We are one.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the first post on Boston Progress Radio’s blog. BPR is officially turning one tomorrow.
In many ways, BPR is really like a baby to many of us involved. Like with a tiny person new to the world, each milestone for BPR has seemed huge. Our first post, our first interview, getting the stream going, the first CD we received out of the blue.
Babies have this magical way of bringing people together, and I think in many ways, BPR has done that too. Even a year ago, I would say that I was only starting to develop relationships with many of the contributors to the blog. Now, I wouldn’t hesitate to call all of them my friends, and in many cases family. (Yes, that’s you Uncle!)
I thought that I was a little g33ky before, but now I am armed with more skills and more knowledge, about wordpress, php, and all kinds of fun stuff. I thought that I knew nothing about music before, and now I am convinced that I know even less about music. But, hey, now I have good tunes to rock out to at work. And an amazing resource where I can learn more.
What I appreciate most about being part of BPR is being part of a community. I believe that online communities have the power to connect people in different ways than in real life. It’s not a substitute, but it’s yet another way of finding support, inspiration, collaboration spread out across the country, except in North Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, West Virginia, or South Carolina.
It’s exciting to see a community evolve - and while BPR centers on Asian American music, BPR is also about our own expressions - of our identity, of our roles, of ourselves as members of a larger community.
And now that BPR has taken its first few steps, I know that we’re in for a ride. Sure, we might hit the terrible twos, potty training, and other challenges. But at the end of the day, it’s not those challenges that define us. It’s our existence, our presence, and the fact that we are defining who we are and who we will become. And it’s about love. It’s all about love.
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Ah, it is a month of anniversaries. We have a whole brood of chicks… east meets words, bpr. Here’s to many more babies and many more anniversaries in the Boston Progress family.
Speaking of love. I feel the following words describes my feelings for BPR.
“I love how you don’t like art without a message
I love how you call some fellas on they fetish
And I love how you love the people as much as self
I love how you want redistribution of the wealth
I love how you organize with other strong sisters
Love how you talk about tearing down the system.”
One more thing. By now, we’ve covered all the states in the US except for… North Dakota.
in boston progress throughout the years, we haven’t paid much attention to these kinds of milestones, but for some reason we’re more aware of it this year? i think it’s positive. when bpr started up, i was like, i had no idea it would get to this point. word. it used to be just us reading each others posts, now we have at least 6 or even 8 additional people these entries. (mostly our parents though, but still.)
open mic 3 year anniversary next week. wow. and to think of the folks who have rolled thru our tiny space to show love. it’s kind of emotional to think about it, like ishle rolled thru on her own dime just to do a feature for the 30+ people gathered in the store; same with yellow rage. like denizen kane came thru town and did 3 shows with us in 3 days…or was it 2 days?
and the collective itself is in its sixth year of existence right now. after the chicago summit, trying to figure out where the summit would go in 05, anida asked me “do you think boston…?” i said “no.” then 2 years later we hosted the summit. it’s been wild.
and remember we got dissed on all these online forums when we put on Missed Sigh Gone.
this reminiscing is probably more suited to an actual post rather than a comment.
it feels nice that we’re expressing appreciation for our labors of love.
it’s these types of projects/adventures that keep me going.
i love that we love loving love.
it’s definitely all love. i feel so lucky to have crossed paths with bpac and bpr. being a part of all this has definitely made me feel more connected to the community. i can’t say enough about everyone i have met. all are individuals. all are amazing. thanks for opening your arms to me! sniff. sniff.
whoohoo, congrats! funny, my baby’s 1 year almost coincides w/BPR’s (March 7). nice post.
really momo? somehow baby T is way cuter than baby BPR.