Dirty Bo’ness

I lived in Scotland for 18 months in my early 20′s.

My undergraduate program at the University of Bath strongly recommended all students take an intern year, and they made it pretty easy to place students, since they had relationships with many companies and government labs in the UK. My department found me a . . . → Read More: Dirty Bo’ness

All Gaelic, All the Time

I made a discovery the other day. Someone on the Bob Dunsire Forums asked a question about a tune they had heard on a piping show called Crunluath. I responded (perhaps rather too smugly) that the piping show they were enquiring about does not exist, and perhaps they were thinking of something else.

Turns out, . . . → Read More: All Gaelic, All the Time

Wetootwaag’s Wild World

Interesting and consistently-maintained piping blogs seem to be hard to find, but here’s a cool one:

Wetootwaag’s Podcast of Bagpipe Power:When It’s about Bagpipes and Scotch, everyone wins

Actually, this is a podcast – Wetootwaag has a blog too, with possibly the strangest name ever.

In any case, Wetootwaag appears to be Jeremy Kingsbury from Bemidji, MN. Among . . . → Read More: Wetootwaag’s Wild World

I am Old

Last night I went to a performance of How to Succeed in Business (Without Really Trying) at a nearby high school, Bingham High. Considering the age of the cast and crew, it was amazingly good.

In the lobby I bumped into one of my fellow band members in the Wasatch and District Pipeband. . . . → Read More: I am Old

Pipe the Captain Aboard!

I’ve been meaning to write about this website for a while now, but I didn’t want to just toss out a casual mention.

The website is called The Captain’s Corner, and it is produced by Ken Eller (also known as The Captain), who played for many years with the 78th Fraser Highlanders, something of a local band . . . → Read More: Pipe the Captain Aboard!

Piobaireachd and Mandelbrot – Update

Check out the conversation that I started on the Bob Dunsire Bagpipe Forums. There are a few interesting comments. I will continue to provide input for the thread and we’ll see where . . . → Read More: Piobaireachd and Mandelbrot – Update