Let's Meet + Let's Greet

Livestreaming For Shy Guys

Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash

As some of you might have read, this Saturday at noon Pacific, I’m doing my first livestream for paid subscribers.

While I’ve gone “live” via chat over on YouTube before, this will be the first time I’ll be showing my face. As a self-professed behind-the-scenes kind of guy, I’m more than a bit nervous. But I’m also excited…to finally meet a few of you via webcam.

If you’re interested, I’m looking for a few good folk to join me…for a meet and greet!*

Last week, I participated in a fun Zoom call with Seth Werkheiser and realized I don’t want these livestreams to be about me. I want them to be about the community we’re building together. And from my POV, there are so many great people and stories…that deserve to be spotlighted and celebrated.

If you’re interested in being part of the livestream, please email me at collidepress@gmail.com. I’ll send you a private link to log into—it’s easy.

And for those paid subscribers who prefer to watch, I’ll be sending a private YouTube link on Friday. You’ll be able to chat and I’ll do my best to address comments as they come in. And for those who prefer to be part of the Replay Crew, I’ll be recording the stream too.

Comments, questions, suggestions? Hit me with your best—but kind—shot!

Thank you for being a friend….
Clint 🌈✌️

*To keep the stream manageable—and watchable—I’m planning to cap the “live” guests, but I will keep a running list for upcoming live streams.

ON THIS DAY = MARCH 25

BIRTHDAYS

• 1867 = Arturo Toscanini = Italian-American cellist and conductor

• 1881 = Béla Bartók = Hungarian pianist and composer

• 1908 = David Lean = English filmmaker

• 1918 = Howard Cosell = American soldier, broadcaster, and author

• 1922 = Eileen Ford = American entrepreneur and Ford Models co-founder

• 1925 = Flannery O'Connor = American writer

• 1934 = Gloria Steinem = American activist

• 1939 = D. C. Fontana = American screenwriter and producer

• 1942 = Aretha Franklin = American singer-songwriter

• 1942 = Richard O'Brien = English actor and screenwriter

• 1943 = Paul Michael Glaser = American actor and director

• 1947 = Elton John = English singer-songwriter 🌈

• 1948 = Bonnie Bedelia = American actor

• 1955 = Gene Walsh = American firefighter and activist 🌈

• 1958 = Susie Bright = American journalist, author, and critic 🌈

• 1960 = Glenn Ligon = American conceptual artist 🌈

• 1962 = Marcia Cross = American actor

• 1963 = Danton R. Remoto = Filipino writer, editor. and professor 🌈

• 1965 = Sarah Jessica Parker = American actor

• 1967 = Matthew Barney = American sculptor and photographer

• 1971 = Sheryl Swoopes = American former WNBA player 🌈

• 1981 = Casey Neistat = American filmmaker and YouTube personality

• 1988 = Ryan Lewis = American music producer

EVENTS

• 1584 = Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.

• 1811 = Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.

• 1939 = Billboard introduces the hillbilly (country) music chart.

• 1957 = United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.

• 1985 = The Outsiders is released in theaters.

• 1985 = The Times of Harvey Milk wins the Academy Award for Best Documentary, the first doc about a gay subject to do so.

• 1995 = WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.

HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES

• American Diabetes Association Alert Day

• Tolkien Reading Day

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PORTRAIT + QUOTES OF THE DAY

“I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break.”
Elton John

“Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.”
Elton John