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diff --git a/posts/2009-11-02-qtbhl.html b/posts/2009-11-02-qtbhl.html
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+title: Quitian Bu Huilai
+date: 2009-11-02 00:00
+tags: music, guitar, chinese, recording, video
+type: short
+photo: qtbhl.png
+---
+
+<p>
+  Watch me play <emph>Qiutian Bu Huilai</emph> on the
+  guitar: <a href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTI5Njk4OTI4.html">video
+  link</a>
+</p>
diff --git a/posts/2009-11-02-qtbhl.markdown b/posts/2009-11-02-qtbhl.markdown
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----
-title: Quitian Bu Huilai
-date: 2009/11/02
-tags: music, guitar, chinese, recording, video
-type: short
-photo: qtbhl.png
----
-
-Watch me play *Qiutian Bu Huilai* on the guitar: [video link](http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTI5Njk4OTI4.html)
diff --git a/posts/2010-01-29-meeting-program-directors.html b/posts/2010-01-29-meeting-program-directors.html
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+title: Meeting with Program Directors
+date: 2010-01-29 00:00
+tags: music, chinese, tv, performance
+---
+
+<p>
+  We will be meeting with the program directors of Quan Jia Dou Lai Sai
+  today to discuss details of our performance.
+</p>
diff --git a/posts/2010-01-29-meeting-program-directors.markdown b/posts/2010-01-29-meeting-program-directors.markdown
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-title: Meeting with Program Directors
-date: 2010/01/29
-tags: music, chinese, tv, performance
----
-
-We will be meeting with the program directors of Quan Jia Dou Lai Sai today to discuss details of our performance.
diff --git a/posts/2010-02-04-practise.html b/posts/2010-02-04-practise.html
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+title: Practise
+date: 2010-02-04 00:00
+tags: show, tv
+---
+
+<p>
+  Today I’ve been practicing the whole day.  “Long de Chuan Ren” works
+  very well on the Stick now while singing.  I’ve also changed my
+  interpretation of “Niu Zai Hen Mang” (those of you who’ve downloaded
+  the demo before will hear the changes); I haven’t yet uploaded new
+  versions and probably will not do so before the broadcast.  If the
+  live performance fails for some reason, I might put up a
+  what-if-version then.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  Lately, I was trying to memorize the self-made Shanghainese lyrics
+  for “Hui Niang Jia” which I will have to sing partly some time
+  during the show.  It is rather difficult and not rewarding as the
+  song doesn’t sound nice—if that’s despite or because of the
+  Shanghainese lyrics I dare not say...
+</p>
diff --git a/posts/2010-02-04-practise.markdown b/posts/2010-02-04-practise.markdown
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----
-title: Practise
-date: 2010/02/04
-tags: show, tv
----
-
-Today I've been practicing the whole day. "Long de Chuan Ren" works very
-well on the Stick now while singing. I've also changed my interpretation
-of "Niu Zai Hen Mang" (those of you who've downloaded the demo before will
-hear the changes); I haven't yet uploaded new versions and probably will
-not do so before the broadcast. If the live performance fails for some
-reason, I might put up a what-if-version then.
-
-Lately, I was trying to memorize the self-made Shanghainese lyrics for
-"Hui Niang Jia" which I will have to sing partly some time during
-the show. It is rather difficult and not rewarding as the song doesn't
-sound nice---if that's despite or because of the Shanghainese lyrics I
-dare not say...
diff --git a/posts/2010-02-06-rehearsal.html b/posts/2010-02-06-rehearsal.html
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+title: Rehearsal
+date: 2010-02-06 00:00
+tags: show, tv
+---
+
+<p>
+  Taking part in a confusing competition on TV requires more than just
+  practise on the own instruments at home.  Dependent on the individual
+  family’s show, more preparation is needed on site.  Inspecting the
+  technical equipment, the available costumes and staging part of our
+  performance under the guidance of a choreographer (presumably) is
+  going to happen all on that day.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  Until then I will have to memorize a number of lyrics, prepare for
+  the worst (i.e. learning how to maneuver on the fretboard of the
+  Stick with failing monitoring equipment) and stuff my head with the
+  most impressive Shanghainese phrases... I can already see myself
+  forgetting everything but singing and playing the instrument; that
+  sight is surprisingly not as horrifying as I thought it would seem
+  to me.
+</p>
diff --git a/posts/2010-02-06-rehearsal.markdown b/posts/2010-02-06-rehearsal.markdown
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----
-title: Rehearsal
-date: 2010/02/06
-tags: show, tv
----
-
-Taking part in a confusing competition on TV requires more than just practise
-on the own instruments at home. Dependent on the individual family's
-show, more preparation is needed on site. Inspecting the technical equipment,
-the available costumes and staging part of our performance under the guidance
-of a choreographer (presumably) is going to happen all on that day.
-
-Until then I will have to memorize a number of lyrics, prepare for the worst
-(i.e. learning how to maneuver on the fretboard of the Stick with failing
-monitoring equipment) and stuff my head with the most impressive Shanghainese
-phrases... I can already see myself forgetting everything but singing and
-playing the instrument; that sight is surprisingly not as horrifying as I
-thought it would seem to me.
diff --git a/posts/2010-02-08-first-performance-on-tv.html b/posts/2010-02-08-first-performance-on-tv.html
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+title: First performance on national TV
+date: 2010-02-08 00:00
+tags: show, tv
+---
+
+<p>
+  I’ve just come back from the most confusing and eye-opening
+  experience since my arrival in China.  I’m still trying to digest
+  what happened during the past hours, but I cannot quite comprehend.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  Though I cannot be sure that the result of today’s appearance on TV
+  is actually deserved or just one move in a huge game of chess, I
+  think it can be regarded as a pretty successful event. Currently,
+  there
+  is <a href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTUxMDczMDE2.html">one
+  video up on youku</a>, showing excerpts from the rehearsals and a
+  short interview with me.
+</p>
diff --git a/posts/2010-02-08-first-performance-on-tv.markdown b/posts/2010-02-08-first-performance-on-tv.markdown
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----
-title: First performance on national TV
-date: 2010/02/08
-tags: show, tv
----
-
-I've just come back from the most confusing and eye-opening
-experience since my arrival in China. I'm still trying to
-digest what happened during the past hours, but I cannot quite
-comprehend.
-
-Though I cannot be sure that the result of today's appearance
-on TV is actually deserved or just one move in a huge game of
-chess, I think it can be regarded as a pretty successful
-event. Currently, there is [one video up on
-youku](http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTUxMDczMDE2.html),
-showing excerpts from the rehearsals and a short interview
-with me.
diff --git a/posts/2010-02-11-no-news.html b/posts/2010-02-11-no-news.html
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+title: No news
+date: 2010-02-11 00:00
+tags: meta
+---
+
+<p>
+  No events are scheduled, so you should not expect any news.  I might,
+  however, upload new videos and songs from time to time.
+</p>
diff --git a/posts/2010-02-11-no-news.markdown b/posts/2010-02-11-no-news.markdown
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----
-title: No news
-date: 2010/02/11
-tags: meta
----
-
-No events are scheduled, so
-you should not expect any
-news. I might, however, upload
-new videos and songs from time
-to time.
diff --git a/posts/2010-08-05-flow-on-the-alto-stick-video.markdown b/posts/2010-08-05-flow-on-the-alto-stick-video.html
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--- a/posts/2010-08-05-flow-on-the-alto-stick-video.markdown
+++ b/posts/2010-08-05-flow-on-the-alto-stick-video.html
@@ -1,32 +1,42 @@
----
-title: &ldquo;Flow&rdquo; on Alto Stick: the video
-date: 2010/08/05
+title: “Flow” on Alto Stick: the video
+date: 2010-08-05 00:00
 tags: music, video, alto stick, chapman stick
 ---
 
