New Music is brewing in the laboratory

Stay Tuned -

I've been a tinkering with ideas, gadgets, instruments, lyric/story concepts, drum loops, and coffee. You may have asked - OK what is the deal with this blog - where is the music? And to that i say - patience my friend, I will post something that is ijn progress in the next 5 days.

Cheers!

--Kristian

East bound seeking sounds

Looking for inspiration on this hot Portland weekend. Went downtown to Huber's, Portland's oldest bar. Played some acoustic Built to Spill covers, listened to Spotify- the Cars, Blonde Redhead. Made some weird sounding beats With a new looper app on my phone.


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My daily Lightrail commute

The daily commute for my day-job has changed.

While it is longer, I now traverse through downtown Portland. Half-asleep and out of my funky Northeast basement bungalow by 6AM, into the crisp air, onto a bus with my fellow morning commuters. I always wonder where they are going and what they will be doing, but I never ask. I wait under the overpass next to the Rose garden, with the sound of cars travelling over my head.

Onto the Max (yes the "Lightrail") and head west for about an hour. For the first couple weeks of this new commute, I drove my wagon into the festering freeways, about a half hour commute. But now I find that I am happier with my longer commute via public transportation.

I have the time, space, and moments to reflect, and to take pictures like these while the scenery blurs past.

--Kristian

"Most of the wildlife with which we share our cities is very adaptable – as is the coyote. They are one of the most adaptable species on the planet. Because they eat a variety of foods which are abundant in our cities, and are opportunistic, they find more then enough food in our cities. A few city residents feel uncomfortable sharing their cities with coyotes . . ."

http://www.dfwwildlife.org/coyote_content.html