Loreece Lynn Pentecost, 23, of Old River Winfree, passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2003.
She was born in Baytown on September 8, 1979. After attending Barbers Hill Schools through the 10th grade she graduated with honors from Channelview High School. Upon graduation she received several academic and art scholarships. She attended San Jacinto College North campus and the University of Houston at Clear Lake where she earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in Visual Art and Applied Design and graduated Cum Laude in December of 2002. She was a member of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society. She was an artist and painting and drawing were her passions. She had been battling Lupus for the last five years and used her art to express her experiences with the disease.
This is how I met her
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Since I posted this, a Google search for her name brings this entry up first. I find that pretty awesome. She was an amazing person and I am thankful that I had the chance to know her for those few years. Obviously she was important to you too.
Friday, July 31, 2009
dream about Loreece
I had a dream about Loreece. It was very pleasant and sad at the same time. She and I were playing with children and someone was recording us on a video camera. In this dream I was watching this video just amazed at how incredible of a person she was. At first it was her hopping around pretending to have a hard time putting on a pair of pants. Then I noticed I was in the video too bouncing around. Just silly stuff. She was so beautiful and playful, it was heartbreaking. The video was apparently when we were together and I woke up very sad yet happy to have had the dream.
Her birthday is coming up. She would have been 29.
I had no clue what I had when I was 19. She was like a wispy angel
Her birthday is coming up. She would have been 29.
I had no clue what I had when I was 19. She was like a wispy angel
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Awkward show
So the Paramount thing was just weird.
First off we played 5 songs so the time just disappeared.
Secondly it felt as if we were playing in someones house who did not want us to be there. Little kids covered their ears. Most people just walked by. Pretty funny. A decent amount of our friends showed up so that was cool.
The best was the guy who takes the tickets for people coming to see the movie. He looked to be like 167 years old and had the unfortunate position of being right beside us as we played. Simply put the dude hated our guts. He crammed giant wads of something in his ears and told everyone he could about our infernal racket. Or some other old man phrase representing his disdain.
The problem was we were supposed to play in a different part of the theatre but the high falootin donors decided to throw a party at the last minute and when you donate tens of thousands of dollars to your cause, you let them do whatever the hell they want. So we got relocated downstairs. The whole band felt awkward. No one really got into it.
The plus side is two people bought our EP. A quick $14. Um. Yeah.
Next week will be interesting. We play a place called Shakespeare's which is in a douchebaggy section of Austin but we have huge kick ass speakers we are bringing so we're going to rock the fuck out of those college frat boys and homogeneous sorority chicks.
And by that I mean play Nickleback covers. And start a bar fight. And buy a boat. And call each other brah as in "Hey Brah pass the bong". Or maybe "chief."
Kidding it'll be great.
First off we played 5 songs so the time just disappeared.
Secondly it felt as if we were playing in someones house who did not want us to be there. Little kids covered their ears. Most people just walked by. Pretty funny. A decent amount of our friends showed up so that was cool.
The best was the guy who takes the tickets for people coming to see the movie. He looked to be like 167 years old and had the unfortunate position of being right beside us as we played. Simply put the dude hated our guts. He crammed giant wads of something in his ears and told everyone he could about our infernal racket. Or some other old man phrase representing his disdain.
The problem was we were supposed to play in a different part of the theatre but the high falootin donors decided to throw a party at the last minute and when you donate tens of thousands of dollars to your cause, you let them do whatever the hell they want. So we got relocated downstairs. The whole band felt awkward. No one really got into it.
The plus side is two people bought our EP. A quick $14. Um. Yeah.
Next week will be interesting. We play a place called Shakespeare's which is in a douchebaggy section of Austin but we have huge kick ass speakers we are bringing so we're going to rock the fuck out of those college frat boys and homogeneous sorority chicks.
And by that I mean play Nickleback covers. And start a bar fight. And buy a boat. And call each other brah as in "Hey Brah pass the bong". Or maybe "chief."
Kidding it'll be great.
Friday, July 24, 2009
scheme for votes
so we bought a bunch of cheap beer with some of the band fund and went to Michael's old Co-Op where he used to live. Its like an ewok village for college kids where they take turns cooking and cleaning for each other.
