Not blogging anymore, obviously, but…

February 10th, 2009

…I’ve been uploading lots of material to YouTube.
Check out my channel.
Also, my Flickr project continues apace, albeit about a year behind the rest of my life.

I also created a new web site for my band: Wizards of Ashkenaz.

Nusah presentation: Video and program

April 14th, 2008

It went pretty well!

Me with Hazzanim Henry Rosenblum, dean, and Arthur Giglio, voice teacher.
After the nusah presentation

Part 1

Part 2

Program

Nusah Presentation 5768 (final version) - Get more documents

A Breath Of Fresh Air

April 9th, 2008

Laurindo Almeda and the MJQ.

New Headers

March 30th, 2008

Something that my readers have hopefully noticed is that the headline image of this blog changes every time that a reader visits on a random basis.

Instead of going to sleep an hour ago, I made two new headers to add to the mix — and mapped them:


The Harlem River, as it’s crossed by the Harlem Line MetroNorth train.


The subway station at Columbia.
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“I blow balloons, I eat with spoons; on Saturdays, I watch cartoons!”

March 25th, 2008

…I watch cartoons!

This is funnier if you know the background and what’s being parodied, but I think it’s still pretty funny on its own…
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I wrote a poem just now probably for the first time since 2002

March 25th, 2008

Someone posted a message to Hazzanet saying he needed a “ride to Rye” after the cantors convention. Somehow, just reading that subject line caused a bunch of tension to go out of my shoulders.

I was suddenly seized with the urge to write a poem:

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Two photos from Israel

March 25th, 2008

Neither one was taken by me.

This is Marlena and Dr. Seroussi
davar 1 davar 2.jpg

This is most of my group from WUJS back in the day
WUJS massive group picture

Who says men aren’t communicators?

March 24th, 2008

From: Sam
Date: March 24, 2008 4:45:21 PM EDT
To: Yakov Noam Chodosh

On Mar 24, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Sam wrote:

How did you get to South Orange?

I got in the car and sat down.

Good plan.

Making bubble tea at home

March 24th, 2008

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I want to do this! It looks really easy, you just buy the bag of dried tea balls, boil ‘em, and throw them in your tea.

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Pearl Jam and Nirvana unplugged

March 24th, 2008

Back in the day, this was one of my favorite performances ever. I think it still is…

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