hawaii conference

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I just returned from Hawai’i, where I presented a paper at the Hawai’i International Conference on Arts & Humanities. The abstract for the paper was originally targeted for another conference in Washington, D.C., but, having failed to make the cut there, I submitted the abstract to, and it was accepted at, this conference on Waikiki Beach: such are the vicissitudes of academic life. Having arrived in late evening, I took an early morning walk along the beach, waiting for the sun to rise.sun rising over waikiki beach

just another

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I wrote Just Another (Bad Dream) sometime in the early 1980s, and recorded it using just an electric guitar and nominal drums and bass last July as a first trial application of my audio-midi interface, microphone and GarageBand software. It has one of my favorite lyrics.

Christmas rap

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Brother Kurt wrote and recorded this Silent Night Christmas rap on New Year’s eve, probably in 1984 (the exact date remains shrouded in mystery). I helped out with some keyboards and vocals on the chorus (“Have yourself a very funky Christmas…”). A new video based on the original recording was made on Christmas day, 2007, by the children of Rollo: see the YouTube description for more information (linked above).