There's a new CD and website out called GASCD (Governments Accountable to Society & Citizens = Democracy).. The CD and web site were both launched to raise awareness about the anti-globalization movement and to raise money to help those who are at the front line of the movement (The Nation, Free Speech TV, and Corp Watch in the US; the Quebec Legal Collective in Canada)… check out the official site and the track listing for the CD. Some of the amazing musicians on the album include Ani DiFranco, Barenaked Ladies, Nikki Giovanni, Sarah Harmer, and The Tragically Hip, among many others. And it's a great cause, so why not?? Get it at all Borders stores, Cdbaby.com, or at Righteousbabe.com.
peace love and clarity…
It's International Human Rights Day.
do.something
be.aware
stand.up
save.the.world
December 7, 2002 Tags: local.
Come see the Short North in a whole new light! The HOLIDAY HOP is the most magical day of the year in the Short North- more than ever with our 17 illuminated arches! Santa will be roosting at the Victorian Gate Plaza from 5-11PM at 663 N. High Street that will be enchantingly transformed into “Short North Pole.” Bring a new toy for Firefighters 4 kids and get your photo with Saint Nick for FREE (or hand over five bucks). Check out the “Holiday Cutouts,” fabulously painted works of art by a CCAD student which you can put your own head in for a fun photo-op- at “The Pole” as well!
Carriage rides around Goodale Park are gratis courtesy of Anthony Thomas Candy from 6-10pm. Live entertainment will be provided throughout the day at various venues. Brickel Alley will be shut down for local musicians all day and feature Holiday Karaoke hosted by Mary Ann Brandt at night! The Salvation Army bands and kettles will ring in the early evening hours. CD101 will occupy their established spot at Brian Boru's as well as hop among establishments.
Check out the fabulously decorated windows as you venture up and down the street. Stop in and sample a sweet treat from Anthony Thomas candies in our galleries! If you stray too far from your car you can jump onto the FREE Christmas Coach sponsored by local realtor Dooley & Company to drop your holiday purchases. OR, use it to cruise anywhere on High Street from the Convention Center to the Kroger at 7th Avenue! Bring along the entire family for the ultimate nostalgic holiday experience!
Last night after I got off the phone I read a chapter of this book I got a couple weeks ago, Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac, it's kind of an autobiography of all his travels.. and I read the chapter about New York.. and oh my gosh, it was just amazing. I honestly have never read anything by him before, but I can see why everyone loves him. His writing is pure magic.. he writes about all these little beautiful details, these little aspects of people and scenery that not everybody would care to mention let alone appreciate. The chapter about NY talks about how him and his beatnik friends would spend their nights in New York and how they have no money so they just stand on street corners and watch people.. go to Times Square and walk around.. or go to cheap jazz clubs and drink a cheap beer.. it made me want to be standing in the Village last night, watching the snow, watching people go about their lives.. my favorite part:
“I did everything with that great mad joy you get when you return to New York City.”
I love NY. I want to go back!!
