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What’s In Patti Smith’s Bag When She Packs? This.

Dec 29, 2015

Getting ready to leave on a tour is a tough thing. First, you have to leave your family and pets behind. And what to pack? You should see how much I take when I’m gone for the weekend, I’m surprised the plane can actually take off. Music legend Patti Smith posted on her site what’s in her bag, and what she packs when she leaves. She has it down to a science. And like me, she looks for her passport last.

I always travel light. Besides my dungarees and my trusty Ann Demeulemeester black jackets, everything can be washed in a sink in a hotel room and laid out on a windowsill to dry. For instance 7 tee shirts (including 4 electric lady teeshirts) and 7 pairs of bee socks.

The worse part, besides saying goodbye to my daughter Jesse, is picking out what books to take. I decide this will be essentially a Haruki Murakami tour. So I will take several of his books including the three volume IQ84 to reread. He is a good writer to reread as he sets your mind to daydreaming while you are reading him. thus i always miss stuff.

I inventory Moleskin notebooks. seven small tubes of Weleda salt toothpaste. witch hazel wipes. Loquat leaf tea bags for cough. essentials like that. I guess I am ready.

Well this is the first entry of the Banga tour diary. I plan to keep sending entries on the road, from our tour bus, complete with pathetic cell phone pictures. I am starting right now, taking shots of my packing mess. Maybe more than you bargained for.

Now I gotta go look for my passport.

This kid tried to quit band, but the teacher had other plans

Dec 28, 2015

When spinal muscular atrophy started taking away Ethan Och’s ability to play the drums, his band director Gina Christopherson would not take “no” for an answer. She knew how much Ethan loved the band, and she simply refused to let him quit. Instead, she downloaded an app — 75 of them, actually — to find Ethan a new kind of drum set.

That Time Bob Ross Painted In Black And White For A Color Blind Fan

Dec 28, 2015

After a frustrated viewer told painter Bob Ross that he couldn’t paint like him due to being color blind, Bob painted this wonderful black and white painting, helping everyone feel good about themselves and their own abilities.

Miley Cyrus Advice For Interviews Is Good Advice For Any Introvert

Dec 28, 2015

“I used to hate doing interviews, but interviews are actually really fun for me now, because it’s fun to say how you feel and to not worry about it. You say it honestly and then as you say it honestly, you figure out things — how you really feel. Everything that I’m saying is just the truth, so it could never seem all over the place. You get in a habit, like when people say, “How are you doing?” You always say, “Good.” That’s what I stopped doing.”

– Miley Cyrus in New York Times

Ralph James Of The Agency Group Gets It Right On Indie Artists

Dec 28, 2015

“Rock exclusive clubs are few and far between but there are venues in Toronto like The Hideout, Lee’s Palace, The Bovine Club and the Horseshoe that will book rock bands. These clubs don’t pay anything but their formula is ticket price x capacity x attendance, break out the expenses and that’s what’s left – which isn’t much! Unless you are in the inheritance business, you will need a second income to survive. It’s not anyone’s responsibility to pay for your living while you hone your craft. It’s up to you to develop a product to the point that people will pay to see you perform and you can start earning a living.”

– Ralph James, President of The Agency Group Canada and Hall Of Famer at Canadian Music Week in Music Express

Now You Can See What James Bond’s Spectre Would Look Like With Radiohead

Dec 28, 2015

Radiohead just released for free to the public their unused theme for Spectre. What happens when you take out Sam Smith’s song and include Radiohead’s? It works pretty well.

https://youtu.be/-tbn-VEl67g