Santi, Joelle, Jay and I saw First Name Basis perform at the mansion at Strathmore Hall at a Friday Night Eclectic Show. Props again to Strathmore Hall and all those involved for keeping these events going, our area is blessed to have such a beautiful venue to showcase our local artist scene. I really don’t [...]

I remember when he died.  Or rather, when it was published on his blog for Hydeout Productions that he had passed away a month earlier in a car crash in Shibuya.  I’m finding it difficult now to type out exactly what kind of emotions it drew from me.  For lack of a better label, it was [...]

Friday Night Eclectic at the Mansion at Strathmore Hall, always a winner.  It’s a great opportunity to see local talent and enjoy the beautiful venue, and much respect to Strathmore Hall for providing this outreach to the young artist community.  A friday or two ago I went to check out a group called Bellflur, a [...]

The other weekend I visited Pittsburgh to see an old friend of mine, Hironori Yoshida.  While his first name is Hironori and he often goes by ‘Hiro’, I’ve always called him by his other nickname, ‘Yoshi.’  Yoshi is a guest researcher at Carnegie Mellon, working on digital fabrication.  For those unfamiliar with the term (ie me, before Yoshi explained slowly [...]