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if there ain't one thing I was doing other than watching StarWars innumerable times, it was checkin' in on the Hammer...and now, here I is in Oaklyn' -- HAMMERTIME.

Oh what a beautiful day, on the swings, and the light and the cell phone make it all look like some kind of "Super 8" memory, like the film's about to snap..."LIGHTS!" And someone goes and gets some more popcorn...

I think the internet was invented to safeguard the legacy of God Street Wine. And I ain't kidding. What an amazing thing a collective unconscious is. For some old God Street Wine live tapes, actually what looks like a Wetlands reunion (right before Wetlands closed??) -- click here --but I can't find Dan Pifer or Jon Liebowitz on line anywheres...I'd figger the both of 'em'd have some kind of myspace or blogspot life, but for the life o' me... don't call it a comeback .

A short post on things discovered in the early morning, reading nytimes.com when I should be working on my Thesis Project... I hope to expand on each of the subjects below a little further later, either by editing this post, or in other ones. These are important topics to me, especially my friend Billy's early forays into broadcast journalism. For his more recent work visit: http://billycometti.com/ . Who is Gilberto Gil? Gilberto Gil Hears the Future, Some Rights Reserved By Larry Rohter Published: March 11, 2007 "Brazil’s official stance on digital content and intellectual property rights is in large part derived from Mr. Gil’s own experience. In the late ’60s he and his close friend Caetano Veloso, along with a handful of others here and in São Paulo, started the movement known as Tropicalismo , which blended avant-garde poetry, pop influences from abroad and home-grown musical styles then scorned as corny and déclassé." Why does he work for the government and what ...

What is Prog-Rock? It ain't really a term I ever used b'fore with any reg'larity. My friend Billy just blogged about it. And it got me to thinking. It's a beautiful looking word -- "progrock." Better it was pronounced 'p'grock,' maybe? I think it's short for "Progressive Rock," but I mean, who cares? In what way is it "progressive"? Is there any one band that said, "We play Progressive Rock?" Did King Crimson? Marillion? Or better, when I was a kid, that the local radio station was a "Progressive" radio station, which meant it played R.E.M., like around the Murmur years...not PrOGrock. Oh well...(oo, that struck a chord...what about the days when the progressive rock station was at the end of the dial? Before the alternative became the mainstream?...) Is progrock something that was "invented" by Brian Eno while he was a part of Roxy Music, and before he went onto make his own mark in ...

I went to the Cal Bear's basketball game last week. And there was a major earthquake. It is truly amazing how inconsequential earthquakes can now seem... Still, I had a great time. I'm feeling like -- if I am to see this Berkeley museum project through to its intended, expected and rightful end -- I will need to figure out how to get behind Cal, and learn a bit about the team. There were mainly freshman playing because of injuries. There, I know that now... Ryan Anderson (34) is a natural forward, but had to play center against an older, stronger Arizona. How'm I sounding?... It was a close game , though.