An open letter for 2015 and 2016
Published by Sareth Ney on Jan. 01, 2016 at 10:55 p.m.
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2015 brought many changes for me, both personally and professionally. I’m skipping a few months too. I will never forget what happened in February. It was when I got roasted by: Charley McMullen, James Curtis, John Brown, Mike Sword, Patrick Butkovich and Sean Beeman.
February was the same month where my pal, Nate Baptist, and I recorded 25 podcast episodes. They were all recorded in less than a week. It was a fun way to add a new form of journalism to our arsenal. In the end, I am satisfied with Pueblo’s Independent Multimedia Podcast. It was supposed to have “International” in the name. However, I took Nate’s advice to switch it. Yes, the acronym is P.I.M.P.
In October, I returned for Sareth-Fest. After two failed attempts of trying to raise funds through crowdfunding, the majority of my pals came through anyway. For the first day of the festival, Bret Hamilton traveled from Greeley to provide interpretive dance with P.I.C.O. The Chelios Condition reunited for one last show, Alex Hennigh traveled from Iowa and Jacob Berckefeldt moved from New Mexico to make it happen.
On the second day at Damon Runyon Repertory Theater, all ticket sales went to raise funds for them. If you would like to donate, click here.
For the fourth day of the festival, we raised funds for the departed. Creep Status returned from a hiatus and brought me up on stage to take a selfie. They added a new member, Adam Gallo, too. Commerce of Cadavers had me provide a speech.
I meant every word of my speech when I said I could write reviews for the biggest rock stars but there were no better artists to write about than in my hometown. I meant it was the best family reunion ever too. Brandon Benoit of Counting Constellations played “Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit”, after I left. That was a nice touch.
The Downtown Bar was the host of the sixth day of the festival. Death By Cemetery returned and with the original members to perform. A huge thank you goes out to everyone involved and Beeman and Justin Urban for photographing the festival.
In October, I returned for Sareth-Fest. After two failed attempts of trying to raise funds through crowdfunding, the majority of my pals came through anyway. For the first day of the festival, Bret Hamilton traveled from Greeley to provide interpretive dance with P.I.C.O. The Chelios Condition reunited for one last show, Alex Hennigh traveled from Iowa and Jacob Berckefeldt moved from New Mexico to make it happen.
On the second day at Damon Runyon Repertory Theater, all ticket sales went to raise funds for them. If you would like to donate, click here.
For the fourth day of the festival, we raised funds for the departed. Creep Status returned from a hiatus and brought me up on stage to take a selfie. They added a new member, Adam Gallo, too. Commerce of Cadavers had me provide a speech.
I meant every word of my speech when I said I could write reviews for the biggest rock stars but there were no better artists to write about than in my hometown. I meant it was the best family reunion ever too. Brandon Benoit of Counting Constellations played “Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit”, after I left. That was a nice touch.
The Downtown Bar was the host of the sixth day of the festival. Death By Cemetery returned and with the original members to perform. A huge thank you goes out to everyone involved and Beeman and Justin Urban for photographing the festival.
For 2016—I see myself moving to Austin, Texas. I am building my credit and saving money for it, as I type. More than anything, I am looking forward to Sareth-Fest 2016 and making it financially successful for everyone involved.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the entertainment journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is known as the journalist/superhero, Wu-Man Chu, after meeting some members of Wu-Tang Clan. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, inducts artists into his hall of fame, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival.