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10 Feb 2010 -
-
She asked about secrets of youth. Of course many factors are obvious.
Importantly also is lack of cognitive dissonance, managing stress, etc.
-- this led to the role of understanding, transformation of what-is,
correct place of thought, etc.
- She said Switz law is against marriage as married couples are taxed individually at rate of total income.
-
Told her to eat that banana soon - it's sitting on her desk blinking at
me all day -- hard for a bananaholic - but it's not bio so.... - She
messaged out of the blue that she likes his name. I learned a long time
ago not to argue with ladies - specially certain time during the month ! - Talking to Claire, it seems like yesterday that I was there -- she said it's a sign of affinity.
8 Feb 2010 -
- AA met Doors' drummer John Densmore who's a friend of JA.
- Talked to MA, AA, IB, BB. Four places confirmed.
- BB King has a lot of bad songs. Many people record a lot of bad
songs. As fillers, etc., but sometimes even their best is not that good.
-
Going through Paul Simon's catalogue of hits. Embarrassing to read he
didn't give Los Lobos any credit for their song ""It was not a pleasant
deal for us. I mean he [Simon] quite literally — and in no way do I
exaggerate when I say — he stole the songs from us... We go into the
studio, and he had quite literally nothing. I mean, he had no ideas, no
concepts, and said, 'Well, let's just jam.' ...Paul goes, 'Hey, what's
that?' We start playing what we have of it, and it is exactly what you
hear on the record. So we're like, 'Oh, ok. We'll share this song.'
...A few months later, the record comes out and says 'Words and Music
by Paul Simon.' We were like, 'What the fuck is this?' We tried calling
him, and we can't find him. Weeks go by and our managers can't find
him. We finally track him down and ask him about our song, and he goes,
'Sue me. See what happens.'" (source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland_(album))
Reminds me to what Simon & Garfunkel did to Scarborough Fair!
-
I am not impressed by any of Paul Simon's solo material enough to want
to play any of them. He is a good musician but not a great song writer.
I like his work with Africans and love the percussion and drum works.
- Windows XP virtual memory custom size initial (MB): 2046, Maximum size (MB): 4092. Rule
of thumb: around 1.5 time RAM for initial and 3 times for maximum.
Having pagefile on a different partition of same drive doesn't help.
Having it on a separate drive helps. Anyway, for normal applications on
modern day systems with large RAM pagefile is not used but turning it
off drains the RAM when programs request address space which is usually
more than what they need.
5 Feb 2010 -
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Working from home is great -- compared to that noisy office, here I have peace and quiet and can be much more productive. -
What a mistake to go to town for lunch. It was nice to see one angel
among the crowds of ugly people with their ugly ways of smoking which
you simply can not get away from -- smokers have infiltrated
Switzerland and May 1 can not come too quickly. Many young people
smoke, stink in the bus, make a mess out of the bus stop -- but also
older people -- like that stinking woman in the bus.
- Copied files all night to new disk only to realize it was FAT32
formatted by default. I don't care, the machine did it - so it copied
during the day. New organization of digital assets.
Feb 2010 -
-
Too many calories yesterday – lunch with HK – I always learn something
from him – he is so much like me though much older - comes from the
same class - and has the same kind of father who did not take a penny
in bribe though he could have become very very rich if he had done so.
-
Perfect timing - took a chance on next train - had connecting bus and
made it to meeting on time. Khastan Tavanestan Ast. (wanting is
ability).
- He said it was the American movies that promoted
smoking and drinking -- before then, when he was younger, smoking was
not promoted -- till Hollywood movies came along,,,
-
He said programming is good for memory -- never thought of it that way
but it's true -- you have to have a large mental concept of the upper
and lower algorithms -- it's a very interesting job unlike accounting
which is boring and dry as hell. He heard a software manager in India
say Indians are good at software because culturally they're patient.
Not true. Indians are not any better at software than anybody else.
It's just that labor is cheap in India and the industry has boomed
because they offer programming at blue collar rates to western clients.
- Found an old friend - he's now a topnotch K9-dentist. "Over 50% of
cats and 85% of dogs over the age of 3 require professional dental
treatment."
