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Friday Random 10+
Jul. 13th, 2007 06:16 am1. Dream Syndicate, Dream Syndicate
2. Dead Meadow, Indian Bones
3. Judith Owen, Smoke On The Water
4. When People Were Shorter And Lived Near The Water, Let's Be Natural
5. The Bobs, My, I'm Large
6. Love & Rockets, Earth, Sun, Moon
7. Los Lobos, That Train Don't Stop Here
8. Leonard Cohen, Dance Me To The End Of Love [Live]
9. Orquestra Was, I Ain't Got Nothing But Time
10. John Hiatt, My Old Friend
Bonus tracks:
The Troggs, When Will The Rain Come
Traffic, The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
Richard Thompson, From Galway To Graceland
So, I am almost recovered from the Heinlein Centennial. All of the reports I have seen from attendees have been very positive, some to the point of hyperbole. As one who was in the back room helping make the sausage (as it were), I can't comment on the quality of the actual product, since I didn't get to attend any panels or other activities. I can say that the various KaCSFFS members (Tina Black, Joyce & Mike Downing, John Taylor, Ruth Lichtwardt, Ann Lowenstein, Jeff Orth and numerous others) who gave up their weekend to make the Centennial happen deserve some kind of karmic boost in the near future, as does Keith Kato, who worked overtime to get things done. And I got to meet Brian Binnie, the pilot of SpaceShip One. And drink a bunch of McKitterick's beer at the Campbell/Sturgeon reception Friday night.
The single weirdest moment came Saturday, when a guy walked up to the bid table, staring intently as he tried to read my badge (which was partially covered by my tie). He looked up, said my name, then added "KU class of '78?" I said yes, and he replied "You probably don't recognize me, but I was in the Science Fiction Club with you. I'm John Mitchell." He was right, I never would have recognized him. He's a local, and he and his girlfriend have joined KaCSFFS. But the fact he said I looked familiar after thirty years was a tad disturbing.
The Worldcon bid did much better than we expected, both in pre-supports (you do have yours, right?) and actual votes collected. Remember, the deadline for mail-in ballots to be RECEIVED is 7-31-7. Vote early! Vote often!
2. Dead Meadow, Indian Bones
3. Judith Owen, Smoke On The Water
4. When People Were Shorter And Lived Near The Water, Let's Be Natural
5. The Bobs, My, I'm Large
6. Love & Rockets, Earth, Sun, Moon
7. Los Lobos, That Train Don't Stop Here
8. Leonard Cohen, Dance Me To The End Of Love [Live]
9. Orquestra Was, I Ain't Got Nothing But Time
10. John Hiatt, My Old Friend
Bonus tracks:
The Troggs, When Will The Rain Come
Traffic, The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
Richard Thompson, From Galway To Graceland
So, I am almost recovered from the Heinlein Centennial. All of the reports I have seen from attendees have been very positive, some to the point of hyperbole. As one who was in the back room helping make the sausage (as it were), I can't comment on the quality of the actual product, since I didn't get to attend any panels or other activities. I can say that the various KaCSFFS members (Tina Black, Joyce & Mike Downing, John Taylor, Ruth Lichtwardt, Ann Lowenstein, Jeff Orth and numerous others) who gave up their weekend to make the Centennial happen deserve some kind of karmic boost in the near future, as does Keith Kato, who worked overtime to get things done. And I got to meet Brian Binnie, the pilot of SpaceShip One. And drink a bunch of McKitterick's beer at the Campbell/Sturgeon reception Friday night.
The single weirdest moment came Saturday, when a guy walked up to the bid table, staring intently as he tried to read my badge (which was partially covered by my tie). He looked up, said my name, then added "KU class of '78?" I said yes, and he replied "You probably don't recognize me, but I was in the Science Fiction Club with you. I'm John Mitchell." He was right, I never would have recognized him. He's a local, and he and his girlfriend have joined KaCSFFS. But the fact he said I looked familiar after thirty years was a tad disturbing.
The Worldcon bid did much better than we expected, both in pre-supports (you do have yours, right?) and actual votes collected. Remember, the deadline for mail-in ballots to be RECEIVED is 7-31-7. Vote early! Vote often!
