tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213478232024-03-12T22:03:55.161-07:00Stu News and PhotosMy name is Stu and I am here to share what I can.Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.comBlogger1375125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-69854593728052790122014-12-12T06:13:00.000-08:002014-12-12T06:13:03.950-08:00How To Support The Troops <p>Looking for ways to support and honor U.S. military servicemembers and veterans who protect our security and freedom? In years past, you could wrap up a care package and mail it to "Any Service Member" for the holidays, but with increased mail restrictions, the Pentagon is asking people to help through financial contributions, letter-writing and e-mail, purchasing authorized pre-made care packages, or volunteering time through non-profits.</p>
<p>Below are links to programs that offer aid to our military -- everything from care packages to emergency services to military family support. Show your pride in our armed forces today, either by purchasing a gift or card for a servicemember, or donating to programs that support our military.</p>
<p><strong><a id="1" name="1"></a>Cards, Letters, Gifts, and Care Packages</strong></p>
<p>In addition, the U.S. Postal Service is no longer accepting "Any Service Member" or "Any Wounded Service Member" letters or packages. Mail to "Any Service Member" that is deposited into a collection box will not be delivered. Instead of sending an "Any Wounded Soldier" letter or package to Walter Reed, please consider making a donation to one of the more than 300 nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping our troops and their families listed on the <a href="http://www.ourmilitary.mil/">DoD Community Relations</a> website.</p>
<p>The following charitable organizations help send gifts, cards, and care packages to our troops:</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.adoptaplatoon.org/">Adopt a Platoon</a> -- Support the troops through gifts and sponsored mail.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.anysoldier.com/index.cfm">Any Soldier</a> -- Sponsor care packages to servicemembers in Iraq.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.aafes.com/">Army and Air Force Exchange Services</a> -- Purchase gift certificates for active and hospitalized servicemembers.<a target="_blank" href="http://www.bluestarmothers.org/"><br />
Blue Star Mothers</a> -- Organizes postcards to troops and care packages, and is currently petitioning Congress for reduced air fares for servicemembers.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.booksforsoldiers.com/">Books for Soldiers</a> -- Donate books, movies, and more.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/">Cell Phones for Soldiers</a> -- Donate your old cell phones, which pay for calling cards for our troops.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.commissaries.com/certificheck/">Commissary Gift Certificates</a> -- Give the gift of groceries -- buy or donate gift certificates.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amillionthanks.org/">A Million Thanks</a> -- Collects emails and letters of appreciation for our armed forces.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://tracking.military.com/cgi-bin/outlog.cgi?url=http://www.defense.gov/specials/abby/">Operaton Dear Abby</a> -- Send greetings and messages of support.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.operationgive.org/">Operation Give</a> -- Donate toys to be given to the children of Iraq.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.opgratitude.com/">Operation Gratitude</a> -- Contribute to care packages sent to our servicemembers. <br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://homefronthugs.com">Operation Homefront Hugs</a> -- Contribute to care packages, or adopt a servicemember.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.operationtroopaid.org/">Operation Troop Aid</a> -- Provide care packages for our deployed U.S. Servicemembers. <br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.usocares.org/">Operation USO Care Package</a> -- Sponsor a care package for $25.</p>
<p><strong>Help with Mailing Packages</strong><br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://about.usps.com/publications/pub640/pub640_tech.htm">Instructions on Sending Mail to Servicemembers</a> -- Straight from the U.S. Postal Service, instructions and recommendations on sending individual mail to servicemembers.</p>
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The following charitable organizations offer programs that provide comfort and support to our wounded veterans and their families:</div>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.redcross.org/services/afes/0,1082,0_321_,00.html">American Red Cross Armed Forces </a>-- Offers medical services to active duty, veterans, reservists and families nationwide.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.supportourwounded.org/">Angels of Mercy / No Soldier Left in Need</a> -- Donate clothes to wounded soldiers returning stateside, or donate to long-term rehabilitation programs<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.militaryblood.dod.mil/">Armed Services Blood Program</a> -- Donate blood that will be sent to areas of need around the world.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.bva.org/">Blinded Veterans Association</a> -- Volunteer and scholarship organization provides care and support for blind veterans and their families.<a target="_blank" href="http://www.cause-usa.org/"><br />
CAUSE: Comfort for America's Uniformed Services Elite</a> -- Provides comfort items for troops recuperating in military hospitals and rehabilitation centers from wounds and injuries.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.fisherhouse.org/">Fisher House</a> -- Support families whose loved ones are being treated at military and VA hospitals. <br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.volunteer.va.gov/">VA Voluntary Service</a> -- Volunteer to help care for wounded veterans.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.walterreedsociety.org/">The Walter Reed Society</a> -- Walter Reed Society helps provide for the needs of many returning injured servicemembers and their families.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.uso.org/">USO</a> -- Donations to the USO pay for hospital support for recuperating soldiers, USO entertainment tours and other important services.</p>
