Saturday I went to Constellation to listen to the Tomeka Reid Quartet. It was beautiful stuff. Especially the work of Mary Halvorson on guitar. I’ve been playing a solo recording of hers called “Meltframe” a lot lately. It’s her take on a bunch of standards, but she completely transforms them into her own thing. It’sContinue reading “Demolition”
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Madonnaland & vicinity
I watched them duck into the door of the Skylark, look at the Cash Only sign and turn around and leave. I couple hours later they were back. The guy asked if his girl could use the bathroom and I said, “Sure.” “She’s not from here. She’s from Canada and I wanted to show herContinue reading “Madonnaland & vicinity”
Herb Alpert’s Crap Columns
A few weeks ago I went with a friend to take in the Greek antiquities exhibit at the Field Museum. On our way out of the south entrance afterwards, we noticed what looked to both of us like a twelve foot column of crap just to the left of the door. Coming closer to readContinue reading “Herb Alpert’s Crap Columns”