lists:
●places you want to see in person, not on a screen
●todo today
(may or may not include shopping)
●what time I gotta show up in the next few weeks
●where I gotta show up with 'bedlam' in the next few months
●phone numbers on scraps of paper that belong in 2 other places
●rhythms to learn
These are what I'm into, now that all that free time over the holiday was spent dealing with 'piles'. And then there's dishes, but the last of the christmas 6 pack is making it's PFFFSST noise first.
Raining and cold-damp so it's looking like I'll not be leaving the house again today. Had a lovely lunch with pal Greg at Monty's (and back on the veggie wagon).
Picked up a new head for the loaner Snare Drum on the way. Did I mention I love my neighborhood lately?
listen:
Travis and Fripp - Thread (thanks G!)
bjork - Volta
Captain Beefheart - Mirror Man
Talking Heads
Mingus on WORT/Crazeology
Dub Trio - Another Sound is Dying
Fantomas - The Director's Cut
view:
Fantomas - live at All Tomorrow's Parties festival
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
cover bands are a plague
Last night was something else entirely different. Over-eager dudes rocked out with cheesy slices of the 'classic' variety for 2 1/2 hours. Cover bands can suck.
It's particularly painful when there are many fine bands in Madison playing cover material that are terrific: Shakey, The Gomers, Bon Squad and some others who manage to breath new life into it and remind you why the stuff they perform is still relevant, still rocks.
Steve from Gomers freaking NAILS the original lines and then takes it up a notch or two. That and manage to play the rhythm parts and carry the song when they are a trio. Man, there are so many amazing people in this town!
Starting the day with Dub Trio, the best cleaning solution for classic rock residue. Ready for my day off and mr. sun is showing it's bad self.
2nd jam of the week with the trio of delight and versatility tonight. the P_Soupers have sent indications that Saturday is on. Drumming 3 times in a week, what a treat!
Message in the facebook hopper resolved a mystery that had been hanging around since the summer about a gift that didn't quite get delivered.
Nice lunch at Harmony (I've fallen off the veggie wagon hard) - great food and Sam's wife coincidentally came by with a friend while I was there. Other than that - 3 retired gentlemen playing cards at the table by the window were the only patrons. The cook made a great lunch and passed the time waiting for orders trucking between the kitchen and bar with buckets of prep materials, wearing an "I've lost my dog" look. It's prolly similar to the look on my puss at about 2:30AM last night.
listen:
Dub Trio - Cool Out and Coexist
Otis Redding
It's particularly painful when there are many fine bands in Madison playing cover material that are terrific: Shakey, The Gomers, Bon Squad and some others who manage to breath new life into it and remind you why the stuff they perform is still relevant, still rocks.
Steve from Gomers freaking NAILS the original lines and then takes it up a notch or two. That and manage to play the rhythm parts and carry the song when they are a trio. Man, there are so many amazing people in this town!
Starting the day with Dub Trio, the best cleaning solution for classic rock residue. Ready for my day off and mr. sun is showing it's bad self.
2nd jam of the week with the trio of delight and versatility tonight. the P_Soupers have sent indications that Saturday is on. Drumming 3 times in a week, what a treat!
Message in the facebook hopper resolved a mystery that had been hanging around since the summer about a gift that didn't quite get delivered.
Nice lunch at Harmony (I've fallen off the veggie wagon hard) - great food and Sam's wife coincidentally came by with a friend while I was there. Other than that - 3 retired gentlemen playing cards at the table by the window were the only patrons. The cook made a great lunch and passed the time waiting for orders trucking between the kitchen and bar with buckets of prep materials, wearing an "I've lost my dog" look. It's prolly similar to the look on my puss at about 2:30AM last night.
listen:
Dub Trio - Cool Out and Coexist
Otis Redding
Monday, December 1, 2008
welcome to December
Today was the first day it was nasty to be out walking. Ice on the sidewalks and a the wind is biting cold. Made the trek from work to the co-op and then home and I'm out again soon to jam with Patrick and Sam in a few minutes. Layers.
A pal is leaving town to return on Sunday and I'll be tending to his walks and watching for package deliveries while he's away. Hope we don't get dumped on!
The trio is ratcheting up to twice-a-week jamming. We jam, we learn songs and in the not too distant future we'll write some music together. I'm loving where we're at and looking forward to where we'll go. We have a great vibe as a trio - both personal and musical connections going on. I find myself happy much of the time, for no apparent reason. I suspect the return to regular drumming is responsible.
Tom will play the part of WORT DJ from 9-11PM this coming Sunday. It'll be music appropriate for a chill-out end of the weekend type of deal. The fundraiser show I aired last month was more 'pump it up' in character. This time more long pieces, some Steve Reich and whatever quiet beauty I can rustle up.
listen:
Fantomas - The Director's Cut
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Heartless Bastards - "The Mountain"
A pal is leaving town to return on Sunday and I'll be tending to his walks and watching for package deliveries while he's away. Hope we don't get dumped on!
The trio is ratcheting up to twice-a-week jamming. We jam, we learn songs and in the not too distant future we'll write some music together. I'm loving where we're at and looking forward to where we'll go. We have a great vibe as a trio - both personal and musical connections going on. I find myself happy much of the time, for no apparent reason. I suspect the return to regular drumming is responsible.
Tom will play the part of WORT DJ from 9-11PM this coming Sunday. It'll be music appropriate for a chill-out end of the weekend type of deal. The fundraiser show I aired last month was more 'pump it up' in character. This time more long pieces, some Steve Reich and whatever quiet beauty I can rustle up.
listen:
Fantomas - The Director's Cut
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Heartless Bastards - "The Mountain"
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