- Why do 90% of jazz fusion funk songs sound alike? Very
similar active bass lines, same tempo, and same idea of a sometimes
nice melody followed by garbage improvisation.
-
When you need something and you don't have it and you look and it's
there, you take it as a positive sign. A perfect day for skiing.
Smokers at the station are missing out on the full grandeur the morning
has to offer. A morning that wipes out all past and makes future so
unimportant. Pure and brilliant. The trains puffs away the snow on the
rail as it smoothly scrolls to the station. Trees are hosting new snow
and ancient statues take a different form with a new tone of white.
- Very intense day at work. Some music at night splashes perfume on life.
-
Disaster Recovery is the most boring part of IT. I know a DR director
who quit for that reason. Like Security jobs -- boring because there's
never any action, well, here, in RSA and LA that's a different
story.
-
Having been an engineer helps a lot in managing engineers -- there are
certain wrong things to do, e.g., forcing them to get out of bed too
early which is what someone wanted to do -- let them work at night
which is what they prefer. They know better when they're more
productive.
-
As young teenagers we didn't listen to Britney Spears or other shallow
music like kids now do. We listened to Carpenters for example which has
a lot of musical value. Some songs 'can still make me cry, just like
before" and take me right back to the dusks and dawns of pre-revolution
Iran where love was in the air despite a corrupt system.
31 Jan 2010 - Nobodies who want to be somebody
- M is happy I gave him the gig. I need to go to an important meeting. -
Lots of snow - finally - it seems like the old days when a lot of snow
used to stay on the ground -- now with the planet warming it comes but
doesn't stay long. - One step away from getting a new gig. The cold call worked. -
With Swiss going non smoking lots of gigs are opening up. Real gigs
that move people separate the men from the boys -- the
artist-wanna-be's and cyber-kings-who-are-really-nobodies from real
musicians. I never consider myself to be anything until some bozo comes
along and wants to compare himself. I don't compare. The bozo does. And
he follows his own lame and retarded mind in finding sustenance in
comparison. Others put claims in your mind and want you to have claims
because that's the ugly way of the world. We surely are not short of
psychopaths in this world. They are everywhere and in places where
people are closer to each other just show up more. And the worst kind
are the ones who want to find fulfillment on the internet in every way
possible -- by bothering others or kissing up to them which is just the
other side of the same coin. - Plans for video are moving forward. -
I keep waiting for some good news against the bad guys but news is all
about bad news. The taxi driver in Vienna said he stopped reading the
news but can't get away. One piece of good news is that the SEC is
finally getting off its butt and is going to regulate short sellers
except that reportedly the two idiot Republican commissioners are
trying to block it after Republicans made the SEC a bed-partner of Wall
Street instead of the Cop that is supposed to protect Main Street.
Jan 2010 -
- Good meeting with B. We see eye to eye on possibility to collaborate.
- Tara 5 years old called to ask how to make baadbaadak :)
28 Jan 2010 -
- Money for CD came after 6 years!
-
There's a tiny village in AG that's known as suicide village. 2 farmers
killed themselves there. With suicide rate being so high in Switzerland
the saying "if you give the guy a free rope he hangs himself" is not an
appropriate remark as it can be taken literally!!
- Visited some cool computers such as the sexy IBM Z-10.
- Soon we'll be talking in terms of PB Petabytes (1024 TB) and EB Exabytes (1024 PB).
27 Jan 2010 - Gig
- The gig in Aarau was a lot of fun. We played two séance
for two large groups. The second séance was obviously better. Can't
wait for CH to go non-smoking so we can play in public places I refuse
to play at because of the smoke.
-
For some time now I've been counting calories (in my mind not
formally). The awareness is very good. You tend to avoid or minimize
high calorie food.
- Can you imagine people eat, the kind of food we eat once and feel guilty, every day!
26 Jan 2010 - Vienna
As Lennon said, "Made
a lightening trip to Vienna". I've always loved Vienna - perfect like
Zurich but much bigger -- lots of great bio shops and veg restaurants.
Organic and healthfood is big here like all German speaking
places. But Big Tobacco rules here. Buildings are either smoking or
have a smoking room without a separate ventilator so smoke spreads
everywhere. Stone age!!
