Thursday, April 30, 2009

Lots To Look At and Listen To, Not Much News...Amuse Yourself

Stop me if you've seen this before. I mean it's only been seen nearly ten million times, but just in case you haven't:



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HERE'S A TRACK FROM THE NEW VAGABOND OPERA ALBUM

I have a story in the O next Friday. Their CD release is next Saturday, May 9 at Mississippi Studios.

The album is The Zeitgeist Beckons. This is Eric Stern's Goodnight Moon


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THE SEWICKLEY'S ROBBERY STORY…ACCORDING TO JEN LANE

I was standing around outside the Mt. Tabor during the Bridgetown Comedy Festival's opening schmooze. I'll go anywhere for free pizza. BarFly Magazine's Jen Lane was there to help Andy Wood be organized. She told the story of the recent robbery at one of her favorite bars, Sewickley's.

Apparently the ex-cleanup guy hid in a closet after the bar closed so he could rob the place. He waited till the doors were locked and he thought the place was his but when he came out of the closet, he found that the gambling machines he wanted to robbed were gone. So the crowbar he wanted to open them with was no good.

What's a robber to do? Just then he noticed the current cleanup guy was sitting at the bar. My memory is a little fuzzy on the rest of the details, except for the fact that he came into the same bar the next day. The management, having been told that he had been in the place to rob it the night before, called the cops. The poor schmuck still had the tools on him.

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INDUSTRIAL JAZZ GROUP'S STIMULUS PROGRAM MUSIC

And now, Andrew Durkin with the news:

We actually introduced this at our New Year's Eve show this past December. What can I say? The real-world context has become more dire in the ensuing months, and so I ended up putting together something that has a certain melodramatic flair. Not sure if that's good or bad.




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SEEN:

Belinda Underwood (singer/bassist/composer/sister to Melissa) vampy but not trampy at the Heathman with Steve Christofferson.

Norweigan avant-smashers The Thing at Backspace reminding me of being in a dirty Manhattan bar in 1986 and watching John Zorn's sonic screaming.

Little-known sax player Malcolm Lewis leading a soul/jazz/funk/hip-hop band at The Report and carrying it off. Here he is practicing with E-Li-Jah:

Malcolm Lewis, E-Li-Jah OkeeDoke Sax Prt.




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A COUPLE GO SEES

David Friesen and Greg Goebel Friday May 1st 9pm Camellia Lounge

Goodfoot All-Stars James Brown Tribute Show at Goodfoot Lounge, Saturday, May 2 at 10:00pm

Pass the Mic…local pros and up and coming performers at Kennedy School Thursday April 28…free and all ages.
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DON CHERRY AND SONNY ROLLINS

52nd Street Theme just for the hell of it:



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FULLA VIDS THIS WEEK, IN LIEU OF REAL ITEMS

John Stowell & Tim Lerch playing in Seattle on the 17th. The tune is Gentle Rain.



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SORRY SO SHORT AGAIN

Couldn't be helped.

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1 comment:

  1. hey Tom! thanks for the shout out! melissa underwood here.. we have a new Beliss album out soon and are heading on tour Monday. Can't wait to get you a copy (on cd or VINYL! , your choice)...

    http://www.beliss.cosmikmuse.com/

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