Buddy Wakefield's Blog, page 112
March 4, 2014
2014
January 14, 2014 The Northwest School, 1415 Summit Ave, Seattle, WA, 2-3:30pm student, 4:20-4:50 faculty discussion on mindfulness (closed to public)
January 16, 2014 Sky View Terrace, 6th floor MacAllister Hall, 3210 Chestnut St. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 7pm (FREE EVENT)
January 20, 2014 Hugh Wilkinson Theatre, Shawnigan Lake School, 1975 Renfrew Rd, Shawnigan Lake, B.C., 6:45pm (closed to public)
January 24, 2014 for Woosh Kinaadeiyí at Silverbow Bakery, 120 2nd Street, Juneau, AK, 6:30pm
January 25, 2014 Hangar Ballroom, 2 Marine Way, Juneau, 8pm, 21+ TICKETS
FEBRUARY 2014
February 1, 2014 with Donna DeLory at Texas Yoga Conference, 2000 Edwards Street, Houston, TX, 7:30pm TICKETS
February 3, 2014 with Derrick Brown, Woody Hill and the Pillow Princess, and Anis Mojgani at The North Door, 502 Brushy St, Austin, TX, 7:30pm TICKETS
February 4, 2014 University Theatre Center’s Showcase Theatre, 1440 Bobby K. Marks Drive, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, 8pm
February 6, 2014 Hemmerling Gallery of Southern Art, 733 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, 7:30pm (tickets at door only)
February 7, 2014 Lafayette Science Museum, 433 Jefferson Street, Lafayette, LA, 2pm TICKETS
February 9-14, 2014 one-on-one private mentoring for the Young People’s Poet Laureate of Wales
February 11, 2014 visiting The Seattle Slam at Re-Bar, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
February 12, 2014 10-minute set at Rain City Poetry Slam in support of The Young Peoples Poet Laureate of Wales, Martin Daws, Scratch Deli, 1718 12th Ave, Seattle, WA, 8pm
February 17, 2014 The Bartlett, 228 West Sprague Avenue, Spokane, WA, 8:15pm TICKETS (workshop at 6pm)
February 18, 2014 Northern Idaho College, 100 West Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID, 7pm (noon workshop)
February 19, 2014 Le Petit Outre Bakery & Cafe, 129 S 4th St W, Missoula, MT, 7pm
February 20, 2014 diversity week assembly at Big Sky High School, Missoula, MT, 9am
February 20, 2014 Machinery Row, 202 2nd Avenue South #103, Great Falls, MT, 8pm
February 22, 2014 The Poet’s Room at Keiran’s Irish Pub, 85 6th Street N, Minneapolis, MN, 7pm
February 23, 2014 Side Street Studio Arts, 15 Ziegler Ct., Elgin, IL, 6pm
February 24, 2014 Fremd High School, 1000 South Quentin Road, Palatine, IL, 1pm-2:45 (closed to public)
February 27, 2014 Write Bloody Reading at Re-Bar, Seattle, WA, 830pm
February 27-28, 2014 AWP Conference with HENHOUSE and Write Bloody, Seattle, WA, 8:30-5pm, booth 721
MARCH 2014
APRIL 2014
MAY 2014
JUNE 2014
JULY 2014
AUGUST 2014
SEPTEMBER 2014
OCTOBER 2014
NOVEMBER 2014
DECEMBER 2014
February 23, 2014
Let it begin (again)!
February 23, 2014
Today I pick up Kaylen Krebsbach, my tour manager/warm-up artist/merch woman, from a Vipassana center after her first sit, and can hardly wait. Come welcome Kaylen to the tour TONIGHT! Side Street Studio Arts, 15 Ziegler Ct., Elgin, IL, 6pm
February 17, 2014
Away We Go
February 17, 2014
Today I move into the tour van for three months… Here goes everything.
Details are added daily to www.buddywakefield.com/tour-info (keep an eye on Boulder, CO changes soon).
Find the date nearest to you and come over. It’s been too long.
February 1, 2014
Day One
February 1, 2014
Happy 60th Birthday to my mom!
Months ago I rediscovered an old cassette tape of 5 songs Mom recorded when she was around 28-years old.
Some questioning revealed that she had saved up her money for a pianist and 1 hour of studio time.
They quickly moved from song to song.
There were no do-overs and she had no experience in the studio.
The result is a talented, moving, catchy and deeply authentic work.
Thanks to producer deluxe, Jon Berardi, we got the delicate 1/4″ reel-to-reel transferred to CD and mastered.
Stephen Snook came quick with the layout direction
and Bill Jonas executed.
The title of the release is from Steve.
It’s his favorite sentence by a southerner.
It comes from advice Mom gave to Aunt Tina when Aunt Tina’s county was on fire
and she didn’t know what to pack before leaving…
“Well, Sister, you just pack like you’re packin’ for a hurricane!”
Mom’s in the front room having a listen to her birthday gift,
a raw and honest version of herself from 32 years ago.
If she gives the thumbs up we’re gonna release the CD for fun.
Today is officially Day One of
Riled Up and Wasted On Light – Buddy Wakefield’s 2014-15 World Tour (Skipping Chechnya)
What great company to be in at the starting line.
Thank you, Mom, for 39 years of support, guidance and friendship.
Happy Birthday. Good on goodness for you.
See y’all tonight in Houston.
For daily updates to the world tour schedule please visit
www.buddywakefield.com/tour-info.
Note the Spokane, WA date change since the last update,
and the fact that this Monday night February 3rd is filled with nothin’ but
friends and family in AUSTIN!
January 17, 2014
Texas, Minneapolis and Louisiana walk into a bar
January 17, 2014
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS!
In the poem,
there was a pitch black woman dressed in a slow tornado
who carried out the tune of “Pretend” (2000-present) with Huntsville, TX
and The Soul Lifter’s Gospel Choir.
