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Two from Keane
Balder
A little more music I've been enjoying recently, and then I'll get back to writing!
Bandung (Part 2)
Balder
I woke from a sweat in the dark of the early hours. The mournful muezzin wound around the moon that hung there halved by the window. The others here, all sleeping. This sheet's all... More »
Bandung (Part 1)
Balder
All day adrift over streets of bells and belching fumes. Mud ruts. Incense burning, a spattering of rain through the window. I pulled my one sheet over me and curled up in a ball, shivering. ... More »
Muscial Travelogue (Part 4)
Balder
During my last year abroad, I made a home for myself in Varanasi, India, where I volunteered as a teacher at a Krishnamurti school and studied music privately with a professor from Benares Hindu University. My... More »
Musical Travelogue (Part 3)
Balder
That's a younger, skinnier me, resting after a samulnori performance at a community center in Pusan, South Korea. My journey to Asia began in Korea, where I spent two years working as an English teacher. ... More »
Musical Travelogue (Part 2)
Balder
For this entry, I will stay within Indonesia, which has a very rich musical heritage. I enjoyed the liveliness of Balinese music, and loved living with the Balinese people, but I was also enchanted by... More »
Musical Travelogue (Part 1)
Balder
Exploring Youtube today, I came across a video which featured a gamelan group I used to play with a number of years ago. This inspired me to do a short series of blogs on my... More »
Buddhism
August 2008 