El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico May 10, 2008
Posted by Niels in : Personal , 2 commentsI just came back from hearing El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico at the EMP stage. The professor who runs the UW steel band organized the event in conjunction with the exhibit on latin music he also organized at the EMP. In his words, they are “the greatest salsa band in the world.” I’m not exactly a passionate fan of salsa music, but any band that’s been around for 40 years has got to be doing something right. It was a great concert. Music’s so much more fun when you can see it being made live.
Your thoughts?I’m twittering May 10, 2008
Posted by Niels in : Personal , add a commentCraig met some venture capital guy who told him that Twitter is more useful to him that all the other web 2.0 apps put together. I don’t understand it yet, but I’m willing to give it a shot. Follow me at: http://twitter.com/nielshoven
Your thoughts?Wakeboarding and sundogs May 7, 2008
Posted by Niels in : Personal , add a commentIt ended up being a bit of a sleep-deprived weekend, but well worth it as we drove three hours into eastern washington to find the sun for a full day of wakeboarding. The water in the Wanapum reservoir was like glass - very, very cold glass. About 48 degrees. The sun was bright and it was nearly 80 degrees in the air, but the glacier-fed water was so cold I could feel the chill through the drysuit.
It was a great day, though. I can now stand up fairly consistently and can travel back and forth across the wake - albeit fairly slowly. Next time I want to try to carve more quickly, but I’m going to need some recovery time first because my whole body aches.
On the way home, I saw an icebow for the first time. I thought it was just my dirty glasses at first, but there it was: a faint rainbow around the sun. Very cool.
Your thoughts?Videos: First concert with the UW steel drum band May 6, 2008
Posted by Niels in : Personal , 2 commentsThe UW steeldrum band played its first concert of the year about a week ago. I’ve wanted to learn to play steel drums for years now, so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to join them. It’s been a fun year - all of us got on the instruments for the first time last fall, and now we’re playing concerts together! Fantastic.
Say Say:
Guantanamera:
Charlotte Street:
Bass Man: