Black & White Photos of New York

II can’t believe the collection of instruments that I’m getting down in the subway. I was a ways off when I heard what sounded like a trombone. I used to play the trombone in high school but I was thinking maybe it was a baritone horn. Haven’t seen one of those yet anywhere down under. […]

It’s a 10-string instrument; five strings each doubled by an octave. The fellow playing it is very good. Not really a guitar. I think he called it a Kantele. He had to pronounce it a few times for me - maybe I misheard.

As I watched the train doors open and close last night a young man approached me and struck up a conversation. He wanted to know whether I had had any problems going from very cold weather into a hot environment. I wasn’t sure what he meant. After a while, it turns out […]

I was walking around in a funk when I happened upon some Hendrix riffs; and leaned up against the Times Square pillar in my yellow parka and just listened. I was the only one around and the guy was playing his heart out. When he finished song one, he looked up at me, […]

I just upgraded from Photoshop CS to PS CS 3. Hey, they’ve added some nice stuff over the last - what three or four years? What’s my favorite thing so far — probably sorta dumb, but the way it scrolls in bite-sized pieces when I’m doing some masking and headed off the screen, […]

Hat out. Buds in.
Live music over.
Pod music - ongoing.
Eyes focused on LCD.
Fingers touching raised buttons.
Live music over.
Pod music forever.