I AM PREPARING to fly, in two days, to Denver, where I will attend the Democratic National Convention as an officially credentialed blogger. Yours truly will be hefting his mighty black videocamera and swiftly whipping out his slim and classy iPhone in hopes of capturing bits and pieces of all the action to send back home to thee. Then, on September 1, I’m off to St. Paul to cover the RNCC.
UPDATE: This post does have a distinguished fotograph or two, not to mention very salacious suggestions on what albums you should be playing, but if you want a clear, thorough, updated list on how to stay in touch whilst I be doing the DNC and RNC gigs, please see here.
The Denver Pepsi Center, by bartlec
AND JUST LIKE THAT, Denver is upon us! Wow. So let me get on in here and recap, as i’ve been away from our little stucco joint for the last few days (thanks for keeping things funky around here; the gold shag did not escape my notice!)
Your humble narrator (whoa, that was a good one though I almost choked getting it out) has been selected/accepted/extractamented as an officially credentialed blogger covering the 2008 Democratic National Convention Center extravaganza this year. I hear all the riot cops are really looking forward to the whole thing, as well as the local…trees. Look at that picture. It seems not much exists in Denver aside from this building. I KID! Please. Joking. Clearly there is some kind of tower on the far right as well as a bridge center left.
Anyway, I’m going as official videographer (and all-around-good-time-blogger) with the Culture Kitchen Clashionista team, which also includes the funktastic web guerrillera Liza Sabater (who put the deal through) and the man with prose and insight like a well-honed and time-tested blade, Kai Chang de la Zuky.
Checking my emails and such I see that at some point I will be lunching with Howard Dean? Is that brunch or lunch? This must be resolved. And I sure hope Mister Dean is a good cook.
I think even more exciting than that will be the Special Side Journey and I’m Sure Very Enjoyable Evening with Friends of Kai’s. Stay tuned for that!
Some other junk, too. Special access tix to Big Tents or Digg Tents or Pig Pens as well as a Culturekitchen cocktail party or something magical, I don’t know! Come along, we’ll play it by ear. Basically, I am bringing my 35mm DSLR, and my good videocamera and my sound recorder, too. And Im going to be ready for anything that goes down around me. If I’m not too busy carrying it all.
Anyway, to sort of echo or affirm Kai’s post, I too am approaching this thing with a relaxed (except for the airplane) and unpretentious and unworried lean. That’s the great thing about getting access or voice when you were doing your thing; not altering or bending your voice to get that position. You get to stay who you are doing what you do. You are not in a strange element pretending to be something you are not.
Well, not to say that when I post for the Kenneth Cole AWEARNESS blog in my official capacity I will be writing quite the same as right here at UMX. That’s what’s great about being home, man! You just stretch out.
Did you hear that little jingle chime? That didn’t mean turn the page. That was a clue as to where you can find some more of my blognacious utterings during this whole #dnc08 biznass. And gracias to Kenneth Cole for the fine breakfast croissants I will eat in your honor. Tu piedra, it has been said. Tu piedra.
Here is the foto I used for the Kenneth Cole bio. The funny part is that I really didn’t consider this as one of the serious choices. It makes me laugh that it ends up my bio pic. But…the one I was going to use wasn’t preferred by the two people who looked at it and were given a chance to say, so I figured I was missing something. So be it!
I don’t know. I hear “Lunch with Howard Dean” and all I can think is “Frank Zappa. Why isn’t it lunch with Frank Zappa?” But you know what They say. These are the sacrifices required today in supporting this fine political machine we’ve inherited. All I can do to make it right, I think, is hum a snatch of Broken Hearts are for Assholes while supping with the fine and esteemed fellow. (This is actually pretty funny if you try it. Humming that song. Go ahead, I’ll wait.)
Clue #2 I will be dropping some Tweet on the street ovah hyeah. If you are not knowing what The Twitter is, I don’t think you’ll need to worry about it. But if you are on the scene, just request an add (as my updates are protected) and you TOO can stay attuned to fresh nez flyin straight outta #dnc08 (is that the hashmark we are using, people?). If you don’t want to bother with the protected updates/request, you can add my less-used but public twitterstream.) [UPDATE: this link was wrong. I've fixed it.
