there have been many times in my life when I wished I could speak with him...now, there is nothing left to speak for him but his music...
here's a performance of my favorite song of his that i found...Sue Keller is the performer...
despite the fact that the tempo is a bit slower than it should be, i like her rendition because she plays it with feeling...and maintains a strong left hand even while she's vamping with her right...
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February 1, 2010
November 5, 2009
October 6, 2009
the last rent party...a tribute/fundraiser for my grandfather...
i kept my mouth shut about it for months...perhaps irresponsibly so...because while this was an intensely personal event for me, it was a public event...one that a wide variety of people have interest in...well, i can only make up for my negligence by shining a light on those who have done the work that i have not...
i cannot say enough about Mr. Ethan Iverson's excellent contribution...considering the depth and breadth of the research he's done, it's not surprising that his renditions of my grandfather's work was the most mind blowing of the night...god, i wish i had video to show you...anyway, here's a sample of his preparations...
"It’s a life and death matter, the clave, and what makes it so is its unyielding consistency and precision. It’s just like the ride cymbal beat of a good jazz drummer: you put the drummer in front a cymbal, give him a stick, and if they are a professional, they will deliver a “spang-a-lang” that is immutable. If the drummer is an artist as well as a professional the interpretation of the beat will be as distinctive as a snowflake.
In stride piano, the left hand going “oom-pah” is like that clave or ride cymbal beat in its unyielding consistency and precision. It’s very hard technically: there is a big jump between the “oom” and the “pah,” and the pitches change constantly.
There are examples of “oom-pah” in Liszt and Chopin, and some of them are very hard indeed. (In Chopin’s Op. 25 etudes, No. 4 in A minor and the “Butterfly” in Gb are good examples of proto-stride.) However, you don’t need the grooving, “clave-aspect” for Chopin and Liszt. In stride piano it is essential. It’s like the Energizer bunny with soul. Probably for eternity, James P. Johnson will be the gold standard for the stride "feel." (link to full text of his blog post)
if you're a fan of the bad plus like i am, i highly recommend subbing his feed...
the NY Times even wrote up the event...especially making note of a new artist who's work i hope to discover more of...
"The evening’s revelation was Aaron Diehl, a pianist in his mid-20s who has played with Wynton Marsalis and Wycliffe Gordon. His style, on “Scaling the Blues,” “Over the Bars” and the second movement of Johnson’s “Jazzamine Concerto,” was modest, secure and insinuating, with an iron sense of time. A few different pianists worked in their own tunes as Johnson tributes; Mr. Diehl’s was a slow, gorgeous blues."
Mr. Diehl's website is here...
anyway, a big thank you to Smalls Jazz Club for working with The James P. Johnson Foundation to put this all together...
i cannot say enough about Mr. Ethan Iverson's excellent contribution...considering the depth and breadth of the research he's done, it's not surprising that his renditions of my grandfather's work was the most mind blowing of the night...god, i wish i had video to show you...anyway, here's a sample of his preparations...
"It’s a life and death matter, the clave, and what makes it so is its unyielding consistency and precision. It’s just like the ride cymbal beat of a good jazz drummer: you put the drummer in front a cymbal, give him a stick, and if they are a professional, they will deliver a “spang-a-lang” that is immutable. If the drummer is an artist as well as a professional the interpretation of the beat will be as distinctive as a snowflake.
In stride piano, the left hand going “oom-pah” is like that clave or ride cymbal beat in its unyielding consistency and precision. It’s very hard technically: there is a big jump between the “oom” and the “pah,” and the pitches change constantly.
There are examples of “oom-pah” in Liszt and Chopin, and some of them are very hard indeed. (In Chopin’s Op. 25 etudes, No. 4 in A minor and the “Butterfly” in Gb are good examples of proto-stride.) However, you don’t need the grooving, “clave-aspect” for Chopin and Liszt. In stride piano it is essential. It’s like the Energizer bunny with soul. Probably for eternity, James P. Johnson will be the gold standard for the stride "feel." (link to full text of his blog post)
if you're a fan of the bad plus like i am, i highly recommend subbing his feed...
the NY Times even wrote up the event...especially making note of a new artist who's work i hope to discover more of...
