Vacation on the East Coast, July 9 to August 8, 2013
October 6, 2013
Christian and Qi
102年全國武術表演大會表演新架二路
October 6, 2013
Shou #1

2013.10.06.《102年全國武術表演大會》在彰化縣員林鎮員林農工舉行，安守剛表演陳氏太極拳新架二路，同台還有郭于賢老師表演陳氏太極拳老架二路，我們約好同時結束，所以新炮只打三分鐘，和老架同時結束。

網址： http://youtu.be/uhekFCUbhW0

Cornetting – Updates
October 2, 2013
Richard Newcomb
Back in 2012, I posted about my struggles preparing for a weekend leading a jam set at a local jazz society while playing mainly cornet. Since that time, I have continued to practice – albeit somewhat infrequently – and in December of 2012 I was invited to join the Mission Gold Jazz band as the […]
All About Sousaphones
October 2, 2013
Richard Newcomb
As a huge fan of all things helicon (I own a 1909 Conn E-flat helicon, and would dearly love to get my hands on a B-flat version), I have long been interested in how the sousaphone came to replace the helicon in the United States. The last US-built helicon was made circa 1930, although they […]
Getting rid of a hornet nest the Taiwanese way
September 14, 2013
Martin

Here's a good example of how efficiently some things are handled in Taiwan.

We discovered this little work of art on our balcony a while ago:

A hornet nest on our balcony at the end of June. Note the long entrance tube.Two months later the entrance tube had broken off after a typhoon, but the hornets had fortified their nest.
(Please read this post online to see the album in its full version.)

That left only one solution ... calling the fire department! Their way of getting rid of it was, I want to say, slightly unconventional. See for yourself:

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