Interest in the Django web framework in Vancouver seems to be growing. The Vancouver Python and Zope Users Group held a meeting last Tuesday where Paul Prescod, Dethe Elza, and I gave presentations on various facets of Django development. In addition, the Django Book is attracting interest for its collaborative proofing model.
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Mon, 2009-11-16 11:55
I have to slow down a bit as I hit some of Seattle’s notorious rush hour traffic. I am on my way to an island off the north coast of Washington State, where the 3rd annual Northwest Django Festival is already underway. I check my watch again, wondering if I have made the right decision to come all the way from Massachusetts on the basis of a few recommendations in an online chat group. But, in some sense, this is a trip that I have been planning for a very long time. testking 642-456 Maybe since the ‘70’s. I first heard the music of Django Reinhardt when it temporarily infected the greater New York bluegrass community. I remember being awestruck by the guitar wizardry of this French Gypsy genius who, having lost the use of part of his left hand in a caravan fire, developed a two-finger soloing style that dazzled the music world in the heady days of "le jazz hot". And I dare say that hearing his partner Stéphane Grappelli’s elegant and fiery violin solos was an inspiration for me to pursue the violin in earnest. testking MB2-633 Unfortunately for most of us bluegrassers, there was something about the feel of their "Quintet of the Hot Club of France" that seemed impossible to replicate. We picked up a few hot licks but eventually drifted back to bluegrass or to western swing, the American-grown version of string jazz based on a more familiar country beat. So it was with me. As a part-time musician, testking 70-450 I always tried to inject a bit of swing into whatever group I was playing with, but it was hard finding anyone else with the drive or knowledge to tackle the "QHCF" sound straight on. So I continued to listen to my Django recordings on the sly, and catch Grappelli if he happened to be touring nearby, but I had the distinct impression that the music of the Hot Club of France was strictly a thing of the past.