Bookmarks for June 18th through June 21st
i cast fireball! -pbe vibraphonist ryan nunes 2nd open mic night ever (pretty funny and very NSFW)
“ASPEN 20” – SR-71 – Groundspeed Check great flying story… “There were a lot of things we couldn’t do in an SR-71 Blackbird (The Air Force/NASA super fast, highest flying reconnaissance jet, nicknamed, “The Sled”), but we were the fastest guys on the block and loved reminding our fellow aviators of this fact. People often asked us if, because of this fact, it was fun to fly the jet. Fun would not be the first word I would use to describe flying this plane – intense, maybe, even cerebral. But there was one day in our Sled experience when we would have to say that it was pure fun to be the fastest guys out there, at least for a moment.”
The Adventures of Wang: That’s what she said “For me, the attraction of being a performer came from the endless persuit of perfection: perfectly exact sentiment delivered through perfectly precise techniques. It’s like a bunch of people running in one direction towards an infinite goal. I enjoyed the communication , the comadery, and the expressive aspects of performing, but what really got me hooked is the fact that I am running towards an ending that exists only in theory. But as I grow older and closer to a [potentially temporary] end of my training in performance, I realized that all serious pursuits in life is a run towards an infinite goal, and perfection is defined only by what human minds are capable of imagining. When we are all running in one direction, our pursuits become not “perfection” but the upper limit of the best of us.”
Eating L.A.: First L.A. Commons tour picks Highland Park -funny that they are giving $20 tours of my neighborhood. i do it every day for free. “From 12pm-4pm we will tour Highland Park, providing tour goers with opportunities to sample unique street foods from the regions of Mexico and Central America. Highlights will include a stop at the famous Blue Taco Truck and tasting cemitas (little sandwiches from the region of Puebla) at an old local haunt. The tour will include a guided walk around the neighborhood, complete with historical trivia (do you know which donut-maker originated in Highland Park?) peppered throughout and conclude with an introduction to Chicken Boy by Amy Inouye, tour guide, gallery owner and mom to Chicken Boy. The tour has an optional visit to the “smokin’” Highland Park car show, where art meets the street.”
