Back In the Saddle
Apologies to regular readers for my relative scarceness over the past week, but I have been dealing with the recent passing of my grandmother, with whom I was very close.
A 24 Hour Sunday
Fontana’s, Lower East Side, 8.5.07 (12am) Noisebin Greg Hoy and the Enablers (Paul Labrise, Tom Emmerling, Ray Vasko) McCarren Pool, Williamsburg, 8.5.07 (6pm) Blonde Redhead Pete’s Candy Store, Williamsburg, 8.5.07
Sunday Afternoon in Vermont
57th Annual Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, VT, 7/29/07 "Marlboro was the place where I decided to become a musician…The four summers I spent there were great formative experiences. It
Bang on a Can Summer Festival (Part 2)
Afterparty at The Mohawk Bar, North Adams, MA (from left: two unidentified fellows, Don Byron, Evan Ziporyn, Ken Thomson, Todd Reynolds)
Bang on a Can Summer Marathon
Bang On a Can Summer Marathon, MASS MoCA, 7/28/07 Pianist Vicki Ray with fellows of the Bang on a Can Summer Institute Todd Reynolds and Julia Wolfe, with the
Another One Bites the Dust
Chalk another one up to "gentrification" : on my way home last night, I was lured into the diminutive Puppet’s Jazz Bar, on what turned out to be their last
No Smiles This Summer Night
Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) "Intimations of divinity can be found in classical music, in which I think there is a sort of human holiness.” (from "Bergman Island," 2006) "His use of
Hallowed Ground
The weather held up yesterday, and the picnickers were out in force at Tanglewood, the storied summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and home of the Tanglewood Music Center,
An Ecstatic Experience
The best art makes you stop and think about your life. When the wind is right, it can even change the way you think about life. And, after an evening