By bluerasberry on April 9, 2011
Josh had written me in 2008 asking about Nandan, and Nandan had told me about his visit then saying that he was a fun guy. Josh is a musician. He plays percussion and seems to make music everywhere he goes. He brought this dancer named Penelope with him and together one would start making some [...]
Posted in art, education, presentation | Tagged dance, music
By bluerasberry on February 20, 2011
Nandan and I stayed at this hotel called Ranjeet. As far as hotels go it suited my needs but I want to mention that it had a ground floor restaurant with a lounge singer every night. He had a cassette deck and a bunch of tapes and a microphone. He sung old Bollywood songs. Many [...]
Posted in encounter, India | Tagged music
By bluerasberry on July 15, 2010
I went to see Lords of Acid and My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Tuesday July 13 at Studio 7 in Georgetown. I listened to them when I was a teenager and it was cool to see them live. The venue sucked and I gave them a bad yelp but both bands were good. [...]
Posted in drug, presentation, Seattle | Tagged concert, dance, music, pop culture
By bluerasberry on May 19, 2010
I attended part of a performance of Erik Satie’s(1866-1925) Vexations Jack Straw on May 16. Satie was a Parisian musician and dadaist who wrote minimalist repetitive music. This work, Vexations, is a song which most people would choose to play in about 3.5 minutes, but Satie wrote on the page of music the sentence, “In [...]
Posted in art, presentation, Seattle | Tagged dada, music, performance
By bluerasberry on January 18, 2007
I have diarrhea again and have for about twelve hours. I feel dehydrated because I did not drink much last night. I miss gatorade because electrol powder has a salty taste. I am not sure if gatorade is as good but I thirst for it. More about the Kumba Mela – while waiting at the [...]
Posted in India, religion | Tagged music