tomorrow a new point of view...

and sadly...so do these little beauties...

get 'em while you can.

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so this email was forwarded to me today...stating (and i quote)"WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS IDEA??"

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in
1907.

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

last time i checked..."english" wasn't the first language spoken here...right? what does it mean "to become in every facet an american"?

**update**

here is another email i received commenting on the forward...

**When my father came to this country, he proudly became a citizen. We celebrated his 50 years as an American citizen. He had to study and be tested. He had to work for the privilege which he holds very dear, yet he never forgot his motherland. He has said to us again and again, "Greece was my mother, America my chosen stepmother. I would gladly defend and give my life for both. But if either makes a misstep towards humankind, I will be bold enough to say so. There can be no blind loyalty."

Just thought I'd share... **

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so i noticed today on my computer at work that for some reason i am able to access directly to blogs. man that was a really long sentence...anyway...i guess they found them safe after all. or maybe it will go back to normal soon. who knows...

but one thing i am taking advantage of...posting. it seems as though those are few and far in between. but not like i have anything to important to say that is.

so life has been so busy for us lately. as everyone knows...jasen just finished recording his album. it's so great. and very personal. at least i think so... we opened a myspace account (or jasen did i guess)to be able to play and eventually sell the cds. and the kids were right...myspace is so addicting. now i know why "everyone" is doing it. i was blown away about how many people i know (or have known) who are involved. or should i say emerged. you click on a name and there is another name of someone you know...then another and the cycle continues. i tease jasen about "how many friends" he has.

and i wonder if this is how some people feel validated. "look at my page i have 5000 friends." but i guess you can justify it by saying those are 5000 "friends" you are reaching with your voice.

humm.

i was even wondering why i blog anymore. so people will read it? so i can feel better about myself (or worse) because of comments (or lack there of?) why do i obsess about what people think (or don't think) about me? and my true thought is...i truly feel i could care less if my blog is world known. i am thankful for the few people who read it like shan and alyssa. i really think i would loose contact with these important people if i didn't have it. and for this i am thankful.

so i figure the less people who read it the better. then less opportunity to be misunderstood.

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it's about time!

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Maria Taylor - Maria Taylor is set to to hit the road once again in support of 2005's 11:11 CD. The tour will start with a couple of solo dates and then join up with Mates of State for 3 weeks worth of shows. More dates have been announced and are listed below. This will likely be Maria's last tour for a while, so be sure to make it to one of the shows if you can!
Maria Taylor - 11:11
Sometimes it’s the quiet ones you need to watch out for. Nestling under your skin and infiltrating your day-to-day, a great album can be something delicate, seeping in when you least expect it.
Though often referred to as half of the duo Azure Ray and 1/4 of Saddle Creek’s Now It’s Overhead, Maria Taylor’s talents have seen her name attached to an impressive roster of musicians. She’s popped up on Crooked Fingers’ Bring on the Snakes, Bright Eyes’ Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground, and Moby’s 18 (yes, that Moby). Her distinctive, luminous vocals provide a unifying thread through such unlikely releases as The Bruces’ Shining Path, The Faint’s Wet From Birth, and Bright Eyes’ I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.
Maria doesn't scream her angst or snarl out her problems. She doesn't warble melismas with the glut of high-strung chart divas. With understated grace and aplomb, she writes the sort of classic, sad songs once favored by the first ladies of American songwriting. Her soulful melodies and honeyed vocals conjure those leaked from radios on nights we fell asleep in the backseats of our parents’ cars. Without leaning on nostalgia, Maria’s first solo full-length, 11:11, evokes the artistry of greats like Carole King, Laura Nyro and Rickie Lee Jones while it spans the spectrum from acoustic folk to electronic dream pop.
11:11’s all-star cast features the talents of Cursive’s Gretta Cohn, Now It’s Overhead’s Andy LeMaster, and Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis. LeMaster and Mogis each lent his talents to the recording, production, and engineering of the record, as well, resulting in an album that sets Maria’s compositions awash in an ethereal, melancholic glow.
What people are saying about 11:11:
It’s warm, wan and gently bittersweet…Taylor quietly holds together the album’s center, double-tracking guitar and piano, and singing these cryptic love songs in a distracted, insistent whisper…beautifully fragile, sweetly depressing and smart as hell.
— Alternative Press
Maria Taylor…mixes intimate songwriting with spare, glitchy electronics. Her solo debut is like a tiny sparrow in the hand: delicate, fluttering, precisely built.
- Entertainment Weekly
The pleasure of 11:11 is hearing Taylor step up as a songwriter on vulnerable yet sensual gems.
— Rolling Stone
Taylor is off to a gargantuan start with 11:11, and due to the combination of indisputable talent and her ability to smoothly incorporate a variety of genre influences, she’s securing a promising future.
- American Songwriter
Taylor bridges ‘70s singers like Laura Nyro and Maria Muldaur with subtle threads of shoegazing and trip-hop, all held together on the aching fragility of her pipes.
- Venus

