Recent Journals & Reference Posts
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Dibon
Posted July 1st, 2009 by csmaccathFor my friends in OCD, here are the MP3 files of Bryan's rendition of Dibon. To download them, right click and select 'Save As'.
Enjoy!
You take the high road, and I'll take the low road...
Posted June 28th, 2009 by csmaccath
More to come...
Imminent Bodhrán Joy Descendeth
Posted June 22nd, 2009 by csmaccathOn the heels of last night's good news, I called Cooperman Fife and Drum this morning to discuss the purchase of a custom bodhrán. I've been planning this purchase for some time, especially since I learned I'd be teaching a bodhrán workshop in early August. The drum is an 18", tunable instrument with a Remo Renaissance head, everything a vegan, Celtic player needs to bust a groove.
"Akhila, Divided" Receives Honorable Mention
Posted June 22nd, 2009 by csmaccath
I am delighted to report that my short story, "Akhila, Divided", which appeared in Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness, has received Honorable Mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois.
A Gorgeous Practice
Posted June 16th, 2009 by csmaccathMy best experiences of community recently have been through my drums. Last Sunday evening, our OCD practice was tremendous. We set the drums up at the edge of Meeks Park, outside the Orion Art Center, and played while people rode by on bicycles and downy ducklings waddled by to investigate on their way down to the water. There was a thunderstorm brewing overhead, but we stretched the practice out as long as we could before rushing the drums up to the porch when spatters of rain began to fall.
