Wednesday, November 18, 2009

My two sonny boys

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This picture was taken a few weeks ago. Brisbane was never to sure about Donovan, but on this day he knew better.
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A Real Gone Cat is Gone

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This might not seem like a music entry, but it will be by the end. On Saturday night my cat Brisbane left his bowl of Fancy Feast almost ful...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The power of educational television

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40 years ago today, Sesame Street debuted, armed with the crazy notion that television could educate kids. All those years ago who'd...
Saturday, November 07, 2009

Here I Go Again

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I've spent the last week to 10 days up to my ears in CDs that I have to review for either Blurt or JazzTimes so the blog has been negl...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

CD Review: Jon Irabagon - The Observer

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Jon Irabagon The Observer (Concord) Jon Irabagon cleans up good. That is to say, after hearing and seeing him exploit all the sonic potentia...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

CD Review: Josh Berman - Old Idea

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Josh Berman Old Idea (Delmark) Delmark, that Chicago institution of a record label, has been documenting a newer generation of Windy City im...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

W'oh! Mo Joe Mo(rris)

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I think I spoke too soon. When I reviewed Joe Morris' album Wildlife (AUM Fidelity) in the October issue of JazzTimes , I opined that Mo...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

CD Review: Digital Primitives- Hum Crackle and Pop

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Digital Primitives Hum Crackle and Pop (Hopscotch) A few Saturdays ago, Digital Primitives came to town and played Garfield Artworks. Not to...
Monday, October 19, 2009

The Love Letters' official debut

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Playing right now: Three Dog Night - Suitable for Framing (I don't care what anyone says, those guys could sing like mother^%&*ers. ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

New things on the Beatles' White Album.

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Playing right now: The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (the same copy that I bought when I was in third grade. Basically a throwaway album, it ne...
Wednesday, October 07, 2009

I'm telling you, the Monkees knew what they talking about

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Today I turn 42 years old. Every so often, especially since Donovan was born, I tend to look back on things in my life and reassess them. I ...
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Saturday, October 03, 2009

CD Review: Chris Potter Underground

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Chris Potter Underground Ultrahang ( ArtistShare ) Stephen Byram's cover art is pretty distinctive. It often has a work-in-progress look...
Friday, October 02, 2009

What do the Dagons think?

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Last week I bought the Vivian Girls' latest album Everything Goes Wrong . I've read a lot about them, and they even came to the Warh...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Most expensive record ever?

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Ok, brothers and sisters, explain this to me. Click on the link to eBay here. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2504966...
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Detroit International Jazz Festival- Day Four

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Playing right now: Sonny Clark - Sonny's Crib (The 1990 CD issue. I just noticed a lot of hiss during Clark's piano solo during ...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Detroit International Jazz Festival- Day Three

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Playing right now: Fred Anderson Trio - Live at the Velvet Lounge Typically I'd say that only a fool would leave a brunch early, after j...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Conley talks, Love Letters debut

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Yesterday was quite the music day for me. First of all, I got to interview Mission of Burma bassist Clint Conley, for an article that I'...
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Detroit International Jazz Festival- Day Two

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After checking out a panel discussion on Elvin Jones, it was time to check out another Jones - Sean. I've seen him play numerous times i...

Detroit- The Motown Museum

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It didn't hit me until we were in the makeshift theater that I was actually sitting in the building where all the classic Motown singles...

Intermission

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The upcoming posts will focus more on the music, I promise.