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Archive for November, 2005

An interesting time in Wordpress theme design

By Emile • Nov 9th, 2005 • Category: Design, General, Wordpress

For those who have not been viewing the site through their favorite newsreader, have noticed the tweaks and changes to the blog design which have been the result of several things:

Most importantly, some of the new designs I’m experimenting with for both Taft and Elvgren
The evolution of Michael’s K2 project
My most recent discovery, through the […]



Santana: All That I Am

By Emile • Nov 7th, 2005 • Category: Entertainment, General, Music

It’s incredibly easy to pass judgement Malcolm-Gladwell-style which I myself have done even initially passing Santana’s Supernatural album as “pretty good” rather than the multi-platinum life-changing epiphany that it truly was.
You have to give the production of this album some slack in certain respects, the songs seem to be orderered miserably and while Santana […]



Carlos Santana Saved My Life…

By Emile • Nov 2nd, 2005 • Category: Entertainment, General, Music

… is a bit of a dramatic title, but it rings true nonetheless. It’s an honest revelation, a catharsis of sorts that I have never really revealed, until now, but it’s something I feel I should say.

Being a modest but always-thirsty-for-new-inspiration guitarist had me stumble 5 years ago on an article that was entitled […]