Jun 6-12, 2007
The Music Issue: Burlington Band Chuch Tests its Metal Mettle on the Road; Drummer Boy Brian Johnson Takes a Solo; Sanders on Expanding Health Care and the First Mention of a Possible Presidential Run.
Faux Cabbie?
This past weekend was crazy busy, more of which I’ll get into in the Hackie column of 6/27. Suffice it to say, as Saturday wound down I was frayed, played and waylaid. It had been a lucrative couple of days, but I was more than ready to pack it in. One more spin through downtown…
Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project Concert
[image-x] This was the fifth consecutive year that the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Big Band has performed at this festival and I have witnessed them all. Every one of them have been magical. I have the feeling that when I come to their concert that they are playing for my own personal pleasure, since I…
Waterfront World & Early Evening Club Cruising
[image-x] I bypassed Main Street in Burlington and made my way down to the waterfront via Maple Street and was captivated by the long uninterrupted view of the shimmering lake as George described. What a great day to be alive and watching live music. Not much to add to his review other to say that…
Food from the Top of the World
Friday nights blow me out of the water. Week in and week out, it’s crazy, man, crazy! On Saturday mornings, I rarely rise before 11, and, when I finally drag myself out of bed, I’m still buzzing from the previous night’s cacophony of cabbing. The summer months offer a special morning-after pill in the form…
Waterfront World & Paradise/Pizzarelli
[image-x] I caught The Skatalites, with original vocalist Doreen Schaffer, at the Waterfront World Tent Saturday night. With younger horns and some classic members doing the songs like Freedom Sounds & Latin Goes Skafolks were dancing, even in the long food lines.I tried to wait for Lee Perry but it became clear it was going…
On Bass/Drum/Bone Part Deux
[image-x] I don’t know where to start. Lou’s review of this concert was so totally, like totally, right on dude. So like, I should like totally write something like soon before the bloom fades. I probably should start with their interview with Bob Blumenthal. I saw no difference between the interview and the performance. Bob…
Musings Continued
[image-x] Before I mention some of the local stuff I’ve seen in the last few days, I thought I would give you a short (hopefully) history of the jazz “scene” in Burlington. My short bio for this blog says that I moved to Burlington in 1989. That’s not completely true. I have actually lived here…
On Bass/Drum/Bone
[image-x] Bass (Mark Helias)/Drum (Gerry Hemingway)/ Bone (Ray Anderson) has been a working unit for thirty years now, holding up longer than many marriages, and their current tour is an ongoing celebration. Last night the FlynnSpace audience was particularly fortunate to be on hand to hear a generous set of their original new material, some…
Musings
[image-x] David Beckett’s eagerness to see comments on the BassDrumBone concert last night reminds me of an old joke. It seems like there were two bulls on the top of a hill, and they were looking down into the valley at a heard of female cows. The young bull said, “Let’s run down and make…
Organic Enforcement
I read this morning that a large dairy farm in California, Case Vander Eyk, lost its USDA organic certification. The 10,000 cow farm didn’t meet organic standards — big surprise. Although the rules and regulations encode some aspects of “organic” farming, it’s really hard, if not impossible, for a law to capture and enforce the…
That’s Life Soup
I love soup. It’s one of my favorite things to cook, and I’ll eat it whether it’s a sub-zero day in December or sweltering July. I especially like soup for breakfast — nothing like starting the day with a steamy bowl of goodness. The Japanese agree with me on this. Perhaps because of my affection…
Esperanza Spalding Concert
[image-x] I liked this concert, “but” not as much as some people did. She’s a capable singer, but all I heard were elements of Blossom Dearie, Betty Carter, and Carmen Macrae. I would hope that her delivery and tone will “mature” in time. She’s a capable bass player, but again I don’t think she has…
Canadian Migration
[image-x] Canadian jazzbirds have on occasion been found to migrate south in the spring and summer. This gave the Discover Jazz Festival audience a choice opportunity last night to show up and actually discover something new. The Christine Jensen Quartet instantly became a quintet with the participation of sister Ingrid Jensen, perhaps already known to…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Investigators in California’s Merced County identified Marcus Schulze, 30, and Tasha Silva, 30, as the burglars that took $10,000 worth of items from the home of a deputy sheriff and then stole his pickup truck to haul it all away. After making their getaway, the couple pulled over to have sex in…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Surreal hope” means having faith in a future opportunity that at first appears in an out-of-context situation. Say, for example, that you have an unsettling initial exposure to a stranger whom you will eventually realize is an important ally. Maybe when you see this person for the first time, he or…
Cruising With the Queen City’s Car-Stereo Kings
“I don’t know if nitrous oxide is dangerous,” reflects Steve Carton. “But it’s fucking explosive.” “Right on,” I say, wondering what I’ve gotten myself into. It’s Tuesday afternoon in the service garage at Great Northern Stereo, a car-stereo Mecca about 3 miles south of downtown Burlington on Shelburne Road. Carton and his co-worker, Corey Oliver,…
Scene@: Montpelier Fashion Show
State Street, Montpelier, Saturday, June 2, 12:30 p.m.
The Weather Gets Political
Sanders on expanding health care and the first mention of a possible presidential run.
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VT Balloon and Music Festival [SIV29]
The Marlboro Man cannot hold a candle to the elite group of Air Cowboys that travel around the world flying balloons at various festivals and gatherings. After all, can the Marlboro Man float 4,000 feet in the air and land wherever the tempestuous gusts of wind lead him? These single-minded cowboys are obsessed with flight. …
Comments on Miguel Zenon Concert
[image-x] Ah! Beckett has stolen my thunder. Well, that won’t keep me quite for long. This performance is the highlight of the festival for me so far. The whole ensemble was excellent. I can add nothing to Beckett’s comments about their musicianship other than to tell you that Aaron Parks (piano) had never played with…
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Kidney Foundation Pub Crawl [SIV28]
Just where exactly are your kidneys and what on earth do they do? And how can drinking beer help raise money to help the little guys? Join us on a hot Thursday night in downtown Burlington for the first annual Kidney Foundation Pub Crawl where these questions and more will be answered while raising money…
