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"
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
no comment
on the weather
but that doesn't seem fair
after all, it's only friends reading this, if anyone
so, if you can't complain about the weather among friends
well maybe you could be a person who pesters total strangers with their take on the weather.
I seem to encounter a great deal of those.
talking about the weather, with hope for some more suitable temp, more or less moisture, etc. is about as useful as a handle for a duck's nest.
the pessimist in me always says 'it will get worse before it gets better' not necessarily aloud.
I often think of eskimos or rain-forest dwellers who have an actual challenge, then marvel at how seriously we take the mild inconvenience of our climate. then again, I wouldn't want to live on the gulf coast or the northeast either. those citizens of the united states are right up there with bad things coming at them from a scornful mother nature.
I took a walk in the sun today, and it was nice.
but that doesn't seem fair
after all, it's only friends reading this, if anyone
so, if you can't complain about the weather among friends
well maybe you could be a person who pesters total strangers with their take on the weather.
I seem to encounter a great deal of those.
talking about the weather, with hope for some more suitable temp, more or less moisture, etc. is about as useful as a handle for a duck's nest.
the pessimist in me always says 'it will get worse before it gets better' not necessarily aloud.
I often think of eskimos or rain-forest dwellers who have an actual challenge, then marvel at how seriously we take the mild inconvenience of our climate. then again, I wouldn't want to live on the gulf coast or the northeast either. those citizens of the united states are right up there with bad things coming at them from a scornful mother nature.
I took a walk in the sun today, and it was nice.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
home early after all
jus got home in time to catch the last 15 min. of RTQE.
called in to work, then cut after 1.5 hours of doing very little. lotsa customers, not drinking.
nice to have an easy night after last nights outing to see Heartless Bastards and AA Bondy.
tonight I reigned in the drinking, had a glass of wine and left before the headliner busted out. K was nice to give me a ride home.
those Heartless Bastards, whew.. I can stop listening to their CDs now, after the megadose.
Bondy turned in a long dark kinda slow set, but was well recieved. I dug his thing.
despite the hunkering down that goes on 'round these parts when the temps get down around 30, people are still coming out to our fine establishment. they are a little tighter with their money as you would expect (I know I am), but the support is lovely. HB was pretty full, I even had to stand halfway back cuz of the crush/heat for the last couple of numbers.
tomorrow is rehearsal with the boys over by lake monona, yeah! played briefly at TLs trailer Sat amidst the personal drama. the reeds-bass-drums trio is prolly no mo. I ain't gonna cry croc tears about it. the less said the better, and tomorrow is a new day to redeem myself with some rockin.
listen:
HB!
XTC - The Big Express
Joni Mitchell - Mingus
Thelonious Monk - Alone in San Francisco
RTQE and Weekly World Noise - WORT-FM
read:
Gabriel García Márquez- Collected Stories
view:
Packers - Bears
SNL
youtubers
called in to work, then cut after 1.5 hours of doing very little. lotsa customers, not drinking.
nice to have an easy night after last nights outing to see Heartless Bastards and AA Bondy.
tonight I reigned in the drinking, had a glass of wine and left before the headliner busted out. K was nice to give me a ride home.
those Heartless Bastards, whew.. I can stop listening to their CDs now, after the megadose.
Bondy turned in a long dark kinda slow set, but was well recieved. I dug his thing.
despite the hunkering down that goes on 'round these parts when the temps get down around 30, people are still coming out to our fine establishment. they are a little tighter with their money as you would expect (I know I am), but the support is lovely. HB was pretty full, I even had to stand halfway back cuz of the crush/heat for the last couple of numbers.
tomorrow is rehearsal with the boys over by lake monona, yeah! played briefly at TLs trailer Sat amidst the personal drama. the reeds-bass-drums trio is prolly no mo. I ain't gonna cry croc tears about it. the less said the better, and tomorrow is a new day to redeem myself with some rockin.
listen:
HB!
