Jill "xtingu" Knapp

Traveling musician. Singer. Road warrior in bursts. Dork. Easy to spot. Gauche eyeshadow fan. Unreasonably happy.

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Superstition... Jill "xtingu" Knapp 10/27 '16

I should mention:

The first time I taught for Wharton Business School which was earlier this year (over the summer), Matt met me at the front door after my first day of class to break the unspeakably tragic news that Christian Salcedo (our bass player for In The Light) was killed in a tragic accident that morning. 

I just taught for Wharton a second time last week, and after my first day of teaching, Matt met me at the door to break the news of Grandmom's passing earlier that day. 

I will be teaching for Wharton again in March of 2017. I DEMAND that everyone I know and love should just spend my first day of teaching (Monday, March 6th) in their bed, doing nothing strenuous whatsoever. Just read a book and nuzzle, OK?


Thank you, drive through. 

(x-posted to xtingu.livejournal.com)

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10/27 '16 6 Comments
Archer will be in Boston on a band trip March 6th. I will tell him to be extra careful crossing the street.

I know you are hella busy, but when you (and Matt) get 5 minutes to spare, scroll back to the bottom of my Pixie's Halloween Special post and listen to the drum-off. It's close to the end of football season, so the band is getting really good.
Shelle Klein Houser
DOOD. I just watched that, and it was awesome. At first I was like, "Wait a minute. At 41:00, the guy is saying Intermission. Whaddup?" But then I saw what was happening... SUPER COOL! Archer looks and sounds awesome.

Our high school marching band was our towns' pride and joy (we were a two-town high school), and our drumline was amazing. When I'm walking by myself, I still click the marching band cadence in my teeth.

Does Archerstein have any marching band competitions left this year? I would actually LOVE to come to one. Yeah, yeah, I know, the chances of it working schedulewise are slim, but they will be absolute zero if I don't even know about 'em. There's nothing like a late-season marching band competition at night, freezing, eating apples and drinking hot chocolate under a blanket on the bleachers clanging a cowbell in support.

In somewhat related news, Dean "Dean Clean" Sabatino's kid Victor goes to (public) high school in Media (is there only one high school? I don't know) and is in marching band, and last year Dean asked me if I wanted to go to a marching band competition with him. I said HOLY CRAP YES, and sadly it never happened. (Hello surreal everything: Me going to a marching band competition with The Dead Milkmen's drummer. Doesn't he realize we used to sing The Dead Milkmen tunes in the back of the marching band bus?!)

Does Archer know of a Victor Sabatino?

Anyhoo, regardless of the Sabatino sitch, I would still love to go to a competition.

Whee!
Jill "xtingu" Knapp
Archer knows Victor Sabatino, they're both in the Penncrest band. He says he's in the pit this year. He was surprised to find out who his Dad was. He said, "Bitchin' Camaro Dead Milkmen??? Cool!" Their last competition is this Saturday night, but Archer is probably doing indoor percussion this year and they have competitions every other weekend starting in February. He will also be in band next year, so you can join me on the blanket, sipping watery hot chocolate. :)
Shelle Klein Houser
Archer knows Bitchin' Camaro! YES!! Week = MADE.

Gah, bummer their last competition is while we're gone at Mom's. But next year! In Israel! ^H^H^H^H^H Media!
Jill "xtingu" Knapp
I'm practicing now, just in case.
Karen Kuhl
I'll see what I can do.

(Boy, wasn't THAT presumptuous of me?! ;) )
Matt Lichtenwalner