Drunk mogging in praise of secret guests and local art!

!http://pearlofcivilization.net/images/146.jpg (Art by Colin MacRae)!:http://www.colinmacraeart.comHello! I am not dead, just full of crappy whiskey! Happy New Year and so on!1. Have I mentioned I love my little town? I just got home from a large-sized underground art show opening, full of happy and inclusive people. People who love art, and want to love other people who love art. No pretentious art snobs! It was nice. See "themake.ca":http://themake.ca/ for samples. My choice art picks: Shea Moir, Charlotte Campbell, Luke Ramsey, Hank Pine, Ty Danylchuk, Colin MacRae, etc, etc, etc.2. This art show opening had a secret musical guest. That is fun, right? Secrets and surprises! For some reason, everybody knew the secret guest was Buck65, but nobody was allowed to write it down. If you talked to someone, they'd say, "Come to the Make opening-- the ticket includes a book and Buck65 is going to play." On paper, "theMake: featuring a secret musical guest." I have filed this under Marketing Genius. I would not have been as excited for Buck65 as a headliner as I was for Buck65 as a secret surprise.3. I don't even dig Buck65 in any special way, but it was a perfect match for three floors of local art in the middle of industrial nowhere neighbourhood. Party music, you know? Party music for every second person from this tiny town, who is at an art show without wearing a beret or acting like a dick. Fun!