My lovely wife was able to send me a box of goodies to the hotel! It contained three boxes of Girl Scout Cookies (can’t get them in Kuwait), two cool books of short stories, some papers to sign and my CD from the Czech Republic. Yes – I said from the Czech Republic. It is [...]
The final night was my shortest night – because I had to go to work the next day. But it was still pretty great. I caught the tail end of Paprika Balkanicus from Romania playing traditional tunes from the whole Balkan region. Sort of a gypsy party band. Then came the amazing percussionist Trilok Gurtu [...]
You may ask why I am such a fanatic about music. I believe music is our best hope for peace. Our best hope for equality. Our best hope for freedom. Take tonight. This crowd was took the word diversity to new levels. There were women in abayas and women in tank tops and shorts. Men [...]
Heck of a day, I tell you. First I had to work. Not only are the auditors here asking me questions I don’t know (like “Why weren’t last year’s adjustments posted?”), but my CEO suddenly calls to ask why my boss isn’t there and why he hasn’t answered her emails (he was visiting her in [...]
I actually went out! In Kuwait! Who’da thunk it? The Radisson SAS Hotel (the SAS as we call it) held the 4th annual Kuwait Jazz Festival this week and I went to two of the three nights. It was held on the terrace of one of the restaurants there. A very nice place to see [...]
Finally…. King Crimson – “Beat” Mainly because I couldn’t find Discipline. Otis Redding – An anthology of all his songs. Neko Case – “Middle Cyclone” I really like her sound and her writing has is terrific. Her best yet. Guano Apes – “Live” Keep your Evanescence! If I need a hard rock group with a [...]
And of course I picked up music in Paris! A shout out to Crocodisc on the Rue des Écoles. Tons of vinyl (which I stayed away from with great willpower) AND Cds. Most of this stuff has not reached the States. Indochine – “Paradize” A big French New Wave band back in the ‘80s. This [...]
Happy birthday to me. National Day is coming up next week, which means a four day weekend. So I’m celebrating the holiday and my birthday in Paris with Kerry. Winter rates are EXCELLENT in this economy. I must say, it will be nice to eat cooked Food again. I am living like a bachelor, after [...]
Just for the record, Michael Phelps will be fine. Because the next time the US needs to win a medal in swimming, you can bet your ass folks will be knocking down his door to praise his talents again. Take another bong hit, Mike. Take two. You won a billion gold medals so no one [...]
It’s been a while… Know that I not only received new music as Christmas presents, but I was also given $65 in iTunes credit. Let’s Go Wild! As you may have noticed, I love compilations. It may be because I’m a “singles” man myself. We loved the 45. Singles were – and still are – [...]
I bet you thought I forgot… No Way! I have six CDs (actually nine) of pretty cool music. Let’s share! Just a reminder of the premise: Three songs from each of the last five decades, all of which follow a theme of some sort. Now, with such a wide open mark these won’t all be [...]
I had New Year’s day off – which was a surprise. I didn’t know that until I came back. The company didn’t have Christmas off and we had the previous Monday off for Muslim New Year. So I started off the day in bed until 1pm. Then I got up and did some work (I [...]
Jet lag kills. Remember that… We have gone over the 12,000 mark and I haven’t even touched the infamous Christmas CDs yet. Dusty Springfield – “Dusty In Memphis” A classic. Graham Parker – “Passion Is No Ordinary Word” Great two-disc ‘best of’ set Tricky – “Maxinquaye” Lyle Lovett – “Joshua Judges Ruth” Medeski Martin & [...]
Finally – some new rock n’ roll! Not exactly new, but new to me and within the last five years so it makes the cut. It’s nearly the end of the year and the lists are starting to appear. On Yahoo, I saw some guy’s “10 Best Albums” of 2008. Two bands I didn’t know [...]
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