Today: Internet Radio. Tomorrow: The World!

I'm being interviewed on http://www.centralvalleytalk.com/ today around 4 or 5pm.

You should check it out. I'm probably going to talk about the new band or the jazz band or politics or something. It's all good.

So check it out!

Kyle and Nicole's DC Inauguration Extravaganza! Video Two

Kyle And Nicole's Inauguration Extravaganza Day 2.

Or for the youtube cats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZqRcYbRs9E

Kyle and Nicole's DC Inauguration Extravaganza! Video One

Here's the first video from the trip:

Kyle And Nicole's Inauguration Extravaganza Day 1.

Or for the youtube cats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AmpQQMZqWw

Last night's gig…

…was awesome! I had a great time and I think everyone there did too!

Here's pictures from the gig:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylelowe/sets/72157612905981431/

And here's some video from the gig:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLiuVUpL9tY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCpGXGl_438

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOMe_QiqPOM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7DT0APHYyQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBoJKja1dJY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY_UpwOl2Os

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywyEdOLQtWg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANRQJBjE4EY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjiyIQooHVY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtkyRINFCjk

Ulysses

Awesome.



I can't wait until Tuesday.

I'm uploading some videos from the gig last night right now! I'll post when they're up!

Christmas Pics

I got kinda caught up in the inauguration and didn't upload the the Christmas pictures. So here they are:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylelowe/sets/72157612859843775/

GIG TOMORROW!

Tomorrow in Hanford my band (currently untitled, but sort of going by Bazil the Great) is playing with my cousin's band Kill Mike Love.

Here's a little flyer I made for it:

Kyle and Nicole's DC Inauguration Extravaganza! Epilogue

I'm back home, in my mostly comfy computer chair and pondering about the past five days. It was an amazing experience. Nicole and I were very lucky and in very good fortune since the inception of the plan to go to Washington DC back in November.

It all began with Nicole telling me that she wanted to go and then it snowballed into me being told I was considered for tickets from my congressman to booking a package flight and hotel. I thank and am extremely grateful to everyone who supported us in going and I am humbled by the experience that I received while attending.

Usually I have something witty to say or some sort of quip, but for this post all I have is a warm heart to pour out in gratitude. Thank you and goodnight.







PS. I got my new glasses today:

Kyle and Nicole's DC Inauguration Extravaganza! Part 5

The big day arrived! We got up and out about 7:30am and hit the metro. The station near the hotel wasn't bad, there were just a few more people there than usual. As we got closer to the capitol, the cars got super full and people were packed like sardines.

When we got off the metro about 8am there was already a sea of people crowding the streets of the capitol. We realized we had to walk all the way around the capitol to get to our entrance. We found a line to our entrance and followed it all the way around a block to the end. When we got into line, we met a red capped volunteer (all the volunteers wore special red caps to stand out) and he said that the block wrapping line was bogus and led to nowhere. He led us and a few hundred other people to the actual entrance and we were in in under an hour (very much unlike the people who had arrived at 4am and created a bogus line).

We were two hours early and found a spot to sit and relax for a bit. About 10-10:30am the US Marine band began to play and slightly entertain the 2million+ crowd. Important political figure heads began to file out of the capitol around 11am. The crowd cheered for Jimmy Carter and some booed for Bush Sr. and everyone cheered again for the Clintons and then many booed again for Bush Jr. When the Obama family emerged on the jumbotrons, the crowd went crazy. The (positive) mob mentality was humongous.

The ceremony was very straight forward. very much like all the other swearing in ceremonies that I've seen before, but Obama's speech was very interesting. He spoke with humility, humbleness and a very prepared mentality for the very difficult job ahead of him. The full transcript of his speech is on the Huffington Post. I highly recommend reading it over. The actual event was very emotional and reading his words over again is well worth it:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/20/president-obamas-inaugura_n_159370.html

Few of my pictures from yesterday turned out and the only pictures I ended up uploading to flickr are of a little photo shoot Nicole and I did while waiting for the event to begin. None of my pictures of the jumbotrons turned out nor was I happy with my photos of the crowds. Here's the slim pickings from yesterday:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylelowe/sets/72157612830041500/

Kyle and Nicole's DC Inauguration Extravaganza! Part 4

I'm posting this evening because we're going to have a very early morning tomorrow.

Today was pretty short and sweet. We went out to the Longworth House Office Building to pick up the tickets for the inauguration. Then later we went to a Safeway to get food and sustenance for the long day ahead.

Here's some pictures from today:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylelowe/sets/72157612723847133/