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January 14, 2005
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December 30, 2004
people! talk to Eliot, listen to & support his music, be his friend, he deserves that. he's friendly & can talk a good variety of cultural & philosophical topics. excellent oud player & composer too! i miss the man.
December 1, 2004
OK, how ~psyched~ am I to be Eliot's first tribemate?
While the pandora's box of Eliot has just started to open in my world, I can see the Sage, the Seeker, the Uniter, the Astral Traveller, the Music Maker and the Dreamer of Universal Dreams all emerging -- all that and he's a crack up, to boot! Does anyone say "to boot" anymore? No matter. Eliot rocks.
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Just wanted to let Turkish music fans know about 2 upcoming shows I'm playing in. I'm contributing `ud and vocals to the group Kervan, a 5-piece group specializing in Istanbul music of many varieties, from Istanbul folk songs, to sarki, to light classical instrumental pieces.
Fri, May 9, 2008 - 1:30 AM
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Fronting Kervan is Haluk Kecelioglu on vocals and violin, myself (ud), with Ahmet Cagri on kanun (and occasional vocals), Sean Tergis on various percussive things, and Sam "Blood Eagle" on percussion (Sam normally is ... read more 
...and I'm certain about the spring part, but the "break" bit postfixed to the expression is continuously called into question due to the nature of the dissertation beast. I've attached a picture of my dissertation in progress. It's an "artist's rendering." You can see where the artist took liberties with the original, if you know where to carefully look.
Mon, March 24, 2008 - 12:35 AM
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I could post this under events, but I'd like to talk a bit more in a blog-format way about what we're going to be doing and why it's important.
Sat, September 8, 2007 - 12:14 AM
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As many of you know, about one year ago Samuel Atchley and myself started working intensively on creating an adaptation of Turkish folk music for oud and clarinet that would keep the feeling, makam, ornamentation, meaning, rhythm, and vibe intact. Much of this music is better known and typically played on baglama-saz, kaval, and zurna, so adapting ... read more 
I posted this in the ethnomusicology tribe, but thought it important enough to post as a blog, too.
Sat, July 21, 2007 - 9:39 PM
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It's with sadness I have to report the passing of an old friend and Bosnian ethnomusicologist, Minja (Mirjana) Lausevic, who died on July 15th from an "undisclosed recurring illness." We met when I was a MA student at Wesleyan, and she was finishing her PhD and performing with the group Zabe i Babe, a Bosnian pop/rock band she directed. I went to all their shows - it was definitely the coole... read more
It's 2:22 AM, and sometime about 10 hours from now an aircraft will lift off taking one tired Ladi and one tired myself back to the US of A, after 2 years of foibles, friends, and frolics around Turkey.
Tue, June 5, 2007 - 4:24 PM
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Our first "public outing" it seems will be at the Kosmos Music and dance camp, where I'm playing with my band Nerelisin for our US debut (I've always wanted to be able to say that...) on Friday night. Hope to see you there!
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