"The evening’s revelation was Aaron Diehl, a pianist in his mid-20s who has played with Wynton Marsalis and Wycliffe Gordon. His style, on “Scaling the Blues,” “Over the Bars” and the second movement of Johnson’s “Jazzamine Concerto,” was modest, secure and insinuating, with an iron sense of time. A few different pianists worked in their own tunes as Johnson tributes; Mr. Diehl’s was a slow, gorgeous blues."
Mr. Diehl's website is here...
anyway, a big thank you to Smalls Jazz Club for working with The James P. Johnson Foundation to put this all together...
August 18, 2009
saying goodbye to summer...the august playlist...
it's been a great summer, and it's not gone yet, but here's a few songs to hold on to what it felt like...i call it the wedding of foxes...
Crayon Sun - Latin Playboys
i love this video of the dead weather watching the pressing of their records...according to family legend, my father worked in the factory that made my grandfather's records...anyway, i could have easily just posted a link to download the entire dead weather album...that's what i've listened to all summer...
Crayon Sun - Latin Playboys
i love this video of the dead weather watching the pressing of their records...according to family legend, my father worked in the factory that made my grandfather's records...anyway, i could have easily just posted a link to download the entire dead weather album...that's what i've listened to all summer...
August 1, 2009
desparately seeking...inspiration...
it's 3:45...i'm sitting at my desk drinking a beer and trying to find a way to end my day on a good note... i woke up this morning...yesterday morning...in a poor mood...i had to go to work on what was supposed to be my day off...strike one...
next, i find out that the one radio station that made me excited to turn on the radio has folded and become...ugh, how to describe this without promoting it in any way...it's now a station who's airtime is bought and paid for, in its entirety by a major local strip club...so there are no commercials, just sad little teases to promote the club...and the name...well, they've named themselves after the most prominant feature on the on the show club dance floor...i'll let you figure it out...the music is not all bad...just mostly bad...it's exactly what you would expect to hear in a strip club...just subtract the writhing naked flesh and the overpriced drinks and you can make the inside of your car as soulless and depressing as closing time on a slow night...strike two...
have you ever worked for someone who wants to impress you how much smarter they are than you, but they're actually not...strike three...
so here i am, trying to prevent my day from being an entire waste...let's try this...
Wind und Welle by Franz von Stuck...another pre WWII German painter has captured my imagination...here, it seems Stuck has personified the interplay between wind and the sea and turned it into something beyond wonderful...
yes, that'll do...
next, i find out that the one radio station that made me excited to turn on the radio has folded and become...ugh, how to describe this without promoting it in any way...it's now a station who's airtime is bought and paid for, in its entirety by a major local strip club...so there are no commercials, just sad little teases to promote the club...and the name...well, they've named themselves after the most prominant feature on the on the show club dance floor...i'll let you figure it out...the music is not all bad...just mostly bad...it's exactly what you would expect to hear in a strip club...just subtract the writhing naked flesh and the overpriced drinks and you can make the inside of your car as soulless and depressing as closing time on a slow night...strike two...
have you ever worked for someone who wants to impress you how much smarter they are than you, but they're actually not...strike three...
so here i am, trying to prevent my day from being an entire waste...let's try this...
Wind und Welle by Franz von Stuck...another pre WWII German painter has captured my imagination...here, it seems Stuck has personified the interplay between wind and the sea and turned it into something beyond wonderful...
yes, that'll do...
July 22, 2009
July 13, 2009
my favorite songs of the year...so far...
let's catch up, shall we...here are 20 songs released this year that i enjoy very much, and i think you might too...
right now this is my top contender for album of the year...i can't stop listening to it...
although the new joint from Mos Def is quietly sneaking up on it...
as is the new one from Mark Oliver Everett...or Mr. E...
it's a concept album about a special kind of love...well, i'll just let Mr E. explain it...
