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rorie kelly

Don't think. Be an instrument.

About Me

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/30/2004
Band Website: roriekelly.com
Band Members: rorie kelly: guitar, vocals, string-breaking.
helped out tremendously by (in alphabetical order):
andrew jimenez: bass guitar
angela quiles: vocals
chaka knice: keys
joe rende: drums

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Influences: Jump Little Children, Jonatha Brooke, Ben Folds Five, Dar Williams, the Dresden Dolls, the Velvet Teen, Fiona Apple, oldschool Alanis Morissette & Lisa Loeb, Joni Mitchell, Belle & Sebastian, Rufus Wainwright, Sheryl Crow, Amanda Palmer, Slimey the Worm, Brandi Carlile, Anne Bishop (she's a writer, but it counts), Tegan and Sara...
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Record Label: hecka unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Woo! Same sex marriage is legal in California!

Subject line says it all! I'm psyched!Brief note to the nice NPR lady who said "Gays and lesbians across the nation are celebrating": I'm bi, and I'm celebrating too! (Go invisible-er minority, go!)...
Posted by rorie kelly on Thu, 15 May 2008 03:39:00 PST

Day of Silence

Today is the national Day of Silence, aimed at ending harrassment of LGBT youth. I seem to always have a gig on the Day of Silence, which kind of precludes silence, but I'm happy to switch over to Not...
Posted by rorie kelly on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:05:00 PST

Glasses: I Don’t Has Them

So a few months ago I managed to step on my own glasses and break them in half (don’t ask). At the time, it warranted a brief panic followed by a midnight trip to Pathmark for some krazy glue. ...
Posted by rorie kelly on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:41:00 PST

MY MUSIC ON THE RADIO TONIGHT!!!

Please tune in if you’re free to do so at 11:30 tonight!Radio host Lindsay Klein is going to be playing one of my tracks on WDHA 105.5 tonight in New Jersey. If you’re in Jersey, please f...
Posted by rorie kelly on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:51:00 PST

HELP ME PLAN MY SUMMER TOUR! (Purty please?)

Hi all!So, it's for sure: Andrew and I are going on tour together this summer in the northeast. Whether it's acoustic or full-band is up in the air depending on the travel arrangements... but it's h...
Posted by rorie kelly on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:19:00 PST

Lowest Common Denominator

I have nothing but respect for the gals over at Feministing for having the wherewithal to respond intelligently to Charlotte Allen's pile of bulls*** Washington Post article. I personally just don't ...
Posted by rorie kelly on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:25:00 PST

My debut as a political pundit

...Came tonight from 10:30 - 11 pm, on "Linda Live," which is a show on JCT Magazine's online radio station.Didn't you hear I was going to be on the air tonight? That's okay, neither did I. I replie...
Posted by rorie kelly on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:02:00 PST

I’m in the new edition of LI Pulse! Please check this magazine out!

Hi all!So the ever-awesome and ever-intellectually-stimulating Alan Semerdjian (whose name I can spell and you can't) has written about me in the new edition of Long Island Pulse!I'm one of his "Great...
Posted by rorie kelly on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:47:00 PST

Rape = Rape (This is important, please read it.)

The great majority of the time, I consider myself really lucky to be in a part of the world where I don't usually have to fear for my safety just because I'm a woman.Tonight, I read something that mad...
Posted by rorie kelly on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:44:00 PST

New Pictures, Im on the Free Artist Network now

Pictures from Jay Scott's live recording. .. ..She also invited me to join something she's involved with called The Free Artist Network. I have a little page there (I'm actually just setting it up)...
Posted by rorie kelly on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:57:00 PST