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Lobotomized for shopping pleasure
A statuette resembling Aphrodite or Athena, with the top of the head lopped off. Quite common these days, possibly signifying the loss of judgment that is needed when one is to enjoy all that the world...
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The Gipsy Kings in concert at Wolf Trap
We just got back from the Gipsy Kings concert at Wolf Trap. It was as fun as we expected it to be, and more! I’d never seen them in concert before, and neither had my wife, so nothing prepared us for...
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The feeding of the multitudes
A panoramic photo (made of three individual 12 megapixel photos) showing the main ceiling mural of the Matrei cathedral, in Osttirol, Austria. The scene depicted is that of the feeding of the...
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A few free mobile phone wallpapers
A while back, I created wallpapers for one of my cellphones whose screen was 130×130 pixels. They’re cropped and compressed nicely, and they’re from my own photo catalog. Feel free to download and use...
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Ce Soir by Monogrenade
Stop-motion music video from a Montreal band called Monogrenade, for a song called “Ce Soir”, from the EP entitled “Le saveur de fruits”. Monogrenade – Ce Soir (HD) from Monogrenade on Vimeo.Posted in...
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Florin Sasarman at Schuller House
Florin Sasarman, the Romanian folk singer, gave a wonderful performance at Schuller House in Medias, on October 8, 2009. He was invited to sing there for the book launch party of Laurentiu Oprea, a...
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Organ concert at Biserica Sf. Margareta
All summer long, the city of Medias sponsored weekly organ concerts at the oldest church in town, Biserica Sf. Margareta (Margarethenkirche). Medias is a medieval city in the province of Transilvania,...
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Schaffhausen Music School’s Youth Choir at Margarethenkirche, Medias
On October 11, the Youth Choir from the Canto department of the Schaffhausen Music School, Switzerland, gave a concert at Margarethenkirche (Church of St. Margaret) in Medias, the same church where...
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Brasov Opera Orchestra concert at Sighisoara
We attended a wonderful concert last night, given by the Brasov Opera Orchestra in Sighisoara (Schassburg), at Casa de Cultura Mihai Eminescu, an old venue at the foot of the Sighisoara Castle....
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New album from Chris Isaak
I saw a new video from Chris Isaak this morning, for a song entitled “We Let Her Down”. The album is called “Mr. Lucky” and was released this year. You can listen to clips from all of the songs on his...
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Ligia’s first art show
This past Thursday evening, on December 3, 2009, my wife, Ligia, had her first art show, at Casa Schüller, an art gallery in the city of Medias, Romania. This is the same show she talked about during...
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The many uses of chroma keying
What is chroma key? It is a technique for mixing two images or frames together in which a color (or a small color range) from one image is removed (or made transparent), revealing another image behind...
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