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		<title>Humoresque</title>
		<link>http://mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/humoresque/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some recordings from recent appearances in Taipei with pianist Andrew Page:
There is No Greater Love 
I Mean You 
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 
Nostalgia in Times Square 
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		<title>Flâneur daguerre</title>
		<link>http://mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/flaneur-daguerre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gnarlybuttons</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[berio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m thrilled to report that the paper I&#8217;ve coauthored with Robert Kohn and Janne E. Irvine on Luciano Berio&#8217;s Sinfonia has been accepted for publication in Interdisciplinary Literary Studies: A Journal of Criticism and Theory at Penn State. We&#8217;re all very excited!
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		<title>Calle de siempre</title>
		<link>http://mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/calle-de-siempre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 20:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zhongxiao Dunhua (2009, for electronics)

It&#8217;s been almost a month since I came to Taipei. Obviously a lot has happened since my last post! I&#8217;m really enjoying it here. So much is going on, but with all the stimulation only now am I finding time to react creatively to what I&#8217;m seeing!
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		<title>In Love with a Sopra[ni]no</title>
		<link>http://mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/in-love-with-a-sopranino/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oska-T by Thelonious Monk. That&#8217;s me playing it on a sopranino sax.

Dontcha just love snow days? So far I&#8217;ve spent mine at Saxquest on Cherokee, where my visit was long overdue. Just weeks ago I bought a P. Mauriat soprano saxophone with all the fixins, and I&#8217;ve been fumbling with my Selmer S-80 D mouthpiece to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com&blog=3603513&post=149&subd=mymessengerindisguise&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not Quite Messiaen (Not Even Close)</title>
		<link>http://mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/not-quite-messiaen-not-even-close/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d say the Inauguration went off without a hitch, wouldn&#8217;t you? History making: yes. Astonishing numbers of people: check. Moving speech from qualified + tactful new leader: shazam! Old money gone ASAP, or as fast as the wheel chair could carry him out: done. Tragically we all had to learn about Ted Kennedy&#8217;s fall, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com&blog=3603513&post=138&subd=mymessengerindisguise&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did the math</title>
		<link>http://mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/did-the-math/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Louis opened up its new year once again with the marvelous Bad Plus at Jazz at the Bistro this week. I caught the late set on Wednesday and both sets last night, and it just gets better each year! I&#8217;ve also had the pleasure of exposing at least 5 virgin sets of ears to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com&blog=3603513&post=126&subd=mymessengerindisguise&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Geriatrics</title>
		<link>http://mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/geriatrics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gnarlybuttons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If only they talked to each other then as they do now.

 Tagged: geriatrics, pulp      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com&blog=3603513&post=114&subd=mymessengerindisguise&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Impatience</title>
		<link>http://mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/impatience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did it! I didn&#8217;t think I could do it! But I did!
After spending a few months scrounging around for moneys, after many peanut butter sandwitches + sleepless nights wondering, &#8216;How the hell am I going to afford this?&#8217; I finally bought a soprano saxophone. A P. Mauriat PMSS-64 with vintage lacquer is on its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com&blog=3603513&post=110&subd=mymessengerindisguise&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eat Your Candidates</title>
		<link>http://mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/eat-your-candidates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I found myself slightly disturbed by McCain&#8217;s recent surge in the polls. Or maybe I was in panic mode for a bit. I can&#8217;t really tell&#8230; But as we lead into the final days of the election I&#8217;ve started to think more broadly about this &#8220;choice&#8221; we have. Who is qualified? Who&#8217;s bundle of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymessengerindisguise.wordpress.com&blog=3603513&post=92&subd=mymessengerindisguise&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This Climate Calls for a Cosby Sweater!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I found myself watching a Bill Cosby standup routine from 1982 on a friend&#8217;s couch. I haven&#8217;t seen Cosby do anything for years, and this was shocking. It wasn&#8217;t funny.
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