Articles by Manus McDaid

Endgrain

by Manus McDaid
June 21, 2009

Jazz music is much like the sea, with surface tensions failing to corroborate the underlying mutinous vibe--and you can drown in it. Meet Paco Pastorals for example: piccolo jazz-moister extraordinaire and great entrepreneurial genius of late. Late-night drinking sessions of old; way back before the newer, rather ambiguous although legal, 24/7 binge promos, though!Enter the valiant-vainglorious: Victor, in propria persona ex-naval functionary sea-dog struggling on the dry, dry land whilst, rather shakily trying to balance the log in ...