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Yep, lowering the boom.

I’ve watched my generation piss away its best years in surrogates: drugs (mainly alcohol), video games, indie flicks and the svelte backroom status games that make you feel like you’re starring in your own reality TV show, until morning that is.

While Facebook is a great way to find people the lazy way, it’s also a big soap opera. People are competing to seem more in the know than each other. It’s our version of the BMW in the 1980s: if your neighbor gets a 325i, you’d better get a 328i or you’re possessing the shorter status organ.

I’m over it. My email address hasn’t changed for 15 years. You know where to find me. I know where to find you, and will probably do so with one of those old-fashioned methods like a phone call, letter, or — hold on to your hats — an email.

My friend Brian launched a blog about being involved with IT startups and how to survive with your sanity intact. Check it out:

http://acidshark.com/

It’s exciting: as this recession winds on, the smarter people are getting tired of the inaction and the fear, and starting to launch their dream projects because, well, why not? No one’s got anything to lose. I love that spirit, like the activity right before a hurricane hits.

Here’s Jesse’s company:

http://uhlconsulting.com/

I knew this man was a fantastic guitarist, and it’s interesting to see where he takes it. Check his tunes out here:

http://www.myspace.com/gransassoband

A friend of mine locally has started up a new gig doing cutting-edge hosting and complex app development in Austin. His company, Incero, aims to cut itself a share of the lucrative market at the intersection of web design, application development, and interface/interaction design. These should be highly functional websites with an eye for ease-of-use, and that’s why you should keep an eye on Incero.

Owen Plant is the lead singer of a band called The Sunshine Brothers. Their first single “Drunk on You” is available through iTunes, and their first full album, “Live by the Sun,” will be released May 24.

The Sunshine Brothers

My old buddy and debate homey Alexandra Smoots-Hogan is running for Judge here in Texas. I know her as a person of integrity and tolerance, and respect how she has worked hard for her status in the legal community. She’s running as a Democrat for Judge of the 164th Judicial District, Harris County, Texas, and the link above is to her funding kickoff party. In the picture, she’s on the left.

Allison Tartalia is an old friend now making it in the world as a singer-songwriter in New York City. Her music can best be described as throaty folk with jazz rhythms and ecclectic influences. Putting her background in drama to good use, she has taken this form of music and given it a storyteller’s quirky, vibrant gaze. She’s got several MP3s online here: Let it Go, Advent of You, Absolutely Fabulous.

You may know that Owen Plant is featured in this site which, despite massively low readership, attempts to give those of you that do read the skinny on what’s interesting or at least fun. Owen qualifies in both categories. He’s a reggae singer who writes folk songs with the sporadic vocal style of Cat Stevens, and something all his own in how he slices together a melody, picks out a harmony line and fits it all to a hard to pin down beat.

He has in the past said it’s OK if people like me push along his music toward people like you, so I’m going to today. This is a song from his an EP he recorded some time ago and gifted me with a copy when he was in Houston. It’s called “This is the One,” and the song is “We All.” I think it represents his style well, you guys may like it, and it’s good way to see if this thing can actually include files. Enjoy.Owen Plant – We All

* OWEN PLANT/RYANHOOD TOUR! *
The crown jewel as always is Club Passim so get them caravans
organized and converge on that historic club like it was Woodstock
Sept 21!
SEPT 13 – NORTHAMPTON, MA – SMITH COLLEGE – The Goldstein Lounge -
9:00P
SEPT 14 – MIDDLEBURY, VT – CAROL’S HUNGRY MIND CAFE – 7:00P

SEPT 15 – NEW YORK, NY – THE UNDERGROUND COFFEE HOUSE – 8:00P

(the new location is 20 Murray Street(2nd Floor)
between Church and Broadway in Tribeca)
SEPT 16 – PORTLAND, ME – NORTH STAR CAFE- 1:00P
SEPT 17 – BRIDGEWATER, MA – BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE – 8:00P
(CLOSED TO PUBLIC)
SEPT 20 – WASHINGTON D.C. – EBENEZERS – 8:00P
SEPT 21- CAMBRIDGE, MA – CLUB PASSIM -7:00P and 10:00P
Tickets for 7pm:

http://www.clubpassim.org/passimcalendar/viewEvent2.php?evt=1178847285

Tickets for 10pm:

http://www.clubpassim.org/passimcalendar/viewEvent2.php?evt=1178847306

The Club Passim shows generally sellout when these lads play
together, so be sure to buy advance tickets!

THIS SHOW WILL BE A CD RELEASE FOR OWEN.
His new compilation/best of CD “We All” will be for sale for people
to get multiple copies for holiday gifts, birthdays etc. It’s all
done up fancy with plastic and everything!
OWEN CONTINUES TOURING WITHOUT RYANHOOD :(
SEPT 23 -Allston Village Fair – Allston, MA
SEPT 27 -Tupelo Music Hall – Londonberry, NH
SEPT 28 – Lincoln Street Coffee – Newton Highlands, MA
SEPT 30 – Fundraiser for Owen’s Outreach Program – Thompson, CT
THEN BACK TO CALIFORNIA FOR MANY OTHER MUSICAL SHENANIGANS!
*SOME SHOWS FROM THE ORIGINAL TOUR WERE CANCELLED SO TAKE NOTE IN
CASE YOU’D PLANNED TO GO!*
* CHECK OUT DETAILS ABOUT THE TOUR AT THESE SITES:
WWW.OWENPLANT.COM ( http://www.owenplant.com/ )

www.myspace.com/oplant
( http://www.owenplant.com/ )WWW.RYANHOODMUSIC.COM (
http://www.owenplant.com/ )
THE SUNSHINE BROTHERS ( http://www.myspace.com/sunshinebros) are in the
studio while I’m back east putting the final touches
on an album that will be really, really awesome!!