Slice of Life: Wireless and Ready to Dance

This is for Slice of Life. My drummer came into practice recently with some high-quality wireless microphones, and I have been practicing with one on my saxophone. This Friday, at our gig, I’ll give it a shot. I’ll no longer be tethered to the PA system. I can dance.
6words wireless
Here is my band — Duke Rushmore – in action as part of our video archives:

Peace (in the sound),
Kevin
PS — if you live in Western Massachusetts, we’re at the Holyoke Paper City Brewery on Friday night, 6-8 p.m. Entry at the door gives you free beer from the brewery and live music.

Meta-Slice of Life: My Daily Routine

Slice of Life Composing Process
This is for Slice of Life. I was thinking about the ways I write and share my daily slices of life, and I decided to create this “napkin graphic” to show what goes on under the hood, so to speak.
Peace (in the steps),
Kevin

Slice of Life: Teachers vs Principal

This is for Slice of Life. It’s not about my school, where I work, but about a school in my hometown where my son goes. The teachers there are apparently up in arms against principal, and we are mixed on the reasons, and worried about what it all means for our son’s education.

Peace (in the vote),
Kevin

 

Six Word Memoir: The Thimble/NWP Experiment

6words thimble

If you have been following my writing this month, you will notice that I am diving deep into six word memoirs for the Slice of Life challenge. (And thank you for reading them, too. I appreciate it.) As it turns out, the National Writing Project and the Mozilla Foundation have created a site with the webmaker tool, Thimble, on the Six Word Memoir theme.  (You can read more about the project at Digital Is.)

So, I gave it shot this weekend, and found it interesting. Since it designed both to create a six word memoir AND teach a bit about coding, the composition takes a bit longer than it would normally do. But I liked the site, and here is what I created:
6words Music

You can try, too. The Six Word Memoir Thimble site is open and accessible to all.

Peace (in the six words),
Kevin

 

Slice of Life: Woody Guthrie Lives Inside of Me

This is a post for Slice of Life.
6words woody
I’ve had a lot of ideas around songs lately, and this one came about as I was reading news articles about the gridlock in DC. I don’ t think this song is right for my rock band, Duke Rushmore, so it may just sit on the side for a bit until I figure out if it has legs for something else. (It might lead to a digital story.) The theme is inspired a bit by Steve Earle, who wrote Christmastime in Washington with references to Woody Guthrie. There was a time when all I wrote were political and protest songs. But that seems so long ago now. It felt as I were slipping on some old clothes with this one, remembering the anger at the establishment for having ideals so different from my own.

You know?

Thanks for listening and for reading ….


 

Peace (in the song),
Kevin

 

 

Slice of Life: A Little Madness

This is for Slice of Life. The NCAA comes around every Slice of Life, so I feel a bit as if I have posted this before, although it was last year (and the year before that). This year, neither my local team (UMass) nor my favorite team (UConn) are in the mix, so I feel a bit removed from the emotional drama of March Madness. Still, I got my brackets ready.


Peace (on the court),
Kevin