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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
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11:09 am - silly?
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I read somewhere on the internet that they're erasing livejournals that have been inactive for 2 years...not sure if it's true, but I definitely don't want to lose this journal, so I'm posting! :) See? Look at me, wheeeee, I'm posting!! ^^
This journal is an important snapshot of a happy/sad/strange time in my life. I'll be re-reading it today...I wonder what me from seven years ago will have to say?
Hugs! :)
Mary
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| Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
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12:49 am - IM of the day # 34I03I43 (by request)
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jeanette: oh i thought she'd be proud haha
jeanette: i'm proud!
jeanette: i'm also stoned
me: LOL
jeanette: quote of the day?
jeanette: please?
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| Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
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2:18 am - show diary
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The November 8th performance was fantastic. We sold out the Tin Angel! :D And I think everyone really enjoyed themselves; the audience seemed really engrossed in what was going on onstage, which was absolutely invigorating. In fact, I had a moment of magic during the second verse of Snow Hymn.
You see, even at the politest and most genteel of listening establishments, there is usually light conversation or whispering going on at any given time during a performance. (Which is perfectly acceptable, of course; I do it when I attend concerts, too. :)) However, while quietly murmuring "there's no need to cry" into the microphone during Snow Hymn on the evening of the 8th, I realized that the ONLY sounds in the room were my voice, and the tinkling of the piano -- otherwise, you could have heard a pin drop! It was such a powerful experience; holding that many peoples' undivided attention at once is almost dizzying. But amazing!! <3
Then, last evening, I performed at Andrea Clearfield's salon with violinist Michelle Bishop (she ROCKS!), and had an absolutely fabulous time. We were the final act, and performed both "Doctrines" and "How Should I Your True Love Know", which were both recieved very well. The latter is really starting to become a crowd favorite; everyone seems to love doing the handclaps! :D
Afterwards a number of lovely people came up to compliment us on the performance, and I met some wonderful folks! Some even asked if I had any CDs to sell, but unfortunately I'd forgotten them at home while rushing around to get ready. Agh, sometimes I'm such an airhead. x.x
More fun stuff coming up...we're playing the PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART!!! on February 2nd (rock band and string quartet). And I'm firming up some additional dates for early 2007...will keep you posted! :)
Now, if I can just figure out a way to not have to work at a mall anymore. ;_;
Hugs,
Mary
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| Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
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3:01 pm
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You know, this journal has turned into little more than private entries about strange dreams I chance to have when not plagued by insomnia. But I should really be writing down the things that happen to me; shouldn't I? I think...that maybe...I should.
Last evening was the full band rehearsal for the Tin Angel show. Everything sounded marvelous; Michelle and Hannah of Arts in Motion will be joining us on violin for this show, which is really quite exciting. I am really looking forward to Wednesday night! :)
By the way, tickets may still be had, so if you've not yet any plans for the 8th of November, do stop by! :) HERE is complete info.
I also have a couple of very exciting things in the works, which I will write about soon...but for now, they are just wisps of ideas milling about in my brain. :x
Til then, darlings!
M
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| Friday, October 13th, 2006
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7:30 pm - IM of the day #3585035
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Chris: I know! :D
Chris: I know EVERYTHING.
Chris: *stare*
Mary: *stare back*
Mary: o.o
Chris: O.O
Mary: O_O
Chris: Internet staring contest! :D
Chris: OoO
Mary: o.o
Mary: u.u
Mary: o.o
Mary: DAMN IT
Mary: i blinked ; (
Chris: My GOD
Chris: I'm wetting myself laughing!
Chris: IM of the day yourself, woman! :D
Mary: :D :D
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| Saturday, October 7th, 2006
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12:21 am
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First they say there's no Pluto...now there's no LIMBO?
I feel like they should have talked to Dante first; you'd think he would have to write off on something like that.
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| Monday, September 18th, 2006
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1:41 am - IM of the day #59285093
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Krissi: this is going to be difficult, but do you know the name of an opera song... like, the really famous one that's crazy epic that everyone can sing?
Mary: you mean name a popular song?
