tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15407933466786356912024-03-12T21:32:18.652-07:00Bug Me LaterA second of your life...ruined for life.Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.comBlogger388125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-56356802300391381692015-02-23T16:39:00.003-08:002015-02-23T16:39:42.591-08:00"You Can Save Up to 50%, But You're Still a Long Ways from Home" A message from Dan Wenninger (he is a wild man, so bug off!):
1Way returns this Tuesday (2/24) with Oblique Orchestra at 9pm. After our set there will be an open, large group collective improvisation starting at 10pm. Anything goes, any instrument or sound making device. There is a house drum kit. Once the piece has started feel free to join or leave the improvisation when you want.
This takesSerena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-57800143569728956192011-04-07T16:19:00.001-07:002011-04-07T16:34:00.367-07:00Bass! How low can you go? Jethro, what a brotha know...Waldo and I recently had an e-mail discussion about bass duos, and I mentioned Brotzmann and Laswell (on the "Low Life" LP, PB plays bass sax only) and Waldo mentioned Numbskull with Mike Zubal and Kevin Ries. Here is a clip of them from the olden days, courtesy of drummer John Scully:In the first appearance of the Epiphanies column in "The Wire" (or "Wire"; it's been both) magazine, Peter Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-78483935832954778052011-04-02T15:09:00.000-07:002011-04-07T16:17:30.492-07:00Oops! Belated Happy Birthday to Waldo DrogulusNot only was yesterday April Fools Day, it was also the birthday of Waldo Drogulus...(47th) We were recently conversing online about guitars and got onto the topic of Captain Sensible of The Damned, and his colourful nature:You can't see how colourful he is here, because it's black and white:Waldo also mentioned Caspar Brötzmann:Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-9249422492556046752011-03-09T10:48:00.000-08:002011-03-09T11:04:31.729-08:00Happy Birthday to John Cale, OBEJohn Cale, born March 9th, 1942, in Garnant, Wales...John Cale, "Gun" (1974) as a soundtrack to clips from Sam Peckinpah's "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" (1974)And a live 1976 version (you know, when Charles Palantine was running for President...)Cale in reflective mood with Terry Riley, from "Church of Anthrax" (rec. 1970, rel. 1971)Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-43676448820420028652011-01-07T16:08:00.000-08:002011-01-07T22:48:35.053-08:00International Fleurette Africaine DayHello, everybody, I'm back from riding around a crazy ice floe with Frankenstein's monster. I'm posting this because Chris over at black2com/blogtocomm (click on the header) recently reviewed this classic album.Ellington/Mingus/Roach*Here is Vijay Iyer's version, from his recent album "Solo" (ACT 9497-2)A project with Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd:Harlem Stage • Wed, Feb 10, 2010 • 7:30 pm • A Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-27372645438932144902010-12-18T15:17:00.000-08:002010-12-18T15:50:19.502-08:00What is a mummy but a kind of cover?A quick survey of covers of various Beefheart songs (and you can click on the header for Rhodri Marsden's "Christmas" version of the end section of "Veterans Day Poppy")...The wonderful Coati Mundi covers Captain Beefheart in this cut from his 1983 album "The Former 12 Year Old Genius.""Steal Softly Thru Snow"Gary Lucas, John French, Denny Walley, and Mark Boston a/k/a The Magic Band play this Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-43261264598584508412010-12-10T21:19:00.000-08:002010-12-10T21:32:33.836-08:00Zero Dark and StupidThis tune has been lodged in my headspace lately (another version, though):Now you all can suffer along, whether you live near the banks of the Cuyahoga or not.This person has a not-so-charitable position on the vehicles that are often said to be Found On the Road, Dead:(Apparently there's some slop.)A van, not a pickup:Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-12011194704101778342010-12-04T14:47:00.000-08:002011-01-07T17:03:56.588-08:00Is this why Prisonshake moved to St. Louis?Jarrell: looks like Jesse Johnson, sounds like Richard Hell.A tip of the hat to Questlove for this...hellkittenproduction says: "makes "Saw" look like a chick flick."Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-91012988525145915572010-12-02T13:25:00.000-08:002011-01-07T17:06:20.084-08:00CorridorsSlow:"long walk nowhere" by frknl (Fred Lonberg-Holm's YouTube name)Fast:29funkies; music is "b2unit" by Ryuichi SakamotoShock:from Samuel Fuller's "Shock Corridor" (1963)NOW with added corridors!Excerpt/intro from experimental short film "Corridor" by Standish Lawder.Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-82386114351301522122010-11-25T23:46:00.000-08:002010-11-25T23:49:57.978-08:00Switchblades or FlickknivesThere sure are a lot of them1970s films...Compiled by oAROWANAoSerena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-36707072225117704292010-11-24T12:34:00.000-08:002010-11-24T12:40:05.174-08:00The Politics of DancingMitchell and Durant show realpolitik in action...From the Shirley Temple movie, "Stand Up and Cheer"...now I won't have to track it down at the library. This is my favorite part of the movie.Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-16080975797323436182010-11-22T09:10:00.000-08:002010-11-22T09:31:46.143-08:00Don't get your hopes up...The new Susan Boyle album "The Gift" does not include a version of the Velvet Underground story-song about the guy who mails himself from PA to WI. Nor does it include other similar songs such as "Mother Upduff" by Can. It does, however, include the dreaded "Hallelujah" (not "Halleluwah" by Can); the popularity of which John Cale is partially culpable for. (Yeah, I ended that goofily Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-70297113093949708692010-11-20T06:02:00.001-08:002010-11-21T18:31:47.355-08:00Schroeder gets an OBE"John Cale, a founding member of the Velvet Underground, also collected OBEs at Friday's investiture ceremony."Cale - who arrived at the palace with his hair - said it felt "strange.""Someone has decided that you have done, and it is your job," he said."It was coming. My mother would be very proud if she were alive today."Born in south Wales, Cale first began working with Lou Reed and the Velvet Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-24937243003922987252010-11-17T13:36:00.000-08:002010-11-17T17:35:26.639-08:00A-ToenailityThat image amuses me, as it's probably one of the smallest ones I've ever seen, or, at any rate, one of the smallest images I've ever pasted. In retrospect, my dream about the razorblade under my toenail was probably inspired by the copy on the packaging of the TopCare TOENAIL CLIP with file that I bought last night:"Strong, sharp blades.Swing-out nail file."(I think Swing-out Nail File was an Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-91043471670511156692010-11-17T10:35:00.000-08:002010-11-17T11:20:58.770-08:00"When you dream about bleeding...it means you're embarassed," or so goes the song by Shockabilly. But what does it mean if you dream about Ron Metz, erstwhile drummer for the Human Switchboard, and Louis C.K., writer/director of "Pootie Tang," one of the finest surrealist works of the Noughties? I remember I was once in the office of the New Music Distribution Service on lower Broadway, which took ages to get up to, because Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-30063370577883676672010-11-15T15:31:00.000-08:002010-11-15T16:00:13.701-08:001969 – In Columbus, Ohio, Dave Thomas opens the first Wendy's restaurant.49 guitars, 1 cupSerena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-33788224023238849172010-11-11T08:31:00.000-08:002010-11-11T08:49:41.782-08:00Sorryfor the prolonged absence from posting, but I've just got a hand-me-down laptop ("Dude, I got a Dell!") from two ex-members of Johnny & the Dicks and X∅X...I've also been working on something else (click on the header for more info)...You’re watching Cee-Lo Green on 'The Colbert Report' 11/09/10 - TV Replay. See the Web's top videos on AOL VideoIf this copy-and-paste operation is successful, we Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-46085309959919066902010-11-07T06:52:00.000-08:002010-11-07T06:55:24.249-08:00Spring Forward, Fall In A HoleAmerican Spring - "Tennessee Waltz" / "Sweet Mountain" - 1972 The Fall - "Hard Life In Country" "Live (In A Hole)" The Beach Boys - "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter"Don't forget to change the batteries in your smoke detectors and CO detectors...Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-67701865521098071142010-11-06T14:22:00.001-07:002010-11-06T14:22:59.513-07:00Happy Birthday, Adolphe Sax!What a strange world this would be without the saxophone...Sidney Bechet, "St.Louis Blues"Mike Watt + Steve Mackay + Gallucci Eric Dolphy w/ MingusSerena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-53147243996706317522010-10-09T07:13:00.000-07:002010-10-09T07:19:15.248-07:00A Pretty Song by Julian CopeSeriously, I find this really pretty. It starts out in some sort of Love/Faust hybrid territory, and then proceeds from there...it is also sort of topical.Julian Cope, "Don't Call Me Mark Chapman," from his Album "Autogeddon"Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-63477727495531937332010-10-08T10:45:00.000-07:002010-10-08T10:47:00.704-07:0070IF (Yes, this is a repost...because I'm a real Nowhere Man)Iggy Pop: "I met John in Hong Kong in 1977. He was traveling with Sean, who was about two years old, and was on his way to meet Yoko in Japan. I was with David Bowie and Coco Schwab, his friend and PA, on our way back to Europe from Japan, after a rock tour of my stuff. David and John were friends and we learned en route to Hong Kong that he would be there, in our hotel, for the same few Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-85271324991662127782010-09-14T06:56:00.000-07:002010-09-14T07:08:44.804-07:00Magenta JazzLast week: Ornette joins Sonny Rollins, Christian McBride, and Roy Haynes onstage:At Sonny Rollins' 80th birthday show at the Beacon Theater in New York City on Sept. 10, 2010.Thanks to RadioShoe for posting this; when not saluting giants of jazz, he puts up his renditions of songs by Tom Waits, Steely Dan, and Eno, and clips of Grand Prix races...Ornette leaves the Beacon:Courtesy of MrElsabrosoSerena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-42270897935709772132010-09-07T05:54:00.000-07:002010-09-07T06:12:52.925-07:00Today's Alternate RealityWhat if the Velvet Underground were popular in the 60s, and mersh bands were compelled to play their songs? Wouldn't you like to hear Big A&M Herb, Chicago, or Blood, Sweat and Tears* dish out "Sister Ray"? This may be the closest we'll ever get: the NY band Puttin' On The Ritz, originally a duo of vocalist BJ Rubin and drummer Kevin Shea, also of People and Mostly Other People Do The Killing, Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-88736006404818994862010-08-20T17:25:00.000-07:002010-08-20T17:29:19.166-07:00This is where soul music is at in the 21st Century(Sorry for not posting recently, but I've been sick...it's not Strep; the doctor at the MetroHealth Clinic over by Zosia's said so.)"F**K YOU" by Ceelo. This afternoon it was at 317 views; now it's at 37,174.Serena WmS. Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202549972236588648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540793346678635691.post-82833821502901812082010-08-07T18:44:00.000-07:002010-08-07T19:03:00.156-07:00feliz aniversário, caetano veloso"Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (Santo Amaro da Purificação, 7 de agosto de 1942) é um músico e escritor brasileiro.""Alegria, Alegria" festival de 1967Caetano e Gilberto Gil, "Haiti" - Tropicália 2 -São Paulo - 1993 "Nostalgia," from the album "Transa" (1972)Serena WmS. 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