I just started sharing a torrent of a recording I made last Tuesday night. I haven't had the time to edit it, sorry, but it's free, it's fan-made, and hopefully it'll be enough to get you to go see them in concert as soon as possible!
I've also up'd a couple vids from the same show at YouTube. Start here.
Lastly, there are pics from the show on Flickr.
p.s. If you down this torrent, please help share it so I'm not the only source. It'll make everyone happier, sooner, and that's gotta count for something!
p.p.s. For the first time, I've submitted something to Digg. We'll see how this goes...
UPDATE: I cleaned the audio files and reposted a new torrent.
My pocket recording of the Adrian Belew Power Trio, plus...
Adrian Belew's Power Trio at The Coach House - 2/24/08
I had the chance to spend an afternoon and evening at the Coach House ending with a raucous concert by several amazing musicians. The lineup included Tom Griesgraber on the Chapman Stick at 8p, Saul Zonana at 9-ish, then the Power Trio at around 10pm. Talk about a full night of music, and what incredible music it was!
I've almost always enjoyed progressive rock, though I found some of my early exposures to Gentle Giant and early Genesis to be not as exciting to me. When I found King Crimson in the 80s, though, I was hooked for a lot of reasons, one of the primary being Adrian Belew.
Learning about him after the fact turned up the fact that he'd been involved in several of my favorite bands including Frank Zappa, David Bowie, and other. He was, and still is, my favorite front man for a band and this current group of his is pretty much perfection for all involved.
I had the true pleasure to meet his band members, Eric and Julie Slick. I briefly met them a year and a half ago, but I got to see more of them on Sunday and I'm so looking forward to many years of beautiful music from these two. And, if he chooses, I think Eric's got a second career in slapstick because, you know, timing is everything...
Anyway, there are some shots from my afternoon watching setup all the way through the end of the show and after. Here's the link on Flickr:
http://flickr.com/photos/blo/sets/72157603985998172/
A letter that was written...
This is a letter that came across my desk. It was in response to someone grieving the loss of a friend due, at first, to a misunderstanding, and then for reasons unknown to him:
To my brother,
What I've come to realize is that there are so many people that have worked magic in my life, and then disappeared. I used to think I was a failure for not being able to keep long term relations and friends, and to a large degree I was responsible for not maintaining or nurturing them.
Now that I've become so much better at maintaining friendships, I notice that there are people that are less skilled than I, less willing, or whatever. It's not simply up to me to keep a two-way relation going, nor is it possible.
Some essential ingredients that I've found has been the willingness and ability to be as honest and humble as I can be. If I don't do that, then I'm prone to misscommunication, misunderstanding, and or egotism. Any or all of those are problems to clear relations.
All I can do is my best at keeping my side of the street clean. I commend you on what you've done for your part in the misunderstanding. There's no denying that she was magical for you and your life, and I don't think that anything can, or should (IMHO), ever take away her willingness to be right there at that particular moment in time and space, to give you that nudge to send you on your way.
To get philosophic for just a moment... :-), the magic that she did was for her own karma, not yours. The way I see it, her actions were never really about you, though you were an extremely excellent opportunity for her to manifest her mojo. She gained as much, if not
more, for her part in your relation.
You've done your part. You can let go. If she needs to miss out on your friendship, it is her loss. You have permission to trust that she will re-enter your life if need be, but until then, you have the rest of your life to give your attention to.
Go, and be excellent, my brother.
San Diego Family Law basics
IANAL (I am not a lawyer), but I believe this is the minimum that you should be familiar with if you are involved in any Family Law matters here in San Diego.
Division 5-Family Law
If you want to discuss this, of course I will only be sharing my experience, but I'd be happy to support anyone involved in Family Law matters as best I can.
I'm very disappointed in The Supreme Court!
Top court won't review Bush domestic spying case - Yahoo! News
I've grown to believe that the Supreme Court of The United States (aka SCOTUS) was a relatively reliable institution for the preservation, or deliberate consideration, of issues that were brought to its attention. The refusal to review this case really bums me out as the issue at hand is so crucial to our civil liberties.
I've lost a lot of faith and respect for SCOTUS from this decision. They are the ones, for better or worse, on the razor's edge of our legislation and, if I feel that this issue is too important to not be heard.
Regarding the explanations given for dismissal:
A U.S. appeals court based in Cincinnati dismissed the case because the plaintiffs could not state with certainty they had been wiretapped by the government's National Security Agency.
Administration lawyers opposed the appeal and said further review by the Supreme Court was unwarranted.
The Supreme Court sided with the administration and rejected the appeal without any comment.
The threat of investigation without warrant is enough to affect decisions by the general public. I think it's clear enough that allowing the warrant-less tapping of information is a slippery slope at the least. I regret that the authorities are so insistent on playing that type of ball game. I believe that following procedure as has long been established is sufficient to support the protection of the populace.
