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Originally posted on Memory Select: Journeys in Creative Music:
It’s hard to believe Steve Lacy passed away 10 years ago this week. Doesn’t seem that long ago. For many musicians in the Bay Area, Lacy was a contemporary, a peer,…

Bill Gould, who throws a mean party for San Jose art types but is also big in Poland, deserves a better Plastic Alto post or posting or plastering than this. More like this. See Maki. the article by Mary Gottschalk … Continue reading →

Dewey and the Peoples Tour is Underway Jared is back, and so is your Band Lackey Update Jared arrived home from Boston on May 12, and the band immediately hit the studio for two-a-day rehearsals before leaving on their Hear … Continue reading →

Part of my conversational riff or rifflet with Marcia Ball and her crew included name-checking “Inside Llewyn Davis” while speaking to bass player Bennett, who hails from a part of Texas depicted in Joel and Ethan Coen’s film, based on … Continue reading →

I’ve got five minutes to fake my way thru a post about Chet Faker, the Aussie chill-rapper from Downtown Records (Gnarls Barkley >> Brett Dennen), coming to SF’s The Independent next week, before my battery runs down. 1. He’s Melbourne … Continue reading →

Their eighth release. first single “bullet to brain”  speaking of brain I swear it was just yesterday I stood next to Black Keys wailing away in Austin at Billions party, circa 2004, although I have to admit I sometimes do … Continue reading →