Link to DP song

I see that the link didn't make it on. Check this song out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiUjYoa6dvU

The hocket I mentioned begins around 2:36.

Fat Red Carrots and a golden beet

...can't wait to eat those greens!

Dirty Projectors

Kristy Ch. and I went to see the Dirty Projectors at the 9:30 this past week. First of all, it was great to get into the city. Second, we had just opened an art show hours earlier - with Karen G. the three of us make up collabAttack. And third, the Dirty Projectors blew my mind.

Opening for them was Owen Pallett - formerly Final Fantasy. He was great. It takes a brilliant mind to come up with looping music that works to well.

Then the DPs - I was blown away. Their drummer played the set harder than I've every seen anyone do it. I really thought he was going to break the drums and cymbals at times. It was awesome.
The singers were dead on, and they did things I didn't think were possible. They must all have perfect pitch, because their cold starts on quartal harmonies were unbelievable. And then their trademark hocketing was wild. For a great example, listen to "Remade Horizon." The first part of the vocal hocket begins at 2:37.



I saw it happen. It is humanly possible. And then there is Dave Longstreth, who is a madman and a genius. I can't wait to get more of their music and see them again.
Here's a photo from the show. We were maybe thirty feet from them, although this photo makes it look farther.

Red & Orange

Another Photo

Here's another photo to show where the fruit actually goes in the machine.

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Cider

Here is the finished product - a half gallon of great cider. I had several beautiful jars of this sweet drink. It literally does not get any fresher than this.

Cider Day #2

We had to break at one point to go collect more apples and pears. Here we are gathering fruit. In one photo you can see me up in the tree - I scaled it to shake out pears from the top.

Cider Day

Karen G and I joined Amanda and James for the first cider press of the season. Here are photos of us using the press. I think we pressed about ten gallons total of apple, pear, and mixed cider. Amanda and James keep bees, too, so toward the end of the pressing bees were on everything. This was a good lesson in coexisting with bees. They are really just curious and looking for sweets, and once you get used to them you can pick up a tool or pan with all kinds of bees on them without any fear.