Re: Oliver lake (Fred Hopkins. WSQ, David Murray, etc)
Saw David Murray's Quartet with the late Fred Hopkins on bass at Artpark. I've been lucky to see David Murray in many incarnations, very often with Fred Hopkins. I was sad to see how he passed away - he seemed very young (I don't know his age, but he PLAYED young). He always seemed to have the best time on stage, kind of a lil' clown, and he and Murray (and he and Andrew Cyrille especially) were so in sync with each other. He was a real treasure and I hope he's remembered. Murray always has the best bands with him. One note about the WSQ is how when I first saw them I was expecting alot of serious pomp, but they provide some of the most patying jass shows you can see. They have a new record with African vocals which, while not as good as their best, shows that as a quartet they really stretch themselves. I feel David Murray is making some of the most important music going on today (if music can be important - he shows it). He's been experimenting the last few years with combining African heritage world music with his soulful, funky jass style and it works so damn well - not on record, alas, as much as in person. If Fo Deuk Revue comes to your town in any form, check it out. When I saw him half a year ago he had Senegal rappers, traditional Senegal pop music, Amira Buraka reading beat poetry, and, of course, the great sounds of David Murray himself. Kick ass stuff. keep dancing, -ldk
Re: Bringing music to town
Hey, I have been thinking of doing the same thing in a different town (not my town I'm in now, but in a smaller town that's off the interstate that bands passing through can stop by - a place like Moab, Utah - alot of people pass thorugh there). Anyway - I wanna do this in a couple of years but I also want to earn as much as I can about what one needs to do - so can you share with me any ideas people send your way. I found a website that seems like a good intro to how to open a nightclub (it doesn't focus on the music, but does focus on the business aspects - raising money/business plan/cost estimates, stuff like that). It's at http://www.nightclub-business.net/ There used to be a short, but worthwhile article by Tom Russell (great songwriter) at his site www.tomrussell.com, it's his 10 tips for opening a folk club, but it was taken down recently. I want to email the web admin of his site to get a copy. Hope you succeed - Madison should be a great place for what you wanna do! -ldk -Original Message- From: Diane Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 7:13 AM Subject: Bringing music to town Hi. I have a weird question, I'm thinking someone on this list may have some ideas. A lot of you seem like either a) musicians or b) industry-related types. I'm in Madison, WI. We are located directly between Minneapolis and Chicago. In fact, you have to drive by our fair town to get from one place to the other.And in fact, unless an act is fairly big (like WILCO or Steve Earle), drive by is what they do. I think we are a fairly enlightened town, we have a campus, and we have a lot of folks that live here interested in good music. BUT Sometimes bands stop here, but a lot of times they don't. I think the reason may be because Madison is 1) lacking the right venue... we don't have a 300-500 person type facility We don't have a schubas, or 400 club or a 3'rd and Lindsley, or a Tremont (yes I've traveled to see shows) 2) possibly lacking the interest from the local promoters to chase these acts down I'm thinking about trying to get a venue of this nature off the ground in our fair city. But naturally I'm wondering if I can achieve any success where none has apparently been achieved before. Any hints/suggestions? I would like to try to contact some of these bands or their agents to find out if it might be a possibility to even get some of them to stop here on their way through. Am I dreaming? Please contact me off-list. Sorry for the "band" width. Diane
Re: This time, there's a REAL Net Virus warning...
Unfortunately, this isn't completely true anymore now that alot of readers can read html - which also means some mail clients can read java and javascript in your client or (sometimes) a mail client can launch java or some other application automatically. As mail clients get more sophisticated, more dangers loom. But if your an old technofart and use dumb text readers like pine or elm, then you have no wories. BUT if you use Outlook Express or Communicator, there's a chance (and will be moreso in the future) of carrying some real viruses. Still, the main email rule is if you don't know what an attachment is on an email don't open it and you likely won't get a virus. -ldk -Original Message- From: Don Yates [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, March 27, 1999 4:22 PM Subject: Re: This time, there's a REAL Net Virus warning... Well, sure -- there ARE real computer viruses. Still, you can't get 'em (and that goes for this Melissa virus) by opening plain ol' email. You can only get 'em by opening attached files (like the Word file attachment that's spreading the Melissa virus). In other words, NEVER open an attached file (unless it's from a source you trust), and you'll never have to worry about gettin' computer viruses by using email.--don
What are the kids listening to today?
I meant to tell folks on this list this cute story awhile ago... I was visiting my brother, sister-in-law and six year old nephew last Christmastime and I brought my guitar along and was strumming a few tunes. My nephew hasn't been exposed to too much music yet - sure, he loves the space ghost records (who doesn't), but my brother and sister-in-law don't play too much music around the house. Anyway, I was strumming and playing a Dylan tune, a Neil Young tune, Gram Parsons, Husker Du, Woodie Guthrie, whatever. My nephew liked it, but then I played one song which he started getting up and dancing around to asking me to play it again and again and again. It was the Bottlerockets 1000 Dollar Car. He just loved it - he sang it the next morning to his parents and only wanted me to play that song. Then later that week there was one other song he jumped around too and loved it almost as much as Thousand dollar car - it was The BottleRockets Welfare Music. This kid knows what he likes so I finally bought him his first rock and roll cd - you KNOW which it was - It hasn't arrived so I don't know what he thinks of it, but I can guess! A kid who will join this list one day :-) keep dancing, -ldk