"I was thinking 'what happens when the young 'Dog Faced Boy' (of the SOULJACKER album) grows up?' -- He tries to function in society. But he can't get past the fact that he's still likened to an animal," Everett says. "I was thinking about where he goes from there as he gets older, and it occurred to me that the best a dog faced boy could hope for would be to grow into something that can just squeak by in society with some semblance of dignity. I figured the best he could do was to become a dignified old werewolf."
speaking of concept albums, the latest from The Decemberists is getting a lot of ink for daring to be unified story in this age of playlists and choose your own mixes...it smells like rock opera to me...which is not a bad thing...as long as the music is good...and this album just didn't connect with me...except this compelling little ditty about a man who murders his three children...
maybe i need to give this one a second chance...
no one knows about second chances better than Bettye Lavette...maybe you were like me when she showed up at the Obama Presidential Inaugural Celebration...Bettye who?
but her rendition of A Change is Gonna Come piqued my curiosity...and i found this soul chestnut on a sampler from her label, Anti...
it's recycled from 2007 release The Scene of the Crime, but hey, never too late for second chances right...especially when retro soul is such a hot trend...
and no one is doing retro soul better these days than Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears...
then there's this bit of blue eyed soul from Jarvis Cocker that won't let me go either...
this is my kind of singer/songwriter smart, funny, and brave...
and my favorite singer/songwriter has been on repeat since February...
Mr. Justin Townes Earle is doing right by his bloodlines with a great version of one of my favorite American stories...
i was lucky enough to get my hands on the (0) release from local band Wentworth Kersey...they have good internet presence...but nothing embeddable...check out Adore, its a great track...one part spaghetti western, one part Leonard Cohen, and one part dreamscape...i hope to hear much more from these guys...
meanwhile M. Ward keeps churning out his country flavored power pop...
the man is a machine of goodness...
and A.C. Newman is a welcome addition to my heavy rotation...
and Busdriver is finding a permanent place on my heavy rotation with his newest...
Depeche Mode is bringing back that old school new wave flavor...
the search has ended...we have a new heir to the title of the Queen of Rap...Ms. Tiye Phoenix...
all fakes, frauds, and pretenders should just sit down...
other new...to me...stuff includes...
The Thermals...
N.A.S.A....
and The City Champs...
finally, let's wrap up with some hard to find internet download stuff...
dj BC mashup Shorty Shutup (The Tings Tings vs Busta Rhymes vs The Zombies)...
and Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse...i told you about this last month...
the track Little Girl is one of my favorites...
right now this is my top contender for album of the year...i can't stop listening to it...
although the new joint from Mos Def is quietly sneaking up on it...
as is the new one from Mark Oliver Everett...or Mr. E...
it's a concept album about a special kind of love...well, i'll just let Mr E. explain it...
"I was thinking 'what happens when the young 'Dog Faced Boy' (of the SOULJACKER album) grows up?' -- He tries to function in society. But he can't get past the fact that he's still likened to an animal," Everett says. "I was thinking about where he goes from there as he gets older, and it occurred to me that the best a dog faced boy could hope for would be to grow into something that can just squeak by in society with some semblance of dignity. I figured the best he could do was to become a dignified old werewolf."
speaking of concept albums, the latest from The Decemberists is getting a lot of ink for daring to be unified story in this age of playlists and choose your own mixes...it smells like rock opera to me...which is not a bad thing...as long as the music is good...and this album just didn't connect with me...except this compelling little ditty about a man who murders his three children...
maybe i need to give this one a second chance...
no one knows about second chances better than Bettye Lavette...maybe you were like me when she showed up at the Obama Presidential Inaugural Celebration...Bettye who?
but her rendition of A Change is Gonna Come piqued my curiosity...and i found this soul chestnut on a sampler from her label, Anti...
it's recycled from 2007 release The Scene of the Crime, but hey, never too late for second chances right...especially when retro soul is such a hot trend...
and no one is doing retro soul better these days than Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears...
then there's this bit of blue eyed soul from Jarvis Cocker that won't let me go either...
this is my kind of singer/songwriter smart, funny, and brave...
and my favorite singer/songwriter has been on repeat since February...
