church of Erroll
At the end of the Erroll Garner documentary “No One Can Hear You Read” Steve Allen says ” Only other piano players recognize the freakish degree of Erroll Garner’s superiority […]
to let them stay wild
I made a dahl last night but it wasn’t so hot. It was made in a rush and I also used some sea vegetables, not very dahl of me. Maybe […]
EMI
In the business class today there was a lot of talk about Neil Young’s earlier stance against Joe Rogan. The general feeling among the students was that taking a stance […]
n’s lashes
Reviewing the journals from the songwriting class. Some forget to experiment with lyrics or exercises we did in class. Some just write about their everyday lives and forget everything else. […]
the podcast, the performance
One of my fave podcasts is A Special Place in Hell with Sara Haider and Meghan Daum. The other night they had Ana Kasparian on. Listening to them gab about […]
observing everything returning to nothing
Weirdest moment Wednesday when they discussed Tower of Song by Leonard Cohen and student presenter asked about the lyric that referenced Hank Williams, has anyone ever heard of him? No […]
hindsight
I love Neil Young, always will. Certain musicians are like philosophers I continue studying and just because I might disagree with the wisdom behind Socrates saying ok go ahead kill […]
my kind of goth
In the class they did a presentation on Leonard Cohen’s I’m Your Man. When the student got to Jazz Police he explained because English is not his first language, he […]
stagefright
I gave a workshop on stage-fright the other day. The more I thought about it the more I concluded stage fright is a conversation about the divided self. While gathering […]
working w rob
I find Elaine May intriguing. I watched two of her films, Mickey & Nicky and A New Leaf. I liked her in Woody Allen’s film with Tracey Ullman and I […]