Hey you! Yeah, you in Seattle! There's this really cool conference coming up we think you should attend.
Unbound 2010 Conference (April 16th-17th) is a pretty cool experience if you want the best possible information regarding human trafficking and its contributing factors. You'll prolly get a better idea of how you want to respond to modern slavery. The cost is $15, or $10 for students, and all proceeds go to the WARN network. To register, and to see a detailed schedule, please visit www.freedominitiative.org. If you are not able to register in advance, you are welcome to register at the door (Cash or Check will be accepted).
See ya there!
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Harper Sparrow Update: As of 12:11pm on this Monday April 12th, Harper is still kicking around in Mama Romjue's belly. We're already scheming of ways to incorporate her little rattles into the next album! So exciting! The countdown continues...
Monday, April 12, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Steven's new bartering system...
This month is National Poetry Month. In honor of that, our drummer, Steven Wilbur has written several poems to go along with the sentiment of poetry appreciation. The following is one of my (Emily) favorite poems he's written:
At Gordito’s, you might let your newborn lie down
next to a burrito of comparable size for its first photo,
and they will give you this burrito free of charge.
Here, a burrito the size of your child. Be our guest.
On one hand, you’ve lost,
but in the other hand, you have a free burrito
that takes two hands to eat, and therefore, not enough hands
to hold onto any sadness.
I would like to adopt this for a personal bartering system,
and announce my first purchase,
a small bear.
At the zoo, I will approach the zookeepers,
kneel down fetal-ly next to my new bear,
grant them a photo to commemorate our spacial similarities,
and take the bear home, free of charge.
Once I have obtained the bear,
this bartering system can be more easily enforced.
The bear will follow me everywhere, at all times,
with pause enough to remember each moment,
drying the cement in my requests amidst an unsettled world.
We will walk confidently upon
golden sidewalks built on the pretense of our volumes.
As a result of my ongoing discount,
everything in my house will be as tall,
or at least as awkward, as I, including the house itself.
The bear and I will take turns sunbathing in our one-person pool.
The salt and pepper shakers will have a 32-waist and faithfully
hold the volleyball net when we are not seasoning our nachos
from the closet-sized oven we have hidden from the children.
One day, if I am gifted with a daughter, I’ll take her to the leather-man,
who will craft a bear-saddle just her size, take a picture, and send us away
to parade her around on the back of a full-grown black bear.
I am not building an empire,
but if ever a baby is rewarded for its tenderness,
we should give them a gift they can conquer with,
or at least eat.
3/30
At Gordito’s, you might let your newborn lie down
next to a burrito of comparable size for its first photo,
and they will give you this burrito free of charge.
Here, a burrito the size of your child. Be our guest.
On one hand, you’ve lost,
but in the other hand, you have a free burrito
that takes two hands to eat, and therefore, not enough hands
to hold onto any sadness.
I would like to adopt this for a personal bartering system,
and announce my first purchase,
a small bear.
At the zoo, I will approach the zookeepers,
kneel down fetal-ly next to my new bear,
grant them a photo to commemorate our spacial similarities,
and take the bear home, free of charge.
Once I have obtained the bear,
this bartering system can be more easily enforced.
The bear will follow me everywhere, at all times,
with pause enough to remember each moment,
drying the cement in my requests amidst an unsettled world.
We will walk confidently upon
golden sidewalks built on the pretense of our volumes.
As a result of my ongoing discount,
everything in my house will be as tall,
or at least as awkward, as I, including the house itself.
The bear and I will take turns sunbathing in our one-person pool.
The salt and pepper shakers will have a 32-waist and faithfully
hold the volleyball net when we are not seasoning our nachos
from the closet-sized oven we have hidden from the children.
One day, if I am gifted with a daughter, I’ll take her to the leather-man,
who will craft a bear-saddle just her size, take a picture, and send us away
to parade her around on the back of a full-grown black bear.
I am not building an empire,
but if ever a baby is rewarded for its tenderness,
we should give them a gift they can conquer with,
or at least eat.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Stepping out of the pool
Hey Jubifans! Steven here.
Thanks to you who came out to the High Dive and hung out with us this week! We were filled with glee as we fell from the heights of Wednesday night into the shiny waters of music and friends. Thanks also to both Taryn from Lawn-dree and Bryce from Yuni in Taxco for sharing your drum kits with me! Mine is still mic'd up for recording, so I'm super thankful for your generosity.
Also, everyone at the Moore Theater last night knows the kind of walk down a refurbished memory lane I'm talking about when talking about the Seattle Rock Orchestra playing the songs of David Bowie this week. What a show! Emily did a fantastic job, and was in Bowie-suit with stars painted on her face amidst the bright colors and lightning on the rest of the orchestra. I forgot how much I love some of Bowie's songs.
