I came across this video on the excellent Kurungabaa blog. Reminded me of my university days, as I spent a considerable amount of time one quarter researching and writing a paper on the sand mandala ritual as practiced by Tibetan monks.
Below the fold is that term paper. There are a few rough patches, […]

Planet Earth lost a tremendous talent on the guitar a couple weeks back, and waaaaay too early. Jack Rose died of a heart attack on the morning of December 5th. He was 38.
Rose was as well rounded a threat on guitar as they come; incorporating elements of drone, ragtime, folk, blues, and Eastern […]

A great way to close the inauguration I thought. Anyone else feel a little spring in their step today?

By BRIAN ENO
It’s a tragedy that the Israelis – a people who must understand better than almost anybody the horrors of oppression – are now acting as oppressors. As the great Jewish writer Primo Levi once remarked “Everybody has their Jews, and for the Israelis it’s the Palestinians”. By creating a middle Eastern version of […]

Sad news… Mitch Mitchell passed away earlier today in Portland. He was drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, you may have heard of them.
My whole love affair with music basically started with this band and their albums. What a gift he left behind… still unsurpassed in terms of impact and longevity.

Amazing shots of the Pro-Tibet protesters hanging two huge banners from the Golden Gate Bridge days before the Olympic torch passes through SF, on it’s way to China.

I still don’t really get why China was awarded the Olympics.  They’re kind of bad at the human rights & equality thing.  It looks like the protesting around […]