How do you know if you are old? You get invited to give a talk at a retirement Party.
How do you know if your are really old? You get invited to give a talk at a memorial symposium.
A lot more people come to the Memorial Symposiums. I don't know why. Seems like it should be the other way around.
I suggest you call your favorite high school teachers and thank them for being so cool before it is time to go to their memorial.
My slide deck from Xiao-Ming Xu's Memorial. Mar 15, 2023. I think about him every day. What an astonishing person.
My slide deck from the memorial symposium for Jerry Silver and Lynn Landmesser. Giants. June 6, 2025 They recorded all the talks. I could send you the link to my talk - email me.
When I was a kid I dreamed of being a scientist. In high school I got a C+ in biology and an F in freshman algebra. Somehow, that did not deter me. (I am not making this up)
I spent a lot of time in tide pools near Santa Barbara. When I saw something new I would look in "Between Pacific Tides" by Ed Rickets. The Forward by John Steinbeck is astonishing. I read three sentences from it at the Jerry and Lynn memorial. I hope you agree with me about how cool it is.
I spent a lot of time in tide pools near Santa Barbara. When I saw something new I would look in "Between Pacific Tides" by Ed Rickets. The Forward by John Steinbeck is astonishing. I read three sentences from it at the Jerry and Lynn memorial. I hope you agree with me about how cool it is.
What is Vance Listening to on the way home?
4/7/16 Jack White, Freedom at 21; Foo Fighters, All my Life; Civil Wars, From this valley; Joanne Shaw Taylor, Lord Have Mercy; Bonnie Raitt, Burning down the house; Kaleida, Take me to the river;
2/14/19 Lost (ft. BragDoll) b FAKE; EmoBoys - Sax In The House; mi-casa-hevenly-sent; Somewhere, Vijay Iyer Trio, The Rhythm Changes, Kamasi Washington; 'Round Midnight, Steve Coleman & Five Elements . (Many Thanks to Pedro for some of these tunes)
12/26/19. The Comet Is Coming
1/5/20 Steel Pulse - might need to go to their concert in Boca in June. The Comet Is Coming: wow an amazing mashup of electronic space music and the ghost of Eric Dolphy.
3/27/20. www.thephoenixradio.com. Amazing variety and tasty licks! OK - I am not in my car. I am in my bedroom, like 1/2 of the world.
5/16/20. Pedro in South Africa pointed me to Ajja & Cosmosis
5/19/20. Eric in NYC pointed me to New Sounds - WQXR-HD2
2/5/21. Houston Blues Radio is tasty. Their web site is not stable but you can find them on different streaming services such as https://onlineradiobox.com/us/houstonblues/
4/23/21. WWOZ is playing music from past Jazz Fest events.
6/30/22 Thundercat
12/18/22 Ocean in a Drop by GoGo Penguin
Jan 2023 was not kind. Jeff Beck and David Crosby left the planet. Been listening a lot to Carry On, Woodstock, Deja Vu, Going Down, Plynth, and What Mama Said.
12/15/24 Gyorgy Ligeti - this is not blues or rock but very interesting stuff. Check out Atmospheres
5/25/25. Mohini Dey - OMG
2/14/19 Lost (ft. BragDoll) b FAKE; EmoBoys - Sax In The House; mi-casa-hevenly-sent; Somewhere, Vijay Iyer Trio, The Rhythm Changes, Kamasi Washington; 'Round Midnight, Steve Coleman & Five Elements . (Many Thanks to Pedro for some of these tunes)
12/26/19. The Comet Is Coming
1/5/20 Steel Pulse - might need to go to their concert in Boca in June. The Comet Is Coming: wow an amazing mashup of electronic space music and the ghost of Eric Dolphy.
3/27/20. www.thephoenixradio.com. Amazing variety and tasty licks! OK - I am not in my car. I am in my bedroom, like 1/2 of the world.
5/16/20. Pedro in South Africa pointed me to Ajja & Cosmosis
5/19/20. Eric in NYC pointed me to New Sounds - WQXR-HD2
2/5/21. Houston Blues Radio is tasty. Their web site is not stable but you can find them on different streaming services such as https://onlineradiobox.com/us/houstonblues/
4/23/21. WWOZ is playing music from past Jazz Fest events.
6/30/22 Thundercat
12/18/22 Ocean in a Drop by GoGo Penguin
Jan 2023 was not kind. Jeff Beck and David Crosby left the planet. Been listening a lot to Carry On, Woodstock, Deja Vu, Going Down, Plynth, and What Mama Said.
12/15/24 Gyorgy Ligeti - this is not blues or rock but very interesting stuff. Check out Atmospheres
5/25/25. Mohini Dey - OMG
Brief Notes from Career Day, May 28, 2025
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Vance's Chicken Tacos
| chicken_tacos.pdf |
Skirt Steak Recipe: Not modified from "The Salsa Book" by J.H. McHahan, The Olive Press, 1986 (except for all the splatters)
| skirtsteak.pdf |
