I have seen this before but this is the first time I have found a captioned version of the film. Sweet! Pull My Daisy is a film that stars most of the core Beat authors and is written/narrated by Kerouac.
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Sunday morning…
Keri’s friend, Kim, who we met at Occupy Providence a couple years ago, is here. They’re talking about fermentation stuff. In an hour and a half or so we are heading back over to the East Side to see an apartment. 3 bed but no laundry so I’m not so sure about that. The rent is reasonable tho and the garden is only a block away. They said there is a laundromat in Wayland Square. Sure enough, there is. That’s good to know.
Craigslist ad for apartment Been working daily on this band project with Randy. We’re gathering up everything we have and putting it on my Google Drive. I have converted 18 tapes to MP3 format and Randy has been transcribing them one at a time so we know exactly what’s on them. I’ve gotten all my handwritten/typed notes and lyrics in plastic sleeves in a binder. Protected. Scanned a lot of it.
Well… well… We loved the apartment and told the woman, Liz, that we wanted it. She showed the place to one couple before us and another right after. We went for coffee and caught the first bus home. Emailed her to thank her and she wrote back right away to offer us the place. Sweet! $1000 a month for a 3 bedroom is a great deal. We’ll deal with the laundry when that comes.
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After 20 something years of wanting and waiting, I finally have my very own digital drum kit! Some guy out in Cranston put his Simmons SD5K kit up for sale on Craigslist for only $150.00! I arranged a ride with Wayne to get out there and after an hour or so of email tag the guy finally shows up. Kit works and sounds pretty good from what I could tell. I brought it home and gave it a quick cleaning and rearranged the setup to my liking. Still haven’t gotten to play it yet but soon! I need to move it into the office and get it all plugged in. Need to read the manual and learn how to use the “brain.” So stoked.
For the past week I’ve been chatting/emailing with Randy and we’re going to collaborate on some new songs. He has already sent new music and lyrics for me to work with. I spent a few days organizing all our old band stuff I have. We’ve an order in for a tape to MP3 converter. I’ll be converting all the old band tapes I have to digital. Randy will then go through and label stuff. There may be a song or two worth resurrecting. Who knows? I have no idea what is on most of the tapes.
I’m really excited to actually have this kit. It means I’ll pretty much be able to practice whenever I want since I don’t have to plug it into an amp to play. If I do, well, no problem – they guy threw in a CRATE practice amp for free. Sweet deal!