http://www.robertskoro.com www.robertskoro.com Sat, 01 May 2010 12:44:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.robertskoro.com/2010/04/30/vampire-diaries/ http://www.robertskoro.com/2010/04/30/vampire-diaries/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 00:25:18 +0000 Robert http://www.robertskoro.com/?p=377 Woo Hoo! My song “In Line” was featured in the April 29th episode of the CW’s Vampire Diaries You can’t watch it online yet. I’ll repost when it comes up. xo rs  Share now!]]> http://www.robertskoro.com/2010/04/30/vampire-diaries/feed/ 8 http://www.robertskoro.com/2010/04/01/ten-centuries/ http://www.robertskoro.com/2010/04/01/ten-centuries/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:40:15 +0000 Robert http://www.robertskoro.com/?p=360 I’ll be playing bass with Ten Centuries at the Fine Line tomorrow night, Friday, April 2.  It’s the Communist Daughter CD release party, and should prove to be a good time if my experience with Mr. Solomon rings true on this night as well.  Ten Centuries, which features my friends Bill Caperton, Mike Gunnerson, and [...]]]> http://www.robertskoro.com/2010/04/01/ten-centuries/feed/ 0 http://www.robertskoro.com/2010/02/03/u-of-m-kicking-ass/ http://www.robertskoro.com/2010/02/03/u-of-m-kicking-ass/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:06:16 +0000 Robert http://www.robertskoro.com/?p=317 All I’ll say is that this week sucks: reading 100+ pages per day for only a portion of my courseload, working continuously from 6 am to 11:30pm every day.  Blah.  Being and time vs. time and being.  Double blah. Last week was much the same, but augmented by Zhao Liang’s moving documentary, Petition, at the Walker [...]]]> http://www.robertskoro.com/2010/02/03/u-of-m-kicking-ass/feed/ 0 http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/12/15/snakes-and-a-plane/ http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/12/15/snakes-and-a-plane/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:36:50 +0000 Robert http://www.robertskoro.com/?p=308 …And then I was done.  We had a round-up of all our host families, teachers, and friends on Wednesday before flying to Beijing.  A really great meal with a little bit of talent show to it, Napoleon-Dynamite-esque tai-chi-qian performance (which includes a broadsword), and an erhu performance by yours truly.  As long as folks still [...]]]> http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/12/15/snakes-and-a-plane/feed/ 3 http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/12/08/from-the-ground-up/ http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/12/08/from-the-ground-up/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:16:13 +0000 Robert http://www.robertskoro.com/?p=301 VACATION!  VACATION!  VACATION! I really can’t get my mind around how quickly the last three months have rocketed by, but low-and-behold the end of my semester has arrived.  I handed in a 46-page paper entitled From the Ground Up about land-use, governance, and Dai culture in Xishuangbanna, which is the southernmost part of Yunnan province. [...]]]> http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/12/08/from-the-ground-up/feed/ 0 http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/11/17/rulebook/ http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/11/17/rulebook/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:55:00 +0000 Robert http://www.robertskoro.com/?p=292 The following is my own personal guide to China that I made for my wife, Ellen, who’s coming here in less than three weeks (!) with less preparation that I had: The Rules Do Not Apply Here: Everything you’ve ever known about how things should be, what constitutes courtesy, and what common sense is, just [...]]]> http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/11/17/rulebook/feed/ 12 http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/11/04/the-wind-at-our-backs/ http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/11/04/the-wind-at-our-backs/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:16:37 +0000 Robert http://www.robertskoro.com/?p=283 Wooooooooooow… Really loving the last two weeks of this life, traveling through northwestern Yunnan. We swung through Weishan, the first capital of the Nanzhao kingdom during the Tang dynasty, which preceded the Kingdom of Dali until it was sacked by­ Genghis Khan at the onset of the Yuan Dynasty.  A low-key, beautiful town, with a [...]]]> http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/11/04/the-wind-at-our-backs/feed/ 1 http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/10/22/holy-daoist-mountain/ http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/10/22/holy-daoist-mountain/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:38:26 +0000 Robert http://www.robertskoro.com/?p=268 I’ve caught a couple minutes’ respite here after a two-week homestay that was coupled with the final weeks of my language classes in Kunming and the beginnings of my preparations to conduct a project of my own here in Yunnan. I really enjoyed the homestay– I think they enjoyed me too, despite my inability to [...]]]> http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/10/22/holy-daoist-mountain/feed/ 1 http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/10/15/xishuangbanna/ http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/10/15/xishuangbanna/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:22:40 +0000 Robert http://www.robertskoro.com/?p=258 My trip to Xishuangbanna was, as predicted, a mix of spur-of-the-moment decisions, short-term plans, small accomplishments, and the occasional minor failure. Melissa, Rose, and I were a capable bunch with a good mix of language skills (my weak point) and travel experience both within and outside of China. We left ready to spend a great [...]]]> http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/10/15/xishuangbanna/feed/ 0 http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/09/29/notthatbad/ http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/09/29/notthatbad/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:58:56 +0000 Robert http://www.robertskoro.com/?p=255 Getting ready for a week of (working) vacation. Being stuck in a classroom for most of the day gets a little old after a while– I can do that at home, no? Had a rowdy Friday night singing KTV until almost 7a.m., and then started getting plans to go to Xishuangbanna together during Saturday and [...]]]> http://www.robertskoro.com/2009/09/29/notthatbad/feed/ 2