Mr. Justin Townes Earle is doing right by his bloodlines with a great version of one of my favorite American stories...
Justin Townes Earle~They Killed John Henry from LaundroMatinee on Vimeo.
i was lucky enough to get my hands on the (0) release from local band Wentworth Kersey...they have good internet presence...but nothing embeddable...check out Adore, its a great track...one part spaghetti western, one part Leonard Cohen, and one part dreamscape...i hope to hear much more from these guys...
meanwhile M. Ward keeps churning out his country flavored power pop...
the man is a machine of goodness...
and A.C. Newman is a welcome addition to my heavy rotation...
and Busdriver is finding a permanent place on my heavy rotation with his newest...
Depeche Mode is bringing back that old school new wave flavor...
the search has ended...we have a new heir to the title of the Queen of Rap...Ms. Tiye Phoenix...
all fakes, frauds, and pretenders should just sit down...
other new...to me...stuff includes...
The Thermals...
N.A.S.A....
and The City Champs...
finally, let's wrap up with some hard to find internet download stuff...
dj BC mashup Shorty Shutup (The Tings Tings vs Busta Rhymes vs The Zombies)...
and Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse...i told you about this last month...
the track Little Girl is one of my favorites...
July 8, 2009
your lyric of the day...
"if you are to fall in love
then where should you stand to begin with?
and when the fall is done
how bad should you plan to get injured?
and if you land on your feet
do it count as a fall or a jump?
and do it feel like a fall
when the hands that pushed you are holding you up?"
Pistola, Mos Def
then where should you stand to begin with?
and when the fall is done
how bad should you plan to get injured?
and if you land on your feet
do it count as a fall or a jump?
and do it feel like a fall
when the hands that pushed you are holding you up?"
Pistola, Mos Def
July 2, 2009
today's cool shit...Busdriver...
Kanye wishes he was this talented...
imagine the Talking Heads trapped inside the body of Charles Mingus...
imagine the Talking Heads trapped inside the body of Charles Mingus...
June 29, 2009
June 21, 2009
June 14, 2009
today's cool shit...
new music released last week...
Mos Def, The Ecstatic...
Busdriver, Jhelli Beam...
Thavius Beck, Urban Subsonic...
i've got a lot of work to do...
Mos Def, The Ecstatic...
Busdriver, Jhelli Beam...
Thavius Beck, Urban Subsonic...
i've got a lot of work to do...
June 12, 2009
today's cool shit...
God bless the nerds...someone turned...this...into this...and if you know a little something about right clickity, and how to change the tags...you can get this...
May 27, 2009
today's cool shit...
i do believe...she can back it up...this is my idea of a pop star...beautiful, clever, and talented...
April 22, 2009
back from the dead...with today's cool shit...
(via zefrank)
this station is playing 24 hours of Mingus to celebrate his birthday...
(via ucb)
some hot Donna Summer action fo yo asses...
~Disco~ Donna Summer - I Feel Love from ourvinylcollection on Vimeo.
(also via ucb)
most exciting of all is this post on Deep Media...
"Is a nonlinear book still a book? Yes, sort of. But in both a literal and a figurative sense, the book will come unbound. As the strict linearity of printed text gives way to the associative engine of hypertext, books seem destined to become not so much grand constructs as an agglomeration of chapters. Just as you can buy individual songs on iTunes for 99 cents apiece, Johnson projects, you'll be able to buy individual chapters or short stories."
this is just one of the kinds of things i'm working on...
we'll catch up on the photos starting tomorrow...
