Actual Holiday Content. Also, Coming Distractions
I don't usually observe most holidays in my LJ, but two links caught my eye this week worth posting on Labor Day itself.
First, on G+ Sherman Dorn linked to this site that reminds us what union workers have done for us. You can add your own items. I noted that union masonry and ironworkers made my job as an engineer easier. Projects I worked on that I know were done with union labor generally had far fewer site issues than projects that had non-union labor.
Second,
catsittingstill posted a new union song for a friend in a bad work situation.
In other news, a few interesting things coming up on the local calendar.
The FSGW Getaway springs right off of Rosh Hashanah, September 29th - October 1st near Annapolis. Great event if you're into traditional folk music. Daytripping is possible, and not all that expensive ($40) if you bring your own food or venture out locally. I'm having fun adding songs to my repertoire for this year, including "The Green-Eyed Dragon", "San Francisco Bay Blues", and "Ballad of Alfred G Packer".
Meanwhile, fans of funny music may have already noticed that Weird Al is playing the beautiful and historic Warner Theatre in downtown DC on Wednesday, October 19th. We already have tickets.
And, for the MiSTies out there, Lisner Auditorium hosts Cinematic Titanic the following week on October 27th. This time, Ticketbastardmaster actually saw fit to inform me BEFORE THE DAY OF THE SHOW. So we're going to that too.
First, on G+ Sherman Dorn linked to this site that reminds us what union workers have done for us. You can add your own items. I noted that union masonry and ironworkers made my job as an engineer easier. Projects I worked on that I know were done with union labor generally had far fewer site issues than projects that had non-union labor.
Second,
catsittingstill posted a new union song for a friend in a bad work situation.In other news, a few interesting things coming up on the local calendar.
The FSGW Getaway springs right off of Rosh Hashanah, September 29th - October 1st near Annapolis. Great event if you're into traditional folk music. Daytripping is possible, and not all that expensive ($40) if you bring your own food or venture out locally. I'm having fun adding songs to my repertoire for this year, including "The Green-Eyed Dragon", "San Francisco Bay Blues", and "Ballad of Alfred G Packer".
Meanwhile, fans of funny music may have already noticed that Weird Al is playing the beautiful and historic Warner Theatre in downtown DC on Wednesday, October 19th. We already have tickets.
And, for the MiSTies out there, Lisner Auditorium hosts Cinematic Titanic the following week on October 27th. This time, Ticket
