<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas</title>
	<atom:link href="http://kwbo.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>64 musical miniatures prompted by the 易經 I-Ching (Book of Changes)</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:04:50 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain='kwbo.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/0676d5c2a9fab673783fbc74f54d5223?s=96&#038;d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas</title>
		<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
			<item>
		<title>Kidnapping Water Trailer</title>
		<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/kidnapping-water-trailer/</link>
		<comments>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/kidnapping-water-trailer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kubota Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trailer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kwbo.wordpress.com/?p=415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Back from Los Angeles, where filmmaker Vivian Umino cobbled together a trailer from footage of a Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas performance at Kubota Garden.
Thanks Viv. The source material was sketchy, but the trailer looks great.
Posted in Movies Tagged: Kubota Garden, trailer      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kwbo.wordpress.com&blog=3866766&post=415&subd=kwbo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/kidnapping-water-trailer/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">hearbyron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/p8fY6PFdmzY/2.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>H2O Challenge</title>
		<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/h2o-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/h2o-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H2O]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kwbo.wordpress.com/?p=411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The H2O Project drills clean water wells around the world.
Here are stats from their website:
1. Every 15 seconds, a child dies because of a lack of clean drinking water. That is 6,000 children per day, or two million per year. 
2. In most cases, clean water is right beneath their feet, but there is no well, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kwbo.wordpress.com&blog=3866766&post=411&subd=kwbo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/h2o-challenge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">hearbyron</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Finalist</title>
		<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/finalist/</link>
		<comments>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/finalist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/finalist/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas was selected as a 2009 Richard Rodgers Award Finalist.
While the Bottled Operas didn&#8217;t win an award, I&#8217;m amazed that this honor given to musical theater works considered including the Bottled Operas &#8211; a set of 64 works to be performed by any number of musicians, outdoors in the water.
Thanks to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kwbo.wordpress.com&blog=3866766&post=406&subd=kwbo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/finalist/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">hearbyron</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>CD Makes a Splash</title>
		<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/cd/</link>
		<comments>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/cd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[press release]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kwbo.wordpress.com/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[




New audio recording features opera singers and water percussionists 
Seattle, WA &#8212; February 17, 2009 &#8211; 
One day, composer Byron Au Yong was overcome in the bottled water section of the supermarket. He heard voices from Poland Spring and Fiji cry out. Au Yong, a Seattle-based musician who composes songs of dislocation, realized that water [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kwbo.wordpress.com&blog=3866766&post=402&subd=kwbo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/cd/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">hearbyron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://cdbaby.name/b/y/byronauyong.jpg" medium="image" />

		<media:content url="http://www.whitleymedia.com/pr/images/spacer.gif" medium="image" />

		<media:content url="http://cdbaby.name/b/y/byronauyong.jpg" medium="image" />

		<media:content url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/prxbuilder/4b1a1046-7b28-46e0-a1d4-dbb3d9d204e3_KWBOSamamishR.jpg" medium="image" />

		<media:content url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/prxbuilder/4b1a1046-7b28-46e0-a1d4-dbb3d9d204e3_Downtown" medium="image" />

		<media:content url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/prxbuilder/4b1a1046-7b28-46e0-a1d4-dbb3d9d204e3_KWBOes.jpg" medium="image" />

		<media:content url="http://www.whitleymedia.com/pr/images/delicious.small.gif" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Bookmark with del.icio.us</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.whitleymedia.com/pr/images/digg.gif" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Digg This!</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.whitleymedia.com/pr/images/spacer.gif" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>CD Released</title>
		<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/cd-released/</link>
		<comments>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/cd-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/cd-released/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
23 of 64 Bottled Operas are now available on the Kidnapping Water CD.
CDs and MP3s are available at CD Baby.
Posted in Music Tagged: CD      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kwbo.wordpress.com&blog=3866766&post=394&subd=kwbo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/cd-released/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">hearbyron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://kwbo.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/kwbocd.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">cd cover</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Happy Holidays</title>
		<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday greeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slideshow]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kwbo.wordpress.com/?p=376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Posted in Music, Photos Tagged: holiday greeting, slideshow      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kwbo.wordpress.com&blog=3866766&post=376&subd=kwbo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/holidays/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">hearbyron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/51Ix7x9Ldsc/2.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Felton</title>
		<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/felton/</link>
		<comments>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/felton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bluegrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Felton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[locally owned water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kwbo.wordpress.com/?p=385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a six-year battle with California-American Water, a subsidiary of the German multinational corporation  Rheinisch-Westfsches Elektrizitwerk Aktiengesellschaft [RWE], a town in Northern California called Felton and the San Lorenzo Valley Water District manage and own their own water. Their model, Friends for Locally Controlled Water [FLOW], shows how American citizens band together and create communities where water is locally controlled.

Their website includes poetry about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kwbo.wordpress.com&blog=3866766&post=385&subd=kwbo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/felton/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">hearbyron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://kwbo.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/felton.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Felton</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Performances and Installation</title>
		<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/jsp/</link>
		<comments>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/jsp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kwbo.wordpress.com/?p=236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Waterway Performances

Sound / Light Installation


Posted in Uncategorized       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kwbo.wordpress.com&blog=3866766&post=236&subd=kwbo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/jsp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">hearbyron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://kwbo.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/collage1.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Kidnapping Water Performance Collage</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://kwbo.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/kwboinstallation.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Bottled Operas Installation</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Kidnapping Water Installation Press Release</title>
		<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/kidnapping-water-installation-press-release/</link>
		<comments>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/kidnapping-water-installation-press-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kwbo.wordpress.com/?p=221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pulldate November 21, 2008
Contact: Levi Fuller
Jack Straw New Media Gallery
(206) 634-0919; levi@jackstraw.org
KIDNAPPED WATER FOUND AT JACK STRAW NEW MEDIA GALLERY
Collaborative Sound/Light Installation Extended Through November 21, 2008
(Seattle, WA) Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas Sound/Light Installation, a collaboration between Seattle-based composer Byron Au Yong and artist Randy Moss, has been extended through November 21, 2008.
&#8220;We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kwbo.wordpress.com&blog=3866766&post=221&subd=kwbo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/kidnapping-water-installation-press-release/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">hearbyron</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Flow the film</title>
		<link>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/flow/</link>
		<comments>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/flow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kwbo.wordpress.com/?p=379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Who owns water? Provocative question posed by the documentary Flow.
Watch the trailer.
Posted in Ally, Movies Tagged: documentary, environment, film, Flow, water crisis      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kwbo.wordpress.com&blog=3866766&post=379&subd=kwbo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://kwbo.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/flow/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">hearbyron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://kwbo.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/flow-ecard.gif?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Flow</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>