Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Another Post about the NPs???

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OK, so I didn't get around to writing the AC Newman concert review until last week. And as I was sending it, I thought, hey, maybe I sho...
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Bud Shank Remembered - the context

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After posting my memories of Bud Shank, I figured it might be a good idea to add a little context to explain what he was all about. Everythi...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Remembering Bud Shank

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Bud Shank's name entered my world at a very early age. My parents were Bud fans and had a few of his albums. In my post-toddler years, I...
Sunday, April 05, 2009

When it rains, the assignments come in

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All the interviews have been conducted and transcribed for my Sean Jones story. That's actually the hardest part - the transcribing, th...
Monday, March 30, 2009

Of Pornographers and cheap reissues

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Playing right now: My pal Erin on WYEP. I'm listening online while blogging, and I was on Facebook while listening, moments ago. I'm...
Thursday, March 26, 2009

Writing about music

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I think I turned a corner today, as far as my writing voice is concerned. I made a pun in a CD review. That's unprecedented. And puns us...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The Best and the Worst

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I might've said it before in this blog, but I can't remember, so I'll say it again. It is my opinion that Simon & Garfunkel...
Friday, March 13, 2009

A talk with Bernard Stollman of ESP, Part 2

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Back in September, I printed the first part of an interview with Bernard Stollman, the man behind ESP-Disk Records, the infamous underground...
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Pittsburgh still has good rock

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Playing right now: Wynton Marsalis - He and She (Blue Note) (That's right. I'm making a list of new releases that come to me so that...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

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Today I filed two reviews with Blurt and we're now allowed to add a hyperlink to our bylines so that readers can be connected to our pe...
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Awwww, man!

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The "How Many Good Albums..." post was written on Jan. 7 but I thought I lost it and it didn't get up, until a minute ago when...

Percussive Clatter

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Playing right now: Art Ensemble of Chicago - Reese and the Smooth Ones I bought this yesterday at Paul's. I'm off all week because t...
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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I just spent the last 15 minutes, which should've been spent getting read to face the day, writing about my attempts at compiling a Top ...

How many good albums were there?

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Had I KNOWN that this was saved in the edit file, it would've run a month ago. (See two posts ago.) I still say you people suck. Not you...
Thursday, December 11, 2008

Ron and Russell's high water mark

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Playing right now: Sparks - Propaganda This is the second night in a row I've sat at the computer with my big honkin' headphones on ...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

Usually, they go in threes

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But let's see, last week we lost Yma Sumac, Jimmy Carl Black, Miriam Makeba and Mitch Mitchell. What a jam session that would be in the ...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Yes, some respect for David Sanborn

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Playing up until a few minutes ago: Disc 6 of The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton What can I say about it? Nothing right now. ...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Coping devices

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If I listened to Anthony Braxton's For Alto album every morning while getting ready for work, maybe I'd have a better outlook on th...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

October update

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Geez, I didn't mean to be away for so long. Since I last wrote, saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa came to Pittsburgh for the International...
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Friday, September 05, 2008

A talk with Bernard Stollman of ESP

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Alfred Lion, Neshui Ertegun, Orrin Keepnews - all started record labels that released records that shaped musical history. (Blue Note, Atlan...
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