Photo used with the kind permission of David Atlas Merrill Garbus' tUnE-yArDs project was one of the late, great musical surprises of my 2009. Sean over at Said The Gramophone included Hatari on the Gramophone's best of the year compilation and I was well and truly knocked out by its adept mix of ragged DIY garage rock, African vocal flourishes reminiscent of Letta Mbulu or Dorothy Masuka and respect for melody. [...]
============================== ============================== ===== glisten: The Work of the Father 3 More info on my father and the background on how this piece came to be is available here . I'm pleased to be able to play host to this piece; an exploration of the mostly unknown musical ties that bind The Golden Gate Quartet and Elvis Presley and a peek into the complex history of the traditional spiritual 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot'. Dad promises more on the latter in a future post. Again, here's Pops. [...]
============================== ============================== ===== glisten: The Work of the Father, part two More info on my father and the background on how this piece came to be is available here . I'm pleased to be able to play host to this piece; the interview puts Lomax's work with The Golden Gates into an interesting perspective and the previously-unheard releases that make up the post's musical component are catchy, pitch-perfect and a rosy look back to FDR-era folk music. Again, here's Pops. [...]
============================== ============================== ===== glisten: The Work of the Father My Pops had been a Metro bus driver in Nashville for some time and it didn't suit him well. While visiting family in New York City, he passed by the now-venerable House of Oldies and spied a record in the window selling for a hundred dollars. Earlier that year he had picked up a copy of the same disc for two bits. He hadn't been aware that there was a market for such [...]
Go Celtics ! ============================== ============================== ===== glisten: eluveitie Eluveitie - Gray Sublime Archos Eluveitie - Anagantios (apologies for the tacky megaupload; I'm trying to get my server issues fixed; see below in clicky for more details... ) It was Elisabeth who told me that I really shouldn't miss [...]
Hi. I've been thinking about the moments in my personal history when I have experienced the golden spark of unexpected connection. There have been a lot through technology, most of them on the web. The vehicles are an odd mix of off and brand names: Bittorrent, YouTube, AudioGalaxy, Google, Ultima Online, IRC, Project Gutenberg, Netflix, Tivo, Metafilter, Blogger. They've all left me a little breathless from what Kierkegaard calls "the dizziness of freedom". Expectations of restriction and boundary are overturned and there is literally no end to what you can find. On an ur-level, [...]
listen to the lady herself ============================== ============================== ==== tuwa's-day If ever there were a good reason for this site to lurch back from the dead for the gazillionth time, it would be the revitalization of my ongoing relationship with the admirable Tuwa and his Shanty. Tuwa drops by the Hut today to grace us with some knowledge and hot traxx from funk goddess Betty Davis. Show him some love in the comments section and who knows? Maybe we could even see more of [...]
PLAY LOUD UKULELE ============================== ============================== ===== glisten: son of tofu hut Son of Tofu Hut is a collaboration with The King Open School of Cambridge, Massachusetts . King Open is a mix of races, ethnicities, social class and nationalities; a melting pot of opinions and perspectives. I've been sending discs of music to King Open to have them played to a class of seventh and eighth graders; the kids give them a listen once or twice and [...]
lol cat is hueg ============================== ============================== ===== clicky LOLCats are so May. LOL80's , that's the wave of the future. Want to read all the Jack Chick tracts but worried about the awkward conversation you may have to endure to get them from the lady in the subway? The Internet, as always, has the answer. "Not that story - not here!" [...]
The Gold Standard ============================== ============================== ===== glisten: walkie talkie Time for my weekly round-up of Joe's Pub interviews; those of you somewhat in the dark as to what this is all about are welcome to get all the details in the first of these posts here . Mudville mixes soul, blues, electronic, jazz and rock, among other genres, to create a sound that defies explanation but tickles the eardrums. On the [...]
Shhhhh...===================== ============================== ============== glisten: son of tofu hut Son of Tofu Hut is a collaboration with The King Open School of Cambridge, Massachusetts. King Open is a mix of races, ethnicities, social class and nationalities; a melting pot of opinions and perspectives. I've been sending discs of music to King Open to have them played to a class of seventh
From photographer Denis Darzacq's beautiful collection of falling bodies======================== ============================== =========== clicky The sad effects of real world Tetris in Grand National's 'Drink To Moving On' Catchy song, better video. Jumpstyle dance falls into that difficult to pin down area between clogging and breakdancing. All I know is that everyone's doing it and that this
image courtesy laura aura and the shoy shoy boy=========================== ============================== ======== glisten: walkie talkie Time for my weekly round-up of Joe's Pub interviews; those of you somewhat in the dark as to what this is all about are welcome to get all the details in the first of these posts here. German born Ute Lemper is one of the most critically acclaimed and
You can't spell "meme" without me============================ ============================== ======= clicky Vintage 70's Nostalgia Iron-On Transfers You could certainly make make your own, but it's hella difficult to get that Foxy Lady calligraphy just right. Funky 16 Corners, the long-running soul audioblog, just wrapped a successful pledge drive and is committed to another year on the air.
how high's the blood, mama?========================= ============================== ========== glisten: son of tofu hut Son of Tofu Hut is a collaboration with The King Open School of Cambridge, Massachusetts. King Open is a mix of races, ethnicities, social class and nationalities; a melting pot of opinions and perspectives. I've been sending discs of music to King Open to have them played to a
terrorizing the interviewer=================== ============================== ================ glisten: walkie talkie Time for my weekly round-up of Joe's Pub interviews; those of you somewhat in the dark as to what this is all about are welcome to get all the details in the first of these posts here. Hey, all you digital artists and photoshop wizards: I'd love to have a stock image that I can
"a celebratory mountain of notes" ============================== ============================== ===== glisten: son of tofu hut Son of Tofu Hut is a collaboration with The King Open School of Cambridge, Massachusetts. King Open is a mix of races, ethnicities, social class and nationalities; a melting pot of opinions and perspectives. I've been sending discs of music to King Open to have them
rollin' on 20s=========================== ============================== ======== the return of the deadly clicky Glenn Danzig leads a guided tour through his library "This is great... there are lots of great werewolf stories in here. All documented. All true." Wonderful ILX compendium thread of dogs in costume A nice bookend for the infamous "Imagine: your dog, cat or other pet in full
the main line========================== ============================== ========= glisten: son of tofu hut Son of Tofu Hut is a collaboration with The King Open School of Cambridge, Massachusetts. King Open is a mix of races, ethnicities, social class and nationalities; a melting pot of opinions and perspectives. I've been sending discs of music to King Open to have them played to a class of
"it would just be a waste of time" ============================== ============================== ===== glisten: walkie talkie Time for my weekly round-up of Joe's Pub podcasty-type interviews; those of you somewhat in the dark as to what this is all about are welcome to get all the details in the first of these posts here . It was a good Friday and I had a nice chat with all the folks involved. David Brown of Brazzaville [...]
THE TOFU HUT
Bison - Quill
Shinichi Osawa – Big Beach Mix 2012
Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
Mr Fogg - Eleven
