Entries from May 2008

May 17, 2008

Happy Together

This concert happened on the border between Finland and Russia, it was a celebration of the end of the long Cold War. It was put on by the Finnish joke rock group, The Lenigrad Cowboys featuring the ol’ Red Russian Army Choir. See all the people!
Notice that they are singing, in English, the classic [...]

May 13, 2008

Electric Guitar Prayer

Reflecting my cultural background and my generation within my cultural background, my favorite musical instrument is the electric guitar. I love all the sounds it can make – well not all of them actually…but the electric guitar offers a great range of depths and heights, and oceans, forests and streams, in between, to modern [...]

May 11, 2008

Funny Ad. Set In India

I really enjoyed this advertisement set in Hindu India.
(Note: Sikh women have no marks applied to their foreheads and all Sikhs wear a single steel bracelet called a “Kara”.)

May 10, 2008

Our Gardens Spring 08

Tulips and Bluebells

Apple Blossoms

The Community Garden – time to get to work!

May 10, 2008

Smoke On The Water – Japanese version

May 7, 2008

BLUE BAROQUE by David Mason

About David Mason
“It is a schuloper!” David says with a German accent impersonating Bertolt Brecht.
“School operas were musicals designed to broaden the knowledge of scholars; educational dramas designed for teaching political lessons. These works are rich in realism and challenge political and didactic, as well as physical and biological, thermodynamic interpretations.”
TITLE: BLUE BAROQUE
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May 2, 2008

Union Songs!

The fight is between the down and the up, not the right and the left.