We printed out simple instructions for how to vote and told anyone within earshot that if they voted for us we would give them a beer. It worked pretty well. We are now in 4th place and plan on going back to the Co-op tonight to post up at a giant party with laptops with wireless connections.
Well see how it goes.
But talk about an interesting experience. This little living situation is like a hedonistic tree house. One dude was walking around completely naked. I was surprised at my lack of being able to carry on a conversation with a dude with his schlong in plain sight. He appeared later with some sort of tool belt thing with pockets. I guess carrying around important things would be difficult naked.
Another guy was wheeling around a wooden arcade frame he was working on, which I found pretty cool. Its a wild little place. The bulk of the people we ran into were on something from either mushrooms or acid. But Nice kids. Smelly nice kids.
We know we cant win this competition but we want to blow past the fucker that keeps stealing 4th from us. So thats our goal. We already have made connection with the winner (most likely the winner) and they are open to playing a show with us so despite us not winning this thing we still are getting something out of it... Connections baby.
We printed out simple instructions for how to vote and told anyone within earshot that if they voted for us we would give them a beer. It worked pretty well. We are now in 4th place and plan on going back to the Co-op tonight to post up at a giant party with laptops with wireless connections.
Well see how it goes.
But talk about an interesting experience. This little living situation is like a hedonistic tree house. One dude was walking around completely naked. I was surprised at my lack of being able to carry on a conversation with a dude with his schlong in plain sight. He appeared later with some sort of tool belt thing with pockets. I guess carrying around important things would be difficult naked.
Another guy was wheeling around a wooden arcade frame he was working on, which I found pretty cool. Its a wild little place. The bulk of the people we ran into were on something from either mushrooms or acid. But Nice kids. Smelly nice kids.
We know we cant win this competition but we want to blow past the fucker that keeps stealing 4th from us. So thats our goal. We already have made connection with the winner (most likely the winner) and they are open to playing a show with us so despite us not winning this thing we still are getting something out of it... Connections baby.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
reciprocity
there is nothing better than making out with someone who really seems to be enjoying it.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
random stuff
- Kind of Blue is just great.
- Ive been hanging out with an out-of-work lawyer. The dude is hilarious and you would NEVER guess he was a lawyer. Poor guy is working at a coffee shop until things pick up. But hes always down with going out and he is not married which appears to be a trend among people my age. =)
- I still keep thinking (and writing) about her
- 2 shows in 2 weeks
- time to throw away the sandals I have now. They smell weird
- I'm pretty happy for no particular reason
- Looking forward to Chicago and all the debauchery that is bound to ensue
- Keep voting for us dammit!!! http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/SoundWars/
- Ive been hanging out with an out-of-work lawyer. The dude is hilarious and you would NEVER guess he was a lawyer. Poor guy is working at a coffee shop until things pick up. But hes always down with going out and he is not married which appears to be a trend among people my age. =)
- I still keep thinking (and writing) about her
- 2 shows in 2 weeks
- time to throw away the sandals I have now. They smell weird
- I'm pretty happy for no particular reason
- Looking forward to Chicago and all the debauchery that is bound to ensue
- Keep voting for us dammit!!! http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/SoundWars/
Monday, July 20, 2009
currently listening to....
an album i never got around to fully sitting down with.
yes... Im ready for your jibes.. Justin Timberlake's Future Sex/Love Sounds.
Here is a guy I used to love making fun of. No longer. His SNL appearances are classic and this album is Prince quality Pop music. At least 5 of the tracks are fantastic.
Serious props to Timbaland. Not sure who was exactly responsible for the actual music but its anything but lame pop radio formulaic poo ala NSync, or whatever corporate created boy band is topping the charts these days.
I have been inspired to sit down and create the ultimate dance mix. Stay tuned...
I know I'm behind on this album but I put it aside for more pretentious music. But yeah it kicks ass and I don't give a damn who knows. I cant NOT dance to it.
yes... Im ready for your jibes.. Justin Timberlake's Future Sex/Love Sounds.
Here is a guy I used to love making fun of. No longer. His SNL appearances are classic and this album is Prince quality Pop music. At least 5 of the tracks are fantastic.
Serious props to Timbaland. Not sure who was exactly responsible for the actual music but its anything but lame pop radio formulaic poo ala NSync, or whatever corporate created boy band is topping the charts these days.
