September 2010
1 post
Hey lovelies-I know it’s been a while but ArinMaya is back!!! WED 9/29-Kenny’s Castaways-157 Bleecker St. NYC-6:30 PM-$7 cover See u soon!
July 2010
2 posts
Hey NYC! TONIGHT- I’m rocking the stage at Tillman’s - 165 W. 26th St. 9PM (Two sets) Hope you can make it! ArinMaya
Hey NYC! TONIGHT- I’m rocking the stage at Tillman’s - 165 W. 26th St. 9PM (Two sets) Hope you can make it! ArinMaya
May 2010
1 post
Don’t 4get 2 download “The Sound of ArinMaya” tmrw, Tues-5.4.10! arinmaya.bandcamp.com Then come celebrate @ Bar Olivino-899 Fulton St. BK
April 2010
9 posts
Great news: I’ve finished my EP and I’ll release it and celebrate Tues, May 4th @ Bar Olivino (899 Fulton St) 8-11pm! Hope 2 c u- ArinMaya
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press release
so i’ve been working on my EP…mastering is still underway, promotions… (wait, who’s handling the promotions??!)
oh yea—me.
and what do i know about promotions? I did PR in my former life as a box office girl. as in i worked in a box bka cubicle, and wrote press releases and stuff like that. i actually enjoyed calling and not getting called back. the rush of trekking...
braggs, another health food liar??? wHYY!!?!?!? →
i discovered
it doesn’t feel the same to get rejected by everyone
some rejection cuts a little deeper
especially if it comes from someone you never expected to feel for in the first place
here’s to discovery
Work dangit!
All I could say was wow just now when this ANGEL from on high returned my luggage to me from my trip to DC this weekend.
I didn’t even lose my bag. I simply got off the bus and walked away. I was contemplating whether or not to take a cab in my sleepy stupor, and then realized I had to use the restroom. Saw McDonald’s open, went back & forth with the 24hr staff to let me use the...
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Immense Goodness
All I could say was wow just now when this ANGEL from on high returned my luggage to me from my trip to DC this weekend.
I didn’t even lose my bag. I simply got off the bus and walked away. I was contemplating whether or not to take a cab in my sleepy stupor, and then realized I had to use the restroom. Saw McDonald’s open, went back & forth with the 24hr staff to let me use the...
Her name is LaLa. She lives in Harlem and she’s due in August. God bless her and her child.
Immense Goodness
March 2010
6 posts
Hey it’s ArinMaya-Friday nite (4/2) I’m singing in NYC @ Ashford & Simpson’s Sugar Bar! 72nd btw B’way & West End-8pm $10 if u say my name!
When people are troubled…
Hey, it’s ArinMaya-I’m singing Sunday the 28th @ the SoulaSistah Art Exhibit closing reception w/ Nick Cassarino-1158 Dean St. BK 6pm-free!
Hey! I’m on the radio in the UK! 5PM EST - go to www.phonic.fm “Re-Bop Sessions” to hear the electrobeat version of All I Do by ArinMaya!
Hey, I’m singing tomorrow, Friday 3.11.10, 8:30pm in Williamsburg @ Pates & Traditions-52 Havemeyer St. at N.6th See you there! ArinMaya
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you have to know...
So last night I had the honor, pleasure and JOY of performing in the same space as Trezure Empire (formerly known as Trezure the Empress—she’s grown it into an Empire, stay woke!) and if you don’t know her, you’re for real for REAL missing out on some of the best talent (check the definition) out right now.
She is ON HER STUFF and I deeply admire her. And that’s...
February 2010
18 posts
ArinMaya Sings! SUNDAY, Feb 28~2x’s: SoulahSista Art Show, 5-8pm, 1158 Dean St-BK (free) & Bar 169, 9pm, 169 E. B’way, NYC! ($5) C u there!
Sunday evening Art show! 2.28.10 →
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"hold on...
don’t let go…even though your heart hurts you so. He’ll never let go of your hand”
-Richard Smallwood & Vision
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his kisses...
taste like my favorite tea
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your valley...
is temporary
TONIGHT! ArinMaya & Nicky C @ Pates & Tradition~8pm ~52 Havemeyer, Williamsburg See u there! Or @ Zinc Bar~10:30pm w/ AfroBeat Collective
Realized
I shouldn’t have to fight for what I want. Maybe state it clearly- Be direct- Be open… But I should not have to state my claim more than once, should not have to explain what, why, how, where….. I should-ought to soon learn patience, indeed that is true. But I should not have to feel ignored, placated, “emotional,” or underappreciated, -acknowledged, -loved….any...
What is it?
So, I decided to send a text message to this guy I like and am ‘dating’ (in quotes because I truly have no idea what that term means), saying “yea, I do want to talk more on the phone,” in active response to my extra passive aggressive answer to his question on valentine’s day as to whether I was asking if we could talk more on the phone? How I got there? Don’t...
