June 29, 2004
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I saw The Wrens
last Saturday, and there was a girl on stage with a video camera.
I wondered, “wow, are they making a video”? Well, apparently, they are.A
little more background: The Wrens are awesome. They are in their
40s, but they rock harder than bands half their age; you can tell they truely love what they are doing. Their story
is a classic tale of balancing a passion for music with the duties of
life as one grows older, and you can hear the agony and comprimise and
joy in every word of their songs. Most articles cover their ordeals in detail, and it’s a tale truly worthy of a film.
Comments (93)
Age is merely a number!
all I gotta say is they better have this at the Cir-cute City (which is where I’m going after I hit submit on this comment) cuz I wanna support any and all 40-somethings striving to make their dreams come true…
Thanks, Mon, for always being the best music source!
do you play?
Thanks again for the cool music update. =)
Hey…You listen to some really good music.
have a wonderful day!
love, Amarachi
this is a completely unrelated comment, but are you a designer?
i am in search of a designer…
oh how xangaclumsy of me-
i didn’t realize you were a “real” xangan…
well, i am still in search of a clothing designer…
just wondering: did you get on their video?
how old are you?
COOL!
you’re mean!
or even concieted or something! or from New York, people there are weird, it’s like they’re not happy!
They rule
just curious… i’m aware that xanga started as a music/media review site and blew up into a successful blog site. who started xanga/and where…new york?
meadowlands… sounds familiar… isn’t that the anthem of some middle eastern country? seriously… i think we had to play that in band class, one day…
neato! fre concerts! i wish i lived in new york!
do you know of any way to deleate someones site if they never posted..and have had their site for more than a year??
hi. my site has recently recieved 140 props in the past 12 hours. but i have yet to be on featured. is featured only for premium users?
what a wonderful set of comments. i’d use them if i thought they could be improved upon.
please do now use you evil powers for evil, magical warlock.
wow you listen to the wrens, that definitely just made my day.
Monsur, greetings and I am sorry to use your blog in this fashion but, I am not sure of a response from the older posts on Marks and Johns site. So, I will paste here what I wrote to them and I am in hopes your heads will come together to give me an answer to my question. So:
I can’t imagine you fellows not looking for new feedback but as this is an old post I am writing in, I may be disappointed. I will copy this into Mark and John’s comments and possibly more of the Xanga Gods comment boxes.
LittleEgypt here, writing on this end of the keyboard. I have begun another blog ring. This is my second and I am enjoying blogging and meeting some very nice people in Xanga. I began my second ring, just yesterday, July 10, 2004. It is a seniors blog ring, called, ~*~Old People,
Platinum Treasures Of Society~*~ begun to unite seniors in the blogging arena in Xanga and to bring them together with people of their own ages. It specifically states in the ring profile it is for seniors aged 50 and older. Now, I know there will be some who think they have to join the gray haired jewels in the crown of humanity but I already have a 16 year old, click here to view who obviously does not fit the criteria and who is more than foul mouthed in his personal profile and in his blogging habits. Now, I know he can read and write and work on a computer or, he wouldn’t be here in Xanga but, obviously, he can not comprehend. My new group has grown to 16 seniors in a days time and he has, deliberately as a smart A– kid come into the ring to see just what I intend to do about it. Please, can you tell me where you are, in the development of the delete a site from a ring feature in your ring software. I truly get into a lot of hot and heavy blogging I don’t particularly love but, I will do it again if I have to. The kid is not retarded, he is not aged 50 and he is a troublemaker. I would appreciate any feedback someone heading up Xanga can and will give me. I believe Xanga did not mean for this community to be run and over-run by snotty nosed people, no matter what their ages.
My best regards and thank you ahead of time for any feedback.
LittleEgypt
hello?!
Following on to LittleEgypt’s comment above, the perp/twerp has managed to hack his way into her site in such a way as to affect me as well. I blogged about the situation, and when I click on comments, I can read only two of the four (presumably the ones I can’t see are one I sent from another site and one that possibly came from LE or someone else this perp/twerp has infected. Not only can’t I see my own comment, what I CAN see (when I click on “comments”) is a photograph of the very same perp/twerp we’re talking about, giving me the finger with both hands.
Can YOU see the photo at the bottom of the entry, when you click on comments at twoberry’s latest blog?
