Robert J

Long live Richard Kern and Lydia Lunch! Death Valley '69

They'll be on Conan O'Brien tonight (Wednesday 9th)

Other than the one's I mentioned, that would be correct. No Dirty! Though they started to do "Nic Fit" at the encore, but shelved it. There was also "Schizophrenia" from Sister. I stopped buying CDs after the "Experimental Jet-set..." disc. I was suprised there was many people in their 20s there. I mean, there's no airplay in Toronto for Rather Ripped, so maybe the legend?

Nice evening. It was in a venue they've performed at before in Toronto, probably 1000 -1200 people. It was not sold out. The Go Team! was the opener, but I missed them somewhat intentionally in my never-ending quest for free parking in downtown Toronto. (Which of course I did find, 6 streets away.) They opened with Teen Age Riot from Daydream Nation - a good move, as well as Eric's Trip a few later. The new stuff is not bad, and they played the whole album. I heard only samples of the Rather Ripped on the net, so I don't know all of the titles yet. Of course, I wanted selections from Dirty, but I can't pretend that 14 years have not passed. I think the new pop stuff isn't bad, just the lyrics have no urgency. During one of the lamer ones I felt I was listening to a bar band because Kim didn't really seem connected to the lyrics. However most of those tunes were saved by great instrumentals halfway through. They also had an extra bass player - former Pavement bassist Mark Ibold. This allowed more singing from Kim, in addition to her penchant for being a whirling Dervish. Also, she can be a sloppy bass player, so this guy helped the bottom end immensely. Still, Kim Gordon is a goddess at 53, and she can still delivers a potent sound from her voice. There was also some classic feedback noodling too. Each tune would bring out a different guitar from the techies (for both Lee and Thurston) because they have their special tunings. Of course, very loud, and of course, I had earplugs (just as in 92 when I saw them last - I am slightly deaf in my right ear due to a My Bloody Valentine concert and one of Steve Albini's bands in the late 80s/early 90s ). Those with bleeding ears and no earplugs started exiting the floor leaving me room to get more of a "safe" auditory assault about 6 people in. I always love when Lee Renaldo sings, plus his tunes are always perfect. I also realized that seeing him and Thurston on their guitars, they really don't do alot of "soloing". What I mean is, the leads are really them doing their chord patterns with their tuned guitars, in unison through feedback, so what sounds like solos are really well crafted and timed chord clusters. I also now know how Thurston gets the sound on Eric's Trip (drum stick is the left fretted hand). I even got back home to Oakville - 45 kms away - by midnight! Sonic Youth is one of the few (non-jazz) bands I enjoy seeing live, along with Mike Watt, the Pixies, Bob Mould and Fugazi.

This happens in the book publishing industry lots

“I’ve been trying to go to Iraq with Hillary Clinton for so long. Hillary was trying to work it out, but it seemed too dangerous,” the 20-year-old actress says in an interview in the September issue of Elle magazine, on newsstands Wednesday. Lohan add that she would prepare for her trip to Iraq by taking shooting lessons with her security guard.

Will the word "gumbo" be used in this doc?

Love - Your Mind and We Belong Together (1968) Love - Seven & Seven Is my favourite Love tune: Love - Alone Again Or (2003)

That Wynton Kelly Trio video was great! Jim - I started noticing earlier this week that many videos were gone. Is there a copyright lawyer combing the site? Plus there are so many dupes (and dopes) hanging around the system. Question - other than subscribing to certain channels, is there a way to search by term and date range of upload (ie "jazz" "july 20-august 4") to find something new?

BUMMER IN THE SUMMER! Last week it was Syd Barrett. How many more influential rockers are left?

LONDON (Reuters) - Barney the guard dog went berserk at a teddy bear exhibition in England and ripped the stuffing out of Elvis Presley's beloved bear Mabel, exhibitors said on Thursday. Wookey Hole Caves, a popular holiday destination in Somerset, southern England, was drawing children with its display of 1,000 precious teddy bears, including Mabel, beloved bear of the King of Rock and Roll, singer of "I just wanna be your teddy bear" and "You ain't nothing but a hound dog." But, said General Manager Daniel Medley, it all went horribly wrong. The collection was so valuable that the insurance company insisted the exhibitors guard it with dogs. Barney, a sleek and handsome Dobermann, was dutifully dispatched. "The security guard was doing his normal patrols at the site. He let the dog in, and the dog went on a rampage," Medley told Reuters. "He started with Mabel, took a very large chunk out of Mabel almost severing her head, and then went mad. It took about 20 minutes to bring him out." Dozens of other bears were shredded too. Mabel is the property of Sir Benjamin Slade, a local aristocrat, who says he paid 40,000 pounds ($75,000) at auction for the bear. Sir Benjamin is "hopping mad," confessed Medley. As for Barney, "he's going to be retired to a farm where he can chase chickens," Medley said. "We've told the security company we don't want anything nasty to happen to Barney, but we don't want him back."

Johnny and Edgar Winter - Tell The Truth

This one is the best Johnny Winter & Edgar - Together - Live

One of my favourite "rock" tunes ever. And one of the best porta-keyboard solos ever. What doesn't he play on this tune? Jim you could pull that off, no? You still have your sax? These guys are having the time of their life (at first glance it looks like Spinal Tap though) Now Edgar plays a Triton

Or this I know a lot of great, deserving jazz musicians that could use that money! Does that mean Grouch got burned too?

This is about all I could find for cuban piano. Still ... Chucho Valdes - Poinciana Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Autumn Leaves

Stan Getz! Wow - forgot how gorgeous Astrud was.

could a melodica thread be too far behind? Sure And We Danced

I recall removing the guide pin felts completely on my Mark II, or at least some in the problem ranges where I had stickiness. This would be the front of the keybed, not in the middle "hinge". It made the action sound louder, but this was never amplified with the pickups. Dat - I also spent a long time adjusting the tines to my liking. Someone had given me a wah-wah type of pedal and so I was testing the tine vlumes with that. I can't recall the name of the pedal now, but it would have been the same one Jan Hammer and Joe Zawinul would have used in the early 70s.

no it's not It is 32C this eve as I leave for home. I will put a wedge in tonight as I sit on my balcony. Some situations call for the citrus! cool the beer, ditch the citrus. If you want the latter, drink lemonade. it's 32°C here as well. I did do it without the lemon. I missed it on the second pint. I'm only talking about a very small wedge - 1/12th of the lemon. Maybe it's just us Canadians http://www.uppercanada.com/template.asp?CName=WheatBeer

no it's not It is 32C this eve as I leave for home. I will put a wedge in tonight as I sit on my balcony. Some situations call for the citrus!

I usually add a slice of lemon to my wheat beer - sometimes a small slice of orange. Unnecessary for Blue Moon or Hoegaarten as they have some orange in it. I'd take the Belgian fruit stuff in the summer, but I've had some unpleasant mixes. I hate apricot. True on the Unibrou - just had one 2 weeks ago. It was raspberry wheat. Here is another fine local beer Of course after 3-4 beers of anything - you are no longer enjoying it purely for the taste. I have a cold Erdinger Weissbier waiting for me at home.

What a weird co-incidence. At lunch I passed HMV and realized today is the launch of the Pink Floyd DVD - Pulse.

When I read the first paragraph of SC's post, it immediately reminded me of some of the great speeches Ignatius J. Reilly gave in the book A Confederacy of Dunces. Maybe the Swift quote is relevant here: "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."

Damn - I'll be hitting PATGOD and the solo albums tonight. Syd Barrett Youtube videos to pass the rest of the day by