CBGB'S

This weekend CBGB's is finally closing.
i am really very saddened by this, for both the NY music scene and for personal nostalic reasons. When i was a kid, i got 5 bux allowance. That was enough cash to take the bus to the S.I. ferry, get to NYC, walk to the Village, $3.00 to get in to CB's to see the show, with 25 cents left over for the return trip on the ferry.
There would be at least 3 bands on the bill - usually more. i saw some of the most amazing punk and hardcore bands play, from all over the world. i was there every weekend for about 10 years.
It was on the stage there, at my VERY first concert ever that i saw my Master for the first time. Who knew we'd still be together? He played there many, many times with a number of different bands. We made friends with some of the sound men and used to get them to tape concerts off the sound board for us. (where are those tapes now???)
i got my first black eye there, in the mosh pit. (because Sir jumped off the stage and kicked me in the eye.... ahh, the early S.M. blossoming of youth!) i carried Sir and a bunch of friends in the pit on my shoulders (chicken slam!)
i, myself, sang on that stage with one of Sir's bands. So, yeah - CBGB's closing is a very personal thing.
i read that Hilly is going to take everything, including the urinals with him and re-open in Las Vegas. i hope he does it, i really do. It won't be the same (nothing in life ever is, i've discovered) but let it become a huge entity with financial backing and pray that the powers that be stick to the spirit of feeding new music, discovering new bands and keeping some dreams alive.

GMSMA

Tomorrow Sir and i are presenting for GMSMA in NYC. i am pretty excited about this. Some people on the board seemed to have really done a lot of lobbying to get me accepted to the panel. i am blown away by their acceptance of me.

Also, the New York boys of Leather are sending a hoard of boys down to support us! Whoo Hooo! i love those guys! It'll be nice to have those friendly faces in the crowd.

Off to do Sir's boots. Hopefully i'll have enough time to give mine the once over. Why are the slaves boots always lacking a fine shine? (don't answer that, i know the answer... LOL)

Philly & flowers, perfect together

Few things are as gratifying as getting a beautiful array of flowers after doing a presentation for a GREAT and responsive group of people. Man, i love Philly!

(Did i mention i love blogging with my camera phone also?)

**just to flesh out the post: Our hosts were amazing! Great job promoting the presentation, the Darkside was amazing and very accommodating, (i wanna go back there to play!) the table of baked goods and home-made candies were astounding. Dinner at Lord Brick's - delish! i *love* a Master who can cook! :-)
Over all, the day was just perfect. A+

Faithful Readers

To all my faithful readers:

my apologies for not writing for quite some time. i am going through a lot of emotional difficulty and this is not the forum to discuss it in. It's too public a space and the M/s world is just too small. 

my main focus right now is myself and other than that, there's just not a lot to write about. i've concurrently demolished my studio - i figure that throwing out the un-necessary was a good way to make me feel better. It's helped greatly and now having easy access to my materials is making it easier for me to work. Unfortunately, i feel all dried up and uninspired! Ah, well - i'm sure my bliss will come back to me soon. Maybe i'll put up some "Reward: Lost Bliss" signs in the neighborhood. That seems to work well for the return of cats and dogs.

Life is change, is it not?