Brandon Burke

At present I have two in my living room. they're right next to one another so I like to pair them up according to theme. Right now I have the Bill Hardman and Perry Robinson Savoys in there because they share the same psychedelic artwork. I also have Duke Pearson Sweet Honey Bee in my bedroom. My favorite BN cover girl.....

Sounds interesting. Where can I find out more about Neilsen?

Haven't tried County Line but liked Iron Works alright. The Salt Lick was a bit of a disappointment, frankly, but you have to take into consideration that I was raised on the KC style. And it's waaaay different. I was very intrigued by Salt Lick once folks told me that it was (1) cash only and (2) BYOB. I mean you gotta know that's a good thing. Didn't really dig the food so much, especially the sauce. In fact, I haven't found a sauce that I like down here. I get my folks to send me Bryan't Original in the mail when I run out and then put that on anything that I get' to go'. Ruby's, for example. Yea, I know it's ridiculous but.....hey. Somewhere I've not been yet (in Austin) is the place on Airport that everyone talks about. Taco Express #2 or some such name. Either way, it's [something] #2.....Tamale Hut #2, actually! Their breakfast buritos are supposed to be dynamite. They typically have about a 30-45 minute line on Saturday mornings. Wow....

Ehh.....who gives a damn. Bryant's is inconsistent but ALWAYS worth the trip, in my opinion. I have some freinds who swear by L.C.'s as the best BBQ in town but I've not been there. And these are people whose opinions I trust on most matters, so I imagine it's worth the trip as well. Trudy's has turned into a quasi-fraternity/sorority hangout, though it depends on the time of day, I guess. Not familiar with G+M. Perhaps before my time. I completely agree with you regarding the Tex-Mex. I'll never be the same after having lived here. It's great AND cheap. On another greasy food note, folks talk up Hut's Hamburgers here but they pale in comparison to either Town Topic or Winstead's. Lastly, you mentioning Theadgill's made me think of chicken fried staeak, which made me think of fried chicken, which made me think of.........Stroud's.

Agreed. I grew up there and then spent 10 years in Lawerence, so I'm very familiar with the scene. Miss the BBQ dearly, though. They think they have it all figured out down here in Texas but, as I remember it: (1) the cuts aren't fatty, (2) the cuts are beef, and (3) the sauce ain't sweet but the soda pop is. Gimme some Bryant's and a strawberry soda and I'm golden. Love those Royals too.... Do they still have late-night jams at the Foundation?

Unfortunately, I spent the evening looking up finding aids at UT's Benson Latin American Collection. Not an altogether awful thing to do (assuming you're a librarian and all) but also not the best night of the year to do it. Also, I haven't been able to top my Sun Ra costume from three years ago so I've been less than thrilled about getting dolled up and going out on Halloween ever since. I'm kind of all-or-nothing when it comes to costumes. So......

I don't know how much of a David Ware guy you are -- I think I like him more in theory than in practice. I mean I like him prefectly well and all but I might be more happy that someone's doing what he's doing than I am in love with the rcordings themselves. Make sense? Anyways, if you haven't heard it, and now that I know you love Ives as much as I do, you should really check out that "Mikuro's Blues" track. I just adore Shipp's accompaniment on that one. I'm not sure there's a more Ivesian jazz piano performance out there. Dissonance is dissonance but Shipp really nails those Ives chords on this one. It's just great..... Again, thanks for the info on that 'new' piece. Nice to know I have another Ives buddy out here. I literally read his Memos about every 18-24 months. Whenever I'm lacking inspiration. I also recommend the Oral History if you've not read it yet. Fascinating.

"Emerson Concerto", huh. Is it an elaboration on the "Emerson" section of the "Concord Sonata"? Prehaps with more instrumentation? I thought I had read about him working on that before he passed away. Thanks for the tip. I'll definately look for it. I usually find performances pieced together after a composer's death a little suspect but, as you know, Ives scores were seldom 'set in stone', as the saying goes. On the other hand, I do enjoy the recording I have of the "Universe Symphony" and clearly that was assembled after the fact. As far as I know, a couple of different versions exist. Cant say which one I have b/c someone sent it to me in the mail without documentation. BTW: You're lucky the KC Symph took that one on. I haven't heard the piece yet, of course, but, generally speaking, KC seems to shy away from harsh dissonance. They've traditionally run a bit of a conservative repertoire.

Naxos is supposed to have a complete Ruggles disc out in their "American Composers" series, sometime within the next year. His entire output is only like 75 minutes of music, but all of it is FANTASTIC!!! I was just talking to the classical buyer at Tower about Ruggles (and the lack thereof on CD) the other day. All Ruggles that I have are single tracks on LPs otherwise dominated by Charles Ives, etc. Glad to know that it will all be available in one place. That said, I'm a bit of an Ives fanatic so he'd be my suggestion -- esp. as he relates to avant-garde piano. I see elements of him in Andrew Hill and Cecil Taylor. Matthew Shipp, on the other hand, borrows *HEAVILY* from the Ives book. One of the better examples of this is his playing on "Mikuro's Blues" from David S. Ware's Go See the World. I really like that track.... Also check out Stravinsky's "Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet" ("Trios Pieces pour Clarinette Solo") if you're a fan of Jimmy Guiffre's Free Fall, Thesis or Fusion then you will undoubtedly enjoy this material. I have it on the Harmonia Mundi CD, L'Histoire du Soldat (HMT-7901356). Also includes some nice Bartok and Berg. Lastly, if you're at all a fan of Grachan Moncur's Blue Note work (including One Step Beyond and Destination Out) you owe it to yourself to check out Morton Feldman.

