Archive | July, 2012

Leviathan

by on 31. Jul, 2012 in art, film

This is a trailer for Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s new documentary ‘Leviathan’. Castaing-Taylor’s previous film was ‘Sweetgrass‘, a stunning and meditative portrait of a group of shepherds taking a herd of sheep one final time through the Beartooth Mountains of Montana. That ‘Leviathan’ casts their keen eyes on the ocean is beyond exciting. From [...]

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Gary Clark Jr; “Bright Light’s”..Crossroad’s 2010

by on 24. Jul, 2012 in Uncategorized

Lot’s of talk about Gary being the “Savior of the Blues”. Not sure the Blues needs one. It is, has, and always’ will be. But no doubt, this particular Bluesman has it coming and going. He’s got it, and I expect to be hearing from him for a long,long, beautiful time.

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Chris Whitley..”Hellhound On My Trail”

by on 20. Jul, 2012 in Uncategorized

It’s not that he was channeling Robert Johnson here, although there is that,it’s just how unbelievably good this man was, pure, uncompromising, woefully under appreciated and unknown by most. Once you get plugged into Chris Whitley, it’s like you get a life sentence to hearing the best blues you could never, ever imagine otherwise. And [...]

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Gar Alperovitz..Keynote Speech: Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention,2012.

by on 17. Jul, 2012 in Uncategorized

This discussion has it coming and going: past,present, and a vision of the future. Can you imagine hearing anything like this from either of the 2 party system candidates or parties? Particularly in a Keynote Convention speech? Me either.. forget the Capitalist vs/ Socialist, either/or paradigmn, that’s just a diversionary conditioning tactic designed to keep [...]

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Youth Gets Down With Its Bad Self…

by on 17. Jul, 2012 in live, music

…in Chicago. A few eureka! moments from “Pitchfork Fest”‘s live stream… Friday Lower Dens Jana Hunter has one of the unique voices, capable of holding simultaneously those contradicting emotions which make the process of life always an interesting one. Can pain be hopeful? Is happiness just the tail end of sorrow? Lower Dens’ music rolls [...]

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With only one promise / Only one way to fall

by on 09. Jul, 2012 in music

From The Mind’s eye to humanity’s inner ear, some summa jamz of a more nocturnal ethic. Ideally consumed between your local standard times of existential dread and categorical acceptance (2:00am to 4:30am), consider this a dutiful late-shifter’s effort at exorcizing the airwaves and paving the proverbial pathway to daybreak. Ok enough with the verbiage… Rock. [...]

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“Shoot Out the Light’s” Richard Thompson and Elvis Costello..2009.

by on 04. Jul, 2012 in Uncategorized

As someone observed..here we have a gentleman of mature years, playing a number he first recorded in 1982 and damn well blowing the roof off some 27 years after the fact. In my experience, he seems to be able to pull this off all the time.. he honestly just get’s better. If you ever have [...]

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James Blood Ulmer, Warszawa 1983

by on 03. Jul, 2012 in live, music

On the subject of jamming… James Blood on guitar, Charles Burnham on violin, Warren Benbow on drums. The Dirty Three well before those Aussies chaps made a play at it. One of the truly limitless and unclassifiable players, Ulmer’s career spans several decades and crosses paths with many of jazz’s unfuckwithable luminaries; Art Blakey, Ornette [...]

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Big Jack Johnson..and The Jelly Roll Kings. “The Blues Is Alright”.

by on 02. Jul, 2012 in Uncategorized

Just jamming.. Blue’s Soul and just plain Love of the Music. Ever wonder where Hendrix came from?

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