Mary: or are you thinkin gof a specific song
Krissi: a specific song
Krissi: but it's uber popular
Mary: can you describe it?
Krissi: ah ah ah ah bum bum ah ah ah ah bum bum ah ah ah ahh ahh ah ahhh
Mary: LOLOLOLOL
Mary: that is awesome
Mary: this is IM of the day
Krissi: lol damn
Agent Mea: congratulations
Krissi: haha
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| Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
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10:58 am
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Yesterday was the "big" rehearsal with Arts in Motion for the Art Museum Show this Friday -- six hours long! But the minutes flew by and I had an excellent time. Everything sounds fabulous; I was especially moved by the quartet's rendition of the string intro to Snow Hymn; it was performed absolutely beautifully and perfectly, right down to the last nuance. And the new remixes are incredible, especially the Bach in Gm and Chopin in Cm. I am so lucky to be working with such talented people! :)
That show is on Friday at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, by the way -- if you're in the area, you should go! Here are all the details.
Monday was Box Five rehearsal; worked on solidifying the backing vocals for Killjoy and attempted a couple of covers for fun, including a song by a band called Keane which is really...quite...keen! :)
Practice with Nicki tonight; I want to go over all of these songs before we meet up, so let me go do that now!
Hugz,
M
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| Monday, August 28th, 2006
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1:33 am
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All music, all the time:
Rehearsed with Nicki on Friday, joined by a Mr. Ned Sonstein on drums. We had lots of fun adding to Nicki's solo tunes; everything came out with a sort of Dresden Dolls-type feel, which I quite enjoyed -- I love mashing down on the keys!! : D
Saturday spent in the company of Ms. TATIANA ZWERLING, one of the coolest chicks alive, who was making a brief appearance in Philly before heading off to the Sunshine State to pursue her MBA. (Tot, I miss you already!!) I also got to see good old Emory Krall, who is still designing fun and fancy gadgets, including these really neat magnetic salt-and-pepper shakers which were featured in the display window in one of the shops we passed!
Jammed with Nicki again tonight, along with a didgeridoo player (!) by the name of Mark. I played bells for once, which I am really starting to enjoy; I think I'll try to work glockenspiel parts into a couple Box Five songs if I can manage it...
The rest of week:
Monday: work during the day, box five rehearsal at night
Tuesday: all day rehearsal with arts in motion
Wednesday: rehearsal with nicki and ned at night
Thursday: rehearsal with box five at night
Friday: art museum show!!
Saturday: sleep?
A presto!
M
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| Monday, August 14th, 2006
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10:26 pm
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| Saturday, June 3rd, 2006
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2:44 am - box @ the tin angel 6/15/06 -- ticket discount extravaganza!!
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from boxfive.org:
Box Five at the Tin Angel 06/15/06 TICKET EXTRAVAGANZA!!! :D
Hello loves! As you may or may not know, Box Five will be playing an AMAZING headlining gig at Philadelphia's illustrious Tin Angel on June 15, 2006. The line will feature a rock band AND a string quartet, and a good time is sure to be had by all. WOO!
The booking agent has asked Mary to pre-sell FIFTY tickets to the event (eeeeep!), so to make sure this happens she is offering a "pay-what-you-want" discount to all who buy tickets from her directly -- admission is $8, but if you buy from her directly you can pay ANY amount ($5, $4, whatever) and she will pay the rest. Just drop her an email HERE and let her know how many tickets you'll need. Yay!
Here's complete info for the show:
BOX FIVE, LIVE AT THE TIN ANGEL, 6/15/06
When: Thursday, June 15th @ 8:30pm (doors @ 8:00)
Where: Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd Street, Philadelphia)
Tickets: $8.00 (please contact Mary for tickets at a discounted rate! :))
With: Sarah Hintze, Birth of Venus
Mary will be joined onstage by...
Joe Bichner - guitar
Brian Hopely - bass
Chris Pires - drums
Michelle Bishop - violin
Nelson Lau - violin
Sue Arnold - viola
Tim Warneck - cello
Alex Day - vocals
Teri Rambo - vocals
Nicki Jaine - vocals
Hope to see you therrrrre! :D
Love,
BOX FIVE
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| Saturday, May 13th, 2006
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1:32 am - entry level left handed guitar anyone?
