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musical goings on
So you know i enjoy playing music, and have long wanted to do it in a more organized fashion, that is with people, and rehearsals, and maybe eventually gigs - like a band. So, although i don't want to jinx this thing, but i started playing with a guitarist friend of mine, and it's awesome so far. It's not clear that we're that similar musically - ( Read more... ) -
greed vs humility (жадность и смирение)
The easiest thing to do is to forget the good things you have, and to suffer from the lack of what you don't have. But really, you only need a few things for a good life: food, roof over your head, conversation with a good friend, and the feeling that you're not a piece of shit. Maybe the last one is hard to find, but it's always there ( Read more... ) -
i think i need a band
Just for the hell of it, two songs that kill me:
Bill Withers:
Dwight Yoakam:
Rock over London, rock on Chicago! -
The Push to Pushchino (or The Ardor of Arboreality)
We endured an arduous direct flight from Chicago, during which we were fed and watered at regular intervals and even able to watch Mick Jagger shake his thang on the the monitor in the seatbacks in front of us, and which arrived on time in Moscow-Domodedovo. After passing through customs, we were accosted by a band of rogues, who happened to be ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Sorry it's been a long time...
A certain brother named pointy111 has been talking about this DC dude named Wale, and turns he's been collabing with the Roots! Check them tearing it up (with Chrisette doing amazing singing too):
N.B. I have it on good authority that this is not just some hip-hop shit, this is GoGo music from DC. Damned if I knew that... -
speaking of things we've done
Here are two roughly recorded songs, one by me, one by Bess. We got to play on each other's tunes:
Broken Cup song
Starling
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old year in numbers
For me, this past year has been the craziest of my life, in terms of changes, new possibilities, and absolutely insane amount of movement.
Here's a quantitative summary of my year 2007:- 17 cities or towns slept in (best as i can recall)
- 7 papers published (most were written the year before, and only 3 first-author)
- 6 conferences presented at
- 5 ( Read more... )
- 17 cities or towns slept in (best as i can recall)
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albanian vs lolz
Maybe my russo-english liguo-brethren (and -sestren) already knew this, but i only recently realized the possibilities of translating form Russian internet-speak (aka Olbansky, a misspelling of Albanian) and lolz-speak. For instance, the seminal Olbansky word "Превед!" (a misspelled "Hello!"), canonically associated with "Медвед" (misspelled bear ( Read more... ) -
Monks lead uprising in Burma
In case you haven't noticed, there's some heavy shit going down in Burma (fuck the junta, let's not call it Myanmar). Here's a blog with on-the-ground reports:
The sanctions Bush announced yesterday may be the only thing he has done recently that I agree with, since the regime is one of the most odious on the planet. -
Visions of a four year old
Ellis in the car, riding with Mama and Papa (after seeing the Simpsons movie last weekend ( Read more... )
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