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Jennifer Hill

Last Updated: 11/19/2009

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March 2, 2009 - Monday

THE RECESSION OF YOUR MIND
Category: Life

OK..SO by now I have figured out that life is not always so
Easy...or beautiful or clouded or mysterious as it seems to be

It is not something that anyone even really understands.
We are here because we were born...our purpose unknown.

Lucky, (or unlucky) for me I was given a gift with music. One that came naturally but that needed to be nurtured in order to gain real knowledge and control along with my ear for pitch and my ease with singing on key (even when I was 10 months old).

I did what I was "supposed" to do.

I went to college for music, I auditioned, I studied, I taught.
I moved myself all the way from college in Co. to NYC to follow my dream.

And for some reason, back then it seemed easier. Even though I lived in a tiny room and had really nothing but my dog, my piano, and my clothes I was happy. I was young and determined. Nothing seems quite so final.

Now I am in this amazing world where recession has hit us all and everyone I know...no matter what their position or status in life...is feeling it.

I have friends call me every day..crying about lost jobs or bills or losing their houses. It is so sad.

****Please do not take offense to any of this because i am in the same boat. I am just lucky I have a car that is paid off and a place to live otherwise I would be living on the sreets****

But what is also so sad is that in some ways we are getting paid back with our own Karma for living in years of greed.

I don't know about you but I was starting to get really sick with our preoccupation with money and material things.

I attended high school in the 90s and when I was in school Army Navy chic was in. You splurged on Guess and Liz Claiborn Perfume not on Uggs and Louis Vuitton and $50,000 sweet 16 parties. I mean, it's gotten uncontrollable!

Now we find our country in this horrible position and our kids are freaking out wondering why they can't get another coach bag for this season.

So i guess my whole reason for writing this is that now it is time to get back to what matter in life. LOVE,FAMILY,and FRIENDS.

Do the things you considered "old school" like walking in the woods or making tea or hanging with the family and some friends playing Yahtzee. Make your own coffee. Go out for drinks after you make dinner at home. Whatever you need to do cut the expense but not the time with your loved ones. After all is said and done, when you are at your last moment of life you want your family, not your money.

So pull yourself out of the recession of your mind (myself included) and do whatever it takes to survive these tough times, you need to talk... I'm here.

Peace and love to you all!!

Jennifer Hill

7:40 PM

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January 21, 2009 - Wednesday

LIKE GLASS!
Current mood:

angsty
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

I DON'T KNOW WHY I DO THIS ANYMORE

ALL YOU WANT IS FOR ME TO BE YOUR MEDIA WHORE

TAKING CARE SO YOU GET PAID

MAKING SURE I SET THE STAGE

FOR EVERYTHING YOU CAN'T DO

ALL BECAUSE I WAS BORN INTO

A MIND THAT ONLY LIVES TO SING

MY GLASS EMOTIONS BREAK EASILY

Currently listening:
Give It 2 Me (Maxi-Single)
By Madonna
Release date: 2008-08-05

10:46 PM

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January 7, 2009 - Wednesday

The Down Low!!
Current mood:

flirty
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

JENNIFER HILL AND CO. ROCK THE BLACK MOON MUSIC LOUNGE IN BELCHERTOWN MASS

"The Down Low!!"

Currently listening:
When The Pawn...
By Fiona Apple
Release date: 1999-11-09

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January 7, 2009 - Wednesday

STAY CAFE 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5OGqPmrL4k

ROCKIN THE INDEPENDISC HOLIDAY PARTY WITH "STAY" AT CAFE 9!!!

12:41 PM

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January 7, 2009 - Wednesday

CREEP RADIOHEAD COVER JENNIFER HILL AND CO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZgCA9zZ1PI

cafe 9 independisc holiday party cafe 9 new haven some killer jen dancing going on!!

1:47 AM

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November 26, 2008 - Wednesday

JENNIFER HILL AND CO @ BLACKMOON MUSIC LOUNGE
Current mood:

accomplished
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l-gLpq-tnE

THIS IS A SHORT CLIP ON OUR NEW SONG "THE DOWNLOW" FROM A SET WE DID THIS PAST WEEKEND 11/22 AT THE BLACKMOON MUSIC LOUNGE IN BELCHERTOWN MASS.

11:41 AM

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October 24, 2008 - Friday

THE WEBSTER THEATER AND "RICK THE PRICK"
Current mood:

aggravated
Category: Music

OK...SO LAST NIGHT MY BAND AND I GO TO PLAY AT THE WEBSTER...OPENING FOR HANSON.

