So, I've been pretty terrible about posting lately. If you know me well enough that this is any consolation, it's mostly because I've been having a really great time enjoying the DC summer at my current house and playing with bands.
Anyway, mea culpa aside, this is going to be a bit of a lame post, in that it doesn't have any downloadable content. I have mentioned Damien Jurado on this blog before, but not since I went to see him last month. First of all, he's well worth seeing, an excellent performer, albeit with a less-than-commanding stage presence. Secondly, here's a couple of good performance from Fuel TV of new songs. Enjoy.
Damien Jurado on Fuel TV
7.20.2008
6.18.2008
Frippertronics
I have indirectly mentioned Robert Fripp on this blog before, in the context of the ever-excellent King Crimson (see here). However, I have never really posted on the man himself, which is a mistake I seek to correct with this post.
Fripp founded King Crimson in the late 1960s, and their debut In the Court of the Crimson King is arguably the best of the first generation of prog records. It's best known for "21st Century Schizoid Man", with its almost Sabbath-y riffing, but there's a lot more to it than that.
Fripp went on to restructure King Crimson many more times, my favorite being the longest lived lineup of Fripp on guitar, Adrian Belew on guitar and vocals, Tony Levin on Chapman Stick, and Bill Bruford on drums. That is the lineup you see in the video in the aforementioned previous post.
However, Fripp has done a lot more than that. He founded a guitar school, invented a tuning, and started a label, among other things. He was also an early rock experimenter with tape loops and developed a system he called Frippertronics. Very ambient, textural stuff that I enjoy a great deal. Appended to this post is a Frippertronics performance from a 1993 show at Allentown's Red Door Cafe (which I wasn't even aware hosted music, and I grew up half an hour from there. Go figure.) Enjoy.
Robert Fripp - Frippertronics (live 9/2/93)
Fripp founded King Crimson in the late 1960s, and their debut In the Court of the Crimson King is arguably the best of the first generation of prog records. It's best known for "21st Century Schizoid Man", with its almost Sabbath-y riffing, but there's a lot more to it than that.
Fripp went on to restructure King Crimson many more times, my favorite being the longest lived lineup of Fripp on guitar, Adrian Belew on guitar and vocals, Tony Levin on Chapman Stick, and Bill Bruford on drums. That is the lineup you see in the video in the aforementioned previous post.
However, Fripp has done a lot more than that. He founded a guitar school, invented a tuning, and started a label, among other things. He was also an early rock experimenter with tape loops and developed a system he called Frippertronics. Very ambient, textural stuff that I enjoy a great deal. Appended to this post is a Frippertronics performance from a 1993 show at Allentown's Red Door Cafe (which I wasn't even aware hosted music, and I grew up half an hour from there. Go figure.) Enjoy.
Robert Fripp - Frippertronics (live 9/2/93)
6.07.2008
A Funny Thing Happened Thursday Night
So I tried out the open mic at Dahlak, an Eritrean restaurant on U St here in DC, on Thursday. Pretty good open mic, incidentally; a surprising amount of talent relative to the size of the venue. Anyway, toward the end of the night, the host coerces Jesse Elliott of These United States into playing a short set. He is joined by Randy Scopes, formerly of Washington Social Club, drumming along on a guitar case. I wish I could say I had a picture, but I cameraphoned it and am, at the moment, without a way of transferring said photo to my computer. I'm going to go ahead and leach KEXP for an mp3 here...
These United States - First Sight
See also: These United States, Daytrotter Session.
These United States - First Sight
See also: These United States, Daytrotter Session.
6.02.2008
5.27.2008
5.03.2008
New Format: All Tom Rush, All the Time
Not really though. I've been pretty busy, but I am trying to force posts to the extent possible anyway. This one again has no mp3s, I promise more will come. I previously posted on Tom Rush here, but this is a more extensive examination of his covers via YouTube videos.
First up: "Urge for Going," a Joni Mitchell cover. Much as I love Joni, this version is really the ultimate, as far as I'm concerned. I've always felt that her version has a little too much pep for what is a deeply sad and dark song. The appended version is from a live performance in Massachusetts last fall.
Next: a much younger, hippier Rush, from the Festival Express DVD, doing "Child's Song", written by Canadian songwriter Murray McLaughlin. Also excellent.
Finally, Tom Rush, Emmylou Harris and David Bromberg covering Townes Van Zandt's classic "Pancho and Lefty" from a show in 1983.
First up: "Urge for Going," a Joni Mitchell cover. Much as I love Joni, this version is really the ultimate, as far as I'm concerned. I've always felt that her version has a little too much pep for what is a deeply sad and dark song. The appended version is from a live performance in Massachusetts last fall.
Next: a much younger, hippier Rush, from the Festival Express DVD, doing "Child's Song", written by Canadian songwriter Murray McLaughlin. Also excellent.
Finally, Tom Rush, Emmylou Harris and David Bromberg covering Townes Van Zandt's classic "Pancho and Lefty" from a show in 1983.
4.20.2008
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