Well, maybe not. But I was happy that Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me‘s March 16th show mentioned not only the Robot Apocalypse but also played a bit of Kraftwerk after. And there was a hilarious bit about Canadians being the dolphins of people, you’ll simply have to listen to it here on the podcast, which I’m sure you subscribe to anyway, right?
As a result, I listened to hours of Kraftwerk, which of course I highly recommend, but ended up with an old favorite, David Byrne with the Balanescu Quartet, covering Kraftwerk’s Model. This was a sublime moment in the time/space continuum, and I would love to hear a really good clean recording of it. (I know the song was on a Balanescu record, but without Byrne.)
I plan on flying through the universe with David Byrne at some point anyway and so I will ask him about it when I see him.
Things are going very well for me; the sun has come out at least three times, once for 6 hours, and while the world of the new book has swollen to the point that managing it is sometimes like The Little Chipmunk Who Could directing rescue efforts in a tsunami, it is almost never like The Little Red Hen, and is most often like holding a thousand living, glittering strings, each one connected to someone sparking somewhere, resonating with or participating in our project.
It feels most like how I feel when I am in Electric Larryland, and I get to be one of an uncountable number of lightpoints.
Shipping is almost and I mean almost under control.
One more week, and I will dust off my hands and begin to play outside, making pieces, building the Volume II Specials Page, taking video requests.
Speaking of videos, imagine OUR TOTAL SHOCK to finally find our family’s missing Reptar at the thrift shop in the Macklemore Thrift Shop video. I mean, there was only one of these made, right?
REPTAR, COME HOME.
REPTARRRRR…..
Kate, I’m Gina Whitlock, Vice President of the Dallas Bead Society. Mandi Ainsworth and Ralonda Patterson told me if a board member emailed you, you would donate a copy of your book for our library. We would love a copy. I can’t wait to get started on the projects in the book. I love my copy. Hope you have to reprint, and reprint, and reprint. Thanks so much.
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche
It would be my honour and pleasure to donate a copy to the mighty Dallas Bead Society! It will mail to you next week.
: )
what an amazing quartet, with David Byrne, I like it a lot!!
For the books, I am happy everytime you say that those who received it are happy. Looking at comments on the CGB website, I have a smile from ear to ear, I can’t possibly explain how nice it is to read the wonderful feedback of people. Worth waiting, worth participating. Thank you again for allowing others to participate, it makes my day – and I think the world, simply a little bit brighter.
You and all of the Mighty Edit Team, and everyone who beaded, should TOTALLY be exulting in the joy that people are feeling… you all had such a profound influence on the book. Profound!
How did Reptar get in that thrift shop? I mean, I hate the thought that all those people you open your home to would actually steal it! Ugh.
Ha! You could get together with Evan, we call him Mr. Literal. : )
Oh, I hate that about me. Actually I’ve been called gullible my whole life. I guess it’s not going to change now! Thanks for the heads up.
Ha! It really is the same toy as our Reptar, but I’m sure not the same one we lost. Hell, we’d take him though. I check in every thrift shop I go into. He roars when you squeezle him.
Thank you so much for sending a copy of this book to the Dallas Bead Society. Thank goodness, I have my own personal copy or I wouldn’t want to give it up to anyone, for one day, one week or a year. You are so awesome.
My pleasure!
Kate