Dedicated to Stanislaw Aesculapian Lem.In a Borgesian kind of mindset I imagine an I-pod that has all the music that has ever been or will ever be recorded. All possible permutations of sound combinations in all rhythms and melodies, tones and timbre are found in it. From the shortest micro-tune written in mirco-scales and [...]
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P.S. This tidbit was recorded live.P.P.S. Does Chicago think it is strange that Dan the Fan celebrates his 50th as we debate the merits of live music?P.P.P.S. Watched We Jam Econo last night. It’s terrific and I’m not just saying that because it was a nice walk down memory lane. It was, but it [...] Far be it from me to abandon something that is dying a long slow death. No, I am only happy to sit and pick at the corpse like a vulture, and hope to somehow inject a single drop of vitality back into the thing and see where we go from there. The idea of [...] This week’s wanderings included excursions to Nublu in Alphabet City (Manhattan) and Bembe in South Williamsburg (Brooklyn). Both have a single blue light outside their doors to indicate entry. I have not yet ascertained the full set of unwritten rules behind the single blue light coding system, but there must be one. Usually, the [...] While I have no love lost for Donald Rumsfeld – I think the fucker should be tried for violations of the Geneva Convention, at very least – I do think he got a raw deal for his now-infamous quote about known and unknown unknowns. (Scroll down here if you have no idea what I’m [...] As I sit here listening to M.Ward’s “Requiem”, I think John’s point earlier this week about the thrill of listening to albums is well taken. The personal one-on-one discussion that you can have with a song is really wonderful and that absorption of detail is something that gets lost in a live performance. Nevertheless, [...] This week I went to Emo’s to see Jana Hunter. I just happened to be looking through their calendar and spotted Jana’s name–and how can you not go see Jana? She was fantastic as always, but there were only twenty or so people in the room. If more people knew about this show, there [...] I am now moderating comments. My intent is only to block to following: 1) Bottleneck Spam – Comments that consist of long irrelevant copies of say Wikipedia articles that serve no purpose but to clog the comment board.2) Ad Hominem Attack Spam – So far we’ve had none of this but let me throw [...] This week’s entry goes out to Duke Rattler. And in the spirit of Thanksgiving excess the entry is about shredders. Because I don’t care if you are Caspar Brötzmann or Lee Renaldo or Tony Iommi, the only valid reason to still play an electric guitar in the 21st century is to shred on YouTube. [...] Thanks Miggy who ever you are. And Thank You Robert Altman for learning us that suicide is painless and other things. |
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