Trinity’s World

This is for those people who love Science Fiction. I’m not talking about people who are into niche SciFi like StarTrek, or StarWars, but people who love it all. If you enjoy SciFi as a genre, you have to visit File770.com

Mike Glyer has been writing about SciFi since I was…well I wasn’t even born yet. Back in a day, before the WebErnet brought us thing like blogs (and their predecessors: the webzine), people used to use this stuff called paper (you make it out trees) and distributed news letters and home produced magazines. Back in a day, Mike was a fan of all that is SciFi. He has chaired a few Conventions that have been hosted here in the LA area, and is well known in the Fan area as one of the people how know the history of the Genre very well.

If you know who Orson Scott Card is, or Philip K. Dick, or even if you don’t but know of projects that resulted from their work (movies like Minority Report, or books like Ender’s Game), then you will feel right at home at file 770.com.

So go there, and link to him like a good blogger.

So I had a lot of fun this last weekend. July 5th and 6th was the first ever Big Bear Valley Victorian Festival. And, like I spend most of my time these days, I was there with the Belles of Bedlam. It was the fairs first year so it was really small. But the nice thing about small fairs, as a performer, is that you get to know the other performers pretty well. So here is a pick that the photographer there at the fair took for us. I apologize for the fuzziness of the pic, but it gives you a good idea of what we wore for the fair. Or rather…what the Ladies did no ware.

Belles of Bedlam: Fawnskin Victorian Festival

It was all about the corset shows for this fair. Which the girls were very grateful for, seeing July 4th in Big Bear California, is not cool by any stretch of the imagination.

So what did I do for Father’s day? I went fishing with my Dad. Sounds a little “that’s already been done,” but it was a lot of fun.

When I was younger, I remember have a lot of fun adventures with my Dad and my Brother. I think back and I have a lot of really vivid memories, fragmented and not really cohesive, but vivid. I remember trips to places like Bishop, late night peer fishing, streams, lakes, ocean, a lot of different places. I don’t remember catching a lot of fish, except for the fluke trip where we caught so many we didn’t know what to do. But I remember sitting with Dad and listening to him tell stories about when he was kid, stuff going on at work, and random stuff that you never really seem to appreciate at the time but now that your older you really miss. So fishing was not something we were ever good at, but it was a lot of fun all the same.

That basically describes our Father’s Day last week end. We had fun, but didn’t catch a thing. We cooked dinner over a fire pit, drank some alcohol, got sun burned, got a bit smelly, but we sat on the side of the lake and did nothing; which was the point. I know that I had fun, I’m sure my Dad did too. So here is a pic of me at Hesparia Lake, catching nothing:

OK so I’ve only had time to post one quick thing this month about a WordPress issue I’m having at work. I’ve been busy! Busy doing what?

Come see me and the Belles of Bedlam at the 50th annual Southern California Ren Fair. Order your tickets online and save!

Our group is doing four shows on Sat. and Sunday, each weekend, till the fair closes on May 18th. Come see our Family friendly stuff in the morning, but don’t bring the kids to our NC-17 shows on the Rouge’s Reef stage in the afternoon. This year the fair is under new ownership, so things are a bit different. Come on down to Irwindale and see what fun you can have. Just plug “15501 E. Arrow Highway, Irwindale, Ca 91706″ into Google Maps and to get directions.

Mark your calendars, I have another shamless plug!

The Belles will be performing at Brits in Pasadena on St. Patrick’s Day!

We’ll even have an opening act, Sportive Tricks, which features some folk you may find familiar. It’s gonna be a HUGE party… You won’t want to miss it!

Show starts at 8!

So, to recap:

1. 8pm
2. Monday, March 17th
3. Brits Pub in Passadena (1770 E Colorado Blvd Pasadena, CA 91106)
4. Click here for Directions

Do you like to sing? Do you like to make people laugh? Check this out!!!!!!

Belles of Bedlam Auditions!

We are seeking strong female performers who can both act and sing.

You must be a solid performer, look to be in your 20’s to 30’s,be charming and attractive, with a great sense of humor and a dynamic stage presence.

Ability to play a musical instrument is a plus!

Auditions will be held in early February by appointment only.

Contact: Mira@BellesofBedlam.com or maggie@BellesofBedlam.com

To learn more about the Belles, please visit us at the Riverside Dickens Festival: February 1, 2, and 3rd.

Yet another shameless plug for my group:

The Belles of Bedlam will be making our next public appearance at the Riverside City Dickens Festival on February 1, 2, and 3rd. So come see us dressed in our Victorian Best, and play some songs that are actually family friendly. Last year was a lot of fun. It’s a small street style fair, with a queen, a piper regiment, and they fire a live cannon ever hour in the street.

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The Belles of Bedlam have release a new CD…FINALLY!!!!! It’s called Bootleg. This a live recording of the Bogfest XII. Sadly, neither my wife nor I were in the group at time this was recorded, but we were there. I remember that night fondly. You see, for those who are not connected to the RenFair culture of Southern California, Bogfest is held every year by the Poxy Boggards. The Boggards preform on the Naughty stage with us at the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Fair. Well, if you work at fair, you don’t have time to catch a majority of the music acts you want to see during the run of fair because you are working. The Boggards put on a show just for these kinds of fans, close to site each year, and make sure all the Fair workers know. Pack that many people into a bar, at the end of the day, after a day of Fair, and it can be really crazy because you’ve spent what little sanity you had during the day. Our group opened for The Boggards that year, after a long, hard, hot, day at fair. Oh, yeah, and did I mention there were adult beverages involved. And The Boggards were kind enough to capture it for us so we were able to preserver every naughty minuet of it all.

My wife worked on the Inside cover art and liner notes.

So keep your eye on CD Baby, and you will see our new CD avilable soon. And while you are there pick up a copy of “Who’s Your Sire” too!

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