This past Thursday, May 26th, I gave my first recital since my senior recital at UCLA – 6 years ago. This was a very significant moment for me. It’s been a struggle for quite literally the last 6 years to find a satisfying balance between performance and scholarship. And, as I’ve been rather unhappy with [...]
My good friend and co-performer Clint McCallum recently reenacted “Freeing the Voice,” originally performed by Marina Abramovic. To encourage the audience’s realization of their own voyeuristic position, the performance included rather prominent video recording and still photography. I was lucky enough to perform the role of photographer, something I’ve been rather enjoying lately.
Oh yeah – I make music, too. Just with fewer tangible traces, I suppose, than brewing. Anyway, here is my recording of “Phases” by Claes Biehl, for tuba and electronics. Enjoy.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Well, it’s in the bottles. And it’s pretty damn good. Granted I tasted it flat and somewhat lukewarm, but it’s got a great balance between chocolate sweetness and lavender herbalness. The chocolate plays off the roasted malt, and the lavender off the hops. Carbonation and more time in the fridge should definitely help this become [...]
To celebrate Jacky’s upcoming birthday in September, and her momentary return from Mexico (one week out of a five month trip), I’ve started a Lavender Chocolate Stout. I’ve been planning a beer with lavender for quite some time – the initial plan, and likely the next brew with Clint, was for a pale ale with [...]
This morning I finally got around to bottling Jacky’s cider, which of course went into the carboy in early December (or was it late November?). It tastes great, with a really nice tartness and a very light body. I conditioned it with piloncillo, which will hopefully add a bit of molasses character to the final [...]
So Day 9 of my 12 day qualifying exam period just ended. I’m doing pretty well, to the point where I feel comfortable saying I’ve just about finished. Maybe a few revisions tomorrow, maybe not.
All three of my exam questions concern digital media in some way: a lit review/methodology of online ethnography, an ontology/phenomenology [...]
I finally got around to bottling this, after brewing, what, almost two months ago? The (still not quite finished) result is pretty outstanding. Flavors are pretty basic: malt, a tiny bit of hops, and a good shot of smoky bacon. All in all it’s amazingly well balanced – nothing about it screams OMG BACON. You [...]
Yet another beer post. At least it’s something, right?
Pope of Chile Town is by far the riskiest beer I’ve done to date, and by and large it has failed. The intent was to make a super strong beer (>10%), something like an imperial pale, and flavor it with TONS of chiles. Serranos, japoneses, guajillos, [...]
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