-
The Who will do a "compact medley" at the Superbowl. "We're kinda doing
a mashup of stuff... a bit of 'Baba O'Riley,' a bit of 'Pinball
Wizard,' a bit of the close of 'Tommy,' a bit of 'Who Are You,' and a
bit of 'Won't Get Fooled Again.' It works -- it's quite a saga... A lot
of the stuff that we do has that kind of celebratory vibe about it --
we've always tried to make music that allows the audience to go a bit
wild if they want to. Hopefully it will hit the spot." Pete Townsend
25 Jan 2010 -
- H had 30k emails in one weekend.
-
The Who will do a "compact medley" at the Superbowl. "We're kinda doing
a mashup of stuff... a bit of 'Baba O'Riley,' a bit of 'Pinball
Wizard,' a bit of the close of 'Tommy,' a bit of 'Who Are You,' and a
bit of 'Won't Get Fooled Again.' It works -- it's quite a saga... A lot
of the stuff that we do has that kind of celebratory vibe about it --
we've always tried to make music that allows the audience to go a bit
wild if they want to. Hopefully it will hit the spot." Pete Townsend
24 Jan 2010 -
- G is coming to jam. - He's a great musician.
23 Jan 2010 -
-
S is coming to jam and maybe with one rehearsal to come play with us at
the next gig. I'm happy going it as a duo but am also open to having a
drummer -- only if it's the right one -- and there aren't that many
great musicians around. Most approach music too stiffly and lack the
emotion required for having a relaxed yet powerful groove and feel.
22 Jan 2010 -
- Jammed with B who is an amazing drummer. Now A knows what I meant by
playing with top notch musicians and why I didn't want to play with
these other drummers we've tried out so far. There was magic ! He
incorporated original African drums into a drum set. The African congos
make you want to cry from beauty. The sound is so warm and authentic,
innocent and pure, that no Remos, Pearls, and Ludwigs would ever be
able to manufacture such drums. He finished Jazz school and spent a year
in Africa. Very musical and skillful. It was such a pleasure to jam
with him. The drum beats and fills were spiritual orgasm. Utmost
beautiful music which as a producer gives me a ton of
imagination for possibilities of cooperation.
-
Dreamed of floods and natural disaster in California. Had no idea why. Today the news says:
"A
new storm with tornado-like strength pounded the Southern California
coast this afternoon, flipping a car, causing major street flooding,
damaging homes and stranding motorists. Witnesses reported seeing a
tornado touch down in Sunset Beach this afternoon and lift boats out of
the water as it came onshore, sheriff’s officials said."
- Heard from a great drummer who knows this music well and has great connections.
21 Jan 2010 -
-
Said no to a few drummers - two way or one way - it takes a lot to have
the right match. Sharing the same goals are extremely important. And
equally important the ability to comprehend and share
philosophical insights. A person who spends the rest of his or
her music life playing hell music doesn't belong in our band. A person
who doesn't speak my languages can't be in the band because I need to
communicate with them clearly, directly. And there are a lot of other
reasons and then come the esoteric ones which are actually not esoteric
but reflect on how one lives, one's actions, and also one's genes, IQ,
etc. Then comes blood. How much does this person have music in their
blood? How cultured they are, etc etc. -- with a young person who has
the right profile I can spend time and convey certain things -- with X
this was very successful -- she was able to understand what sound I
wanted and get it -- and she could hear that it sounds good. She
suffered from what a lot of young people suffer from specially in rich
countries: not being interested and passionate about anything in life,
and another big problem many young people have: lack of communication
skills.
-
Dell says for English press 3. Ok. Then the guy tries to argue that he
can't get me the right keyboard layout. I know he can. Instead of
trying he wants to argue. And I say I don't want to argue, and he says
he is doing me a favor by speaking English. No, because they have a
English speaking line. I asked for the manager whom after looking into
it said, you are right, we can order the right keyboard, I apologize...
- Sonja who speaks good English 20 minutes to translate a
short paragraph from English to German. Just shows how difficult German
is. On her trip to the US everyone called her Son-ja not Sonya.
-
He said many physiotherapists became osteopaths because of money but
now the rules for the certification are getting tougher (more years).
