Wednesday, 31 December 2003

Tuscany 2002 - another photo 5:39:41 PM    comment []; Listening Lounge: January For January we have three live bootlegs from our 2003 quartet tour on the menu: 1. Sao Paulo 2. Duende Del Amor (Buleria) 3. Drum Detour (Drum Duet) 4:26:48 PM    comment []; La Semana Update I am currently working on 16 songs for the new Luna Negra album. No synths have been added yet and I am considering not using synths at all for this recording. 1:49:06 PM    comment []; Tuscany 2002 10:20:16 AM    comment []; Worldwatch on the Tech Bloom Worldwatch - the thinktank of record on all matters sustainable - says that cellphones and cheap computers are revolutionizing the developing world and helping bridge the global gap between rich and poor: "In 1992, only one in 237 people worldwide... [Another World Is Here] Here is the heart of the matter: "In 1992, only one in 237 people worldwide used a mobile phone, and one in 778 used the Internet; by 2002, the numbers had soared to one in 5 and one in 10, respectively." 9:20:06 AM    comment []; Personal Pollution Index Got a spare $5,000 and a serious masochistic streak? Then you, too, can undergo biomonitoring to find out just how many biotoxins have taken up residence in your body. If you're anything like the 9 people in a new study... [Another World Is Here] Yes, the sheer variety of industrial chemicals present in our bodies should give pause. We could all follow Keith's example and have our blood changed completely...it's got to get rid of a few pollutants....here is a link to the Yahoo news article.. 9:13:31 AM    comment []; Unique + Vintage Microfrets Guitars. Carl Perkins favoured Microfrets guitars because he got them for free. From Fetish Guitars. Exceptionally unique vintage guitars. Don't miss the Wendré Guitars by Wandré Pioli, including the Wandré Davoli Krundaal Bikini - the first guitar with a built-in amp. [gmtPlus9] [Mediaburn] 8:59:15 AM    comment []; Table for Mr. Bigfooot Meanwhile, all around the Zagat world, the ratings creep upward. In the first survey the average for all restaurants was 16.5, at the low end of the guides' "good to very good" range (16-20). Now the average New York City food rating is 19.93. Restaurateurs themselves are often skeptical of the ratings. "There are people who vote for the French Laundry who've never even been there," say Nancy Oakes, the chef and owner of Boulevard, Zagat's "most popular" San Francisco restaurant. Cheating is not unheard of. "It almost begs for ballot stuffing," says John Long, former editor of the Cleveland Zagat guide. "Sometimes I could tell from the handwriting on the surveys." via gawker Now the average New York City food rating is 19.93...yeah, sure, they are all that good....not! 8:54:01 AM    comment [];

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