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Continue reading →: Read it to Me
Alex called me the other day, asking me if I knew how to save sound files from text-to-speech. Turns out, he was interested in getting his NetNewsWire headlines and descriptions converted into MP3 files that he could sync to his iPod. I had read some other people’s blogs about this…
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Continue reading →: Lunar Eclipse
Last night, we had dinner at Lily’s house in Los Gatos. In between the main course and dessert, we went out of the house to see the lunar eclipse. The Earth’s shadow casted a reddish glow over the moon as it rose over the hills of Los Gatos. It was…
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Continue reading →: COBA
The May 2003 COBA featured a presentation on concert and performance photography. Having just completed a three week tour with Vienna Teng, I was able to talk at length about the various tips, techniques, and equipment necessary for taking successful performance photographs. My typical kit consists of a variety of…
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Continue reading →: Butoh in San Francisco
Rae, Susan and I went to see eclipse: celebrations and funeral, a new performance piece by Harupin-Ha Butoh Dance Theatre. Koichi Tamano, the choreographer and artistic director for the dance company was introduced to Butoh 38 years ago by its founder, Tatsumi Hijikata. Eclipse was held at the SomArts Cultural…
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Continue reading →: San Francisco
Drove up to the City this afternoon to review some of the Vienna Teng East Coast Tour footage with a crew from Voice of America, who is doing a segment on Vienna. While Vienna and Jim worked on some new recordings, I reviewed the tapes with Lily. Overall, the footage…
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Continue reading →: La Jolla Country Day School
I’m writing this on a plane that is 229 miles away from the San Jose International Airport. Following the Vienna Teng tour, I made a stop at my hometown of San Diego. I spend the past few days with the family, resting and recuperating from the two and a half…
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Continue reading →: Vienna at The Basement
19 performances and a number of television and radio appearances later, we’re at the end of the East Coast Tour. Vienna’s tour began on March 27 at the Kendall Cafe in Boston, MA and today, April 17, it ended at The Basement in Nashville, TN. Nashville, as one might suspect,…
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Continue reading →: Vienna at Eddie's Attic
Television studios are cool! This morning, we headed to the Fox 5 television station for a morning interview and performance. We when arrived, they were filming a segment on a group of junior Atlanta Falcon cheerleaders. I must admit that it was weird to see them performing live and on…
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Continue reading →: Day Off!
Today was the first (and only) day off during the entire Vienna Teng East Coast Tour. We spent the evening at a very suspect Day’s Inn in Asheville, North Carolina. We had a nice lunch at the Chinese Noodle House right in the center of the town. The beef noodle…
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Continue reading →: Viennasaur
Vienna was on WNCW Radio this morning. We were listening to the station during our drive, and they mentioned how Vienna was going to come on at 1:00 pm! I used to think that there was so much prep time needed for a radio or television show, but we arrived…