-
A lot of disabled people work at Vierlinden. I ordered a pie and said
everything with gestures (didn't feel like talking). She thought I
couldn't talk. At end I said danke. She was happy I can talk :)
20 Jan 2010 -
I
knew something was ticking today. It was in the air. It was in the
stomach as the crazy man used to tell Raman :) the osteopath did
wonders, and there's more to it than that. It's such a great field and
"school medicine" doesn't recognize it. Low calorie is way to go. Hip
knows end of therapy means it needs to be well. Shopping was 25 Fcs
even. Absolute clarity that Markus is the wrong person for us. Wrote
him a letter. Found 2 new drummers, both interested including a German
woman who is responding to my ad despite the tough criteria it had :)
She’s coming today! Got a lot of calls from other drummers too.
Got a gig in Geneva: “The client has had a good listen to your music and decided she does want to book you for her wedding.”
New keyboard arrived.
Lots of DVD’s etc. arrived from US.
Friend got some pearls.
18 Jan 2010 -
-
What a good feeling to have won over a group of cyber delinquents. It
was hard work dealing with these jackasses but at the end I succeeded
and all the hard work paid off. In itself, winning over deliquents is
not a feat to be proud of but given the circumstances it was a good
feeling regardless.
-
3 year old Rusteen cut the sock he as wearing with scissors and when
asked why he said, "I wanted to see what happens, but I was carefull" :)
17 Jan 2010 -
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Great performance. There was love magic and music flew by its own grace.
16 Jan 2010 -
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Rehearsal sucked. I miss Rosa'd artistic touch. The new musician is too
"heavy handed" and has problems with musicianship and dynamics and I am
not motivated. I guess years of playing with ultra-heavy rock bands
hurts people. The energy was too strange. Something in the
aura did not
put us at the same frequency. It was not just the smoke that hurt him.
There was something wrong which I can speculate but it's not my
business. Let's just say it is not a good match. I canceled him for the
next gig -- we'll
play duo -- and we'll see afterwards.
-
There are lowlife sickos in this world who are nothing and by bothering
other people want to be something. Of course it happens mostly to
people who've done something of value. Having best-selling CDs
like I've had is enough of a cause for these psychologically sick
people.
- News of Iran is too depressing. I don't know why I read it.
-
I’m glad it's out of my hair. No matter how nice of a guy he is,
he’s obviously not a fast learner. This was proven to me as he couldn’t do
the simple intro to a song despite showing him exactly how to do it
several time. A also noticed it. I need to work with Ace players,
someone to whom I say A he goes to Athens and back or as they say in
Persian, you say F and he goes to Farahzad. He played a couple of
pieces good, but in terms of musical maturity, Angie playing a
year with some direction from me about musicianship is far more
mature than his 10 years of playing heavy metal. I know a lot of
frustrated musicians here. Lots of them. I've seen very few Swiss
people who could play good Reggae or good anything groovy with real
groove. There are some, but not many. R has Spanish blood. She's also
artistic. She does really nice paintings -- things she loves to do she
can do them well. But she has other problems -- communications etc.,
but I have hope for her - still - not necessarily for working with us
but in general as a musician if she decides to pursue music more
seriously. That's it - to do anything right you gotto be serious about
it - and that includes having serious fun. She also had a heavy metal
background but I saw she could drop it easily and she did. She was more
ripe and I could guide her the way I heard music which people seem to
like.
I saw potential in
R. so I invested time in her. In M I don't see potential for doing what
I want which requires a high degree of subtleness. Maybe we'll find the
right person - or a drum machine. The frequencies just do not match.
Younger people might spend 6 months beating around this. I saw it in a
flash after the 3rd meeting. What is reveals itself.
15 Jan 2010 -
-
25 of Dey and still no snow or rain in Tehran and weather is like
Spring I heard on the phone today. Has winter forgotten Tehran or like
many others stays away because of air pollution?
- Some drummers have a hard time reading music. Whatever! Playing drums by
ear is very easy. It's good for any drummer to be able to read notes.
-
I am happy not to be on facebook. It's so superficial. I just get
on it sometimes when I have to or to see some friends' pictures that's
not elsewhere.