Help, please. I emailed you about this. Sorry if any of this bothers your other readers.
ah yes, chris rock! i will turn to him whenever i have an age old dilemma on my hands?
i wonder what he says about young girls having a penchant for dating older men…
i will find a way to interview that wise man some day soon
i just re-read my comment and i have no idea why i have a ? after this sentence – i will turn to him whenever i have an age old dilemma on my hands?
it must be bc i am an editor rebelling against grammar …
Dude, you rock!
are u the one who works on the blogring?cuz i have a question about this blogring i made my self.my blogring is stretched out.and my blogring info got small and tiny..ill give u the link to my blogring and mabe u will know the answer to fixing this
http://www.xanga.com/groups/group.aspx?id=441209
I never bothered writing letters full of gushy sentiment.
I always made mix tapes.
In fact, one of the things I have kept over the years was a mix tape I found taped to my window.
you’re originally from chicago? right on.
i was wondering how I could get ahold of someone to do something about a guy who is really perverted and is sending people really dirty messages the persons site is http://www.xanga.com/thefestlanders i would really appreciate it if you could do something about it!
thank you
brooke
hi- i wanted to know if you can possibly help me with my xanga problem. see i was putting up a new lay-out with some codes and it turns out that i had forgotten to add the look & feel code. right now i can’t fix up my lay-out cause i don’t have a look&feel button. is there anyway i can add it? or atleast a way from me to get back to fixing my lay-out. i can sign in and make new weblog entries, but i just can’t finish fixin my lay-out cause the look & feel code is missing. anyways thanks for hearing me out. im sorry for the bother, i just don’t wanna leave this xanga. i would love to hear from you soon. THANKS SO MUCH!!
could you pleasee help me dude i relaly need help , some person i know… guessed my pw for my email @yahoo.com, decided to screw around with my xanga http://www.xanga.com/leesoccer um messed it up put some dirty friggen banner n talked all this sh*t all over my xanga and changed the pws to my email and xanga n now i have no access to it. if u wouldnt mind please i ask of you to help me and restore my acct and pw back to me ….. aim : leesoccer - if u could help please ..
First i would like to thank you for everything from xanga. but i was wondering how u can make your site more popular… i am curently in the making of a site (davidlb921) that is supose to be for other xanga members. This site is a colection of layouts i have found and gotten the permission of the designer to hoste them on my site as long as i give them credit, as u will see i do. Please help me in trying to make my site more popular with the public so that xanga members may enjoy this.
http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=u_n_e_xpected__so_ng&tab=weblogs&uid=111296750
this is very important. must be viewed immediately.
hey..so how old are you? is that u in the pic?
id like 2 thank u 4 helping 2 stomp out the bugs but umm… im kinda new 2 xanga not rilly i jus dunno wat im doing i got it jus 2 join a blogring running round my skool where rumors spread, yes noisy me but i need help how do i get cool backrounds 4 free im tired of these plain colored wuns. i want 2 upload images from my cumpuda 2 the site but i undastand u have 2 have prmeium 4 that… i’d like a trail b4 i buy it wat if i dont like it im stuck paying a bill i need a trail and my pios barely eva cum up on ppls cumpudas but i get everywuns pics and i think i figured out how 2 add music 2 ur site, at the top win i think i accomplish this it’ll say wat it’s SUPPOSE 2 b playin but no1 including me eva hear anything!!! and well could u help me, u’ve bin reffered 2 me as a “xanga master”
okay…is there a way i can protect anyone at all (except for one person) from viewing my xanga site (not just my posts)?
I HAVE BEEN A BAD PERSON
Wilco is awesome… I gotta get their new cd.
Do you like Nickel Creek or Glen Phillips?
meow =^-^=
never heard of them but i might start now….
Thanks man. You rock.
Hey thanks for the music updates!!!!!!!! Thats AWSOME!!!!!!!!!! And if that really is you in the picture….your a hottie!!!!!!!!!
You’re part of the team, thank you for Xanga!
wuts wrens
prpz
Question: Let’s say you created a xanga and purchased premium for it for x amount of time. Let’s say you create (before the premium account ends on the first one) a second xanga using the same e-mail address as the first. Is there any way to ”swap” the premium features onto the second account (changing the first xanga back to a free account)? Thanks,
Madalynn
i have no idea how i got to your xanga site…..but you are living in my dream place…new york is my fairytale land..do tell me about it…and yourself
Hallo Monsur… off the subject, just out of curiousity, is that picture on your page of you?
Tchus.
