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On Claude Vivier’s Zipangu
I just put up an old paper on Claude Vivier’s piece Zipangu. I think I wrote it in Carl Morey’s Music in Canada seminar back at U of T. I’m posting it (it’s in the “Writing” section of the web site) for a couple of reasons. Vivier’s life and career were both cut short in…
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Site cleanup
As you can see, I’ve done some simplifying, standardizing, and general cleanup. A nice clean look for the fall! Please let me know what you think.
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Nawlins Sazerac tour
Hotel Monteleon: meh. Napolean Bar: yeah. Breaking…
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realtime review: quantum of solace
It stinks!
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fun with time’s arrow
I had an epiphany this week. I’m sure it’s not an original idea, but it’s the first time it dawned on me. We all have an intuitive grasp that the future can play out in multiple ways. We can imagine that, staring from an arbitrary point in time, say April 25, 12:00 pm ET–let’s call…
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which is more outmoded?
Blogging, or using a Blackberry? How about blogging from your Blackberry? [gmap]
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How You Like Me Now?
Saw this when it aired; Dave and I had exactly the same reaction…
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lifecycles
On the day that JD Salinger died, NAM finished draft #1 of the novel.
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cyberkrunk labs
Things are humming along, and the bf album release is getting nearer. Maybe this year. The labs have had a major influx of new gear of the past year. The most recent addition is a pair of Dynaudio BM 6A mk II nearfield monitors. Now, back in the day, many happy hours were spent in…
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On first looking into the Flatiron Lounge
Ah, New York. Truly, my favourite of the Yorks.
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The Coolin
Come with me, under my coat, And we will drink our fill Of the milk of the white goat, Or wine if it be thy will And we will talk, until Talk is a trouble, too, Out on the side of the hill; And nothing is left to do, But an eye to look into…
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La vie en road
4 states in 4 days.
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An unlikely turn of events
I’m having dinner the other night at Emma’s Pizza in Cambridge, Ma. Funny place, college hangout featuring thin-crust pizza, mis-matched chairs, and the geekiest collage of 20-something nerds (everyone of them paying by credit card) I had seen in a long time. The service has been described as “Kafka-esque”–it’s not, it’s just incompetent, but pleasant…
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More Like This
(Had to swap out the Conan video with the Letterman video from the week before…)
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3:10 to Yuma
Seems like a Western geared to kids who grew up watching “The O.C.”
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In case you need some cheering up…
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Notes on the new Home Theatre
I spent spare moments this summer researching the state of the art in home theatre, reading endless forum posts, product reviews and spec sheets. The end result is that by early September, I had replaced every single element in the home theatre setup. Not a single cable from the old system remains. After two months…
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Race Day!
Someone on the teevee just said that this is the best day in New York, and I agree! The elite women are now off, and it’s an especially exciting women’s field. Jelena Prokopcuka has the chance to become the first woman since the legendary Grete Waitz to win New York three times in a row.…
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Sex Pistols on Ferguson
The performance was as great as the previous night’s gig was lame. Due in large part, no doubt, to the friendlier environment. Lydon is no Leno fan either, apparently, as he revealed in a fun interview alongside a flu-ridden Steve Jones. The band looked good (even Glenn), Lydon was appropriately ridiculous, and fat is the…
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Sex Pistols on Leno
Managed to sit through the last 30 minutes of Leno, a personal record, to catch the Pistols. Apparently, the band is back promo-ing their appearance on the latest edition of “Guitar Hero” a video game for kids who would rather not practice pentatonic scales. They ran through “Anarchy in the UK”. Jones flubbed his solo,…
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Hey, they stole my iPod!
The funny thing is, I have been biding my time for many, many months waiting for enough AMEX points to accumulate to pay for a really, really good set of noise-blocking phones. As you all know, the iPod earbuds are criminally, criminally incompetent, not to mention dangerous to use during air travel, since they invite…
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Hey, they broke my watch!
Spending a lot of time in Chicago these days, as is Ms. Celluloid Pantry. So that’s enough to prompt the semi-annual screening of the Blues Brothers. Just noticed , after watching this movie maybe 50 times already, that right after John Candy’s immortal “This is car 55. We’re in a truck.” line, another cop is…
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Speaking of Philip K. Dick
Funny how everything good comes from some place else. One of the best scenes in John Carpenter’s Dark Star involves a conversation with the ship’s dead captain. Beyond being understandably groggy, he’s a bit put out that no one has talked to him for so long. Still, he offers good advice, that is, to teach…
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Are Dream Jokes Real?
Could be a Philip K. Dick story, but I also think it’s an inherently interesting question. If something happens in a dream that causes you to laugh, is it really funny? What if you can remember the scenario afterwards and your waking self doesn’t find it funny, or coherent? Once or twice when this has…
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Sometimes I Just Think Funny Things
Free for the taking: “Sushi Generis” (name for a resaturant), “The New Criteronion” (name for a spoof site). According to NAM, I laugh in my sleep. I would find that a little creepy.
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