After a very nice train trip from Amsterdam (first class is worth the extra 10 euro) I arrived in Berlin. We have a lovely apartment in Wedding (“we” being Phil Skaller, Ayesha Khatun, Carolyn Chen, Ariana …
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Received the following from Guerino Mazzola. For those in Berlin: **********************************“We Are Not Alone, But We Are Few” We are gathering together to remember our companion in love and suffering, our soulbrother and friend, a music …
New Media Reading Group…
Friends regularly ask what I am reading here at UCSD, so I thought this might interest some of you. A friend and I started a reading group this quarter for new media theory….here are the texts, …
Berlin 2009, Day 19-25: Farewell!
Neukölln(Click on any image to enlarge) I’ve had an unbelievable time here, I hope to return for a longer stay next year. Wrapping up with a final few pics to post before off to chess with …
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Berlin 2009, Day 16-18
With Roy Carroll, post-caffeine in Prenzlauer Berg. I met Roy when we both were playing at the Sparks Festival at UMN, Minneapolis. An awesome musician from Ireland, who has settled down in Berlin. Mostly studying, or …
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Berlin 2009, Day 13
Biergarten, Neukölln(Click on any image to enlarge) Wednesday was a chill out day. Phil and I went to pick up our friend Jason Ponce at the train station Tuesday night, but due to a series of …
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Berlin, Day 1 and 2…
(Click on any image to enlarge) I’m here, and stoked! My friend Phil Skaller (composer, pianist, and fellow PhD student in Integrative Studies at UCSD) and I have sublet an apartment in Berlin for August. It …
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Vision Festival…New York Weekend…
(Phil saying, “Kaiser! Get rid of the camera!”) What a wonderful weekend in New York. Phil Skaller and I went to perform a live soundtrack to Bill Brand’s film, Angular Momentum, at the Vision Festival. I …
Pu-erh Tea Markets hit hard…
Pu-erh tea is a joy for me, I drink it almost daily…and have for over ten years….so this news was shocking, from The Scotsman: *******************************Devastation left by Pu’er madness of green tea bubble Published Date: 15 …