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Monday, June 16, 2008
1:34:37 AM EDT
Feeling Happy
Thank You Elmira Pride!
Many Thanks to Bill@Chill, Jodie and Elmira Pride. You are ALL so BEAUTIFUL and we had an amazing weekend. Hope to have some video blog up by next week from the events.... Joy xo 
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
12:04:14 PM EDT
Feeling Happy
Hearing Houswives On Prozac
Red Hat Society Event
Thanks to Judy and Ladies of the Lake - Red Hats of Ovid, New York!
I LOVE my new RED HAT and I loved our show last week for the 10th anniversary of The Red Hat Society in Seneca Falls, NY.You
ladies really know how to ROCK. There was movin', shakin', dancin' and
partyin' with sequins and feathers galore. 'Housewives On Prozac' Band
appreciated the chance to participate -- we'll play with you anytime.
We had a BLAST!! 
www.redhatsociety.com
www.mamapalooza.com
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
2:58:56 PM EDT
Feeling Surprised
Hearing Myself
Why Am I So Tired?!
Why am I so tired? Oh yeah - It's MAMAPALOOZA Month. Celebrations start across the county as Moms and Families ROCK OUT! MAMAPALOOZA pioneered a new art form that features Women at the center of everything cool. Are you cool? Get yourself to one of our shows this month. Hey, I'll see you in New York City at The Parks Show, MAY 18th, 2008 with my new tattoos..... MAMAPALOOZA IS: Over 35 Print, Media and Radio Partners Over 20 Partners in University, Parks Depts, Hospital and Women's Organizations Over 20 Festival Sponsors including the US Postal Service, Avon, Coppertone and Sam Ash Music Over 50 Onsite Vendors & Craftswomen Over 77 Other associations including The United Way, Tupperware, Office of Hispanic Affairs Over 400 Artists, Musicians & Educators on.... Over 40 Stages, Theaters, Parks and Clubs throughout the month of May 2008 www.mamapalooza.com www.housewivesonprozac.com
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
10:03:39 AM EDT
Feeling Happy
Hearing The Mydols
Rock Star Mommy
'Rock Star Mommy' - The Book
I've known Judy Davids for the better part of four years now. We might
have gone a little longer without a connection if The Wall Street Journal
hadn't done an article connecting Mom Bands across America. I consider Judy
and The Mydols as one of the Fab-Five -- The original pioneers of this genre.
Those first bands were: Housewives On Prozac, The Mydols, MotherLode Trio,
Placenta and Frump*.
When I first heard Judy was writing a book about her experiences as
a Rocker and a Mother, I wasn't the least surprised. Judy's always gone out
and done exactly what her heart told her to do. If she hadn't then The
Mydols would never have formed in the first place.
It was Judy who got the crazy idea that her forties would be the most
Rockin' yet and she started asking around the soccer field if any other Mothers
might wanna join up. She started playing the guitar at a time in life when
many women decide it's time to buy clothes with elastic waistbands and go
into hiding for a slow fad off into middle age.
Rock Star Mommy chronicles Judy's journey from Soccer Mom to Rocker
Mom and you can count me as one of her biggest fans. She's not only the event
coordinator four years running for the Detroit Mamapalooza Festival, but
she's garnered consistent media, print, and tv interest as a lively and fascinating
example that we are able to reinvent ourselves in the direction of our dreams.
Whether bopping to The Mydol Twist or whooping it up onstage at events
like Oakland Art & Soul Festival, where Judy and her band joined us for
a MAMAPALOOZA ROCKS! Stage in 2007, she is sure to inspire and delight. Go
out and buy her book today. It's 'ROCK STAR MOMMY' wherever books are sold.
www.judydavids.com
*(Placenta and Frump bands listed have gone on to re-form with different names and different members.)
