Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Beirut (the band) 9/26/06



I just randomly found this from the show Sunday night. The band jumped the stage for a little gypsy song and dance with the audience. I'm standing on Zach's right (the trumpet player)! What a night...

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Paste Rock N Reel

If you're in the Atlanta area now (or if you're not, get over here!) I highly recommend making plans to see some artists at the 2006 Paste Rock n' Reel Festival. You'll see me spending all my money to see Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond, Bain Mattox (an old high school friend!) and Beirut. You're welcome to join me!

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

So I got a new job a few weeks ago at World Relief Atlanta. For the time being I'll be a case worker and an interpreter for many of the Russian-speaking refugee families we are resettling in the area. It looks like my Russian will be better than it was in Russia! It's been fun so far trying to translate concepts like 'food stamps' and 'checking accounts.' I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be apart of something like this.

I miss the "currently listening" feature on xanga cos it's interesting to know what people listen to when they write their blogs. I for instance am listening to Beirut. This old world gypsy rock music fad is pretty groovy.