I have been inspired to sit down and create the ultimate dance mix. Stay tuned...
I know I'm behind on this album but I put it aside for more pretentious music. But yeah it kicks ass and I don't give a damn who knows. I cant NOT dance to it.
Chicago...
here we come. Lollapalooza and the windy city. I have experienced neither but will get my chance august 6-10. Tickets are in my hand and the flight is booked. I'm stoked.
Coincidentally, Alex (drummer) and his wife are going also. Should be a blast.
The new practice space sounds incredible. Professional soundproofing does wonders. We can technically record an album in that room now according to the technician who installed the panels.
We have a new song that Daniel brought to the table that is just killer. I brought in a song that i recorded ages ago that should sound cool also. I wish we had some of this already recorded. Soon though.
Coincidentally, Alex (drummer) and his wife are going also. Should be a blast.
The new practice space sounds incredible. Professional soundproofing does wonders. We can technically record an album in that room now according to the technician who installed the panels.
We have a new song that Daniel brought to the table that is just killer. I brought in a song that i recorded ages ago that should sound cool also. I wish we had some of this already recorded. Soon though.
FINAL ROUND
this is it. We need votes. Final 10 bands and only one will win.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/SoundWars/
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/SoundWars/
Thursday, July 16, 2009
flying cue balls
this is the third time in 2 weeks I have witnessed fools trying to hurt each other while I was out trying to enjoy myself.
Last night this dude cracked this guy over the shoulder with a pool cue and someone THREW A CUE BALL very hard against a wall. It sounded like a gunshot. I was actually pretty close to where the action went down but got up to go grab a beer.
Police arrived, the drunken asshole who got nailed with the pool cue just laid on the floor moaning. I heard him talking trash to the guy who hit him moments before. Lesson learned. Alcohol and machismo do not mix.
I like dives and all but this kind of shit is unacceptable. this isn't Faluja. This is peaceful austin texas. I just want to drink beer and hit on women, not dodge projectiles and talk meatheads out of being idiots.
Last night this dude cracked this guy over the shoulder with a pool cue and someone THREW A CUE BALL very hard against a wall. It sounded like a gunshot. I was actually pretty close to where the action went down but got up to go grab a beer.
Police arrived, the drunken asshole who got nailed with the pool cue just laid on the floor moaning. I heard him talking trash to the guy who hit him moments before. Lesson learned. Alcohol and machismo do not mix.
I like dives and all but this kind of shit is unacceptable. this isn't Faluja. This is peaceful austin texas. I just want to drink beer and hit on women, not dodge projectiles and talk meatheads out of being idiots.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Sound Wars
So we are currently in 6th place in the Chronicle's sound wars. We have to stay in the top 10 or we dont move on to round 4. I am confident we will do it.
But a cool thing (and exactly why we joined this competition) is that someone contacted us about an indie film they are a part of and wanted us to send some of our music to the director.
I know very little at this point but it now becomes a licensing issue and we need to register with ASCAP to receive royalties and do all that fun stuff to secure our publishing. The greatest thing is WE own our publishing. WE own the masters. WE control our future in this regard.
20 years ago this kind of thing would be unheard of without a record label.
But a cool thing (and exactly why we joined this competition) is that someone contacted us about an indie film they are a part of and wanted us to send some of our music to the director.
I know very little at this point but it now becomes a licensing issue and we need to register with ASCAP to receive royalties and do all that fun stuff to secure our publishing. The greatest thing is WE own our publishing. WE own the masters. WE control our future in this regard.
20 years ago this kind of thing would be unheard of without a record label.
Monday, July 13, 2009
keep it on the dl
I know a girl who has a boyfriend.
She is hands down the pinnacle of women I have met in my life. Classy, sexy, smart, fun. I just feel good when I am around her. I would give up my single life for a woman of that calibre in a nanosecond.
But the situation is just not possible with her. She is in love. and I understand.
However when we hang out for brief moments among friends, she and I have a connection. I feel it and I know she feels it. I catch brief glances and I know. I recently told her, in a very respectable way, my opinion of her.
It was a great moment to look her in the eyes and say it, to see her whole body smile back at me, and Im so glad she knows, regardless of the situation.