<h3>Transition, Scholarships and Vocation Rehabilitation</h3>
<p>These organizations provide transitions services, scholarships and vocational programs to help servicemembers and their families re-integrate in to the civilian world.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.freedomalliance.org/">The Freedom Alliance</a> -- Organizes donations and contributions for our servicemembers, and also awards scholarships.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.nmfa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=op_default">Operation Purple</a> -- National Military Family Association (NMFA) volunteer program provides educational camps for military children.<br />
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<a target="_blank" href="http://www.soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php">Soldiers' Angels</a> -- Support group aids wounded Soldiers with transitional backpacks, personal visits, and phone calls, etc., and also sends thanks via letters and email to the U.S. military and its allies.</p>
<h3>Counseling and Other Relief and Support Organizations</h3>
<p>The following organizations provide a wide range of services and support for our troops and wounded veterans including counseling, financial support, housing, emergency services and more:</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://tracking.military.com/cgi-bin/outlog.cgi?url=http://www.afas.org/%20">Air Force Aid Society</a> -- Official support and relief organization for Air Force servicemembers, veterans, and families.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.legion.org/">American Legion</a> -- Organizes blood donation, volunteer networks, purchase flags of support, and more. <br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.armedforcesfoundation.org/">The Armed Forces Foundation</a> -- Provides support and education help to our troops.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.asymca.org/">Armed Services YMCA</a> -- Provides educational, recreational, social and religious support to the military.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://tracking.military.com/cgi-bin/outlog.cgi?url=http://www.aerhq.org/%20">Army Emergency Relief</a> -- Official support and relief organization for Army servicemembers, veterans, and families. <br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://tracking.military.com/cgi-bin/outlog.cgi?url=http://www.cgmahq.org/%20">Coast Guard Mutual Assistance</a> -- Major support and relief organization for Coast Guard servicemembers, veterans, and families.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.freedomcalls.org/">Freedom Calls Foundation</a> -- Contribute to videoconferencing facilities that put servicemembers in touch with their families.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.thefreedomfund.org/">Freedom Fund</a> -- Send letters of thanks to the troops, or donate to funds that support deploying servicemembers.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.thehomefrontcares.org/">The Home Front Cares</a> -- Provides support for the Pikes Peak Region's military families of all services by distributing funds, goods and services to needy families. <br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.homesforourtroops.org/">Homes for Our Troops</a> -- Assists injured veterans and their families by building new or adapting existing homes for handicapped accessibility.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.fallenheroesfund.org/">Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund</a> -- Fund provides unrestricted grants to the families of military personnel who have given their lives in the current operations in defense of our country.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://netpets.org/netp/foster.php">Military Pets Foster Project</a> -- Nationwide network of foster homes cares for the pets of deployed personnel.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://tracking.military.com/cgi-bin/outlog.cgi?url=http://www.nmcrs.org/%20">Navy/Marine Relief Society</a> -- Official support and relief organization for Navy servicemembers, veterans, and families.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.childcareaware.org/en/operationchildcare/">Operation Child Care</a> -- Provides child care services for the families of Reserve and National Guard members.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heromiles.org/">Operation Hero Miles</a> -- Donate your unused frequent flyer files to servicemembers.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.specialops.org/">Special Operations Warrior Foundation</a> -- Provides college scholarship grants, financial aid and educational counseling to the children of Special Operations personnel killed in an operational mission or training accident.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://tracking.military.com/cgi-bin/outlog.cgi?url=http://www.taps.org">The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors</a> (TAPS) -- Provides services and support for survivors of late servicemembers.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.unmetneeds.com/">Unmet Needs</a> -- Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) program donates money to help with military families' financial necessities.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.veteransandfamilies.org/page/page/1325329.htm">Veterans and Families</a> -- Sacramento, Calif.-based organization is building support services for returning veterans.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.vfw.org/">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a> -- Features a full range of veteran services and advocacy programs.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.woundedwarriorhospitalfund.org/">Wounded Warriors Fund</a> -- Donates everything from phone cards to TVs to wounded soldiers.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.yellowribbonamerica.com/">Yellow Ribbon America</a> -- Show your support with a yellow ribbon.</p>
Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-78843508718931579512014-04-15T11:44:00.000-07:002014-04-24T08:28:35.531-07:00Album Of The Week: Hot Rats by Frank Zappa (1969)Here is a story about Frank Zappa that I'd like to tell, as a way of giving you, the few folks who are actually going to click on the vid and listen to the entire album, a sense of what it was like for Frank while he recorded these songs.
