Posts about the music I listen to or the music I play. Things about the music industry usually don't go here (they end up, almost always, in the outrageous! category.
2007.10.1420:39:50 EDTMuch about tuningMan, I hate to do link dumps, but there are just so many nice fun things that I read about today. First, just learned about Tim Storms the current world record holder for the lowest note produced by a
2007.08.1811:04:12 EDTRIP: Ralph Alpher; Max RoachRalpha Alpher, 86, passed away August 12. He was an early proponent of Big Bang theory, and predicted the residual cosmic microwave background. For most students of physics, however, he is most famous
2006.08.2114:36:39 EDTBuddy's BluesBuddy Rich, one of the best drummers ever, and also one of the world's biggest pricks. He was well known for being verbally abusive to his band members. Now someone took the time and transcribed his r
2006.02.0122:06:23 ESTEmil周華健, a.k.a. Emil Chow, is one of my favorite Mandarin singer. The release of his CD Emil and Friends coincided with the end of 8th grade for me, immediately prior to my leaving Ta
2005.12.0323:30:33 ESTCJE/PUJE2 concert todayConcert today. Titled "Parker Shorter Nelson Nimmons", referring to the composers of the music that we played, i.e. Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, Wayne Shorter, Oliver Nelson, and Phil Nimmons. The first
2005.10.1600:35:39 EDTJournal: CJE plays Kansas City SuiteConcert today went well. More on that later. Last night, my sister T arrived home with two friends: she sort of forcibly recruited them to come to listen to my concert. For that I am grateful. The two
2005.09.1618:08:05 EDTPerplexing audition resultsYay! For Me! Okay, I am actually more perplexed than happy at this moment. So, I went to Woolworth to check on the Jazz Ensemble audition results. To be honest, I wasn't quite expecting it to be poste
2005.09.1222:05:17 EDTDepartment Reception; Cooking JournalToday was the reception for first year grads. I woke up earlier than usual (8:30am), showered, dressed, doodled around, had breakfast, and left home at 10:30. Got to school by 11. Spent about half an
2005.05.0813:00:00 EDTPersonal NewsArgh... itai! Funny, after Friday's drill by Coach Jones, I was feeling quite alright on Saturday morning when I woke up. I was a little tight on my left oblique and that was it. But after playing for
Anime/Manga (3) News, reviews, recent purchase, thoughts, and pretty much everything about Anime and Manga.
Books (7) Book reviews primarily. Sometimes recommendations of new publications or mentioning of books I really want.
Chinese (33) Posts written in Chinese, posts about the Chinese language or culture, or posts concerning my experience being of Chinese descent. (以中文寫作, 或是內容有關於中國語言及文化, 和我個人的華人經驗的文章.)
Creations (12) My creations, could be musical, literary, graphical, or in other formats, but generally fall under the category of Art.
German (1) Posts written in German. It will be empty for a while, until I become passable writing in German.
French (1) Posts written in French. (Les entreés écrivées en français.)
Religion (1) My thoughts about religion in general, specific news about the various religions.
Japanese (1) Posts written in Japanese. It will be sparse until my Japanese becomes better.
Linky! (55) Boing-boing-like entries which links to fun stuff I found on the web (many of them through boing-boing).
Linux (22) Things related to the Linux operating systems. Particularly prominent on things about Gentoo, my preferred flavor.
Mathematics (59) Posts about mathematics. Upcoming conferences, conference descriptions, papers I am reading, papers I am writing, pre-prints, all sorts of goodies. Also some of my thoughts about mathematical education and such.
Movies (1) Movies I saw recently. Reviews. Movies I plan to see in the future. Expectations.
Music (10) Posts about the music I listen to or the music I play. Things about the music industry usually don't go here (they end up, almost always, in the outrageous! category.
Politics (7) Things that, unfortunately, I have to deal with as an American in a democratic republic, but about which I really wish I could just stop caring.