14 Jan 2010 -
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We are constantly bombarded with unnecessary content. Media has a big
role. It was OJ Simpson case in the 90's. Now Palin is talking on Fox
catering to the fanatic crowd. At the same time she looked very bad in
a 60 Minutes interview with McCain's adviser who basically said what an
airhead she is.
Met
guy skiing - Chinese - he said 90% of people in China like the
government and they have freedom of speech as long as they don't want
the party to change. What he described sounded very capitalistic with a
big division in wealth. Also met 2 dutch sisters - one a blond
policewoman and some others.
I'd rather not read the news every day. News is normally bad news. It drags down creativity.
13 Jan 2010 -
-
Spoke to Uncle Yusef Ganjavi (Yousef, Joe Ganjavi) who was the head of
the Iranian National Gas Company many years ago. Such a great man
indeed. One of the greatest men I've known. He is now 87. Hopes if he
can survive this hard unusual English winter to fly to Canada to meet
my other uncle Ozhand who is the head of a university, and to go on an
Irish cruise and later come to Switzerland. Such immeasurable love. He
said hello to everyone. Hopefully we can celebrate his 100th birthday.
He said he'll invite everybody.
Jan 2010 -
-
Bought a $275 Boss outfit for $25. Bought $800 worth of clothes
for $150. No joke. Just a super post-holiday sale. That's why I never
pay full price for clothes.
- The bus stop indeed was like an ashtray. What a shame.
- Joubin called inviting one to Nice -- they heard my CD at dinner "what a feeling ... we loved it". [lg]
- Village girls may be more simple and loyal than big city women ...
- Body loved quinoa
- Elio quit smoking finally -- great news.
- Good talk during the walk about psychology and religious theory.
-
NH tax evader gets 37 years on weapons charges... Brown made several
outbursts throughout the hearing. At one point, he was removed from
court when he would not be quiet during testimony from a forensic
psychologist, who concluded Brown has narcissistic personality
disorder, characterized by grandiosity, a need for attention and a lack
of empathy. Singal referred to Brown as a 6-year-old child needing a
time-out. (AP). I know another sick guy in America like that:
"narcissistic personality disorder, characterized by grandiosity, a
need for attention and a lack of empathy."
-
Reza Jozi is wise. He saw cause of muscular cramps as over-workout,
lack of potassium (also magnesium) and dehydration. Recommended muscle relaxant ice and time and drinking water. He said after
certain age after work out it's harder for body to relax. So he takes a
pill sometimes. I do it naturally. He's been going to yoga class and
likes it.
- A friend is concerned about her lack of motivation. The
classic answer is to set your goal high enough to get motivate but not
too high to burn out. Beside that, there are a number of other factors
in play which are worth exploring. She's going to a psychic channeler
to get help. I don't think that's necessary! One can explore a lot in
dialogue with oneself or with a good friend. A long term problem took a
lot of her energy. Now the problem is gone and she has more time. The
brain meanwhile is used to being in a state of having problems. It
easily forgets 5 years of pain and compares what should be with what
has been a long time ago. Perhaps we will talk more after her meeting
with the channeler. There's a lot that can be explored. The society is
hard here and makes people very self-demanding and hard on themselves.
I don't believe in psychotherapy as it is generally applied but finding
roots of habits are important.
Jan 2010 -
Music Fashion
- Fashion in sound of music changes every few months or weeks even
(e.g. in NYC).
- I don't follow fashion. I don't believe in fashion. Fashion only
benefits fashion makers. Fashion is too transient.
- Our sound will emerge on its own. I am not looking for it.
-
I do want to do more with keyboards but guitar will always be a central
figure in my music, and the world needs that because too much of new
music is dominated by too much keys and beats.
- Stuart Smith is a great artist. He carried all the lead guitar on
Eagles tour.
Jan 2010 -
Emotionally Deprived Swiss Kids
- Friend stopped smoking after one session of mental ginger discussion
we had.
-
Unless they're really needy the parents I know would never charge their
child for use of the occasional use of their car. In Switzerland it's
normal I guess. Even parents who make good money, charge the kid by
kilometer for the use of car. Hard to swallow but it is what it is....
