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Activities are mounting even more!

Since I wrote my last quick update here I have been asked to join the cast in Jacksonville of the thriller, “Wait Until Dark;”  I was also asked to perform in “New Salem Harmony,” at New Salem by the man who wrote it, Mark Mathewson;  I was invited to speak before “The People Speak,” at the Liberty Brew and View showing of that documentary at Capitol City Bar & Grill;  our electro-acoustic combo, “Hot Bag O’ Donuts,” was asked to perform at “A Rally for Nonintervention,” on the Capitol steps in Springfield;  I was asked to host an open mic at Broadway Nites;  and I was asked to create a portrait of Lincoln using soybeans which will be auctioned off at the Macon County Fair to rival the Butter Cow at the Illinois State Fair.

Add to this the previous work of Access 4 Producers Group organizing and website maintenance;  my other music project I am working on, Rebel Bass, is working to release the recording we made last Fall and preparing for a mini tour this Summer;  the radio shows;  and trying to finish up my portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln.

See my website at http://www.TedKeylon.com for dates and times of these events if you are interested.

There seems to be a situation that recurs now and again where when events amp up, my time is taken by them so as to leave little for blogging about those events. Since I last blogged, Access 4 has shut down, Hot Bag O’ Donuts has come up, and I have started hosting an open mic at Broadway Nites (formerly On Broadway).

Here are some websites relating to these events:

http://www.access4.tv

http://www.thespectra.net/ghostlight

Actually I celebrate the New Year on April 1st, but since everyone else celebrates it on January 1st I may as well look ahead and see what’s coming.

The Lincoln Bicentennial is the main thing. I need to get my shopping cart in order, I have a poster by Jon Griffin that is to be completed soon, I have two more Lincoln-related paintings to finish, I will be opening a Cafepress shop pretty soon as well (that might take the place of the shopping cart of my own for a little while - thanks to artist Mary Hillier for encouraging me to start one), I will be auditioning for “As You Like It,” at the UIS Theater, the prints of my Lindsay portrait, “Holy Desire,” will be getting finished up, our old band, Black Ops, may be starting back up again with Joe Hensley from Decatur A.K.A. Agent Orange, I am finally finishing the transcription of Anna Ella Carroll’s pamphlet, “The Relation of National Government to the Revolted Citizens,” and posting it on the AnnaEllaCarroll.info website, we will be recording a new episode of our cable access show, Blowing the Whistle, and a new Internet radio initiative will be launching from our home studio to simulcast all our shows on the Basement Radio Network.