Almost Up to Date

I am finally starting to catch up with my photo editing since I lost all my updated photos about two months ago when my hard drive crashed for the third time. Here are some pictures I took in March of Casey Frazier at Q-Cafe in Seattle. The room had great lighting and great sound quality-- it was a great night, indeed!

*My original photography

**Visit www.myspace.com/caseyfrazier to hear new music from Casey Frazier!

Shakira, Shakira

Apparently, Shakira is a huge advocate for bringing education to all children, especially those in her native country, Colombia. According to Wikipedia she has been doing philanthropy and humanitarian work since 1995 (roughly since she was 18).

Photo from: http://www.fundacionpiesdescalzos.com/index_en.php

I really didn't know much about Shakira until today when I read a BBC article about her work in Colombia. I unfairly categorized Shakira into pop-princess-diva, likening her to Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, which I realize is devastatingly unfair. Shakira grew up in a developing country and, after watching the video embedded in the BBC article, I realized that she has a global perspective on this world that many pop stars simply do not. She briefly talks about the dramatic economic stratification in Colombia and how many people lack necessities, like shoes and clothes.

This girl has her head firmly attached to her shoulders. All in all, this was a refreshing bit of news for me.

And, according to the Wikipedia site, Shakira is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and knows some Arabic. Hello, world, she is not simply a belly-dancing-Latin-pop-star. Not even close.

Post Valentine's Day

My Valentine's Day consisted of discovering some new loves that I wanted to share.

Firstly, She & Him's album "Volume One" was on repeat practically all day. I'm sort of in love with Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward now.




Secondly, I am in-like with this brother-sister duo from Australia, Angus and Julia Stone, and I just may catch their show with Brett Dennen in March in Seattle.



I have been craving new music lately and this was a nice discovery for the weekend. And another great way to procrastinate two very large papers.

And... I just realized that spending my Valentine's Day with music was an all too perfect way to spend the day with my musically-inclined Valentine being so very far away.