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at some point
you called yourself holding me close to skin but far from the marks that would have signified birth years ago there was a story being drawn from oceans and skies distant - caught in your eyes colors knit themselves tight ‘round yo neck i thought maybe i could hang there with them around you
years passed and so did your play with words power over mine mattress flipping, seam ripping you...
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tell me why
i remember when you filled my heart with joy was i blind to the truth just there to fill the space cause now you have no interest in anything that i have to say i’ve allowed you to make me feel
i feel so dumb what kind of fool am i you so easily set me aside you made a fool of me, tell me why you say that you don’t care but we made love tell me why you made a fool of me you made a...
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happy valentine's day...?
and then she said “i’m about to kick you out,” and out he went. and with him, his stench, her sin, her troubles, his sideburns, his persistence, her inability to say no (ever again), bad decisions, impatience, his “fun,” her shame, and the night before/morning into valentines day
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old words of wisdom
never let someone in your bed(room) who you don’t want to have children with
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classified
seeks solace in the arms of men untitled but close near and dear to heart because no one seems to want close enuf for actual warmth just heat in the midst of the cold heat in the middle of wintertimes and solstices heat somewhere to lay their tongues or members just heat
but still some kind of peace some kind of love somehow is found on pillows hoped to be clean dry enuf to lay a head a mind full...
TONIGHT: Friday, Feb. 5~Join ArinMaya & Nick Cassarino @ Pates & Traditions~52 Havemeyer St. Wmsbrg, BK~8:30pm~free!~Hope to see you there!
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middle of the night
so i have completely left behind an entire month…maybe one blog in it all
what can i say, life caught me!
but in the midst of such goodness happening, i learned a bit:
don’t take anything personally
don’t assume anything
enjoy every moment; it is only there for a while
you don’t have to listen to mice scratching in your kitchen—you can turn on music and tune it...
January 2010
10 posts
SUNDAY in BK~Join ArinMaya w/ the band!!! (name tbd) @ Joloff Restaurant~930 Fulton St. at St. James Pl.~1.31.10~7pm~C train to Clint/Wash
3hrs left til ArinMaya & Nicholas Cassarino return to the stage at Joloff Restaurant!!! Hope to see you there :) 930 Fulton St. @ St. James
THIS SUNDAY*1.17.10: ArinMaya & Nick C’s first show of the decade! Joloff, 930 Fulton St. BK-7pm*Hope you can celebrate newness with us!!!
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not so profound
inspired by this blog: http://ow.ly/SAp4
so last night i had the occasion of taking this medicine that is higly unpleasant and makes me cringe. we’ll say it’s the flavor, or the way it goes down, or doesn’t, so uneasily. either way, after i took it, i couldn’t go to sleep. i was in a hell of sorts, and my body was in a state of disrest. (is that a word?)
anyway, in order...
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over (joy jones)
tell me how to get over you, my dear tell me how to get over you, my dear tell me how to get over you, my dear tell me how to get over you, my dear in a room of just (two) people, i disappear in a room of just (two) people, i disappear ode to love and never lose no tears no fear ode to love and never lose no tears no fear tell me how to get over you, my dear tell me how to get over you, my dear...
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the mind *%$)
or maybe that’s too closed ended maybe i should seek an actual conversation
since a couple days ago i did say of it “i kinda wanna call and ask why”
the little girl i babysit would sternly turn, perhaps with expectation, but also with patience, and ask, “why did you do that???”
and then she would wait
maybe that should be my approach but we’re supposed to be...
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why we don't understand each other
maybe it’s because of the things we don’t say or won’t say for (fear of) being rude or misunderstood
i’ve always written these things on personal paper and then stored them somewhere, kissing the thing goodbye the one time i hand delivered the letter, the relationship and my words, haunted me for 10 years my feelings about how i had said what i’d said misguided,...
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have u ever
accidentally let somebody get real close to you only to realize they weren’t worthy? i have and the whole thing…process of realization…coming to terms with said fact has been (yes this is recent) eye opening me feeling like crap for feeling anything at all, for doing so prematurely a real “silly of me” moment
what makes me bring this up now is the so-and-so is...
December 2009
20 posts
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thick(er) skin
ok. so the last entry was supposed to be this entry but i forgot what i had intended on titling it, and now with the dog still on my lap but my brain cleared from the distraction that is the dog (ever-present, ever stinky) i can move on.
i need to grow another layer of skin, it appears. i don’t think i ever realized how much of a wimp i am. or maybe as i get older i’m becoming...
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learning curve
first of all, let me say again (though i’m not sure i ever have said this):
i am not a dog person, or for that matter an animal person at ALL. that being said, i don’t know WHY i’m sitting at my mother’s computer with her (cute) dog on my lap. Ade.
he likes me. i like him too (even though i am not a dog person and he stinks) i guess there’s a loneliness factor that...