It's the summer of 1969 and Frank is in Los Angeles, recording the material that would become Hot Rats. Now, I'm not sure exactly which studio it was, whether it was Sunset Sound or TTG or Whitney studios (all three played host to the Hot Rats sessions), but one of these studios was where Frank recorded the tune "Willie The Pimp." Now the first interesting thing about the guitar solo was how it was recorded. Normally, a studio is separated into two parts, the big area where the musicians perform and get recorded (the studio, or the live room), and a smaller area, attached to the bigger area, where the tape machines and computers and engineers sit, making sure the recording is happening properly (the control room). However, for the song, "Willie The Pimp," Frank decided he wanted the guitar solo for that tune to stand out, to be different. So he set up his amp and his microphones in the recording area, like normal, but then instead of playing in that space, he brought his guitar into the control room and plugged his guitar into the mixing board. Then he ran that sound out of the board and into the studio, to his amp. He would play his guitar and the amp would broadcast that sound, which would get picked up by the microphones, which would transport that sound back into the control room, back into the mixing board, and finally, onto the magnetic recording tape. Pretty different, right?
But that's not the half of it. It turns out that while Frank was laying down the solo for "Willie The Pimp," he was not undisturbed. Back in 1969, unions were a big thing (as they had been for years), and a union guy showed up in the studio, to make sure Frank was paying the musicians properly, and to make sure all the paperwork was filled out properly. So there's Frank, trying to lay down this solo, and there's this union guy, holding a clipboard, just a few feet from Frank, waiting for Frank to finish playing so that he can show this union guy all the proper forms. And Frank knows the guy's there and that he's impatient and tapping his pencil on his clipboard, urging Frank to wrap it up, and Frank's trying his best to ignore him and concentrate on his solo, but he's getting angrier and angrier at this impatient union guy with his clipboard and his senseless bureaucracy and his self-importance and… Well, now go listen to "Willie The Pimp" and listen to that solo and imagine what must have been going through Frank's head as he played those notes. <p><b> </b> <p>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Guitar">guitar</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_instrument" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Percussion instrument">percussion</a>, vocals</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mike Altschul – woodwind</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bill Byers – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Trombone">trombone</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Chunky (Lauren Wood)– vocals</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Lee Clement – percussion</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Duke" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="George Duke">George Duke</a> – keyboards, vocals</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Earl Dumler – woodwind</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aynsley_Dunbar" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Aynsley Dunbar">Aynsley Dunbar</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_kit" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Drum kit">drums</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Duran_(musician)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Tony Duran (musician)">Tony Duran</a> – guitar, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottleneck_guitar" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bottleneck guitar">bottleneck guitar</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bass guitar">bass</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Alan Estes – percussion</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Janet Neville-Ferguson – vocals</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Fred Jackson, Jr. – woodwind</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Sal Marquez – bass, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Trumpet">trumpet</a>, vocals, brass</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Joanne Caldwell McNabb – vocals, brass, woodwind</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Malcolm McNabb – trombone, horn, trumpet in D</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Tony Ortega – woodwind</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Joel Peskin – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxophone" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a>, woodwind</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Preston" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Don Preston">Don Preston</a> – Mini Moog</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Johnny Rotella – woodwind</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ken Shroyer – trombone, brass, contractor and spiritual guidance</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ernie Tack – brass</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Watts" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ernie Watts">Ernie Watts</a> – tenor saxophone, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Melody_Saxophone" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="C Melody Saxophone">C Melody Saxophone</a> (the "Mystery Horn") solo on "Cletus Awreetus Awrightus", woodwinds</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Robert Zimmitti – percussion</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Gerry Sack – phantom tambourine</li>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tIO5uIq2TTI" width="480"></iframe>Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-61112286032456016472014-04-06T18:18:00.003-07:002014-04-06T18:18:46.321-07:00John Pinette Has Passed Away<iframe width="480" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OOU1nDTPg38" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-13208801422999543002014-04-01T08:38:00.000-07:002014-04-01T08:38:00.106-07:00Album Of The Week: Zoot Allures by Frank Zappa (1976)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Ff6nmMzZOPM" width="480"></iframe>)Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-23470558484865147662014-03-25T08:34:00.000-07:002014-03-25T08:34:00.080-07:00Album