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Thursday, May 18, 2006
Play it forward
On Monday evening I met Danny and Pierce at Riley Park; we sat in the late sun and I played songs with my guitar. They planted the Play it Forward seed in my head, and an idea has grown.
Monday I sat outside all day. It was great! The sun was free in the sky the entire day, and I sunburned for the first time since returning to Canada! I was reading Fast Food Nation on a bench on a hill, overlooking Sunnyside, Kensington, and downtown Calgary, while viewing the Rocky Mountains in the clear distance.
After dinner I took my guitar to Riley Park and played, alone on a bench. Soon Danny and Pierce joined me and chilled in the grass, listening. Danny thought to give me an illegitimate copy of Calexico's CD, Feasts of Wire - he figured I might like some of the music. I'm not an advocate of illegitimate copies, but I took the CD. We all agreed that I should pass the CD onwards, so that someone else could hear it.
Danny and Pierce spoke of the Play it Forward concept, where you listen to the CD and then pass it onwards for the next person to hear it. We wanted to implement this process with the Calexico CD, but we chose not to since it is an illegitimate copy.
I decided to initiate Play it Forward with my CD, Seventeen Oh-Two Oh-Six, and Danny has agreed to be the first participant! Please see the link(s) below for furthur information.
Related Links:
Play it Forward
-- Back to http://www.jesserivest.com/
Monday I sat outside all day. It was great! The sun was free in the sky the entire day, and I sunburned for the first time since returning to Canada! I was reading Fast Food Nation on a bench on a hill, overlooking Sunnyside, Kensington, and downtown Calgary, while viewing the Rocky Mountains in the clear distance.
After dinner I took my guitar to Riley Park and played, alone on a bench. Soon Danny and Pierce joined me and chilled in the grass, listening. Danny thought to give me an illegitimate copy of Calexico's CD, Feasts of Wire - he figured I might like some of the music. I'm not an advocate of illegitimate copies, but I took the CD. We all agreed that I should pass the CD onwards, so that someone else could hear it.
Danny and Pierce spoke of the Play it Forward concept, where you listen to the CD and then pass it onwards for the next person to hear it. We wanted to implement this process with the Calexico CD, but we chose not to since it is an illegitimate copy.
I decided to initiate Play it Forward with my CD, Seventeen Oh-Two Oh-Six, and Danny has agreed to be the first participant! Please see the link(s) below for furthur information.
Related Links:
Play it Forward
-- Back to http://www.jesserivest.com/
