Hello world. It’s been over a month since I posted about being laid off from work. Don’t worry about me, I’m doing well – I’ve been quiet because I’ve been so busy with my new business. (My first client wanted me to start ASAP, so I ended up having only a week off.) I’ll tell you all about it in a bit, but that can wait. This can’t.
http://30hourday.org/
This Friday and Saturday, a unique event is taking place here in Portland and online around the world called 30 Hour Day. It’s essentially an online telethon; 30 continuous hours of live streamed content to raise money for worthy causes. The really innovative part is that the content is being made available through a Creative Commons license, and people around the world are encouraged to use it to raise donations for their own local charities. It’s the first worldwide (yet locally relevant) online telethon, and it’s happening this weekend.
I’m excited and honored to be a part as my band No Good Jones is closing out the variety show on Saturday from 5:20pm to 6pm PST. If you only have an hour to spare this weekend, be sure to check out the feed at http://30hourday.org/ during that time. :)
Click here to RSVP our gig on Facebook.
We’ll be playing a set that is mostly instrumental, and we figured watching us stand there playing wouldn’t be all that interesting to watch on the online broadcast. So we’ve commissioned some artists who will be doing their thing alongside us while we play live. They’ll be under the gun to complete their works of art in the half hour of our set, which should be entertaining in of itself. At the end of the set we’ll auction off their artwork to raise more money for charity.
The artists collaborating in our cacophony include:
Jamie Edwards, Weiden+Kennedy
Gary Herd, Cry of the Wolf
Laura Spitze, Solution Film
Rai Villanueva
No Good Jones will be making their contributions to the American Diabetes Association and their Stop Diabetes initiative. Diabetes affects friends and family including our band mate Jeffrey’s son Reese, who was diagnosed with diabetes in June. Let’s do something about it.
For whatever cause matters to you, please take some time Friday or Saturday to participate. Enjoy the entertainment, pledge a few bucks, bid on an auction item… take a load off, get cozy with your computer, and make a difference. I’ll crank the amp to 11 just for you.