el topo

this just completed melted my mind:



as i was trying to put the pieces back together, and thinking about how amazing the music was in the movie, i came across this:



wow...

natural bridges in ferndale...

one magical summer a few years back, one of my dearest old friends jody offered his van and bass playing abilities and we hit the road. this was quite an adventure, and i just located footage of the band at curley's in ferndale, ca. we got quite the treatment as we enjoyed a comped dinner at a private, curtained off table. the beer flowed and so did the tunes. i remember the opener was a middle-aged woman playing 12-string guitar. i think it was her first show ever! sweet. after the show, grant (the drummer) and i indulged in a little of humboldt county's #1 cash crop with a man who regaled us with stories of witnessing bob dylan during his early days in greenwich village as well as bob marley on one of his early american tours. anyways, here's a small clip i'm glad to have to remember this evening by:


Natural Bridges @ Curleys

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charles earland

these last few posts are meant to catalog some things i've been listening to these past couple of days. trying to school myself on jazz. although, i need to break out of the '70s. amazing decade, but there are things to discover from other periods as well...

sonny fortune

gary bartz

black dynamite score

i really am inspired by hearing about the process in which this music was created. i have felt that maddening feeling of running back and forth between the tape machine and the guitar/keyboard/microphone/whatever countless times to get that part right. there is something satisfying yet super crazy about working on music by yourself.

the thing that amazed me was that the creator, adrian younge, actually learned the flute for this project! it really speaks volumes, to me, about the level of his talent. i have a flute myself, but can't make any kind of pleasing noise come out of it! i'll definitely be picking up this soundtrack....



another interesting look into the making of black dynamite:

http://makingof.com/insiders/media/adrian/younge/editor-composer-aj-younge/9/18

stanley cowell

listening to this is the perfect way to close out a sunday. had to listen to the pharcyde sample, as well!