Archive for mid-afternoon



Gilberto Gil Live in Berkeley


h1 Posted 1 year, 1 month ago in the wee hours by oso

We just got back from seeing Brazil’s 65-year-old Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil put on an amazing concert at UC Berkeley.
I’m sure that Daniella Thompson will be writing about the show soon.
Here are two tracks I recorded on my cell phone (and they sound like it):

 3 Birds: Download
 Encore 3: Download

On How to Make the Perfect Sandwich


h1 Posted 1 year, 1 month ago in the early evening by oso

The habit was as common as it was annoying. Every day someone would walk behind the counter of the neighborhood coffeeshop where I worked. Behind the counter and into the kitchen. I would look up, exasperated, with a serrated knife in my hand that I wanted to plunge into my trespasser’s gut.

But not this time. [...]

On Fashion


h1 Posted 1 year, 1 month ago mid-afternoon by oso

Some people, sometimes, say I have good taste in clothes, in how I present myself. Others think just the opposite.
This is true of you as well. Some people like the way you dress, others probably mock and despise it.
If I may introduce you to four different guys, all in their late 30’s. You’re free to [...]