.
Whatelse… I applied to do an Ed class in Guana, Africa this summer. Would be a mind-blowing experience I reckon. Spend a month working in a refugee camp.
The Alberta Government are mortgaging the quality of life of future generations for the sake of the economy. What else is new? The new primier is totally and utterly useless, refuses to cut emissions in the oilsands. Surprise, surprise, they’ve still got no plan. It’s getting really old.
My band is opening for Propagandhi next month. Definetly a “woo woo” moment for us.
Just moved into a new place. Downtown. City lights, constant engine hum, I’ve been sleepling like a baby.
Midterm week, need to go to the watering hole tonight methinks.
