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I could totally see them tearing up I Want You (She's So Heavy)

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I'm pretty sure they announced last year that they would be dialing back the touring to focus on recording new material.  After the briliiance of TWL I can't wait to see what they come up with next.  However, a collection of out-takes would be welcome, as well.

My father and I had a conversation the other day that some day, all of the rock legends will be gone.  How strange will that be when there is no Eric Clapton, or no Paul McCartney, or no Keith Richards. 

 

Well that day is practically here for Jazz, with only a few of the original jazz legends still living.  Dave Brubeck was certainly one of those.  RIP Dave. 

I was talking to my father last night about this and his voice was breaking through the entire conversation.  Retelling the night he saw Brubeck for the first time at Basin Street East, feeling like a punk kid for wearing kakis and a polo shirt while all the cats around him were dressed in suits (realizing he was sitting next to Otto Preminger) was a sad nostalgia trip.  They have tix for a Brubeck tribute tonight in Waterbury CT; there was supposed to be a meet and greet afterward.  Getz is gone, Mulligan is dead, now Brubeck.  This is trully the end of an era.  I had to go out and replace my copy of Time Out today; tomorrow I've got to hunt down a copy of Jazz Goes to College.

Brubeck just passed away, a day shy of his 92nd birthday. That's what you call living to a ripe old age (though I suppose I wouldn't think that if I were in my 90s).

I just a moment ago saw this announced.  Everyone cue up Blue Rondo a la Turk and swing in his honor.

_{The Jayhawks and Replacements would make me very happy.  I think the Avett Bros. would be a great addition.}

Anyone going to the Dinosaur Jr. show at Terminal 5 this Saturday? This should be a killer night! Kurt Vile is opening. I've only got "Smoke Ring for My Halo"; not too familiar with him but this is great stuff despite what my wife thinks. Her tastes are suspect anyway; she's been to one Wilco show, after which she claimed, "I don't need to do that again." (We do catch her singing some of it if it's on in the house, though. There's hope.) Kim Gordon and Jonny Marr are guesting with Dinosaur with more to be announced. Aahh, a sonic cleansing!

Silly me...a few days late but I just saw Tragically Hip at Terminal 5 NYC! These guys put on a great show!!! Anyone else a fan?

Got tickets for the show in Clifton Park tomorrow night. I've seen these guys several times now and they never disappoint. Gordon is whacked

Love this disc. Brubeck was the soundtrack of my childhood (and Getz and Mulligan, my dad's heroes). Funny thing is my first kiss was in a bomb shelter; not the most romantic of places but intimate indeed.

Then again, Jay's "Constipation Blues" could be more frightening...

Bring a kid. Shamelessly use your children. Seriously, I've met them all except Glenn and they were nice, gracious folks. The first time I met Jeff, he approached us after my then 13 year-old daughter called out, "Hi!" as he returned from a jog. He actually told one of the roadies to take our camera and get a few pictures. I've found that thanking an artist for the music and great communal experiences goes over well.

I'm seriously hoping for a Bushnell release as well as I was not in the best of conditions at the Hartford show, having broken my foot and my big toe in 5 places (and 5 stitches to close up where the nail was driven down to the bone). I got out of the Yale ER in just enought time get there for the last couple of songs by Lee Renaldo,hobbling around on a bloody gauze-wrapped foot and crutches. The show was great, but I was not in the best state for fully appreciating it. I was at the VT show, too, which was a blast with some friends and my 2 daughters, one of whom was a first-timer, but the Bushnell was a better show.

I haven't seen Todd Rundgren in a while, but he was usually good for some amusing talk. He is great at the savagely-witty comment. Saw him at Toad's Place in New Haven once and his drunken bitching about the quality of his $110+ haircut in the city was a bore. I remember leaving that one early, which I never do.

As for the not-so-goods, Robert Fripp has the worst stage presence of any performer I've seen. When he was quiet in the shadows and took a polite bow at the end, that was OK. During the last round of shows they plaid in NYC several years back (the last they will ever play, I'm sure), he hid behind his rack then stood behind the stage while the rest of KC took a bow. What the fuck is that?

Took my daughters to Kohls for some back to school underwear shopping and there was "You and I." I felt so old...

There's an Irish kid who comes over to the States for the summer and works for me in a summer camp. His greeting most mornings is, "There's more to life than Wilco, Georgie." Often followed by, "All Wilco makes you a dull boy." I love that smartass.

"Wilco (the Song)" is so much fun live. Wish they always played it. And I assumed (wrongly I suppose) that "One Wing" would become a live staple, because it was a great showcase for Nels.

I always wished they'd let Nels go off for a while towards the end of this song. He just rips on that song.

If you're really into the early 70's Crimson, you should look for a live box set called "The Great Deceiver." It's 4 discs of great stuff with a lot of improv. The reformulated Crimson that came out in '81 with Adrian Belew and Tony Levin released one of my favoriate albums of all time: "Discipline." Hard core fans have pissed and moaned about the Americans in the band, particularly Belew and his exuberant stage presence, but this is a must-have.

Are any of these still up for grabs?

Any fans of Alice Hoffman here? The most beautiful book I've read lately (other than The Moonflower Vine) was this:

 

 

I had a very hard time putting it down, even when it was getting to be the wee hours of the morning and my eyelids were sagging. Each chapter seemed to flow forward into the next, and I wanted...needed!... to know how it all turned out. She writes like a dream, such wonderful perspectives and descriptions and phrases, and it seems so effortless. What a gift it is to be able to write as she does.

 

I can't recommend it highly enough. You will thank me. Read anything of hers!

Just read "Blackbird House" on my wife's recommendation and enjoyed it thoroughly. Reading Carl Hiaasen's "Skinny Dip." Not high literature but a good read - perverse and humorous. Mixing it up with the collected short stories of Mark Twain (always satisfying) and soon to launch into "A Portrait of the ARtist as a Young Man" for a little light summer reading.

Jeff took my daughter's request when we met him on the street before a show in New Haven and they closed the set with it: On and On. Tickled a little girl's (and her middle-aged old man's ) heart.

Got tix to see Bonnie and Dr. Mavis next weekend at the casino in CT. Can't wait! Last time I took my wife to see Mavis in Portland, NH, I had to leave her at the hotel, burried in blanikets with a fever. Hope this time works out better.

yeah.,..file this under delusional daydream scenario.

 

tweedy's got it good w/ Wilco, and Farrar seems very content w/ his thing too. can't imagine a UT tour at all. The Smiths might be more likely.

Now I, for one, would be much more excited about a Smiths reunion. But that ain't gonna happen either.

Watching it from the Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences right now. A nice break from a long day and week with 20 high school kids.

Hamm I am,

a Wilco fan

I listen to them in my house

I sing the songs with my spouse.

I listen to them in my car,

heavy rotation - driving far.

I sure do like them being there

What's up with that guy Tweedy's hair?

I foxtrot in the Yankee night,

Berkshire foothills - what delite!

Did you meet them at the show?

Several times, it made me glow.

Have you stood there in the rain?

No, we boogied - why complain?

Hamm I am,

a Wilco fan!

Walken at the grocery store.

Was your brother part of the Giant Country Horns?

No, Dave Grippo was the sax player in that unit. My brother Chris Peterman, who has played with Grippo off and on for a long time on the Burlington, VT scene, was in the Cosmic Country Horns, as was Grippo. Hey Jeff, you looking for some horns for the summer shows?