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Victor Eijkhout in real life. Computer Scientist, Musician, general renaissance man.
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Chillin' with art at Co-Lab Austin.

The 1001 Nights Orchestra had a good time playing for a small crowd of appreciative SoCo-sians at @FreddoATX. In the picture: Ken, Alexis, Javier, Sonique, Don, and your truly.

PERFORMING SATURDAY, 3/15, at 5PM at Freddo ATX (Freddo ATX - 2336 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704) The 1001 Nights Orchestra is an Austin band bringing together the music of the Middle East, the Balkans, and Latin America.

So where do I take my surplus mallards?

I thought I'd bring some new music to the Austin @amrecordersociety.bsky.social meeting. So we played music from: 1. Violet Evergarden (Japanese series) 2. Legend of Zelda (video game) 3. Tale of the nine-tailed (Korean series) and of course 4. A Hatsune Miku song! A good time was had by all.

I decided to time my drive home from UT at 5pm. Taking all major roads: 22 minutes at 20mph average. Going through all neighborhoods, (almost) never getting out of 2nd gear: 25 minutes at 18.5mph. Draw your own conclusions.

"Girdling" invasive ligustrum. They will slowly die in place, get absorbed in the ecosystem, become a hiding place for insects and such. @shoalcreekconservancy <= not yet on bsky? Tsk.

The @blantonmuseum.bsky.social opens a new exhibit including cool surrealist art by Arshil Gorky and Isamu Noguchi. Ok, the "Monument to Ben Franklin" is not terribly "sur" but it tickled my fancy.

This week's haul of veggies from the Refugee Collective. I'm amazed at what grows in hothothot Texas.

I'm gathering material for the March session of the Austin chapter of the @amrecordersociety.bsky.social which will be exclusively Japanese/Korean Anime music. Here's one piece that will be on the program youtu.be/XsHwTnLLyY4?...

So what is America’s contribution to world cuisine? My vote is for turkey and cranberry sauce.