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So! I am finally buying myself a new electric guitar (just got approved for a Sam Ash credit card, oh nooooo! ;)), and was gonna try and sell my silly little ibanez to help pay for zee new one. anyone know of a lefty looking to take up guitar? this would be a great starter instrument.
here's my craiglist ad for a description etc:
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/msg/160332400.html
please pass the word along, if you would!
danke!
hugs,
mary
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| Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
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1:23 am
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i finally figured out why i hardly write here anymore!!
so much of my online time is composed of writing emails to booking agents, updating the band website, and all that stuff, that by the time i'm done i'm so sick of being online that i don't feel like blogging about it afterwards, hehe. ;)
but i miss you!! *hugshugs*
guess what, work finally let me scale back to part time! well sorta -- four days a week instead of five. this helps me out tremendously.
look at mah schedule this week, how cool is this!:
tuesday - work in the morning, box five rehearsal at night
wednesday - work in the morning, recording demo @ studio with birth of venus at night
thursday - possibly doing a tv spot with nicki jaine (she is SO awesome, check out her website!!) in the morning, show at night
friday - giving a piano lesson in the morning, work from afternoon til night
saturday - nothing yet, can i pencil you in for an appointment? ♥
music music everywhere, YAY!
AND i am booking a super sexy show for june, with a string quartet and rock band! as soon as it's confirmed i'll post the details, WOO! right now i'm up writing string parts for the said show, FUN. I love doing this aghaghghghagsgsfg. i am suck a dork!! :D
hugslovehugs!
mary
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| Friday, April 14th, 2006
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2:09 am - today was awesome
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SERIOUSLY. Can every day be like this, please!??!!?
8:00am - Woke up, got dressed, ate breakfast
8:45am - Hopped on the bus for Center City
10:00am-2:30pm - Went to the Arts in Motion office to work on the visuals for my new piece; it was so cool seeing the stuff i visualize internally right before my eyes on a huge projection screen!! :O
2:30-3:00 - Lunch! Mmm, soup.
3:00-6:00 - Back to the AiM office for more work on the visuals.
6:30 - Hopped on the bus to go back home
8:00 - 10:30 - Got home, practiced flute until my fingers ached.
10:30 - 11:00 - Watched some mindless TV
11:00 - 12:00 - Walked to the supermarket and back for groceriez
12:00 - 12:30 - midnight dinner, cos that's what artists do
12:30 - 2:00 - Practiced playing guitar until my fingers ached.
i know i'm so boring now :o and i never write anymore :/
but i'm having so much fun!!! :D
i don't want to go to work tomorrow, though... :/ puh.
MARY
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| Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
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2:03 am - BEST WEEK EVER
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check dis out:
monday (today): working with arts in motion in the early afternoon, rehearsal with birth of venus in the late afternoon, show with birth of venus at night
tuesday: work during the day, rehearsal with box five at night
wednesday: work during the day, rehearsal with bass player for saturday's show at night
thursday: finish quartet arrangement during the day, rehearsal with birth of venus at night
friday: work during the day, show with arts in motion at night
saturday: work during the day, show with box five at night
can every week be like this? please please please?
of course, replacing the times where i go to my dayjob with practicing instruments or spending time with friends <3
WOO!
m
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| Saturday, March 25th, 2006
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9:48 pm
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I never write in here anymore. I am a bad friend. Bad Mary!!! :(
I've been suuuuuuuuper busyyyyyyy, mainly with music stuff and I LOVE EVERY FREAKING MINUTE OF IT. In rehearsal for our Bryn Mawr show April 8th. Working with Arts in Motion for the premiere of my art song on April 22nd. Planning to release some new music from the studio soon too...online...for free. :D Yaaaaay!