That was with reference to a reviving crew of singers
at a service I regularly visited while attending Sam Houston State University.
I’m pretty sure they have no idea I exist
but I can hardly wait to see if they’ll join me
at my first and only show at SHSU since I graduated in 1997.
Also, AUSTIN, NEW ORLEANS, LAFAYETTE and MINNEAPOLIS are added February dates on the Riled Up and Wasted On Light world tour! “So is Illinois,” Spoke Anne Montana… (awful… forgive me that far reach… too far).
All ticket links are on www.buddywakefield.com/tour-info.
Details are updated daily as they roll in.
February 1, 2014 Texas Yoga Conference, Houston, TX
February 3, 2014 with Derrick Brown, Woody Hill and the Pillow Princess, and Anis Mojgani at The North Door, 502 Brushy St, Austin, TX, 7:30pm
February 4, 2014 University Theatre Center’s Showcase Theatre, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, 8pm
February 6, 2014 Hemmerling Gallery of Southern Art, 733 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, 7:30pm (tickets at door only)
AFTERNOON SHOW! February 7, 2014 Lafayette Science Museum, 433 Jefferson Street, Lafayette, LA, 2pm
February 16, 2014 The Bartlett, 228 West Sprague Avenue, Spokane, WA, 8:15pm
February 17, 2014 public workshop, Spokane, WA details TBA
February 18, 2014 Northern Idaho College, 100 West Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID, 7pm (noon workshop)
February 19, 2014 Missoula, MT, details TBA
February 20, 2014 Machinery Row, 202 2nd Avenue South #103, Great Falls, MT, 8pm
February 22, 2014 The Poet’s Room at Keiran’s Irish Pub, 85 6th Street N, Minneapolis, MN, 7pm
February 23, 2014 Naperville, IL, details TBA
January 17, 2014
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS!
In the poem,
there wa...
January 17, 2014
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS!
In the poem,
there was a pitch black woman dressed in a slow tornado
who carried out the tune of “Pretend” (2000-present) with Huntsville, TX
and The Soul Lifter’s Gospel Choir.
That was with reference to a reviving crew of singers
at a service I regularly visited while attending Sam Houston State University.
I’m pretty sure they have no idea I exist
but I can hardly wait to see if they’ll join me
at my first and only show at SHSU since I graduated in 1997.
Also, AUSTIN, NEW ORLEANS, LAFAYETTE and MINNEAPOLIS are added February dates on the Riled Up and Wasted On Light world tour! “So is Illinois,” Spoke Anne Montana… (awful… forgive me that far reach… too far).
All ticket links are on www.buddywakefield.com/tour-info.
Details are updated daily as they roll in.
February 1, 2014 Texas Yoga Conference, Houston, TX
February 3, 2014 with Derrick Brown, Woody Hill and the Pillow Princess, and Anis Mojgani at The North Door, 502 Brushy St, Austin, TX, 7:30pm
February 4, 2014 University Theatre Center’s Showcase Theatre, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, 8pm
February 6, 2014 Hemmerling Gallery of Southern Art, 733 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, 7:30pm (tickets at door only)
AFTERNOON SHOW! February 7, 2014 Lafayette Science Museum, 433 Jefferson Street, Lafayette, LA, 2pm
February 16, 2014 The Bartlett, 228 West Sprague Avenue, Spokane, WA, 8:15pm
February 17, 2014 public workshop, Spokane, WA details TBA
February 18, 2014 Northern Idaho College, 100 West Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID, 7pm (noon workshop)
February 19, 2014 Missoula, MT, details TBA
February 20, 2014 Machinery Row, 202 2nd Avenue South #103, Great Falls, MT, 8pm
February 22, 2014 The Poet’s Room at Keiran’s Irish Pub, 85 6th Street N, Minneapolis, MN, 7pm
February 23, 2014 Naperville, IL, details TBA
January 16, 2014
The Associate
January 14, 2014
The Brittish woman in this photo
showed up to The Northwest School in Seattle yesterday
claiming to be my “associate” to students and staff
while I presented workshops with no knowledge of her presence on campus.
She was allowed to roam freely.
After classes I noticed being slightly stalked
(if not just strangely distracted) by her ostentatious presence.
When I tried to leave campus alone she caught up to me
and asked if I would take her picture.
When I held the camera up she had it on video already
and began to strike curious poses; somewhere between sexy and Martin Short.
I recognized that I was being played somehow
but stayed calm and did not react,
specifically and genuinely thinking, “Lady you got nothin’.
I’m friends with Nichole Appel Cole [official member of The Daremaster Squires].
I’m gonna let you have this for a minute
until I decide most effective table-turning/exit strategy.”
The poses continued.
She was wearing sunglasses at night and finally peeled them off.
It was actually Nichole Appel Cole
all the way from Lincoln, IL on my first job of 2014.
Hugest smile. Total disbelief. Perfect timing. Belly laughter. Great dinner.
Thank goodness for your work bringing you as far as Tacoma, woman,
and God bless you for making up the difference.
January 11, 2014
A Little Ditty Called Happiness
January 11, 2014
Was it really 18 years ago I wrote this song?
I’m not talking to you, I’m talking to my prunes.
Thank you kindly to username Taunie65 who made this years ago
as a school project I believe.
Just rediscovered it.
January 10, 2014
Juneau you know
January 10, 2014
My heart is so warmed up to see y’all, Shona and Suzanne.
Thank you for making this happen
January 24th for Woosh Kinaadeiyí at Silverbow Bakery, 120 2nd Street, Juneau, AK, 6:30pm
and
January 25th at Hangar Ballroom, 2 Marine Way, Juneau, 8pm, 21+ TICKETS
January 7, 2014
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