posted by The Moody Minstrel at
5:17 PM
I came to Japan in 1990 for what was supposed to be a two-year stint. Then, by some bizarre stroke of fate, I got a real life, so I'm still here. For a gaijin with an imagination and more than his share of sensitivity, these islands are a never-ending source of adventure.
I was born on a rainy day on the Oregon Coast (no surprises there) and through a rather convoluted sequence of events wound up in Japan. I'm a teacher by trade, moonlighting as a musician and composer. I also do quite a bit of writing on the side. I'm a dreamer, a thinker, a sayer, and a doer all wrapped in one deceptively mild-mannered package.
16 Comments:
I like it!!!!
Take it as it comes. I am enjoying your creative work, but we all know that family and work play a tiny, but significant role in your life too.
It all balances out one way or the other.
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Don Snabulus, at 5:36 AM
I come from the uncharted arm of a backwater galaxy myself.
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Anonymous, at 7:45 AM
Wooohooooo!!!
That's great!
Sound's great!
So great!
Happy for you :)
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Selba, at 9:41 AM
It's good to hear you've re-emerged from whatever tunnel you were going through.
P.S. I know where you can go to listen to the sounds of the universe! Every time I see a space pic I think of it now...
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Olivia, at 12:28 PM
Snabudon
Taking it as it comes has proven to be quite an exercise. I never dreamed the party would be quite so into it as they have been! It's hard to keep up, but the workout has definitely been good for me.
Dave
I'm satisfied with the odd, little, half-formed branch that is our beloved Orion Arm.
Interesting that our sun is located in an aberrational part of the galaxy!
Selba
S'great, then!
Sometimes people just need to pull their pants out of their chairs and do something!
Olivia
Thanks for the link, m'lady! I love those "space sound" recordings! Speaking of which, where is that one really eerie Jupiter recording you had posted on your blog? It's good spacey listening when I can't find my old Tangerine Dream albums.
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The Moody Minstrel, at 2:50 PM
Go ahead and get carried away for a while. Just not by the aliens from Planet X.
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Pandabonium, at 3:58 PM
Pandabonium
Do you mean Sedna, Quoar, Eris, or the planet hypothesized to exist beyond the recently-discovered "Kuiper cliff"?
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The Moody Minstrel, at 9:46 PM
Many people believe planet X is Nibiru. I haven't seen any aliens from that planet myself, so I can't tell you if they eat TOFU!
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Anonymous, at 7:39 AM
I just found out that the word "tofu" in both Chinese and Japanese literally means "rotten beans". When you think about it, that's basically what it is!
I love the stuff, but it makes you wonder how people came to eat it in the first place.
"Hmm... Thag, what icky, white goo under old beans?"
"Me no knows. Thag try eat."
"Uhh...Thag, is good goo?"
"Uhh. Please you passes soy sauce!"
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The Moody Minstrel, at 11:06 AM
Listen to the Planets
Or you could search for sounds of jupiter on YouTube.
Saturn was the scary one. Earth was quite nice. Jupiter I found to be soothing. I wonder what Holst would think if he heard them now...
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Olivia, at 12:09 AM
Soothing, yes, but eerie. Jupiter sings with both a low drone and a distant, ethereal chorus that sounds like it's blowing on the stellar wind.
Saturn just had an attitude problem.
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The Moody Minstrel, at 12:46 AM
Go ahead, man. Get carried away. Beautiful realms await...
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San, at 4:57 AM
San, this latest "reactivation" of something feared forgotten has also led me to dig out my colored pencil for the first time in years and go into artistic overload!
It's nowhere near as artful as what you do, though. It's just illustration. But it's still good to be doing it again!
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The Moody Minstrel, at 9:13 PM
Sorry...colored pencilS.
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The Moody Minstrel, at 9:13 PM
Ooh I like your description, and it's probably the ethereal chorus that draws me in....
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Olivia, at 8:24 AM
Speaking of which, m'lady, if you happen to be curious what I'm getting at, have a look here.
(They haven't gotten into space yet, though...)
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The Moody Minstrel, at 11:29 PM
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