Junkyard Blues is an outdoor blues club in a Gulf Coast environment residing in the virtual world of Second Life. Since the day we opened our doors on June 16, 2006 a community has flourished. We invite you to visit us. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Junkyard%20Blues/187/27/22
We are 4 years old! DJ Luci Bergbahn kicked off the party on the Junkyard beach, followed by a performance from AM Quar at the live music venue, followed by DJ Bard Wasp carrying the birthday spirit into the night. Here are Luci and Strat. (Picture by Yordie Sands)
There Was a Lot of Sentiment So many friends came by, all through the day, to toast the Junkyard and share their feelings about it. We especially love hearing those words, "This is where we met."(Picture by Yordie Sands)
Back in the Day Here is a scene from the early days, when the club floated in the sky over Tagona on the mainland and people often fell through holes in the fence. Junkyard Blues opened to the Second Life public on June 16th, 2006. See our Picture History of Junkyard Blues for more.
Thank you! This is the most we've ever seen about ourselves in print at any one time, and it's been a lot of fun discovering how these writers and photographers have rendered our surroundings and our community. We thank those of you who were interviewed for giving your time to the Prim Perfect people and for your many kind words. We got so much positive feedback from them about you and about the world of Junkyard Blues.
Articles in this issue of "Prim Perfect" are: "Junkyard Blues, Region of the Month" * "Kiff Clutterbuck and Dina Petty, Owners of the Month" * "Music and Marina, Ten things to See and Do in Junkyard Blues" * "Life in the Key of Blue, The Music of the Junkyard" * "The Gentrified Junkyard - an Oxymoron?" * "Homegrown Rhythms, A literary Walk to Junkyard Blues" * "Where the Wild Things Live" (a botanical walk through Junkyard Blues)
The Junkyard Dreamgirls Cookbook is Available Now! Here is an idea! Ask the Junkyard Blues Dreamgirls to send in one of their favorite recipes, and see what happens! What happened is that Gala Caproni, artist and owner of Flutterby Photography, spent a LOT of time gathering the recipes, taking pictures of the cooks, collecting food photographs to match the recipes, organizing it all and publishing it in The Dreamgirls Cookbook. If you like to cook and you enjoy the Junkyard, just cam your way into the bar and grab a copy of Gala's book for just 100 L. Gala has it set up so that all proceeds go toward Junkyard Blues live music shows. Here are two sample pages from the book.
BLUES FOR AUTISM
Arora Chadbourne Raises $L96K with Autism Benefit Concert at the Junkyard
Arora gave a typically great concert at the JYB Live Music Stage, and people showed their appreciation for her songs and for her sincere commitment by donating generously as she sang. The tip jar showed each donation and displayed a running total as people cheered it along. After the concert ArorA dropped the proceeds into Magi McBride's "Blues for Autism" Kiosk which sends the money along to the Autism Society of America. This year Magi raised a total of $L1,374,864 from all BFA events combined for this year's fund drive.
Junkyard Sharks Achieve Flight! This picture was taken by a startled commuter on his way to the club from the south sim the other day. After the recent newbie tragedy at the docks the shark situation takes a more ominous turn.
DJ Fiery Otaared and Generous Dawgs Make JYB Live Music Fundraiser a Success
Dina and I would like to thank all the participants and generous donors of the Valentine’s Day annual Kissathon, our live music fundraiser. We were stunned and touched by the response. The event ended with DJ Fiery Otaared's evening show at which she announced that, instead of tips, she would accept live music donations for the fundraiser and match each donation linden for linden.
By the end of the day Fiery presented 119,000 L to junkyard Blues from generous donors and from her own matching funds of 42,000 L !!! Later during the wee hours DJ Bard Wasp wore out his lips and raised another 12,000 L. After the dust settled there was 155,000 L in the live music fund, enough for lots of concerts in the months to come.
Many of you will recall that a little more than a year ago we had a 3-month run of live music sponsored by the Nestea company. They gave us $1000 USD to finance concerts in exchange for a banner at the stage acknowledging their sponsorship, and we spent it all during the sponsorship period to fulfill our end of the agreement.
It turned out to be a positive relationship for Nestea and for Junkyard Blues, but we learned from the experience that many of our group members were just not available to attend 5 or 6 live music events each week. This time we look forward to scheduling concerts in a more leisurely time frame, giving more of our group a chance to enjoy them.
Funds donated during the Valentine's Day event will be used entirely for the purpose of paying expenses related to live music concerts.We thank you so much for your generosity, for your trust and faith in us, and for the feeling of community that we find every day at Junkyard Blues.
Shark Grabs Noob! Tragedy strikes noob at Junkyard Blues beach. Says horrified onlooker Jacko Vendetta, "The little guy never had a chance." Owners post warnings for swimmers. The deceased is survived by his brother who works in the repair bay at the Junkyard Garage.
How to Be a Rabbit Instead of a Lag Turtle
We bring our own lag with us every time we step out in Second Life, and we share it like a virus with everybody around us. You can't make server side lag go away, but you can speed yourself up significantly and be a good SL citizen to those around you. Do just this one thing, and you will be on the road to a better SL experience for you and your friends.
In Edit/Preferences turn your graphics quality settings down to medium or even low, and, most important, be sure your draw distance is set to 64, the lowest setting in the custom graphics menu. To get the custom menu just click the custom box. Get in the habit of adjusting your graphics settings for specific purposes. You don't need huge draw distance and high quality sky and water shaders when dancing in the club, but you might when taking a scenic photograph. Take charge of your graphics window, and manipulate it to improve your experience as you move about in Second Life instead of being ruled by it.
Shark Grabs Noob!