XTC - The Big Express
Joni Mitchell - Mingus
Thelonious Monk - Alone in San Francisco
RTQE and Weekly World Noise - WORT-FM
read:
Gabriel García Márquez- Collected Stories
view:
Packers - Bears
SNL
youtubers
Thursday, November 13, 2008
second verse, different
last night Tom learned that there may be hip-hop audiences that are remarkable.
so here I remark that Devin's and the opener's fans are a stunningly nice group of people.
the bs level was higher for the bar staff. they were total heroes back there. we could have used another door-bot, but it worked out ok.
I still don't care much for hip hop tho. in the realm of music dislikes it's not quite at the level of opera, jive country-rock, or that hippy chick in the jam band that just plays the tamborine. well, you can't have cake every day.
and the volume level was humane. listening without ear plugs and it didn't seem like an assault. good stuff.
and one young lady gave me a kiss.
bro Halton is not going on the faux-Yes tour (c'mon, Yes without John Anderson!) and is now suggesting we make Thanksgiving at Mom's. I had accepted an invite to P and A's already..a quandry - do I piss off my family or miss a great Thanksgiving Time in the country wif ma frens?
this weekend, there's drumming, Heartless Bastards and more drumming, whee-ooo
listen:
A.N.T. / L.U.V. live
H.B.
björk - singles
Charles Mingus - Blues and Roots
Polysics - Polysics or Die!
so here I remark that Devin's and the opener's fans are a stunningly nice group of people.
the bs level was higher for the bar staff. they were total heroes back there. we could have used another door-bot, but it worked out ok.
I still don't care much for hip hop tho. in the realm of music dislikes it's not quite at the level of opera, jive country-rock, or that hippy chick in the jam band that just plays the tamborine. well, you can't have cake every day.
and the volume level was humane. listening without ear plugs and it didn't seem like an assault. good stuff.
and one young lady gave me a kiss.
bro Halton is not going on the faux-Yes tour (c'mon, Yes without John Anderson!) and is now suggesting we make Thanksgiving at Mom's. I had accepted an invite to P and A's already..a quandry - do I piss off my family or miss a great Thanksgiving Time in the country wif ma frens?
this weekend, there's drumming, Heartless Bastards and more drumming, whee-ooo
listen:
A.N.T. / L.U.V. live
H.B.
björk - singles
Charles Mingus - Blues and Roots
Polysics - Polysics or Die!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
then again
tonight I became sure I don't care for hip hop
with very few exceptions
my prejudice mostly being about the beats I hear
tonight it was less than 4 hours and I was 'cut' as we say in barsville. nice
ended up doing some extra curricular work while finishing my shift drink and out before the headliner hit. I'll never know if I'd like me some Pigeon John. He seemed like a nice fellow.
rode in tonight with a t-shirt on, and it was fine
tonight I left my bike unlocked (!) for hours
and it was still there when I left. whew..
thanks to those who chose not to steal bikes tonight
but it seems all I can think about is
the miracle ofObama being our next pres.
I'm elated beyond words, to be rid of bush and his cronies finally.
Everyone's mental health seems remarkably improved since last night. wish I could say that. demons haunt my very soul
and they have microphones
listen:
Air America
TV weather (and it's been great, yes?)
PGT
with very few exceptions
my prejudice mostly being about the beats I hear
tonight it was less than 4 hours and I was 'cut' as we say in barsville. nice
ended up doing some extra curricular work while finishing my shift drink and out before the headliner hit. I'll never know if I'd like me some Pigeon John. He seemed like a nice fellow.
rode in tonight with a t-shirt on, and it was fine
tonight I left my bike unlocked (!) for hours
and it was still there when I left. whew..
thanks to those who chose not to steal bikes tonight
but it seems all I can think about is
the miracle ofObama being our next pres.
I'm elated beyond words, to be rid of bush and his cronies finally.
Everyone's mental health seems remarkably improved since last night. wish I could say that. demons haunt my very soul
and they have microphones
listen:
Air America
TV weather (and it's been great, yes?)
PGT
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