Peaceful late night listening |
In 1970something, Isao Tomita recorded an electronic music version of Gustav Holst’s Planets Suite, using synthesizer technology that was in its early stages. Each track is performed for the mo...
Posted by Gil Adams on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:52:00 PST |
New Songule |
I call it a songule because it's not finished. It's like a baby song now. There will be vocals and harmonies and things, but not yet..It's called Strawberry Jam, which, yes, I know is the name of the ...
Posted by Gil Adams on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:02:00 PST |
New York City was founded by Walloons! |
I swear I'm not making this up. This is from Wikipedia's page on Wall Street:"Despite widely held beliefs that Wall Street is based on the existence of a wall, maps of New Amsterdam show two differen...
Posted by Gil Adams on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:01:00 PST |
Sunday, September 23rd! |
Hooray! I'm playing a set next Sunday at the Airliner, a very cool club near my place in Lincoln Heights. It's my first show since moving back down to L.A, so I'm super amped/pumped/psyched and woul...
Posted by Gil Adams on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:56:00 PST |
a poems |
Two short poems by Gertrude Stein I stumbled onto recently:A Dog A little monkey goes like a donkey that means to say that means to say that more sighs last goes. Leave with it. A lit...
Posted by Gil Adams on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:58:00 PST |
funneist thing i've read in a while |
I tried to translate the words to a song in Portuguese on babel fish. This is what it came up with:To senhora sadness é, Since or samba é samba é assim To clear tear on a pele escura, to noite and ch...
Posted by Gil Adams on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:30:00 PST |
Book o' Quotes, part 2 |
"In all nations, factors such as hunger, disease, crime, corruption, and warfare can decrease happiness."--Wikipedia's article on happiness...
Posted by Gil Adams on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:14:00 PST |
Like the trading ships, bringing food from afar |
This is an English Translation of the ancient Jewish poem Aishet Chayil, which in Aramaic means something like "woman of valor." Valerie, if you wanna call her. Kind of interesting, because bibb...
Posted by Gil Adams on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:59:00 PST |
Help! Im addicted to food! |
I'll admit it. Britney Spears' recent media coverage had me worried. If the self-proclaimed "princess of pop" could go bald, how could I, a mere "maidservant of pop" ever keep my hair?&nb...
Posted by Gil Adams on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:25:00 PST |
Book o' Quotes |
I'm starting a book of quotes. Here's what's going in it from last week:"What's new" is an interesting and broadening eternal question, but one which, if pursued exclusively, results only in an...
Posted by Gil Adams on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:59:00 PST |