Actually, come to think of it, it's sick, it's flipping sick -- that
your kid buys something and needs a car to go pick it up and you charge
the kid mileage while you have a good salary and the kid earns pennies
compared to your dollar.. Incomprehensible.
-
The Swiss parents both had miserable childhoods, deprived of emotions
and love. So they don't know any better. They're loving and smart and
so I suggested putting some ginger in their mind -- provide a different
perspective on things. There's something very uncool to charge a kid
IRS mileage rate which is more than the price of renting a car to
borrow the car for 2 hours to pick up a personal item and not for
business. Putting it in a form of a question is non confrontational and
it may make them start thinking there's a different way...
-
A Swiss grandmother told her kid who was then a mother herself: if your
kid cries just lock her in the bathroom until she stops crying. Years
later the mother admits she received bad child-raising instructions.
Jan 2010 -
Cleanup After George W. Bush's Disastrous Mess
-
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed stricter
health standards for smog, replacing a Bush-era limit that ran counter
to scientific recommendations."
Jan 2010 - New Leonardo
- "Profile of the Bella Principessa"
was bought from Kate Ganz in 2007 for about $19,000 for a rich
anonymous Swiss
collector. Fingerprint matching has experts believing it's Leonardo Da
Vinci.
It
is now estimated to be worth $150 million and the first Leonardo
painting to have been discovered in a 100 years. The Swiss collector is
ecstatic. Ganz is in denial: "Nothing that I have seen or read in the
past two years has changed my mind, I do not believe that this drawing
is by Leonardo da Vinci".
-
Sign says 7 articles only in express lane. Woman goes with 15. Groups
them and says it's 7 (5 bottles of jam she called 1 item).
- People are cool and even the cashier doesn't react or says anything
in a similar case my friend saw.
- Got almost hit with a car two times today by these mad drivers.
- Bought drum set today.
- A little bit of progress at a time.
Jan 2010 - Full Moon
I wish I could run and hide from the full moon.
It
seems that everytime I say something to some one that everybody else
wanted to say it too but didn't or couldn't, they smile in approval.
E.g., train today told girl blasting rap, sorry, I don't want to hear
this. Or girl on bus shouting on her cell phone, sorry, this is a
public bus, please keep it down. In both cases others who were also
bothered by the noise signaled their approval of my comments.
Jan 2010 - Azari
He
said my positive prejudice towards Turks (Azari's) is due to my
"fetrat" which he defined as "esalat mabni be ehsas" linked to my
upbringing around Azari speaking grandparents, mom, etc. and fondness
of that rich warm emotional culture.
He cited case of a boss
who was badmouthing a subordinate tea-man, and an Azari office mate
emotionally slapped the boss. He said if it was a Mazandarani person he
might have ignored it. He said it's a genetic matter -- that Azaris
speak what they fee.
I am wary of stereotypes but there might be
some truth to the fact that different cultures have different
temperaments, values, etc.
3 Jan 2010 -
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People are so unnecessarily stressed and hurt by drugs that are so
decadent and so common such as caffeine and nicotine and alcohol.
-
A problem should never be approached by the attitude "forget it" "it
can't be done" "impossible". Never. Otherwise it surely will become
impossible as all doors are shut immediately. A much more intelligent
approach is to start with not knowing - without stress - without
hysteria and emotional reaction - in calmness - and ask, what is the
problem? what creative ways can be found to solve it. If after thorough
investigation it is determined that it can not be solved that's a
different story than starting with a "can't do" attitude.
-
I am a feminist in the sense of believing in the freedom and equality
of women and feel utmost upset that women has been treated the way she
has been. I have a deep rooted distrust towards women when it
comes to "love
& relationship". Basis of it is Neda Notley, a girl I knew in
Iran
as a teenager and all that I've seen in women specially in the big
cities. I am very cautiously optimistic that someone from a small
village who is not corrupted by ways of the ego and the world can be
loyal. Otherwise, by default I don't trust my heart with any woman and
surely depend on none. I trust Angela though. She's not a woman. She's
an angel. Oh, I remember another Neda -- it was surely before I was 7
-- maybe 4 and 5 -- she used to come - eat - and leave.
Grandma
would wonder: you came to play! Very practical girl already!