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Book

Live at the Forbidden City
Live at the Forbidden City offers a singular look at the rapidly evolving Chinese popular music scene, as seen through the eyes of one of the first progressive Western musicians to perform extensively in both China and Taiwan.
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Articles

• Liner notes, Timelines by Lesli Dalaba, Tzadik Records, 2005.
  
  
• Various music entries, The Routledge Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture. 2004.
  
  
• Concert review: Han Bennink, Paul Bley, Bill Frisell & Lee Konitz, The Tentacle, December 2000–January 2001
  
  
• Northwest Music: An Endangered Species?, The Tentacle, June-July 2000
  
  
• Stuart Dempster: A Class Act, The Tentacle, April-May 2000
  
  
• Concert review: Anti-Fascist Marching Band Live at the WTO Protest, The Tentacle, February-March 2000
  
  
• The Vagaries of Touring China, The Tentacle, July 1999
  
  
• Book review: Like A Knife: Ideology and Genre in Contemporary Chinese Popular Music, by Andrew F. Jones, The Tentacle, March 1999
  
  
• The LAND Tour and the Rise of Jazz in China, CHIME No. 10: The Journal of the European Foundation for Chinese Music Research, 1999
  
  
• Improvised music CD reviews, The Improvisor, 1999
  Chris Burn Ensemble
  Lol Coxhill & Veryan Weston
  Takla Makan with Barre Phillips
  
  
• Identity Politics in Creative Music: Rebuilding the Walls?, The Tentacle, July 1998
  
  
• Interview: Seattle Supersonics Broadcasters Kevin Calabro and Marques Johnson on Music, The Tentacle, 1998
  
  
• Modern jazz and improvised music CD reviews, MusicHound Jazz Guide, 1998
  
  
• Contemporary classical and Asian traditional music CD reviews, amazon.com Web site, 1998
  Gyorgy Ligeti: Mechanical Music
  Iannis Xenakis: Kraanerg
  Idjah Hadidjah: Tonggeret
  Vijaya Anand: Dance Raja Dance: Asia Classics Vol. 1
  White Moon: Tsagaan Star
  Sinawi Music of Korea
  
  
• Numerous articles on Asian cities, countries, and geographical regions, Microsoft Encarta Virtual Globe, 1998
  
  
• New Directions in Chinese Music —a series of Web pages featuring innovative Chinese musicians on the Sonarchy World Wide Web site
  
  
• Papua New Guinea feature, Mungo Park online adventure travel magazine, 1997
  
  
• The Timbre Line, Earshot Jazz, December 1997
  
  
• The Music of Tan Dun, Musika (Israel), November 1997
  
  
• Microsoft Streets Plus user's manual, 1997
  
  
• LAND Reforms China, Earshot Jazz, January 1997
  
  
• Colony USA, The New Expatriate (Taipei), 1996
  
  
• Baseball in Taiwan, Microsoft Complete Baseball (CD-Rom), 1995
  
  
• Numerous articles, Microsoft Baseball Daily, 1995
  
  
• Cui Jian Makes U.S. Debut in Seattle, CHIME No. 8: Journal of the European Foundation for Chinese Music Research, Spring 1995
  
  
• Earshot Jazz Festival's Asian-American Talent, The Stranger, October 1994
  
  
• Earshot Jazz Festival Preview, The Stranger, October 1994
  
  
• Chinese Rock Legend Cui Jian Comes to Bumbershoot, The Stranger, September 1994
  
  
• A Western Musician's View of China's Rock and Pop Scene, CHIME No. 6: Journal of the European Foundation for Chinese Music Research, Spring 1993
  
  
• Numerous feature articles, Arts Focus magazine, 1988
  
  
• Interview With Recording Engineer Martin Bisi, Sound Choice magazine, Vol. 4, 1986
  
  
• Numerous record reviews, OPTION magazine, 1980s
  
  
• Numerous record reviews, Sound Choice magazine, 1980s
  
  

Editorial

• Editor / Instructional Designer, Wadeware LLC, 2004–present
  
  
• Project Editor / Courseware Editor, Microsoft Learning, 1999–2004
  
  
• Co-editor, The Tentacle, the free magazine of Northwest creative music, 1997–2001
  
  
• Editor, The Guide to IBM Client/Server Certification, by Dov Weizman, InfoSpace Press, 1996
  
  
• Copy Chief, Microsoft Expedia, 1/99–7/99
  
  
• Editorial lead, Microsoft Geography products Web resources, 1995
  
  
• Co-editor, Microsoft Baseball Daily, 1994–95
  
  
• Lead editor, Microsoft Complete Baseball and Complete NBA Basketball, 1993-96
  
  
• Music Editor/Copy Chief, ArtsFocus Magazine, Seattle, 1987-88
  
  
• Lead editor, Executive Word Processing, New York, NY, 1985-86
  

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