Totally?

So the good people of Total Fest are slowly leaking the bands that will be playing this year's 9th annual Montucky DIY music fest!
And people...it's looking SO good!

Here's what I suggest - stop over to the Total Blog and have a look!
Want a teaser? THRONES is playing!
Yes, Joe Preston! The guy that's been associated with a million great bands that you love!

So, here's the link to the Total Blog!

Start making your plans! A late summer trip to Missoula is good for your soul!

For Totes

Total Fest IX: Open for Submissions (taken directly from the Total Blog)

Total Fest IX will break loose from its cage August 19-21, 2010 in majestic Missoula, MT. We've officially opened the submission floodgates. We'll consider bands, one -person acts, special performance art outfits and the like. We're officially a music festival, but like creativity in all its forms.

To submit, we need a few things from you:

1.) A good recording, CDRs are fine, of three or four songs that best represent your band. Once CD is fine. Electronic submissions are a hassle for us, so don't email us sayin, "just go to our myspace, dude. It's all there". We are old, traditional, luddites who like the U.S. Mail, CD players and tactile experiences.

2.) Some type of paragraph explaining your deal. Who you are, where you live, whether or not you like Hawkwind. We don't need a long list of the bands you've played with, but if a decent writer has written about your band, that's a helpful thing for us to have.

3.) Good contact information for you (i.e. a phone and email address).

4.) Your patience. We will listen to everything we get, discuss it, give it a fair shake and decide upon the bands and artists that most help us with our mission of Totality. Totally. Thank you.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 2, 2010.
Send to:
Wantage USA Attn: Total Fest IX Submissions
P.O. Box 8681
Missoula, MT, 59807

Don't Give Up On The Dream, Don't Give Up On The Wanting

To say it was a bad week...would be an exaggeration.
I thought it would be bad, but it wasn't.

And when my sweet sister called me to meet her in Frisco, I decided I'd had enough of Denver for a day.

Have you been to Frisco? If you haven't, you should go...especially if you live in Denver.
It's LITERALLY 67 miles away and it's lovely!

Well, the weather wasn't exactly lovely when I was leaving Denver, but I was enjoying the somber peace of the foggy white scene.

I know it's dangerous, but I like taking pictures while I'm driving.
Sure beats freezing your ass off on the side of the road.

And surprisingly, after I got in the mountains...the sun started to peek through the mist.


Well, it took a while, but grey skies...

Turned blue...

And I was imbued with a breath of fresh air.
Mother nature is cathartic.

The road can heal you...writers and poets have always talked about the journey.
I'm learning about mine.

It can be kind of lonely.

Still, if you're moving forward...you're leaving some of the journey behind.


I went to the top of Loveland Pass.

My adorable sister dragged me up there and I realized that this moment with the wind, cold and brutal, chapping our faces was more important than what I left behind in Denver.

We took a hurried moment to reflect on the scenery...

The air is thin up there and we breathed deep.

It's pristine and severe.

But it's constant...it keeps on unabated.

I'm into that.

And when we were done wandering around...we threw back some micro-brews at my sister's fave brewery!


Thanks, sister! How lucky I am...
Thank you for rescuing me!