-Here I publish the plain video to the [recording I published
-yesterday](/posts/2010-08-04-alto-stick.html).
-
-This is for documentation purposes only. Enjoyment is just a possible side
-effect. Just look at my face in the video and you know what I mean. Music is
-serious business.
+<p>
+  Here I publish the plain video to
+  the <a href="/posts/2010-08-04-alto-stick.html">recording I
+  published yesterday</a>.
+</p>
 
-I noticed just now that the chord progression follows rather closely that one
-in Mayday's &ldquo;天使&rdquo;, a song I&#8217;m currently practising. I was
-asked to play one song on a wedding this Sunday and it will likely be 天使 in
-an unusual arrangement, blending some of the ideas that shine through the
-improvisation with the lyrics of that song. I'm expecting to have enough time
-on Saturday or Monday evening to record it and put it on display here.
+<p>
+  This is for documentation purposes only. Enjoyment is just a
+  possible side effect. Just look at my face in the video and you know
+  what I mean. Music is serious business.
+</p>
 
+<p>
+  I noticed just now that the chord progression follows rather closely
+  that one in Mayday’s “天使”, a song I’m currently
+  practising. I was asked to play one song on a wedding this Sunday
+  and it will likely be 天使 in an unusual arrangement, blending some
+  of the ideas that shine through the improvisation with the lyrics of
+  that song. I’m expecting to have enough time on Saturday or Monday
+  evening to record it and put it on display here.
+</p>
+  
 <video width="100%" autobuffer controls poster="/images/posts/alto-stick.jpg">
-  <source src='/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_low.mp4'/>
-  <source src='/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_low.ogv'/>
+  <source src="/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_low.mp4"/>
+  <source src="/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_low.ogv"/>
 </video>
 
-I offer this video for download in several formats. Choose one from the list
-below. When you do not want to care about codecs, [download the free VLC
-player](http://videolan.org). If you are on Linux `mplayer` will work fine,
-too.
+<p>
+  I offer this video for download in several formats. Choose one from
+  the list below. When you do not want to care about
+  codecs, <a href="http://videolan.org">download the free VLC
+  player</a>. If you are on GNU/Linux <code>mplayer</code> will work
+  fine, too.
+</p>
 
 <!--
 		<h2>High Quality (HD 1080)</h2>
@@ -54,7 +64,7 @@ too.
 			//-->
 
 
-## Medium Quality (HD 720)
+<h2>Medium Quality (HD 720)</h2>
 <div class="download">
   <table>
     <tr><th>codecs</th><td>h.264 + mp3</td></tr>
@@ -63,7 +73,7 @@ too.
     <tr><th>container</th><td>mp4</td></tr>
     <tr><th>size</th><td>105&thinsp;MB<td></tr>
   </table>
-  <a href='/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_medium.mp4'>download</a>
+  <a href="/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_medium.mp4">download</a>
 </div>
 
 <div class="download">
@@ -74,10 +84,10 @@ too.
     <tr><th>container</th><td>ogv</td></tr>
     <tr><th>size</th><td>103&thinsp;MB</td></tr>
   </table>
-  <a href='/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_medium.ogv'>download</a>
+  <a href="/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_medium.ogv">download</a>
 </div>
 
-## Low Quality (HD 480)
+<h2>Low Quality (HD 480)</h2>
 
 <div class="download">
   <table>
@@ -87,7 +97,7 @@ too.
     <tr><th>container</th><td>mp4</td></tr>
     <tr><th>size</th><td>54&thinsp;MB<td></tr>
   </table>
-  <a href='/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_low.mp4'>download</a>
+  <a href="/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_low.mp4">download</a>
 </div>
 
 <div class="download">
@@ -98,11 +108,12 @@ too.
     <tr><th>container</th><td>ogv</td></tr>
     <tr><th>size</th><td>53&thinsp;MB</td></tr>
   </table>
-  <a href='/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_low.ogv'>download</a>
+  <a href="/downies/videos/flow_on_alto_stick_low.ogv">download</a>
 </div>
 
-## Streaming
+<h2>Streaming</h2>
 
-I've uploaded the video to both
-[Youku](http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTk1NTQ0MDM2.html) and [The
-Tube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b58akRUnrw8).
+<p>
+  I’ve uploaded the video
+  to <a href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTk1NTQ0MDM2.html">Youku</a>.
+</p>
diff --git a/posts/2012-07-02-frogs.markdown b/posts/2012-07-02-frogs.html
index abda03d..f7bab26 100644
--- a/posts/2012-07-02-frogs.markdown
+++ b/posts/2012-07-02-frogs.html
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
----
 title: Frogs
+date: 2012-07-02 00:00
 ---
 
