• Archive for September, 2009

    Two Videos From a Busyish Day

    by  • September 29, 2009 • PERSONAL • 6 Comments

    Today was kind of busy, so here are a couple of videos I found amusing, with comments as to why they caught my attention. Have I mentioned that at a high school variety night I performed a freejazz/fusion version of this song? Sort of. Same bass line,...

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    Six Strings…

    by  • September 28, 2009 • MUSIC -- MINE • 5 Comments

    Hey. So, I’m teaching myself guitar. I figure, if millions of other people can do it, so can I. When my friends Mike and Gwen moved away (with little Brian!) Mike sold me (at a very cut rate) his acoustic guitar, a Yamaha that I’m sure is good enough to learn on, whatever a...

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    How to Rob a Bank

    by  • September 26, 2009 • PERSONAL, WRITING • 6 Comments

    Jwz has it. Jwz has moved it. And they say you can’t learn anything watching Hollywood movies. This is a crime that just couldn’t have happened without the “heist” genre of films. But reading this, it struck me: there will be a last bank robbery in the world. People will still be hacking banks...

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    A Random Linkdump and Concert Tonight…

    by  • September 25, 2009 • KOREA, MUSIC, SF • 4 Comments

    No time to post anything too significant today, or for the next couple of days. Oh yeah: this is late notice, y’all, but… Hwang Shin Hae Band is playing tonight. No idea if there are tickets available but I’ll be there a few hours early, trying to get one! Show’s at 8, and here’s...

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    Angst and Rant No(t much) More

    by  • September 23, 2009 • PERSONAL • 6 Comments

    Yesterday I had one of those days that is inevitable for everyone who lives abroad. No matter how happy you are in general, there are those days, those cursed days, when everything you don’t like about your chosen place of residence just comes up and slaps you in sequence, one by one. It’s one...

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    Korean Industrial & Japanese, Er, FolkyPop?

    by  • September 21, 2009 • MUSIC • 2 Comments

    More free stuff… Not sure about quality — which is my nice way of saying I’m not really convinced — but you may be amused by Che-Il Gwa, which is some kind of Korean industrial music. And to cleanse your palate, something a little more folkypop, from Nagoya: Secret Ocean’s album Kokoro No Furyoku....

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