WE WALK IN AT 5 (AFTER BEING TOLD AT 3PM THAT DAY, THAT LOAD IN WAS AT 4:45) AND I SEE MY FRIENDS FROM ARTICLE 19...THEY INFORM ME OUR SETS ARE ONLY 20 MIN LONG AND THAT THERE ARE NOW 6 OPENERS INSTEAD OF 3.

WTF???

APPARENTLY THE CLUB NEEDED TO MAKE MORE MONEY AND THEREFORE USED THE 6 OPENERS TO PAY FOR THEIR LOSSES FROM HANSON. OF COURSE, RICK THE PRICK DOESN'T CARE, HE HAS GOT HIS MONEY TAKEN CARE OF AND COULD CARE LESS IF THE LOCAL ACTS EVEN STAY TO PLAY. HE HAS NO REMORSE AND SMILES THE WHOLE TIME HE TELLS EACH BAND WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING.

MY QUESTION IS...WHO DOES THIS FUCKER THINK HE IS??

I HAVE NEVER BEEN TREATED SO BAD IN ALL MY MUSICAL CAREER.

FROM THERE THE NIGHT JUST GETS WORSE.

BOB OVERHEARS A CONVERSATION WITH RICK ABOUT HOW "NOT TO LET THE BANDS KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON (SHORT SETS, NO TIME SLOTS HONORED,AND 5 MIN BETWEEN BANDS) UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE FOR ANY OF THEM TO BACK OUT." (ANOTHER SHADY MOVE!)

BY NOW, ALL THE BANDS ARE COMMISERATING AND CALLING THIS DUDE NAMES UNDER THEIR BREATH AND THREATENING TO WALK. YET WE ALL STAY AND SUCK IT UP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PROFESSIONALS DO.

I DO SOME DETECTIVE WORK ANDI FIND OUT THAT RICK AVOIDED EVERY BAND UNTIL THAT AFTERNOON AS TO MAKE SURE TICKETS WOULD SELL AND WE WOULD SHOW UP. HE NEVER TOLD ANYONE OF THE CHANGES, HE JUST LET IT GO TILL WE GOT THERE.(SOME BANDS CAME AS FAR AS NJ FOR A 20 MIN SET)

WELL MY BAND DECIDES TO START DRINKING BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANT TO LEAVE THE SHOW AND I WON'T LET THEM.

SO I START DRINKING TOO,TO CALM MY NERVES AND TO TRY TO RATIONALIZE ALL SIDES OF THE STORY BEFORE I DECIDE TO JUMP SHIP.

RIGHT NOW THE TIME IS 6PM

8PM...ABOUT 15 SHOTS AND BEERS LATER...

WE GET ONSTAGE TO PLAY AND THE SOUND SUCKS!!
NO MONITORS ARE WORKING, I CAN'T HEAR SHIT AND EVERYONE IN MY BAND IS SO DRUNK THEY COULD CARE LESS..INCLUDING MYSELF (THE USUALLY RESERVED ONE)

SO WE ROCK OUT IN ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT KEYS FROM EACH OTHER..I SING LIKE A DRUNK OFF KEY MESS AND BERATE THE WEBSTER WITH ALL THE REASONS WHY THEY SUCK. MY DRUMMER, WHO WROTE "SUCK A DICK RICK" ON HIS BASS DRUM, FALLS OFF HIS SEAT, MY GUITARIST ROCKS OUT TO A SONG FROM HIS OWN BRAIN (WHAT SONG WAS THAT??) MY BASS PLAYER LAUGHS AT THE FACT HE IS PLAYING A HALF STEP DIFFERENT FROM US THE WHOLE TIME, AND FOR ONCE JESSE ACTUALLY GETS TO HIT SOMEONE WITH HIS BOW.

ROCK AND ROLL AT IT'S FINEST

THE NIGHT CONCLUDED WITH MEETING SOME REALLY GREAT MUSICIANS AND MAKING SOME CONNECTIONS TO PLAY IN OTHER TOWNS.

THE MORAL TO THIS STORY????

FUCK THE WEBSTER!!! THEY DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT LOCAL MUSIC!!

IF YOU BOOK A SHOW WITH RICK BE PREPARED TO BE DISAPPOINTED AND TO FIND ALL OF HIS WORDS TO BE LIES.

