Update (August 2018)

The Unexpected Accident Right at the start of summer, on June 9, 2018, to be exact, I broke my ankle in two places. This was supposed to be a summer of action and I had a long list of things I wanted to accomplish. However, I got operated on and they installed 9 screws permanently […]

Kitarakellari Blues in A

I recently released a tune on the Kitarakellari Oy YouTube channel called “Kitarakellari Blues in A”. This is a tune I have had for sometime and it was originally titled “Lucky Nucky”. Sort of an ode to the character of Enoch Malachi “Nucky” Thompson from the hit TV-series “Boardwalk Empire”.  I figured I would just […]

New Job: Kitarakellari + some other updates

New Job: Kitarakellari I’ve returned to teaching after a two year hiatus from teaching. I started working at Kitarakelari on September 1, 2017. Kitarakellari is a small guitar shop in Kauniainen, Finland, that was established in 2012, and is located in a cellar. (Kitara = guitar and kellari = cellar) Please feel free to drop […]

Original Poetry: “Depression” by Jose Bernardo

Depression Depression … that silent debilitation … the hurt that is masterfully masked … the nigh endless desperation of a haunting solitude that rips the soul apart a million times per second and that inaudible scream that cries endlessly of the fear and loathing wedged deep in the crevasses of the mind … the yearning […]

Vlog: Chicken Nuggets + Dip Shootout

The Premise of the Chicken Nuggets Shootout I wanted to do another food video and got to talking with my friend, Thomas, who suggested that we should do a chicken nugget shootout together. So, he’s in the video and we executed his idea with my methodology. We essentially followed the idea from the cheeseburger shootout […]

Original Poetry: “A Pointless Poem” by Jose Bernardo

A Pointless Poem Words Flow For no apparent reason Their existence Is perhaps Pointless Hurt, anger, happiness Thought, fantasies Human Madness Reverse Forward Talk with hands Talk to the hand Lies Truth Beliefs I’ll argue!?! Pointless! Useful! Why bother . . . Do you listen??????????????? This is an original piece by Jose Bernardo. 2001 © […]

Original Poetry: “Slowly” by Jose Bernardo

Slowly Kiss me Do you really need me? Love me Should I be so lucky? Slowly Let me fall in love with you Shake me If I laugh Taste me When your lips caress mine Slowly Let me fall in love with you Lay awake Light the way for me Find me Should I get […]

My love for Soundgarden and Chris Cornell

Rest in Peace Chris Cornell Much of the internet is abuzz today with news of the sudden passing of Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell. As I sit here trying to make sense of this news, I am going to pour my sadness out here on to my blog. I don’t normally cry when my […]

Original Poetry: “Hypnotized by You” by Jose Bernardo

Hypnotized by You It’s quarter to 3 Night or afternoon It matters not Time flies And it’s all so meaningless to me …I float… In the same place Motionless As if I were in the Dead Sea On a waveless day In a moment Shorter than a blink of an eye Things happen in peoples’ […]

Site Update: Jose’s Gear Page (May 2017)

Jose’s Gear Page Update (May 2017) Jose’s gear page has been updated. Please click the link below to see the page or click GEAR under “About Me” in the site menu above. https://halfdeafguitarist.com/en/gear/