On Hiatus

It's been a wonderful ten years of on and off reading, listening, learning, talking, and sharing here at the Passing Notes blog.  I am grateful as always to WDNA for the original chance way back at the end of 2005 -- particularly to Joe Cassara, Michael Valentine, Frank Consola, Howard Duperly, Maggie Pelleya, and the late Charlie Kaufman all for teaching me so much about radio.  Many thanks as well to Mitch Kaplan of Books and Books and to Lisa Palley of the Miami Book Fair for the opportunity to interview so many great writers over the years.  A supreme thanks to the legendary Bruce Campbell for being my first interview, and I am will always be grateful to the writers, musicians, filmmakers, artists, critics, and the like whom I was able to get to know over the years.  Passing Notes may return -- who knows in what form and who knows when.  In the meantime, feel free to look through ten years of stuff.  I hope you find something you like and I hope you pay very close attention.  Remember, hardening of the categories leads to art disease.

Playlist - Sunday Time Warp 1/10/16

Song, Artist, Album

“The Outsider,” Lack of Afro, Press On

“Smoke,” Medeski Martin and Wood, Uninvisible

“Redback,” Cookin' On 3 Burners, Baked Boiled and Fried

“Paper Bass,” Medeski Martin and Wood, Friday Afternoon In The Universe

“Get Your Money Ready,” Fred Wesley, Coulda Woulda Shoulda

“The Dropper,” Medeski Martin and Wood, The Dropper

“Slow Down Blues,” Joe Satriani, Joe Satriani

“I'm A King Bee,” Slim Harpo, Essential Blues Anthology

“You Shook Me,” Joe Bonamassa, audio from live performance

“Carmel Blues,” Pinetop Perkins and Marcia Ball, Piano Blues: Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues

“Country Blues, Part One,” Muddy Waters, Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues

“The Intro and The Outro,” Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Gorilla

“Rough Times,” The High End Sound, Urban Lounge Supreme

“Waco Loco,” Lionel Loueke, Gaia

“Dance Lesson #2,” Karl Denson, Dance Lesson #2

“West of the West,” Christian Scott, Stretch Music

“As Light Through Leaves,” Jeff Coffin with the Caleb Chapman Crescent Superband

“The Rhythm Changes,” Kamasi Washington, The Epic

“Suite For The Blue Planet,” Jesse Fischer, Day Dreamer

“Trip Mode,” Joey DeFrancesco, Trip Mode

Playlist - Sunday Time Warp 1/3/16

Song, Artist, Album

“Please Use This Song,” Jon Lajoie, video

“Sunday,” DJ Day, Brazilectro

“Funky,” DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, SB2

“Spoonful,” Howlin' Wolf, ElectricMick Electro-Blues Remix

“Jim Lee Blues,” Samantha Fish, video

“Black Cat Bone,” Sad Sam Blues Jam, video

“Misunderstood,” Tedeschi-Trucks Band, video

“Theme from Jessica Jones,” Sean Calley, video

“Nicotine and Gravy,” Beck, Midnight Vultures

“Agony of Defeet,” Parliament, Trombipulation

“Blue in Green,” Screaming Headless Torsos, 1995

“The Gator's Back,” The Darol Anger/Mike Marshall Band, Jam

“Sangree,” Jesse Fischer featuring Zach Brock, Day Dreamer

“The Radio Tower Has A Beating Heart,” The Bad Plus, Never Stop

“Finlayson,” Kneebody, Low Electrical Worker

“Moment's Notice,” Turtle Island Quartet, A Love Supreme

A Very Zappa X-Mas - Playlist 12/27/15

Song, Artist, Album

Peaches En Regalia, Ed Palermo, Ed Palermo Big Band Plays The Music of Frank Zappa

Tijuana Surf, Frank Zappa, The Cucamonga Years: The Early Works of Frank Zappa

Big Swifty, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, live audio from August 1973\- Helsinki

Frankie and Shuggie, Frank Zappa and Shuggie Otis, live audio from The Johnny Otis Show 1970

I Am The Walrus, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, live audio from May 1988 – Barcelona

Mr Green Genes Medley, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, live audio from October 1973 – Texas

Occam's Razor, Frank Zappa, One Shot Deal

Toads of the Short Forest, Ed Palermo, Ed Palermo Big Band Plays The Music of Frank Zappa