April 12, 2009
jazz & me...
i have a complicated relationship with jazz music...so much so, that when i started writing this...two weeks ago...i had a hard time coming up with a track list that best exemplified what I want to say...and then i stumbled upon my case of mix tapes...and an unmarked tape from 2000...the year i stopped making mix tapes...i can't think of a better playlist to use to talk about jazz and me...
Side A
Moanin' - Charles Mingus...straight up, the man was a musical genius...and his music is the fat center of my wheelhouse...when it comes to music period...nearly everything i listen to somehow leads to, or is rooted in Mingus' legacy...
Step Right Up - Tom Waits...this is just a fun, bluesy tune...before waits went really nuts...
The World is My Ashtray - DeeJay Punk-Roc...here's where it gets tricky...the intersection of hip hop and jazz is choked with thieves and posers...1998's ChickenEye from DeeJay Punk-Roc is not one of them...
See-Line Woman - Nina Simone...one of the finest jazz vocalists there ever was...this track is nothing more than a drum, a flute, Ms. Simone, and some back-up singers...i love it...
Natural Blues - Moby...okay, Moby can be a pompous ass...so what...if you can get past that, you might hear how this song and the last one are both rooted in the same place that jazz came from...
Dieu Reconnaitra Les Siens - DJ Cam...one of the few DJs that can actually play the turntable like a musical instrument...
In Walked Bud - Thelonius Monk...i like bebop...can you tell? i love how on the live track from the mix tape, you can hear Monk win over the inattentive audience who chatter away at first...then hush as this playful composition drapes over them...
Unknown track - Unknown artist...this is where i get into trouble...because i have just enough knowledge to make me dangerous...first impression makes me think this is The Modern jazz Quartet...because it reminds me of The Cylinder...and Milt Jackson's unmistakable vibraphone work...
but it can't be, it's a sextet...trumpet, sax, piano, drums, bass, and vibraphone...the song has a Lee Morgan feel to it...like The Sidewinder...
and i know Morgan and Jackson did some work together, but i just can't find it...or maybe it's Art Blakey...i'm probably way off...any ideas?
The Next Movement - The Roots...Black Thought's cadences...the groove that Questlove is throwing down...it's undeniable...
What? - A Tribe Called Quest...probably the hip hop act most responsible for bringing a jazz sound to hip hop...including Digable Planets...we'll ignore this travesty...
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too - Charles Mingus... it always comes back to Mingus...always...this is a flat out jam...
Side B
The Western Lands (A Dangerous Road Mix) - Material...i came for the Burroughs...I stayed for the funky space jazz...
Echo Four Two - Johnny Gregory and his Orchestra...big band stuff...good luck finding this one...
Keep Movin' - James P Johnson...this is my grandfather...this is where my connection to jazz music begins...i have a lot to be thankful for because of that...loving jazz music is one of the blessings that my grandfather gave me...
Freshwater Girl/Chameleon/We Want the Funk - Los Hombres Calientes...purists hate it when jazz musicians cover pop music...they don't realize that a lot of jazz standards started out as pop music...
Una Cosa Buena - DJ Logic...taking what he learned with Medeski, Martin, & Wood to the next level...
Agua de Beber - Antonio Carlos Jobim...some of that swinging bosa nova style...Sinatra's best work was with Mr Jobim...
Blue Train - John Coltrane...an excellent introduction to a definitive jazz artist...it speaks for itself...
Salsation - David Shire...latin jazz meets disco...i can't help myself, this is just plain fun...
Whatever Happened to Gus (Guru remix)- Medeski, Martin & Wood...Guru's rap is lame, but MMW leads the way here on showing how jazz can move closer to its roots by moving towards hip hop...that's right, i said closer...
Syeeda's Song Flute - Medeski, Martin & Wood...MMW doing Coltrane's classic...
Midnight in a Perfect World - DJ Shadow...still believe jazz has nothing to do with hip hop...think again...
