Category archives for “music”
Heaven’s gonna burn your eyes
Thievery Corporation: great band puts on so-so show
A night of surreal sights and sounds
The Alamo Drafthouse was having a “stag night” downtown. Gwen and I thought this sounded like fun, so we hied ourselves on down. There were a couple layers of difference between what I was expecting and what we saw. I was expecting, you know, stag movies. Grainy black-and-white porno shorts where the guy’s eyes had [...]
Soulful dance music and other beautiful sounds
Mix of the Week hosts hourlong MP3/RA files consisting of, well, reader-submitted music mixes. I’m listening right now. It’s cool.
Via Mitsuhiro Takemura’s Blog (I really need to follow more Japanese blogs).
Ganesh
Caught a performance by an Indian drummer named Ganesh above the Clay Pit last night. Some of the usual suspects were there, including Adina. Ganesh was playing a tiny handheld drum–smaller than a tamborine–that produced uncannily deep, liquid sounds, somewhat like a kettle drum. I believe it’s called a kanjira. It was a good show, [...]
Caetano Veloso
Saw Caetano Veloso last night at Bass Concert Hall with Gwen and another friend (who just happened to know the cellist). The local alternative weekly did an interesting piece on him recently.
The show was great. Although he played a number of old standards, there was nothing stale about his show, or about him. Unlike some [...]
Towering hypocrisy?
Tower Records–playing both sides of the fence.
Orange Mothers & Meat Purveyors at the Cactus
Last night, Gwen and I saw the Orange Mothers and the Meat Purveyors at the Cactus Cafe. Gwen and I had seen the same line-up at the Continental Club when we had been dating for about two weeks. We’ve been dating for just about six months now.
The show was good. There was a bizarre opening [...]
Don’t give them ideas
From the Onion: RIAA Sues Radio Stations for Giving Away Free Music. Yes, it’s a joke…for now.
The Problem with Music
A recent discussion on Plastic reminded me of this article, “the problem with music,” by Steve Albini. I had read it some years ago, and it really stuck in my mind. Somewhat more recently, Courtney Love had some sharp words on the industry.
Shorty Long
Went to see Shorty Long again last night. They’re fantastic. No, it’s not enough that they have a seven-foot-tall nose-flute player, he stands up, sways rhythmically, and makes funny faces while playing it. And the music…Where do they hunt down stuff like “Flaming Ukulele in the Sky”?