So! To sum up:
If you wanna hang out and see how things go with me, Kai, Liza and Friends, watch Kenneth Cole AWEARNESS Blog for text (and I hope video), hook up for realtime notes with Twitter, and while I do have a Flickr account, it is mechanically easier to shoot quick pics with my iPhone and upload them to House of Nezua then it is for me to use my 35mm digital camera with Flickr. (Though I will be shooting a lot!) So watch House of Nezua for fotos on the go. (I will also upload iPhone fotos (not a bad lil lens, all things considered) to my Twitter stream. I don't know how viable it will be to use flickr because Kai and I are sharing a laptop for this venture. We won't be able to do everything all the time.
Also watch UMX of course, for at least quick and unpolished blog posts. I won't be hovering over a blog post for five hours. But I will try to shoot out some quick updates.
UPDATE: I have hooked up my iPhone to both Wp blogs, so now it won't be a problem at all to update both, and with pics. Oh yeah! Technology. But if I have time for a couple paragraphs, I will try to hit UMX, once my Kenneth Cole obligation is done (that is first priority; they paid for my plane and hotel!)
Finally, give Sheik Yerbouti a listen. It's a classic album.
Now that that's all done, I do have one final request. I've thrown this out casually before and I'm very grateful to the people that were able to chip in. This time I'll be plain, because the finances are not very casual! They are a bit unnerving, actually. So this request for any last minute donations goes out simply to those who can swing it and feel this shindig and reading along is a worthy cause. (It should also be noted that I am flying to St Paul only two days after I get back from Denver to cover the RNC convention. Talk about memories...)
Anyway and either way, I'm glad to have you reading and I know it will all work out and be a blast. Good to be back, too.
OH, one last thing: if you are in Denver and want to get in touch on the odd chance we'll bump into one another (and even if you already sent me something, email gets buried here quick) send out a simple note with ya info to nlxj[remove this]@theunapologeticmexicanDOTorg. You know. But change the DOT and, oh nevermind. You don’t even know what Twitter is. Sheesh!
Talk soon!
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eh…some people have real visual issues with the design as i guess it does bug out on a few browsers. that makes me annoyed. sorry about that. invisible? wow. thats the worst ive heard yet. agh. maybe the bb pic isnt showing up for you in this text box. yet, i thought i coded the bg a dark colr. its all so damn fickle and annoying. web design. blah
anyway! thank you. i will try. on the fone, tip, let’s talk again soon. 
I am so-oo-oo jealous! Take a lot of photos so that us folks who were left behind can experience it vicariously through you. Have a great time!
I’ll be following y’all and Pam Spaulding for the real deal.
excellent! AND i should add that i now can blog to this blog as well as my House of Nezua blog right from my iPhone, so we have that covered. watch this space!
bint! will be thinking of ya! sending out mucho fotos!!
Hey, glad to see you are off on another adventure.
I just got a check today {I have no visible means of support either, the job culture for me is whatever I cull from the Great Society chaff} and will send off some pesos for the Republican leg of the adventure tomorrow. Please try to stay out of jail while studying the Republican anthropology in St. Paul. You don’t want a repeat of the 2004 NYC Republican freedom to be jailed extravaganza. If the gendarmes should bear down on you in St. Paul, tell them you are working undercover for Lou Dobbs and explain you are promoting the resurgent Aryan
Nation, covering the White Party festivities. Get some fake press credentials that show you as very pale between now and then. And please, no matter what, this trip remember to pack plenty of energy bars. Thrills and chills and hasta luego.
RC you rock bro. thanks for reminder on energy bars. you are so right. talk soon, on the move!
Now that I know what’s happening in Denver I may even follow you at it.
Check the contrast … I heard on the radio the other morning that we might have a fall (that would be fall 2008) federal election. Maybe, maybe not.
ps - that was my favourite one I think, the pic.
Thanks tracy!
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this new format is freaking out my browser, and making everything i type, um, invisible. so i’ll just say that i’m glad i didn’t try to call you this weekend, and that you should have a good time. and take lots of videos/photos.
typos here aren’t my fault, yo?