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December 29, 2004
BACK HOME....FOR 5 MINUTES!!
AHHH - My beautiful laptop!! I am in front of it once again, having got back last night about 2.00am from Dallas. And I am off again in a few hours to get away for the New Year. The whole Dallas trip was unexpected, but neccessary, and all's well that ends well. So now it really is time for a few days of rest.
But PLEASE everyone - say a prayer for the people involved in the devastation in South East Asia. I have spent a lot of time in that area, and it really is one of the most beautiful places on earth. The people are wonderful, and I know that they will be suffering greatly from these tidal waves. Help out if you can - make a donation to the Red Cross. At the very least, spare a thought or two for the 77,000 people that have lost their lives over there. I have been to those exact beaches in Thailand. It could have been me - it could have been anyone. My prayers go out to everyone affected by the disaster.
Although I am looking forward to a few days in the sun, I cannot WAIT to get started with Jon again on the new songs that we started before Xmas. A week or two without playing and I am definately going mad. Camp Freddy kick off the New Year with a show in Vegas for Sony, followed by our free all-ages show in Los Angeles at The Key Club on 27th Jan. And I feel good things on the horizon for Doheny. We had a great year in 04 - played some great gigs, became a tight, professional sounding unit, and wrote some cool tunes. We are definately ready to rock!!
So I am again moving into cellphone-posting territory. I'll try and check in from time to time - I hope everyone has an amazing New Year Celebration, and I'll see you all very soon. Big Love to the Doheny Family.
Peace
Billy
Posted by vivelerock at December 29, 2004 09:40 AM
Comments
not to be a nag, cause I love seeing my kiddles, but I am in the OTHER pic!!
Billy!!!! don't take this the wrong way, but....I LOVE YOU!!! Have fun, and thanks for reminding me what's real...
jezebel( thankful for my cherubs)
Posted by: jezebel at December 29, 2004 10:25 AM
Hope you don't mind that I posted a list of relief orgs at the Doheny board. Everyone please.. if you can.. donate something.. you can even do it thru paypal..it doesn't get any easier than that.
Look around at the oddball things you received over the holidays... for the same cost of those reindeer socks that you got from your aunt zelda..you could be feeding an orphan for a day or two.
Posted by: electric mayhem at December 29, 2004 07:12 PM
I just need to rant for a minute...
WTF is wrong with the media??? I was watching ET earlier and they were pushing this story of the "Supermodel" who survived the tsunami. Everywhere I look, people are talking about celebrities who were on vacation in Thailand etc.. Ummm...HELLO!! There are thousands and thousands of children and families who are dead and gone. What about them? Maybe I'm being callous, but who the feck cares if that woman who survived was a "supermodel"?? It's amazing in itself that she lived and she's very lucky, but I just HATE the spin the media puts on things. Grrrrr...
I'm watching Anderson Cooper on CNN right now and he's doing a much better job of portraying the destruction. Not just the physical destruction, but the loss of the PEOPLE. That is what is important here.
Do what you guys can out there, DH family...GIVE to the Red Cross, a local agency, ANYONE. Please do your part.
sigh...
Posted by: flamingheart at December 29, 2004 10:28 PM
Made my donation yesterday.
I hear you flamingheart, 100%. But I expect that from ET, they are not a "news" program...
Either way, i pray for all involved and hope that everyone can be as generous as possible and donate something.
Posted by: bobbi O at December 30, 2004 08:05 AM
flamingheart, I completely agree, and it's not just entertainment programs, it's the local news spending 20 percent of their broadcast covering their OWN storm watch, which consisted of a tree hitting a house in Glendale....
The networks might hate the cable news outlets, but it is only there that we get the REAL stories...
give till it hurts, and then it feels good
jezzi
Posted by: jezebel at December 30, 2004 10:16 AM
You have to admit, our culture is a little celebrity obsessed. But before I go off on a rant about how entertainment reporting has shifted into lifestyle reporting, let me just say that the media's celeb-slant on the tsunami coverage doesn't surprise me.
What may be surprising? I'm going to offer you another perspective to kick around.
The enormity of the situation in SE Asia is, to say the least, overwhelming. The stories, images, escalating numbers... the fact that one event could affect eleven countries with such utter devastation -- how do you even begin to wrap your brain around it? It's also an area of the world that most of us haven't experienced... the people, culture, beauty.
So if lending a celebrity's, well, celebrity, to the situation helps people connect, absorb and GIVE, maybe, then, it's not all bad.
Posted by: Caffeinated Sue at December 30, 2004 12:31 PM