Monthly Archives: December 2007

European New Years Trip: Days 2

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Joe White

Went to church at the Augustinerkirche, which has a very good choir and orchestra (Shubert and Bruckner both conducted masses here). They did the Haydn Kleine Orgelsolomesse and three Bach pieces (which I found a bit odd in this bastion … Continue reading →

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European New Years Trip: Days 2

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Joe White

Went to church at the Augustinerkirche, which has a very good choir and orchestra (Shubert and Bruckner both conducted masses here). They did the Haydn Kleine Orgelsolomesse and three Bach pieces (which I found a bit odd in this bastion … Continue reading →

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European New Years Trip: Day 1 (supplemental)

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Joe White

I have remarked how people are always stopping me to ask directions when I’m travelling. It happened twice tonight, but once with a twist. After dinner, we walked over to the Fraziskaner to see what music was going to be … Continue reading →

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European New Year’s Trip: Day 1

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Joe White

All pics are available at my Picasa webpage. Flight from Houston to London was outstanding. Transfer from Gatwick to Heathrow was in record time, and I hoped we might get on standby for the earlier flight to Vienna…but no such … Continue reading →

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More idiots

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Joe White

quoted in toto from Reason: More on the Vang Khang Raid: I’m quoted at length in this piece by St. Paul Pioneer-Press columnist Ruben Rosario on botched SWAT raids. The police are in prime CYA form on the Khang raid: … Continue reading →

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bunch of idiots

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Joe White

Why do folks think they can get away with staging attacks on themselves? Staged College Hate Crimes:: Eugene links below to the story of the fake hate crime at Princeton. Is it just me, or are staged hate crimes on … Continue reading →

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Quite possibly, the perfect snack food

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Joe White

from BoingBoing: Peanuts banana-milk popcorn in Tokyo: Today in my ongoing series of photos from my travels: Snoopy and Lucy Banana Milk-flavored popcorn, for sale at the giant Peanuts store across the street from the Harajuku train station in Tokyo. … Continue reading →

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Dinner at Sushi Seki

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Joe White

On the advice of Eb’s brother Reza, we had dinner after the show at Sushi Seki, 1143 1st Ave. We started with the Crunch Shrimp and Asparagus appetizer, which as excellent: shrimp and asparagus coated in little fried balls of … Continue reading →

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