12 March 2009
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The weather is always a good conversation starter and the snow has been no exception, however it has raised an issue that I wonder about. How many times did I hear someone express their doubt about climate change, the proof? Look at all this snow…
11 March 2009
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Unfortunately I should have gone out to take pictures last Friday since not only a lot of the snow has been removed this week but the temperature went up, it rained a bit and a lot of it melted. But you can still see how much snow is left and it will let you imagine what it was like. Last Thursday driving into town through the last big snow fall at 23h00 I could barely get pass the cars coming in the opposite direction on one street, and yet it normally was two lanes wide plus parking spaces. The snow towered 6 to 8 feet on each side of it…
16 February 2009
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From Februar 20 till March 21, 2009 the Galerie am Landsgemeindeplatz is exhibiting the artwork of Mark Staff Brandl.
Brandl is an internationally well-known artist with works in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, The Whitney Museum in New York, the St. Gallen Art Museum…
9 February 2009
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Last Friday we had a great evening at the Cyber Blues Bar in Bienne. A cool little bar with good music, friendly folks and great wine. If only we had a gig like that every week! The only apparent down was driving home at a snail’s pace in the rain, fog and snow at 2am.
Apparent because it seems that the evening also gave friend Bill time to consider his expectations and desires for the future and being occasionally blasted by loud Blues music wasn’t listed….
21 January 2009
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There is a nice little article about this song, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger by Tommy Stevenson that has also been posted at truthout. As emotive as Obama’s oath giving was the next day, it was a far cry from hearing all the words of This Land is Your Land sung from the steps of the Lincoln memorial; the true moment of change?
21 December 2008
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A foolish whim these last month was buying and then making myself a pair of rhythm bones so that I have a pair for each hand. Foolish because I know that my washboard playing is not nearly good enough to give myself yet another thing to practice, but what can you do… Rhythm bones were just too attractive to not try and now that I have, I find them even more so although obviously it will be years of practice to get somewhere; it must be said that I’m not particularly dexterous…
12 December 2008
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It’s been snowing all week so there’s a nice layer of it which is beautiful as well as something to keep in mind when dealing with the car owner without a garage hell that snow is in this city. Moving it twice daily to let the snow plows do their job means sweeping the snow off of it, scrapping the ice of the windows and windshield, hoping it starts and the worst: finding another parking space…