I watched a very interesting documentary online a few weeks ago, and have since been recommending it to people while I digest some of the thoughts the film put forward about art and culture and the internet. This backlash against the internet seems to be a prevailing theme in the content I’m consuming lately, and [...]

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Andrea turned me on to a very clever graphic novel called “Scott Pilgrim“, which is drawn by a Canadian author, Bryan Lee O’Malley. I tried describing it to another co-worker and it came out like this: “So this guy is in a band and he’s a rocker and he’s dating a girl who’s too young [...]

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I stumbled into this very cool video of Bobby McFerrin (the “Don’t worry be happy” guy) demonstrating the power of collective musical expectations – playing the audience’s brains  like a piano. Super neat.
I’ve always been a fan of his musical experimentation – but you rarely hear about him unless you’re looking. I wish he had [...]

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At my family going-away party I convinced Uncle Jim and Ron to pull out their guitars and jam to an impromptu set list of simple 70’s music I’ve learned. It was my first time playing for anyone other than Natasha or my music teacher, so it was a bit of a rush (even just in [...]

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