Last August
Playing in the Upaya zendo last August. Photo by Joan Halifax Roshi – from the Upaya Flickr account.
Rahim AlHaj
ListeningLounge
Rahim AlHaj’s album Second Baghdad is now also available from our ListeningLounge.
ListeningLounge
ListeningLounge
Rahim AlHaj explores the relationship between his oud and a string quartet. A meeting of East and West. A mingling of cultures.
I am very happy and proud to announce that Rahim’s album Friendship: Oud & Sadaqa Quartet is now available from our ListeningLounge. In that the album contains only 8 songs, but some of those songs are over 10 minutes long, we decided to offer individual tracks for $1.25 and the whole album for $10. It is wonderful music – go check it out!
Rahim’s album Second Baghdad will become available within a few days.
100 Rooms @ 100 Square Feet
Hong Kong :: 100 Rooms @ 100 Square Feet
Photographs of residents in their apartments within Hong Kong’s oldest public housing estate. 100 rooms, each 100 square feet in size.
Fascinating. I bet Aaron Spelling’s infamous “gift-wrapping room” is larger than any of these. It brings up questions: How much is enough? How much do you need?
Thanks V.
Phone Interviews
Yesterday I did 10 phone interviews with Australian media between 5PM and 8:20PM. Most of journalists were very nice and the interviews were quite enjoyable. Only one interviewer was clueless. When I hear questions like: please describe your music, what are your influences, and what inspires you, I know that the person has not listened to the music at all and is hoping to write the article simply using my words. My response: I am sorry, but I can’t help you. I am a musician. My job is to create music and it is your job to find words to describe/explain/critique it.
I did talk to most journos about “one guitar” and about doing a solo tour in the coming years.
Only 7 weeks to go… I am really looking forward to spending a little time in Australia and New Zealand again.