She is hands down the pinnacle of women I have met in my life. Classy, sexy, smart, fun. I just feel good when I am around her. I would give up my single life for a woman of that calibre in a nanosecond.
But the situation is just not possible with her. She is in love. and I understand.
However when we hang out for brief moments among friends, she and I have a connection. I feel it and I know she feels it. I catch brief glances and I know. I recently told her, in a very respectable way, my opinion of her.
It was a great moment to look her in the eyes and say it, to see her whole body smile back at me, and Im so glad she knows, regardless of the situation.
Johns wedding...
it was actually a great wedding. The first 100% secular wedding I have ever seen so it was interesting to see how they made it about trust, love, wisdom, growth and not about religious purity or bonds made by God etc.
John's cousin is a porn star. She was there with her terrible terrible fake tan. Our table was abuzz about it. I googled her. Yup. She has sex on film all right.
I also have the coolest photo snapped of me in the middle of jumping through my leg. It was taken purely by accident and couldnt have been more perfect timing. (FYI: I rolled my pants up because it was hot as balls)
John's cousin is a porn star. She was there with her terrible terrible fake tan. Our table was abuzz about it. I googled her. Yup. She has sex on film all right.
I also have the coolest photo snapped of me in the middle of jumping through my leg. It was taken purely by accident and couldnt have been more perfect timing. (FYI: I rolled my pants up because it was hot as balls)
Friday, July 10, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
good feeling
so some guy just posted a personal update on his myspace about our show Tuesday night. If that is the most un-obligatory cool thing then I dont know what is.
total stranger.... check
saying something I am certain is sincere... check
nice. We will do this... one... person... at a time
total stranger.... check
saying something I am certain is sincere... check
nice. We will do this... one... person... at a time
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
really? better?
Show went well last night. The people who were there for the san antonio show and the austin show said that this show was better. Which is weird because though I did feel good about this show I didn't necessarily think this one was better.
Technically we screwed up a little more but I think our energy and enthusiasm and the crowds feeding off that is what elevated it. Stuff completely unrelated to our actual musical chops. Had a blast. Some super cool pics are on the way.
Technically we screwed up a little more but I think our energy and enthusiasm and the crowds feeding off that is what elevated it. Stuff completely unrelated to our actual musical chops. Had a blast. Some super cool pics are on the way.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
ariel view
I keep thinking about beautiful days at the old house in channelview. Despite the crap around us a breezy spring day with the sun shining was quite an impressive thing in that yard. I keep going to the following website and looking at an amazing birds eye 360 degree view of the house. They obviously havent taken updated satellite photos and this is as close to those memories I will ever get... (just close the window of the earth and then click "birds eye view" and check it out at any angle. You can also zoom in a little further.
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=&mkt=en-US&FORM=BYFD#JnE9eXAuMjE3K0xha2VzaWRlK0RyaXZlK0NoYW5uZWx2aWV3K1RYJTdlc3N0LjAlN2VwZy4xJmJiPTQ4LjIyNDY3MjY0OTU2NTIlN2UtNTUuNDU4OTg0Mzc1JTdlOC40MDcxNjgxNjM2MDEwNyU3ZS0xNDIuMjk0OTIxODc1
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=&mkt=en-US&FORM=BYFD#JnE9eXAuMjE3K0xha2VzaWRlK0RyaXZlK0NoYW5uZWx2aWV3K1RYJTdlc3N0LjAlN2VwZy4xJmJiPTQ4LjIyNDY3MjY0OTU2NTIlN2UtNTUuNDU4OTg0Mzc1JTdlOC40MDcxNjgxNjM2MDEwNyU3ZS0xNDIuMjk0OTIxODc1
mohawk tonight
so tonight we play a very cool austin venue. No clue how many people will be there. We are the last band to play but not technically the headliners which is kind of weird.
Its just a matter of it being Tuesday that the headliner would rather play earlier I suppose. But we are happy for the opportunity and I am going to try to bring my A game again and give it everything I have.
I had a pleasant dream where I had a hoverboard and I was cruising around the campus of a beautiful college enjoying the sun and talking with people. I would like to have the dream again if possible.
random.
