I love the Olympics. I think most people at least like the Olympics. I mean, you might have a complaint with some aspect of the Games, but overall, the once-every-four-years sporting events are pretty fun to watch, aren’t they?
Cara doesn’t like the Olympics. I should really clarify that statement by explaining that Cara doesn’t like to watch any sporting events on TV (with the noteable exceptions of Slamball and MotoX) so her Olympic dislike really stems from the fact that the Olympics are a sporting event. It seems that she has a special dislike for men’s water polo, which features “silly hats that look like baby bonnets.” She does have a point.
But even though Cara doesn’t like to watch the Olympics, she is a good friend so watched with me when I had the clicker and she had no choice. In typical Cara fashion, when we were watching gymnastics, she said:
“This sport is based on Minoan Bull Jumping.”
Chris was there when she made this claim, and we both know better than to believe every word that Cara says, so we pretty much disregarded it. Until she sent this email:
This “Great Commission” video was imagined, created and produced by our very own Cara Austin.
As a side note, Cara went into one of her “manic” phases to create this video. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this phase, it’s Cara’s highly creative and highly productive phase of life. It’s the times when she seems to be almost obsessed with something, she spends so much time on it. I’ve seen her go into these phases when writing songs, painting and doing other generally creative things. This manic phase involved learning how to do video editing and producing this video.
The manic phase also usually involves a “dearth” of sleep – in this instance, she stayed up until something like 6:30am (from the night before) tweaking and perfecting the video. Enjoy!
We just signed up this blog to be a part of Blog Action Day 2008. There’s more about the program here, if you’re interested, but basically it’s a day when thousands of blog writers all post about the same topic. Last year the topic was the environment, and more than 20,000 blogs participated. This year, we’ll be talking about poverty. If you have a blog, join in! Otherwise, stay tuned for Blog Action Day 2008 on October 15.
Cara Austin and Margaret Becker meet! This was a cool moment, it was fun to see Cara meet one of her greatest musical influences, and Margaret Becker was gracious and friendly. Cara did not really want me to take a photo, but I followed her and forced her into the picture. (I guess I didn’t really have to force too hard, honestly.) My favorite part of the moment was that MB complimented Cara’s outfit and told her that she looked “too cool to stand next to her.” Funny.
The night before Cara played at The New England Arts Festival, we went up early to catch the Margaret Becker concert. She did an acoustic set to raise money for a school up in Maine. The concert was amazing. We were in about the second or third row and it practically felt like we were on stage. This was my favorite song that she did – Just Come In. Cara told me that this song was one of her favorites, as well, and held a lot of meaning for her from years ago when she first heard it. (Please forgive the poor videography!)
This is a short 30-second video interview that I did with Cara before the New England Arts Festival started. We talk about her upcoming performance, and her views on Margaret Becker’s performance the night before.
This is Cara’s performance of “Come to Me” at the New England Arts Festival in Maine in June 2008. They specifically requested that she play this song, you won’t usually hear Cara include this one in her regular set.
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, this blog has recently been on a bit of a hiatus. I apologize to all of you who have been wondering what’s going on, where Cara Austin is, etc. I’ve been enjoying some vacations and trying to get ready to launch my first big Web site with Pure Incubation, so I took a short summer break from this blog. I’m hoping that this post will be the start of me blogging regularly here again. Starting with the info from the New England Music Festival that I promised a month ago….!
The weekend was awesome! Cara played great, the festival was really fun and Margaret Becker was amazing. The only downside is that I am sick and got both Cara and Chris sick, too. The good news is that Cara’s voice held up, and her performance was great. (She didn’t get her “man voice” until the next day.) I’ll post the video and more photos later this week when I’m feeling better, but I wanted everyone to know how great it went.
This blog is about Cara Austin, singer, songwriter and emerging rock star. It is written by Cara's friend Melissa, who also happens to be the president of her record label Fat J Records.
Send Me is Cara's most recent album.
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