Courtney
have you ever heard of Caleb Kane?…he makes amazing music..anyways come to my site http://www.xanga.com/blindeyez
Monsur where are you from? i’m guessing egypt?…
Rock On!… If that’s your pic on your profile, then I think I might have a crush on you! tehe!
hey i was just browsing random xangas and found yours. just stoppin in to say hi, and have a great weekend!
[[~*Random Props*~]]
Liz
So, Mon….end the mystery. Is that you in the profile pic? It seems like a shot I’ve seen somewhere else, but I’ve never been certain. I’ve always thought you and John and all the Xanga staff should have your pic somewhere so we can behold your glory….as it were.
Peace and good stuff to you, brother.
if you dont mind me asking,where are you from?
you got the same name as my cousin
I shuold check them out sometime – Nicole
Are u Arabic?
funkytastic!
some of the rockiest people I know are well over forty… makes me less opposed to adulthood.
now I wanna smoke… and it’s your fault! xx
oh my gosh i love Wilco and Wrens. you have awesome taste!
hi monsur bhaiya! its raka, wow i never knew that you and some other people made xanga! that’s so cool! well i miss you bye!
dude. xanga is awesome.
have you given any thought to a xanga IM client, with features like a popup notification when someone on your “Sites I Read” list posts an update? i think this interactive, pro-active sort of sign-in tool would, honestly, rock.
Guy you are AWESOME. Rock on dood. 40′S MUSIC IS KICK ASS!! LOL. Yeah I love ur site, and I hope to hear from you soon, I know ur a busy guy, but get back to me and thanks for this awesome site! <3
hey there bogey,
is your mix-master site still up? i’m curious to see your works of art. thanks~
Hi Monsur bhiya, its muna! jihan sister! i looove xangas
has your poop ever fascinated you but you were too embarassed to comment?
I would like to report threats, and mis using of xanga from, Seven_Angels_Seven_Plagues he has been mis using xanga and making threats.
please put an end to this
hey i heard u started xanga…tatz sum aweome shit! well im liek sarah…u may know me..im in the sabine muna raka farihah crowd…well i was j/w how come the darkplayers wont wrk no more on ne of the sites? holla back..xoxo
RYN — I understand. Thank you. The note made me feel better. I know you guys care about us. It just gets frustrating sometimes. I’m sure you understand…
XOXOXO,
DARLING NIKI
kool
HI
i have no way to contact xanga, and my xanga got shut down for some reason, and I DIDNT SHUT IT DOWN, my xanga username is HAHADEREK, and ur help page doesnt load, theres no way to contact, theres no way i can get help, and this is the only way i can contact one of the xanga ppl by leaving a comment with a new acount (HAHAHAderek, not my previous one that got shut down, that was HAHADEREK)
please i need your help
hi..where are u from? ur name is fron middle eat? are u from there..like around iran or other places?? anywayzz gtg bye bye
hey monsur,
in kansas city xanga is a HUGE thing, and i would really love to do an article on xanga for the northmen log (our school paper). Maybe you could give me your Aol Instant Messenger, or i could email you the questions.
thanks for reading this,
shaun
Not that any of you guys or gals care, but look what’s on featured content today:
http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=wet_4_cock
what is the name of the theme you’re using for your xanga layout? I love it!
Oh, well I looked at the blogrings http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=wet_4_cock is subscribed to, and apparently Xanga is now a porn site. I’d like my $100 lifetime premium returned to me please as well as an explanation of why your own rules are allowed to be broken while none of you care.
Right on, I’m gonna age like a rockstar!! Wait, doesn’t that mean I’ll grow old to look like Keith Richards?
Not that I believe in all of this – but I do think the poem says alot.
Subject: Poem
> THIS IS SO TRUE, ALWAYS TELL SOMEBODY HOW YOU
> FEEL, TO MY FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY
>
>Whether you believe in these cases or not, that is up to
you.
>
>READ ALONE…..ESPECIALLY THE POEM
>
>CASE 1:
>Kelly Sedey had one wish, for her boyfriend of three years,
>David Marsden, to propose to her.
>Then one day when she was out to lunch
>David proposed!
>She accepted, but then had to leave
>because she had a meeting in 20 min.
>When she got to her office, she noticed on
>her computer she had
>some e-mail’s. She checked it, the usual
>stuff from her friends,
>but then she saw one that she had never
>gotten before.
>It was this poem. She simply deleted it
>without even reading all
>of it.
