Fables Reappraised: “Completely Out of Our Minds at the Time”
posted by Tom Moon on July 19, 2010 at 10:08 am
in R.E.M., Fables of the Reconstruction, Murmer, Reckoning, 1985
Enduring and prolific bands like R.E.M. present a special challenge for the makers of big lists: A case can be made for the first influential burst of creativity, or the big commercial breakthrough, or any of the milemarkers in between.
Summer Discoveries, Vol. 1
posted by Tom Moon on June 30, 2010 at 10:52 am
in The Roots, Jason Moran, Etoile de Dakar, Palenque Palenque, Ketil Bjornstad
Thoughts on Exile: Revisiting the Rolling Stones Classic
posted by Tom Moon on May 24, 2010 at 10:17 am
in Exile on Main St., Rolling Stones, rock, "Loving Cup, " "Plundered My Soul, " the making of Exile
Ways To Wayne
posted by Tom Moon on May 17, 2010 at 9:18 am
in Wayne Shorter, jazz, Miles Davis quintet, Speak No Evil, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Weather Report
Lately I’ve had Wayne Shorter on the brain.
Flashback to the Old Days of the Music Business
posted by Tom Moon on April 20, 2010 at 9:57 am
in Tommy James and the Shondells, Morris Levy, Me, the Mob, and the Music, rock memoir
Artist Update: Brad Mehldau
posted by Tom Moon on April 01, 2010 at 8:57 am
in Brad Mehldau, Highway Rider, jazz, the Bad Plus, Radiohead, Nick Drake, the Beatles, Elliott Smith
With the new Highway Rider, jazz pianist Brad Mehldau shows there’s no reason to be afraid of a tender melody.
Artist Update: Alex Chilton
posted by Tom Moon on March 22, 2010 at 9:48 am
in Alex Chilton, Big Star, Box Tops, Vic Chesnutt, homage
I’m late paying tribute to Alex Chilton, who died last week at age 59.
Hearing Things
posted by Tom Moon on February 23, 2010 at 10:34 am
in So Percussion, Michael Harrison, Terry Riley’s In C, The Playground, Burkina Electric, Evan Ziporyn, Bang on a Can.
At the Mile High Voltage Festival in Denver, it was three days of love, experimentation and pure intonation…..
