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One Track Mind: Steely Dan "Everything Must Go" (2003)

November 26, 2010

By Pico So a couple of years ago we saluted the national shopping holiday called Black Friday with some musings about a 1975 Steely Dan song of the same name. This time, we're going to mark the occasion with another ditty by the Boys From Bard (Walter Becker and Donald Fagen), called “Everything Must Go." This, ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, November 26-December 2

November 26, 2010

Highlights, last week: Doug Little's Seven Steps to Havana, with a couple extra steps (violins from his Charanga Tropicale), turned Studio Z into a mostly Latin hot spot, with a raft of new compositions supported by a recent Jerome Foundation grant that sent Little back to Cuba for inspiration; the JazzMN Orchestra hosted vocalist Stephanie Nakasian, ...

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News: Video / DVD

Why You Don't Get Anything Done at Work

November 27, 2010

Office spaces conspire against work getting done. That's the radical theory that 37signals co-founder Jason Fried argues in his TEDx talk. As readers celebrating the holiday season find their way back to their jobs, it's worth considering what Fried has to say about the shortcomings of the modern work environment. Watch the talk below:

News: Technology

EMI vs. Mp3Tunes Lawsuit Could Help Make Google Music and iTunes in the Cloud a Reality

November 27, 2010

Mp3Tunes and MP3.com founder Michael Robertson wrote in on Thanksgiving morning to comment on our post New Label Piracy Concerns Could Force Google Music To Delay Christmas Launch saying: “If we prevail (in court vs. EMI) then Google doesn't need a license and neither does Apple." Of course, one court battle usually leads to another. But ...

News: Opinion

It's War Again: PCmag Flips RIAA the Bird

November 27, 2010

Just when it seemed music companies and Silicone Valley had found common ground, PCMag throws the drama back into 2005 hostilities. Moses Avalon If you ever had any doubt that the ISP industry is at war with music and other content providers, this should put the controversy to rest. When a popular consumer computer magazine acutely ...

News: Recording

Obscuro: The Beatles, "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" (1970)

November 27, 2010

By Pico Paul McCartney declared it is “probably my favorite Beatles' track" and yet, it's also one of The Beatles' silliest, discombobulated and for decades, one of their most obscure. For me, “You Know My Name (Look up The Number)" just brings me back to a long-ago time. My family (I say “family" but it probably ...

News: Recording

Unsigned Treasures: Taketwo and Friends - Rochester Express (2010)

November 27, 2010

By Nick DeRiso A group of cross-country friends with day jobs got together to produce Rochester Express, this chummy, Woody Herman-style amalgam of galloping jazz joys. By day, the members of Rochester, Minnesota-based TakeTwo work as a cardiovascular surgeon, a respiratory therapist, and an IBM engineer. In this two day recording session, however, they emerged from ...

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News: Recording

The Friday Morning Listen: Bill Frisell - Gone, Just Like a Train (1998)

November 27, 2010

By Mark Saleski When writing on or near the Thanksgiving Day holiday, it has become the custom to either enumerate the things we're thankful for or to go the consumerist route and talk about Black Friday. Black Friday? C'mon, when me and TheWife got up this morning, the temperatures were in the high 20's and there ...

News: Interview

Interview: Ingar Zach

November 27, 2010

French-Norwegian quartet Dans les arbres create robust, improvised labyrinths of acoustic sound that emphasize texture, space, and dream-like contemplation. With titles such as “La Somnolence,” “L’Indifférence,” and “Le Détachement,” the group’s ECM debut—released in Europe in 2009 and this month in the US – explores the liminal spaces between sleep and consciousness, alienation and engagement, subject ...

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News: Recording

Scorch Trio - Melaza (Rune Grammofon, 2010)

November 27, 2010

As can be inferred by their name, The Scorch Trio is a high energy improvisational jazz band that touches of fusion, rock 'n' roll and free jazz. Consisting of Raoul Bjorkenheim on guitar, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten on bass and new member Frank Rosaly on drums and percussion, the group mixes high energy blowouts with abstract soundscapes ...