>
>BIG MISTAKE! Later that evening, she
>received a phone call from
>the police. It was about DAVID! He had
>been in an accident with a
>man and an 18 wheeler. He didn’t
>survive.
>
>
> CASE 2:
>
>Take Katie Robinson .
>
>She received this poem and being the
>believer that she was, she
>sent it to a few of her friends but
>didn’t have enough e-mail
>addresses to send out the full 10 that
>you must. Three days later,
>Katie went to a masquerade ball. Later
>that night when she left to
>get to her car to go home, she was
>killed on the spot by a
>hit-and-run drunk driver.
>
>
>
>CASE 3:
>
>Richard S. Willis sent this poem out
>within 45 minutes of reading
>it. Not even 4 hours later walking along
>the street to his new job
>interview with a really big company,
>when he ran into Cynthia Bell,
>his secret love for 5 years. Cynthia
>came up to him and told him of
>her passionate crush on him that she had
>had on him for 2 years.
>Three days later, he proposed to her
>and they got married.
>Cynthia and Richard are still married
>with three children, happy
>as ever.
>
>
>
> This is the poem:
> Around the corner I have a friend,
> In this great city that has no end,
> Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
> And before I know it, a year is gone.
> And I never see my old friends face,
> For life is a swift and terrible race,
> He knows I like him just as well,
> As in the days when I rang his bell.
> And he rang mine but we were younger then,
> And now we are busy, tired men.
> Tired of playing a foolish game,
> Tired of trying to make a name.
> “Tomorrow” I say! “I will call on Jim
> Just to show that I’m thinking of him.”
> But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
> And distance between us grows and grows.
> Around the corner, yet miles away,
> “Here’s a telegram sir,” “Jim died today.”
> And that’s what we get and deserve in the end.
> Around the corner, a vanished friend.
> Remember to always say what you mean.
> If you love someone, tell them.
> Don’t be afraid to express yourself. Reach out and
> tell someone what they mean to you. Because when you
> decide that it is the right time it might be too late.
>
> Seize the day. Never have regrets. And most
> importantly, stay
> close to your friends and family, for they have
> helped make you the person that you are today.
> You must send this on in 3 hours after reading the
> letter to 10
> different people. If you do this, you will receive
> unbelievably
> good luck. The person that you are most attracted
> to will soon
> return your feelings.
> THIS IS NOT A JOKE!
> *NOTE* The more people that you send
> this to, the better luck You will Have.
> SMILE, even through your tears!!!!!
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I need help but no one has responded to me yet! I don’t have any programs on my comp. or anything but for some reason when I browse RANDOM xangas of people I DON’T KNOW and have NEVER subscribed to or even SEEN their username before, I CAN SEE THEIR PROTECTED POSTS. That makes me worry people can see my PPosts sometimes! What’s up w/ that?
Someone please help =(
It’s kool that you were born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, just like me!
Hello Monsur! Awesome taste in music!
can we have more fonts to choose from on the look & feel page!! plzzzzzzzz
The Wrens are awesome. I love Absolutely Kosher Records.
Please take the filters off of featured content. I was so thrilled to be in the spotlight and have a popular xanga, and u stole that from me. How dare you?
i have a suggestion: in our subscription page, there should be an option to list our subscriptions in chronological order; this way, we can see who we have subscribed to recently, and those who we have been subscribed to for a while. =D
Hello Monsur, I Deleted A Big Load Of Xangas This Morning, Inculding, But not limited to;
letmeholdyourhand,
mi_raza_4_life,
cutie2091,
hanana_bannah,
sillynsweet15,
one_breezie,
immacool,
BigBurdett,
princess_tiffy,
Gods_crazy_child,
chosengrl,
still_fighting_it,
abe3890,
kelliiscoolio,
ohlongwindedone,
shakiraxcore,
funfest,
kid_andrea,
psychoshell,
Joanna2,
demusxxx,
typicallyexptal,
meredithanne,
elisamarisa,
spyderdude375,
ovable_irish_weirdo,
and many, many more…
r u a designer?
i just wanted 2 no
u were born in DHAKA, BANGLADESH?
dude thats AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (my parents r both from bangladesh)
Please help…ever since a few days ago (possibly since when the comments were changed to have people’s avators in them) , everytime I click on my comments my Internet crashes. I can click on them on any other Xanga site, just not on mine….
I don’t know what it is and I’d really appriciate any help.
you should delete thetubgirl