Where have all the good times gone?
They've gone to Chicago, every one.... A blog by Michael K. Bourdaghs (www.bourdaghs.com)
Entry for May 23, 2009: NEW LOCATION FOR THIS BLOG!!!
2009-05-24 03:50:52 GMT
Entry for May 22, 2009: The Current Reading List
2009-05-23 16:18:55 GMT
Entry for May 20, 2009: This and That
2009-05-20 15:38:42 GMT
Entry for May 17, 2009: Speaking of Kuwata Keisuke....
2009-05-17 12:53:14 GMT
Entry for May 14, 2009: Pyongyang's Latest Tactic
2009-05-14 13:58:47 GMT
Entry for May 13, 2009: Shelter Half
2009-05-13 13:59:30 GMT
Entry for May 11, 2009: Japrocksampler
2009-05-12 23:13:22 GMT
Entry for May 10, 2009: Farewell, Kiyoshiro
2009-05-10 16:23:14 GMT
Entry for May 8, 2009: The Great Man Theory of History (and Baseball)
2009-05-08 13:35:02 GMT
Entry for May 7, 2009: Bruce Does Ray
2009-05-07 17:46:17 GMT
Entry for May 6, 2009: Kuwata Keisuke's at it again....
2009-05-06 18:51:00 GMT
Entry for May 3, 2009: Okamoto Shin (1949-2009)
2009-05-03 19:03:42 GMT
Entry for May 3, 2009: The Circuit Riders
2009-05-03 16:31:36 GMT
Entry for May 2, 2009: Imawano Kiyoshiro (1951-2009)
2009-05-02 18:03:04 GMT
Entry for April 30, 2009: Anniversaries
2009-04-30 13:23:52 GMT
Entry for April 29, 2009: Visiting Brideshead (revisited)
2009-04-29 20:55:09 GMT
Entry for April 27, 2009: Change is Bad, #8843
2009-04-28 03:58:54 GMT
Entry for April 26, 2009: This and That
2009-04-26 14:33:16 GMT
Entry for April 23, 2009: When Now Sounds Like Then
2009-04-24 01:02:22 GMT
Entry for April 21, 2009: The Importance of Obtaining Sound Legal Advice
2009-04-21 15:02:54 GMT
Entry for April 21, 2009: Risky Sound Effects and How to Manage Them
2009-04-21 12:55:39 GMT
Entry for April 20, 2009: The Japanese Jimi Hendrix
2009-04-20 14:27:09 GMT
Entry for April 16, 2009: Poets Too Big to Fit on the Page
2009-04-16 13:31:28 GMT
Entry for April 15, 2009: This and That
2009-04-15 18:28:02 GMT
Entry for April 12, 2009: Peep Peep Peep
2009-04-13 00:00:05 GMT
Entry for April 11, 2009: Voices of the Past
2009-04-11 14:02:14 GMT
Entry for April 10, 2009: A Bargain At Any Price
2009-04-11 04:11:36 GMT
Entry for April 10, 2009: Laid Up
2009-04-10 18:48:24 GMT
Entry for April 8, 2009: Sakamoto Ryuichi's At It Again
2009-04-08 13:42:49 GMT
Entry for April 7, 2009: Essaying Chicago
2009-04-07 14:25:32 GMT
Entry for April 6, 2009: Concerts, Past and Present
2009-04-06 12:14:49 GMT
Entry for April 5, 2009: The Grumpy Old Man of Hyde Park
2009-04-05 13:05:47 GMT
Entry for April 2, 2009: St. Paul Travel Diary
2009-04-02 18:35:19 GMT
Entry for March 31, 2009: This and That
2009-03-31 21:43:34 GMT
Entry for March 30, 2009: 2009 AAS Annual Meeting
2009-03-30 09:19:43 GMT
Entry for March 29, 2009: Spring Sumo
2009-03-29 11:02:05 GMT
Entry for March 27, 2009: We're No. 2! We're No. 2!