-I&#39;m not a photographer. I&#39;m not a writer either. I don&#39;t even
-have a story to tell, because a story would have a beginning, a climax, an
-end. What follows is a description of immutable state only---the state of
-frogs in an artificial pond in a residential district not far from
-Shanghai&#39;s northern railway station.
+<p>
+  I’m not a photographer.  I’m not a writer either.  I don’t even have
+  a story to tell, because a story would have a beginning, a climax,
+  an end.  What follows is a description of immutable state only—the
+  state of frogs in an artificial pond in a residential district not
+  far from Shanghai’s northern railway station.
+</p>
 
 <img class="full stretch" src="/images/posts/frogs01.jpg" alt="frogs" />
 <img class="full stretch" src="/images/posts/frogs02.jpg" alt="frogs" />
diff --git a/posts/2013-10-26-superstition.html b/posts/2013-10-26-superstition.html
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+title: Cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition”
+tags: music,cover,chapman stick
+date: 2013-10-26 00:00
+---
+
+<p>
+  <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rekado/superstition">Here</a> is my
+  almost-finished cover of Stevie Wonder’s <emph>Superstition</emph>.
+</p>
+  
+<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/114302583"></iframe>
+
+<p>
+  The drum sounds come from a single Wavedrum track; I played the
+  Wavedrum with hands only (no sticks). What sounds a bit like hi hats
+  is really the snare of the snare drum sound, played with the
+  fingertips. The patch consists of a velocity-sensitive snare drum
+  and bass drum sounds. (There are still some spots in the drum track
+  that don’t sound tight.)
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  The bass is a custom patch on the Nord Lead synthesizer (a little
+  too much portamento, I think).
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  Where in the original several clavinet tracks are used I recorded a
+  single Alto Stick. The main theme is played with the left hand on
+  the bass side while the chordal accents are played on the melody
+  side with the right.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  Sadly, I don’t own any brass instruments, so I played the unison
+  section on the Alto Stick (two-handed), added a guitar and spread
+  them wide apart in the stereo spectrum.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  I also added a few splashes of Ukulele whenever it’s a little
+  quieter in the song. Because I have one (yay).
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  I’m not really satisfied with the whole thing, but it’s impossible
+  for me to distinguish between annoyances due to perfectionism and
+  those that are actually justified.  I’m still working on a video
+  showing the arrangement on the Stick; before publishing it I might
+  revisit the mix of my recording and tweak the sound a bit.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  The whole track was recorded and mixed
+  with <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free
+  Software</a>, most notably <a href="http://ardour.org">Ardour</a>
+  and the <a href="http://calf.sourceforge.net/plugins.html">Calf
+  audio plugin suite</a>.  To the developers and maintainers: thank
+  you so much!
+</p>
diff --git a/posts/2013-10-26-superstition.markdown b/posts/2013-10-26-superstition.markdown
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----
-title: Cover of Stevie Wonder's &ldquo;Superstition&rdquo;
-tags: music,cover,chapman stick
----
-
-
-[Here](https://soundcloud.com/rekado/superstition) is my
-almost-finished cover of Stevie Wonder's *Superstition*.
-
-<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/114302583"></iframe>
-
-The drum sounds come from a single Wavedrum track; I played the
-Wavedrum with hands only (no sticks). What sounds a bit like hi hats
-is really the snare of the snare drum sound, played with the
-fingertips. The patch consists of a velocity-sensitive snare drum and
-bass drum sounds. (There are still some spots in the drum track that
-don't sound tight.)
-
-The bass is a custom patch on the Nord Lead synthesizer (a little too
-much portamento, I think).
-
-Where in the original several clavinet tracks are used I recorded a
-single Alto Stick. The main theme is played with the left hand on the
-bass side while the chordal accents are played on the melody side with
-the right.
-
-Sadly, I don't own any brass instruments, so I played the unison
-section on the Alto Stick (two-handed), added a guitar and spread them
-wide apart in the stereo spectrum.
-
-I also added a few splashes of Ukulele whenever it's a little quieter
-in the song. Because I have one (yay).
-
-I'm not really satisfied with the whole thing, but it's impossible for
-me to distinguish between annoyances due to perfectionism and those
-that are actually justified.  I'm still working on a video showing the
-arrangement on the Stick; before publishing it I might revisit the mix
-of my recording and tweak the sound a bit.
-
-The whole track was recorded and mixed with
-[Free Software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html), most
-notably [Ardour](http://ardour.org) and the
-[Calf audio plugin suite](http://calf.sourceforge.net/plugins.html).
-To the developers and maintainers: thank you so much!