Aguas De Marco (Waters of March) - Elis Regina, Antonio Carlos Jobim...the big finish...quietly...this one goes back to my childhood
Side A
Moanin' - Charles Mingus...straight up, the man was a musical genius...and his music is the fat center of my wheelhouse...when it comes to music period...nearly everything i listen to somehow leads to, or is rooted in Mingus' legacy...
Step Right Up - Tom Waits...this is just a fun, bluesy tune...before waits went really nuts...
The World is My Ashtray - DeeJay Punk-Roc...here's where it gets tricky...the intersection of hip hop and jazz is choked with thieves and posers...1998's ChickenEye from DeeJay Punk-Roc is not one of them...
See-Line Woman - Nina Simone...one of the finest jazz vocalists there ever was...this track is nothing more than a drum, a flute, Ms. Simone, and some back-up singers...i love it...
Natural Blues - Moby...okay, Moby can be a pompous ass...so what...if you can get past that, you might hear how this song and the last one are both rooted in the same place that jazz came from...
Dieu Reconnaitra Les Siens - DJ Cam...one of the few DJs that can actually play the turntable like a musical instrument...
In Walked Bud - Thelonius Monk...i like bebop...can you tell? i love how on the live track from the mix tape, you can hear Monk win over the inattentive audience who chatter away at first...then hush as this playful composition drapes over them...
Unknown track - Unknown artist...this is where i get into trouble...because i have just enough knowledge to make me dangerous...first impression makes me think this is The Modern jazz Quartet...because it reminds me of The Cylinder...and Milt Jackson's unmistakable vibraphone work...
but it can't be, it's a sextet...trumpet, sax, piano, drums, bass, and vibraphone...the song has a Lee Morgan feel to it...like The Sidewinder...
and i know Morgan and Jackson did some work together, but i just can't find it...or maybe it's Art Blakey...i'm probably way off...any ideas?
The Next Movement - The Roots...Black Thought's cadences...the groove that Questlove is throwing down...it's undeniable...
What? - A Tribe Called Quest...probably the hip hop act most responsible for bringing a jazz sound to hip hop...including Digable Planets...we'll ignore this travesty...
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too - Charles Mingus... it always comes back to Mingus...always...this is a flat out jam...
Side B
The Western Lands (A Dangerous Road Mix) - Material...i came for the Burroughs...I stayed for the funky space jazz...
Echo Four Two - Johnny Gregory and his Orchestra...big band stuff...good luck finding this one...
Keep Movin' - James P Johnson...this is my grandfather...this is where my connection to jazz music begins...i have a lot to be thankful for because of that...loving jazz music is one of the blessings that my grandfather gave me...
Freshwater Girl/Chameleon/We Want the Funk - Los Hombres Calientes...purists hate it when jazz musicians cover pop music...they don't realize that a lot of jazz standards started out as pop music...
Una Cosa Buena - DJ Logic...taking what he learned with Medeski, Martin, & Wood to the next level...
Agua de Beber - Antonio Carlos Jobim...some of that swinging bosa nova style...Sinatra's best work was with Mr Jobim...
Blue Train - John Coltrane...an excellent introduction to a definitive jazz artist...it speaks for itself...
Salsation - David Shire...latin jazz meets disco...i can't help myself, this is just plain fun...
Whatever Happened to Gus (Guru remix)- Medeski, Martin & Wood...Guru's rap is lame, but MMW leads the way here on showing how jazz can move closer to its roots by moving towards hip hop...that's right, i said closer...
Syeeda's Song Flute - Medeski, Martin & Wood...MMW doing Coltrane's classic...
Midnight in a Perfect World - DJ Shadow...still believe jazz has nothing to do with hip hop...think again...
Aguas De Marco (Waters of March) - Elis Regina, Antonio Carlos Jobim...the big finish...quietly...this one goes back to my childhood
April 7, 2009
today's cool shit...
i'm all over the place today...first there's this...
"Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears,
While we all sup sorrow with the poor;
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears;
Oh Hard times come again no more.
Chorus:
Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard Times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
Oh hard times come again no more.