2009-03-27 11:59:47 GMT
Entry for March 24, 2009: Tokyo Travel Diary (5)
2009-03-24 09:52:37 GMT
Entry for March 22, 2009: Travel Diary (4) Beyond Tokyo
2009-03-22 23:26:17 GMT
Entry for March 19, 2009: Tokyo Travel Diary (3)
2009-03-20 00:53:18 GMT
Entry for March 17, 2009: Tokyo Travel Diary (2)
2009-03-17 07:33:24 GMT
Entry for March 15, 2009: Tokyo Travel Diary
2009-03-16 06:32:43 GMT
Entry for March 13, 2009: The Music of Occupation
2009-03-13 21:03:55 GMT
Entry for March 11, 2009: Oops
2009-03-11 13:42:30 GMT
Entry for March 10, 2009: Fighting Fascism, One Disco Tune At A Time
2009-03-11 03:14:28 GMT
Entry for March 10, 2009: This and That
2009-03-10 13:25:18 GMT
Entry for March 7, 2009: SPCO at Mandel Hall
2009-03-07 15:04:53 GMT
Entry for March 07, 2009: Cold War Orientalism
2009-03-07 01:05:40 GMT
Entry for March 06, 2009: Good Things for your Ears
2009-03-06 15:11:33 GMT
Entry for March 5, 2009: Kinky Korus
2009-03-06 06:17:52 GMT
Entry for March 04, 2009: This and That
2009-03-05 14:26:44 GMT
Entry for March 2, 2009: East Asia in Motion
2009-03-02 14:32:05 GMT
Entry for February 27, 2009: More on Bill Holm
2009-02-27 03:08:11 GMT
Entry for February 26, 2009: Bill Holm (1943-2009)
2009-02-26 22:29:50 GMT
Entry for February 26, 2009: Ron Gardenhire, Budding Novelist
2009-02-26 13:59:30 GMT
Entry for February 24, 2009: Lesser Murakami, Better Murakami
2009-02-25 04:58:19 GMT
Entry for February 23, 2009: This and That
2009-02-23 14:30:21 GMT
Entry for February 21, 2009: 24 Hours in Boston
2009-02-22 03:46:56 GMT
Entry for February 20, 2009: More Early Kinks
2009-02-21 02:26:52 GMT
Entry for February 19, 2009: Unhappy End
2009-02-20 00:16:55 GMT
Entry for February 19, 2009: Hot! Hot! Hot!
2009-02-18 21:20:44 GMT
Entry for February 18, 2009: 16,823!!!
2009-02-18 18:38:54 GMT
Entry for February 17, 2009: Kusamakura
2009-02-18 03:51:07 GMT
Entry for February 16, 2009: This and That
2009-02-16 15:48:02 GMT
Entry for February 15, 2009: The Best Day of the Year
2009-02-15 19:50:32 GMT
Entry for February 11, 2009: Yet Again: The Japanese Past in America's Present
2009-02-12 06:43:32 GMT
Entry for February 9, 2009: An Evening on the Town
2009-02-09 22:31:33 GMT
Entry for February 8, 2009: The Rest is Noise
2009-02-08 18:15:00 GMT
Entry for February 7, 2009: This and That
2009-02-07 22:20:08 GMT
Entry for February 4, 2009: What You Should Be Reading Now
2009-02-05 01:02:50 GMT
Entry for February 2, 2009: Retrospective
2009-02-02 13:44:40 GMT
Entry for January 31, 2009: Is it the Long Hair?
2009-01-31 17:21:34 GMT
Entry for January 30, 2009: On the Road Again
2009-01-31 04:18:44 GMT
Entry for January 27, 2009: When a Song is Too Catchy
2009-01-27 13:50:40 GMT
Entry for January 26, 2009: The Japanese Past in Today's America
2009-01-27 04:07:56 GMT
Entry for January 25, 2009: Erasing the Past
2009-01-26 05:24:03 GMT
Entry for January 24, 2009: Watch Your Tempo!
2009-01-25 01:15:27 GMT
Entry for January 22, 2009: He's Back....
2009-01-22 21:28:26 GMT
Entry for January 20, 2009: Book Review
2009-01-20 14:39:30 GMT
Entry for January 19, 2009: This and That
2009-01-19 22:20:38 GMT
Entry for January 13, 2009: Threading the Weather
2009-01-14 03:15:33 GMT
Entry for January 10, 2009: NHK is at it again
2009-01-10 19:35:17 GMT
Entry for January 6, 2009: Get Ready to Duck
2009-01-06 20:57:51 GMT
Entry for January 6, 2009: Trying Hard Not to Speak Ill of the Dead
2009-01-06 13:53:41 GMT
Entry for January 5, 2009: Soseki's Theory of Literature
2009-01-05 14:17:01 GMT
Entry for January 4, 2009: Winter Break Reading List
2009-01-04 15:26:45 GMT
Entry for January 3, 2009: Stalin! The Broadway Musical
2009-01-04 00:22:35 GMT
Entry for January 2, 2009: White Christmas Followed by Red-and-White New Year
2009-01-02 17:11:18 GMT
Entry for December 31, 2008: Reporter on the Scene as Year Screeches to a Halt
2008-12-31 15:15:17 GMT
Entry for December 27, 2008: Happy Holidays!
2008-12-27 13:10:00 GMT
Entry for December 20, 2008: A Kinky Kristmas
2008-12-21 07:17:05 GMT
Entry for December 20, 2008: CD Haul from my Japan Trip
2008-12-20 15:09:19 GMT
Entry for December 19, 2008: This week's New Yorker
2008-12-19 12:52:10 GMT
Entry for December 18, 2008: Seen on NHK
2008-12-18 13:34:18 GMT
Entry for December 17, 2008: When it Snows....
2008-12-17 12:16:24 GMT
Entry for December 15, 2008: Wrapping it Up in Tokyo
2008-12-15 05:48:34 GMT
Entry for December 12, 2008: Days 4,5 & 6
2008-12-12 00:12:05 GMT
Entry for December 9, 2008: Kato Shuichi
2008-12-09 00:34:21 GMT
Entry for December 8, 2008: Michael's Tokyo Diary, Day 2
2008-12-07 22:15:49 GMT
Entry for December 6, 2008: Not with a bang but a whimper: Take #871
2008-12-06 21:41:50 GMT
Entry for December 6, 2008: Michael's Tokyo Diary: Day One
2008-12-06 13:21:25 GMT
Entry for December 3, 2008: The Ibuprofen Years Begin
2008-12-03 14:50:33 GMT
Entry for December 1, 2008: First Beethoven, Then The Snow....
2008-12-01 14:20:51 GMT
Entry for November 24, 2008: A Sunday Afternoon in Stillwater
2008-11-24 15:56:40 GMT
Entry for November 17, 2008: That Lucky Old Sun in Chicago
2008-11-17 15:45:29 GMT
Entry for November 15, 2008: Watching Sumo Watching
2008-11-15 16:52:46 GMT
Entry for November 12, 2008: Kobayashi Takiji Lives!
2008-11-12 14:29:55 GMT
Entry for November 10, 2008: Group Sounds Go Silent
2008-11-10 20:38:00 GMT
Entry for November 9, 2008: Sumo Wrestling and the Beach Boys: Wouldn't It Be Nice
2008-11-09 21:38:50 GMT
Entry for November 7, 2008: Relapse
2008-11-07 16:01:54 GMT
Entry for November 5, 2008: A Sunny Morning in Chicago
2008-11-05 15:14:09 GMT
Entry for November 1, 2008: Poetic Language as a Tool for Economic Analysis
2008-11-01 16:28:48 GMT
Entry for October 31, 2008: Owen Lattimore in 2008
2008-10-31 16:46:51 GMT
Entry for October 30, 2008: Klass Konflict
2008-10-30 14:28:07 GMT
Entry for October 26, 2008: This and That
2008-10-26 15:26:08 GMT
Entry for October 23, 2008: Another Tokyo Landmark to Vanish
2008-10-23 13:11:29 GMT
Entry for October 19, 2008: New Website for Versea Bourdaghs Artwork
2008-10-19 04:46:11 GMT
Entry for October 18, 2008: The Chicago Tribune
2008-10-18 03:32:42 GMT
Entry for October 17, 2008: This and That
2008-10-17 15:25:50 GMT
Entry for October 15, 2008: Michael Charles Avory
2008-10-15 13:56:26 GMT
Entry for October 14, 2008: Castles
2008-10-14 13:24:56 GMT
Entry for October 13, 2008: Ceremonies for my Mother
2008-10-13 14:28:27 GMT
Entry for October 5, 2008: Versea Bourdaghs (1941-2008)
2008-10-05 13:55:51 GMT
Entry for October 2, 2008: Brilliant!
