Author: Kupitero
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Of Mist and Melting to Sonora
I beckoned my aunts (on a visit from Manila) to the waiting car as I prepped the engine for our trip to the Black Oak Indian reservation casino situated in Tuolumne, California — about 8 miles east of Sonora. The day started on a misty note as the sun never showed up in Fremont on…
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“Cash” Creek
Once more, this time with my visiting aunts in tow, we visited yet another Indian casino called Cache Creek — one of the several that had mushroomed (and continues to) around California. The drive was a leisurely one since we embarked immediately after the rush hour traffic on a Thursday morning. In about two hours,…
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The Futile (?) Quest for the Meaning of Life
It had been a perennial mystery for me who dictates the duration of one’s life. Why do some people die young (by natural or other causes) while some people almost live theirs to the fullest – to the point where their bodies can no longer endure the ravages of extreme old age? Are these all…
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Red Hot + Rio
Our feature for next week’s iRadio broadcast. This is just one in a series of albums that started in 1990 and showcased the world’s best Brasilian/jazz musicians, in support for the search of a cure for AIDS. Very noteable was the combo of Astrud Gilberto and George Michael – as well as Everything But the…
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In Search of Caldera
Once in a while, we are in the hunt for music we had loved listening to – maybe, all throughout the years of our existence. What compounds the problem is the ever-changing mode of recording music. It seemed that only a few years back, I was either listening to vinyl records or to 8-track tapes…