Of The Week: The Best Band You Never Heard In Your LifeFrom Wikipedia: <i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life</b></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> is a double disc live album by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, released in 1991 (see </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_in_music" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="1991 in music">1991 in music</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">). The album was one of three to be recorded during the 1988 world tour, along with </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_the_Hard_Way" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Broadway the Hard Way">Broadway the Hard Way</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> and </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_a_Jazz_Noise_Here" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Make a Jazz Noise Here">Make a Jazz Noise Here</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. Each of these three accounts of the legendary '88 tour has a different focus: </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Broadway the Hard Way</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> mostly showcases new compositions, </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Make a Jazz Noise Here</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> features a sampler of classic instrumental Zappa tunes, and this album devotes itself to covers, some unlikely such as "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_Heaven" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Stairway to Heaven">Stairway to Heaven</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, as well as Zappa's extensive back catalogue, focusing mainly on Zappa's mid-1970s output but with some material from the Mothers of Invention's late 1960s recordings and one song ("Lonesome Cowboy Burt") from </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_Motels" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="200 Motels">200 Motels</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. It was re-issued in 1995 and 2012 along with his entire catalogue.</span><br />
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<br />Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-34739658276678195362014-03-18T04:30:00.000-07:002014-03-18T04:30:03.308-07:00Album Of The Week: Sheik Yerbouti (1979)I'm gonna start posting Zappa albums, focusing on those that are easiest for the neophyte to swallow. Indeed, I'll be posting the least bitter Zappa records. That's funny to think about, that he's so acerbic one has to pick the least acidic as an appetizer. Oy. <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Fk10rtqXbl8" width="480"></iframe>Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-60932948316419366892014-03-14T17:00:00.000-07:002014-03-14T17:00:02.113-07:00Friday Night Concert: Frank Zappa At The Palladium<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nQDTXF63vug" width="480"></iframe>)Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-51464615871476803292014-03-11T09:00:00.000-07:002014-03-11T09:00:02.143-07:00Album Of The Week: Reaching Fourth by McCoy Tyner (1962)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_300U9nceoc" width="480"></iframe>Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-88225286381574741072014-03-04T09:30:00.000-08:002014-03-04T09:30:01.047-08:00Album Of The Week: Lenox Avenue Breakdown (1979)<h4 class="review-author headline" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(227, 227, 227); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: PlutoSansCondMedium, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; height: 23px; line-height: 1.6rem; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; width: 646px;">
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Given the urban title of alto saxophonist <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/arthur-blythe-mn0000507583" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Arthur Blythe</a>'s debut Columbia album, it's quite a shock when he and his red-hot band of collaborators that include <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-blood-ulmer-mn0000114031" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">James Blood Ulmer</a> on guitar, <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-stewart-mn0000076221" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bob Stewart</a> on tuba, flutist <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-newton-mn0000141805" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">James Newton</a>, bassist <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cecil-mcbee-mn0000739015" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Cecil McBee</a>, and <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jack-dejohnette-mn0000104388" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jack DeJohnette</a> open with the decidedly funky Latin breaks on "Down San Diego Way." It's not a vamp and it's not a misleading intro, the first of four tracks showcases not only the deep versatility of the rhythm section, but <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blythe-mn0000507583" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Blythe</a>'s own gift as both a composer and as a soloist. He states the melody, handing off the harmonics to<a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ulmer-mn0000114031" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ulmer</a> and <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/newton-mn0000141805" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Newton</a> and then flies high into the face of its chosen changes, allowing the beat to change under him several times before bringing back a theme and letting <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ulmer-mn0000114031" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ulmer</a> solo. <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blythe-mn0000507583" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Blythe</a>'s grounding in the blues and in modal composition guide him on the title track; he and <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/newton-mn0000141805" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Newton</a> move through intervallic shifts of chromatic intensity and spatial columnar structures, while <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ulmer-mn0000114031" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ulmer</a> builds a middle bridge to both ground and fly from. But <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blythe-mn0000507583" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Blythe</a> is not content here to showcase the extremes. On both "Slidin' Through," his exercise in harmolodic composition, and "Odessa," <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blythe-mn0000507583" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Blythe</a> provides ample proof of his wisdom as a bandleader, encouraging solo and rhythmic interplay between different groups of musicians such as <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mcbee-mn0000739015" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">McBee</a> and <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blythe-mn0000507583" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Blythe</a> on the former and between himself, <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/newton-mn0000141805" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Newton</a> and <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ulmer-mn0000114031" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ulmer</a> on the latter as the rhythm section winds it out in both cases, stretching the narrow envelope into something far more textured and thematically unified -- note the <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ornette-mn0000484396" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ornette</a>-meets-noir ambience of "Odessa." This group lays like a band that had been together for years, not the weeklong period it took them to rehearse and create one of <a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blythe-mn0000507583" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Blythe</a>'s masterpieces. Over 20 years later, <a class="album-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/lenox-avenue-breakdown-mw0000045828" style="color: #0e76bc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lenox Avenue Breakdown</a> still sounds new and different and ranks among the three finest albums in his catalog.</div>
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<i><b>To The East, Blackwards</b></i> is the debut <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_album" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Studio album">studio album</a> by American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a> group <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Clan" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="X Clan">X Clan</a>, released on April 19, 1990,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-muze_1-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_East,_Blackwards#cite_note-muze-1" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_%26_B%27way_Records" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="4th & B'way Records">4th & B'way Records</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Records" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Island Records">Island Records</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Book_2-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_East,_Blackwards#cite_note-Book-2" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup> It was produced entirely by the group and recorded at I.N.S. Recording Studios in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="New York City">New York City</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-muze_1-1" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_East,_Blackwards#cite_note-muze-1" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup></div>
<i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">To the East, Blackwards</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">charted at number 97 on the</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard 200">Top Pop Albums</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. "Raise the Flag", the album's</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_single" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Lead single">lead single</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Book_2-1" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_East,_Blackwards#cite_note-Book-2" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">peaked at number 12 on the</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Rap_Singles" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Hot Rap Singles">Hot Rap Singles</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bb_3-0" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_East,_Blackwards#cite_note-bb-3" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3fRqQk0uTKc" width="480"></iframe>Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-23898230539246738022014-01-28T10:17:00.000-08:002014-01-28T10:17:00.262-08:00Album Of The Week: Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina (1967)<div style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From Wikipedia:</span><b style="font-family: sans-serif;"> Baroque pop</b><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">, </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">baroque rock</b><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Gendron_1-0" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_pop#cite_note-Gendron-1" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> or </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">English baroque</b><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Stanley2007_2-0" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_pop#cite_note-Stanley2007-2" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> often used interchangeably with </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif;">chamber pop/rock</b><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-am_chamberpop_3-0" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_pop#cite_note-am_chamberpop-3" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_rock" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> music</span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subgenre" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" title="Subgenre">subgenre</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> which originated in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" title="United States">United States</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">. It