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So my goals and accomplishments review is coming a little later this year than normal.  In fact, my life updates in general for the Mike Varley Plain Dealer have come to a halt for over a year now.  I kept waiting for certain events to finish before I’d write one and another one would come along to delay the writing again.  It’s impossible to not come off pithy in this manner, but here are some bullet points of my personal life for the past year and change:

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One of my favorite Magnetic Fields songs, off 69 Love Songs, disc 2. This has been rolling around in my head for over a year, and I finally wanted to get it down in some form. Music and vocals by Mike Varley, song originally by Stephen Merritt.

www.houseoftomorrow.com

Otsego and Like, Mountains, performed at Legion Bar March 31st, 2012.  Naturally, I went to go see:

My favorite local art gallery, Camel Art Space, recently had it’s final show at its current location.  It will now become Parellel Art Space out at it’s new location in Ridgewood, Queens.  Here’s a video of the show:

www.camelartspace.com

www.parallelartspace.com

www.redbedlamband.com

Vince Dynamic played a set at Legion Bar this February and I caught a few scenes:

American Opera and Living In Polaroids played a set at Legion Bar in Feb 2012.  Mike Varley recorded it: