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http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35241250?SThisFB I spent one of the most-stimulating and enlightening evenings of music thanks to this man! An "open rehearsal" of the Chicago Civic Orchestra (basically the CSO's minor league team), conducted by Boulez, playing a piece by Bartok. Now, I am not much of a fan of Bortok's, nor of much "modern" classical-type music in general, but Boulez put on a clinic, literally. He explained WHY he loved the piece that they were rehearsing/performing that night, and DEMONSTRATED why he loved it. While he was putting the orchestra through its paces,

Yeah, this one hurts more than I would have expected.

Hearing the news of Haskell Wexler's passing triggered a memory for me: Watching a screening of Wexler's Medium Cool at the Music Box Theater in Chicago back in 1995 or so. Of all people, Studs Terkel sat next to me, and he did not keep his mouth shut for the entire movie! He was on the crew (credited as "Our Man in Chicago") and commented on just about everything on screen: "Oh, hell!!! I remember that guy!!! What an asshole!" "Well, that was a bitch of a day!" "GodDAMN! I haven't thought of her in years!!!" And with every utterance, his wife would attempt to quiet him: "Shhh! Studs! Be quie

Yes it does. This:

50¢ each at the library: • The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen • Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club • Sebadoh - The Sebadoh • The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4 • Phil Angotti & The Idea - Flower Bomb • The Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle • Various Artists - A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC Fuck. Yes.

Just picked up the first Resonators album. Sounds great!

Go read the reviews, listen to the samples posted at the site, and decide for yourself.

Klaus Johann Grobe – Baby Lass Uns Sein / Peter Stringer-Hye – Sunday Girls EP A single and an EP from a couple of artists on my current favorite label—Trouble In Mind. And, TIM pulls through again.http://active-listener.blogspot.com/2015/12/klaus-johann-grobe-baby-lass-uns-sein.html

I have not. In fact, The Butterscotch Cathedral is the first that I have heard of Matt Rendon or any of his projects. I probably should though, huh?