President Bush refuses to acknowledge that there will ever be an end to our occupation in Iraq. Could it be that Mr. Bush actually went to Iraq with good intentions, feels that he has royally damaged the country, and now wants desperately to atone by fixing the mess he made? Does he feel that he has gravely sinned, that he is at the end of his ( Read more... )

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I've got a recording of my computer playing the string quartet I composed. Give it a listen.

Two Dollar Suite
I. Street Musicians - $1.49 in the Hat
II. Cheap Violins - Two for One - Only 13¢
III. Free
IV. Pocket Change (37¢ Tango)

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Last night was the premiere of my string quartet Two Dollar Suite, and tonight was the premiere of the piece I wrote for the Electronic Music Ensemble "Moving On". I've made some computer recordings of the two pieces, but the string quartet one just sounds crappy since the synth strings are so bad. The synth sounds good on the other one, though, ( Read more... )

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My grandma died over the weekend, but I didn't find out until tonight because I hadn't answered my phone and I don't check my messages.

Here's something in her tribute:

http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~sjones/G'ma.mp3