FTP'd Up

My blog is totally FTP’d up at the moment. It seems to be delaying my postings by at least a couple days and then posting them at random. I’ve completely lost my patience with Yahoo Web Hosting and once I make a back-up of my site, I am relocating to have Blogger provide the hosting.

So what have I been up to this week?

Tuesday – William Gibson Reading
Despite the threat of drowning in the rain, I took the bus to the U-dist to see one of my favorite living authors, William Gibson. It was his paperback tour for a book of his I bought in hardcover last year, but I’ve never been to a Gibson reading before and didn’t want to pass up the opportunity. I’m glad I braved the elements and the crazies on the bus (I didn't even know that beards could dreadlock). I used Twitter to micro-blog throughout the reading, hiding my Blackberry behind a bookshelf so that Gibson wouldn’t think I was ignoring him. I like using Twitter during readings as I can capture quotes I would have otherwise forgotten. A few that didn’t get into the Twitter posts that I’m qoting to the best of my memory.
On Cyberpunk – “Cyberpunk is now just a pantone chip in the palette of pop culture.”
On Steampunk – “I love the aesthetics of Steampunk… Brass filigree laptops… My only complaint is they look too new, not like they were built back then… Carry the parts around in your pocket a few weeks with some change and screws to give them that well-worn look.”

Thursday – Joy Wants Eternity
Shane and I went all the way to Ballard to see Joy Wants Eternity play. Sal’s one of the guitarists in the band as well as a bartender with Shane at the Summit, so there were a lot of the usual suspects from the Summit present. Shane was disappointed that all but one of his posse (me) had been too tired to go out that night. We missed the first band, Machete, but the second band, El Ten Eleven, was freaking amazing. It was reminiscent of some 80’s electro bands with modern alterna-rock overtones. Joy Wants Eternity was incredible. I just can’t describer how good they sound live. My ears are still ringing.