RDNZL, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, You Can't Do That On Stage Any More -Volume 2

Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Frank Zappa, Apostrophe

Nanook Rubs It, Frank Zappa, Apostrophe

St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast, Frank Zappa, Apostrophe

Father O'Blivion, Frank Zappa, Apostrophe

Another Way To Look At It, George Duke, Face the Music
Watermelon in Easter Hay, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, live audio from May 1988 – Barcelona

Playlist - Sunday Time Warp 7/19/15

Song, Artist, Album

Gray's Ferry, Orrin Evans, Freedom

Gallop's Gallop, Tim Warfield, Spherical

Gold Prisms Incorporated, The Bad Plus, Inevitable Western

Flip & Dip, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Blue - Vol. 1

Elephant Talk, Wave Mechanics Union, Second Season

Matte Kudasai, Kurt Elling, The Gate

Reckoner, Robert Glasper, Covers

Smells Like Teen Spirit, Richard Cheese, Viva La Vodka

Unpack Your Adjectives, Sarah Gazarek, Blossom and Bee

All About That Bass, The Postmodern Jukebox, audio rip from video

Chitlins Con Carne, Kenny Burrell, Midnight Blue

The Hustle Is On, T-Bone Walker, The Very Best Of

T-Bone Shuffle, Buddy Guy, The Very Best Of

Crosscut Saw, Albert King, The Very Best Of

Little Wing, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Sky Is Crying

Third Stone From The Sun, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are You Experienced?

Looking Up, Throttle Elevator Music, Area J

Sugar Doosie, Galactic, Into The Deep

Homenagen, Jared Gold, Metropolitan Rhythm

Reader's Notes - The Electric Highway

Here's a feature from the past week about my music history lecture at WDNA's Jazz Gallery.  It went very well, but my attempts to record audio on the scene did not, so I have only the slideshow materials but not my largely improvised (but informational) talk.

"Hop on the Electric Highway with WDNA"

Playlist - Sunday Time Warp - 5/2/15

Song, Artist, Album

Cars Trucks Buses, Phish, Billy Breathes

Shofukan, Snarky Puppy, We Like It Here

Born Ugly, Brand X, Unorthodox Behavior

Dark Prince, Trio of Doom, Trio of Doom

Hejira, Joni Mitchell, Hejira

Joy, Wayne Shorter, Odyssey of Iska

Spank-A-Lee, Herbie Hancock, Thrust

Tomorrow Night, BB King, Reflections

The Thrill Is Gone, BB King, Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues

Saturday Night Fish Fry, BB King, Let The Good Times Roll

Little by Little, Susan Tedeschi, Just Won't Burn

Honey Bop, Wanda Jackson, Rockin' With Wanda

Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Up Above My Head

Blue Prelude, Jorma Kaukonen and Tom Hobson, Quah

Dr Beauchef Penguin Dentist, Kneebody, Low Electrical Worker

Rhinocerize, The Apples, Fly On It

Goo Goo Wah Wah, Wah Wah Watson, Elementary

Vendetta, Calibro 35, Traditori di Tutti

Playlist - Sunday Time Warp - 3/15/15

Song, Artist, Album

Black Satin, Miles Davis, On The Corner

Swiss Cheese D, Ben Allison, The Stars Look Very Different Today

Super Nova, Wayne Shorter, Super Nova

Johnny Utah, The Kandinsky Effect, Synesthesia

Surucucu, Weather Report, Live in Tokoyo

Blood Count, Vijay Iyer Trio, Break Stuff

Light Work, Reggie Quinerly, Invictus

You Can't Stop Us Now, Marc Cary, Rhodes Ahead, Vol 2

November, Jackie Terrasson, Take This

Mo Onions, Booker T and the MGs, The Very Best Of

Next Door To The Blues, Etta James, Her Best

Let's Have A Little Talk, Luther Allison, Luther's Blues

Green Onions, Booker T and the MG's, The Very Best Of

The Feeling That Music Brings, Susan Tedeschi, Wait For Me

It's A New Day, Skull Snaps, Skull Snaps

Some Skunk Funk, Billy Cobham, A Funky Thide of Sings

Hap'nin’, Bernard Purdie, Lialeh: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

What Is Hip?, Tower of Power, Tower of Power