Rick Phillips and Styx in Oroville, Feb 9

Rick is a lifelong friend and the bass player in Styx.  Ross said the show he saw was very entertaining! GO PROG-ROCK!  Gold Country Casino show

Time waits for no one.

"The tantalizingly almost relevant is the enemy of excellence."  - Buckminster Fuller

"You won't get anything important done if you read magazines."  - Gregory Bateson

"Kill your television."  - Jerry Mander

Smart Glass reduces energy consumption

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updates to recent posts

Reality creeps up on Dan Suarez's Kill Decision:
- NPR's Fresh Air on drones includes discussion of swarming drones
- news reports have China testing drones

I was too busy to make it to the LBL energy symposium and therefore did not see my old colleagues :-(

Post-surgery is going very well!

Other music radio shows I listen to:
- Music From Other Minds on KALW-FM: contemporary classical and experimental
- Sara Cahill's classical and contemporary show Here and Now on KALW-FM

"*Gates": the absurdity of McCain continues on Libya and I just finished the definitive debunking of the so-called Climategate: The Hockey Stick and Climate Wars, a superb book!

I recommend the David Geffen episode of American Masters

I found it very interesting, especially the history of relationships with musicians:
American Masters at PBS

solar photovoltaic prices are dropping steadily

Lawrence Berkeley Lab report

US Open Swing Dance Championships online

We're watching it on http://www.globaldance.tv/ ($35 for two weeks viewing)