Mo Dotti for Thursday Lunch – recorded at Outer Space Arcata on September 25th of this year. Much as I complain about the state of contemporary American music – how it’s been relegated to a permanent state of malaise and all the interesting stuff is happening in another country, and
An abbreviated concert from the PBS series “Evening At Symphony” featuring the Boston Symphony led by Seiji Ozawa and featuring Itzhak Perlman, violin solo – recorded on February 2, 1978. Featured are two works: Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto (With Perlman as solo) and Brahms Symphony Number 3. In 1970, Seiji Ozawa
Hotwax in concert from Paris for this lunch hour – recorded at la Maroquinerie on June 2nd of this year by Eric Vautier. A relatively new band (if you consider having formed in 2021 as “relativelty new”), with a debut album released only this past March, Hotwax have signaled a return
A set from Jim Jones All-Stars recorded in the BBC Studios at Salford for Marc Riley of Riley and Co on October 13, 2025. A bubbling swamp curse of unholy rhythm, Jim Jones All Stars is the latest project from garage godfather Jim Jones (Thee Hypnotics, The Jim Jones Revue).
Quicksilver Messenger Service – in Concert at The Fillmore, San Francisco – Summer, 1968 – Band Soundboard – Quicksilver Messenger Service this week. One of the milestone bands of the San Francisco Sound which dominated the West Coast in the mid-late 1960s. With John Cipollina on lead guitar, QMS pioneered
Only in Los Angeles – a session from Synthesizer visionary Kevin Litrow, otherwise known as Litronix recorded in the studios of Invada Records on July 3, 2025. Here’s a blurb from Porch Party Records which should shed some light, if you aren’t already familiar. L.A. native Kevin Litrow’s LITRONIX is
Grabbing our passports and heading to Chile for lunch with Intimate Stranger this Monday – recorded at the legendary Bar Loreto in Recoleta, Chile in 2017. It’s been a while since I last posted anything by Intimate Stranger. They’ve grown a lot since I first discovered them via MySpace around
John Abercrombie and Miroslav Vitous in concert this week – recorded at Sala dei Congressi Mulato by RTS-Zurich – April 27, 2006 Between 1984 and 1990, John Abercrombie experimented with a guitar synthesizer. He first used the instrument, though not exclusively, in 1984 in a trio with Marc Johnson on bass and Peter Erskine on
What was it about you? You seemed normal, just like everybody else. Nobody special – average student – B average. Never got picked – not you – baseball, football, basketball; even hall monitor – never got first choice or even fourth choice. You gargled – you used deodorant – changed
In 1964 the Civil Rights movement was gaining momentum. In California a measure was introduced in the 1964 election over the issue of Civil Rights and Segregation in housing. It was a ballot measure many in California were against. It proposed the notion of not selling or renting to anyone
