Best of Maux Dreams, Pt. XIX: Dish Towel Guitar

Last night I had a dream that Thomas was throwing a birthday party for himself, at which he was going to play a concert. He asked me to back him up on acoustic guitar. Since he was going to be playing all Oriole Post songs*, which in my dream I knew all the guitar parts too, I happily accepted. So we get on stage and he hands me a stack of dishtowels and a small piece of cardboard. It was evident to me that I was to use the cardboard as a pick to strum the dishtowels**. This was awkward at first, but to my surprise it actually produced a lovely acoustic sound.

And the crowd went wild. (Okay that part didn't actually happen in my dream, or probably I just don't remember it.)

*This is strange, first, because Thomas is not in Oriole Post, rather he is in The Model Congress.

**Toby suggested that the dish towel guitar symbolizes my lost dream of being a rock star, which has been replaced by being a wife. Maybe?

Silver City

The fantastic ensemble that is Oriole Post recorded their first studio album in the Spring of this year. As of today, Silver City is now available online! Congratulations to these dear friends and excellent musicians.

A hard copy of this lovely album will be available in coming weeks. But for now, head on over to Amazon.com and download the mp3 version, it will be well worth it!

This Is It

People. Go see Michael Jackson's "This Is It" whether you like it or not. That's an order.

It's still in theaters, despite the initial statements that it would only be out for 2 weeks. I guess that was just a ploy.

Fair warning, before you see it make sure to have a sweet MJ mix ready to play when you get home, because you'll be dying to have an MJ dance party immediately thereafter.

And for those of you who don't like MJ, one reviewer said about the film, "This film will make people who joked on him in the past ashamed of what they said about him." Humble yourselves.

I'd like to tell you many more of the reasons that I think you should go see it, but doesn't MJ speak for himself? Just go! 'Nuff said!!

Orphan Sunday/His Voice for Sudan

A couple of my dear friends, Amber & Vernon, head up an organization called His Voice for Sudan. They have worked with local Sudanese in Yei, Sudan to start several orphanages that have become home to over 200 children and 30 widows. Not only do they have a home, but they also receive an education there. It's a great work and is totally sustainable because it's totally run by locals. Love it.

So, today is "Orphan Sunday". There are 143,000,000 orphans in the world, and 500,000 of them are in Southern Sudan alone. I'm really proud of His Voice for working so hard to provide a better life for some of these brothers and sisters. May we all do what we can to provide for the orphans of the world, even if just one.

His Voice for Sudan from Amber Burger on Vimeo.

Discrimination complaint against Power & Light district

It's about time somebody in this city has stepped up to bring down Power & Light's horribly discriminatory and racist "dress code" policies. Good luck to those of you who are trying. (However, for the record, a change in these policies would not entice me to want to go there any more than I already do. Which is not at all.)

Read article here.

Happy Halloween/Threw it on the ground

My nephew covered a Andy Samberg video from SNL to celebrate Halloween:

Here's the original video, which is hilarious:


Here's my nephew's "Halloween Remix":

Op-Ed by Bono on Obama's Nobel

Well those of you know me at all (or have read my blog at all) know that two of my favorite political figures are Bono and Pres. Obama, while the political issue closest to my heart is development in Sub-Saharan Africa. And so an article like this one is right up my alley. Please read.