Miles’s playing in that concert was so daring. I bought the 2-CD set because it had all these standards and I had the Prestige records in my mind. I was not prepared!!

but David Ake wrote a really interesting essay about the creaking sound that occurs on “Old Folks” from Someday My Prince Will Come

oh I’m joking about the Kowalski thing! but it’s such a memorable moment because the guy’s shout fits right into the space between Miles’s phrases 😂

honestly can’t remember if Walser talks about the yell. it’s been many years since I read that piece.

an iconic moment in recorded jazz history, don’t you think?!

George Coleman—a perfectly good, even upper-tier, sax player—had the bad fortune to be in Miles’s band at this moment, when Miles was pushing his own playing into new areas and Herbie/Ron/Tony were fundamentally redefining what a jazz rhythm section could be and do

taking a break from work this week (though I’ll still have to get on the computer to do some on Tuesday and possibly another day—but still, it’ll be a break)

for some reason whenever I see the word I imagine Katherine Hepburn or Bette Davis speaking it in a movie and then giving a sassy toss of the head

eerily similar to my career path

this has begun for me when the Duke and UNC students return each August. now I look at them and think “I kind of remember being that age…”

😆

raising the kids right

and then I can introduce him to doom, and by Sunday when we drive home he’ll be requesting Sleep and Sunn O)))

Uncle Acid and Electric Wizard by mid-December. we can have a Yule celebration and hail Baphomet

if I play my cards right he’ll get intensely curious over the next 48 hours and then request Sabbath and Iron Maiden for the whole car ride to the Thanksgiving destination

hello from another late-night movie watcher! let’s continue the chill vibe 🤘

both my kids like fries but dislike mashed potatoes and the spouse and I are like “….wtf”

it’s soft, smooth carbs, butter, and salt. HOW CAN YOU DISLIKE THAT

“momentary counts” is like the new catch-22