2008-10-02 11:32:09 GMT
Entry for October 1, 2008: Into the Heart of Darkness
2008-10-01 14:09:30 GMT
Entry for September 29, 2008: This and That
2008-09-29 13:33:40 GMT
Entry for September 28, 2008: Hakuho Gets #8
2008-09-28 16:28:10 GMT
Entry for September 27, 2008: Driving my daughter around town
2008-09-27 20:19:47 GMT
Entry for September 26, 2008: First place?!?!
2008-09-26 15:41:47 GMT
Entry for September 19, 2008: September Sumo
2008-09-19 15:09:33 GMT
Entry for September 13, 2008: How Incredibly Sad...
2008-09-14 02:00:20 GMT
Entry for September 7, 2008: New Home
2008-09-07 21:26:25 GMT
Entry for September 1, 2008: Hibari-chan
2008-09-01 06:53:47 GMT
Entry for August 31, 2008: This and That
2008-08-31 13:18:08 GMT
Entry for August 30, 2008: Genetics and Potatoe Farming
2008-08-31 02:42:55 GMT
Entry for August 27, 2008: Resurfacing briefly....
2008-08-27 13:35:41 GMT
Entry for August 17, 2008: Whoosh....
2008-08-17 22:08:25 GMT
Entry for August 6, 2008: How We Do Things In Minnesota
2008-08-06 20:08:50 GMT
Entry for August 2, 2008: Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic
2008-08-02 13:34:28 GMT
Entry for August 1, 2008: Communists!!!
2008-08-02 04:18:13 GMT
Entry for July 28, 2008: From St. Paul to Chicago to St. Paul....
2008-07-28 12:33:08 GMT
Entry for July 27, 2008: Still in St. Paul....
2008-07-27 12:44:53 GMT
Entry for July 21, 2008: From Minnesota
2008-07-22 02:16:00 GMT
Entry for July 19, 2008: Good job!
2008-07-19 14:36:28 GMT
Entry for July 16, 2008: Sumo in Nagoya
2008-07-16 12:27:37 GMT
Entry for July 14, 2008: Ringo!
2008-07-14 14:05:03 GMT
Entry for July 12, 2008: The Thought of the Day
2008-07-12 13:51:30 GMT
Entry for July 11, 2008: Proletarian Literature Redux
2008-07-11 14:17:13 GMT
Entry for July 10, 2008: Fading Blues
2008-07-10 15:31:32 GMT
Entry for July 9, 2008: The Fog
2008-07-10 02:03:30 GMT
Entry for July 7, 2008: This and That
2008-07-08 02:37:35 GMT
Entry for July 6, 2008: Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma
2008-07-06 17:01:54 GMT
Entry for July 4, 2008: House Hunting Makes Me Want To....
2008-07-04 15:11:27 GMT
Entry for July 3, 2008: Adieu, UCLA
2008-07-03 12:10:09 GMT
Entry for July 1, 2008: The New Banzuke
2008-07-01 14:14:59 GMT
Entry for June 29, 2008: Tasting Stevie from a Distance
2008-06-29 16:00:47 GMT
Entry for June 27, 2008: Honoring the Aged....and the Young
2008-06-27 13:35:53 GMT
Entry for June 26, 2008: Next Week in Tokyo
2008-06-26 05:59:52 GMT
Entry for June 25, 2008: The Japanese Invasion?