BUY IT IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
-AMANDA ASHDOWN

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Maria Taylor - 11:11 CD
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Maria Taylor Spring 2006 Tour Dates
Sat-Mar-18 Birmingham, AL, The Nick*
Sun-Mar-19 Newport, KY, Southgate House*
Wed-Mar-22 New York, NY, Knitting Factory with Camera Obscura*
Thu-Mar-23 Cambridge, MA, Middle East (Downstairs)
Fri-Mar-24 Philadelphia, PA, Starlight Ballroom
Sat-Mar-25 Falls Church, VA, State Theatre
Sun-Mar-26 Carrboro, NC, Cats Cradle
Mon-Mar-27 Athens, GA, 40 Watt
Tue-Mar-28 Tallahasse, FL, Club DownUnder
Wed-Mar-29 Orlando, FL, Social
Thu-Mar-30 Gainesville, FL, Common Grounds
Fri-Mar-31 Atlanta, GA, Variety Playhouse
Sat-Apr-01 Asheville, NC, Grey Eagle
Sun-Apr-02 Nashville, TN, The End
Mon-Apr-03 Champaign, IL, Canopy Club
Tue-Apr-04 Des Moines, IA, Vaudeville Mews
Wed-Apr-05 Minneapolis, MN, Varsity Theater
Thu-Apr-06 Chicago, IL, Metro
Fri-Apr-07 Detroit, MI ,Magic Stick
Sat-Apr-08 Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Artists Warehouse
Sun-Apr-09 Cleveland, OH, Beachland Ballroom
Mon-Apr-10 Gambier, OH, Kenyon College*
Wed-Apr-12 Louisville, KY, Headliners Music Hall*
Thu-Apr-13 Memphis, TN, Hi-Tone Cafe*
Fri-Apr-14 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon*
Sat-Apr-15 Denton, TX, Hailey's*
Sun-Apr-16 Austin, TX, The Parish Room*
Tue-Apr-18 Phoenix, AZ, Rhythm Room*
Wed-Apr-19 Tucson, AZ, Solar Culture*
Thu-Apr-20 Los Angeles, CA The Echo*
Fri-Apr-21 San Diego, CA, Che Café*
Sat-Apr-22 San Francisco, CA, Café Du Nord*
Mon-Apr-24 Eugene, OR, WOW Hall*
Thu-Apr-27 Salt Lake City, UT, Kilby Court*
Fri-Apr-28 Denver, CO, Larimer Lounge*
Sat-Apr-29 Omaha, NE, Sokol Underground*
All shows with Mates of State except *

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"get away silly squid" scolded sailor paul.
"don't sprawl on my yawl, i catch crabs not squid!"
-taken from sailor paul and the crabs

other reads on the schedule...

-roy and big boy
-don't scratch max!
-will and his whippet

see...reading CAN be fun.

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