Keith Jarrett Video

When I was in my late teens, I went with my father to see Keith Jarrett at Carnegie Hall. A friend of his had gotten some tickets to the concert and we went with him. We sat in the balcony. Once Keith Jarrett came out on stage my father’s friend got up and left to [...]

Ibrahima Faye “Gudd Fann Live Long”

Sometimes all I want to do is sit and think about where I’m going and where I’ve been. Sometimes I need to close to close my eyes and be transported to another place. That’s what Ibrahima Faye’s Gudd Fann Live Long does for me.
Faye is heavily influenced by his Senegalese roots. He interweaves traditional and [...]

The Half of It “The Half of It”

The Half of It’s newly released self-titled CD has recently found its way into my CD collection. This Philadelphia based quartet’s brand of jazz fusion makes you sit up and take notice.
I’m a writer and I usually listen to music while writing. Some music is good for that. This CD isn’t and that’s a [...]

Talking Heads “(Nothing But) Flowers”

I bought the Talking Head’s album Naked at a used record store. It was an LP so I could only listen to it at home on my nearly broken record player. The record player had gotten to the point where I had to tape a penny to the arm to keep the [...]

Earth Wind & Fire “All ‘n All”

In my sixties style orange mini-dress and large plastic beaded necklace, I was ready for the party. I was never very social but I went through a stage of wanting to go to every party no matter how painful I knew it would be. Parties are usually painful for the socially awkward like me.
Getting ready [...]

Gary Jules “Mad World”

I wasn’t going to post anything today but I saw this video and wanted to put it up. It’s better to do it now than wait until next week and forget.

Leonard Cohen “Hallelujah” and “Chelsea Hotel”

I don’t know when or where this was recorded but it’s great. I love random television appearances like this. I don’t know what I love about this most–the lip syncing, the set, the people swaying in the archways, the smoke machine, or the leaves all over the floor. The people pretending to sing the hallelujah [...]

Tom Waits “Innocent When You Dream (78)”

You don’t normally think of a cemetary as a place to hang out, but Hope Cemetary was different. It was included in the area tourist brochures as a place to see. I used to go there sometimes alone, but mostly with friends. We’d wander amoung the tombstones–talk and take pictures. Snow crunched beneath our winter [...]

Kirk Adams “Love a Lie”

This is a video of a very serious man with a very serious face singing a very serious song. I think it’s seriously good.

John Coltrane “Dear Old Stockholm”

I was sixteen when I moved out of my parents house. I started attending school at a small liberal arts college halfway across the country. I remember the day they dropped me off. They helped me unpack. My roommate had already moved in but was nowhere to be seen. She’d already covered the walls with [...]

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