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Monday, April 14, 2008
6:24:20 PM EDT
Wow. Look at this cool poster from Janeane B. in Orange County
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
11:24:37 AM EST
Feeling Hopeful
Hearing Octavia & the Earhblood Blues Band
Ocativa writes about Motherhood, The Blues & Mamapalooza
This BLOG ENTRY is from OCTAVIA ~ Rockin' Mother in the ARTS! I appreciate that there is a special organization for Mom's in the creative arts! Mamapalooza is a wonderful support for Mothers choosing to retain their art when they also have family. For ones happiness and growth, it is exceedingly important to be just who you are. To share that message by example with your children, is equally important. It's special to have an organization with people who understand, the juggle between motherhood and the passions that define you. Far too long women have been surpressed by society, and unfortunately, in many cultures remain so to this day. Kudos' to Mamapalooza for recognizing, and supporting talented Mom's in every aspect of the arts, and placing them on stages that would ordinarily be closed to them at festivals. This gift gives them a place to highlight their arts so the world can appreciate just how terrific they are! We are many, We are strong, and many thanks to Mamapalooza, and all the very best to all of you wonderful Ladies in the New Year! Octavia Video of "Octavia & the Earthblood Blues Band" Octavia holds a harp note for 1 minute and 25 seconds! http://youtube.com/watch?v=QALza6jabHE
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008
12:42:17 PM EST
Feeling Angry
Hearing Mrs President, by Housewives On Prozac Band
Woman & Power
Subject: Reprint. I couldn't agree more! Joy Rose Op-Ed Contributor Women Are Never Front-Runners By GLORIA STEINEM New York Times. Published: January 8, 2008 THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer, married a corporate lawyer and is the mother of two little girls, ages 9 and 6. Herself the daughter of a white American mother and a black African father - in this race-conscious country, she is considered black - she served as a state legislator for eight years, and became an inspirational voice for national unity. Be honest: Do you think this is the biography of someone who could be elected to the United States Senate? After less than one term there, do you believe she could be a viable candidate to head the most powerful nation on earth? If you answered no to either question, you're not alone. Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life, whether the question is who must be in the kitchen or who could be in the White House. This country is way down the list of countries electing women and, according to one study, it polarizes gender roles more than the average democracy. That's why the Iowa primary was following our historical pattern of making change. Black men were given the vote a half-century before women of any race were allowed to mark a ballot, and generally have ascended to positions of power, from the military to the boardroom, before any women (with the possible exception of obedient family members in the latter). If the lawyer described above had been just as charismatic but named, say, Achola Obama instead of Barack Obama, her goose would have been cooked long ago. Indeed, neither she nor Hillary Clinton could have used Mr. Obama's public style - or Bill Clinton's either - without being considered too emotional by Washington pundits. So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one? The reasons are as pervasive as the air we breathe: because sexism is still confused with nature as racism once was; because anything that affects males is seen as more serious than anything that affects "only" the female half of the human race; because children are still raised mostly by women (to put it mildly) so men especially tend to feel they are regressing to childhood when dealing with a powerful woman; because racism stereotyped black men as more "masculine" for so long that some white men find their presence to be masculinity-affirming (as long as there aren't too many of them); and because there is still no "right" way to be a woman in public power without being considered a you-know-what. I'm not advocating a competition for who has it toughest. The caste systems of sex and race are interdependent and can only be uprooted together. That's why Senators Clinton and Obama have to be careful not to let a healthy debate turn into the kind of hostility that the news media love. Both will need a coalition of outsiders to win a general election. The abolition and suffrage movements progressed when united and were damaged by division; we should remember that. I'm supporting Senator Clinton because like Senator Obama she has community organizing experience, but she also has more years in the Senate, an unprecedented eight years of on-the-job training in the White House, no masculinity to prove, the potential to tap a huge reservoir of this country's talent by her example, and now even the courage to break the no-tears rule. I'm not opposing Mr. Obama; if he's the nominee, I'll volunteer. Indeed, if you look at votes during their two-year overlap in the Senate, they were the same more than 90 percent of the time. Besides, to clean up the mess left by President Bush, we may need two terms of President Clinton and two of President Obama. But what worries me is that he is seen as unifying by his race while she is seen as divisive by her sex. What worries me is that she is accused of "playing the gender card" when citing the old boys' club, while he is seen as unifying by citing civil rights confrontations. What worries me is that male Iowa voters were seen as gender-free when supporting their own, while female voters were seen as biased if they did and disloyal if they didn't. What worries me is that reporters ignore Mr. Obama's dependence on the old - for instance, the frequent campaign comparisons to John F. Kennedy, though Senator Edward Kennedy is supporting Senator Clinton - while not challenging the slander that her progressive policies are part of the Washington status quo. What worries me is that some women, perhaps especially younger ones, hope to deny or escape the sexual caste system; thus Iowa women over 50 and 60, who disproportionately supported Senator Clinton, proved once again that women are the one group that grows more radical with age. This country can no longer afford to choose our leaders from a talentpool limited by sex, race, money, powerful fathers and paper degrees. It's time to take equal pride in breaking all the barriers. We have to be able to say: "I'm supporting her because she'll be a great president and because she's a woman."
