Sonny B

from my eBay page
as found in a photo album...

what becomes of the brokenhearted?

Yes is the answer...

victrola favoritism fragments

fragments

C.G.T.

originales

secret records by Jesse Paul Miller

off the wall

you will want one of these...

available soon at Dust to Digital

tiger vision

a great debut performance for wall of sound night
at the rendezvous last wednesday....
more pics here

eyvind kang, the yelm sessions

Got copies of Eyvind's new CD with my photo on the cover.

A stunning collaboration between many stellar players and Eyvind's intriguing and unique compositional imagination. Excellent. Look for it soon, release date 11.20

spoils

@ the Rendezvous this Thursday, 8.23 - kick ass rock

Max Roach-The Third Eye

Max Roach 1924-2007
R.I.P

the art of the gig

the art of the gig

Jules Maes Saloon in Georgetown. Friday August 10th. Psychedelic rock fun...

lee hazelwood - the nights & morning

r.i.p.

mott the hoople

Super 8 footage taken by Morgan Fisher
of Mott the Hoople from their 1974 US Tour.

changes

alan winding down

hisham's new joint

big tribal balls

jesse plays paper

Porest, Neung Pahk and MMOB

A bizarre and enchanting evening at Jules Maes this past Sunday with, in fotos 1 - 3:
Porest (with Dorothy and Lester), 4 - 8: the amazing Neung Phak (with riotous Indonesian mystery guest) and 9 - 11: the Master Musicians of Bukake... description is beyond me.

In Memory, Charles Gocher, 1952 - 2007

"...Listen to his song. Let me leave you with one last thought: If his idea seems too
preposterous, and if you don't believe in the reincarnation of the soul,
how do you know that we're not all dead already?"

from Charles Gocher Sr. by Charles Gocher Jr.
Dante's Disneyland Inferno, Sun City Girls.

Many of Charles' friends gathered in remembrance and to celebrate
the life and free soul of Gocher. It was a great party, as he'd want it...

Charles Gocher, RIP

It would be difficult for me to describe the unique personality and force that was Charles Gocher, who passed on peacefully last night after battling cancer for the past 3 years. That he landed in and helped form one of, if not, the most enduring and uncompromising "underground" bands is no accident... he lived hard, played hard, told a great story and lived one too.

Since John Schuller has said it better than I could, I'll borrow some of his words to convey something of Charlie's playing... "He did everything from scare the shit out of me to make me just about piss my pants with laughter. I understand some people might say Charlie had the beat of a cop – that is as far away from the truth as you can get. No one could touch the drums like Charlie. He could do everything from playing full on straight ahead no filler slabs of lean drums, insane bursts of improv fury on a level that I have seen no one else do, to pure time bending and time melting pulses – is he behind the beat? in front of it? speeding it up? dragging it?– wait – he’s doing it all at once!!!! Once, I saw his entire drum set fall apart about 20 times during a set. Somehow, he made that his sound that night. And he fucking destroyed."

There is no question that no drummer could have taken Charlie's place in a band that continually challenged the boundaries of on stage (and elsewhere) performance and musicianship, and there's a lot to show for it... 25 years worth.

The above fotos are from a show at The Triple Door (Seattle), November, 2004

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