Also, responded to an ad on musicians' craiglist and now I am part of an AMAZING vocal trio called "Birth of Venus". It's sort of a side project for all of us, and we're having SO much fun with it. Teri Rambo and Alex Day are the other two lovely ladies in the group, and they sing like angels! We're rehearsing everything from traditional folk tunes to jazzy 30s numbers, and our first mini-gig is on April 3rd (we'll be performing 2 songs with Alex's jazz band that evening). Fun fun fun, you should go! :D
Today I went downtown to House Productions (the greatest salon of all time), and Betsy gave me the coolest haircut ever. It's this awesome crazy asymmetrical psuedo-mullet -- i LOVE it!! I feel like Karen O!
I wish I had a camera, I could show you how cool it looks :( I could also show you that I pierced my nose! (A week or so ago, just a little tiny sparkly jewel thingy.)
I have NO CLOTHES, so I also bought five shirts today and I am probably broke til next Friday. But oh well, now I have sexy new hair and sexy new clothes! I danced around for like two hours tonight in my new outfits playing guitar in front of the mirror, and pretending that the mirror was thousands of people. Me = LAME. :D
That's all for now, talk to you soon!
Hugs,
Mary
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| Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
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1:09 am - IM of the day #59663
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Agent Mea: here's some metal
Agent Mea: CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUGGA CHUG CHUG CHUG
Agent Mea: that's what all metal music sounds like to me
Agent Mea: haha
Agent Mea: IM of the day
Agent Mea: for me
Agent Mea: i win!
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| Friday, March 17th, 2006
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11:27 pm - Two new Box Five songs!! :D
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| Saturday, March 11th, 2006
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12:31 am - mary's random shuffle playlist CHALLNAGE!!
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Stolen from the lovely hannah:
"Playlist on shuffle, first 20 songs, first 5 words from each, guess the song and the artist, no google-ing or azlyrics-ing or anything similar. It's harder than you think!"
Below is what my iTunes playlist fed me. Some tunes are more embarrassing than others :x
Anyhoo, comment with your guesses, and we'll see how punk rock you are!!:
1. Saturday night, I was making... Jump - Smiling Down
2. You're in control, is there... Coldplay - Square One
3. How can you seem to... Evanescense - Bring Me To Life
4. She's your cocaine, she's got... Tori Amos - She's Your Cocaine
5. Repress and restrain, steal the... MUSE - Ruled By Secrecy
6. I've walked this Earth, and... Bjork - Alarm Call
7. No more wishing wells that... kidneytheives - Placebo
8. Please, could you stop the... Radioead - Paranoid Android
9. Strange brew, killing what's inside... Cream - Strange Brew
10. I want you to know... Radiohead - Knives Out
11. Scene one, curtain up. See... Jump - Habit
12. In my heart is where... Thom Yorke - Sing a Song for You (Tim Buckley cover)
13. Don't take the wrong direction... Cream - Blue Condition
14. Purple haze, all in my... Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
15. Close the door, put out... Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
16. Allow me to show you... Blonde Redhead- Equus
17. Dies irae, dies illa. Solvet... Dies Irae - Mozart
18. Silent woman in the night... Led Zeppelin - The Wanton Song
19. Paperback writer! Please, sir or... The Beatles - Paperback Writer
20. When future is present, and... Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Time
Hugs~
mary
(Edit: Filled in the songs which weren't guessed, in red...you guys did a good job! Most of the unanswered songs are pretty darn obscure, even the ones done by well-known artists...well, except #3 -- but cool kids don't listen to that stuff anyway ;) *not cool* :()
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| Friday, March 3rd, 2006
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2:11 am - Congrats Eric, you are once again IM OF THE DAY (#532I4)
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Agent Mea: how many words would you say you invent on a given day?
[Eric]: invent? like make new products that help society? hehe
[Eric]: i dunno whatcha mean jerk hole
Agent Mea: haha nevermind
[Eric]: kayz
Agent Mea: i meant like you always use wordz that are of your own design, hehe
[Eric]: oh
Agent Mea: with krazee spellingz :o)
Agent Mea: they're fun
[Eric]: sheeet like 1billeunf
Agent Mea: HAHAH
Agent Mea: im of the day XD
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