Then again, I'm just a citizen.
For shame, justices, for shame.
My letter to Congressman Bilbray
Representative Bilbray,
First off, I want to thank you for your service on my behalf. I greatly appreciate your dedication as my representative and I honor your willingness to consider my opinion in this regard. There are a large number of issues that distress me, but I would like to address just one at this time, that being the Protect America Act issue.
President Bush, today, suggests that the issue is academic, since the legislation was passed before. He chides your fellow representatives for supposedly being irresponsible with our security. I strongly disagree with Mr. President.
I perceive that, during the duration of the Protect America Act, people like you have come to recognize the high cost of such legislation against personal freedoms and civil liberties. I commend you and your colleagues for continuing to carefully deliberate how best to protect our liberties without unduly compromising them.
I am fully supportive of securing our nation. I am just as supportive of protecting our liberties. I hope these are sentiments that you can honor on my behalf and I thank you for taking the time to consider my perspective.
Sincerely,
Burton Lo
Absolutely disgusted over educational budget cuts!
Listening to NPR this morning, there was a story of the direct and indirect effects due to educational budget cuts here in California. One statement was that the majority of the public are, currently, in a state of shock, just trying to make sense of this issue and how it will affect them.
Personally, I'm furious! I can't believe how our society can even consider making cuts to such a fundamental aspect of our culture. I'm aghast that we can consider these cuts while continually rationalizing the costs of our ongoing war in Iraq. I can't even begin to articulate all the indirect costs, but the thought that struck me hardest was that we, as a people, simply couldn't find a solution that wouldn't compromise education, while at the same time, we are able to solve financing the war even though the future costs are astronomical.
In yet another barb towards President Bush, I'm sick of his narrow mindedness in budgeting trillions toward the war while our state is hampered in supporting educational costs. Why don't we keep a trillion here at home and subsidize education instead?
Grr!!!
Here's the story from KPBS, along with quotes from the article:
San Diego County superintendent Randy Ward is hoping for the best. He says half of San Diego County's school districts drop thing like afterschool programs and coaching for kids learning English as a second language. He says cutting education funding is short-sighted because it will drive up other costs.Ward: We're going to need an increase in the budget for welfare. We're going to need an increase in the budget for social services. We'll need an increase in the budget for mental health services. And certainly and we'll need an increase in the ever-increasing budget for prisons.
The people with the most at stake are the parents. PTA leader Lorene Joosten says so far they're just trying to grapple with all the bad news.Joosten: I think right now everybody is just dazed over the magnitude. The magnitude of these cuts are just phenomenal.
Joosten says class sizes at many schools could jump by as much as a third. She says transportation and music and art programs could also get the ax.
Met a girl named Laney today
I was chilling, getting my morning started at E Street Cafe, doing a little programming remotely (one of my favorite tech things ever!). A sweet girl sat next to me (she looked really comfy!) reading Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions, one of those books I always meant to read, but never did. We chatted a little about her book and the one it reminded me of (Tom Robbins' Jitterbug Perfume) and she told me a little about herself. We talked politics a little as well.
The reason I'm posting this is because she impressed me, she just did. She just graduated high school. She's studying holistic and healing arts as well as massage. She's working her path with such clarity for someone "her age", that I'm just excited to know that people like her exist.
Obviously, this is all coming from my own experience, totally lost and wayward until just recently
Super Tuesday means... what?
Sitting on the eve of the primaries, I'm moved to write something, in part since it's been months since I wrote here.
As far as my dad's death goes, I'm doing really well. All the support I got from friends during that time was incredibly helpful and loving and I was able to use the time I was given to deal fully with all the business and feelings that I had about him dying. I'm glad I'm become accustomed (and have the ability) to take the time I need to take care of myself.
So, with the primaries being in the news lately, who am I voting for?
Hard to say. it It had been a done deal for me to vote for Hillary, but in discussing it with a friend, I came to be worried about something, and one of today's headlines clinched it. Accordint to NPR, President Bush is trying to push through a 3 trillion dollar budget with more funds going to defense spending and cuts to health care amongst other social services.
My thinking is this: our country has moved so far away from anything I would want to call "balanced and centered" and, regarding the candidates, which one will head us _significantly_ towards that center? For the most part, I've thought that Ms. Clinton would be the most able to make change, but then I wondered if she would move as much as I would like. When I think of Mr. Obama, I think of his vision offering great change, but I worry that he won't have the clout or savvy to make the change happen.
As a friend from my former life might have said: Dilemma, counter-dilemma.
Anyone have any insider info to enlighten me with? Is Barack capable? Does Hillary have a long enough view? Would McCain hurt less is some odd way?
p.s. Too bad my longing to support third parties is subsumed by these more immediate urges. I try to live a principled life, really.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
