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In (Mild) Praise of Ego
By Steve Provizer The conversation around the fear-and-confidence post was rejuvenated and made me think in terms longer than a reply comment. Much of the conversation-externally and internally-revolves around trying to figure out the difference between “self-expression" and “communication." But is there really a difference? I don't think there is. Ego is in both and unless ...
Correspondence: Butler Did It
Rifftides reader Garret Gannuch practices pediatric radiology in Denver. When he moved to Colorado, his Louisiana soul went with him. A week ago, Dr. Gannuch traveled into the country south of Denver to hear a fellow New Orleanian. He knew that, like nearly anyone who's ever lived there, I'll never get over my love affair with ...
Anonymous Wishes the RIAA Would 'Go the F**k Away Altogether' and 'Remove the Barbaric Laws'
In an interview with Panda Labs, a member from Anonymous, the group behind the attacks that forced the RIAA and MPAA sites offine, clarified their position in the file-sharing debates. First and foremost, they're advocates for piracy. That we knew. However, they don't view file-sharing to be solely a means through which they gain obtain movies, ...
Finally, a Music Conference for Managers...
Here's a bad idea—start a music conference. There are already way too many, they all overlap, and topics and panelists tend to get regurgitated from one event to another. Here's a better idea—start a targeted music conference. Tommy Silverman is trying his luck with a DIY-focused New Music Seminar, and we just covered a small event ...
The Friday Morning Listen: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2010, Tom Waits
By Mark Saleski OK, so let's get the list over with quickly. Here are your 2011 nominee's for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Alice Cooper, Beastie Boys, Bon Jovi, Chic, Neil Diamond, Donovan, Dr. John, J. Geils Band, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, Donna Summer, Joe Tex, Tom Waits, Chuck ...
Jazz and Self-Determination in Brooklyn - PT. 2
Our series of conversations with African American jazz presenters and entrepreneurs last time took us to Brooklyn, NY, via our ongoing research project for the Weeksville Heritage Center (718/756-5250; www.weeksvillesociety.org for more information). In part two of our dialogue with the Brooklyn sage Jitu Weusi we examine the development of the East cultural center, a sadly ...
Matthew's Back in Town.
Image courtesy of Lena Adesheva. While a debate over the pros and cons of mercantilism as applied to jazz rages below, I got an e mail from Mr Shipp last night to let me know he's back from a fabulous September that began in Brazil, took him through another fat swath of former Soviet enclaves, saw ...
Finding the "Voice" in Jazz
By Steve Provizer 'Voice' has always been seen as the sine qua non of jazz-the quality that separates it from other genres and either marks a musician as worthy of attention or consigns him to mediocrity. Someone with very sharp ears might be able to tell the difference between Maurice Andre and Wynton Marsalis playing the ...
"Confessions of an Esoteric Blogger"
By Steve Provizer Attend the fate of Mad Sweeney, as delineated by author Flann O'Brien in “At-Swim-Two-Birds:" “Neck high sticks he must pass by leaping. Knee high sticks by bending." There are those who say that I apply that injunction to my unwitting readership. And, though it be mercantile suicide and savagely highfallutin,' that ...
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I remember when I first started going to jazz festivals as a fan and eventually as a participant. I was in my late teens and early twenties when I made the observation that, each year, the same personalities and groups were appearing on all of the festivals. I'm talking late 70s and early 80s. The lineups ...
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