of course, l
ike tina, i was ecstatic to find that the panel noted that
ike turner is still on the
beat and churning out good music, rewarding him with a fine grammy in his silver years - good job! i do however wonder at some of the categories:
best album notes? well, obviously my talents as a writer are sooooo targeted towards the wrong audience - this year i will beg musicians to see if they'll give me a shot at immortality through the writing of their album notes....
best traditional world music - now, this one is the real stunner; you stand up and look at the whole-complete-entire-boundless world, and decide,
you know what? that there is traditional world music - a sweet mix of turkish, mongolian, inuit, madagascan rhythms with a funk twist! yeah, we'll give an award for whatever sounds the most like that! and people say
i live off fabrications!! i'll take that with a grammy of salt, thank you.
anyway, that's my rant, goodnight!
oh, i found a great music blog randomly. if you're into music then have a look-see:
http://djdurutti.blogspot.com/
what i'm reading/listening to
listening:
Von Freeman - Doin' It Right Now (He's so dope, and he's been around for a while. Oddly, for a minor jazz head, I just got to hear about him through some Chicago connections of mine 'cos he's a Chicago musician! Check out his info on his tripod site. I really need to start a last.fm page so I can connect with some more jazz!)
reading:
x-24: unclassified edited by Tash Aw and Nii Ayikwei Parkes (It's not out until next month, but I'm one of the editors so reading is one of my perks!)
2 comments:
gratitude and many thanks for the shout out!
i must admit i'm not familiar w/ your work, but just checked out your myspace page and will check out your podcast. i think you have a new fan in the making.
thanks again
thanks dj durutti. it's always a pleasure to shout out a good, passionate music blog - especially one that honours one of the best live vocal performances in recent years; d'angelo at the jazz cafe 'can't hide love'. actually, my next blog is likely to be on live vocal performances :)
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