This will be an interesting concert -- all new music with a very wide range of moods and styles. If you would like to see some really interesting music this should fit the bill.

The official blurb with URL for info:

Please join Gamelan Pacifica for this great upcoming concert of gamelan
music.

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Tomorrow will be my last day of work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. I can't quite describe how strange it feels to be "retiring". Sometimes it seems as if I am still about 28 -- At the same time I'm not even remotely that person anymore. I've spent almost exactly half of my life in the Shipyard. While I've never been a person who self- ( Read more... )

The last Monday before you intend to retire is not the day to have to pass a kidney stone.

Just sayin'.

Hi all! I'll beperforming with Gamelan Pacifica on Friday, 25 Sept. (This Friday) New music from Jessika Kenny and Eyvind Kang and a great piece by Lou Harrison ( Read more... )

Seems all I ever have time to do is huckster (shamelessly) here. Perhaps when I retire from this execrable day-job I be up for writing more. Currently highly stressed - way too many rehearsals, not enough recharge time. I'm really feeling squashed ( Read more... )

On February 20th (this Friday) at 7:30PM there will be a Wayang Kulit performance at Meany Theatre at the University of Washington ( Read more... )

Which creature of the night are you?
Your Result: Vampire

You are a social pragmatist, as likely to kiss as to bite. Your sensuality and social pragmatism is the counter-balance to your existential angst and your tendency toward depression.
Sorceror

Incubus/Succubus

Cthulu Spawn

Ghost

Demon

Werewolf

Which creature of the night are you?
Quiz Created ( Read more... )

Being a diatribe about the state of non-consensual music in the Yuletide season.

For a holly-jolly good rant ( Read on... )

Not a bad job for an introverted geeky suburban kid...

The Life Experience Test
Overall, you have partaken in 98 out of 169 possible life experiences.
Your average life experience score is therefore 58%.

The average score is 52%, making your experiences more than 68% of the people who have taken this test.
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