In recent IJM news, ABC did a short feature on the Cambodian Sex Trade and showed some of IJM's partners' aftercare facilities for rescued victims. It's encouraging to see the lives of children being restored through advocacy and after-care facilities, while at the same time heartbreaking to know that millions of women and children are still trapped in slavery. I strongly encourage you to watch the video. It's just a few minutes long and gives a sober but hopeful look at both the injustice and recovery that is taking place in the world. We can celebrate and be motivated to keep up the work of abolition!
If I were a robot, I would tell you that our practice today was a combination of thousands of sine waves. But I'm not a robot, so I can say today's practice was THE JAM. We're excited for the Jubigrooves comin' your way, and our Jubibaby Harper Sparrow is comin' in April. Hey!
Thanks to you who came out to the High Dive and hung out with us this week! We were filled with glee as we fell from the heights of Wednesday night into the shiny waters of music and friends. Thanks also to both Taryn from Lawn-dree and Bryce from Yuni in Taxco for sharing your drum kits with me! Mine is still mic'd up for recording, so I'm super thankful for your generosity.
Also, everyone at the Moore Theater last night knows the kind of walk down a refurbished memory lane I'm talking about when talking about the Seattle Rock Orchestra playing the songs of David Bowie this week. What a show! Emily did a fantastic job, and was in Bowie-suit with stars painted on her face amidst the bright colors and lightning on the rest of the orchestra. I forgot how much I love some of Bowie's songs.
In recent IJM news, ABC did a short feature on the Cambodian Sex Trade and showed some of IJM's partners' aftercare facilities for rescued victims. It's encouraging to see the lives of children being restored through advocacy and after-care facilities, while at the same time heartbreaking to know that millions of women and children are still trapped in slavery. I strongly encourage you to watch the video. It's just a few minutes long and gives a sober but hopeful look at both the injustice and recovery that is taking place in the world. We can celebrate and be motivated to keep up the work of abolition!
If I were a robot, I would tell you that our practice today was a combination of thousands of sine waves. But I'm not a robot, so I can say today's practice was THE JAM. We're excited for the Jubigrooves comin' your way, and our Jubibaby Harper Sparrow is comin' in April. Hey!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Wha??!?!
Hey guys! Emily here. Wanted to mention our next show real quick.
News Flash: Wednesday we're gonna present to you one or two new songs to be released on our new album late this summer. (EEEeeeeek! We can't wait!) Grace and Curtis will be patiently awaiting the arrival of little Harper Romjue who is still in "the incubator." (We can't wait for that either! or at least not much longer, espcially Grace!) This will probably be their last show as "just a couple" and the band's last show as "just a band." Wait, we've already moved past the "just a band" phase... I guess that means we'll soon be "Jubilee: not just a band but also nonprofit and slightly large quirky family with a child." Anyway...
Yuni in Taxco and Lawndree will play Wednesday night. Personally, I can't wait to hear them, especially Lawndree. Lawndree's bassist, also named Emily, plays with me in the Seattle Rock Orchestra and even played next to me during SRO's performance on-air with Grand Hallway on KEXP earlier this month. (See photos & videos to prove it.) Consider Wednesday night's concert a brief rockin' preview of the David Bowie Tribute Concert by the Seattle Rock Orchestra on Friday at The Moore Theatre! (extra tidbit: I will don a lightining bolt across my face for that show and perhaps Wednesday's show too!)
Come hang out with us Wednesday and enjoy some great music! (See?! or rather, Hear?! www.lawndree.com & www.myspace.com/yuniintaxco)
News Flash: Wednesday we're gonna present to you one or two new songs to be released on our new album late this summer. (EEEeeeeek! We can't wait!) Grace and Curtis will be patiently awaiting the arrival of little Harper Romjue who is still in "the incubator." (We can't wait for that either! or at least not much longer, espcially Grace!) This will probably be their last show as "just a couple" and the band's last show as "just a band." Wait, we've already moved past the "just a band" phase... I guess that means we'll soon be "Jubilee: not just a band but also nonprofit and slightly large quirky family with a child." Anyway...
Yuni in Taxco and Lawndree will play Wednesday night. Personally, I can't wait to hear them, especially Lawndree. Lawndree's bassist, also named Emily, plays with me in the Seattle Rock Orchestra and even played next to me during SRO's performance on-air with Grand Hallway on KEXP earlier this month. (See photos & videos to prove it.) Consider Wednesday night's concert a brief rockin' preview of the David Bowie Tribute Concert by the Seattle Rock Orchestra on Friday at The Moore Theatre! (extra tidbit: I will don a lightining bolt across my face for that show and perhaps Wednesday's show too!)
Come hang out with us Wednesday and enjoy some great music! (See?! or rather, Hear?! www.lawndree.com & www.myspace.com/yuniintaxco)
Monday, March 15, 2010
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