Amaranth

Amaranth was a 4 piece rock band formed by 4 UC Davis students. Their sound was a mixture of garage punk with pop accents. Members were Hector (vox/guitar/cowbell), Javi (guitar), Roxie (drums) and I (bass/synth). Source here.

Two of their shows were recorded. Check out the clips below! Below are some clips from back in 2005. Enjoy! (Click on links below for more 'tube vids)

UC Davis Coffee House February 2005

Clap Clap



Emotionally High

UC Davis Picnic Day April 2005

Selena (Everything's Fine)



Clap Clap
Photo Lens Romance
Emotionally High

Cali Vids!

OK, I'll stop filming...



Hello Emily and Ethan!

California Pics Posted!

Pics from September 10-18. I did a little bit of everything. Good Times!

Oz Vids Now Here!

After some initial procrastination and youtube upload problems, I finally have my vids from Australia posted! Check out this clip of a didjerydoo player on the streets of Brisbane, Queensland. Awhsome!



Due the number of clips, click on the links below to see the rest of them. Cheers!

• Roo Takes a Short Walk at Australia Zoo
• Gary gets up close in personal with a Roo at the Australia Zoo
• You Filming Me?
• Koala Munches on some Leaves at the Australia Zoo
• Climbing down the steepness that is Mt. Warning
• Outside the Sydney Opera House after a concert
• Tour Guide talks about Oz during Katoomba Fall tour...notice the accent?
• I ride on the World's Steepest Railway!

Can We Go Back! Music Videos:

Phil Collins - "In the Air Tonight"

Followers?

Do you frequent my blog? Sign up as a "follower". The gadget I added to my blog creates a collage of who's who checking out my site (if any). Yes, I added myself...I'm lame.

First Night in Hostel...

Sydney, Australia. Looking back, awakening in the middle of the night was kinda of like this clip (0:50 and on). I feel for ya David Spade.

How Hot Dogs Are Made

Watch at your own risk! You'll forever judge the hot dogs you eat...It's not stopping me though...

Back to Blogging...

When you've done as much Bay Area traveling as I have these past of couple of days (via car), there's little time to blog. 400 miles to be exact between Thursday through Monday. I will be back in Seattle on Thursday. Expect pics on Friday-ish.

Ethan, my nephew, pictured above at the R2E3 (Ryan, Rimi, Ellie, Ethan, Emily) household in San Ramon, CA

Went Back to Cali

Currently spending time with friends and family. Typing in San Francisco at the moment. Pics to follow in the near future.

Can We Go Back! Music Videos:

Michael McDonald - "I Keep Forgetting"

small change...

I've decided to change the title of my blog to "re: gary-oke"

Australia Pics Post

Hey Mates,

Instead of uploading the +600 pics that I initially took, I have narrowed it down to 194. Vids soon to come.

Cheers!



click here to view complete photo album all at once.

Sleeping in Seattle

From the moment the plane took off from Sydney to time I landed in Seattle was 19 hours and 46 minutes...time for some ZZZs.

Going Back in Time...(Yes, Huey Lewis and The News)

Today I say G'Day and Cheers to Australia and imbark on a long treck back to the States. It's been an awesome ride experiecing the Aussie adventure!

It's currently 9:05 AM Sunday as I type, but I will land in SFO at 10:00 AM on Sunday!!!? Haha. I've seen the future! Ask me about it if you're curious.

I promise to upload my OZ pics and vids ASAP when I get back into the States. Tune in for more visually stimulating posts.

Seattle or Sydney?

If it weren't for people driving on the wrong side of the road I would have swore I was back in downtown Seattle. Today was rain rain and more rain. Blue Mountains tomorrow. I'm hoping the rain lets up.

Sydney Opera House: Sydney Symphony

Hi Mates,

Last night I checked out a superb performance put on by the Sydney Symphony.

Here's the playlist:

Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Danish Folk Music Suite

The Power of Love (...no not Huey Lewis and The News...lol)
Lord Peter's Stable-Boy
'The Nightingale' and "The Two Sisters'
Jutish Medley

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16

(this piece is familiar...you've heard the intro to this one...)

Allegro molto moderato
Adagio -
Allegro moderato molto e marcato

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Lithurigal Symphony (Symphony No. 3)

(the piece reminded me of a WWII movie made in the 50s...actually the piece is a memorial piece in respects to the battlefronts in WWII...very true to form)

Dies irae (Allegro marcato)
Deprofundic clamavi (Adagio)
Dona nobis pacem (Andante)

more time in said Sydney...

Unfotunately I can't upload any photos at this time, however I've been logging in the miles (kilometers) walking around the various districts of Sydney. Yep, walked around the Sydney Opera House area which included the Harbour Bridge and Botanical Gardens. Tomorrow I will be going to a show featuring the Sydney Symphony. My seat is in back of the performance...it should be interesting.

Reflecting back on my stay in Brisbane, I heard these wicked birds all the time. These whip birds definitely due their name justice. Here.