Twitter nets Turetzky Twestival nod

Facebook has turned out to be one big-assed mistake. People are using it to track me down — guys from school, girls I used to know, folks I worked with, my landlord….

How was I supposed to know this was going to happen? I thought Facebook was like MySpace, without all the crappy graphics. I figured I could throw a few guitar comedy songs up there and attract a whole new audience of strangers who don’t already know what an asshole I am. I’m done with Facebook.

Then a podcast pal of mine, Shawno of Hyper Nonsense, wrote to me about a brand new (to me, that is) media platform:

Twupster

Well, you know what? I like Twitter. Twitter is happening SocialMedia. It’s desperately self-absorbed urban professionals providing perpetual play by play of whatever’s going on inside their heads at any given moment. Coffee. Baby poop. Hockey scores. Fox News.

I identify with this milieux, especially the desperately self-absorbed part. Now, here’s the kicker. Within 10 days on Twitter, which I spent strategically dishing a series of weasely tweets to public relations professionals, musicians and others I might be able to exploit (“Congrats on landing the Pflenderman account!” “Loved the new video!” “Ha ha! Babies will do that!”), I landed myself a gig as emcee of the Dallas Twestival!

The first Twestival occurred last fall at Trafalgar Square in London, demonstrating the scary collective power of the Web to bring people together for a good cause.

You dig?

This second event, organized within a matter of weeks in more than 175 cities worldwide, will benefit charity: water, a foundation dedicated to providing clean water in underdeveloped nations. The Dallas group hopes to raise $4,000 (enough to dig one well), toward a worldwide goal of $500,000.

The Dallas Twestival will run from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, February 12, at Mockingbird Station, a retail-residential development adjacent to the Dallas Area Transportation light rail station at Mockingbird Lane and Central Expressway.

Admission is $10 in advance, $15 at the door, and includes live music outdoors on the mezzanine, a free movie at the Angelika Film Center, a free comedy show at Hyena’s Comedy Club, and much more.

For Twitter updates, follow Dallas Twestival. Watch the Dallas event live at ustream.tv.

I’m always happy to assist a worthy enterprise, especially when all I have to do is stand in front of a microphone and yell at the crowd for a few hours. But the important thing is, this event will provide really good promotion for me and my comedy music.

Gotta keep your eyes on the prize. They think the Twestival is about essential, life-sustaining water for poor people. But it’s really all about me!

Posted in: Gigs at 6:33 pm Fri, Feb 6, 2009.

 

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