From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August...

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From August 2, 2008 

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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August 2, 2008

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos taken with my camera from the 2nd of August of 2008.

Audio: Three royalty free audio tracks that I recently acquired and edited slightly to fit the video. "Good Ol' Skool" - "Stream of Consciousness" - "Jazzy Folk" 

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey!

 

From Beale Street to  Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey!

This is the title of a series of upcoming photo/video collages that I've been working on for the photos and videos taken during the all expense paid volunteer trip to Memphis, Tennessee, US that took place August 2008. 

  You may have already seen the couple of videos I'd previously uploaded. In fact, the first ever video that I uploaded to YouTube was from this particular trip. 

Billy Bob playing with a local band in Memphis, TN, USA - August 3, 2008

https://youtu.be/Eo-bxR0gSPM?si=yMvAPV1HIp3Qi6Pm

The two other videos previously uploaded that you may have already seen, were from another volunteer, Zhil, who flew in from Shanghai, China.  

Meeting Bullseye at Target House - August 2008, video by friend Zhil

https://youtu.be/bpTB5ksuqo8?si=kOheYI-s7VBhhj31

Silly String Fight at Target House - August 2008, video by friend Zhil

https://youtu.be/p65sKj6PfK0?si=vKp2s2NfakfDxdRg

About St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - https://www.stjude.org

About Target House - Target House is a Long-term lodging facility. Patients are assigned to Target House if their treatment is scheduled to last more than three months. The facility is made possible by Target Stores and their commitment to give back to their communities

https://www.stjude.org/care-treatment/patient-families/campus-information/housing/target-house.html

Read about this trip from when it was originally blogged:

Why did he go to Memphis? 

https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2008/08/why-did-he-go-to-memphis.html

Off to Memphis - August 2, 2008

https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2008/08/off-to-memphis-august-2-2008.html

Memphis, Little Rock, and Billy Bob! - August 3, 2008

https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2008/08/memphis-little-rock-and-billy-bob.html

Civil Rights Museum, Meet & Greet, and Bullseye! - August 4, 2008

https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2008/08/civil-rights-museum-meet-greet-and.html

Memphis Trip - August 5th & 6th

https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2008/09/memphis-trip-august-5th-6th.html

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado B

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado B

This is the Side B of the Morro Mix cassette by El Morro. 

For Side A go to El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado A 

https://youtu.be/giJStMMU4fY?si=dfYvBpAP-xkryjT0

This is one long mix that includes the songs Mi Jefa (La Cuca), El Este De Los, and La Cartita (Rap).

Morro Mix! | Lado B

Morro Mix:

  Mi Jefa (La Cuca)

  El Este De Los

  La Cartita (Rap)

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado A

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado A

This is the Side A of the Morro Mix cassette by El Morro. Although the cassette had no date/year listed on it, this cassette appears to have been originally released in 1994.    

You may remember that on the 30th of December or 2023, I shared a short video of me listening to this cassette. Morro Mix! https://youtube.com/shorts/xTgyXI5x2Vc

That post received encouragement from Narciso Ramirez https://www.youtube.com/@narcisoramirez3283 to upload the rest of the songs. A channel that features clear and crisp recordings of many of the El Morro collection.

It was that bit of rallying which motivated me to truly look into finally strapping on to digitizing my small physical media collection, ultimately leading me to create the Analog Musings paylist.

You can read more about that on the Analog Musings post.  https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/06/analog-musings.html

Because many of my cassettes were played constantly and the majority of them have travelled with me to the many places I've lived, some have degraded in quality.

Additionally, my digitization will include little to no editing, therefore you will hear this, and future uploads, as if you were playing it on your own cassette player. In my opinion it adds to the mood.

Morro Mix! | Lado A

0:00 Nel Santa Claus (Cumbia)

2:49 Nel Santa Claus (Rock)

6:00 Esperame

On July 3rd, our sweet Hello Kitty got her real wings.

On July 3rd, our sweet Hello Kitty got her real wings. She was with us for 20 years and 4 months in human years. 

Miss Hello was soft and warm, loving and occasionally sassy, affectionate, and new what she liked/wanted.

She brought so much joy during her time with us. The house feels empty without her and will take some time to get used to her not being around.

Hello Kitty now joins all of her litter, who had passed years before her. May she be at peace.

Audio: "Bastet" by Wane of Summer