Kathleen's Page of Things

This is a page full of miscellaneous things that don't fit into any of my pages.

I'm Kathleen. I'm 23 and I live in Charm City, otherwise known as Baltimore, the best city to live in I've ever seen. It has everything you need; a plethora of eating and drinking establishments, very friendly people, and a horrible public trasportation system (read: something every city needs; something to complain about). I live in Bolton Hill, one of Baltimore's neatest neighborhoods. I grew up in Sykesville, MD. I was pleased to learn recently that my high school now has a web page.

This is supposed to be a page full of things I enjoy in my spare time, but like so many others who have the priviledge of enjoying what they do for a living, I have to admit that my work in live sound reinforcement is closely related to many of my hobbies. I enjoy going to see bands play at some of the smaller clubs in Baltimore and Washington, DC. Speaking of bands, go visit The Roadside Prophets' page; they're good friends of mine and even though they're not very well known yet they're getting better. Soon they'll have moved out of the Hyatt's East Side/EJ Bugs Saloon circuit they've been playing on a semi-regular basis and break into the big time (open mic night at the 8 x 10). Another band I try to get out to see when they're in town is Babe the Blue Ox. They're this great trio with amazingly heavy music combined with lighthearted lyrics.. coming soon to a grubby punk club near you!

Regarding music, I think all types are my favorite. I'm even starting to despise country less than I did before. As I type this page, I'm listening to a broadcast of Verdi's Don Carlos on WBJC. In addition to classical I enjoy a range of artists:

Indigo Girls: I have two kinds of favorite bands: the 'oh wow isn't this new and exciting' kind and the kind that have enjoyed that status and endured with it for years and years. The Indigo Girls represent that second kind perfectly. This page is part of the Indigo Web Ring, which (theoretically) links to all of the really good IG pages.
They Might Be Giants: You have to love TMBG. You just have to. Unless you're horribly square, you just have got to love them. You can't not love them. Physically. Every night, baby.
Tori Amos: This is one of several millions (really!) of pages on the web regarding Tori Amos, whom I see as a great musician and lyricist, but it's one of the more comprehensive resources, and text-friendlier than most.

By the way, I'm really into radio, both broadcast and amateur radio. WRNR is probably the best radio station in the country, at least the best I've ever heard. They're on FM 103.1 based out of Annapolis, MD, but the web site has a RealAudio simulcast, so go check them out. I'm also a big fan of National Public Radio, although I regret to say that at this time I am not a member. 88.1 WJHU is the local NPR station. I'm also a fan of 98 Rock, not because I'm really into White Zombie and Bush, but because I was raised on the station. And every once in a while, you'll hear some classics of my high-school days (Guns n Roses, etc.)

Last summer, Jon and I went to Burning Man, an immediatist gathering in the desert of Nevada. It'll was our first time there; this year we'd like to bring along our Museum of Outdated Computer Technology, so people can play Atari, Apple, and Intellivision games as part of a theme camp.

Reading is something I do an awful lot of in my "spare time" (insert fancy canned laughter sound clip here). Adbusters is a publication that does some really great work in making known the exploits of the multinationals. Cybertek, a zine published by Thomas Icom, is chock-full o' good stuff for the little survivalist in all of us.

Everybody else has a link to them, so I guess I better do it too. Amazon Books sells every book currently in print, but I've never bought anything from them. There are two local outlets for printed material I prefer to do business with: Atomic Books, down on Charles Street, which specializes in underground, subversive, and otherwise difficult-to-find new material, and Normal's Books, which is in Waverly, which sells used books, records, and CD's, as well as local amateur publications. There's also See Hear, a swell fanzine place in the east village of New York City.