highlights...

last night was a huge success! super fun...

highlights:
working Jello's merch table was hilarious...i can't tell you how many cute-as-a-button baby punk rockers asked me if i was part of "Jello's entourage?" to which i told the truth...they were so cute with their pins and black hoodies, i couldn't lie to them...the best was all the little punk rock boys who were accompanied by their moms...i LOVE that dynamic...i think those moms rock and those boys are brave, go moms!...the best was when this adorable little (probably 14 yrs old) punk rock boy asked his mom nervously if she would buy him a Jello shirt ("Bush hates me") to which she looked at the shirt in question and quickly said "i don't think so..." the boy then looked at me embarrassingly (because i'm part of Jello's entourage) and quickly walked over to the under 21 area...awwwwwwwwww....

(ps. i really identify with the boys and their moms...growing up my mom took me and my little brother (AND all our friends) everywhere...from comic book conventions to skate competitions to shows to R rated movies (Alien 3 for 8th grade graduation) to wherever you can think of that a little skater kid would want to go...so when i see moms at a "punk show" with their awkwardly pubescent sons i want to hug them and tell them they're great...)))

...i met Jello, he's all "thanks for watching my stuff"...end of meeting...
...Jello WAS really gracious with the kids though...he probably made the years of about 20 little punk boys, i totally sympathize with that feeling of meeting your hero, what that means as an adolescent...they'll cherish last night for a long time to come...go Jello...

Anne Waldman was the shit...she did an amzing piece with her son Ambrose on keyboard as part of an extended poetry set, Anne was ON last night, she rocked the spot...

Thurston Moore blew me away...seriously one of the best "shows" i've ever been to...his banter with the crowd was classic...best moment of the night, a girl from the audience screams "Thurston you're hot!!!" to which he deadpaned "yeah and i'm also 47..." and later after someone in the audience shouted "how's Kim?" he stopped in the middle of a poem and told the story of how he was supposed to be at Debbie Harry's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame party in NYC but came to see Naropa instead...and then someone shouted "call Kim!!!" to which he replied "should i, haha" and then he did...he put his celli on speaker and held it up to the mic, he got her message machine, he's all "hey Kim honey, i'm at the Naropa thing the audience wanted to say hi" everyone screamed..."okay, i gotta go, i hope you're having fun at Debbie Harry's"...and then he kissed the phone and continued reading...he ended his set with 4 new songs (2 acoustic 2 electric) from an upcoming album...the audience was in a trance...amazing (superlatives!) amazing performance...

went out after with Jeremiah...met up with this super cute Greek Naropa girl Lexie...had drinks with her...swoon...

came home to find my SPD order had arrived...
1. The Peripheral Space of Photography- Murat Nemet-Nejat
2. Petroleum Hat- Drew Gardner
3. O One/ An Anthology- ed. Leslie Scalapino

movie reviews:
1. Kingdom Hospital- holy crap could they have made a crappier mini-series?
2. Hellraiser Deader- boo...

got a meeting with Anselm in an hour...dumping snow outside/ beautiful...

...currently listening to Telephone Jim Jesus All Songs By George...