emerged in the mid-1960s as a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_(music)" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" title="Fusion (music)">fusion</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_rock" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" title="Classical music">classical music</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">, particularly of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" title="Baroque music">baroque period</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Baroque pop reached its height of success in the late-1960s, with</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_baroque_pop_artists" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="List of baroque pop artists">several prominent exponents</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">emerging and/or incorporating the genre into their repertoire, including:</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Beach Boys">The Beach Boys</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Moody Blues">The Moody Blues</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Banke" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Left Banke">The Left Banke</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(band)" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Love (band)">Love</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procol_Harum" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Procol Harum">Procol Harum</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. Baroque pop's mainstream popularity faded by the 1970s, partially because</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Punk rock">punk rock</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_music" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Disco music">disco</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rock" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">took over; nonetheless, music was still produced within the genre's tradition,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Stanley2007_2-1" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_pop#cite_note-Stanley2007-2" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">and it exerted an influence on several subgenres. Such includes the arrival of chamber pop in the 1990s, which contained ornate productions and classical influences,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMBaroquePop_4-0" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_pop#cite_note-AMBaroquePop-4" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">while contesting much of the time's</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_fidelity" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Low fidelity">low fidelity</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">musical aesthetic. Furthermore, since the 1990s, baroque pop has seen a revival; several prominent artists, such as</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_and_Sebastian" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Belle and Sebastian">Belle and Sebastian</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Regina Spektor">Regina Spektor</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy_(band)" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Divine Comedy (band)">The Divine Comedy</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, have performed or incorporated elements of the genre in their work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">“An activist is someone who cannot help but fight for something. That person is not usually motivated by a need for power or money or fame, but in fact is driven slightly mad by some injustice, some cruelty, some unfairness, so much so that he or she is compelled by some internal moral engine to act to make it better.”</span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> -Eve Ensler, <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">American playwright, performer, feminist, activist and artivist, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><i>(this is so very me, especially the "slightly mad" part)</i></span></span>Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-28079034462590849312014-01-21T11:14:00.000-08:002014-01-21T11:14:00.673-08:00Album Of The Week: Dinosaur Jr.'s "Green Mind" (1991)<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>All Music Guide: </i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">After temporarily suspending the band, </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/j-mascis-mn0000086774" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">J Mascis</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> first snuck out "The Wagon" as a Sub Pop single, then a little while later released the group's first major-label album, </span><a class="album-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/green-mind-mw0000266649" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Green Mind</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">. More of a solo project than a group effort -- </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lou-barlow-mn0000806990" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Lou Barlow</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> was out and then some, </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/murph-mn0000514268" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Murph</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> only drums on three tracks, a few guests pop up here and there -- it's still a great album, recorded and performed with gusto. Such a judgment may seem strange given </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mascis-mn0000086774" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Mascis</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">' legendary image as the überslacker, but clearly the man knows how to balance how to convey himself with getting the job done. "The Wagon" itself kicks off the album, an even quicker and nuttier sequel to the peerless "Freak Scene" -- </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/don-fleming-mn0000180756" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Don Fleming</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> of </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gumball-mn0000643128" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Gumball</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">fame