I'm on an Elfay kick!

So went to her Mars-themed gig - Toby and I joining the fun -



with a little help from Santa ;-),



and a customization or two.

Coffee & Pajamas - Elfay Pinkdot

Every Saturday morning, there's a twinge of regret that I can't be in two places at once, listening - while Kourosh is on a short hiatus I'm taking advantage and heading to Elfay Pinkdot's Coffee & Pajamas show at Sunset Jazz Club - I'm not normally into DJ shows in sl (nothing against them - just personal preference for music performed live) - but Elfay's different :-)

This week has a 6 Degrees of Cassandra Wilson theme - the music is just grand.

Mimi joins Hathead Rickenbacker & Maximillion Kleene

... for her last gig in Canada yesterday, at Hathead's in Toronto, before going back home. They streamed live with video to an appreciative crowd at Hathead's Terrace on Hathead II


It was great fun to see their smiling rl faces, as well as that of Blue, Paradise Tennant's wonderdog, who occasionally chimed in with his own harmonies.

SL/RL merger

Great fun - 3 SL musicians who had never met, much less played together, sitting in my livingroom last night and jamming for more than a couple of hours. It wasn't perfect - the only setup that worked was to use a single mic, but to these ears the talented trio of Mimi, Chronic & Snow sounded really good - and their skills came through on the stream too ... we had such a good time that not one of us remembered I'd left a camera in easy reach - there are no pics :-( . Fortunately the sound of music and laughter, and the smiling faces are burned into my memory - this will always be a highlight of this year.

Impromptu marathon

I came home Friday night after spending some time helping a family member move, doing a little shopping, mundane RL stuff - to see a notice in my email that Monti & Mimi were doing an impromptu set in Mocha Fey. I popped right over there and it was apparent they'd been going on for 2 hours or more - and they continued on - until they'd played a total of nearly 5 hours! A cozy small crowd was there, and it looked like all were enjoying themselves.

From the sound of it, Mimi & Monti were enjoying themselves the most :)

All this after doing a scheduled special on the Ridge that packed both sims 2 nights before - where they played an hour over the scheduled 1-1/2 hours as well - life is good :)

RFL Wrapup

There isn't much I can say about the RFL wrapup that hasn't been said on the SL Relay for Life website, except that Saturday's presentations were moving, and inspiring. However, I spotted this today in the News - which gives a much better glimpse of the event that my few snapshots could.



When I think of these amazing builds that were put together on 35 sims in a short time, the track that we walked and ran, the avatars (each with a human being behind him/her/it) that lined the track and cheered the survivors, caregivers, runners and walkers on, the incredibly inspiring music choices played by T1 Radio as well as the uncountable live music events - I am still astounded and humbled. What potential there is in us all!

Mimi Carpenter

Yesterday, Mimi and her family stopped by on their way between larger cities - we went to lunch and walked around for a bit. Flash Geiger, who is responsible for my presence in SL, came along - he is a fount of local (and not-so-local) information. On the way from my place to downtown we experienced a small (very small) synchronicity event - I'll leave it to Dolmere to recount what I shared with him :-)

As for the inevitable "what's she really like?" questions - there were no surprises :-) - RL Mimi is very much the same sweet person that she is in SL.