Its just a matter of it being Tuesday that the headliner would rather play earlier I suppose. But we are happy for the opportunity and I am going to try to bring my A game again and give it everything I have.
I had a pleasant dream where I had a hoverboard and I was cruising around the campus of a beautiful college enjoying the sun and talking with people. I would like to have the dream again if possible.
random.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Jesus...
some drunk guy clocked my friend in the face tonight. It all happened so fast I didnt know what to do but this sucks. I told him he just broke the law and he needs to get the fuck out but in retrospect I should have somehow figured out who he was and got the law involved.
i feel like I dropped the ball as a friend. But fighting the guy would have simply made things worse. Terrible night. Fuck drunk douchebags.
i feel like I dropped the ball as a friend. But fighting the guy would have simply made things worse. Terrible night. Fuck drunk douchebags.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
San Antonio and our A Game
Last night was exactly the progress I want us to move towards as a band.
We controlled our tempos, I settled into a decent vocal performance, we actually interacted with the audience, Daniel set his snare actually IN the audience to jump into the crowd and proceed to double drum the last song into oblivion. Showmanship, solid performances and the audiences faces were thoroughly melted. One dude who had never seen us described it to me as simply "art". That felt good. I felt good. And who knows it might have looked exactly like previous performances but my own personal psychology was much more affected this time around. Not sure exactly what it was.
I am fully confident in us as a live entity in our ideal state. (consistency will now be the key word).
Bring on the Mohawk. Fingers crossed we can bring this same thing Tuesday night.
We controlled our tempos, I settled into a decent vocal performance, we actually interacted with the audience, Daniel set his snare actually IN the audience to jump into the crowd and proceed to double drum the last song into oblivion. Showmanship, solid performances and the audiences faces were thoroughly melted. One dude who had never seen us described it to me as simply "art". That felt good. I felt good. And who knows it might have looked exactly like previous performances but my own personal psychology was much more affected this time around. Not sure exactly what it was.
I am fully confident in us as a live entity in our ideal state. (consistency will now be the key word).
Bring on the Mohawk. Fingers crossed we can bring this same thing Tuesday night.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
3 shows this month
4th of July bash in San Antonio (Paid show), July 7th show at The Mohawk (a coveted venue we have been shooting for) and finally the Paramount Theatre the 25th for the showing of Indiana Jones (the first one) along with our names in an email going out to tens of thousands of people.
We should get the physical CDs to our doorstep next Wednesday-ish. Then what? I have no clue. I assume we will hit up folks for reviews and write ups. There is a big grey unknown coming for us and Im curious to see how it turns out. How long will our 15 minutes last if we even get that long?
I know this. Our live show needs work. We don't practice near enough. But we have some new material in the works that is pretty great so I look forward to getting that fleshed out and replacing our weaker songs with the better ones. Keep pushing towards awesomeness.
As usual I am happy but discontent. Are my (& our) flaws too much or can I hide them well enough to make a mark? Do what you do best and keep your weaknesses out of the spotlight, right? I fear critics and strangers opinions. I hear a good comment and ride on it for days. Silence gets me questioning our validity. I'm an insecure boyfriend looking for constant validation. One day I think we rock and the next I think we will never rise above "meh" status.
Woody Allen believed most of success was simply showing up. Wouldn't that be nice. All I need is a vehicle and I will see success. right. great.
We should get the physical CDs to our doorstep next Wednesday-ish. Then what? I have no clue. I assume we will hit up folks for reviews and write ups. There is a big grey unknown coming for us and Im curious to see how it turns out. How long will our 15 minutes last if we even get that long?
I know this. Our live show needs work. We don't practice near enough. But we have some new material in the works that is pretty great so I look forward to getting that fleshed out and replacing our weaker songs with the better ones. Keep pushing towards awesomeness.
As usual I am happy but discontent. Are my (& our) flaws too much or can I hide them well enough to make a mark? Do what you do best and keep your weaknesses out of the spotlight, right? I fear critics and strangers opinions. I hear a good comment and ride on it for days. Silence gets me questioning our validity. I'm an insecure boyfriend looking for constant validation. One day I think we rock and the next I think we will never rise above "meh" status.
Woody Allen believed most of success was simply showing up. Wouldn't that be nice. All I need is a vehicle and I will see success. right. great.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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