Monday, March 7, 2011

Them's the Brakes

Well, as suspected, the Linda Perry gig did not in fact go through. i was given and bit of a tease on Monday evening with a phone call and interview which shot my hopes high to the sky, however turns out the tour decided that they didn't want to bring on a merch person/assistant. Oh well. I am a little depressed about this, as I was really banking on getting picked up by this tour and it would have worked out so well with the rest of the plans I have for the year, however, I won't let it consume me full and will keep calm and carry on as the Brits are harping now-a-days.


At the moment, i visit you from the lovely and quiet, Burbank library. I really wasn't thinking this place was going to be packed, but I assume the free wireless is a very enticing reason for most of the general (jobless) population to come here and spend most of their day at. It is quite depressing to see...but I am sitting next to a few students who are busy studying up on medical things like the human body, so it's distracting me from thinking that there's a long line ahead of me in the unemployment market.

For the next order of business, aside from looking for a paying job, I've decided to REALLY clean out and finish up all the little tasks, errands, and unfinished business(es)? that have piled up for me since the end of last year. I'm making progress so far, getting my closet and bathroom all cleaned out for the Spring. Also I started a new blog, to help manage my procrastination and will be working on my website(finally) and online writing portfolio too.

Well, I could go on, but I feel I should continue getting things done! I'll check in at a later date.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Free Pancakes!!

Hello fellow readers!

Today I greet you from the lovely restaurant, serving America with their tasty breakfasts and compromising prices. Yes! It’s IHOP. And today is National Pancake Day, which I am partaking in for the 3rd year. I was introduced to this tradition a few years back when my friends, Shelly and Mike discovered it living in Florida, and I must say, every year has been as satisfying as the last.

Alright well, I’m not particularly sure what the last entry was about..so I’ll try and update you with what I can remember.

The Ramones All-Girl Band: This unfortunately did not work out. The guitarist didn’t have the time to commit to the project any more, and since it was her idea, everyone else fell to the wayside out of respect. I’m sad it’s never gonna see the light of day, but happy I suppose because the drive down to Long Beach always caused us to start practices late.

Camila & Me: that is going quite well. We put down scratch vocals last week for our song ‘The Thames’ and worked on tweeking ‘Diamonds’ with Barry (the producer). Both are gonna sound great and tomorrow we’ll be writing our third song ‘Honeymouth.’ Hopefully we’ll be up and rehearsing as soon as we have the two songs done.

Writing: It’s been going well with Campus Circle and Valley Scene Magazine. I do feel though I’ve bitten off more then I can chew with some of the assignments and have eased up for the beginning of March to focus on more concerning matters in my life…however I am going to focus on trying to write and article a day for The Writers Network, due to it being a paying gig.

Touring: there have been a few offers on the table touring and otherwise, but nothing that seems to gel. I was truly hoping that I’d be out with Deep Dark Robot for their 1 month tour, but it looks as though that’s not going to happen. I will however do a 2nd follow up to the office tomorrow just to make it clear I’m out of the running for this. I also received an interview for Go-Bee, a Canadian tour company, but I’m not sure if that is a smart match either. For the last, my friend, Juan, asked me to submit my resume to a playstation tour, that is still amongst the hopefuls right now, but again, I’ll have to see. Otherwise there will be some touring later on in the summer, but I wish there was something to keep me pumped about right now.

Other Projects: I completely forgot though! I may infact be tour managing an Aussie band going to SXSW. However the job would probably be non-pay. I am also probably going to be taking pictures and writing a story on some of the best bands to see at SXSW for Campus Circle. Lastly, Barry has asked me to handle booking his band to perform in late March early April for his personal project. All are great happenings. But I wish they paid me a little money :/

Anyways, I must finish my short stack, and you all must get on with your days.

Chow for Now!
MaryB

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Taking a Walk Outside

Well today was a gorgeous day in Los Angeles. I was told that it was going to be raining all this week, but to my surprise woke up to the sun shining this morning. The day's been fairly productive for myself. I've made a few appointments and plans next week for some health visits and music related meetings. Also I took my car into the shop for an oil change and didn't have to pay! pretty awesome!