2008-06-25 13:32:00 GMT
Entry for June 24, 2008: Advertising Posters on Trains
2008-06-24 14:16:09 GMT
Entry for June 23, 2008: This and That
2008-06-23 23:19:37 GMT
Entry for June 21, 2008: Baseball 2008
2008-06-21 13:16:00 GMT
Entry for June 20, 2008: Superfly Revisited
2008-06-20 17:14:25 GMT
Entry for June 20, 2008: Back in Chicago
2008-06-20 13:15:37 GMT
Entry for June 16, 2008: The Right and Wrong Ways to Celebrate
2008-06-16 16:05:23 GMT
Entry for June 13, 2008: Earthquake in Tohoku
2008-06-14 03:28:15 GMT
Entry for June 11, 2008: Double Vision
2008-06-12 02:37:03 GMT
Entry for June 10, 2008: Why is it Called Saint Paul?
2008-06-10 19:20:31 GMT
Entry for June 9, 2008: Los Angeles Sumo Update
2008-06-09 16:00:23 GMT
Entry for June 9, 2008: Change
2008-06-09 12:08:29 GMT
Entry for June 8, 2008: Sumo in La-La-Land
2008-06-08 13:23:22 GMT
Entry for June 7, 2008: Freddie's Dead, But Superfly Lives!
2008-06-07 13:57:29 GMT
Entry for June 7, 2008: Bush Administration Embarrasses Human Race, Take #1083
2008-06-07 13:37:17 GMT
Entry for June 5, 2008: From August 13, 1938 to June 5, 2008
2008-06-06 00:58:48 GMT
Entry for June 4, 2008: This and That
2008-06-04 13:32:05 GMT
Entry for June 3, 2008: Home of the Blues
2008-06-04 03:59:14 GMT
Entry for June 2, 2008: Korea and the Politics of Beef
2008-06-02 23:39:38 GMT
Entry for June 2, 2008: YMO Reunion in London
2008-06-02 17:12:40 GMT
Entry for June 1, 2008: Check out the home page, too
2008-06-01 23:28:59 GMT
Entry for June 1, 2008: Getting Enlightened About Flower Travellin' Band
2008-06-01 14:38:52 GMT
Entry for May 31, 2008: Sumo Do's and Don'ts
2008-05-31 12:20:23 GMT
Entry for May 30, 2008: In Deliciously Bad Taste
2008-05-30 11:42:48 GMT
Entry for May 29, 2008: This and That
2008-05-30 01:05:07 GMT
Entry for May 28, 2008: Back Home Again
2008-05-29 02:26:06 GMT
Entry for May 25, 2008: Following Obsessions
2008-05-25 12:42:10 GMT
Entry for May 24, 2008: Pygmalion at the Old Vic
2008-05-24 08:58:26 GMT
Entry for May 23, 2008: On English Soil
2008-05-23 09:12:53 GMT
Entry for May 22, 2008: Global Peace Rankings
2008-05-22 14:04:23 GMT
Entry for May 20, 2008: Sumo in the Summer
2008-05-20 13:18:43 GMT
Entry for May 18, 2008: What is to be done?
2008-05-18 15:47:10 GMT
Entry for May 18, 2008: The Horrors of the Everyday
2008-05-18 15:22:19 GMT
Entry for May 18, 2008: Sichuan Earthquake
2008-05-18 14:20:32 GMT
Entry for May 17, 2008: Crisis in California
2008-05-17 14:05:57 GMT
Entry for May 16, 2008: Workshops at Chicago
2008-05-17 03:10:15 GMT
Entry for May 15, 2008: Fuji Rock Festival 2008
2008-05-15 14:18:02 GMT
Entry for May 15, 2008: SPCO in the Big Apple
2008-05-15 13:58:43 GMT
Entry for May 13, 2008: This and That
2008-05-13 14:26:15 GMT
Entry for May 12, 2008: Besuboru
2008-05-12 13:53:56 GMT
Entry for May 10, 2008: Love, Love, Love
2008-05-10 17:26:01 GMT
Entry for May 10, 2008: Summer Sumo
2008-05-10 14:43:20 GMT
Entry for May 9, 2008: Good Advice
2008-05-09 14:00:48 GMT
Entry for May 9, 2008: Eating, Meiji Style
2008-05-09 13:40:51 GMT
Entry for May 8, 2008: What Every Cubs Fan Should Know
2008-05-09 01:36:11 GMT
Entry for May 8, 2008: Hiroshima Images
2008-05-08 14:20:22 GMT
Entry for May 7, 2008: Be Thankful for Small Favors
2008-05-07 17:55:01 GMT
Entry for May 7, 2008: Taking it out on the flowers
2008-05-07 14:05:17 GMT
Entry for May 4, 2008: Soseki Speaks!
