Photos I took of Vinny’s solo set at ISIM 2008 in Denver, CO. A powerful performance. Seeing John Rapson at the conference made me realize: I’ve known Vinny for 25 years now…! (Click on any photo …
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International Society for Improvised Music (ISIM) 2008
(To enlarge any photo, just click it) I’m writing to you from the snow covered house of my parents overlooking the beautiful Cottage Grove Lake in central Oregon. It is awesome here! After picking me up, …
Anyone notice….?
Gas is cheaper, but most airlines are still charging for the first checked bag. This is kind of like a “punish the musician” fee…or maybe a musician tax? I’m off to Denver, CO (Lamont School of …
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Claude Levi-Strauss: 100!
Happy Birthday to the amazing and inspiring Claude Levi-Strauss. He turned 100 yesterday… Quote:“He represents an extremely subversive vision with his interest in populations that were disdained. He paid careful attention, not touristically but profoundly, to …
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Shop Shop Shop!
Jeff needs to pay his storage unit fee…! Just what everyone wants: Angry Vegan T-Shirts! [Addition: It is SAFE to shop our products…Amazingly sad, the zealousness of consumption lead to death…From the NYTIMES:By JACK HEALYPublished: November …
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Truth in comics…
I saw the following comic posted on my favorite chess blog,Mig Greengard’s The Daily Dirt Chess Blog:I need to have this posted over my desk… http://xkcd.com/
Hikaru Nakamura!
Hikaru Nakamura, my favorite US chess player, won the Cap d’Agde 2008, beating former world champ Anatoly Karpov and perennial world top-ten player Vassily Ivanchuk along the way…stoked me out, what a great player…and at the …
Kierkegaard quote for the day…
I started reading the recent (2006) translation of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling published by Cambridge University Press and thought I would share his opening sentence… “Not only in the commercial world but in the realm of …
The Dow and Tea…
My favorite San Diego Tea House, Infusions of Tea, owned by Ronald and Emily…Besides having great knowledge, and selection, of tea, they are doing their bit to help. From the San Diego Tribune: ************ When Dow …