
Today is Thursday and our Editor in Chief is just getting over a nasty stomach bug. The reason why we NEED to get better asap is quite simple : The WORD This is a band that is comprised of Cody & Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars) John Medeski & Robert Randolph, who are all set to kick off their special 5 night tour of the NE tonight at Terminal 5. I for one have never heard any of the music they have put out as of yet, but when you group talent such as these players - only [...]

Just in case you were wondering where I had been on my vacation last week? The Family Straw went from PA to NJ to MN to WI to MN to IA back to MN to WI to MN to NJ to PA . Medeski, Martin And Wood ~ Where Have You Been? Brian Wheat and Groggy Darlin' ~ Where Have You Been? Annuals [...]
He's trying to escape that fate by moving, always moving forward, never standing still, always developing.... - interview @NYRock . . " Radiohead: Elaboration of the Obvious. Imaginary album from 2014 " 01. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Unsquare Dance Greatest Hits (1966) ( wiki ) 02. Scorch Trio - Furskunjt Luggumt (Rune Grammofon, 2004) 03. BLÆRG - Elaboration Of The Obvious [...]

. Tarantino is the first white filmmaker to forge a career based on disreputable, underclass taste - the movie culture that black urban youth were raised on and affectionately viewed as their own. Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill owe their inspiration to '70s blaxploitation movies - a Hollywood trend that catered to the domestic fragmentation that occurred in America after '60s political dissent, responding specifically to the social conflagrations of riots and rebellions that shifted the tax base and demographic make up of most U.S. cities. (Abandoned urban movie houses were blighted, left to feature the kind [...]
Sep 17, 2007, 1:42pm
MVSW
Interesting shows around Los Angeles this week: Monday 9/17 Peter Bjorn and John @ Wiltern The Sounds, Under the Influence of Giants @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Gram Rabbit @ Spaceland Missflag @ Knitting Factory Tuesday 9/18 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Troubadour Sugar Hill Gang @ Knitting Factory Sinead O'Connor @ Orpheum Theatre Priscilla Ahn @ Hotel Cafe Wednesday 9/19 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Troubadour Pigeon John @ [...]

downloaded directly into the brain. You rent a cassette, plug it into your cortex, and enjoy the experience. There is no screen, no light projection-just mental images floating through your consciousness. - The Nations (6/9206) " Are You Looking for What I am looking? " 01. Secede - The Realms of Sanda ( web ) Tryshasla (Sending Orbs, 2005) 02. Betty Carter - From Your Head ( wiki ) Unreleased. Sesame Street Cartoon [...]

Blog tag. Phronesisaical has tagged MdM with Thinkin Blogs meme. Five blogs that prod MdM's often apathetical and isolated brain. It takes awhile to respond since this is MdM's first (much too long). But I suppose This is how MdM will respond. With a playlist. First of all, we would like to thank Phronesisaical for mentioning MdM. We are very proud. Here are five blogs that often push our collective brain to think: 1. 20 Jazz Funk Greats 2. The Rawking Refuses [...]

Back in April, Coconut Joe and I went to see Medeski Martin & Wood at the McCarter Theater. The show was uploaded to btree. I downloaded the torrent and converted to mp3. Here it is available to you, my dedicated Late Greats readers. Before we get to the tunes, I thought I should tell you about the night, so you can really get a feel for how Coconut and The Duke relax on a Friday night. I picked him up at the train station. We hit Wawa for some grub: Buffalo Chicken sandwiches, which we ate [...]

Tonight's the night!!! That concert I mentioned last week. Finally, here. Can't wait. I downloaded a torrent (from here ) of a MMW acoustic show they did in Japan last year. I converted the shorten files into mp3 for you, my dedicated readers. Far as I can tell, this is the kind of stuff Coconut Joe and The Duke will be hearing tonight. They also did a World Café show (which is where the photo came from, thanks Lisa Schaffer). Stream it hear. Disc 1 (First Set: ) [...]

Those who listened to THIS Contrast Podcast already know MMW can rock out in a kid-music vain. Any day now, their album "Let's Go Everywhere" will be released. Hopefully Little Duke will know the joy of MMW's unique sound a la Dan Zanes. Little Monster Records had these songs up for download a while back. Play for kids, play for you, play for fun. Where's The Music? Pirates Don't Take Baths Further study: website [...]

To gear up for a concert me and Coconut Joe will be attending next Friday, I'll be doing a whole week of Medeski, Martin & Wood posts. If you don't like the trio in all their various components, check back next Saturday for a "super" soundtrack. Or give these dudes a chance and maybe you'll hear something you like. If you do dig MMW, I hope I can share some new and exciting music with you. We'll start with the first track off their first album: Notes from the Underground ~ Hermeto's Daydream . [...]

Today we have two different homonyms that make a kind of funny pairing (hence the title of the post). Hypnotized Ani DiFranco Medeski, Martin & Wood by Jolene Mindy Smith (featuring the songwriter: Dolly Parton) Ray LaMontagne (my fav Jolene song) Jeremy Fisher Which song do you dig best? Or [...]

Max Roach Pieces of a Man Gil Scott-Heron Pieces of a Man Flying Dutchman : 1971 [ Listen ] [ Buy ] Where's the Music? Medeski, Martin and Wood Let's Go Everywhere Little Monster Records : 2007 [ Listen ] [ More Info? ] Way to Go Skyzoo & 9th Wonder Present Cloud 9 : The 3 Day High Traffic Entertainment/Custom Made Entertainment : 2006 [ Listen ] [...]

I don't watch this show (too much drama for The Duke). But the tunes are always good and kinda cutting edge for a mainstream TV show. It is the new OC when it comes to music in TV shows (read the Stereogum post for more info). Tegan and Sarah ~ Where Does The Good Go Rilo Kiley ~ Portions of Foxes Medeski, Martin & Wood ~ End of the World Party Buy it [...]
off the table medeski, martin & wood easy muffin amon tobin lilith plaid featuring bjork for you [isan remix] solvent robot view worm is green fly ilhan ersahin joseph parov stelar artwork by joshua petker.

United [W. Shorter] Medeski Martin and Wood Notes from the Underground Hap-Jones Records : 1992 [ Listen ] Shuck It Up Medeski Martin and Wood It's a Jungle in Here Gramavision : 1993 [ Listen ] The Lover Medeski Martin and Wood [...]