This evening I'm going to be prepping for questions to ask Ms Dia Blow at her burlesque show at the bordello and Raphael Sadiqq whom I'll be having a lovely phone chat with tomorrow...I am always quite shy when it comes to talking to people, however the last face to face interview I had went rather well, so I believe these two will go just fine too.

Anyways, here's two reviews that just came out in this weeks' Campus Circle and Valley Scene Magazine. Should be more to come!

Review Elisabeth Ashley at the Viper Room



Review Crack Whore Galore-Live at the Atwater Village Theatre

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Today's a new Day!

Hello!

In an effort to try to stay on top of this blog, I have a new post for you and as it seems two new articles to share that I've written for Campus Circle.


Oscar Nominated Short Films: http://www.campuscircle.com/review.cfm?r=12525
Typhoon Review: http://www.campuscircle.com/review.cfm?r=12528&h=Typhoon-Jan-The-Satellite

Recently I also reviewed this wonderful play called Crack Whore Galore-LIVE! if you get a chance to see it at the Atwater Village Theatre in the Glendale, CA area, please do!


Please read and enjoy them if you may. I'll be off to finish an article for VSM on The Numero Group's Grammy Nom for their performance at The Echo and Grammy Nom and also a few CD review for Campus Circle. Pip Pip!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

February UpDATE!

Dear readers,

My utmost apologies for the lack of interest in updating my blog.

To put you up to speed with my on goings, I'll try to be brief, but thorough!

Well after July I was asked to jump up to a Dispatch position at Centerstaging. How wonderful! A promotion! I was very thrilled with this idea, and made a very hard decision to stay harbored in Los Angeles and miss the adventures of the road with IMG Live tour managing that year. However after a few months holding the position I soon realized it was not for me and caused more stress and grief then it was worth, so I suppose you could say I just stopped caring because when you feel no one cares about you, then you lose interest in caring yourself. So I parted ways with the company which was for the best and looked ahead to 2011!

At the end of the year I had a lovely visit from my parents. They hadn't been to LA for a very long time together, so I showed them around my new place and they helped me fix it up a bit. Christmas was good, but a little stress filled as my parents and myself kept breaking things, this bad ju-ju lasted for about two days. Luckily though nothing large, or expensive broke, just one curtain rod, 2 wine glasses, and a whole bottle of unopened Baileys..

After the parents left I moved on to the New Year. I spent this time party hopping and having fun with friends however i will say it wasn't as eventful as I had hoped.

January was quiet but still quite productive. I joined another magazine to write for called Campus Circle and having been getting lots of assignments from them both music related and other wise. I also joined the Writers Network which gives a few paying gigs here and there for articles. And lastly joined as the lead singer of an all-girls Ramones cover band. On top of this, my first freelance writing gig, and my band with Camila, I have been quite a busy girl. To finish up the month, I was in a music video with Linda Perry for her new band Deep Dark Robot. Also there is an opportunity to tour with the band this year, so fingers crossed as that would make me very happy.

February is now upon us all, and with it being half way over so far I've just had good times hanging with friends and writing articles and music. Tonight I"ll be heading to cover a Pre-Grammy Party at the Echo for one nominated band, and this weekend I'll be busy writing up about 5 articles for CC and The Writers Network. I might also start another blog soon that is just my own personal reviews on music, but I have to polish the concept to make sure it's something i can take on long term. Wouldnt' want to put it off like I do with updating here.

in the future months...there are other job offers on the horizon, 2 are for marketing tours and there are a few personal assistant positions that are up for grabs. Also my birthday is just around the corner so there will be some preparation for that. I did plan a trip to Big Bear, but seeing as how it would be quite a bit of money and an uncertain amount of people going, I can't say I want to commit to my original idea of this plan. For now, the idea will be drinks on the day of and dinner at pink taco that weekend. We shall see though, things can change. Also my friend, Tracy, invited me to go to Vegas with her in the first weekend of March so I will probably do that for further celebration, then on to SXSW if my 2 job options don't take me there, a road trip will!.

Well, I suppose that's all for now. Eventually I'll be putting up my website, so you can soon check there, and here, and there again for updates!

luv, Mb