Currently listening:
Fuck You and Then Some
By Overkill
Release date: 1996-10-15

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October 2, 2008 - Thursday

MADONNA WTF IS UP WTH THIS CD?? A REVIEW AND LECTURE
Current mood:

artistic
Category: Music

OK...NOW BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING...YOU MUST KNOW THAT I AM A DIE HARD MADONNA FAN!

I HAVE ALL THINGS MADONNA, HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO HER SINCE I WAS 6...HAVE LED A SOMEWHAT PARALLEL LIFE AS HERS...AND I LOOK UP TO HER AS ONE OF THE GREAT ICONS OF OUR TIME.

I PRACTICALLY WISH I WAS THIS WOMAN, WHICH IS WHY THESE WORDS ARE SAID WITH GREAT LOVE.

TODAY...I SAID "WTF" FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A MADONNA CD.

FIRST, I OPEN IT AND THERE ARE THESE PICTURES OF A BUFF MADONNA SITTING ON SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A TRIPOD BETWEEN HER LEGS ( I KNOW IT IS A SEAT BUT IT LOOKS VERY ODD..) WITH BACKGROUNDS OF DIFFERENT LOLLIPOPS AND CANDYS, AND THE THERE ARE NO LYRICS. (SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS LOOK FOR FIRST). THE PICS KIND OF LOOK POORLY PUT TOGETHER COMPARED TO WHAT I HAVE SEEN MADONNA DO IN THE PAST..KIND OF BORING EVEN THOUGH SHE IS OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO BE SEXUAL.

THE MUSIC YOU ASK??

HER NEW CD "HARD CANDY" IS UNFORTUNATELY JUST A MENAGE OF THE SAME OLD TIMBALAND, TIMBERLAKE, AND PHARRELL BULL SHIT THAT HAS INVADED THE RADIO FOR THE PAST 2 SUMMERS.

ALTHOUGH FOR SOME REASON MADONNA IS ABOUT 2 SUMMERS TOO LATE FOR AN ALBUM LIKE THIS.

THE SONGS HAVE SUCH SIMPLE LYRICS (ALMOST BORINGLY SO) AND HAVE SUCH PREDICTABLE BEATS THAT YOU KNOW WHO PRODUCED IT IMMEDIATELY. (ALTHOUGH FOR SOME REASON MADONNA IS WRITTEN AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) IT IS JUST A REMIX OF TIMBALAND/PHARRELL/TIMBERLAKE ON A MADONNA BUDGET.

I WAS DISAPPOINTED, BUT BEING THE MADONNA CHEERLEADER I AM, I HAD TO KEEP LISTENING TO THE CD TO TRY AND FIND SOME SORT OF REDEMPTION FOR MY 13.99..I HAD TO FIND AN EXCEPTION TO THIS POP-TASTROPHIE... I HAD TO LIKE 1 SONG!!

SO I LISTENED AND LISTENED AND LISTENED...UNTIL..

FINALLY!!!!

AFTER 10 SONGS THAT COULDN'T KEEP MY INTEREST I FOUND SONG NUMBER 11 "DEVIL WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU."

I HAVE LISTENED TO IT ABOUT 10 TIMES AND STILL CRAVE LISTENING TO IT "JUST ONCE MORE." IT"S ONE OF THOSE TRACKS THAT TAKES YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE AND MAKES YOU FEEL. ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING FROM "RAY OF LIGHT" OR "MUSIC."

I COULD TELL FROM THE FIRST NOTES IT WAS PURELY MADONNA.

I CHECKED THE CD AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THIS SONG WAS ONE OF THE FEW THAT LISTED MADONNA FIRST IN ITS CREDITS. THIS IS A FACT THAT MADE ME BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF. AS COMMITTED TO HER MUSIC AS I AM, I CAN NOW JUSTIFY THAT MADONNA DIDN'T REALLY CAUSE THIS MESS AND THAT HER NEED TO STAY WITH THE "IN CROWD" MADE HER SEEK OUT THIS TIRED TEAM. MAYBE IT WAS HER MANAGER...OR MAYBE JUST THIS ONCE SHE MISSED THE BOAT.

NO MATTER WHAT I KNOW MADONNA WILL RULE THE CHARTS AND WILL MAKE TONS OF SALES, BUT AS AN AVID FAN I JUST WANNA TELL HER TO STICK TO HER OWN VOICE AND NOT TO CONFORM TO TRENDS IN MEDIA...AFTER ALL SHE IS MADONNA...AND MADONNA IS HER OWN ENTITY, NOT A FOLLOWER