A new feature in honor of one of my oldest online pals, Malderor, whom I 'met' on a local BBS in the pre-internet dark ages. I owe him a review of a fantastic mix CD he made me a while back, but delving into my archives I find that it got caught up in a much longer meditation on the history, philosophy and meaning of the 'mix tape'.
As with most updates that run longer than a few paragraphs it got stuck on the back burner. I mean to extract it from the morass and pass it along as a stand-alone post sometime soon, in the manner of Congress segmenting a lengthy, problematic bill so they can take credit for passing the popular parts before the next election.
He mentioned that he missed seeing what music friends were listening to on the social network du jour. Watch awestruck as I Rube Goldberg up some what are you listening to now functionality for Facebook using Blogspot via Twitter filtered through Twitterfeed!
VIVA TECHNOLOGY.
I've been pulling boxes of CDs out of the garage and gradually digitizing them over the last few months, uncovering some forgotten gems in the process.
Today's highlight has been Dr John plays Mac Rebennack, a straightforward solo performance of standards and original compositions.
I'm not much for the feathers and beads Iko Iko school of cajun music, but I love Dr John's unadorned piano here, shorn of the Mardi Gras mythologizing.
Some instruments are transcendent in a way that defies elaboration. It's like how I love Ella Fitzgerald most when the only support for her voice are notes issuing from a lone piano.
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