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay,
There are frail forms fainting at the door;
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Oh hard times come again no more.
(Chorus)
There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away,
With a worn heart whose better days are o'er:
Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day,
Oh hard times come again no more.
(Chorus)
Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave,
Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
Oh hard times come again no more.
(Chorus) "
Stephen Foster's Hard Times Come Again No More...kinda fits my mood today...
then there's this...just plain fun...
then, a story about how Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is creating new ways to connect with his fans...and possibly reinventing the business of music...lead me to this...
"Deep Media is a blog about the evolution of narrative in the Internet age"
and i can't possibly explain why this Op-Ed geeks me out...it just does...
"TODAY is an important date in the history of the Internet: the 40th anniversary of what is known as the Request for Comments. Outside the technical community, not many people know about the R.F.C.’s, but these humble documents shape the Internet’s inner workings and have played a significant role in its success."
somehow, it all seems connected...
enough...time to get out and enjoy some fresh air...
"Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears,
While we all sup sorrow with the poor;
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears;
Oh Hard times come again no more.
Chorus:
Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard Times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
Oh hard times come again no more.
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay,
There are frail forms fainting at the door;
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Oh hard times come again no more.
(Chorus)
There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away,
With a worn heart whose better days are o'er:
Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day,
Oh hard times come again no more.
(Chorus)
Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave,
Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
Oh hard times come again no more.
(Chorus) "
Stephen Foster's Hard Times Come Again No More...kinda fits my mood today...
then there's this...just plain fun...
then, a story about how Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is creating new ways to connect with his fans...and possibly reinventing the business of music...lead me to this...
"Deep Media is a blog about the evolution of narrative in the Internet age"
and i can't possibly explain why this Op-Ed geeks me out...it just does...
"TODAY is an important date in the history of the Internet: the 40th anniversary of what is known as the Request for Comments. Outside the technical community, not many people know about the R.F.C.’s, but these humble documents shape the Internet’s inner workings and have played a significant role in its success."
somehow, it all seems connected...
enough...time to get out and enjoy some fresh air...
April 3, 2009
337...
the mix tapes...
one of the advantages of being broke and out of work is that i get to be more resourceful about my entertainment options...so...i've started digitizing my analog music...in this case...my old mix tapes...28 of them...today I just pulled one from the case...it has no title... and only the faint inscription of the date it was made...10/95...here's the tracklist...and some commentary...
Side A
Hey Man, Nice Shot - Filter
Do What You Wanna Do - Lords of Acid
Creator - Messiah (this has got some soaring vocals from The Cult's Ian Astbury...or a very good sample...anyway, that three song set is all very techno/ravey...sue me, it was 1995...also, if you don't know the Lords of Acid, this song pretty much is all you need...)
Feel The Heat - Beautiful People (i don't know who i'm more embarrassed for...me, for admitting to listening this...or the Hendrix estate for agreeing to let these yahoos make an entire album of club tunes using whatever samples they wanted...)
Positive - Spearhead
Dred Loc - Me'Shell NdegeOcello
9000 dizzy miles on a trane- Bad Karma (beats from a local hip hop act...)
Out of Nowhere - James Carter
This Little Girl of Mine - Ray Charles
Louisiana Blues - Muddy Waters
Weary Blues From Waiting - theThe
Side B
Root Down - Beastie Boys
Black Aura - Bad Karma
Nappy Heads - Fugees
Rentstrike - Groove Collective
Oleo - James Carter
Bullwinkle Pt 2 - The Centurians
Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus
I Saw the Light - theThe
Comin' to Get Ya - Beautiful People
Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine
Hey Man Nice Shot (Remix) - Filter
March 28, 2009
today's cool shit...
this combines two things i love geeking out over...music and art...
(via cnet)
also...
Mr Bourdain show us how to respond when your nemesis makes a gracious gesture...
(via cnet)
also...
Mr Bourdain show us how to respond when your nemesis makes a gracious gesture...
March 12, 2009
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