Monthly Archives: July 2009

In the (Muggy) Presence Of History

Seattle broke its all-time heat record yesterday, with temperatures breaking 100 degrees. I was there and I can report that, yes, it was hot. Last winter I was amused, while visiting my brother in Tucson, at the local paper being … Continue reading

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Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color Of Sound

Part one of a series inspired by my reading Eric Tamm’s Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color Of Sound. I was rather dubious about this book. It’s a Ph.D. thesis by a music student, and the title seemed … Continue reading

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The Conference Center on the Undeground Railroad

I’m staying tonight in a new hotel in Lancaster, PA, that was built around a couple of historic houses, one of which was apparently a station on the Underground Railroad. The houses are literally incorporated into the hotel and conference … Continue reading

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“The Hell With Everyone Else, You Sound Great!”

After a nice afternoon on Staten Island with my brother and some of his high school friends (aren’t we all much more fun and much easier to get along with now than we were in high school?), I took the … Continue reading

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From West Virginia To the West Coast

Country Jam Originally uploaded by kenf225 I’m changing gears, as I put it in a Facebook update. I spent the past week in West Virginia, and now I’m in Seattle, where I’m going to spend a couple of days meeting … Continue reading

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