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Saturday, December 29, 2007
8:35:37 AM EST
Feeling Hopeful
Hearing Opera
Ring in the New Year!
Ring in the New Year with confidence and love! Both of these are lifetime achievements. It's as important to love yourself as it is to love the rest of humanity. In fact, you can't love the rest of humanity if you don't love yourself. The best way to practice simple steps towards these goals is to notice your actions and feelings. When something is 'right' you know it. Cultivate that intuition, and continually steer yourself in the direction of your dreams and best possible self. Mistakes happen. When they do, gently correct the tendency. Think new thoughts. You are the creator of your destiny and your mental patterns. As you THINK so will you DO. Good luck to all of us in the NEW YEAR. May you have every blessing and may peace on the planet prevail. Joy
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Monday, December 3, 2007
8:27:54 PM EST
Feeling Quiet
Hearing Cold Play
Living Loud with Joy Rose on The Lohasian - New Blog
Living
Loud, just may be the last moniker you’d expect for a socially conscious
‘Personal Development’ column. If Buddhism tells us to walk mindfully in
quiet contemplation, then Living Loud must sound like something straight
out of the Ozzy Osbourne reality TV show.
‘Living Loud’ on a spiritual path does not mean that we literally shout
at each other. It does mean we embrace personal development, and cultivate
the ability to regulate the volume in the expression of our spirit (that
serves our own growth). Everyone’s had the sensation of swallowing tears,
hurt, anger or frustration; being silenced emotionally, mentally and ultimately
spiritually. With time, many of us forget how to live without feeling silenced.
We live in a quiet that is not serene and meditative, but repressed and suffocating.
And in that quiet we forget how to turn the volume back up in our lives.
Living Loud is to embrace the vivid colors of our experience, the abundant
creativity that is inherent in us all, and the brilliant (and sometimes chaotic)
chorus our children’s voices that often dominate our lives as mothers. It
is to use your life’s journey as inspiration – and not frustration. It is
to live in the possibility of finding and harnessing what is great within
us, and then giving ourselves complete freedom to express our discovery with
full voices to our partners, our friends, our children and our world.
I have come to find my ‘voice’ honestly. I’ve had songs on the Billboard
dance charts and stood on stage in front of thousands of people dressed in
sequins and glitter. I have survived SLE, chemotherapy and four natural child
births. I’ve studied yoga, Reiki and anatomy. I graduated college, attended
Julliard, appeared on CNN, BBC and NPR. Whether it was the ‘path’ to motherhood,
hospital, classroom, church or nightclub, mine has been a colorful journey
that has led me from the ashram, to rock and roll and back. But in the journey
the ultimate goal has always been the same - to live a life that has meaning,
to cultivate self-awareness, consciousness, and kindness.
I’ve spent the better part of seven years as the President of MAMAPALOOZA
INC. and have spread the message of Living Loud by empowering thousands of
women to express themselves through their art, but ultimately through trust
intheir spirit.
I have been on the journey with extraordinary women comics, poets, musicians,
educators, entrepreneurs and mothers of babies, teens and grown children;
each one an everyday hero in her own right. And together, through the union
with this incredible community of women, I have come to understand there’s
no chart for greatness, it’s a long slow process of simply listening and
being listened to and giving yourself the strength and freedom to live, and
Live Loud.
I look forward to sharing with you the wisdom I have acquired through
my colorful path, and through being touched and illuminated by the thousands
of women I have had the privilege to meet through Mamapalooza. I will share
with you the tools, spark thoughts, and inspire moments that will allow you
to turn up your own spiritual volume.
*Originally published on The Lohasian
www.thelohasian.com
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Monday, November 26, 2007
9:07:47 PM EST
Feeling Worried
Hearing My Mind
I Think Therefore I Blog
Post Turkey large. Everyone's blogging. That's where it's at. Sittin' at my desk. End of the day. Kids in the shower. I feel fat.
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