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"P F Empathy" 1 997 Music by Martin Lomas. So named due to my love of the Italian prog-rock band PFM . All tracks recorded and produced by me. The two solos were originally electric guitar, which I then purposely allowed audio-to-MIDI software to inaccurately translate, feeding the results into software synths. Native Instruments' Reaktor software synth

Dirt poor; dog days of summer, but still sketching ....

Only 20 years old - a mere spring chicken, here's - "Hair of the God" 1998 Music by Martin Lomas, words from "The Eye of the Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran as read by Johnny Cash. All of the guitar tracks were created by sampling my own work at half-speed. Why? Serendipity. I had some recordings of mine on cassette tape. These were made on the typical TASCAM PortaStudio unit (see below), which uses the tape at double-speed to improve quality. I wanted to revive them, and so planned to re-record them digitally, double the speed (since I no longer have a double-speed tape deck), and clean them up. But I got stuck at the half-speed stage. Some wonderful new sounds become available.

Did I already do Rheostatics .? I don't care. I'll do them as many times as I want, and since 1992, I've done just that. They've been a Toronto fixture for more than 30 years now, and only barely getting the credit they've ALWAYS deserved. Just a killer, progressive, heavy, krauty, art-rock folk-pop kind of thing. Maybe. Sometimes I think they're all things to all people. Those who listen, anyway. Oh, one thing - theres decidedly no "The" in their name, which makes it awkward to refer to them sometimes. Rheostatics are my favourite band. Along with Radiohead and several (hundred) others. You can turn to the Rheos for almost any mood, but its always musical, and always with character. And they are terribly Canadian. Came up on small-town tours. And abroad. Magical album pair: Melville and Whale Music . But ALL worthwhile. As always, I cannot help but mention writer, singer and guitarist Martin Tielli . Among the best musicians/singers/writers I

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She's been my guru for maybe 15 years now - though she doesn't know it - yet*. This documentary, with the lovely Bill Moyers , will tell you much about her, AND, much about Buddhism. But remember, we don't proselytize. Well, in general we don't, but me, I'm a radical Buddhist . So there. Here's the doc ... sorry about the poor video quality, but the sound is good. Pema Chödrön with Bill Moyers Pema Chödrön *She may know it when I attend Gampo Abbey later.

(It's Terri)

Again, some random bits from my journals ... (1)  Untitled Poem I 've got to be stopped And I'm just the man for the job Been working on it for years Your guess as good as mine as to why I'm still here (2)  Untitled Poem I dreamed the universe And it dreamed me I dream of you And how we came to be Reasons have I few Yet persistence in blue Of all the things I dream It's the one I do (3)  Untitled Song Chorus B e still my beating heart The hope is too much, too much Be still my broken heart The loss is too much, too much (4)  Fun With Anagrams M y name (Martin Lomas): not alarmism ant moralism moralist man immoral ants mailman sort i'm at normals mama nostril latino smarm i'm almost ran storm animal i'm atonal mrs inmost alarm mortal man is i'm sat normal oilman smart trim a salmon i'm salmon art i'm on art slam most in alarm alarm not sim its moral man .. etc My brother (Stephen Lomas): solemnest hap elephant moss pathle