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Tuesday, October 18th, 2005
_1:35 pm_[boblovesmusic]	Oh please!! Dear The Bobs, You might remember a high school senior fan emailing you three years ago asking to interview you for a senior paper on a cappella’s popularity in college. You might also remember talking to this senior on the phone while you were driving to your latest gig. I certainly haven’t forgotten. In case you might’ve forgotten (which I wouldn’t blame you), my name is Wren, and three years ago I was honored to be able to discuss a topic that we both shared interest in. Also three years ago, you played Purple Haze for my friend Elyse at your concert at the Somerville Theater. She still talks about that concert with great enthusiasm and joy. I hope did remember to send you the completed paper. If I haven’t, I’ll be sure to send it your way with an apology. Anyways, the main reason for emailing you is that I would like to work with you as an intern for the months of January and February. At Bennington College, the school I currently attend in Vermont, the students are required to participate in internships during those months as a way to gain work experience (and to get away from the chilly winters that Vermont is famous for). This program is called Field Work Term, or FWT for short. I would like to spend my FWT working as an intern with you. Since our last conversation, I have gained much in work experience. My first year at Bennington, I originally worked for the record studio that records Eminem and his various posse in Detroit, Michigan. Eventually I found myself working at the record label connected to the studio helping to promote such artists as King Gordy, a hip hop artist, and The Romantics, a rock group that was trying to make a comeback. That was an amazing experience I can tell you. Last year, I had the good fortune to work in Austin, Texas, with a non-profit organization called Texas Folklife Resources. We collaborated on producing a gospel/spiritual a cappella concert at Huston-Tillotson College. The various jobs I was involved in getting this thing off the ground included promotion of the concert at the other local colleges, contacting radio and TV stations, helping to design flyers and posters, getting lunch for the office, shlepping everything and anything, providing tech support (I setup the office with wireless internet all by myself, thus saving the office hundreds of dollars), and I’m quite good on Photoshop. The fruit of our labor, the concert, was a once in a lifetime success. I was witness to quite possibly the first fusion of traditional Jewish music and traditional African-American spirituals. This past summer, I had the amazing fortune to catalogue and archive important historical documents for Club Passim, which I believe you might have performed at one point. One of the highlights of that experience was holding in my hands unpublished Bob Dylan lyrics, which were written at the home of the executive director of Club Passim, Betsy Siggins. The next logical step in my internships is to follow a group on tour and see how that aspect of the music world works. I’m hoping you’d enjoy having an eager, music loving, hardworking, upperclassman from a liberal arts college working for you. I have a very reliable 89 Toyota Camry, experienced and perfect for any job. As mentioned before, I have skills in the digital realm, and of course I love a cappella music. Since our last encounter, I have had the pleasure of performing Georgian folk singing as well as a rearranged version of Monteverdi’s Orfeo. As I write this email, I am late for rehearsal for a Meredith Monk performance piece called A Celebratory Service. I hope that we can work something out. Included in this email is my resume if you are interested.Sincerely, Wren Leader (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, September 15th, 2005
_8:22 pm_[giganticpants]	BOOYA FIRST TO JOIN AND POST (other than Wren, but that's kind of a given) Here's their version of Helter Skelter, sent to me by dear WrenCurrent Mood: excited (2 Comments |Comment on this)
_12:01 pm_[boblovesmusic]	The Bobs doing a Minnesota Public Radio plug (Comment on this)
_8:33 am_[boblovesmusic]	Artist: The BobsSong: Slow Down, Krishna------------------------------------------------------------------------------(c) 1990 Gunnar Madsen and Richard Greene, Best of Breed Music (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.------------------------------------------------------------------------------Slow down, Krishna, slow downYour red Trans Am goes way too fastSlow down, Krishna, slow downOr your current life may be your lastKrishna is a holy manAn example to us allIt’s curious the choice he madeWhen he bought a car last fallWe sent him out to buy a busTo carry us aroundWhat a big surprise it wasTo hear that throaty soundHe drove up in a new Trans AmWith windows tinted blackSeats like buckets, leather brassiereBut there is no room in backNo, there is no room in backSlow down, Krishna, slow downYour red Trans Am goes way too fastSlow down, Krishna, slow downOr your current life may be your lastKrishna is a humble manHe’s quiet and reservedBut when he gets behind the wheelWe all become un-nervedA ride with Krishna is a testOf faith in the hereafterHe squeals his tires and passes rightAnd then he howls with laughterOh, Krishna, stop your laughterSlow down, Krishna, slow downYour red Trans Am goes way too fastSlow down, Krishna, slow downOr your current life may be your lastHe says he’s rolling to NirvanaLeaving behind all earthly desiresKrishna, Krishna, can’t you see?You can’t get to heaven on T/A tiresIn meetings as we meditateWe hear that sound a-screechingKrishna, please, your car alarmIt interrupts the teachingKrishna says we should enjoyOur time upon this planetBut while we wear our sandals thinHe’s driving round with JanetOh, Krishna, who is Janet?Slow down, Krishna, slow downYour red Trans Am goes way too fastSlow down, Krishna, slow downOr your current life may be your last (Comment on this)