Author Archives: ken

New Camera!

Thanks to the recent theft of my backpack, I needed to replace my point&shoot camera before my Arizona trip that starts this weekend. After doing a lot of research, I decided to go with an upgraded version of the camera … Continue reading

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Candy Girl, Or, How To Spend a Saturday Afternoon

I went to an old-time jam with my friend Kari the other night and she played a lovely tune called “Candy Girl,” which I’ve heard her play but never learned. We played it and I got a sense of the … Continue reading

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Protected: The Closest I’m Going To Get To Holiday Cards This Year

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Protected: Memo To the Dumbass In the SmartCar

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Protected: Home; An Obituary

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Hey, I’m an Urban Myth!

Today’s Times had an article about people who don’t watch television anymore, in which an NBC executive is quoted as saying, “the notion that people have forsaken watching cable and network television is an urban myth.” As the writer of … Continue reading

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Dancing Tourists

We had a particularly good time at the Greenwich Village Bistro tonight, not least thanks to a bunch of tourists who stopped in, stayed for all three sets, danced and (I swear) did the wave. It was quite a contrast … Continue reading

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Protected: Weekend Out Of Order

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“I Believe In Singing”

Brian Eno wrote an essay for the NPR series “This I Believe,” which was broadcast this morning. Eno is probably the world’s most famous electronic musician (meaning a player of electronic music, not a silicon-based musician). The majority of his … Continue reading

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