2008-05-04 17:32:48 GMT
Entry for May 4, 2008: Oshii Mamoru's Latest
2008-05-04 14:44:52 GMT
Entry for May 3, 2008: This and That
2008-05-03 13:37:18 GMT
Entry for May 2, 2008: Play Ball!
2008-05-02 11:16:08 GMT
Entry for May 1, 2008: Soseki's Theory of Literature
2008-05-01 13:13:35 GMT
Entry for April 30, 2008: Ishimure Redux
2008-04-30 11:51:28 GMT
Entry for April 30, 2008: Fantastic Symphony
2008-04-30 11:47:47 GMT
Entry for April 28, 2008: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in Chicago
2008-04-28 14:12:59 GMT
Entry for April 28, 2008: Eating in Seattle
2008-04-28 12:56:11 GMT
Entry for April 27, 2008: Ishimure Michiko Translation
2008-04-28 00:09:05 GMT
Entry for April 27, 2008: Music, Music, Music
2008-04-27 14:28:49 GMT
Entry for April 26, 2008: This and That
2008-04-26 13:41:08 GMT
Entry for April 24, 2008: How to Protect Young Japanese Pitching Talent
2008-04-24 18:06:57 GMT
Entry for April 22, 2008: A Little Bit of Japan in Chicago Dies
2008-04-23 00:54:43 GMT
Entry for April 21, 2008: There Ought To Be A Law....
2008-04-22 03:59:58 GMT
Entry for April 20, 2008: The Weather in Seattle
2008-04-21 04:08:28 GMT
Entry for April 19, 2008: So You Want To Bring Your Band to Japan....
2008-04-19 19:51:43 GMT
Entry for April 19, 2008: In the Garage
2008-04-19 16:15:44 GMT
Entry for April 18, 2008: Shake, Rattle & Roll
2008-04-18 13:46:56 GMT
Entry for April 17, 2008: Inexpensive Thaumaturgy
2008-04-18 00:09:46 GMT
Entry for April 17, 2008: Another Talking Head on the Current Economic Crisis
2008-04-17 18:11:08 GMT
Entry for April 16, 2008: Back in Chicago
2008-04-16 23:51:16 GMT
Entry for April 13, 2008: Cultural Symbols
2008-04-13 16:06:32 GMT
Entry for April 13, 2008: This and That
2008-04-13 15:57:16 GMT
Entry for April 12, 2008: Kanemoto Gets #2,000
2008-04-12 15:03:11 GMT
Entry for April 11, 2008: New Music From Old Friends
2008-04-12 00:42:52 GMT
Entry for April 10, 2008: Bad News Here, Bad News There
2008-04-11 00:06:07 GMT
Entry for April 7, 2008: Eels in Chicago
2008-04-08 02:27:09 GMT
Entry for April 7, 2008: Where Are They Now?
2008-04-07 13:37:25 GMT
Entry for April 6, 2008: Blogging AAS (Part Two)
2008-04-06 11:12:50 GMT
Entry for April 5, 2008: Old Passions Die Hard....
2008-04-05 14:10:13 GMT
Entry for April 4, 2008: Blogging AAS
2008-04-05 03:20:11 GMT
Entry for April 3, 2008: Eels News from Washington
2008-04-03 15:27:28 GMT