I'm waiting for my account to be activated at the Hoffman site. Thanks.

I'm putting the finishing touches on a project comparing the structural composition of varying kinds of colored vinyl vs. the standard black. Anyone have suggestions for documentation? Anyone know of places where manufacturers have published their formulae (however basic)? Ideally, this research will lead to discoveries regarding dyes and the problems that they cause (or don't cause, for that matter). Thanks in advance, Brandon

Wouldn't this wear out the vinyl quicker? Current documentation wouldn't suggest that. These needles don't actually *dig* deeper into the surface. They are engineered to hit all the way to the bottom of the groove, meaning that they are, among other things, more narrow and hit more points where information rests within the groove. They are also more sentitive to points higher up in the groove. Many chaper needles only hit the top, say, two-thirds or three-fourths of the information in a groove.

Yeah, but the beats are dope! You must be talking about a different producer, then. Not Puffy. His stuff is awful. There's a good chance I might own a Biggie Smalls record if someone else were in the director's chair. Questionable lyrics or not, Biggie was very, very good. Those beats are terrible, though. Rap music has had some fantastic and very musical producers/DJs over the years: Pete Rock, Premier, Large Professor, Hank Shocklee (Public Enemy), Dr. Dre, Eric B., DJ EZ-Rock, RZA, Marley Marl, etc. Guys (mostly) who understood how beat-making is a very *sedimentary* process, employing layer-upon-layer of sounds that might otherwise have nothing to do with one another. It works quite literally like layers of rock in that, in combination with one another, these layers form a cohesive whole; often at the expense of a sound's original purpose. I would have much rather heard B.I.G. over any of their beats. Pete Rock, Hank Shocklee and Premier are some of the better examples of this. Sorry for being such an old crumudgeon on this matter but I miss the days when it was about dusty *BOOM-BAP* funk loops and not stuff more suited for VIP dance clubs. "Can it be that it was all so simple then......" B)

Correct name ot not, what you see in that post is a scan of a photocopy I made of the original advert. I purchased it (the original) for next to nothing. This guy didn't know what he had, or didn't give damn..... Had French print on the other side of the page and everything. Printed on newsprint. So according to this thing, it was (supposed) to take place in France. I'd be interested in knowing why it moved to Belgium, more specificaly......

brownie, I must say that your notes about the film footage is very interesting. I know some folks who would be more than happy to fund the release of that footage. What else can you tell me about the folks who filmed it? BTW: Thanks for replying with notes about the expreience. I helped orgainize the digitization of the ICES Festiveal (1972) in London featuring an AMM recording that should appear sometime around February. There was already an article in THE WIRE about it. The label who licensed the material fell under some hard times (not exactly financial--better in fact, I'll tell you in a PM) so I can't speak for the issue date for sure but I can say that it's my favorite AMM session without question. Very very good. Also appearing, for those who care, were Taj Mahal Travellers, Portsmith Sinfonia (featuring Brian Eno), Lol Coxhill, Steam!, Naked Software, Steve Allen Whealton, Gentle Fire, and Transition (featuring Takehisha Kosugi of Taj Mahal Tavellers). Heavy shit......

Sorry to keep calling you out, Bev (see my Actual thread), I thought for sure you's be familiar whith this stuff. Can't speak for how popular the Immediate Records catalog was in the UK at the time but I know that the Small Faces and P.P. Arnold had a few hits.

Frankly, I'm surprise that no one here saw these shows. After reading about a number of you having seen Ayler, etc I figured it was a no-brainer. Also, Bev, I see your point. This is especially the case regarding avant/prog rock. I lean considerably more toward the avant/psychedelic side but I still see where you're coming from. As a side note, it would have also been great to see The Pretty Things during the S.F. Sorrow/Parachute era....

You guys are seriously missing the boat on this one. I understand if it isn't your bag but both of these records are very, very good. I've presonally listened to the self-titled 1973 record 3 times in that last 24 hours. I'm surprised that some of our UK posters haven't spoken up already. Again, if you like Nick Drake, "Maybe I'm Amazed"-era McCartney, or Billy Nicholls (which is, I admit, a ridiculously obscure record) then you'll most certainly like this stuff......

Just as a side note: Capt Beefheart during the Trout Mask Replica/Lick My Decals Off, Baby era, the Soft Machine (pre-Soft Machine III, the way I like 'em), Steve Lacy, Dave Burrell, Robin Kenyatta and Alan Silva in one night?! Gimme a break.....

This one never gets talked about even though, if I remember right, it was reissued via Hat Art. Great record. Sounds (to my ears) like Jackie McLean or some Tristano-school guys if they had he recorded, say, an ESP session in the late-60's. Cool stuff, despite the fact that Anthony looks rather like a late-80's Jose Canseco on the original Revelation cover...... EDIT: Yea, here's the reissue cover. Same thing....

Did anyone here attend these shows.....?

I also rather liked Blutopia (Lock) but folks seem to be divided on that one. Interesting concept anyways......

A friend of mine burned Browne's second LP, Duncan Browne, last week and I just got it in the mail. I can't stop listening to it. His (only marginally) better known record, Give Me Take You, is another classic. Provided, that is, that you dig British psychedelic 60's folk rock. If you can get into, say, the first McCartney LP, Nick Drake, the Small Faces, Billy Nicholls or Emitt Rhodes I'm assuming you'd really like this stuff.....

Tarantino is making a serious ass out of himself on 'Conan O'Brien' right now.

Yup.