After a gig in Bakersfield the other day, Kris Tiner, James Sproul, Chris Schlarb and Adriana Lucero-Schlarb went to Buck Owen’s AWESOME Crystal Palace to unwind and listen to some smoking country music (great stuff by …
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Good news for Pu-erh drinkers
From xinhuanet: Chinese Pu’er tea set to be more affordablewww.chinaview.cn BEIJING, April 13 — Tea lovers can look forward to a more affordable pot of Pu’er, which has witnessed sharp price hikes in recent years, Kong …
What’s he got against zero-gravity chairs?
The list at the end of this post reminds me of the Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge…I was reading a Lakoff text when I ran across mention of Borge’s Celestial Emporium’s taxonomy, that animals are categorized …
Duo with Cooper Baker in Eugene, Oregon
Last night Cooper Baker and I performed at DIVA in Eugene, Oregon. It is a nice gallery, with a low-key performance space that I love to play at. The awesome Don Haugen (Warning Broken Machine) hooked …
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KaiBorg says, “Hoi!”
KaiBorg at STEIM After our stay in Göteborg, KaiBorg moved on to Amsterdam (which involved flying and transferring at Oslo, where we picked up a plane of loud Norwegians all reading the same newspaper article on …
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KaiBorg says, “Hej!”
I’ve just returned from gigs with KaiBorg, (David Borgo and myself) in Sweden and The Netherlands. David put together a fantastic tour, and with the help of the UCSD music department, I was able to go. …
The Choir Boys loving Idaho
Andrew Pask and Jeff Kaiser at Craters of the Moon National Park, photo by Craig Green Andrew Pask and I are having a great time in Idaho. (Barring this three day bout of flu that I’ve …
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May 1968 and…Tea?
A business that was attacked following the May 1968 revolution has released a tea to commemorate the historical event, “The tea, flavoured with lemon zest and rose petals, is packaged in a metal tin emblazoned with …
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Answer to Job premier…
I’ve written a new work for choir and electronics titled Answer to Job. It will be premiered amidst works by Beethoven, Ives and Handel by the wonderful conductor Dr. Wyant Morton and the CLU Choir. They …