adds some of the music and background vocals, but otherwise it's </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mascis-mn0000086774" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Mascis</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> and </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/murph-mn0000514268" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Murph</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> cranking it and having a blast. When </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mascis-mn0000086774" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Mascis</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> goes into one of his patented over-the-top solos, it all feels just right -- this is loud rock music for putting a smile on your face, not beating up people in a pit. The remainder of the album floats and rumbles along in its uniquely </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dinosaur-jr-mn0000219483" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Dinosaur Jr.</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> type of way, as apt to find poppy hooks, singalongs, and soft strumming as it is to blow out the Marshalls. Sublime moments include the contrast of sweet acoustic guitar and loud drums on "Blowing It," the fun thrash of "How'd You Pin That One on Me," and the Mellotron-as-flute-tinged stomp "Thumb." If nothing on the album is completely as freaked-out and over the top as "Don't" from </span><a class="album-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/bug-mw0000652987" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Bug</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">, it's still a fine translation of </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mascis-mn0000086774" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Mascis</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">' art for the commercial big boys. The song titles alone sometime say it all -- "Puke + Cry," "I Live for That Look," "Muck." </span><a class="name-link" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mascis-mn0000086774" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Mascis</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">throughout sounds like his usual self, cracked drawl ever as it was and shall be.</span><br /><p></p>
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There's a musician/composer named Darren Solomon. He's based in Los Angeles, and has had a pretty diverse career, from work as a bass player for Ray Charles to crafting the Clio-award-winning music for the M&Ms commercial featuring Megan Mullally. He's also willing to experiment now and again. One of his experiments involved taking advantage of the fact that you can play more than one YouTube video at a time (if you didn't realize this, pick a YouTube video, play it, then open a new window and play another YouTube video - they'll overlap without a complaint). <br />
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Solomon sent out a call, asking for submissions of YouTube videos, where the audio would be in the key of Bb, and where the tempo would be A piacere - that is, no specific tempo, the notes should be played as the performer sees fit. Solomon's idea was that he would take a variety of the submissions and put them all on one page, so that when you loaded the page, you could play any of the YouTube videos to create your own musical texture. This became <a href="http://www.inbflat.net/%20%3Cbr%20/%3E">http://www.inbflat.net/ </a><br />
I submitted a video, a solo cello voice wandering gently. Miraculously, that video was picked for inclusion on the In Bb page. If you go to the page, my video is in the bottom row, second from the left. A million views later, and it's still getting mileage. In fact, earlier this year, right around my birthday, our local Fox affiliate ran a segment featuring Mr. Solomon, mentioning his In Bb experiment. Here's that segment:<br />
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For all of you who take the initiative and create your own art and your own experiments, for those of you who put yourselves out there, who give voice to thought, who stand up when everyone else sits down, I salute you.Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-72163969694961972312014-01-14T10:29:00.003-08:002014-01-14T10:29:51.998-08:00Food PartyI miss this show.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xDZzJjV4Kws" width="640"></iframe>Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291201381446319777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21347823.post-88600090434089866432014-01-14T08:27:00.000-08:002014-01-14T08:27:00.059-08:00Album Of The Week: Liquid Swords by GZA (1995)<div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">
"Often acclaimed as the best Wu-Tang solo project of all, <i>Liquid Swords</i> cemented the Genius/GZA's reputation as the best pure lyricist in the group—and one of the best of the '90s ... The Genius' eerie calm is a great match for RZA's atmospheric production, which is tremendously effective in this context; the kung fu dialogue here is among the creepiest he's put on record, and he experiments quite a bit with stranger sounds and more layered tracks. Not only is RZA in top form, but every Clan member makes at least one appearance on the album, making it all the more impressive that <i>Liquid Swords</i> clearly remains the Genius' showcase throughout. All of his collaborators shape themselves to his quietly intimidating style, giving <i>Liquid Swords</i> a strongly consistent tone and making it an album that gradually slithers its way under your skin [...] it ranks with <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enter_the_Wu-Tang_(36_Chambers)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)">Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)</a></i> and Raekwon's <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Built_4_Cuban_Linx" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Only Built 4 Cuban Linx">Only Built 4 Cuban Linx</a></i> as one of the group's undisputed classics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Huey_14-1" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Swords#cite_note-Huey-14" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[14]</a>"</sup></div>
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—Steve Huey</div>
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